DeMarcus cousins

DeMarcus cousins
Player information
Full name	DeMarcus Amir cousins
Nickname	Boogie
birthday	13th August 1990 (age 30)
place of birth	Mobile , Alabama , United States
size	211 cm
Weight	122 kg
position	center
High school	LeFlore Magnet, Alabama
college	Kentucky
NBA draft	2010 , 5th pick , Sacramento Kings
Club information
society	Without Club
Clubs as active
2010–2017 Sacramento Kings 2017–2018 New Orleans Pelicans 2018–2019 Golden State Warriors 2019–2020 Los Angeles Lakers
National team
000000000	United States

DeMarcus Amir Cousins (born August 13, 1990 in Mobile , Alabama ) is an American basketball player who is 2.11 meters tall in the center position. Cousins ​​is currently a free agent ; his last club in 2019/20 were the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA .

Cousins ​​was an NBA All-Star four times in his career and was world champion with Team USA in 2014 , as well as Olympic champion at the 2016 Summer Games .

Career

college

Cousins ​​attended LeFlore High School in Mobile , Alabama . After graduating from high school, he initially accepted the University of Alabama at Birmingham , but then opted for the University of Memphis . After Memphis coach John Calipari moved to the University of Kentucky , Cousins ​​also decided to move to Kentucky. Alongside John Wall , Cousins ​​and the Wildcats made it to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division I Basketball Championship tournament. In his freshman year, Cousins ​​scored 15.1 points, 9.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks. He decided after a year for a professional career and signed up for the NBA draft .

NBA

Sacramento Kings (2010-2017)

In the 2010 NBA draft , he was selected in fifth place by the Sacramento Kings . Cousins ​​and Guard Tyreke Evans were already on the starting line-up for the Kings in his rookie season . For his good performance he was elected to the NBA All-Rookie First Team .

At the beginning of 2012, Cousins ​​fell out with head coach Paul Westphal and demanded that the Kings leave. The change was not allowed, but Westphal dismissed shortly afterwards. In February 2012, Cousins ​​was appointed to the BBVA Rising Stars Challenge .

In September 2013, Cousins ​​signed a four-year contract with the Kings that should bring him a total salary of $ 62 million. Although Cousins ​​recorded career highs in many categories, the Kings failed in the play-offs . On January 30, 2015, it was announced that Cousins will replace the injured Kobe Bryant in the NBA All-Star Game . This made him the first Kings player since Peja Stojaković and Brad Miller in 2004 to take part in the All-Star Game.

In early April 2015, Cousins ​​scored triple doubles in two consecutive games, each with at least 20 points, 20 rebounds and 10 assists . He became only the third player in NBA history to do so (alongside Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor ). On January 23, 2016, Cousins set a new career record with 48 points in the Kings 108-97 victory over the Indiana Pacers . Two days later he surpassed his personal best and scored 56 points in the 129: 128 defeat against the Charlotte Hornets . He also broke Chris Webber's internal team maximum . Webber held the record by then with 51 points. Cousins ​​did not reach the play-offs again with the Kings at the end of the season.

New Orleans Pelicans (2017-2018)

Cousins ​​was transferred to the New Orleans Pelicans on February 20, 2017 together with Omri Casspi in exchange for Buddy Hield , Tyreke Evans , Langston Galloway and selection rights in the draft . Shortly after his move, he set Tyson Chandler's team rebound record by collecting 23 rebounding balls against the San Antonio Spurs . A few days later he scored 41 points and 17 rebounds in the win against the Memphis Grizzlies . The playoffs were missed despite the well-known duo Cousins ​​and Davis .

On January 26, 2018 to Cousins moved in the game against the Houston Rockets a tear of the Achilles tendon to and fell for the rest of the season out.

Golden State Warriors (2018-2019)

On July 6, 2018, Cousins ​​signed a one-year contract with the Golden State Warriors . There he made 30 main round appearances in the 2018/19 game year (16.3 points, 8.2 rebounds, 3.6 basket assists / game). In the following playoffs, his values ​​fell: In eight encounters, Cousins ​​came to 7.6 points and 4.9 rebounds per use before he was canceled due to a thigh injury.

