Beauty is late, the hero is at the end, the most is that the human world cannot stay, Zhu Yan resigns the mirror and the tree. Whenever I see the superstars of the Alliance, suddenly one day, to run around for a job, there is an inexplicable sourness.
Four-time All-Star! Once the league's number one center, now an unsecured contract, does he still have a second spring in his career?
Many people probably guessed this! He is the four-time All-Star Cousins, the former league's first center, Cousins, born in 90, is only 31 years old this year, but look at what Cousins has experienced in the past two years.
On February 22, 2020, he was laid off by the Lakers
On November 24, 2020, he signed a one-year unsecured contract with the Rockets
On February 23, 2021, he was cut by the Rockets
On April 5, 2021, he signed a 10-day contract with the Clippers
On April 17, 2021, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Clippers
On April 27, 2021, he signed with the Clippers until the end of the season
At the end of the 2021 season, the Contract Extension was not reached with the Clippers.
On November 29, 2021, he signed a one-year unprotected contract with the Bucks.
This is the so-called hero's end, don't say anything, look at Cousins' statistics on the Bucks this season.
He played in 15 games, averaged 16.5 minutes per game, averaged 8.8 points, 5.5 boards and 1.2 assists per game, shot 46.6% from the field, shot 26.2% from three-point range, and averaged 0.7 three-pointers per game.
Battle Rockets cut 18 points, Battle Lone Rangers cut 22 points, many people are saying that Cousins ushered in the second spring of his career in the Bucks, in fact, I personally think that this sentence is a little too early.
These years Cousins can not stand in the league, the main reason is not on the offensive end, to know that last season Cousins in the Clippers, averaging 7.8 points, 4.5 boards and 1 assist per game, shooting 54% from the field and 42% from three-point range.
Scoring rebounds is similar to that of the Bucks this season, shooting more than in the Bucks this season, and as a result, it is not impossible to stay with the Clippers.
What really keeps Cousins from finding his job is not the offensive end, but the defensive end.
Facing Cousins' defense last season, the opposing player shot 48 percent from the field, including 52.4 percent from two-point range and 34 percent from three-point range, and was within six feet of the basket (frame-guarding data), shooting 62.4 percent from the field.
So what about Cousins' defensive stats this season?
Facing Cousins' defense this season, the opposing players shot 46 percent from the field, including 57.8 percent from two-point range, 16.7 percent from three-point range, and 66.7 percent from within the basket (frame-guarding data).
Cousins' defense, compared to last season, has not changed much, of course, this can also be understood, after all, Cousins has experienced serious injuries, after all, Cousins is no longer young, it is almost impossible to go back to the past.
The main reason why the Bucks used Cousins was that Big Luo was injured, the return date was undecided, and the inside line was urgently short of manpower, and Cousins got the opportunity. If Lopez returns, Cousins will be very embarrassed in the Bucks position, which is why the Bucks gave Cousins an unsecured contract.
Of course, considering the Bucks' defensive system, and considering brother's strong defensive ability, Cousins is still likely to gain a foothold in the Bucks. Cousins wants to survive in the league and should learn howard to lose weight and make himself faster on the defensive end.
Either way, we wish the former league number one center and the second spring of his career like Anthony.
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