Beijing time on December 18,The Chinese Taipei League officially announced that the team officially signed former NBA superstar DeMarcus Cousins.
The 33-year-old Cousins has won the gold medal in international competitions on behalf of the U.S. men's basketball team in addition to being a four-time NBA All-Star, and he is also known as one of the most versatile centers in NBA history. ”
The Taiwan Beer Clouded Leopards have high hopes for Cousins!Yan Xingshu, the team's chief operating officer, said that with Cousins' rich experience and excellent offensive ability in the NBA, he will bring super reinforcement to the team's combat effectiveness and make the Taiwan Beer Clouded Leopards a super team.
According to previous reports, DeMarcus Cousins is expected to play for the Clouded Leopards for half a month. He signed a contract with a base salary of $200,000 and an additional $10,000 appearance fee for each game he played. It is worth mentioning that the maximum monthly salary of foreign players in the Chinese Taipei League was only $20,000, but because Cousins is a former NBA superstar, Clouded Leopard submitted a special application to the T1 League to let Cousins not be subject to the annual salary limit. This is enough to show that the Clouded Leopards attach great importance to and invest deeply in Cousins' joining. After all, his arrival will bring top box office and market appeal to the team!
It is reported that Cousins will arrive in Taiwan, China in mid-January next year, and is expected to make his debut at the home of the clouded leopards in January. The Clouded Leopards will have four home games in January, and Cousins' debut will be on January 20 at the earliestThere is no doubt that Cousins' joining the Clouded Leopards is bound to set off a star-chasing frenzy in the entire Chinese Taipei League League, after all, Cousins was the No. 1 center in the entire NBA league, and 20+10 in a single game is within reach for Cousins before the major injury!But even if he has experienced a major injury, with Cousins' current ability, he should be more than enough to cope with a game of this level in the Chinese Taipei League!
Officially announced the signing of the Chinese Taipei League Clouded Leopards, Cousins will start a new chapter in his career in Taiwan, China!At the same time, this means that Cousins will most likely not be able to return to play in the NBA. Because he has been away from the NBA for a year and a half in the blink of an eye, Cousins has been unpopular in the free agency market since his contract with the Denver Nuggets expired last offseason!He was also forced to choose to switch to the Chinese Taipei League, because he really couldn't find a job in the NBA to be backward compatible. In order to continue his basketball career, Cousins finally had to choose to play in Chinese Taipei!
I wish Cousins all the best in the Chinese Taipei League!Although he is no longer the interior monster who used to kill in the NBA, I still hope that he is doing well. Because his career was really not going well, repeated injuries completely ruined his NBA career!Looking forward to Cousins' rebirth on the Clouded Panthers!