DMC to NOLA

[Mike G]

DeMarcus Cousins and Anthony Davis may be the two best Bigs in the world; and they're on the same team.
If they aren't 1-2, they are inarguably the best pair of bigs on one team.
See the operational definition of 'bigs' and the list here:
http://bkref.com/tiny/2zZMR

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Pts   team    2 bigs   
2997   NOP   Cousins  Davis
1934   Min   Towns    Dieng
1840   Mem   Gasol   Randolph
1641   Atl   Millsap  Howard
1592   Was   Porter   Morris


DRb   team   2 bigs   
986   NOP   Davis     Cousins
811   LAC   Jordan    Griffin
798   Min   Towns     Dieng
771   Atl   Howard    Millsap
765   Det   Drummond  Leuer


TReb   team   2 bigs   
1221   NOP   Davis    Cousins
1125   Min   Towns    Dieng
1084   LAC   Jordan   Griffin
1078   Atl   Howard   Millsap
1063   Det   Drummond Leuer


Blk   team   2 bigs   
204   NOP   Davis    Cousins
175   TOR   Ibaka    Nogueira
175   Uta   Gobert   Favors
171   NYK  Porzingis O'Quinn
166   Mia  Whiteside Johnson


Stl   team   2 bigs   
153   GSW   Green    Pachulia
143   NOP   Cousins   Davis
143   Was   Porter    Morris
137   Ind   Young     Turner
131   Phi   Covington Saric


WS     team   2 bigs   
14.0   NOP   Davis   Cousins
13.4   Was   Porter  Gortat
12.1   LAC   Jordan  Griffin
11.9   Min   Towns   Dieng
11.8   Uta   Gobert  Favors


VORP  team   2 bigs   
7.0   NOP   Cousins Davis
5.0   Min   Towns   Dieng
4.7   GSW   Green   Pachulia
4.6   Was   Porter  Gortat
4.5   Mem   Gasol   Green

They're 6th in 3 point FG between them; and 8th in OReb, with 72% of Towns+Dieng total.

[Crow]

These are their production totals... playing for different teams. Will be interesting to see how much they change, decline playing together sharing ball on offense and rebound opportunities.

[Mike G]

Free throw duos:

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FT    team   2 bigs   
790   NOP   Cousins  Davis
373   Atl   Millsap  Howard
334   Mem   Gasol    Green
332   Min   Towns    Dieng
330   LAC   Griffin  Jordan

Yes, something will have to give.

In their first year together, Duncan and Robinson with very little else had a .646 level MOV.
The Pels have 25 games left; if they play at that rate, they'd end up with ~39 wins -- which would be 8th in the West, if b-r.com's projections play out.
The 1997-98 Spurs actually started out 10-10, then went 46-16 the rest of the way.
http://bkref.com/tiny/qOBK4

For future reference, here's a snapshot of some 'advanced' numbers before they were on the same team.

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NOP   PER  ORb%  DRb%  TRb%  Ast%  Stl  Blk%  TO%  Usg  ws/48  BPM
DMC  26.6   7.1  29.1  18.1  28.0  2.0  3.6  13.2  37.5  .163  7.1
AD   27.3   6.5  28.3  17.3  11.7  1.7  5.5   9.9  32.5  .188  3.7

Certainly their Usage will drop. Their BPM may get closer.

Their RPM (at ESPN -- both listed as PF) are 5th and 6th, Cousins at 4.65 and Davis at 4.11.
In WINS, they're 3rd and 4th.