The Warriors are DeMarcus Cousins' third NBA team, and the first that had made the playoffs in the season before he got there.
The team's culture is readily apparent to the big man in his first training camp.
"It's not even a team, it's an entire organization," Cousins told Bob Fitzgerald and Jim Barnett on the Warriors-Suns broadcast Monday night on NBC Sports Bay Area. "From top to bottom, the way they carry themselves, they've built a winning culture here. Everything is built for success, in my opinion.
"Like I said, everyone thinks it's just the talent on the floor, but this is a machine [that's] well-oiled and well-built, and that's from top to bottom."
The four-time All-Star signed for the mid-level exception with Golden State in July, and will join a lineup featuring four other All-Stars once he returns from a ruptured left Achilles tendon. Cousins was one of five players to average 20 points and 10 rebounds per game last season, and will give the Warriors a dynamic offensive weapon down low once he's healthy.
In winning three NBA titles in four seasons, the Warriors really haven't had that element. What they have had, though, are plenty of technical fouls.
Golden State finished third in the league in techs last season, and Cousins watched as his head coach, Steve Kerr, was hit with a double-technical in Monday night's preseason game. Cousins, of course, carries a reputation and has picked up double-digit technical fouls in each of his eight NBA seasons, but the big man said he's content to leave those calls to one man in particular: Draymond Green.
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Boogie says he's getting less techs than Dray this year 😂 pic.twitter.com/g9fwwicA9P— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) October 9, 2018
"That would be me," Cousins said when asked who would have fewer technical fouls between him and Green. "That would be me. For sure."
