Boogie Cousins is the most overrated "star" in the league... Not even top 15.

Bron
SnakeD
Wardell
Harden
Cp3
AD
Russ
Griffin
Kawhi
PG
Dame
LMA
Lowry
Butler
Wall
Klay
Gasol(healthy)

And that's more than 15..

Heck... I probably can name a few more.

Why?

-Headcase
-Horrible leader
-Poor shot selection
-Way too turnover prone for a big
-Low efficiency at the rim for a big
-Mediocre defender @ a position where defense is a premium

Not very impactful production:
Hasn't won more than 30 games in his career.

He's not really efficient anywhere on the court...
He's either average or well below average.



He's OVERRATED AF

 

Ross? Lol

I wouldn't be against getting Boogie, but oh my God.... This Rubio crap has to stop.. I understand you really love watching Rubio... You love his creative passes so much and you'd love to see him play for your team cuz he's one of your favorite players.

So you say anything to justify the Rockets getting him and ignore the flaws in his game that could be detrimental to the team.

Would I mind Rubio on the team? Only if he could be had on a bargain contract and if he wasn't starting, but just as an additional playmaker off the bench we could play when needed and then bench when needed at key or pivotal moments.... But that's just not feasible. So no.

You will not succeed or win at a high level with a player like that starting @PG or getting starters minutes in 2016 and going forward.

 

He has sources? Hahaha

Any of those sources about Rubio NOT being the worst modern NBA shooter and finisher in history? Cuz that's exactly what you don't need. No PG like Ricky has ever led a team to a championship in NBA history.

 

Solid comparison TBH

 

Rubio is not like Kidd.... Kidd wasn't a great perimeter shooter early in his careeer, but he was still much better at it than Rubio and he was a capable scorer.. elite driver and could definitely finish....

Wrong again on all of them.... All those dudes could finish and Rondo was an elite driver and very good finisher even though he wasn't a good 3pt shooter... Also better in every aspect except FT shooting... And even at that Rondo was in a minor role the year they won it in 08.

Rubio is the worst finisher/shooter in modern NBA history.

Rubio is not the answer.... He brings a new set of problems.

He allows teams to load up or key in on Harden more just by being on the floor while at the same time being a liability. Also since Rubio needs the ball to be effective offensively AT ALL... he's going to limit Harden's elite driving and attacking in the paint.

 

He has a lot of skills sure, but they're not great or necessarily efficient. Keep in mind he's always been sub 50% FG% as a big... If he's gonna shoot 20 FGA....

He needs to have much better shot selection. If you watch him, then you know he loves shooting. And it seems this past season he took the green light to shoot from down town. Why? One of the biggest bigs in the NBA, should be abusing teams in the paint. Stupid. Cut out the 3pters entirely and take less long jumpers.

He has range, but his shot inaccurate... Has more trust in it than he should.

Average 3pt shooter AT best.
Solid FT shooter for a big.
Good post moves.... Not a quality finisher below the hoop in the low post area and plays well below the rim on the interior.

Good rebounder yeah, but he's not the exception there.

It actually hurts that he settles for those 3s... Bails out the defense.. exactly what they'd want and he's not good enough from there to make it a serious threat.

Boogie is 41% 3-9 Feet... Sub 60% at the rim.
Unacceptable for a big man... Unacceptable for a black hole on offense. If you're dominating the ball like that you better be efficient. He scores significantly more cuz he takes 20.5 FGA.

20.5 FGA
45% FG as a C
4 turnovers per game as a C...
More turnovers than assists.

^ Look at the LA: league average... below his averages on the shot chart I posted.

Marc Gasol is better

What has greater impact from a big man? Especially a center... Offense or defense?

Defense.

I've said it many times, but I'll say it again...
Some foolishly think perimeter defense has a similar value or is equal to perimeter offense when that couldn't be further from the truth... Yet the opposite can be said when referring to big men and interior defense.

The center spot is probably the only position where defensive worth is comparable to offense and it very well may be more valuable there... When talking about big men.

None of those guys are top 15 to me either so that's irrelevant to my point.. I'd definitely take some of them over him tho... Definitely Horford.

Marc Gasol is easily a superior player...
Boogie scores a lot on average efficiency or below that while almost leading the league in turnovers and fouls, while not leading his team to many victories. Every year of his career he had more turnovers than assists per game.

Boogie has never really been good from mid range...
Marc Gasol shot 43.5% from 16-23ft this year..

Boogie shoots 25% 10-16 feet
35% 16-23 feet for comparison....
I'd argue Boogie's overall shooting and 3PA is a bigger detriment to his team than it is an asset. :work:

Especially compared to Gasol.

Impact? Let's talk about it.

And it's not even about wins, even tho so far all he's done is put up big numbers on awful teams (won more than 28 games ONCE in his career). The Kings are a joke franchise, I get it. He's just really not that great at anything. He's super inefficient. Kevin Love was putting up numbers just as big on better teams with far more efficiency. On Love... Didn't he have a greater impact and perform more efficiently... better individually... on Minny? In a very similar... Arguably worse situation? Yes he did.
He also dealt with many injuries of his own and to teammates as well. Boogie is a player that does a lot of things all pretty poorly very often so people overrate their productivity.

He just finished his sixth season and his issues/flaws have essentially always been the same more or less since year 1....

The time may come when people accept that is who he is. If a guy has been in the league for as many years as he has and he's pretty much been the same this whole time, that's usually what you're gonna get out of him. He's good, but no, he's not anywhere close to the best big man in the NBA like a lot of people like to claim and he doesn't possess the qualities to be the GUY on a good team much less a championship team.

I mean we're not even talking about playoffs... We're talking about 30 wins man.... There's multiple "stars" that could easily lead any team to over 30 wins every year and have a bigger impact than that with a garbage souffle of teammates and Cousins doesn't have it that bad.

I think he needs a veteran All-Star/Superstar. Not coach... Somebody that is as good or actually better than him, that can call him out on his BS.