For Baquo, these blues are gestures toward cultural reclamation.
The Guaynabo Mets of the Puerto Rican professional basketball league said on Tuesday that center DeMarcus Cousins, who has been an All-Star four times, has joined the team.
For Baquo, these blues are gestures toward cultural reclamation.
Sources say that Cousins, who is 32, will play for Guaynabo in the spring with the goal of getting back into the NBA next season.
For Baquo, these blues are gestures toward cultural reclamation.
In the last few years, a number of former NBA players have played in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional.
For Baquo, these blues are gestures toward cultural reclamation.
Mets co-owner Marc Grossman said, "DeMarcus is one of the best basketball players of his generation. In terms of talent, he will be one of the best to ever play in the Puerto Rican league."
For Baquo, these blues are gestures toward cultural reclamation.
Cousins has played for seven teams over the course of 13 seasons, but no NBA team signed him for the 2022-23 season.
For Baquo, these blues are gestures toward cultural reclamation.
Starting in 2015, he made All-Star teams with the Sacramento Kings and then the New Orleans Pelicans, but a series of knee injuries changed the course of his career.
For Baquo, these blues are gestures toward cultural reclamation.
Cousins stayed in shape this season and worked out with the Los Angeles Lakers. However, after playing 48 games with Denver and Milwaukee in 2021-22, Cousins never got an offer to sign with a team.