TMZ: "DeMarcus Cousins Allegedly Threatening to Shoot Baby Mama Before Wedding"

[dlts20]

I'm not condoning what the woman has done. But it's interesting how him making a death threat is not much of a big deal to you. would you appreciate it if your father spoke to your mother like that?

His child is now going to grow up knowing that his father threatened to shoot his mother in the head. This is the dude you're caping for???

i'm not capping for anyone, i literally said, multiple times already, that it's bad that he said that and he shouldn't have went that far...but I'm not gonna go as far as you and say he should be banned from the NBA, that's **** ridiculous.

Why is it ridiculous? He threatened to shoot a woman in her head. I think that warrants a severe punishment.

Sorry but I don't take domestic violence towards women as lightly as you do.

I know a million guys who have made similar statements and would never touch a woman. Unless you have proof of a history of him beating her then this is nothing but frustration

[G35]

She most likely recorded it because she knows he will say something like that.

Whether it was wrong or right can be debated but you can't really defend verbal abuse like that. If she has full custody of the kid she is well within her right to keep the kid from going to the wedding.

the fact that she KNOWS he would say something like that in itself speaks volumes about DeMarcus Cousins.

Says volumes about her no matter how much you trying to play Cap'n SAH.....

[ATLTimekeeper]

1) i do like Cousins...again, sorry?

2) i said he seems like a great dad from everything I've seen...I have no reason to think otherwise...the default position should not be 'he's a **** dad'...why should always assume a black guy is always a **** dad? GTFO.

Wait. What?

Calm down. You've missed the point so much that I have to repeat it again?

I never said he was a bad dad. I explicitly wrote multiple times now... I HAVE NO IDEA.







And neither do you, despite how much you follow him on Instagram or SnapChat or TikTok or Facebook or Pinterest or BadDadBods.com or wherever else he's posting nowadays.

why is the default position 'we don't know if he's a good dad'? that's not a default position. the default position is he's a good dad until proven otherwise, and I can infer with a decent level of certainty based on his interactions with his kid on social media...which actually shows A LOT into the daily life of these athletes.

but, here you are, for some *odd* reason...we should assume that, at the very best, 'he's not a bad or good father'...I wonder if he was a white dude...would that also be the default position? GTFO.

He uttered a death threat because he couldn't control his anger. I wouldn't want a small child around someone like that. It can be all love until the kid talks back to him on one of his bad days.

[clyde21]

I'm not condoning what the woman has done. But it's interesting how him making a death threat is not much of a big deal to you. would you appreciate it if your father spoke to your mother like that?

His child is now going to grow up knowing that his father threatened to shoot his mother in the head. This is the dude you're caping for???

i'm not capping for anyone, i literally said, multiple times already, that it's bad that he said that and he shouldn't have went that far...but I'm not gonna go as far as you and say he should be banned from the NBA, that's **** ridiculous.

Why is it ridiculous? He threatened to shoot a woman in her head. I think that warrants a severe punishment.

Sorry but I don't take domestic violence towards women as lightly as you do.

I TAKE IT SO LIGHTLY OH MAN I DON'T WANT HIM BANNED FOR LIFE

[NBAFan93]

She most likely recorded it because she knows he will say something like that. It's no secret that he's a hot head and most likely has a habit of saying abusive things like this.

Whether it was wrong or right can be debated but you can't really defend verbal abuse like that. If she has full custody of the kid she is well within her right to keep the kid from going to the wedding.

if he's paying child support (which he is, and likely paying for her lifestyle on top of it) she has no right to withhold his own child from him.

If there is a court ordered or agreed upon custody arrangement where she has custody the weekend of the wedding, and Boogie didn’t go through the proper channels to get an exception cause of this wedding, yes - she does have the right to withhold his child from him.

Payment, or even non-payment, of child support really doesn’t have anything to do with custody.

And like I said above, Cousin’s is a millionaire. He’s not some dude making $50K that can’t afford legal advice. He should have an attorney on retainer who deals with this stuff instead of calling up his kids mom and threatening to shoot her in the head over his custody issues. He has to know by now she is hostile. Just so unbelievably stupid of him.

