DeMarcus Cousins Rumors

Howard is one of 19 players in NBA history with five consecutive first-team All-NBA nods. The only other centers on that list are Shaq and George Mikan. The only other 21st-century players are LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Giannis Antetokounmpo, O'Neal, Luka Doncic and Kevin Durant -- who, with the exception of the young Doncic, are acknowledged as top-25 players in NBA history. Critics would contend that Howard so thoroughly dominated the All-NBA voting because of a lesser caliber of competition in that era. This idea has some merit: Though the center landscape wasn't quite as barren during Howard's reign as it would be half a decade later -- the All-NBA centers in 2015-16 were DeAndre Jordan, DeMarcus Cousins and Andre Drummond -- the second- and third-team All-NBA centers behind Howard were Amar'e Stoudemire (three times), Yao Ming (twice), Suns-era Shaq, Andrew Bogut, Al Horford, Andrew Bynum and Tyson Chandler. There are good players on that list, but few Hall of Famers.

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DeMarcus Cousins: It was always separate for me. um who I was at work who isn't who I was, you know, at in my home or when I'm moving around on my everyday.  One thing that I do regret about early in my career is not being more open and showcasing who I was as a person. I was always a private person. I always had trust issues.

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DeMarcus Cousins on jersey retirement in Sacramento: "Obviously it would be an honor. That was something that I definitely wanted and strived for as far as why I tried to go out and perform every single night. Accolade-wise, I feel like I did all the right things while I was in that jersey … As far as All-Stars, as far as All-NBA selections, numbers, gold medals. I put my work in. I think I earned my stripes. Obviously it's like you (Mike Bibby) said, it's a political thing. But as far as the work being done, I think I did what needed to be done to join the others up in the rafters.”

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DeMarcus Cousins: One thing that I do regret about early in my career is not being more open and showcasing who I was as a person. I was always a private person. I always had trust issues. That’s how I protected myself. That’s how I moved every day.

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DeMarcus Cousins: Boogie came from Rod Strickland. My only year at Kentucky... it was a little lingo back then where we’d say someone had 'Boogie' in their game. Strick started calling me Boogie—and it stuck.

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DeMarcus Cousins: When I was with Denver, our lockers were next to each other. I don’t remember who at the time had signed an extension, but I was like, “Such and such signed it for his money.” I'm like, “Man, yours is going to be crazy.” He's like, “You know, I honestly think I might retire after this contract.” I said, “Leave three hundred million on the table? You out your motherfucking mind, man.” I said, “Sign the contract and just get fat at worst. Don’t pass up on the three hundred million, bro. No, you can’t do that. No, don’t do that.” He’s like, “Because I just want to go lay in my…” — I believe he called it a valley or something like that — “I just want to lay out there with my horses.” I'm like, “Yo, them horses gonna be there, bro. Go get your three. You can get more horses. Go get the three hundred, bro.”

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DeMarcus Cousins has played for several NBA teams throughout his career, but when it comes to how an organization treats its players, one team stands out. During a guest appearance on the Run It Back podcast, the former All-Star center shared high praise for the Golden State Warriors, calling them one of the best-run franchises in the league. “Being a guy that was a part of an organization, I can agree with Jimmy 100%,” Cousins said, referring to comments by Warriors forward Jimmy Butler. “It’s definitely one of the top organizations in the NBA. They treat their players well. They treat players’ families well.”

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“Why did you feel like Jonas Valanciunas was the right fit?” David Adelman: “You can play through him. I said this the other day — and I really meant it — I thought people forget how good DeMarcus Cousins was for us that second half of that season. Jonas is a guy you can post up against smaller lineups. He’s a proficient player down there, very good dribble handoff player, you can play him off the elbows. He’s a guy those guards can play through. And when Jok doesn’t play, you have a legitimate starting center that we just happen to be lucky enough to have as our backup. So we’re super blessed to get him. Cannot wait for him to get to the United States — get to Denver. We’re so excited to have him.”

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Jake Shapiro: Adelman on Jonas Valanciunas: "Point center. You can play combo guards, you don't need a lead PG, you can play 5-out offense, off the elbow, post him up. He's such a skilled player... 1st time we have our backup with a similar skillset to Nikola Jokic beside DeMarcus Cousins."

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DeMarcus Cousins: I had never been to California before. Like my first time in California was when I went to Sacramento. Oh, damn. So, once again, I'm envisioning I'm thinking it's LA. I'm thinking palm trees. And who I don't know if there is a palm tree insect, bro. I'm flying in. I'm all out the window like a I'm like, "Where the f*cking palm trees at?" I'm like I don't see nothing but fields. Just farmland. Like I'm like, "This sh*t look like Alabama." Like, "Hey, pilot, where are the Ferraris and the Lamborghinis and sh*t.” No, not one. Q. And you were in the old, old Sacramento. Cousins: Yeah, not the current one, man.

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According to "Run Your Race" podcast host Theo Pinson, who played five seasons in the Association, teams usually come out of the dugout and do their warm-ups when there are 20 minutes left on the countdown to the game's tip-off; 15 minutes was already pushing it. According to "Run Your Race" podcast host Theo Pinson, who played five seasons in the Association, teams usually come out of the dugout and do their warm-ups when there are 20 minutes left on the countdown to the game's tip-off; 15 minutes was already pushing it. Boogie, though, claimed the Warriors would jog to the court and put up shots when there were only six minutes to go before the game started. "Man, it was so bad, bro," Cousins exclaimed. "Steve used to be like, 'Man, y'all are being disrespectful.' There were times we were going out there with like six minutes on the clock. Steve's like, 'Man, you guys got to show some type of respect.' We used to come like 10 on the clock, eight on the clock."

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"Steve's just like, 'Y'all got to do a better job,'" DeMarcus revealed. "And Steve not even, like, he's not even really tripping on the fact that we're going out there late because he knows we're showing up. We going to do, we coming out, we going to do our job every night." "It was just the look of it. And it's just like, this s—t getting a little disrespectful. Steph like, 'Guys, come on, man.' Like, it was crazy. It's insane, bro," the big man concluded.

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Kevin Durant: Whoa whoa Boog, I don’t want no problems with you or anybody on earth. I Promise, all I’m saying is your source is lying.

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Run It Back: Don’t blame Kevin Durant for what happened in the desert 👀🏜️ Boogie Cousins can’t spill everything that went down in Phoenix, but he made one thing clear 🗣️ "I've definitely heard some of the negative things in the locker room. There were a couple of fistfights."

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