DeMarcus Cousins

Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles

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Comedy, Arts, Sports

5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 104 minutes

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This week, we're joined by the one and only DeMarcus "BOOGIE" Cousins! The guys delve into Boogie's rise to high school hoops stardom and his decision to follow Coach Calipari to Kentucky. The four-time NBA All-Star reflects on his tenure with the Kings as well as the potential of that 2018 Pelicans squad with Rondo and AD. To cap it off, Boogie shares what it means to continue playing for the love of the game today and why he has fully embraced overseas basketball. Don't miss out on this episode — tune in! Mobile, Alabama, picking up basketball in 7th grade, the pros and cons of HS success (3:15) Committing to Kentucky, rookie year with John Wall, Wildcat Lodge and Midnight Madness (29:10) “Boogie” nickname origin, declaring for the NBA draft, early days of Sacramento (40:30) Coaching changes and rebuilding phases in Sacramento and Rondo’s immediate impact on Boogie's game (52:35) All-Star games, the 2017-2018 Pelicans would've won it all, the KG “bloodline” (1:06:13) Kobe reaching out after DeMarcus's injuries and winning a championship in Taiwan (1:18:10) About Our Hosts: NBA veterans Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles are lifelong friends and bona fide truth-tellers. Listen as they invite special guests, high-profile athletes, musicians and entertainers to get brutally honest about everything from current events to untold stories from the golden era of sports and culture. Named for the on-court celebration they made wildly popular, this unfiltered, hilarious and surprising podcast is like playing NBA 2K with no fouls. Other places to find Knuckleheads: Subscribe on Youtube Follow on Instagram Follow on FacebookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	First of all I like to say man thank you for coming on the platform like I say we big fans of your game the way you played your demeanor the way you carry yourself on and off the court man we rock with you real heavy man been watching you for a long time in your career so we really appreciate you being on the show bro,
0:17.4	Yeah, I appreciate your boys man. I love what your guys are doing man. I love the platform. You know what I'm saying? I love the y'all guys are doing man I love the platform you know I'm saying I love
0:23.6	the influence you guys have influenced me to you know take this step so you know I
0:28.1	want to say thank you to you guys and just on top of that you know I was
0:31.7	definitely rocking with your boys back in the day everybody out here with it you know what I'm saying so.
0:37.0	Y'all boys definitely had an impact on the game on the youngsters coming up behind you definitely
0:45.3	want to give you guys all flowers because y'all definitely have an impact for sure.
0:48.2	Appreciate your bro, appreciate. When you first got to the league who's the first person to bust your ass
0:55.6	Oh shit off top my o. It's crazy because it wasn't even doing all like most people would think it's like an
1:03.8	offensive game like somebody at 40 on you something like yeah nah I got man handle
1:09.1	bro like it was Reggie Evans
1:11.4	Reggie Evans oh Reggie Evans.
1:13.0	Oh, strong.
1:14.0	Shout out.
1:15.0	Shout out to the Joker dog.
1:17.0	Boy.
1:19.0	That's true man.
1:21.0	That's my O. Gee for life right there, but he mad handling me my rookie season bro and you know you know how I was you know I'm gonna talk my shit I'm gonna pop my shit like but he backed it up and he was talking this shit so yeah that's
1:35.8	my old g you know he from across the street he right down the street from
1:38.8	yeah so that's my dog. Yeah, Reggie came. That's a real dog, real talk.
1:44.0	Reggie became real dangerous once he started learning that game and got smarter and how to use
1:49.3	its strength the right way.
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