[zimpy27]

I think he's done for. This isn't the NFL where these dudes beat the **** out of women and are allowed to resume their jobs.

He already had zero interest around the league before this as is.

He did this to himself. For years he couldn't control his behavior and now he's paying the price for it.

I kind of agree, I think he brought this on himself.

People with anger issues don't see it as a problem to fix because it doesn't affect their life like any other mental illness would. It affects their life by affecting the people around them, it's more indirect. That selfishness does need willpower to overcome but at some point you become completely responsible. He's 29 years old and has been on notice for these problems for a decade.

I can still see the NBA giving him a window if he now goes to anger management classes and becomes an advocate against domestic violence. I don't think cutting him is good for anyone, I think that ultimately could flow on to negatively affect him and his family.

He has made millions of dollars. He should be able to provide for his family even if he never plays another minute in the NBA.

Adam Silver needs to take a stand here imo. There should be zero tolerance for this.

He's been through 2 years of injury, he's missed his big payday, he's had anger issues, he's threatened violence, he's emotionally hit rock bottom and his a high-profile star in the league.

The only win from all of this is making him a rejuvenation project so he can become a role model to others with anger issues. If you ban him then he may go down a dark path and take his family with him. I'm not talking about money.

You can't just suspend him and bring him back without him dealing with his anger issues. It needs to be about helping him with the anger issues and letting him play as long as he sees people about it and enrols in programs.

[MrDollarBills]

I kind of agree, I think he brought this on himself.

People with anger issues don't see it as a problem to fix because it doesn't affect their life like any other mental illness would. It affects their life by affecting the people around them, it's more indirect. That selfishness does need willpower to overcome but at some point you become completely responsible. He's 29 years old and has been on notice for these problems for a decade.

I can still see the NBA giving him a window if he now goes to anger management classes and becomes an advocate against domestic violence. I don't think cutting him is good for anyone, I think that ultimately could flow on to negatively affect him and his family.

He has made millions of dollars. He should be able to provide for his family even if he never plays another minute in the NBA.

Adam Silver needs to take a stand here imo. There should be zero tolerance for this.

Don't know if I agree with that...

Jason Kidd remains a somewhat beloved figure in NBA circles. He plead guilty to punching his wife in the mouth... and he's been accused of other assaults by her.

Cousins, while his words are awful, and we don't know the legitimacy of the threat, didn't actually touch her. In fact, he's not even able to do so considering they're not together.

Murder > punching... but Actions > words.

I'm a Nets fan, and I will be the first person to tell you that Jason Kidd is a grade A piece of ****.

Sorry, I'm not downplaying threats like that. I've had people in my life killed by men who can't control themselves and make threats like that prior to doing it. I take threats like that very seriously and so should the league.

[clyde21]

Wait. What?

Calm down. You've missed the point so much that I have to repeat it again?

I never said he was a bad dad. I explicitly wrote multiple times now... I HAVE NO IDEA.







And neither do you, despite how much you follow him on Instagram or SnapChat or TikTok or Facebook or Pinterest or BadDadBods.com or wherever else he's posting nowadays.

why is the default position 'we don't know if he's a good dad'? that's not a default position. the default position is he's a good dad until proven otherwise, and I can infer with a decent level of certainty based on his interactions with his kid on social media...which actually shows A LOT into the daily life of these athletes.

but, here you are, for some *odd* reason...we should assume that, at the very best, 'he's not a bad or good father'...I wonder if he was a white dude...would that also be the default position? GTFO.

He uttered a death threat because he couldn't control his anger. I wouldn't want a small child around someone like that. It can be all love until the kid talks back to him on one of his bad days.

i don't see the correlation here, just because he has a bad relationship with a crazy ex doesn't mean he's not a good father.

[SomeBunghole]

I know a million guys who have made similar statements

Probably says more about you and the company you keep than anything. I don't know a single person who's threatened to seriously hurt someone.

[SomeBunghole]

i don't see the correlation here, just because he has a bad relationship with a crazy ex doesn't mean he's not a good father.

