Demarcus Cousins SUSPENDED

[Nicky Nix Nook]

Cousins > God.

Are we talking real God or God from Bruce Almighty? Because there is no way Cousins is > Morgan Freeman God.

Cousins would punch out Morgan Freeman before he had a chance to duck

Blasphemy!

[Cammo101]

Cousins is a headcase? Notice the surprised look on my face.

[GopherIt!]

Trade Cousins to a team like the Lakers. Phil will provide him the guidance & leadership no one else can. Walton will stabilize the Kings bench & give them much needed leadership plus they get a 1st round pick to help rebuild.

[Sedale Threatt]

Shocked. Absolutely shocked.

That it took this long, that is.

[RIPskaterdude]

Trade Cousins to a team like the Lakers. Phil will provide him the guidance & leadership no one else can. Walton will stabilize the Kings bench & give them much needed leadership plus they get a 1st round pick to help rebuild.

Very true, plus Kobe and Bynum would be perfect in Sacramento. Good thinking.

[some_rand]

do people not realize that almost every great NBA player has called out his teammates at one point or another?

cousins isnt a head case, im more worried about tyreke ever figuring it out than cousins. Reke is the real knucklehead. But of course haters gonna hate (like cammo whos probably mad that cousins is out performing favors)

[SUN]

Trade Cousins to a team like the Lakers. Phil will provide him the guidance & leadership no one else can. Walton will stabilize the Kings bench & give them much needed leadership plus they get a 1st round pick to help rebuild.

Doesn't Phil have a vendetta with young guys? He'd see less playing time, for sure.

[turtlesnjoi]

do people not realize that almost every great NBA player has called out his teammates at one point or another?

cousins isnt a head case, im more worried about tyreke ever figuring it out than cousins. Reke is the real knucklehead. But of course haters gonna hate (like cammo whos probably mad that cousins is out performing favors)

Nobody cares that he called somebody out, they're talking about the physical confrontation.

[some_rand]

Like I said from day one this fool is a problem child and a born loser who'll never WIN anything. I still don't see what's the big deal over this fool. Guys get all moist in the draws because he scores....boo hoo, what does he do to help his team besides screw'in up every month ?

lmao if you ever watch a kings game you can see that hes the type of big you could potentially run an offense through, his post scoring and passing is almost unmatched and hes only 20. Hes a pretty underrated defender as well.

[lakerhater]

Kings did pretty good without cousins last year. Not doing so good with cousins this year

25-57 is "pretty good"

[RIPskaterdude]

do people not realize that almost every great NBA player has called out his teammates at one point or another?

cousins isnt a head case, im more worried about tyreke ever figuring it out than cousins. Reke is the real knucklehead. But of course haters gonna hate (like cammo whos probably mad that cousins is out performing favors)

Nobody cares that he called somebody out, they're talking about the physical confrontation.

I think everyone agrees that throwing punches (if true) was not the right thing to do, but let's be honest. Some of the people here would still be calling him a "diva" and a "problem child" even if no punches were thrown and he only called out Evans in the locker room.

[WuTang8611]

DeMarcus Cousins suspended for doing the coaches' job.

+1

[RonMercerMVP]

DeMarcus Cousins suspended for doing the coaches' job.

+1

+2

[loserX]

do people not realize that almost every great NBA player has called out his teammates at one point or another?

cousins isnt a head case, im more worried about tyreke ever figuring it out than cousins. Reke is the real knucklehead. But of course haters gonna hate (like cammo whos probably mad that cousins is out performing favors)

Nobody cares that he called somebody out, they're talking about the physical confrontation.

I think everyone agrees that throwing punches (if true) was not the right thing to do, but let's be honest. Some of the people here would still be calling him a "diva" and a "problem child" even if no punches were thrown and he only called out Evans in the locker room.

Did he call out Evans at all? I've only heard that he called out Greene, presumably for not passing to him (Cousins). This doesn't sound leaderly at all, only that a kid feels "disrespected" because he didn't get the last shot. I'm not ready to ascribe any nobility to it at all.

