Cousins ​​broke the news, the Warriors in 2019 are arrogant and never respect their opponents

Recently, former Golden State Warriors star Cousins ​​talked about his former team, the Golden State Warriors in a podcast program. You should know that in the 2018-19 season, he joined the Golden State Warriors to prepare for the Revenge League. As a result, they suffered from injuries. In the end, the team suffered injuries to Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant in the finals, resulting in losing to the Toronto Raptors led by Leonard.

After that final, the Golden State Warriors' super team lineup fell apart. Cousins ​​said on the show that the Golden State Warriors players at the time were scolded by head coach Cole because they did not respect their opponents.

Cousins ​​said "It's so bad, brother, Steve used to say, 'Man, you're so disrespectful.' It's time for us to go out, and there are about 6 minutes left. Steve said you have to show some respect."

Generally speaking, a team will arrive on the field 20 minutes before the game starts and do some warm-up exercises. However, the Golden State Warriors did not. They always waited until 6 minutes before appearing on the field for a brief warm-up training. Because the Golden State Warriors had Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Iguodala, Kevin Durant and Draymond Green at the time, this was a super team with a five-star lineup.

Cousins ​​continued, "He didn't even really trip over the fact that we were out so late because he knew we were going to show up and we had to do our job every night. It's just how it looks, like, it's a little disrespectful to people. Stephen, like, ' Guys, come on, man. '"

There's no way, the Golden State Warriors were the league-heavy team at that time. Moving the pick-and-roll, the Golden State Warriors made a lot of profits in shooting and defense. Moreover, these five-star lineups are not just famous, they are all players in the top three or top five in their respective positions.

In 2016, the Golden State Warriors led the Cleveland Cavaliers 3-1 in the finals, but was led by Kyrie Irving and LeBron James to complete a major reversal. After entering the 2016 offseason, they were not thinking about how to make a comeback with their own strength and take revenge on the Cleveland Cavaliers. Instead, he chose to recruit Kevin Durant, the second player in the league, and achieved success.

After winning Kevin Durant, the Golden State Warriors are even stronger than before. In the 2016-17 season, the regular season was 67 wins and 15 losses, 16 wins and 1 loss in the playoffs, easily defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers in the finals and completing revenge. In the 2017-18 season, he entered the finals again and defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers led by LeBron James, successfully completing two consecutive championships. In 2018, Cousins ​​signed a one-year short contract with the Golden State Warriors because he was dissatisfied with the Pelicans' annual salary of more than $20 million. The Golden State Warriors in the 2018-19 season had a 10 win and 1 loss at the start, which shocked everyone and believed that the Golden State Warriors had a very good chance of winning three consecutive championships. Although the regular season record of 57 wins and 25 losses is not as good as the previous two seasons, it is still optimistic that it is a favorite team to win the championship.

Moreover, LeBron James, a regular player in the Eastern Conference Finals that year, had joined the Los Angeles Lakers. Therefore, it is generally believed that there is no team in the East, which can hinder the Golden State Warriors from winning the championship. As a result, Kevin Durant was injured in the Western Conference semi-finals, which brought some hidden dangers to their finals. The Raptors led 3-1 in the finals. In the fifth game, Kevin Durant returned with an injury and directly injured the Achilles tendon in the second quarter. Although he won the victory, he dragged the score to 2-3. However, in the sixth game, Klay Thompson tore the ACL and was directly reimbursed for the season. The Raptors won the championship with a score of 4-2.

Cousins ​​averaged 16.3 points, 8.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.5 blocks in the regular season of the 2018-19 season. He played only 8 games in the playoffs, averaging 7.5 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. After the 2018-19 season, Cousins ​​left the Golden State Warriors and joined the Los Angeles Lakers. Unfortunately, Cousins ​​had a torn ACL during training in the summer of 2019, causing him to have not played a 2019-20 season game for the Lakers. Although he often watched games with the team that season, unfortunately, the Lakers won the championship that season, but he was not qualified to win the championship. After 2022, he has never returned to the NBA.