For the majority of his NBA career, DeMarcus Cousins was as durable as they come. But in recent years, he has become known more for the injuries he has suffered: a ruptured Achilles just months away from free agency and a torn quadriceps in the second playoff game of his veteran NBA career while playing starting center for the Golden State Warriors.
Cousins, 29, missed the rest of the playoffs but rode the slim chance the Warriors trainers gave him to return in time for the NBA Finals to do just that.
His one-year deal with the Warriors done and the franchise unable to pay him what he could command elsewhere, Cousins signed with the Los Angeles Lakers during free agency and is expected to be their starting center. But news of another injury befalling the big man understandable must have the entire franchise holding its collective breath.
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Thursday that Cousins suffered a knee injury during an offseason practice earlier in the week in Las Vegas. The extent of the injury is not known yet: Cousins awaits testing, evaluation and consultation with the Lakers medical staff.
According to Wojnarowski via an unnamed source, Cousins bumped knees with another player during the practice.
With any number of injuries possible, it bears reminding that on the Warriors’ way toward winning the 2015 NBA Championship against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Kyrie Irving bumped knees with Klay Thompson — fracturing his kneecap and ending his postseason run.
