In April, Cousins was interviewed on Garnett's podcast and made a compelling statement: "For now, I think I'm still the third best center in the league.
However, neither basketball enthusiasts nor the management of NBA teams agree with him.
As a result, Cousins decided to join the Puerto Rico Basketball League, signing with the Guainavo Metropolitatropolita.
The decision wasn't Cousins' first choice, but because the NBA team didn't give him a chance at a contract.
While it's fair to say that Cousins has been excellent in the Puerto Rico league and has excellent stats, those stats don't mean anything to the NBA Retired Veteran Activity Center when it comes to solving his problems.
Cousins' basketball career has been full of twists and turns.
He failed to lead the team to the playoffs while playing for the Kings, but he was recognized as one of the NBA's top interior players and a future star with both immediate power and potential.
With unlimited confidence in himself, Cousins even turned down a five-year super-cap contract worth $200 million from the Kings, hoping to get a higher **.
However, Cousins was traded to the Pelicans, the first setback of his basketball career.
At first, Cousins thought it was just a minor adjustment, but he never imagined that this was just the beginning of his bad luck.
He accidentally tore the Achilles tendon in his left foot.
Despite his serious injury, the Pelicans offered him a two-year, $40 million contract extension, which did show affection, but Cousins still turned it down because his ambitions outweighed everything.
Sometimes, one has to trust fate.
He joined the Warriors on a $5.3 million contract, which once made the entire NBA lament the "finale".
However, not only did he not win the title, but he also tore his left thigh quadriceps.
Before joining the Lakers for $3.5 million, he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee before the season even began.
With three lacerations in the account and missed opportunities, Cousins couldn't replicate his former heroism when he played for the Rockets and Clippers.
While Cousins was still able to create space on the offensive end with his excellent shooting skills, his defensive pace was simply too slow and became a hole in the defense.
As a result, after playing for the Nuggets and then the Bucks, he never got another chance to get a contract in the NBA.
As a result, more and more news is coming out that Cousins may move to the CBA and come to play in China.
In the CBA League, the main task of foreign players is to score, and defense is not so important because local players can do this task.
However, Cousins' pursuit of basketball also has salary expectations.
This summer, Cousins came to China for a series of business events, during which he received ** from several CBA teams, but the monthly salary was only about $80,000, so Cousins turned them down.
NBA star Cousins finally found a new way out, although he did not come to Chinese mainland and decided to move to the T1 League in Taiwan.
It is reported that he will join the Taiwanese team Taiwan Beer Clouded Leopard.
Qiwen Chen, the deputy leader of the Clouded Leopards, revealed that Cousins is about to join the team.
At the same time, Yan Xingshu, the chief operating officer of the clouded leopard men's basketball team, also confirmed in an interview that Cousins is expected to appear on the court before the Lunar New Year.
According to the salary rules of the T1 League, the salary of foreign players is capped at $20,000 per month after tax, but "foreign players who have a greater impact on the league's image, box office, and marketing" can apply to the league for the player to be exempt from the annual salary limit.
According to an analysis by Taiwan**, Cousins' annual salary could reach $2.3 million.
However, the final report showed that Cousins only received a base salary of $200,000 and a $10,000 appearance fee per game, and he is expected to play only half a month.
These "clauses" show that Cousins is still arrogant, but in the end he still needs to prove himself in the Circle.
We have a good impression of this cute big man and look forward to him continuing his professional basketball career.
Although he can only get paid $200,000, the self-proclaimed "NBA No. 3 center" is coming, are you looking forward to it?