Lots of great fathers threaten to shoot their children's mothers in the head. I mean, it's OK if they're "crazy."

[AbeVigodaLive]

1) i do like Cousins...again, sorry?

2) i said he seems like a great dad from everything I've seen...I have no reason to think otherwise...the default position should not be 'he's a **** dad'...why should always assume a black guy is always a **** dad? GTFO.

Wait. What?

Calm down. You've missed the point so much that I have to repeat it again?

I never said he was a bad dad. I explicitly wrote multiple times now... I HAVE NO IDEA.







And neither do you, despite how much you follow him on Instagram or SnapChat or TikTok or Facebook or Pinterest or BadDadBods.com or wherever else he's posting nowadays.

why is the default position 'we don't know if he's a good dad'? that's not a default position. the default position is he's a good dad until proven otherwise, and I can infer with a decent level of certainty based on his interactions with his kid on social media...which actually shows A LOT into the daily life of these athletes.

but, here you are, for some *odd* reason...we should assume that, at the very best, 'he's not a bad or good father'...I wonder if he was a white dude...would that also be the default position? GTFO.

Fair enough. I'll repeat it because you still don't get it... and I'll be a bit more direct to help you...

You don't know DeMarcus Cousins. You never will, despite how much you're chasing him and gobbling up all his social media nuggets like you're a preteen with unlimited access on their new iPhone. You don't know how often he sees his kid. How he talks to the kid. How he treats the kid.

I don't know why YOU are bringing race into this. I don't know why that's relevant... other than you jumping off the handle AGAIN with even more random assumptions.

That's how we got here in the first place. So while I'll have fun and mock you for being a social media stalker and Cousins apologist... be careful with veiled racist comments toward posters you don't know. It makes you look like an even bigger fool.

[XxIronChainzxX]

this just in: not everyone controls their emotions as well as you.

Ohhh, I can't wait for you to accuse me of virtue-signalling because I don't threaten to kill people.

i'm not accusing you of anything, I just don't expect everyone to control their emotions the same exact way...it's something that he has always had trouble with, and I guarantee you she knows that and used it to her advantage (which is why she recorded the convo in the first place)

especially now after everything he's gone thru the last couple of years, give me a break.

It doesn't matter that he's been provoked. Full stop, you can't threaten to kill people. There's no justification. The fact that Cousins feelings may have been really hurt does not matter.

[Dominator83]

Honestly doesn't sound like him. Also what's the legality of being recorded without knowing in Alabama?

Also why are some people claiming he's a bad father? Even if this is him, he obviously wants to see his kid. How is wanting to see your kid make you a bad father? That literally makes no sense.

Whether the recording is legal or not won't really matter. It wasn't legal for V stiviano to record Sterling, didn't help him one iota.

But then again, if he was looking at any jailtime here (don't think he is in this case) then it would matter a whole bunch.

In the court of law you can get around on technicalitys, not so much in public opinion

[clyde21]

i don't see the correlation here, just because he has a bad relationship with a crazy ex doesn't mean he's not a good father.

Lots of great fathers threaten to shoot their children's mothers in the head. I mean, it's OK if they're "crazy."

yes, lots of great fathers have said stupid stuff in the past in the midst of a heated argument with an ex trying to withhold his own child from him.

sorry not everyone is as perfect as you guys here are on RealGM.

[MrDollarBills]

I kind of agree, I think he brought this on himself.

People with anger issues don't see it as a problem to fix because it doesn't affect their life like any other mental illness would. It affects their life by affecting the people around them, it's more indirect. That selfishness does need willpower to overcome but at some point you become completely responsible. He's 29 years old and has been on notice for these problems for a decade.

I can still see the NBA giving him a window if he now goes to anger management classes and becomes an advocate against domestic violence. I don't think cutting him is good for anyone, I think that ultimately could flow on to negatively affect him and his family.

He has made millions of dollars. He should be able to provide for his family even if he never plays another minute in the NBA.

Adam Silver needs to take a stand here imo. There should be zero tolerance for this.

