Family and friends describe Cousins as a homebody who doesn't drink—or even like to party. He took up basketball in seventh grade after an extended growth spurt forced him to give up his dream of playing in the NFL. "He got so leggy, I was afraid a hit would mess up his knee," says his mother, Monique Cousins. "He had to find something else to do." 家人和朋友都说表弟是个家庭至上的人，他不爱喝酒也不爱参加 派对，七年级突然大幅抽高逼的他放弃成为NFL球员的梦想，之 後他开始专攻篮球。表弟的妈妈Monique说：「他的腿变得好长， 我开始害怕只要轻轻一击就能毁了他的膝盖，他必须去找些正经 事来做。」 DeMarcus had the size (he was 6'6" at 14) to excel at basketball, but he didn't truly learn the game until his family moved to Mobile, where he played for two years at LeFlore High for coach Otis Hughley. DeMarcus could be seen arguing on the sideline with the coach—a trend that continued at Kentucky— but Hughley insists that their discussions were about tactics. The coach says their creative differences persuaded him to adapt his offense to feature Cousins in the post. "He helped me become a better listener," says Hughley, who returned the favor by giving his prodigy a comprehensive education in such fine points as boxing out and passing out of the double team. "He started to understand he needed to read the whole book from cover to cover, instead of jumping to sections that he just needed for the moment," says Hughley. "Early in his life he had no coping tools to manage his frustrations." 表弟的身材能让他在篮球界大鸣大放﹝十四岁就有六尺六寸高﹞， 但他直到举家迁徙到Mobile後才受到正统的篮球教育，在那他加入 LeFlore高中校队，在教练Otis Hughley底下打了两年的球，表弟 常被看到在场边与教练争论，这项行为也延续到了肯塔基，但Hughley 坚称他们是在讨论战术，他们俩人思考面的不同说服他改良自己的 进攻战术来配合表弟在低位的威力。Hughley：「他让我成为更好 的聆听者。」而Hughley也替表弟灌输了更多更广的知识，像是如 何突破包夹以及用传球破解包夹。「他开始了解他必须仔细的读完 一本书，而不是只读想看的章节。早期在面对挫败时，他根本没有 任何办法。」 Cousins says he took medication for attention deficit disorder during elementary school but stopped after the sixth grade because it made him feel sluggish. While he was highly popular with the media, fans and teammates at Kentucky, Cousins admits he is slow to trust. "I don't let people know the real me," he says. "But people who really know me, they'll tell you, 'That kid is so smart.' I may not act like it, but when you think I'm not watching, that's when I'm actually on." 表弟说他小学的时候因为ADD﹝注意力缺乏症﹞有接受过药物治疗， 但因为药物让他变的迟缓，所以他把药停了。在肯塔基时他受到媒 体、球迷和队友的欢迎，让他渐渐相信「我不需要强求大家了解真 实的我，但真正了解我的人会告诉你『这小子很聪明。』有时候我 不会表现出来，但当你以为我不注意时，其实我正在盯着你。」 Is he too much of a hothead? The Kings answer by saying that they would not have picked Cousins so high if they had not valued his passion. "I don't think you can give somebody a motor who doesn't have one," says Petrie. "But if a guy's got a motor, you've got a chance to get it running on all cylinders." 表弟是个易怒的人吗？球队表示如果他们没注意到表弟的热忱， 他们不会给表弟如此高的评价。Petrie：「热忱是自发性的， 不是别人给的。只要一个人有热忱，你就能激发他的潜能。」 The ultimate success of DeMarcus Cousins will depend on three initiatives. The Kings must acquire a couple of reliable veterans to tutor him in the importance of hard work at the NBA level, so that he can develop his skills (and reduce his 16.4% body fat). Second, he must continue to lean on Team Cousins, a support group that includes his mother, his agent John Greig and his 24-year-old sister, Ryan, who will live in Sacramento with Cousins throughout the coming season. 当然表弟想要有个成功的职业生涯首先必须完成三件事。国王必须 找几位值得信赖的老将当表弟的向导，告诉他努力在NBA是件非常 重要的事，藉此他才能磨练自己的技巧﹝以及降低自己16.4%的体 脂率﹞。第二，他必须信赖Team Cousins，一个支持表弟的团体， 由表弟的妈妈Monique、经纪人John Greig以及24岁的姐姐Ryan， 其中Ryan下季将搬来沙加缅度与表弟同住。 But Cousins will be headed nowhere until he resolves initiative number 3: acquire a driver's license. "We really need to get on that," he says, laughing. "I was talking to a team [before the draft], and they said, 'You don't have a driver's license?' They were both joking and serious—like, You need to work on that because you got to get to practice!" For the draft's biggest prospect, it's the little things he does from now on that will make all the difference 如果表弟不完成第三件事，那他将寸步难行─考取汽车驾照。表弟 边笑边说：「我们的很需要拿到它。选前我跟某只球队说我没有驾 照，他们回应：『你真的没有驾照？』他们像开玩笑却又很认真， 像是在说你得赶快拿到驾照，因为你要参加球队练习！」对於本届 的新秀大物，这是他必须尽快完成的小事，以成就将来的大事。 --

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