DeMarcus Cousins is loving life at Mardi Gras

DeMarcus Cousins was traded to New Orleans just in time for Mardi Gras. Thanks be to God.

If an NBA player is going to be traded, there are worse things that could happen than being traded from drab Sacramento to New Orleans a few days before Mardi Gras. DeMarcus Cousins has only played three games for the Pelicans, and is still working out the kinks playing alongside Anthony Davis. He is having no problem adjusting to life in the colorful city, and is living it up at the annual debauchery of Fat Tuesday.

Yes, that is the 6-foot-11 Boogie Cousins riding on top of a parade float with at least one pair of ladies underwear (can we all agree that panties is an awful, awful word) draped over his head. Standing next to The Brow, Cousins is loving every second of Mardis Gras, and is playing it up for the crowd. He’s got his beads, and was also seen toting a very large bottle of liquor. Just an ordinary Tuesday in the Big Easy, where the party is only occasionally interrupted by actual civilizations and adult responsibilities.

There are some that believe the NBA Draft is rigged — see Patrick Ewing to New York or LeBron James to Cleveland. That’s a fine conspiracy theory to float around, but it’s high time we began considering that the Trade Deadline may be rigged as well. How else to explain Boogie ending up in New Orleans with pal Anthony Davis just a few days before the biggest party of the year. All the NBA needed was a hair-brained owner like Vivek Ranadive and a loose comparison of Buddy Hield and Steph Curry to make it happen.

Next: The Kings adjust to life after DeMarcus Cousins

No word yet if Cousins has had his first interaction with King Cake Baby. If Boogie can make it through one interaction with the creepiest mascot in the history of sports, he just might have found a long-term home in New Orleans.