DeMarcus Cousins on Rudy Gobert: You can't have a 4x Defensive Player of the Year who doesn’t finish games (2024)

Nick Wright @getnickwright
My All NBA Teams Are:
1st Team: Luka, SGA, Giannis, Tatum, Jokic
2nd Team: Brunson, Edwards, LeBron, KD, AD
3rd Team: Steph, Fox, Booker, Kawhi, PG
Toughest Omissions: Brown, Halliburton, Paolo, Wemby, Gobert, Sabonis, Zion. – 8:11 AM

Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria
Boogie Fland of @step_basketball has asked Kentucky for his release from his NLI this morning, per his coach. – 9:31 AM

Jon Krawczynski @JonKrawczynski
Rudy Gobert: “Regardless of who we play, nothing’s going to be given to us. That’s the beauty of it. That’s why we want to be where we want to be. We want to win a championship. It’s going to be hard. That’s great. Let’s get to it.” – 7:57 PM

Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
Final: PHX 125, MIN 106
Beal: 36 Pts, 6 Reb, 5 Ast, 14-21 FG, 6-6 3P
Booker: 23 Pts, 7 Ast, 6-16 FG
Allen: 20 Pts, 6 Reb, 8-11 FG
Durant: 15 Pts, 6-14 FG
Gobert: 21 Pts, 7 Reb, 7-9 FG, 7-9 FT
Suns will face Wolves in the 3-6 matchup and avoid the play-in – 5:52 PM

Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
Rudy Gobert scored 15 points in the Wolves’ 25 points in the 3rd quarter. 7 of those came from the free-throw line, and all 15 points came after Nurk picked up his 4th foul.
Suns badly need Nurk to stay out of foul trouble to close this game – 5:26 PM

Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
End of 3Q: PHX 89, MIN 78
Beal: 24 Pts, 10-16 FG, 4-4 3P
Booker: 23 Pts, 6 Ast, 6-15 FG
Durant: 13 Pts, 5-12 FG
Gobert: 19 Pts, 5 Reb, 6-7 FG, 7-9 FT – 5:23 PM

Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Minnesota has an advantage right now with Gobert.
The question is will the T-Wolves continue to run their offense through him.
Suns up 89-78 after three. Led by as many as 22. #Suns – 5:23 PM

Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
T-Wolves calmed the turnovers down. Committed just 3 in 2nd half so far, allowing just 2 points off them.
Towns picks up 4th foul. Gobert back in. #Suns up 12. – 5:14 PM

Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
T-Wolves take Gobert out for Reid.
Break for Suns considering Gobert having size advantage over Young, who could battle him, but it’d be a challenge in there.
Phoenix up 81-69 with 4:57 left in 3rd. – 5:07 PM

Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
Rudy Gobert has been punishing the Suns on the offensive glass and at the FT line as a result of fouls since Jusuf Nurkic picked up his 4th foul. Thad Young checks in for Drew Eubanks – 5:05 PM

Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Gobert with a lob finish over Eubanks, fouled FT.
Nurkic has the body to match Gobert’s physicality. Without him, Suns have issues trying to keep Gobert off the offensive boards.
Gobert starting to impact game. Has 12 points, but only three rebounds. #Suns up 15, Booker 3. – 4:59 PM

Dane Moore @DaneMooreNBA
Excellent start to the second half from Rudy Gobert.
Finch said after last game, “Rudy is the reason we don’t lose”. That’s gonna get put to the test here in the 2nd half, but he’s doin his part, for sure. – 4:59 PM

Kellan Olson @KellanOlson
Nurkic gets his 4th foul and the Wolves are in the bonus with a little under 8 minutes remaining. Gobert has been everywhere since Nurkic checked out. – 4:59 PM

Jon Krawczynski @JonKrawczynski
Gobert has drawn fouls on three straight possessions. Wolves now will shoot FTs for the final 7:46 of the quarter – 4:58 PM

Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Eubanks thought better of it against Gobert, kicked it out to Allen for 3. #Suns up 64-47 late in 1st half. – 4:30 PM

ClutchPoints: These are the players with the most regular season ejections in the last 25 seasons 👀 🔹 Rasheed Wallace with 25 games 🔹 Draymond Green with 19 games 🔹 DeMarcus Cousins with 17 games Dray has tied the most this season with 4 (career-high) 😬 pic.twitter.com/Q7bp5rUOGg -via Twitter @ClutchPointsApp / March 28, 2024

Marc Stein: Four-time NBA All-Star DeMarcus Cousins has signed a month-and-a-half deal to return to play in Taiwan, league sources tell @TheSteinLine. More NBA from me: marcstein.Substack.com pic.twitter.com/PBPVlosfbc -via Twitter @TheSteinLine / March 19, 2024

DeMarcus Cousins re-signed with Taiwanese team Taiwan Beer Leopards for the remainder of the 2023-24 season. -via HoopsHype / March 18, 2024

Kendrick Perkins: My NBA All-Defensive 1st Team has been submitted 1. Rudy Gobert, 2. Victor Wembanyama, 3. Derrick White, 4. Herb Jones , 5. Jaden McDaniels. Carry on… -via Twitter @KendrickPerkins / April 16, 2024

“The game before that [on March 7, 2023], he had 39 [points], seven [rebounds] and four [assists]. Then he had a game [on March 3, 2021] where he had 40 [points], 19 [rebounds] and three [assists]. If you look at him versus Anthony Davis, this year [on Nov. 27, 2023] he had a 30-point triple double against him and didn’t play in the fourth quarter [30 points, 11 assists, 11 rebounds]. He had 38 [points], 12 [rebounds] and five [assists] the game before that [on Dec. 9. 2022]. Joel loves playing the best big guys in the world. Any time he’s healthy enough to play against them, he’s going to be out there.” -via SportsKeeda / April 16, 2024