[johnwall]

Like I said from day one this fool is a problem child and a born loser who'll never WIN anything. I still don't see what's the big deal over this fool. Guys get all moist in the draws because he scores....boo hoo, what does he do to help his team besides screw'in up every month ?

lmao if you ever watch a kings game you can see that hes the type of big you could potentially run an offense through, his post scoring and passing is almost unmatched and hes only 20. Hes a pretty underrated defender as well.

if by unmatched u mean no other center is shooting 43% from the field and averaging 3 turnovers and 2 assist per game then u sound about right. u kings homers are funny

[RIPskaterdude]

Did he call out Evans at all? I've only heard that he called out Greene, presumably for not passing to him (Cousins). This doesn't sound leaderly at all, only that a kid feels "disrespected" because he didn't get the last shot. I'm not ready to ascribe any nobility to it at all.

According to the sources, Cousins (whose postgame interview can be seen here) was furious at the last play in which Tyreke Evans missed a three-pointer in the final seconds of regulation that would have won the game. Cousins, who had been calling for the ball in the post in the final possession, watched angrily as Greene in-bounded the ball to Evans for the final shot.

After the buzzer, he ran the length of the court to catch up to Evans and Greene and was letting his opinions be known as he blew by them to enter the locker room. According to the sources, Greene and Cousins began exchanging words inside the locker room. The situation then escalated, with both players taking swings at each other before they were separated.

Sounds more like Cousins probably was like "HEY MAN, LOOK TO ME MORE OFTEN" as he ran into the locker room and Greene probably stepped up for Evans and told him to drop it, and then things got heated.

That's why most of the Kings fans are defending Cousins, because Evans never steps up and tries to be a leader. If Cousins tried to do that to a veteran, he would tell Greene to back off and he'll fight his own battles. In fact, I would probably support Evans more if he would have been in the fight with Cousins instead of Greene.

[darth_federer]

A guy goes 5-14 in the game and did this at the end of a game a few weeks ago

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW72wCY9qik[/youtube]

But he throws a punch at a teammate and hes a leader now?

Seems like a pretty weak rationalization to me

[dockingsched]

for all the talk about evans needing to be called out:
http://twitter.com/#!/samickAOL

Key clarification regarding Cousins-Greene fight: Source in the locker room says nothing was said to Tyreke Evans.

This was about Cousins accusing Greene of being too "scared" to make the right play. Greene didn't take kindly and reacted.

[johnwall]

A guy goes 5-14 in the game and did this at the end of a game a few weeks ago

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW72wCY9qik[/youtube]

But he throws a punch at a teammate and hes a leader now?

Seems like a pretty weak rationalization to me

i dont even like the guy, but this is not his fault, shouldnt a center be catching the oop and not throwing it?

[RIPskaterdude]

A guy goes 5-14 in the game and did this at the end of a game a few weeks ago

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW72wCY9qik[/youtube]

But he throws a punch at a teammate and hes a leader now?

Seems like a pretty weak rationalization to me

Did you watch the game at all?

Here's the shots that Cousins missed

DeMarcus Cousins misses 5-foot jumper
DeMarcus Cousins misses 9-foot jumper
DeMarcus Cousins misses 4-foot jumper
DeMarcus Cousins misses 6-foot jumper
DeMarcus Cousins misses tip shot
DeMarcus Cousins misses 4-foot jumper
DeMarcus Cousins misses 21-foot jumper
DeMarcus Cousins misses 11-foot jumper
Serge Ibaka blocks DeMarcus Cousins's 3-foot jumper

So he took two shots outside of 10 feet, while the other ones were simple 4-9 feet away from the basket. After watching him play all season, I'm perfectly fine with him shooting those type of shots, compared to Tyreke Evans taking a 3, who by the way is a 26% 3PT and finished 0-3 from the 3.

Either way, I doubt Cousins was calling out Evans just because of ONE play. It's obvious that he was tired of being ignored in the crutch time, while watching Evans drive and miss again and again. It's a build up of frustration because the coaching staff (and Petrie) treat Evans completely different than Cousins.

And again with that video? What did you expect from a rookie center inbounding the ball with 0.6 on the clock? Really?