DeMarcus Cousins

Halfway thru the 2013 NBA preseason, the Los Angeles Lakers look better than many expected even playing without 5-time NBA champion and 15-time All-Star Kobe Bryant. Thru four games, the Lakers are 2-2 against Golden State, Denver (twice), and Sacramento. Playing without 17-year Lakers guard Bryant, the Lakers clearly lack an identity. But, credit Coach [...]

Good for DeMarcus Cousins. It’s gotten to the point where people almost assume the 22-year-old is going to say the wrong thing, that he’s going to do the wrong thing. And on some levels, we can’t really chastise the ones that do. Over the last three years, Cousins has been equal parts promise and infuriating. [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers continue to dream big. After winning the 2013 NBA draft lottery, why shouldn’t they? They’re obviously riding some kind of a hot streak. This gives them two first-overall picks in the last years. Ain’t nothing wrong with that, you know, except for the fact they had to lose in excess to get [...]

The Sacramento Kings continue to baffle the masses. As is the case with every season, the Kings entered the 2012-13 crusade hoping for a fresh start. Instead, they’ve picked up right where they’ve continuously been leaving off—losing. Sacramento has become the poster-team for failure. From ongoing bouts with regards to relocation, to poor personnel decisions, [...]

Can the Sacramento Kings do anything right? Apparently not. At the risk of sounding brutal but in the spirit of being honest, the Kings are a horrible basketball team. They’re 8-17 on the season—giving them the second-worst record in the Western Conference—are still trying to figure out the self-destructive enigma that is Demarcus Cousins, have [...]

The Kings are still waiting on DeMarcus Cousins to –as Kobe would put it– put his big boy pants on. The uber-talented power forward has been a near relentless source of stress for Sacramento’s management. Whether he’s mouthing off (a bit out of turn) to a broadcaster or hitting guys were it hurts, Cousins has [...]

DeMarcus Cousins of the Sacramento Kings has been suspended by the NBA and I, as a result, find myself angry. Not angry at the historically volatile center, but at the league, at the Association itself. According to our own Allen Moll of THD, the big man was suspended by the league after confronting San Antonio [...]

The Sacramento Kings’ Keith Smart is taking a serious approach to the defensive work of his players. Statistically speaking, the story of the Kings 2011-2012 season was one of two extremes. Putting up 99 points per game, Sacramento was the 6th best offense in the league last year. They also averaged about 95 possessions per 40 minutes [...]

The Sacramento Kings are a mess, they have been for six years. But this season can mark one of change, a shift in fortunes. And such a transformation begins, and ends, with DeMarcus Cousins. You know Cousins, the player who has been kicked out of practices, clashed with coaches and been a volatile presence in [...]

September 17, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim This weekend, the University of Kentucky put on a charity event at a Rupp Arena. The announced crowd was just a tad bit over 10,000 but it was a success nonetheless. The event was put on in the form of a set of exhibition games. The show featured the [...]