Portland Trail Blazers should bring Boogie to Rip City
Cousins’ Last 30 games
| Player | Minutes | FG% | FT% | 3PTM | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks | Turnover |
| Cousins | 24:16 | .411 | .757 | 2.1 | 11.9 | 8.8 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
Cousins’ addition to the Blazers will be a tremendous bonus. As the above graphic shows, he is still a high-quality NBA player. Cousins can still bully mismatched defenders. Over his last seven games, Cousins has three double-doubles. He finished either three boards or points or less, shy of reaching the feat, in the remaining four.
If Terry Stotts is smart, he’ll utilize Boogie in a similar fashion to how Nick Nurse used Marc Gasol with the Raptors in their title run. Cousins getting chances close to the basket to score with some open three-point looks when available. But mainly use Boogie as an offensive facilitator.
Dynamic offensive possibilities
For example, envision a lineup of Lillard, Trent, RoCo, Cousins, and Kanter. Further, Kanter can mainly operate on the low block with Cousins working from the elbow. Also, with RoCo in the corner spotting up for a three-point attempt. Lillard runs the offense with Trent on the opposite wing from RoCo. Moreover, the Portland Trail Blazers now have two shooters ready to go.
Dame has another facilitator on the floor with him. If Lillard goes off a Cousins screen, Lillard can 1) drive to the hoop, 2) kick to RoCo, 3) wrap around a pass to Kanter under the basket, or 4) kick the rock back to Cousins either at the elbow or beyond the 3-point line.
Once Cousins gets the ball, he can 1) take the shot, 2) swing it to Trent, or 3) dribble the ball to shift the defense. Subsequently, this all makes the offense multi-dimensional and a little less reliant on Lillard. Obviously, once McCollum and Nurkic get back, they can step right into the Trent and Kanter spots.
As a result of bringing two more playmakers onto the floor. With Nurkic and Cousins, Stotts can more easily rotate their spots on the floor and not lose anything in the flow of the offense.
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— Blazers Nation (@BlazersNationCP) March 28, 2019