There is no knowing for at least another few months if the union between DeMarcus Cousins and the Warriors will be peaceful and prosperous. They reached the top of the NBA without him and he’s in the midst of rehabbing a potentially career-altering injury.
Still, there is no reason to believe the Warriors will have been better off if instead of signing Cousins they had added a healthy Dwight Howard.
There is no reason to doubt Howard’s assertion, as reported by NBC Sports Washington, that when he became a free agent the Warriors reached out to him.