In today's NBA regular season game, the Milwaukee Bucks lost to the Toronto Raptors 111-117, this game, substitute Demarcus Cousins played 19 minutes, cut 15 points, 10 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 block data, while he also shot two three-pointers, 5 of 8 in the whole game, plus or minus +9. Such data can be said to be very good, but after the game, the news that the Bucks are about to cut Cousins suddenly came, which was shocking.
According to Shams, the Bucks plan to lay off Cousins to maintain the flexibility of the team's roster. When explaining why the team cut Cousins, Bucks general manager Jon Horst said: "The team made a strategic decision to reserve a lineup seat and make the lineup more flexible. Subsequently, Jon Horst also thanked Cousins for his help after joining the team, and said that he would continue to work with him in the future. For this situation, the Bucks officially gave the explanation that they needed to maintain the flexibility of the lineup, so they had to cut Cousins, but nothing could stop their determination to cooperate with Cousins.
Such words seem like the Bucks are very reluctant to DeMarcus Cousins, but everyone knows that the NBA is a commercial league after all, everything is operated by interests, no player can escape the operation of capital, Cousins is so, although today's game cut 15 points and 10 boards, or can not escape the fate of being cut.
So far this season, he has played in 17 games for the Bucks, averaging 9 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, which may not be much compared to his peak performance, but Cousins is a seriously injured player after all, and the decline in form is inevitable, but it is good to be able to guarantee such efficient data. But the Bucks don't seem to take the matter seriously, and they still plan to cut Cousins and make room for other better players.
In the six years since the 2016-17 season, this is cousins' seventh team, cousins is still playing for the Kings in the 2016-17 season, he was traded to the Pelicans in the 17-18 season, after two seasons with the Pelicans, he was traded to the Warriors, and in the following season, he was traded to the Lakers, Rockets, Clippers and Bucks. In 6 years, he has changed 7 teams, and once the league's first center, he can only bow to fate and face the embarrassing situation of being cut.
Cousins is certainly not performing as well as he was at his peak, with a sharp decline in explosiveness and interior finishing, and a slow movement on the defensive end. But fortunately, he played his value in these games for the Bucks, which may become an important chip for other players to consider signing Cousins in the future, and now Cousins will face the situation of wandering again, which is inevitably a little chilling, hoping that Cousins can find a suitable home later and play his own level.