I like that move by the coach even though it hurts Cousins trade value even more than his big mouth and obvious maturity issues.

Trade him to the Raiders.

This will not end well for the Kings.

STFU and play. It's called a contract. Hold up your end of it.

/ loves the NBA
// starting to hate it

"I have no idea what the Kings are doing," Greig said. "The fact that I'm just finding out about this announcement now speaks volumes about them." - Cousins' agent, John Greig, 02-Jan-2012

No, Sir, it does not. It speaks volumes about the juvenile behavior of your client. Play with your team, or don't play and sit quietly alone. But stop being such a douche - the both of you.

Cousins is a douche, but there's no reason for the team to launch any PR assault against him. Just quietly sit his ass if you don't think he'll give his 100% for you, listen to any offers, and go from there.

IAmRight: If this had happened for a legitimate team instead of one that was actively seeking to leave the city they're in themselves, I might side with the team.

This. Sounds like the Maloofs are pulling the strings on Westphal here to go public preaching banal platitudes about "togetherness". Should go over well in the Sac community that knows damn well they want out.

tallguywithglasseson: Well I guess this makes me feel slightly better about drafting Wes Johnson.

I drafted him too. No idea who he is; this is my first time doing fantasy anything.

konigsforst: tallguywithglasseson: Well I guess this makes me feel slightly better about drafting Wes Johnson.

I drafted him too. No idea who he is; this is my first time doing fantasy anything.

This season is my first experience with fantasy sports. Man does my team suck.

Gunny Highway: This will not end well for the Kings.

When was the last time something ended well for the Kings?

Raw thread??

Nadie_AZ: Sacramento drafted Cousins with the fifth overall pick in 2010 after he spent one season at Kentucky. The 21-year-old Cousins was averaging 13 points and 11 rebounds in 27 minutes per game this season.

Cousins' behavior has been well documented going back to high school and his one season at Kentucky, mixing in dramatic and astonishing plays with outbursts against players, coaches, trainers and referees. His conditioning has been questioned and so has his work ethic, however, he showed up for training camp in prime condition and appeared ready for a breakout season.

Dear NBA,

Those kids should stay in the college cooker at least 3 years. Most of them need their ass kicked by coaches who earn more than they do. You are stupid to draft these under cooked kids. Most of them never pan out and you have to throw them away. It's a waste of money and time for you and it ruins their careers.

Thxkbye

Should happen, but won't. Why won't it?
Kevin Garnett
Kobe Bryant
Amare Stoudemire
Lebron James
Dwight Howard

Teams keeping thinking they are going to find another one of those guys, and they ignore the fact guys like
Darius Miles, Shaun Livingston, Kwame Brown and Sebastian Telfair exist.

konigsforst: tallguywithglasseson: Well I guess this makes me feel slightly better about drafting Wes Johnson.

I drafted him too. No idea who he is; this is my first time doing fantasy anything.

Go on.

Even when things don't go as well as you may have hoped for, never, ever, publicly ask to be traded.

That is absolutely unprofessional.

Who knows? If he'd simply have given this abbreviated season a chance, he may well have found himself in the playoffs.

Tim Tebow:
Who knows? If he'd simply have given this abbreviated season a chance, he may well have found himself in the playoffs.

Tempted: "I have no idea what the Kings are doing," Greig said. "The fact that I'm just finding out about this announcement now speaks volumes about them." - Cousins' agent, John Greig, 02-Jan-2012

No, Sir, it does not. It speaks volumes about the juvenile behavior of your client. Play with your team, or don't play and sit quietly alone. But stop being such a douche - the both of you.

I agree with the above post. I found it not smart or funny so no buttons fit. Just common sense.

/better buttons?
//not ours
///fruit of another or something.. :)

Byno: Tim Tebow:
Who knows? If he'd simply have given this abbreviated season a chance, he may well have found himself in the playoffs.

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I'm as serious as they come. Stranger things have happened. Take the 2011-12 Denver Broncos, for instance.

Playoff-bound!

We'll meet up with Detroit in the Super Bowl to avenge that 35-point Week 8 loss.

After all, good things come to those who wait! ;-)

Byno: Tim Tebow:
Who knows? If he'd simply have given this abbreviated season a chance, he may well have found himself in the playoffs.

[www.8bitbrigade.com image 500x224]

It's the NBA and early, they have plenty of shot to hit an 8th seed.

mitchcumstein1: When Rick Pitino thinks you're an asshole, you're an asshole he dribbles next to you after 15 seconds.

FTFY

Ps. Calipari is a player's coach and managed Cousins quite well during his stay at UK.

Cataholic: mitchcumstein1: When Rick Pitino thinks you're an asshole, you're an asshole he dribbles next to you after 15 seconds.

FTFY

Ps. Calipari is a player's coach and managed Cousins quite well during his stay at UK.

Try again. (new window)

Then again, I don't think any other college coach could have done a better job with Cousins. I can't recall another incident like that from that year.

Tim Tebow: I'm as serious as they come. Stranger things have happened. Take the 2011-12 Denver Broncos, for instance. Playoff-bound! We'll meet up with Detroit in the Super Bowl to avenge that 35-point Week 8 loss. After all, good things come to those who wait! ;-)

The Steel Curtain will fall on the Broncos' season, and with it the mystique of Tim Tebow. The end comes for you in all of its black-and-gold fury.

The Anti-Tebow: Tim Tebow: I'm as serious as they come. Stranger things have happened. Take the 2011-12 Denver Broncos, for instance. Playoff-bound! We'll meet up with Detroit in the Super Bowl to avenge that 35-point Week 8 loss. After all, good things come to those who wait! ;-)

The Steel Curtain will fall on the Broncos' season, and with it the mystique of Tim Tebow. The end comes for you in all of its black-and-gold fury.

