No, Cousins and Lillard would not be better than Davis and Cousins, you keep talking like they aren't hitting threes and playing off one another like guards would. Just admit you don't really watch them play, and instead of looking at the roster around them you're trying to blame any failures on a pairing that for all intents and purposes is one of the most dominant duos we've seen in a long time.
Two players surrounded by trash, everyone but you can see that.
JRUE HOLIDAY IS NOT TRASH .. WE TALKIN ABOUT AN ALL-STAR PG STILL IN HIS PRIME.
ETWAUNE MOORE IS A SOLID 2GUARD WHO CAN HIT THE THREE.
TONY ALLEN IS A TOP TIER DEFENDER COMIN OFF YET ANOTHER ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM.
DAVIS N COUSINS IS BOTH TOP 10 PLAYERS..YOU TAKE ANY OTHER 2 TOP 10 PLAYERS AND PAIR THEM TOGETHER WITH THAT TEAM AND THEY ARE INSTANT CONTENDERS. ONLY A FOOL WOULD DENY THAT.
I GET IT..YOURE A BOX SCORE KINDA GUY. NUMBERS INTRIGUE YOU. YOU DONT REALLY UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF BASKETBALL WITHIN THE FLOW OF AN ACTUAL GAME. YOURE THE TYPE TO WATCH HIGHLIGHTS AND LOOK UP STATS THINKING THAT TELLS YOU THE STORY...
YOURE DEAD WRONG .. ANTHONY DAVIS AND DEMARCUS COUSINS CAN PLAY JUST FINE OFF EACH OTHER. BUT IN THE SPEED OF AN ACTUAL GAME, THE FACT THAT THEYRE INTERCHANGEABLE MEANS THEY DONT ELEVATE ONE ANOTHER BEYOND NUMBERS. THEY TAKE TURNS DOIN THE SAME EXACT THING, AND A MODERN NBA OFFENSE EXCELS BASED ON MOVEMENT AND PACE. I HAVENT LOOKED UP THIS STAT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE BALL MOVES MORE AND PACE PICKS UP WHEN EITHER DAVIS OR COUSINS IS ON THE BENCH. IF YOU REPLACED EITHER OF THEM WITH A QUALITY 2WAY WING, THE TEAMS SUCCESS RATE WOULD DOUBLE OVER NIGHT.