Five Thirty Eight Article -- Cousins Is A Usage Monster

[Bricklayer]

A table was rather selectively posted before the game yesterday, leading me to go off looking for its source:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/demarcus-cousins-is-a-usage-monster/

 

[biltalent]

A table was rather selectively posted before the game yesterday, leading me to go off looking for its source:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/demarcus-cousins-is-a-usage-monster/

Thanks for pointing that out, I'm going to use it in my breakdown of our offense (coming soon) if you don't mind

It's actually quite funny. Karl orchestrates a offense that has no clue how to get the best out of cousins and is designed for players who can break down their defender 1 on 1 and make a play. But we don't have anyone capable of doing this. The offense can't generate good shoots if we don't run and as a result boogie has one of the highest usages of a Center ever seen because his talent is the only thing keeping us in games and therefore keeping Karls job save.

 

[sono]

Hopefully, we'd make the playoffs to solidify it, otherwise it'd turn into empty stats.

 

[FaStRmAn]

Interesting article. Doesn't mention the fact that he scores despite being ridden like a donkey going down into the grand canyon..... I would suggest that he is fouled every time he gets the ball in the post. The refs openly refuse to call the fouls and the defenders get more and more bold knowing they wont be called and they can get into Cus's head eventually. Not sure how to turn that trend around. I think the refs are set in their ways as to how they are going to call those fouls in the post. No star treatment for Boogie...