I think Cousins is more Dirk then some of us realize. I'd much rather him taking 3s here and there within the flow of the game, instead of overforcing the issue inside and having one of his trademark 8 turnover gamesIt's all about the attention he draws. That's the real value of superstars. They of course put up monster numbers, but there sheer presence on the floor makes everything much easier for everyone else. Night and day Difference.
Carlisle obviously threw the towel in early for this when he yanked Dirk. No sane coach would do this otherwise.
All we gotta do now is steal one against a team we're expected to lose against, and we're back on track.Just one game, but very encouraging IMO.
Dirk was bricking threes and looked fatigued. Probably was more of a necessary move (because the team would still defer to him) to try to get somebody to score out there.
Cousin's just chews teams up. There won't be many times where we lose a big lead late. With Cousins playing of course. I'm still excited to see what our team can do against the Warriors.. with Dcuz in of course.
To be honest we will probably see Cousins on the perimeter a lot because he can't bully his way past Bogut
We got lucky with them missing shots
WCS would have been the best cover for Dirk... We are lucky the shots weren't falling
Still counts.
Actually, Cousins has probably the most nimble feet of any C in the NBA that carries above 250 lbs of weight.To be honest we will probably see Cousins on the perimeter a lot because he can't bully his way past Bogut
I think we should give Cousins a little more rope with his 3. It was pretty cool when he was hitting at 50% though. I hope sooner rather than later he knocks some down.
Rondo, Collison and CurryKarl made a good decision to play Curry.
But his decision to play him in a 3 guard lineup is an awful one.