Fire and Ice — a perfect nickname to what was thought to be an imperfect partnership between DeMarcus Cousins and Anthony Davis. The New Orleans Pelicans' former frontcourt tandem quickly proved the NBA wrong, terrorizing teams in the low post and out-smarting them from the outside, building one of the most feared big-men pairing in the league. Now a member of the Golden State Warriors, Cousins still thinks about the friend he left behind:
“I think about our pairing all the time,” said Cousins, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. “Me and AD talk about it. It’s fucked up. It could’ve been something great, something special, but other people had different things in mind. That’s out of our control, and you never know what’ll happen later on down the line.”
Cousins suffered a torn Achilles on Jan. 26 in a win over the Houston Rockets, and shortly after, he reportedly engaged in contract extension conversations with general manager Dell Demps, only to get offered a two-year, $40 million deal after being diagnosed with the season-ending injury.
The 28-year-old was primed to receive a max-level deal before he suffered the injury, only to be probed with a lesser offer in light of his long-term ailment.
Davis and Cousins dominated together just as strongly as they did individually during their short stint with the Pelicans, and while their partnership could have been plenty fruitful, it's one big “what if” that will remain in the sands of history as one of the greatest frontcourt pairings in recent tales.
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