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Marcus Cousin

Retired • Retired after 2019 season • C • 1 year of NBA experience

Height6'11

Weight255 lbs

Born18th December 1986 (age 39)

Nationality🇺🇸USA

NBA DraftUndrafted, 2009

Pre-draft teamHouston

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Representative Teams

NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2012 roster

D League Select

NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2009 roster

Houston Rockets

Stats

Year	League	Team	G	MPG	PTS/G	FG	FGA	FG%	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2010-11	D League	Austin Toros	46	30.6	14.9	5.5	10.5	52.1%	0.0%	4.0	4.8	83.2%	3.2	5.5	8.6	0.8	0.4	1.1	1.7	3.2
2010-11	NBA	Utah Jazz	4	4.5	1.0	0.5	0.8	66.7%	–	0.0	0.0	–	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3
2014-15	EuroCup	Krasny Oktyabr	12	15.7	6.1	2.4	3.6	67.4%	0.0%	1.3	1.7	75.0%	1.0	2.3	4.4	0.7	0.3	0.3	1.4	2.1

Teams

Date	Team
2004 - 2006	Seton Hall (NCAA)
2006 - 2009	Houston (NCAA)
July 2009	Houston Rockets (Summer League)
July 2009 - December 2009	Mersin (Turkey)
January 2010 - June 2010	Galil Gilboa (Israel)
September 2010 - October 2010	San Antonio Spurs (NBA)
October 2010 - March 2011	Austin Toros (D League)
March 2011	Utah Jazz (NBA)
March 2011 - April 2011	Austin Toros (D League)
April 2011	Rio Grande Valley Vipers (D League)
April 2011 - December 2011	Houston Rockets (NBA)
March 2012	Guaiqueries de Margarita (Venezuela)
July 2012	D League Select (Summer League)
July 2012 - August 2012	Caneros (Dominican Republic)
September 2012 - June 2013	Kyoto Hannaryz (Japan, BJ League)
November 2013 - March 2015	Krasny Oktyabr (Russia)
April 2015	Humacao (Puerto Rico)
June 2015	Blackwater Elite (Philippines)
September 2015 - December 2015	Shinshu Brave Warriors (Japan, BJ League)
October 2016 - November 2016	Sagesse (Lebanon)
January 2017 - June 2017	Gunma (Japan, D2)

Transactions

Date	League	Transaction
24th July 2009	Turkey	Signed a one-year contract with Mersin.
31st December 2009	Turkey	Released by Mersin.
1st January 2010	Israel	Signed for the remainder of the season with Galil Gilboa.
27th September 2010	NBA	Signed an unguaranteed one-year minimum salary contract with San Antonio Spurs.
21st October 2010	NBA	Waived by San Antonio Spurs.
30th October 2010	D League	Designated as a returning player by Austin Toros.
9th March 2011	NBA	Signed a ten-day contract with Utah Jazz.
19th March 2011	D League	Re-acquired by Austin Toros.
10th April 2011	NBA	Signed a partially guaranteed contract for the remainder of the season and through 2013 with Houston Rockets, for $25,000 in the first part-season and the final two seasons at the minimum salary.
10th April 2011	D League	Assigned by Houston Rockets to Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the D League.
24th December 2011	NBA	Waived by Houston Rockets.
6th March 2012	Venezuela	Signed for the remainder of the season with Guaiqueries de Margarita.
26th March 2012	Venezuela	Released by Guaiqueries de Margarita.
30th July 2012	Dominican Republic	Signed for the remainder of the season with Caneros de Este.
5th September 2012	Japan	Signed a one-year contract with Kyoto Hannaryz.
27th November 2013	Russia	Signed for the remainder of the season with Krasny Oktyabr.
17th August 2014	Russia	Re-signed by Krasny Oktyabr to a one-year contract.
1st March 2015	Russia	Left Krasny Oktyabr.
4th April 2015	Puerto Rico	Signed for the remainder of the season with Caciques de Humacao.
30th April 2015	Puerto Rico	Released by Caciques de Humacao.
4th June 2015	Philippines	Signed for the duration of the Governor's Cup with Blackwater Elite.
14th September 2015	Japan	Signed a one-year contract with Shinshu Brave Warriors.
9th December 2015	Japan	Left Shinshu Brave Warriors.
17th October 2016	Lebanon	Signed a one-year contract with Sagesse.
21st November 2016	Lebanon	Released by Sagesse.
20th January 2017	Japan	Signed for the remainder of the season with Gunma Crane Thunders.

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Top 101 NBA Ten-Day Contract Candidates (When 20 Would Probably Have Been Enough)

5th January 2011

Marcus Cousin - Cousin has gone from being a decent player at Houston, to a bad player in Turkey, to a good player in the D-League. There was nothing in his professional career prior to this season to suggest he could have achieved what he has done this season, yet playing for the Spurs owned affiliate the Austin Toros, Cousin (Coo-sawn) has averaged 14.6 points and 8.6 rebounds in 29 minutes a game, shooting 54% from the field and 82% from the free throw line. It's not the most fluid or exceptional production, but it's good, and from a hitherto surprising source. Cousin has NBA size as 6'11 and 255lbs, and despite being something of a late bloomer, he's definitely bloomed.

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.....Third Prize Is You're Fired

6th October 2010

Cousin played for the Rockets summer league team on account of his local ties. The Seton Hall transfer averaged 10.9 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.1 blocks in his senior season at Houston, shooting 50% from the field and 76% from the foul line; solid numbers all, but not NBA calibre from Conference-USA. In his first professional season, Cousins averaged 5.3 points and 2.4 rebounds in 7 games for Turkish team Mersin, before moving to Israel and Galil Gilboa, where he averaged 2.7/2.0 in 16 more games along with 0.6 blocks. Cousin is a 6'11 post player who moves well enough and who will chip in with some big man stats, giving him value as a practice presence. But DeMarcus Cousins, he is not. (Additionally, for whatever reason, "Cousin" is pronounced as if it was a Turkish name called "Cusan". Take the -San from Ersan Ilyasova, and the Koo from Mrs Koo Stark, and put them together. Koosarn. Like that.)