So recently a couple of my friends brought up the idea that PEAK DeMarcus Cousins was better than PEAK Dwight Howard. I pretty much watched all of DeMarcus Cousins prime in Sacramento and he was my favourite player in the NBA for a couple years, but I still cannot fathom how he compares to a player as dominant defensively and offensively like Howard.
As well, Howard led the Magic to a finals appearance in his prime. I do acknowledge that Cousins is the better passer, shooter, and post player, and that if he didn’t have to carry the offensive load as much as he did in Sacramento he could’ve been way more efficient (we got to see a preview of that in NOLA), but are these abilities enough to take him over Howard?
I was a huge Dwight fan in Houston, but unfortunately I never got to see prime Orlando D12. So could you guys please fill in some context?
NOT CAREER-WISE, STRICTLY PEAK
Dwight Howard by a country mile and then some. Is this a joke? 2009 was absolutely a carry job. The man took his team to the Finals. Cousins never even sniffed that as the best player on his team. Rashard Lewis got half (i.e. one lol) is his All Star selections on that team, and Jameer Nelson got his singular one that season as well, so miss me with that “he had better teams” argument. That was a lottery team without Dwight.