The tough thing is, that I can easily, easily see Cousins going 20-10-5 within a couple of years. He may not of course, he's got to beat his own head, but I will actually be disappointed if he doesn't. He already has an offensive feel for the game that Dwight will never be able to touch. Dwight's caught in that Ewing/Mourning track where no matter how prolific it will always be mechanical and a bit of a struggle on that end.
The great unquantifiable is the defense. Unquantifiable becuase it so often gets overlooked, because we don't know where Cousins will end up, and as a not truly giant guy we don't know how much age will start to dim Dwight's dominance in a few years.
If Dwight's out there you have to take a look, you have to ponder. I don't think pairing Daly with him is the way to go. One of the best defensive and rebounding frontcourts ever, but the spacing would be terrible. But in any case, you have to ponder. But the fact of the matter is that in 5 years time I COULD see Cousins being better than Dwight. Not that he will. But he is that talented. He is in many ways one of the truly unique bigs I've seen (or Pete Carril for that matter). So before I could ever pull the trigger I have to be 100% happy with absolutely everything. Dwight has to be happy. He has to be healhy. We have to have a line on complimentary players. With Dwight Reke and Thornton you should be an instant force. But Cousins has the potential to challenge Dwight for that top center spot within a few years, and 5,6,7 years down the line to flat pass him as age catches up in one case, and Cousins emerges into his prime on the other. If I'm goign to give away a truly unique player who could be domianting his position for 15 years, you've got to pretty much guarantee me multiple title runs with the guy I get instead. Anything less and I stand put.
