The Warriors did not ruin the NBA by adding DeMarcus Cousins: 4 Reasons Why

DeMarcus Cousins ​​is officially on the Golden State Warriors for the 2018-2019 season, but there are still reasons to love the NBA.

A s if the addition of Kevin Durant was not enough of a punch in the intestine, now, DeMarcus Cousins ​​is also on the Warriors . But let's stop the madness at once. The league is neither ruined nor broken. In fact, it has a lot to offer in different ways this coming season and the NBA will still be great this year even if the result remains in favor of the Golden State Warriors.

Here are four reasons why all NBA fans can still enjoy the 2018-2019 Season:

The Western Conference is Even More Competitive

Last year, the Battle of the West Playoffs in the West has been juicier than usual. The Houston Rockets finished the year with 65 wins. Golden State finished with 58. Seven other teams had between 46 and 48 wins. Last place in the playoffs was decided in a tight match between the Nuggets and Timberwolves the last night of the season. It is difficult to be more competitive than that. But this season could end even tighter.

Golden State will obviously provide superior seed. Houston is still a power, but will not reach 65 wins without Trevor Ariza. Of the following seven teams that finished three times each year last year, six of them should be significantly better or finish at about the same level as the next one. last season. A couple more could also enter the game.

The third-seeded Portland Trail Blazers retain their intact core and their developing youth should keep them about as good as the # 39, last year. The fourth seed, Oklahoma City Thunder, has also retained its core. Paul George re-signed and Andre Roberson will also return from his injury.

The fifth-seeded was Utah Jazz. Donovan Mitchell will be a year older. Rudy Gobert will be a year older and will be in good health. Their actors are all back. There is no reason that the Jazz does not finish 2018-19 with more than 48 wins, the total of last year. Six-seeded New Orleans is a point of questioning. However, their team makes more sense today than with DeMarcus Cousins, and should win more games behind Anthony Davis.

The Nuggets and Timberwolves should also be better teams based on the development of their young hearts. Nikola Jokic has just signed for his contract max. Karl Anthony-Towns will soon be in the same boat. Jimmy Butler should be in good health next year if he stays in Minnesota. These teams are getting stronger and they will approach 50 wins each if everything goes as planned.

The Spurs are perhaps the most questionable of these teams. Kawhi Leonard is unhappy and not rejuvenating. However, Gregg Popovich never disappoints, and it would not be surprising that they creak in the playoffs.

Most importantly, the Lakers are back. LeBron James and the new purple and gold look should be able to make the playoffs and get close to 50 wins, too. Their core is growing and LeBron is not going to drop them lower than an eighth seed.

The Western Conference is so busy (and the East is so awful) that it would not be shocking to see nine or ten teams in the playoffs playoffs with at least 48 wins. The playoff race of the West will be a bloodbath with impressive performances in the regular season.

The Lakers are back

It's been a while since the Lakers made the playoffs playoffs and for a long time they were fun to watch. The Lakers have always been the most stellar franchise in the history of the NBA, and they have just had one of the biggest stars on the planet to join their team, LeBron James.

The Lakers were nice to watch last year, behind the drama of Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma's rookie season, Brandon Ingram's step toward fame, and Julius's growth Randle on the court. But now they are back at the Showtime Lakers. LeBron makes this team a must-see every night. This is not the only thing that makes television a must.

Lance Stephenson, Rajon Rondo and JaVale McGee are also part of the team. Lance is practically a human meme. Rondo is one of the most passive, aggressive and unstable NBA players. Javale is a champion Shaqtin & Fool several times. There will be unforgettable moments on this team of misfits and exalted. LeBron himself is not the easiest player to survive beside.

Let's not forget that LaVar Ball is now a bigger part of our lives. The saga Ball seems to live. All these added quirks make Los Angeles one of the most watchable teams in the league, and this is not exactly for positive reasons.

The Celtics and Sixers wait

The Eastern Conference is weaker than it has ever been. But at the top of this pile of hopeless rubbish are two young teams forming ambitions at the level of the dynasty. The Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers are not going to be a nudge for anyone in the NBA, and that includes Golden State and Houston.

The Celtics have an extremely high potential. They reached the final of the Eastern Conference last season and took Cleveland to seven games without their top two players. I do not care if the East was weak. To miss out on two stars and still be minutes away from the finals is incredible.

As Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown improve and Hayward and Irving take over, the Celtics will separate as a two-way superteam, presumably the number one in the East. They can go from toe to feet with the Warriors since their defense is the best in the league. But their offense should also be powerful as well.

The Sixers are also ready for another leap forward. It was shocking to see them win third place last year, while Ben Simmons clinched the rookie season of the year and Joel Embiid finished second by voting for the defensive player of the year. year. Markelle Fultz remains a question mark, but must have a better year than last year.

The rest of their young team is a more developed and experienced year, and they should argue for one of the highest ceilings for an NBA team. Beating Golden State is a mountain apart, but the Celtics and Sixers are probably the biggest threat across the rest of the league.

The NBA is full of young stars ready to shine

The league is deeper than She has never been in terms of talent. Players become younger and younger as training progresses and the league becomes a bigger company.

All of this brought to the league a lot of talent from around the world. Jayson Tatum, Donovan Mitchell, Ben Simmons, Lonzo Ball, Nikola Jokic, Devin Booker, Luka Doncic, and many other young stars are already making a name even before reaching the age of 23 . We still have Karl Anthony-Towns, Dennis Smith Jr., Kyle Kuzma, Deandre Ayton, Trae Young, Kristaps Porzingis, Jaylen Brown, Brandon Ingram and Jaren Jackson Jr. Some of these players are still teenagers.

The army of young stars all has the potential to be the Top 30 league players. Will they all? No. But there are so many young talents among so many teams that we can witness the birth of a future MVP career. The nighttime plot is super exciting.

The Golden State Warriors may have turned their 73-win-super-team-that-signed-Kevin-Durant into a whole new monster by adding DeMarcus Cousins, but the NBA remains a league very nice of almost any means. The league is not ruined. We just have to appreciate the rest of what the NBA offers us, like the growth of young superstars, an incredibly tight race in the Western Conference, and the circus that is Los Angeles Lakers. We could even enter next June to find that someone has what it takes to dethrone the Warriors.