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DeMarcus Cousins Agrees to Sign With Taiwanese Team, per Report

Boogie reportedly is headed back to the basketball court with the Taiwan Beer Leopards of the T1 League.
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DeMarcus Cousins Agrees to Sign With Taiwanese Team, per Report
DeMarcus Cousins Agrees to Sign With Taiwanese Team, per Report

Four-time NBA All-Star DeMarcus Cousins has not played in the league since the 2021-22 season but made headlines earlier this year when he signed on with a team in Puerto Rico’s professional league. Cousins’s international tour is far from over, though. 

The Mobile, Ala., native, who last played in the NBA with the Nuggets, reportedly has agreed to contract terms with a team in the Taiwan’s T1 League, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. 

Cousins’s pact with the Taiwan Beer Leopards eill cover 10 days and four games, Wojnarowski reports. Cousins is slated to join the team in mid-January.

The Leopards posted a photo of Cousins in uniform on their Facebook account, along with a video of the former NBA center announcing his intent to play in the Taiwanese league. 

Known as a prolific inside-outside scorer, Cousins posted averages of 19.6 points, 10.6 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game across 11 NBA seasons with the Kings, Pelicans, Warriors, Rockets, Clippers, Bucks and Nuggets. 

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Tim Capurso
TIM CAPURSO

Tim Capurso is a staff writer for Sports Illustrated, primarily covering MLB, college football and college basketball. Before joining SI in November 2023, Capurso worked at RotoBaller and ClutchPoints and is a graduate of Assumption University. When he's not working, he can be found at the gym, reading a book or enjoying a good hike. A resident of New York, Capurso openly wonders if the Giants will ever be a winning football team again.

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