And the worst big man in the NBA is...

Cousins is the asshole 2nd-coming of Rasheed Wallace. The refs will mind-fuck him his whole career.
Was that enough swearing? Should have said ass-fuck. Damn.

 

Sure would like to have both....... along with Lillard. LA, DMC, Dame along with two outside shooters spreading the floor would be incredible.

DMC is a very good passer as well. He just needs to play with more vets.

 

Cousins is extremely talented - EXTREMELY talented, but he may just be the dumbest player in the NBA. He lets the refs and his opponents take him out the of the game mentally and then he literally takes him self out of the game by getting tossed or fouling out. That 6th foul last night on Thomas Robinson is a perfect example. It was one of the dumbest fouls I have ever seen and most likely cost his team a win.

At the time the score was tied 89-89. Robinson was cutting from the elbow to the corner - to clear space. He wasn't even involved in the play. So, what does Cousins do? He cuts him off and bumps him hard to deny his cut. He does it RIGHT in front of the official and it's a very obvious, very easy call to make. Why???? Did he actually think the Blazers were setting up Robinson to drain the corner 3? No (obviously). One can only speculate what was going through Cousins' mind, but it looked like he was trying to send a message, trying to physically intimidate Robinson. TRob was challenging Cousins physically and frustrating him. That foul sure looked like a frustration/retaliation foul to let Robinson know Cousins is "The Man" and not to try to challenge him physically.

Yeah, he was "The Man" alright. The man watching from the bench as his team got beat. The very next score was a lay up by Lillard that put the Blazers ahead 91-89 - a lead they would never relinquish. Do you think Lillard would have made that lay up if Cousins was still in the game protecting the rim and blocking shots? I guarantee you Lillard would not have driven right down the lane for that uncontested, back breaking dunk with 34 seconds left if Cousins had been in the game. But he wasn't. He was on the bench watching his team get beat because he's a fucking idiot. Physical giant, mental midget.

He has the talent and physical tools to be one of the best players in the game, but he'll never LEAD his team to any significant post season success. For Cousins to ever win a title, or come close, he'll need to be the No. 2 to a player like Lillard, Curry, etc. It would be interesting to see how Cousins would handle being the second best player on his team. Does he have the mental strength to handle that, or will he always be limited to being a great player on a losing team?

BNM

 

Had you not put Cousins there, I would have sworn you were talking about Westbrook.

 

That applies as well.