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Sources: DeMarcus Cousins to play in Puerto Rican pro league

Four-time All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins is signing with the Guaynabo Mets of the Puerto Rican professional basketball league, sources told ESPN on Tuesday.

Cousins, 32, will play in the spring season for Guaynabo with the hopes to finding a pathway back to the NBA next season, sources said. The league, the Baloncesto Superior Nacional, has included several former NBA players in recent years.

Cousins has played with seven teams in 13 seasons, but did not get signed onto an NBA roster during the 2022-23 season. He made All-Star teams with the Sacramento Kings and New Orleans Pelicans in successive seasons starting in 2015, but a series of knee injuries impacted his career trajectory.