The Denver Nuggets plan to sign four times with All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins under the remaining contract of the season, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic.
Cousins, 31, signed a 10-day deal with the Nuggets in January and then signed two more 10-day deals with Denver. Normally, a player is only allowed to sign two 10-day contracts with any given team, but the NBA extend that limit to three through a “difficulty” exception.
In eight appearances against Denver, Cousins averaged 13.1 minutes with 6.1 points and 6.3 rebounds. The Nuggets are sixth at the Western Conference with a 33-25 record, but have been without 6-10 forward Michael Porter Jr since November due to a back injury that required surgery.
Cousins won four consecutive All-Star nods from 2015 to 2018 during his time with the Sacramento Kings and New Orleans Pelicans. In 2019 following his stint with the Golden State Warriors, Cousins signed a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, but tore his ACL during the off-season and never played a single game against Los Angeles.
Since then, Cousins has struggled to stick to the NBA roster and has played a total of 66 games in two seasons with the Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks and Nuggets.
