VIDEO: Woj Claims the Free Agent Market for DeMarcus Cousins is Weak and Depressing
By Jerry Trotta
There's no debating DeMarcus Cousins is one of the most talented players left on the free agent market. When healthy, the four-time All-Star is the most dominant big in the game next to Anthony Davis and Joel Embiid. Truthfully, he was once the best pure big in the NBA. As always, however, the key term previously stated was "healthy" and recent serious injuries -- a ruptured Achilles and torn quadricep both suffered within a year -- presently sees Boogie's market as bereft and anemic, according to Adrian Wojarnowski.
Woj says there’s no market for Boogie Cousins ? pic.twitter.com/cuA39jHOhC
— TheWarriorsTalk (@TheWarriorsTalk) July 2, 2019
"There's not a market...He thought, he hoped that big market teams would strikeout, they'd have cap space, and he could get a one-year, $12, $15, $18, $20 million deal. That's not there," Woj said.
Perhaps the most shocking quote from the rumor whisperer came when he said that DeMarcus might not even get the mid-level exception that he got with the Warriors last year.
Is everyone just out on Demarcus Cousins now as a player? Lot of injuries for sure, but he’s still only 28, and coming off that devastating injury put up 16-8-4 with 1.5 stl/blk in 26mpg.
— Roy White III (@RDubThree) July 2, 2019
I’d pay for that every day of the week.
If Woj’s report is true (FYI: he's never wrong), Cousins is poised to experience an astronomical drop in value since his All-NBA days with the Sacramento Kings.
To think that there is no market for a player that could put up 25 points and 12 rebounds in his sleep -- and averaged 16.3 points and 8.2 rebounds per game fresh off a torn quad and ruptured Achilles last season -- is astonishingly stunning.