Former All-Star DeMarcus Cousins not too long ago referred to as out former Pelicans basic supervisor Dell Demps when reflecting on his time on the group with Anthony Davis.
Cousins was traded to the Pelicans in 2017 after spending six seasons with the Kings. He sadly ruptured his left Achilles tendon after recording a career-high 36.2 minutes per recreation, and from Dec. 29 by Jan. 22.
The damage stored him off the courtroom for over a yr after that, however the former massive man believes that if the entrance workplace had stored the group collectively, they may have been contenders.
“I don’t assume the yr that I blew my Achilles it might have occurred, however they might have stored that squad collectively, we undoubtedly would have made a run, not less than by Yr 2, I imagine,” Cousins mentioned on Run It Again.
“However it’s some dumbass GMs on the market – shoutout to Dell Demps.”
Cousins was then requested as a follow-up if he thought that he and Davis might have been one of the best duo in NBA historical past, had they stayed enjoying collectively for the Pels.
“In NBA historical past?” Cousins requested. “That’s robust to say. That’s robust to say whenever you’ve acquired guys like Tim Duncan and David Robinson as teammates and every little thing they’ve completed, however I feel we might have been within the dialog, and I undoubtedly assume we had the expertise to even be talked about subsequent to these guys. However clearly, we ain’t accomplish sh*t, so it’s not likely nothin’ to speak about, however from a expertise facet, I feel we both 1A, 1B or shut second.”
Cousins and Davis didn’t get one other probability to play alongside one another once more after that, since Boogie signed with the Warriors for the 2018-19 season, whereas Davis performed another season in New Orleans earlier than being traded to the Lakers for the 2019-20 marketing campaign.
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