Isaiah Cousins

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Isaiah Cousins
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Cousins with Cholet in 2018
No. 1–Inter Bratislava
Position Point guard / shooting guard
League SBL
ENBL
Personal information
Born (1994-03-13) March 13, 1994 (age 30)
Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight191 lb (87 kg)
Career information
High school Mount Vernon
(Mount Vernon, New York)
College Oklahoma (2012–2016)
NBA draft 2016: 2nd round, 59th overall pick
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016–2017 Reno Bighorns
2017–2018 Salt Lake City Stars
2018 Cholet Basket
2018–2019Salt Lake City Stars
2019–2020 Hapoel Jerusalem
2020 Peristeri
2020–2021 Hapoel Gilboa Galil
2022 Kalev/Cramo
2022 Maine Celtics
2022–2023 Maccabi Rishon LeZion
2023 Hapoel Haifa
2023–2024 Krka
2024 KK Bosna
2024–present Inter Bratislava
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Isaiah De Vonte Cousins (born March 13, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Inter Bratislava of the Slovak Basketball League (SBL) and European North Basketball League (ENBL). He played college basketball for the University of Oklahoma before playing professionally in the NBA G League, France and Israel.

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High school career

Cousins played high school basketball for Mount Vernon under Bob Cimmino. As a senior, he averaged 15.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 3.0 steals per game, leading Mount Vernon to a 23–3 record and second straight New York Public High School Athletic Association Class AA state championship. When he graduated, he was a three-star recruit by Rivals.com and New York's Section 1 "Mr. Basketball". [1]

College career

A native of Mount Vernon, New York, Cousins was only a two-star prospect out of high school. [2] He played four seasons for Oklahoma, mostly at shooting guard and only switching to the point as a senior. As a senior, he paired with Buddy Hield to lead the Sooners to the Final Four while averaging 12.6 points, 4.5 assists and 1.4 steals per game. [3] He earned third-team All-Big 12 honors. [4]

Professional career

Reno Bighorns (2016–2017)

On June 23, 2016, Cousins was selected by the Sacramento Kings with the 59th overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft [5] and later joined them for the 2016 NBA Summer League. [6] On September 6, he signed with the Kings, [7] but was waived on October 24 after appearing in two preseason games. [8] Seven days later, he was acquired by the Reno Bighorns of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of the Kings. [9]

Salt Lake City Stars (2017–2018)

On October 19, 2017, the Salt Lake City Stars announced that they had acquired the returning player rights to Cousins, along with the 33rd overall pick in the 2017 NBA G League Draft in exchange for the first-round pick (second overall) of the team. [10]

Cholet Basket (2018)

On April 11, 2018, Cholet Basket of the LNB Pro A announced they had signed Cousins for the rest of the season. [11]

Salt Lake City Stars (2018–2019)

On October 3, 2018, Cousins signed with the Utah Jazz. [12] After appearing in three preseason games, he was waived on October 14. [13] He was subsequently added to the roster of their G League affiliate, the Salt Lake City Stars. [14]

Hapoel Jerusalem (2019–2020)

On July 24, 2019, Cousins signed a one-year deal with Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League, joining his former college teammate TaShawn Thomas. [15] On January 1, 2020, he parted ways with Jerusalem after appearing in nine Champions League games. [16]

Peristeri (2020)

On January 1, 2020, Cousins signed with Peristeri of the Greek Basket League for the rest of the season. [17]

Hapoel Gilboa Galil (2020–2021)

On July 31, 2020, Cousins signed with Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League for the upcoming season. [18]

Aris Thessaloniki (2021)

On November 2, 2021, he signed with Aris of the Greek Basket League. [19] Due to an injury, however, he was not able to participate in the team's activities and parted ways with them soon after.

Kalev/Cramo Tallinn (2022)

On January 26, 2022, Cousins signed with Estonian side Kalev/Cramo of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League and VTB United League. [20]

Maine Celtics (2022)

On March 3, 2022, Cousins was acquired via waivers by the Maine Celtics. [21]

Maccabi Rishon LeZion (2022–2023)

On August 10, 2022, he signed with Maccabi Rishon LeZion of the Liga Leumit. [22]

Hapoel Hafia (2023)

On March 19, 2023, he signed with Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

Personal life

The son of Lisa Cousins, he majored in human relations. [1]

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  2. ↑ Thomson, Josh (June 22, 2016). "Draft-ready: Isaiah Cousins waiting on his NBA call". The Journal News. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  3. ↑ Voisin, Aileen (July 13, 2016). "Isaiah Cousins' arrival is late, but better than never for Kings". Sacramento Bee . Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Nation's Best Lead All-Big 12 Men's Basketball Awards". Big12Sports.com. March 6, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Kings Select Isaiah Cousins in Second Round". NBA.com. September 8, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Kings Announce 2016 NBA Summer League Roster". NBA.com. July 5, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
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  8. ↑ "Kings Waive Two". NBA.com. October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  9. ↑ "BIGHORNS ANNOUNCE 2016–17 TRAINING CAMP ROSTER". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. October 31, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
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  11. ↑ "Isaiah COUSINS joined Cholet Basket for the end of season". cholet-basket.com. Cholet Basket. April 11, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Jazz sign Isaiah Cousins". NBA.com. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Jazz waive Branch, Cousins and Lyles". NBA.com. October 14, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  14. ↑ Rueckert, Daniel (October 31, 2018). "Stars Finalize Opening Night Roster". NBA.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
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