The league-wide perception of this Pelicans’ team is very perplexing to me.
New Orleans has the superstar every team wants — Anthony Davis — who is surely inside top 10 best players in the NBA according to all those opinions that matter. Flanked next to him is the mercurial yet undeniably gifted DeMarcus Cousins, widely considered the best center in the league and a top 20 talent himself.
While I don’t use NBA2K ratings as much of a resource, their ranking system has both players as the top talent at their positions and both are also considered top 10 players in their virtual league.