NBA teams spend hundreds of hours and countless thousands of dollars trying to unearth the desired big man of the era, someone who can shoot and handle the ball, effective outside and in the post, a tenacious rebounder and someone comfortable everywhere on the court.
The New Orleans Pelicans are saving themselves a lot of money and time these days because they’ve already got two of them, an embarrassment of big-man riches.
In Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins, the Pelicans have two of the premier multi-faceted bigs in the game and they are finally figuring out how to mesh their impressive talents.