tontoz wrote:Cousins suspended after incident with Sean Elliot. Calls Elliot "immature".
After overpowering Duncan for two baskets and drawing a shooting foul on the Spurs star with about five minutes left, Cousins bellowed to his teammates on the Kings’ bench after drawing a shooting foul on the future Hall of Famer.
Elliott paraphrased Cousins as saying, “I’m going to bust his (expletive).”
Elliott responded after Duncan blocked a Cousins shot at the rim and scored three baskets.
“That’s why some humility is in order,” Elliott said on the air. “You think you’re dominating Tim Duncan, you get it stuffed right back in your face. Timmy doesn’t like to talk trash. But if guys start talking mess to him, he’s going to respond. All that trash talking was premature. I’m not about to let these guys off the hook. Young ballclub should learn from this. Don’t start talking and flapping your gums against one of the greatest players ever. He’s going to make you pay. Tell me who got the best of this exchange.”
Apparently informed postgame of Elliott’s remarks, Cousins appeared on the court in his uniform and confronted Elliott after he and broadcaster Bill Land completed their postgame show.
“I was wondering why Cousins was out there in his uniform waiting for them to finish his postgame show,” said Bill Schoening, who does the play-by-play call on radio broadcasts of Spurs games. “Then I saw them in an animated conversation out on the court.
“I observed Sean walk away from Cousins and Cousins continue to talk to Sean as he left the scene, but I couldn’t hear what was being said.”
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Big picture is you cannot engage or try to intimidate any media. If things had gotten physical that would have been a nightmare.
If I were a coach within the Kings, I would want to know who told DeMarcus Cousins that soon after the game what Elliott said. That person is the one who set off this whole incident. Reminds me of a time a girl who I grew up with had a boyfriend cheat on her. I knew where his car was parked, when he was with the other girl, etc. But did I tell my childhood friend the details? Heck no! Why tell an excitable player what an excitable, homer announcer said?
As for DeMarcus Cousins, this year he became a dad. He's lost a lot of weight and continues to improve. He's got a little brother who is about 6'10" and is a prospect. Cousins is an impulsive 22-year old who probably did want to fight Sean Elliott. I don't think Elliott was right per se. DeMarcus Cousins is a third-year player. He can take it at the old man and talk all the junk he wants IMO, because they're all getting paid a ton of jack.
I remember Bird talking junk to Dr. J. It made me mad at the time, just like Elliott was mad. Flip Saunders loves KG so much he got mad at his own players for talking stuff. I think, however, that whatever advantage a player can get they should use it. If I were in Cousins' place I would probably not rile up a guy who's that much better than I. But he probably has got the better of Duncan many times, already.
Bye bye Beal.