demarcus cousins played for golden state third in the nba.
demarcus cousins played for golden state third in the nba.
who does demarcus cousins play for third in the nba?
golden state
after not receiving any outstanding contract offers from other teams, cousins turned his attention to signing with an elite team with the midlevel exception. cousins called golden state general manager bob myers about joining the warriors and followed this by speaking to kevin durant, stephen curry and draymond green. he subsequently accepted the warriors' midlevel exception, signing a reported one-year deal for $5.3 million on july 6, 2018. on december 10, 2018, with cousins nearing a return to the court for the first time since rupturing his left achilles tendon, he was assigned to golden state's nba g league affiliate team, the santa cruz warriors, where he had his first full-contact practice. on january 18, 2019, cousins made his debut for the warriors, scoring 14 points before fouling out of the 112–94 win over the los angeles clippers. on april 2, he scored a season-high 28 points to go with 13 rebounds in a 116–102 win over the denver nuggets. on april 16, cousins was ruled out indefinitely after suffering a torn left quadriceps in game 2 of the first round of the playoffs. he made a return in game 1 of the 2019 nba finals against the toronto raptors, coming off the bench in his first nba finals game.
demarcus cousins
demarcus amir cousins (born august 13, 1990) is an american professional basketball player for the los angeles lakers of the national basketball association (nba). nicknamed "boogie", he played college basketball for the kentucky wildcats, where he was an all-american in 2010. he left kentucky after one season, and was selected with the fifth overall pick in the 2010 nba draft by the sacramento kings. in his first season with the kings, cousins was named to the nba all-rookie first team, and from 2015 to 2018, he was named an nba all-star. he is also a two-time gold medal winner as a member of the united states national team, winning his first in 2014 at the fiba basketball world cup and his second in 2016 at the rio olympics.
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