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10. DeMarcus Cousins, Sacramento Kings
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Cousins has been an absolute monster this month, piling up the points and rebounds like a traditional dominant big man in a league filled with pace and space attacks. The freshly minted All-Star scored a career-high and Sacramento-era franchise-record 56 points (on 21-for-30 shooting from the floor), 12 rebounds, four assists and two blocks in Monday's double-overtime loss to Charlotte. Cousins is averaging 32.6 points, 12.8 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.2 blocks this month. Detroit's Andre Drummond, another All-Star, is the only center playing anywhere close to the level Cousins is at these days.