The situation of "Examining God" in the past two years is: if you use it, you will say it well, and the contract will be renewed!
According to Bucks reporter Jim Owczarski, the Bucks have officially cut center DeMarcus Cousins. The reason is to maintain the flexibility of the squad list.
So what did you do when you signed it?
At the time, the Bucks were looking for big players to help ease the pressure on Alphabet Brother and Portis, and they noticed cousins, a 31-year-old free agent, who signed him on November 30 last year.
He played in 17 games for the Bucks, starting five of them, averaging 9.1 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 0.9 blocks in 16.9 minutes per game, shooting 46.6 percent from the field.
In that more than a month, Cousins did all the work the Milwaukee Bucks asked for and wanted, both on and off the court. He became even more valuable especially when their starting center Brooke Lopez was sidelined due to injury and when individual players violated the league's health and safety agreements.
And on Wednesday night, in the Bucks' loss to Toronto, Cousins was abandoned after scoring 15 points and grabbing 10 rebounds for the understaffed team.
Bucks supervisor Jon Horst told ESPN reporter Adrian Voinarovsky: "We wouldn't have been able to get through this troublesome season so efficiently without DeMarcus. ”
Then what do you do when you cut people off?
"At the end of the day, we made a strategic decision to have a vacant list, but nothing stopped us from working with DeMarcus again on the street. He was very nice to us and hope we can help him too. Horst continued.
After abandoning Cousins, the Bucks have 17 players left on their roster — 14 full-time players, two two-way contract players, and another center Luke Cornett signed on a 10-day difficult exception contract. And swingman Matthews, who, like Cousins, is facing an insecure trade that the Bucks must make a decision by Friday's deadline.
After 17 games, Cousins is still competitive, so Slam Dunk Jun believes that "KaoShen" should not be unemployed for a long time.
The following is the slam dunk Jun's analysis of the next stop potential of "Kao Shen"
Dallas Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger has the thinnest frontcourt in the entire NBA, and he and Boban are currently in a health and safety agreement, while Klebel and Powell are on the small side in the fourth and fifth positions, respectively. If Cousins joins, he could immediately be in the team that is rising in the Western Conference rankings.
The only problem is that Cousins is more of an offensive threat than a defensive one, like the team's two best players, Porzingis and Luka Doncic, which may not be what the team needs.
Miami heat
The Heat currently don't have their center, Bam Adebayo, who underwent thumb surgery in December, but even if they did, they were lacking up frontcourt. That led to PJ Tucker being put in the center position, something he had never done before joining the Bucks last season and winning the championship.
The Heat also rely on young and talented big man Omar Utterseven, whose rebounding ability makes him a player the Heat must constantly give playing time. If he wants to hit important playing time at age 23, having a veteran like Cousins could be valuable.
Concerns: Cousins is also known for being grumpy, which could put him in trouble with Heat star Jimmy Butler, however once they wipe out the fireworks, then they can easily use each other's energy to become their best selves on the court.
Golden State Warriors
To the Warriors, Cousins couldn't be more familiar. He has joined them in countless voices of doubt. At that time, his identity obviously did not match a cheap contract, but it was in this way that he began to attack his dream of winning the championship, but in the end they failed, and the dynasty ended.
For the once-considered NBA's best big man, joining the Warriors is his best bet if he wants to win a championship this season. Although he is no longer the star he once was, he can definitely help the team this season.
CBA Guangdong team
It is said that a number of CBA teams have thrown an olive branch to Cousins this offseason, hoping that he can come to China to play, including the defending champion Guangdong.
Now the Guangdong team really needs to sign a big foreign aid to supplement the strength of the team.
Cousins' ability is needless to say, he is an NBA All-Star level inside player, even if he has suffered some injuries, but to the CBA should still be a dimensional reduction blow, if he can join Guangdong, then they can dominate the championship this year.
However, for now, Cousins still hopes to stay in the NBA. Today, he has already lowered his posture just to continue to compete on the field. Although we all know that he will never be able to get back to the top, as long as we can see him on the field.
The pendulum of life seems to be forever shaking in the middle of two poles, with happiness being one pole and suffering being the other. One second you are still an indispensable head card in the eyes of everyone, and the next second you may become abandoned for various reasons. There is nothing to say, but I hope that everything will go well next, and see who will be the master of the discerning hero?
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