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NBA Courtside: Demarcus Cousins says it goes to show with that question the reporter asked Kevin Durant, the people that talk about the game and ask the questions don’t understand basketball: “For you to ask that dumb a** question after a win with in your question you say, “Oh, well they were double teaming you he did exactly what the fu*k he was supposed to do.” Be a decoy, be a distraction let the other guys get off everybody did they’re job that night. It just goes to show the motherfu*kers that are talking around the game have no clue about the game.”
NBA Courtside: Byron Scott on DeMarcus Cousins comments saying Larry Bird wasn’t doing it like Cooper Flagg: “Cooper Flagg don’t got sh*t on Larry Bird. I’m gonna tell you that straight up. Larry Bird to me still is and I even hate saying it like this the coldest white boy I’ve ever seen play basketball because of the fact that he hated for white boys to even guard him because he thought that was disrespectful.” It’s definitely a tough to even compare a guy to Larry Bird that’s only played one season let him play his career out then let’s have this debate at the end of his career.
Karl-Anthony Towns: "I would say the person that's toughest is probably going to be like DeMarcus Cousins or Steven Adams. I've probably in my life ever had to tag the roller. During defense, you're on the other side and you come over to tag the roller to hold him up so he doesn't DeAndre Jordan, alley-oop dunk, Blake Griffin, alley-oop dunk like that, Mitchell Robinson, alley-oop dunk. You try to slow down the roller so it makes it easier to deal with the pick and roll, the player, two offensive players and the two defensive players. It makes it easier and gives them more time to figure out the situation with the PNR."
DeMarcus Cousins speaks on the Kings hot-mic incident. Says a reporter in Sacramento lifted his shirt to check his physique when he was a 19-year-old rookie. “She had this infatuation about my body”
Grant Napear spent 31 years calling Sacramento Kings games. Then one tweet blew up his career. A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Bonneville International Corp. was within its rights to fire the longtime Kings announcer after he responded to former NBA player DeMarcus Cousins with an “All Lives Matter” message during the nationwide protests following George Floyd’s death.
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Napear was off work in May 2020 and watching coverage of the protests when Cousins, a Black former Kings star then playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, asked him on Twitter, now known as X: “What’s your take on BLM?” Napear replied that he was glad to hear from Cousins, then wrote: “ALL LIVES MATTER … EVERY SINGLE ONE!!!” That was enough to cost him both of his broadcasting jobs. Bonneville, which employed Napear as a KTHK radio host and the Kings’ play-by-play announcer, suspended him the next day and fired him one day later.
Napear spent the next five years podcasting before returning to radio last August as a daily host on Fox Sports Radio in Sacramento. He had also faced controversy for defending disgraced former LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling and later calling former broadcast partner Doug Christie a “coward” for not defending him after his 2020 firing.
That’s the same argument he made when comparing his Warriors’ teams to the 2026 76ers. Unfortunately, Durant also seemed to anger Klay Thompson with his explanation. Except … upon more reflection, Durant realized he actually picked the wrong team. “Obviously, the best team I played on was the Warriors. I want to say the 2019 team was crazy, but we got hurt. With Cousins at the five, that’s probably the best team I’ve been a part of on paper.” Durant said that team didn’t come to mind initially because he forgot Cousins was on it. Cousins missed a fair amount of time during the 2018-19 NBA season, which explained why he initially dismissed the Warriors.
DeMarcus Cousins on LeBron James: "I don't like the way he was treated in LA. And I and you know, we in this era now that you can't really speak on his behalf or is considered. Or we paid by Klutch, all this goofy shit. But for the most part, you know, I grew up in the era watching Bron, like create the blueprint for for the next guys coming up. So, I think he's a legend in this game hands down. I don't think there's really much for him to prove in this game anymore. I think he's solidified in his legend, but I think as of right now, it's just about giving him what he deserves."
DeMarcus Cousins on Tim Duncan: It was either rookie or my second year. And you know you play Timmy enough you kind of pick up on the sh*t that he does. Tim got some tricks to his game that people don’t know about. So one thing he was infamous for is when he’s guarding the big he pulls you down on one shoulder so he can get up and block it. That sh*t used to frustrate. I’m like, “Yo, this a foul.” Yo, like I can’t jump if he’s pulling me down on one shoulder and blocking me. I’m like, “That’s a foul, bro.” So it got to the point it go so frustrating. I’m like, “You know what? I’m about to manhandle Tim.” Like, I just started going through his chest. So, I got maybe two, three buckets in a row. I get to popping it like, “Yeah Tim, you too little out here.” So, you know Tim ain’t really got too much to say. So, I think Tim ran off about a good 14 to 16 like just straight. No extra moves. Back down jump hook, turnaround jumper, face up jab off the bank. I’m just like, god damn. So, by the end of it, you know, he just say good game.
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Oh No He Didn't: DeMarcus Cousins on where he wants to see LeBron James end up: "I think Bron in Minnesota with Ant Man would be must watch TV. They added LaMelo Ball who's also another exciting player. You put those three characters together I think we in for some good ball and possibly a championship run"
Run It Back: . @boogiecousins says trading for LaMelo Ball is a great move for the Minnesota Timberwolves 🔥 "They've been searching for a point guard to play with Anthony Edwards... could be really special, something the league hasn't seen." @MichelleDBeadle | @ChandlerParsons | @TeamLou23
DeMarcus Cousins on Darryn Peterson: "Obviously, he deserves a chance to get drafted, and I don't think teams are going to hold everything that's happening for this young kid against him. But it does bring in some concern. It will make a team wonder or multiple teams wonder about personality, character, and things of that nature. Everything I've ever heard about this kid is he's a gym rat, super hard worker, good kid, come from a good family. But when there's a lot of smoke around your name, it's easy to get lost in the sauce and narratives can become true. I just want this kid keep his name clean, keep his nose clean, just put your head down to do the work."
DeMarcus Cousins: "Last night, I didn't like it. I feel like they switched up their style of play as far as allowing the offense to flow through KAT. It seemed like Brunson was more so worried about the headline, worried about being maybe the Finals MVP. That's what I saw in the moment. It didn't seem like it was the right form of basketball last night and I felt it was a lot of forced offense."
