DeMarcus Cousins

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DeMarcus Amir Cousins (Mobile, Alabama, August 13, 1990) is an American basketball player who belongs to the NBA Los Angeles Lakers squad. At 2.11 meters tall, he plays in the pivot position. He is the older brother of also professional basketball player Jaleel Cousins

Sports career
High school
Cousins was included in the 2009 McDonald's All-American Team, where he scored 14 points and scored 8 rebounds.2 In addition, he also played the Nike Hoop Summit in the same year at the Rose Garden in Portland and the Jordan Brand Classic at Madison Square Garden, contributing 10 points for the black team. Cousins led the LeFlore Institute to the Alabama class 6A Final Four against Hillcrest to advance to the state championship, finally falling to his future teammate Eric Bledsoe of the Parker Institute.

college
First, Cousins got engaged to UAB on February 28, 2008, but he never signed a letter of intent because the player only wanted to be part of the Blazers if coach Mike Davis left the position, a condition to which the university He denied.3 Cousins declined UAB and made a commitment to Memphis on March 9, 2009.4 although after the departure of Memphis coach John Calipari to Kentucky, Cousins decided to follow the coach. On April 15, 2009, Cousins got engaged to Kentucky.5 In Kentucky, Cousins averaged 15.1 points, 9.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game. Led by Cousins and John Wall, the Wildcats reached the Elite Eight of the 2010 NCAA tournament.

NBA
Sacramento Kings
Cousins was selected by Sacramento Kings in the fifth position of the 2010 NBA Draft, a position somewhat lower than expected. It was said that his lack of maturity had caused some franchises to choose other rookies with a more settled head. Cousins began faltering his career in the NBA, but as of January he has settled down with several games that show his enormous potential, making him a basic piece of the Kings.

DeMarcus began the 2012-13 season receiving a two-game penalty for facing Sean Elliott, a narrator of the San Antonio Spurs.7 Cousins was later suspended again with a game for kicking O.J. May 8

New Orleans Pelicans
After seven seasons in Sacramento, in February 2017, DeMarcus Cousins and Omri Casspi are transferred to the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for Buddy Hield, Tyreke Evans, Langston Galloway and the New Orleans elections in the first round of the 2017 Draft and second Round in 2019.9 On February 1, 2018, in a game against Houston Rockets, DeMarcus injured his Achilles tendon, 10 causing him to miss the All-Star and end his season with the Pelicans, in which He averaged 25.2 points, 12.9 rebounds and 5.4 assists, the latter being the highest average of his career.

Golden state warriors
On July 3, 2018, Cousins signs an annual contract with the current champions, the Golden State Warriors for the 2018-19.11 season

Los Angeles Lakers
On July 6, 2019, he signed a $ 3.5 million contract for 1 year, with Los Angeles Lakers.