Analysis: Another major injury for DeMarcus Cousins means another summer of uncertainty awaits
DeMarcus Cousins tore his left quadriceps Monday, the same leg he has been rehabilitating since rupturing his Achilles' tendon last season. By Ben Golliver Ben Golliver NBA reporter Email Bio Follow April 16 at 5:13 PM The grand triumph of DeMarcus Cousins’s comeback arrived in early April, when the Golden State Warriors center poured in a season-high 28 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in a blowout win over the Denver Nuggets.
Golden State’s net rating was slightly better with Cousins on the bench than it was with him on the court. While less skilled than Cousins, backup Kevon Looney has been the Warriors’ most reliable center because he is more disciplined defensively and uses fewer possessions on offense. Everything was going to plan, more or less, until Cousins fell to the court Monday night with a noncontact injury and immediately clutched at his left leg in pain. Now, NBA executives interested in signing him are left weighing some grim facts: Cousins’s injuries happened on the same leg, he has missed at least 10 games in six straight seasons, and he hadn’t fully recovered his explosiveness and lift before his most recent injury.
Cousins's matchup with Nuggets center Nikola Jokic was the high point of his season. The best-case scenario for Cousins, another executive said, had been to establish himself as an X-factor against top-level teams such as the Houston Rockets in the West and the Milwaukee Bucks, Toronto Raptors or Boston Celtics from the East.
Second, this year’s class of free agent centers is not overflowing with talent. Boston’s Al Horford, Toronto’s Marc Gasol and Milwaukee’s Brook Lopez are in desirable environments, so poaching them could be difficult. Nikola Vucevic of the Orlando Magic is bound to generate significant interest after his first all-star selection, but the other available names — DeAndre Jordan, Robin Lopez and Jonas Valanciunas, among others — are less intriguing.
The knee-jerk consensus seemed to be that Cousins will be experiencing deja vu come July, weighing short-term deals from lottery teams and mid-level offers, like Golden State’s, from contenders. Most likely, he will be forced to “prove it” all over again. This isn’t totally his fault.
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