FEBRUARY 10, 8:02pm: The Nuggets have officially signed Cousins to a 10-day contract, Singer tweets.
FEBRUARY 10, 3:59 pm: Now that the trade deadline has come and gone without the Nuggets filling their open roster spot, they’ll move forward with their plan to sign Cousins to another 10-day contract, tweets Singer. The big man is expected to be available for Friday’s game vs. Boston, Singer adds.
FEBRUARY 7: The Nuggets will likely sign center DeMarcus Cousins to another 10-day contract, a league source tells Mike Singer of The Denver Post. However, it remains unclear when exactly that will happen.
As Singer explains, with the trade deadline just three days away, Denver is still assessing its options and determining whether to keep its 15th roster spot open to accommodate a potential deal. The Nuggets aren’t eligible for a hardship exception, so they’d have to use that lone roster opening to re-sign Cousins.
If they don’t bring back Cousins prior to Thursday’s deadline, the Nuggets will likely do so afterward. As Singer notes, the veteran big man earned praise from head coach Michael Malone and star center Nikola Jokic on Sunday after he grabbed nine rebounds in 16 minutes in a win over Brooklyn. His 10-day contract expired after that game.
In total, Cousins has appeared in five games with Denver, averaging 6.0 PPG and 7.0 RPG in 13.3 MPG while struggling with his shot (.257 FG%). He initially signed a 10-day hardship deal, which the team terminated early in order to give Cousins a standard 10-day contract after multiple players exited the COVID-19 protocols.
If Cousins signs another standard 10-day deal with the Nuggets, the team would have to either let him walk or sign him for the rest of the season once it expires. A player can’t sign more than two standard 10-day contracts with the same team in a season.
A tepid end to what was a promising career.
5 games: 4 Technical Fouls, 1 ejection
Boogie is back baby!
257 fg percent. Yikes
Denver digs Nuggets’ Boogie
Nuggets 5-0 when Boogie plays, and if you watch them (I know most NBA fans don’t) that’s not a coincidence. He makes them tougher, meaner, and harder to out-physical, and he solves one of their primary weaknesses, which is D rebounding when Jokic is off the floor.
Rather watch him than any other NBA player I’ve watched since he started playing in the NBA
Signing Boogie feels like seriously good karma to me. I hope the Nuggets sign him to regular contract and keep him around. I think he’s a great back up. If he gets some practice with the team, his shooting percentages will go up and his turnovers will go down. He’s already second on the team in rebounding per game in only 13 minutes per game. His defense has looked great to me. He seems like he’s moving well. So he’s not a starting level all star player…doesn’t mean he can’t be a very effective 15 minutes per game back up player.
I thought that said 10 yr deal for a second, and almost spit my drink up.
That contract is reserved for Udonis Haslem only lol
Thank you thank you thank you
Come to the Sixers and replace Drummond.
Embiid and Boogie would be a nice two man punch at centre