Demarcus Cousins on Toronto Raptors

    by Yetundejones: DeMarcus Cousins

    Demarcus Cousins told GilsArenaShow he's not closing out to Scottie Barnes in a playoff scenario, saying 'shoot that sh*t.' He also weighed in on how the new Toronto Raptors lineup will look when the playoffs roll around.

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    Kawhi coming off looking to shoot. So once he's trapped, that's where the defense has their advantage. As soon as we tilt. Rotation happens. Now you got to close out the sky. No, you don't. That's the point. I'm not closing out the sky. Shoot that. So that rotation that you're talking about, you know how it is in the playoffs. They got to take away something. They're going to say, guys, we're going to tilt on Kawhi. When it goes to him, we don't go out there. He gets as many of those threes as he wants. He's going to have to prove at least three, four, five games before we come out there. When you shoot 30% from three in playoff series, they let you shoot. And that is going to be the question for Toronto. Can Scottie, can RJ and those young guys step up? Because they're going to say, not you, throw the ball to you, and we ain't rotating. We want to see what you got. I'm letting you know I totally believe that Scottie Barnes and RJ Barrett are totally capable of being two and three with Kawhi Leonard. And so why didn't they do that last year? They doubled Ingram. They doubled Ingram, and he got a pass to them to shoot 20-something seconds. The only thing that has changed is the illusion of a 34-year-old guy who's been injured most of this time that's going to come there for a year or two, and you traded all your young pieces with all your young pieces. So the future of your team is at the Clippers now. You got him for a year or two, and then he's gone. Now what you got? Nothing. I'm going to go.