Boogie and the Brow. Fire and Ice. Beasts of Bourbon. Whatever you call it, Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins, two of the guys averaging a 20-10 in the league, are now teammates in New Orleans. Where, though, does Jrue Holiday fit into the equation?
Since the nuclear Boogie trade, the trajectory of the Pelicans has shifted massively. New Orleans has changed from survival, delaying-the-almost-inevitable-departure-of-Anthony-Davis-in-2020 (whether in free agency or trade), to championship mode. That’s an incredible step for a franchise that has experienced a single playoff appearance (as an 8th seed at that) in four years since drafting Anthony Davis and made a complete 180 in personnel during the last off-season, trading offensive-minded players for defensive ones.