The small ball era is the decline of centers. Is Cousins ??really no longer suitable for small ball?

The Celtics said they are not interested in signing DeMarcus Cousins. This is the second team in the league in the past three days to deny Cousins' hopes of joining. If the Warriors sign Kevon Looney and Cauley-Stein, that number will become three. And this number will continue to increase as each team's internal reserves become richer. "Sources told me that there is no market for Cousins. He hopes that those big ball markets will go out to compete for stars and then give him a contract of 12-18 million a year, but I don't even know if he can do what he did last year. Even if it is 5.3 million A middle-class exception to the U.S. dollar."

It seems that without his knowledge, he allowed his cousins' expectations to gradually become a second luxury. In the summer of 2018, Mark Stein reported that Cousins ??rejected the Pelicans' two-year, ￡40 million bid because it was .84375 short of Chris Paul's five-year, ￡175 million target. After entering the free market without hesitation, Cousins ??found that he could not even get an annual salary of 15 million, so he switched to the Warriors. Of course, this matter will always be Rashomon to the outside world. Cousins ??said at the time: "I was so angry that I said to the agent, 'Let me make a call.' He was shocked and couldn't accept the offer, which was a shame."

All comparisons come from understanding the unknown: The management believes that the Achilles tendon will pull the team's ball throughout the season, but Cousins ??believes that an Achilles tendon is nothing compared to his weight of 122 pounds and his various martial arts skills. . This conflict directly led to the cousins ??joining the Warriors. He wants to win the championship, to prove that he can become the second Dominique Wilkins, so as to dig out the gold coins in the money bags of the big guys, and by the way, tell the teams that have not given him an offer: I can still sit back and wait for ten more .

As things stand, we can only pray that Kevin Durant will take another step in the direction of Dominique Wilkins. Behind Cousins's nowhere to go is a negative sign that the center is declining. On the court, Cousins ??might not be that bad. He can perform high-quality pick-and-rolls, which are appropriate running cuts as the central axis of the organization and Klay Thompson, as well as individual tasks of filling the penalty area, protecting rebounds and digesting part of the connection segment. Although he would pass the ball the wrong way to teammates off the court, he had the league's highest turnover rate during the regular season and couldn't hide his frustration. But what's valuable is that Cousins ??can also be a good teammate while playing a No. 5 role in the non-tactical core of a championship team.

This is not the story of the prodigal son. From the time Anthony Davis wore No. 15 to the All-Star Game, we knew Cousins' restlessness was nothing more than an escape from the world. This withdrawal can become infinite under stimulation, or infinitesimal under appeasement. However, team management takes this more seriously. After the first game of the Finals, Cousins ??sent a text message to Draymond Green: "I have been waiting for this moment. I am ready for this moment. You need to believe me."