He's been through 2 years of injury, he's missed his big payday, he's had anger issues, he's threatened violence, he's emotionally hit rock bottom and his a high-profile star in the league.

The big win from all of this is making him a rejuvenation project so he can become a role model to others with anger issues. If you ban him then he may go down a dark path and take his family with him. I'm not talking about money.

You can't just suspend him and bring him back without him dealing with his anger issues. It needs to be about helping him with the anger issues and letting him play as long as he sees people about it and enrols in programs.

If being out of basketball is going to lead him down a dark path it was well going to happen before this was made public.

I agree that he needs to seek counseling for his anger issues. But he has to be the one to make that step for him and his family's sake.

Guys who easily make threats like that are abusers. I really am finding a hard time being empathetic towards him. As I stated in another post, I've had people killed by men who behaved exactly like this and from my personal opinion this isn't a teachable moment, but an opportunity to show that the NBA takes violence against women very seriously and will hold players to account.

[ATLTimekeeper]

why is the default position 'we don't know if he's a good dad'? that's not a default position. the default position is he's a good dad until proven otherwise, and I can infer with a decent level of certainty based on his interactions with his kid on social media...which actually shows A LOT into the daily life of these athletes.

but, here you are, for some *odd* reason...we should assume that, at the very best, 'he's not a bad or good father'...I wonder if he was a white dude...would that also be the default position? GTFO.

He uttered a death threat because he couldn't control his anger. I wouldn't want a small child around someone like that. It can be all love until the kid talks back to him on one of his bad days.

i don't see the correlation here, just because he has a bad relationship with a crazy ex doesn't mean he's not a good father.

The correlation is that he can't control his temper, and you can see that.

[clyde21]

Ohhh, I can't wait for you to accuse me of virtue-signalling because I don't threaten to kill people.

i'm not accusing you of anything, I just don't expect everyone to control their emotions the same exact way...it's something that he has always had trouble with, and I guarantee you she knows that and used it to her advantage (which is why she recorded the convo in the first place)

especially now after everything he's gone thru the last couple of years, give me a break.

It doesn't matter that he's been provoked. Full stop, you can't threaten to kill people. There's no justification. The fact that Cousins feelings may have been really hurt does not matter.

cool, agreed, he can't say that...I only said that about 15 times in this thread already.

[clyde21]

He uttered a death threat because he couldn't control his anger. I wouldn't want a small child around someone like that. It can be all love until the kid talks back to him on one of his bad days.

i don't see the correlation here, just because he has a bad relationship with a crazy ex doesn't mean he's not a good father.

The correlation is that he can't control his temper, and you can see that.

says who? can you name me a single incident he had with his child in which he couldn't control his anger?

[MrDollarBills]

i don't see the correlation here, just because he has a bad relationship with a crazy ex doesn't mean he's not a good father.

Lots of great fathers threaten to shoot their children's mothers in the head. I mean, it's OK if they're "crazy."

yes, lots of great fathers have said stupid stuff in the past in the midst of a heated argument with an ex trying to withhold his own child from him.

sorry not everyone is as perfect as you guys here are on RealGM.

Making death threats isn't "saying stupid stuff". If he cursed her off and hung up the phone no one would care. Him telling her "I'm going to shoot you in your **** ing head" goes well beyond any of that.

It's not about being perfect, it's about being a civilized person. Do you casually make death threats to women you're upset with?

[XxIronChainzxX]

i'm not accusing you of anything, I just don't expect everyone to control their emotions the same exact way...it's something that he has always had trouble with, and I guarantee you she knows that and used it to her advantage (which is why she recorded the convo in the first place)

especially now after everything he's gone thru the last couple of years, give me a break.

It doesn't matter that he's been provoked. Full stop, you can't threaten to kill people. There's no justification. The fact that Cousins feelings may have been really hurt does not matter.

cool, agreed, he can't say that...I only said that about 15 times in this thread already.

But you didn't. You spent most of your time pivoting about the mother and talking about feeling bad about Cousins - a multi-millionare NBA superstar who you believe threatened to murder the mother of his child.