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Rockets Sign Marcus Cousin...In Related News, He's Not DeMarcus Cousins

The Rockets signed Marcus Cousin yesterday. The big man from the University of Kentucky Houston was given a three-year, non-guaranteed deal that effectively shows the door to DeMarre Carroll. And with that, Jordan Hill reigns supreme as the Rocket with the most badass dreadlocks.

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Morey has clearly had an infatuation for Demarcus Cousins for quite some time. Morey tried moving up in last year's draft to acquire the big man, and then tried trading with the Kings once they drafted him.

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But Cousin is just too eerily similar to DeMarcus Cousins, except for the way they play basketball, which is really the only thing that matters. Obviously they basically have the same name, except for the prefix "De" and suffix "s". Also, Cousin is 6'11'', while Cousins is also 6'11''.

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Only one of them is probably a lot better, and this is where I give my editorial advice to Morey:

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I think you acquired the wrong Cousin--err Cousins.

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