Can Cousins become the #1 big man in the L?

[AussieFanKurt]

After watching Kings games quite a few times this year I have to say its possible. He has freakish skills and if the mental aspect can be fixed then surely its possible

Stats: 22.9 PPG, 11.2 RPG, 3.2 ASG, 1.8 SPG, 1 BPG

[TE]

needs to get out of that shithole or the Kings need to bring in more talent to win...

[Robz4000]

He's garbage on D. Need to be great on both ends to be the best big imo.

[TDMVPDPOY]

wouldnt mind him on the spurs,

buut as long there is the 3 tosb, he wont be puttin up those type of numbers like he did on the kings...

[AussieFanKurt]

He's garbage on D. Need to be great on both ends to be the best big imo.

fair call, gets steals and blocks but seems average one-on-one

[Robz4000]

fair call, gets steals and blocks but seems average one-on-one

His team defense and rim protection during cruntch time tonight was awful. Manu got anything he wanted inside.

[Thread]

GIGO

[Rogue]

I'd still rather have Tyson back than take this Charles Barkley 2.0 tbh

[Double-Up]

Too bad you didn't post his FG%...

[MarCowMar]

Cousins makes Howard look mature.

[Spur-Addict]

Guy is a mental infant. It's hard to get past that. Imagine him in crunch time of a nationally televised post season game when it goes all wrong. He'd probably unravel faster than Avante's argumentative skills.

[benefactor]

Cousins is only good because the golden era of the big man has passed. Most of the bigs today...on the grand scale...aren't very good.

[spurraider21]

can he? yes
will he? no

[Clipper Nation]

Derrick Coleman 2.0, tbh.... lots of potential and talent, terrible attitude....

[AchillesHeel]

this is an era where 10 reb 10 ppg bigs get 10m+ a year...being the best big is hardly a feat

[Expert]

you cannot teach maturity to an adult. He has to accept it himself and change his own ways or he will never be anything other than what he is now. If he goes to a better team he will be exposed even more.

[JamStone]

Derrick Coleman 2.0, tbh.... lots of potential and talent, terrible attitude....

Not a great comparison. DC may not have had the best attitude but he made the Nets better. After drafting him, the Nets went from a 17 win team to within two years making the playoffs three consecutive seasons. And then after trading DC, the Nets made the playoffs once in the next 6 seasons. And didn't become relevant again until they aquifer Kidd. The Kings haven't been getting any better as a team with Cousins, now 3+ seasons in.

If rumors are true, Coleman's downfall was related more to his drug addiction than to an attitude issue.

[Clipper Nation]

DC may not have had the best attitude but he made the Nets better. After drafting him, the Nets went from a 17 win team to within two years making the playoffs three consecutive seasons. And then after trading DC, the Nets made the playoffs once in the next 6 seasons. And didn't become relevant again until they aquifer Kidd.
To be fair, Coleman wasn't the only reason for the Nets' rise and fall, tbh.... they had guys like Kenny Anderson and Drazen Petrovic on the team, with Chuck Daly as the coach.... then Daly left, Drazen died, and the Nets started blowing up the team....


If rumors are true, Coleman's downfall was related more to his drug addiction than to an attitude issue.
Drugs were part of it, but Coleman was just never a hard worker, tbh.... he showed up out-of-shape to each season, clashed with Butch Beard and was a terrible teammate.... much like Cousins, his body language on the court was deplorable as well.... early on in his career, he was supposed to be the next Malone/Barkley, but he never reached that potential because he never cared enough....

Cousins has a lot of the same problems that Coleman did - he's been a locker room cancer and a coach-killer, he whines too much, and he's selfish.... his on-court demeanor is horrible, it's way too easy for opposing players to provoke him into a meltdown.... luckily for Cousins, he's still fairly young and there's still time for him to be the next Sheed or ZBo instead of the next Coleman, tbh....

[TheSanityAnnex]

Cousins has a lot of the same problems that Coleman did - he's been a locker room cancer and a coach-killer, he whines too much, and he's selfish.... his on-court demeanor is horrible, it's way too easy for opposing players to provoke him into a meltdown.... luckily for Cousins, he's still fairly young and there's still time for him to be the next Sheed or ZBo instead of the next Coleman, tbh....

Link to him being a locker room cancer?

I'll give you the whining and bad on court demeanor, but he's not selfish on the court.

And he's nothing like he was last year, his attitude is steadily improving. During the Heat game LeBron slammed him into the ground and he got up and walked away. Then right after that Chalmers hip checked him. He didn't retaliate. Last year he would have and been thrown out, so I think it's quite an improvement.

I also love how he shits on your Clippers regularly.

[unforeseen]

Dude is a beast on the court but he will never go anywhere unless he gets more help on the Kings.