NEW ORLEANS -- When New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis broke Wilt Chamberlain's 55-year All-Star Game scoring record Sunday night with 52 points in the West's 192-182 no-defense-allowed victory over the East, he was smiling so broadly he said he would keep the MVP trophy in his home rather than give it to his mother for safe keeping.
Then a few hours later, Davis and the Pelicans bagged a far bigger, big-game trophy -- 6-10, 270-pound center DeMarcus Cousins from the Sacramento Kings, one of the NBA's most talented big men -- in a blockbuster deal.