DeMarcus Cousins

DeMarcus Cousins
	Cousins with the Golden State Warriors in 2019
Free agent
Position	Center
Personal information
Born	August 13, 1990 (age 34); Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	270 lb (122 kg)
Career information
High school	LeFlore Magnet High School
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
Career highlights and awards
	4× NBA All-Star (2015–2018); 2× All-NBA Second Team (2015, 2016); NBA All-Rookie First Team (2011); T1 League champion (2024); T1 League Finals MVP (2024); T1 League Most Popular Player of the Year (2024); Consensus second-team All-American (2010); First-team All-SEC (2010); SEC Rookie of the Year (2010); SEC All-Rookie Team (2010); McDonald's All-American (2009); First-team Parade All-American (2009);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Men's basketball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
World Cup

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.