Anthony Davis dominated the All-Star game, but first, let’s take a peak at the NBA’s front court of the future.
DeMarcus Cousins joined Anthony Davis in New Orleans following the All-Star game, and suddenly, things seemed a little crowded around the basket in the Big Easy, right?
Wrong. Boogie’s first bucket for New Orleans was a peak at what makes these big men compatible.
As Anthony Davis runs under the basket toward the right wing, Boogie stretches the floor in the other direction. Once the ball swings toward him, he is ready for his jump shot, and Nene has too much ground to make up in time. Cousins is on the board.
Both Cousins and Davis are effective jump-shooters, and getting more comfortable launching from beyond the arc. Call them the new Twin Towers, Fire and Ice, whatever you want. But these bigs have small-ball skills that make them a nightmare to guard.
So, yeah. The Brow had a great week
Before Davis even got his new teammate, he set an All-Star Game record with 52 points in his MVP performance. The game was hard-fought, as you can tell:
Sure, the All-Star game is pretty boring. It’s basically a practice with bright lights and cameras on. But you know what? If The Brow is catching off-the-backboard alley oops from headband Stephen Curry, scoring the Western Conference’s 185th point, well, I’ll at least watch it 10 times in a tweet. I promise you that.
The All-Star game is actually useful for one reason though. All-Star selections are a major factor in Hall of Fame voting, and Davis put on a memorable show. Adding his “big brother” to the Pelicans lineup may lead to more success.
Let ’em know, Bill:
Dunk-Ja-Vu
Glenn Robinson III was the only person in the dunk contest who showed up ready and confident. The other contestants either shot for the stars early or folded under the pressure. But his winning dunk was a little familiar, as Max Tushla points out:
I’m not here to defend the integrity of the dunk contest. Doing completely original dunks is too challenging after this many years. And Glenn had to jump higher too, so I’ll give him that.
Next: The Wildcats need to play better. Enough is Enough.
If you check out the video of this year’s winning dunk, you should notice that the cameras cut to John Wall tapping James Harden’s harm, like “Yo, James..”
But don’t worry. Wall clearly didn’t let this bother him.
Such a nice guy.
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