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?And another one bites the dust...
?And another one bites the dust...
Of course I'm ok with it. that's "my girlfriend is a supermodel, but if she would get her teeth done she'd be the most beautiful woman in the world" stuff.
here's the total list of everybody who has EVER put up 27-11 in a season:
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Wilt Chamberlain
Elgin Baylor
Walt Bellamy
Spencer Haywood
Elvin Hayes
Karl Malone
Moses Malone
Bob McAdoo
George Mikan
Charles Barkley
Shaquille O'Neal
Bob Petit
Hakeem Olajuwon
Oscar Robertson
Chris Webber
DeMarcus Cousins* pending
Every single one of those players is or will be in the HOF.
In the past 35 years, since paces got more reasonable, the list becomes:
Shaq x6
Mailman x5
Moses x2
Barkley x1
Hakeem x1
Webber x1
Cousins x1* pending
so five of the Top 20 players of all time, and then our two best players in Sacto history
So maybe, just maybe, asking Cousins to eclipse Shaq? Play like a Top 5 all time guy? this is our demand so we can win? Maybe just maybe that's all a tad much to ask. And maybe just maybe it might be easier to concentrate on getting just an average NBA crew behind him and try to improve that way rather than telling our guy with the HOF statline that hey loser, Shaq had several better years! You suck!
Finally used a familiar IP?And another one bites the dust...
And look how well Karl's system is working out.Even before this year, Boogie never shot over 50% from the field. Shaq, was shooting close to 60% and was over 50% in his younger years. So you can throw all these stats about (27,11), but an elite big man shoots over 50. Demarcus is a great player in today's world, but let's not get carried away here with his inflated stats this year since its clear Karl's system gets us more offensive possessions per game.
Cousins is currently one of the top 10 players in the NBA. Probably one of the top five in terms of overall talent.
But it's worth pointing out that among the group from the last 35 years DeMarcus Cousins has the highest usage rate (a couple of them broke 32% in a season but none of them ever got closer than that to DMC's 35% this season) and the lowest shooting percentage (a more than 12% difference between Boogie and the leader - Shaq) and maybe more concerning is that EVERY single one of those guys listed - O'Neal, K. Malone, M. Malone, Sir Charles, Dream and CWebb made the playoffs their first season.
Boogie has had poor rosters around him. He's had terrible coaching. I agree that he's the most dominant offensive center in the NBA and I've never seen a man his size do the things he does. And he's also improved dramatically as a defender. But if we're going to make the leap to putting him in the rarified air of HOFers and some of the best bigs to play the game I think the question needs to be asked of why he can't elevate his team.
This just might be the luckiest day in Sacramento Kings history. We've been blessed to keep this man. This deserves celebration.
About time!And another one bites the dust...
And another one bites the dust...
Cousins is currently one of the top 10 players in the NBA. Probably one of the top five in terms of overall talent.
But it's worth pointing out that among the group from the last 35 years DeMarcus Cousins has the highest usage rate (a couple of them broke 32% in a season but none of them ever got closer than that to DMC's 35% this season) and the lowest shooting percentage (a more than 12% difference between Boogie and the leader - Shaq) and maybe more concerning is that EVERY single one of those guys listed - O'Neal, K. Malone, M. Malone, Sir Charles, Dream and CWebb made the playoffs their first season.
Boogie has had poor rosters around him. He's had terrible coaching. I agree that he's the most dominant offensive center in the NBA and I've never seen a man his size do the things he does. And he's also improved dramatically as a defender. But if we're going to make the leap to putting him in the rarified air of HOFers and some of the best bigs to play the game I think the question needs to be asked of why he can't elevate his team.
Well there were some other guys that affected those usage numbers. Guys like Kobe, Wade, Stockton, Dr. J, Clyde, Bibby and Peja![]()
Trolling??I'm glad Vlade decided to keep George. After all, that resume speaks for itself. We just need some winners on the roster now.
All guards and small forwards. No big men you listed.
Well there were some other guys that affected those usage numbers. Guys like Kobe, Wade, Stockton, Dr. J, Clyde, Bibby and Peja![]()
I'm glad Vlade decided to keep George. After all, that resume speaks for itself. We just need some winners on the roster now.
I get where you're coming from, but in terms of their rookie years when ALL of those guys made the playoffs, Kobe was 18, Wade wasn't in the league, Stock only started half the games and averaged 23 mpg, Clyde wasn't a rocket and Webb had yet to join forces with Bibby and Peja. Barkley did play his rookie year with Dr. J who was nearing the end of his career but was still a 20 ppg scorer.
And while Wade and Kobe have been usage monsters (around 32% for their careers with Wade getting close to Boogie's 35% this season in 2009 and Bryant surpassing it a couple times)
the reality is that both Isaiah Thomas and Rondo have a higher career usage rate than Stockton and Bibby slots right between Rajon and Bibby. Rudy Gay has a higher career usage rate than Peja and is almost equal to Drexler's.
Funky I will just concede your point with reservationsI don't feel like researching all those rosters when those guys were rookies. But something tells me if I did I would see a roster like---> http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/GSW/1994.html
That Warriors team might have made the playoffs without Mullin. But Shaq's Magic definitely wouldn't have. I don't want to go team by team, and we don't really need to. Every time I hear a litany of reasons why Cousins is a clear HOFer and another litany of reasons of why he's never made the playoffs it just doesn't track for me.
Cousins has never had enough talent around him to have a real contending team. But a guy who is projected as an all-time great should have been enough to pull his team into an 8th spot at least once by now.
AGAIN, you prove you are one of the few posters on here that keeps their eye on the ball, and knows the recent history of the team.It's such a pointless argument to begin with-- the playoffs thing. For the first 3 years of DeMarcus' career we had owners here who were actively trying to tank the team and move it to a different city. They cut every single cost they could manage to cut. We had the smallest scouting department in the league, we hired coaches nobody else wanted because they were dirt cheap, we traded draft picks for cash, we traded down in the draft to save cash, we traded our 5th overall pick in the middle of his rookie season for expiring contracts! It was a disaster. Nobody is winning under those conditions.
He's had 2 1/2 years now under new management. His first year the entire roster was changed out except for a few players. It was a complete start from scratch re-build with a first year coach at the helm who was told that wins and losses were less important than establishing a winning culture (hah! if only they'd just stuck with that). Then last year we looked like we might be headed to a playoff spot and then Malone was fired and we know how that went. This season we're still competing for a playoff spot. DeMarcus has only had one and a half seasons where the organization was actually trying to win and one of those was sabotaged by epic mismanagement.
It takes a very selective memory to turn these events into Cousins not being good enough to lead a team.
AGAIN, you prove you are one of the few posters on here that keeps their eye on the ball, and knows the recent history of the team.
I would go further and say that this organization + players has only been actually trying to win (with him playing) for about a combined half of a season since Demarcus was drafted!
Last year, only the first 15 games count, and this year there have been a minimum of 15-20 games already where the players and coaches didn't particularly care whether they won.
Really, Demarcus SHOULD be immune to the critique of "look at the record - has his team won?" - it's simply ignoring the reality of this franchise to remotely make that claim.