The 3×3 leap mode continues to gain momentum, and now it sees the participation of a former NBA star: DeMarcus Cousins. This fantastic player, who has overcome teams such as the Kings, Pelicans, Bucks and Warriors, scoring 28 points per game, will join the 3×3 professionally.
The cousins will leave traditional basketball behind to join the Chinese team Wuxi WenLv, which competes on the circuit of this exciting variant of the game, which debuted at the Olympic Games this summer. Although Wuxi WenLv is not an abandoned name in the environment, Cousins will compete in the 3×3 World Tour, organized by FIBA since 2012, alongside Asian players Cheng, Huang and Liu, as well as Serbian Vuk Borovićanin and LEB Plata coach Andrew Kelly.
After spending the 2021-2022 NBA season with the Denver Nuggets, where he posted 9 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists in 31 games, Cousins continued his career in Puerto Rico and Taiwan.
The cousins were NBA All-Stars for four consecutive seasons, from 2015 to 2018, and were named to the league's All-Star Second Team in 2015 and 2016. During their time with the Kings, they solidified themselves as one of the best interior players in the world. .
The future of this historic NBA player now heads towards the urban ball of 3×3, opening the door for other players to follow in his footsteps in the future.
