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It is not known for at least a few more months if the union between DeMarcus Cousins ​​and the Warriors will be peaceful and prosperous. They have reached the top of the NBA without him and he is rehabilitating a potentially career-damaging injury.

Yet there is no reason to believe that the Warriors would have been better if instead of signing Cousins ​​they had added a healthy Dwight Howard

There is no reason to Doubting Howard's badertion, as reported by NBC Sports Washington, that when he became a free agent, the Warriors were reaching out to him. They have already been interested in Howard, are hyper-aggressive browsers, and really believe in the idea of ​​exploring all the options.

The Warriors were shopping in the market for a great affordable man, and Howard fits that description. Just like Kyle O 'Quinn, who eventually landed in Indiana. The question with Cousins ​​was to know if he was "affordable".

If the three players were ready to come to the Warriors for a $ 5.3 million contract, the team would have ranked them in that order: Cousins, O. Quinn, Howard

This It's not that they would not have taken Howard seriously. It is inconceivable that they have acted on a signature.

The Warriors had no idea that Cousins ​​would be in their price range until he had a hand in hand with Warrors President / CEO Bob Myers on the morning of July 2nd. Myers immediately conducted a survey.

The GM contacted the most influential players in the team and received unanimous approval. They all embraced the notion of Cousins ​​as a warrior. They admired his work from afar, and despite some controversial moments spoke in laudatory terms of his skills.

Kevin Durant, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson got to know Cousins ​​better during their time as a member of the USA team at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Green and Cousins ​​were teammates of dominoes during the time off.

Howard was not a member of Team USA. His last appearance representing the country came 10 years ago, at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

Moreover, I have no recollection of the warriors expressing the admiration of Howard's game. If anything, there seems to be an unspoken curiosity about his inner workout and his basketball IQ. Any survey of Warriors regarding the acquisition of Howard would not have received consensus approval and would likely have been summarily dismissed.

Howard's career in the NBA culminated in Orlando, where he was an incredible athlete and probably the best rebounder in the league. It's also there that it became apparent, during the 2011-12 season, that he was ready to undermine coach Stan Van Gundy.

Howard (traded) and Van Gundy (fired) were gone after this season. None has completely recovered. Howard went to the Lakers, where his lack of intensity disgusted Kobe Bryant. Howard then traveled to Houston, where he spent three years exasperating James Harden and two different head coaches.

By becoming a free agent in 2016, Howard signed a $ 70 million three-year contract with the Hawks. He was returning to Atlanta, where he grew up. It lasted a year before being sent to Charlotte last summer, which equates to a payday dump. The Hornets traded it in Brooklyn, where it was bought back and renounced.

And now he is a member of the Washington Wizards, probably the most underperforming group of the NBA

In the spirit of Howard, he chooses the Wizards on the Warriors. . In reality, the Warriors would never choose it.

The Warriors did what they always did while contemplating list changes. They create a table that lists the players, by post – but also by noting other factors – and then make their way through the list. Howard would have been on the list.

But they ended up with Cousins, whose future may be cloudy, but a choice that they would make 100 times out of 100.