Los Angeles Lakers (2019-2020)

In July 2019, Cousins ​​moved to the Los Angeles Lakers . In the pre-season he tore a cruciate ligament. On February 23, 2020, the Lakers separated from their injured cousins ​​in order to sign Markieff Morris . Cousins ​​thus became a free agent without having played a game for the Lakers, which would allow him to sign for a significantly higher salary with the Lakers after his expected recovery in the season break.

National team

Cousins ​​won the gold medal with the US national team at the 2014 World Basketball Championship in Spain. At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 he won the gold medal with the US selection.

Awards and Achievements

• 4 × NBA All-Star : 2015-2018
• 2 × All-NBA Second Team : 2015, 2016
• Rookie of the Month: July 2010
• 2010/11 NBA All-Rookie First Team
• BBVA Rising Stars Challenge 2012
• Freshman of the Year to the SEC ( Southeastern Conference ) for the 2009/10 college season
• World Champion 2014
• Olympic Champion 2016

statistics

Legend
GP	Matches played (Games Played)	GS	Games from the beginning (Games started)	MPG	Graduated minutes per game (Minutes per game)
FG%	Throw rate from the field (field goal percentage)	3P%	Throwing quota three-point throws (3-point field-goal percentage)	FT%	Free throw rate (free-throw percentage)
RPG	Rebounds per game (rebounds per game)	APG	Assists per game (assists per game)	SPG	Steals per game (steals per game)
BPG	Blocks per game (blocks per game)	PPG	Points per game (points per game)	FAT	Career record

Regular season

season	team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2010-11	Sacramento	81	62	28.5	.430	.167	.687	8.6	2.5	1.0	.8th	14.1
2011-12	Sacramento	64	62	30.5	.448	.143	.701	11.0	1.6	1.5	1.2	18.1
2012–13	Sacramento	75	74	30.5	.465	.182	.738	9.9	2.7	1.4	0.7	17.1
2013-14	Sacramento	71	71	32.4	.496	.000	.726	11.7	2.9	1.5	1.3	22.7
2014–15	Sacramento	59	59	34.1	.467	.250	.782	12.7	3.6	1.5	1.8	24.1
2015–16	Sacramento	65	65	34.6	.451	.333	.718	11.5	3.3	1.6	1.4	26.9
2016–17	Sacramento / New Orleans	72	72	34.2	.452	.360	.772	11.1	4.6	1.4	1.3	27.0
2017-18	New Orleans	48	48	36.2	.470	.354	.746	12.9	5.4	1.6	1.6	25.2
2018–19	Golden State	30th	30th	25.7	.480	.274	.736	8.2	3.6	1.3	1.5	16.3
total		565	543	32.0	.461	.332	.737	10.9	3.2	1.4	1.2	21.2

Web links

Commons : DeMarcus Cousins  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• DeMarcus Cousins - player profile on NBA.com
• DeMarcus Cousins - player profile on basketball-reference.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ DeMarcus Cousins ​​To Kentucky
2. ↑ http://www.bulletsforever.com/2012/1/2/2676606/demarcus-cousins-trade-wizards-celtics
3. ^ Paul Westphal fired after 2-5 start
4. ↑ DeMarcus Cousins ​​Named to 2015 NBA All-Star Team
5. ↑ Elias: Top 5 Questions from Friday, Apr. 3. NBA.com, April 4, 2015, accessed on April 8, 2015 (English). 
6. ↑ Cousins ​​scores career high 48 as Kings beat Pacers 108-97
7. ↑ Cousins ​​scores 56, sets Sacramento record in double-OT loss ( memento of the original from January 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ↑ Media: Cousins ​​trade to Pelicans perfect!
9. ^ Warriors Sign Free Agent Center DeMarcus Cousins
10. ↑ DeMarcus Cousins. Retrieved on August 24, 2019 . 
11. ↑ NBA Free Agency: Los Angeles Lakers sign DeMarcus Cousins ​​and Rajon Rondo. Retrieved August 24, 2019 . 
12. ↑ NBA Free Agency: Los Angeles Lakers sign DeMarcus Cousins ​​and Rajon Rondo. Retrieved August 24, 2019 . 
13. ↑ Sport1.de: NBA: DeMarcus Cousins ​​misses the Los Angeles Lakers with a knee injury. Retrieved August 24, 2019 . 
14. ↑ NBA: Los Angeles Lakers officially sign Markieff Morris. Retrieved February 24, 2020 . 
15. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated November 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.