DeMarcus Cousins has signed a 10-day deal to play for the Taiwan Beer Leopards, as reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The contract will reportedly span 4 video games, with Cousins anticipated to examine in together with his new crew in mid-January.
The previous All-Star turns into the second former All-Star to move to Taiwan. Dwight Howard spent final season with the Taoyuan Leopards. Howard had did not safe a contract with an NBA crew following his departure from the Los Angeles Lakers. The first distinction, although, is that Cousins is at present solely scheduled to play a handful of video games.
Cousins, 33, has been a free agent since leaving the Denver Nuggets on the finish of the 2021-22 season. Throughout his prime, he was a real pressure in the course of the court docket and will get buckets from anyplace on the ground. Nonetheless, a string of accidents value the veteran massive man most of his prime years. He is been struggling to earn a constant function ever since.
After being out of the NBA for over a season, Cousins is probably going hoping to place in some good performances throughout his time with the Beer Leopards. The considering is probably going that if he can dominate over a small pattern measurement, he may generate some curiosity in his companies, both across the NBA or abroad. Cousins may probably comply with an identical path to Kemba Walker, who struggled to stay on an NBA roster after a persistent knee difficulty and is now coming off the bench for Monaco.
However, Cousins ought to take a look at Howard’s struggles if he is trying to discover himself one other shot within the league this season regardless of his time in Taiwan. Enjoying nicely towards lower-level opposition is not all the time sufficient to generate curiosity that would result in a contract provide. Nonetheless, enjoying aggressive basketball may very well be sufficient to appease the previous lottery decide, even when he does consider he can nonetheless carry one thing to an NBA crew’s bench.
