.jpg) Cousins with the Golden State Warriors in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | August 13, 1990 Mobile, Alabama, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 270 lb (122 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| High school | John L. LeFlore (Mobile, Alabama) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College | Kentucky (2009–2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2010: 1st round, 5th overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Sacramento Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2010–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2017 | Sacramento Kings | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | New Orleans Pelicans | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Golden State Warriors | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Houston Rockets | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Los Angeles Clippers | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Milwaukee Bucks | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Denver Nuggets | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Mets de Guaynabo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Taiwan Beer Leopards | ||||||||||||||||||||
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DeMarcus Amir Cousins (born August 13, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Taiwan Beer Leopards of the T1 League. Nicknamed "Boogie",[1] he played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, earning consensus second-team All-American honors in 2010. He left Kentucky after one season, and was selected with the fifth overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings. In his first season with the Kings, Cousins was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, and from 2015 to 2018, he was named an NBA All-Star four times. He is also a two-time gold medal winner as a member of the United States national team, winning his first in 2014 at the FIBA Basketball World Cup and his second in 2016 at the Rio Olympics.
- ^ "SportsThat: DeMarcus Cousins on ESPN's First Take". sportsthat.blogspot.com. July 27, 2010. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
Coach Rod Strickland at Kentucky gave me the name. I would be playing ball and I would do moves that guards would do and coach Strickland said, "Man, you got a lot of Boogie." Every time I walked into the gym he would say, "What's up Boogie!" and it just stuck.