Former NBA center DeMarcus Cousins won’t reach out to NBA teams to get another chance to play in the league, he said on the Club 520 podcast (hat tip to Hoops Hype).
“I’m not going to go out trying to convince these guys anymore,” he said. “You know what I bring to the floor. It’s been proven. If you really wanted to know who I am, you’d take the time to get to know me instead of listening to somebody else. I’m past trying to reach out. If an opportunity comes that makes sense, I’ll consider it, but I’m done with the convincing.”
Cousins recently joined Wuxi WenLv, a Chinese team on the FIBA 3×3 World Tour. Cousins, who has been out of the NBA since 2022, has played for professional teams in Puerto Rico, Taiwan, and the Philippines since that point.
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- Bulls top executive Arturas Karnisovas and head coach Billy Donovan, Bucks GM Jon Horst and coach Doc Rivers, Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins, and Nuggets GM Calvin Booth are among the GMs, presidents and coaches who have the most to prove this NBA season, according to ESPN’s Insiders.
Too true, too true!
DMC is one of the greatest centers of all time, absolutely nothing to prove… even one of the nicest guys to ever play in the league!
Lol
Silver especially doesn’t want veteran Center’s hanging around
DeAndre Jordan?
He won a championship so yeah
Horst did pretty good with what he had available to him – minimum free agency exceptions. Booth’s hands are tied from the Walmart heir owners. Taylor Jenkins cna’t help the fact that his best player has been an idiot that last two years, and the Bulls…yeah, about that.
Cousins is oblivious to the reason he has all star talent while not having a contract… and he’s telling everyone why at the same time lol. Isaiah Thomas should be his idol… instead he says “you should be calling me”…. Dwight Howard… a literal HOF talent… has come off the bench for bad teams to stay in the NBA…. wtf is wrong with this clown.
Are you a time traveler or something? Boogie has All-Star talent? No. Dwight is a HOF talent? You mean when was in Orlando? Dwight is also still rummaging around in Thailand begging for an NBA workout so…?
At least Cousins won a chip overseas…
The guy who played briefly for DEN two years ago was impactful for them, albeit in a limited role. I was surprised that DEN didn’t seem to make any effort to resign him. Viewed differently, with DEN being such a great fit, at least on the court, why didn’t they?
On causation, he’s looking in the wrong direction. There is no need to convince FO types of anything. They really don’t much care who he is as a person, as much as who their team’s players and coaches think he is. If they think he could fit well into their locker room as a former All NBA player now relegated to a situational role at the end of the bench, that box would be mostly checked. If they think otherwise, it won’t get checked (and it doesn’t really matter whether they’re right or wrong on the merits).