DeMarcus Cousins got in one final triple-double before his Achilles tendon snapped like an overstretched rubber band, and he has Darius “Driller” Miller to thank for it. If I was Miller, I wouldn’t send my get-well-soon basket of flowers and booze until Cousins sent me a similar basket as a token of his appreciation for hitting all those threes off of his passes.
It’s really tempting to use the “3-and-D” designation for Miller, since he doesn’t do much besides shoot threes, but I don’t know if he actually plays defense or not. He must, right? At least a little bit? Or is he simply a floor-spacer for the Twin Towers that gets to play only because he can shoot tons of threes at a borderline-elite percentage?
I wish I knew how to evaluate defense but I simply don’t. I pretend like I don’t care about it but I do. I’m just too dumb to understand.