DeMarcus Cousins perfectly summed up the potential of the Golden State Warriors.
”Scary KeiVarae Russell Jersey ,” he said.
The rest of the league likely agrees.
Cousins signed his contract Friday to join the two-time defending NBA champion Warriors for this coming season, one in which he’ll make $5.3 million. He isn’t sure when his surgically repaired Achilles will allow him to start playing with his new team – being ready for the start of training camp seems quite doubtful – but he can already envision what might happen when he returns to form.
”Of course it’s going to take a lot of hard work, a lot of hard work and dedication, and also a lot of sacrifice from not only myself but other guys on the team as well,” Cousins told reporters Friday night at the NBA Summer League. ”That’s something that we all are aware of and that’s something we accepted already.”
When he returns, something he says he won’t do until he’s back to 100 percent, the Warriors could have a starting five composed entirely of 2018 All-Stars – Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson at guard, Kevin Durant and Draymond Green at forward, Cousins at center.
It’s mindboggling even for Warriors coach Steve Kerr to think about.
”We just felt like we didn’t have enough All-Stars Nevin Lawson Jersey ,” Kerr deadpanned in an in-game interview with ESPN’s Mark Jones and Doris Burke during the Warriors’ summer league game Friday.
Kerr told the story of his meeting with Cousins and how he asked him the following first question: When seven consecutive possessions go by and Curry and Thompson take all the shots, how will you feel?
If it was a test, Cousins passed easily. He assured Kerr that wouldn’t be a problem.
”We wanted to make sure it made sense for both sides,” Kerr said.
Cousins has been an All-Star in each of the last six seasons, averaging at least 24 points per game in each of those. With the Warriors, he knows the scoring numbers will likely dip.
Again, he apparently has no problem with that. He said he can see some nights where he takes only four shots, even though that’s happened only four times in his 535-game career.
”It may be some games where I’m the leading scorer,” Cousins said. ”I look at that as a positive. I don’t have to be the guy every night. I’ve always wanted a team where everything doesn’t rely on me and now I’m in that position.”
He’s going to be in playoff position as well. Cousins has never lost an NBA playoff game Mike Glennon Jersey , because he’s never appeared in an NBA playoff game. His last postseason playing experience was with Kentucky and its run to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament in 2010.
”I’m coming in just playing my part,” Cousins said. ”I’ll do whatever it takes to help this team win. Of course, I’m in a position where I’m able to play for a championship and every NBA player’s goal is to win a championship. So I’m coming in and I’ll do whatever it takes.”
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Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones is skipping OTAs, while he waits for a new contract.
And he’s likely to miss the rest of them, as well.
According to聽D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Falcons coach Dan Quinn said he didn’t expect his star wide receiver back with the team until their mandatory minicamp in June.
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Mr. Jones is going to be able to buy a lot of top hats when he eventually gets his new deal, as the receiver market has exploded this offseason and he’s better than any of the guys who have benefitted from it lately.
Falcons owner Arthur Blank said yesterday that things were “fine” and that it was just “a process we have to go through.”
Jones has three years left on his previous five-year, $71.2 million deal Andy Dalton Jersey , and is the eight-highest-paid receiver in the league.
鈥淚 think like at this time of year as business grows around the NFL, I think that鈥檚 pretty common for a lot of players, to discuss that and wonder where that鈥檚 at,鈥?Quinn said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 something that he and I discussed together, but as far like anything past that, unless you guys have spoken to Julio, individually or specifically, I think past that, it would be a lot of speculation.鈥?/p>
He’s not the only one lining up at the window Jihad Ward Jersey , as deals for wideouts including Odell Beckham Jr., DeAndre Hopkins and A.J. Green are on the horizon. And given Jones’ production and conditioning over the years, they’re not overly concerned at the moment, with Quinn noting that quarterback Matt Ryan and Julio Jones have gotten together to work out in Atlanta and Alabama this offseason.
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