The New Orleans Pelicans sent shockwaves throughout the NBA with its acquisition of All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins, but what really should be reasonable expectations in a top-heavy Western Conference?
The NBA has been trending toward small ball for some time now. Teams with one true center are the exception, which makes teams with two, or at least some form of a “Twin Towers” lineup utter aberrations by today’s standards. By sheer luck, necessity, whatever it shall be deemed, the New Orleans Pelicans are now such a peculiarity, with its frontcourt featuring perhaps the NBA’s two most dominant bigs, starting right alongside one another.