Nuggets Sign DeMarcus Cousins For Remainder Of Season

The Nuggets have signed center DeMarcus Cousins for the remainder of the season, the team announced in a press release.

Cousins, 31, is 6-foot-10 and has appeared in eight games with Denver so far, averaging 6.1 points and 6.3 rebounds. He also played for Nuggets coach Michael Malone when the two were together with the Kings.

Cousins also spent time with the Bucks earlier this season, playing in 17 games. Overall, he is averaging 9.1 points and 5.8 boards on the year.

Once the NBA’s top center, Cousins has bounced around quite a bit following a torn ACL and torn Achilles, but Malone has called him a “refreshing” addition in Denver.

Per the release:

The 10-year NBA veteran has played in 631 career games (559 starts) with Sacramento, New Orleans, Golden State, Houston, Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee and Denver, holding career averages of 19.9 points, 10.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.2 blocks in 30.4 minutes per game. Cousins has reached the playoffs twice, in 2019 and 2021, appearing in 15 games (five starts), averaging 7.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 12.7 minutes.

The fifth overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft, Cousins was selected to four all-star games as a member of the Sacramento Kings (2015-17) and New Orleans Pelicans (2018). He was also named to the All-NBA Second Team in 2015 and 2016 and he was a gold medal winner for the United States in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, as well as the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.