Over And Back: Stories About Nba History

Rarely have players as great as Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins been stuck on such bad teams. We take a look at how other comparable players fared early on in their careers in the latest episode of the Over and Back Classic NBA Podcast.We look how this season's New Orleans Pelicans and Sacramento Kings compare to other teams that struggled despite having an amazing superstar, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's Los Angeles Lakers in 1976 and Charles Barkley's Philadelphia 76ers in 1988. We also discuss players in the same class as Davis and Cousins and how they fared in their first seven seasons, from players who were part of dynasties (George Mikan, Larry Bird, Julius Erving and Tim Duncan), who won a championship (Abdul-Jabbar, Bob Pettit and Dan Issel), who made the Finals (Wilt Chamberlain, Shaquille O'Neal, Hakeem Olajuwon and Moses Malone), and who made it deep into the playoffs but failed to make a Finals (David Robinson, Karl Malone and Alonzo Mourning).We also compare Cousins and Davis