DeMarcus Cousins is a well-known American professional basketball player who has been playing basketball since high school. He is best known as a player from Golden State Warriors and previously New Orleans Pelicans wearing jersey number 0. DeMarcus Cousins is an American professional Basketball player who plays for the Golden State Warriors in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was picked 5th overall in the first round of the 2010 NBA draft by Sacramento Kings. Further, he played New Orleans Pelicans before signing Warriors.
DeMarcus Cousins is best known as a player from Golden State Warriors and previously from New Orleans Pelicans
DeMarcus Cousins was born as DeMarcus Amir Cousins on August 13, 1990, in Mobile, Alabama to parents Jessie Cousins (father) and Monique Cousins (mother). He is American and belongs to the Afro-American ethnic group. His religion is Christianity and the star sign is Leo. He has four sisters and one brother Jaleel, who is also a basketball player. DeMarcus Amir Cousins attended LeFlore Magnet High School in Toulminville, Mobile, Alabama where he played for his high school basketball team. DeMarcus Amir Cousins, in his high school career, held an average of 14 points and 8 rebounds. After completing high school, DeMarcus Amir Cousins enrolled at the University of Kentucky and played for the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball.
DeMarcus started playing basketball professionally after being selected by Sacramento Kings in the 2010 NBA draft. On 7 July 2010, he signed a two-year contract with Kings $7 million where he was named Rookie of the Month for July during the NBA Summer League and NBA All-Rookie First Time at the end of the 2010-11 season. He again signed a four-year extension with Kings with $62 million on 30 September 2013. He got into many trouble and suffered a suspension as well while being on the team. He got one game suspension for punching Patrick Beverley in the stomach. He played from the Kings till 2017 and was traded to New Orleans Pelicans on 20 February 2017.
In January 2018, he was diagnosed with a torn left Achilles and underwent season-ending surgery. However, on 6th July 2018, Cousins got a deal of one-year contract with the Golden State Warriors. Cousins played for the United States national team that won the gold medal at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. He was also a team member of the USA that won a gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
DeMarcus Cousins signed a 1-year contract for 2019-2020 for which Cousins will earn a base salary of $3,500,000. His net worth is estimated to be $15 million. Apart from earning from his profession, Cousins earns a good amount of money from various sponsorships. He reportedly signed an endorsement deal with Puma. Previously, he was associated with Under Armour.
DeMarcus is not married yet but he is in a relationship beautiful woman named Morgan land, a model. Previously, He used to date Christy West, who is also known as baby mama by NBA players. They were college sweethearts. He had one son, Amir and a daughter, Vana from her. But it has been controversy about whose children are these actually.
Except for his rumor trade, there isn’t much rumor and controversy suffering.
DeMarcus has a height of 6 feet 11 inches and weighs around 122kg. He has black hair and dark brown eyes.
DeMarcus is active on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. He has more than 964k followers on Facebook, 3 million followers on Instagram and 1.13M followers on Twitter.