So you're telling me there's a chance!

Tim Tebow: The Anti-Tebow: Tim Tebow: I'm as serious as they come. Stranger things have happened. Take the 2011-12 Denver Broncos, for instance. Playoff-bound! We'll meet up with Detroit in the Super Bowl to avenge that 35-point Week 8 loss. After all, good things come to those who wait! ;-)

The Steel Curtain will fall on the Broncos' season, and with it the mystique of Tim Tebow. The end comes for you in all of its black-and-gold fury.

So you're telling me there's a chance!

Nope. There will be Tebow mini-series on ESPN for years to come. I don't hold that against him. Just ESPN. The dude is prolly mostly okay like my favorite lunch buddy doing his prayers. To me he looks like he's dumping in his pants but to him he is just power praying. I'm cool with it.

mitchcumstein1: When Rick Pitino thinks you're an asshole, you're an asshole.

QFT.

Tim Tebow: So you're telling me there's a chance!

There is a chance that you might yet escape from Pittsburgh intact, unbroken, and unmolested by Ben Roethlisberger, but that chance is extraordinarily slim.

Even DeMarcus Cousins would be humbled at the lashing you are about to receive.

OtherLittleGuy:

/how much is he making?
//STFU and collect the money

Cousins? Rookie scale. I think it's 3 or 4 million, but I could be wrong.

Tim Tebow: We'll meet up with Detroit in the Super Bowl to avenge that 35-point Week 8 loss.

Thus bringing upon the end of days.

i wonder where stern will decide cousins should play...

A Fark Handle: i wonder where stern will decide cousins should play...

If I were Boston I'd be all over this. If anyone could keep him in line it's Rivers and the vets, and they need something bad to avoid being an afterthought in the playoffs this year.

Boston's first rounder and second rounder this year (in a loaded draft) and the rights to Jeff Green. Does Sacramento say no to that?

tallguywithglasseson: konigsforst: I drafted him too. No idea who he is; this is my first time doing fantasy anything.

I was actually referring to "we" as my beloved Minnesota Timberwolves.

Wes is a second-year small forward who's having to play shooting guard. He shows flashes of being good every now and then, but then goes back to playing timidly.

I was referring to being part of the front office of your beloved Timberwolves . . .

Ah, well, he put up good number tonight. Good so far as my last pick.

jayhawk88: A Fark Handle: i wonder where stern will decide cousins should play...

If I were Boston I'd be all over this. If anyone could keep him in line it's Rivers and the vets, and they need something bad to avoid being an afterthought in the playoffs this year.

Boston's first rounder and second rounder this year (in a loaded draft) and the rights to Jeff Green. Does Sacramento say no to that?

Why on Earth would anyone trade anything for Jeff Green? If he gets a medical waiver, does that save cap space?

Trocadero: Why on Earth would anyone trade anything for Jeff Green? If he gets a medical waiver, does that save cap space?

Irrelevant. The Kings aren't worried about cap space. I think they've had to take on salaries to hit the floor.

Didn't Josh Harrellson outplay Cuz when the Knicks beat them last night? Fear the jorts.

"I have no idea what the Kings are doing," Greig said. "The fact that I'm just finding out about this announcement now speaks volumes about them."

This guy sounds like real fun to negotiate with.

The Lone Talbot: Nadie_AZ: Sacramento drafted Cousins with the fifth overall pick in 2010 after he spent one season at Kentucky. The 21-year-old Cousins was averaging 13 points and 11 rebounds in 27 minutes per game this season.

Cousins' behavior has been well documented going back to high school and his one season at Kentucky, mixing in dramatic and astonishing plays with outbursts against players, coaches, trainers and referees. His conditioning has been questioned and so has his work ethic, however, he showed up for training camp in prime condition and appeared ready for a breakout season.

Dear NBA,

Those kids should stay in the college cooker at least 3 years. Most of them need their ass kicked by coaches who earn more than they do. You are stupid to draft these under cooked kids. Most of them never pan out and you have to throw them away. It's a waste of money and time for you and it ruins their careers.

Thxkbye

Should happen, but won't. Why won't it?
Kevin Garnett
Kobe Bryant
Amare Stoudemire
Lebron James
Dwight Howard

Teams keeping thinking they are going to find another one of those guys, and they ignore the fact guys like
Darius Miles, Shaun Livingston, Kwame Brown and Sebastian Telfair exist.

This is why I wish the NBA would copy the MLB's draft rule for high school players: either enter the draft right out of high school or go to college for three years before entering the draft. Seems it would help both NCAA and NBA.

There's no reason for guys like Kevin Durant and Blake Griffin to waste a year in college. But you know there's always a few Kwame Browns lurking out there, too. If the NBA is going to exploit the NCAA as a farm system, at least do it the right way.

Hey . You can't demanded a trade in you 2nd year in the NBA. You can only do that in the last year of your contract.

Now I was the Kings I would bench him for the rest of his contract unless I get a trade offer I couldn't refuse. No point in playing him since he won't put 100% into it and it will only increase his value once he become a free agant.

Allen262: Hey [img1.fark.net image 54x11]. You can't demanded a trade in you 2nd year in the NBA. You can only do that in the last year of your contract.

Now I was the Kings I would bench him for the rest of his contract unless I get a trade offer I couldn't refuse. No point in playing him since he won't put 100% into it and it will only increase his value once he become a free agant.

Eddy Curry frowns at your shenanigans (in a rare appearance away from the buffet).

I don't blame him for wanting out of there. That team is just a bunch of chuckers who won't pass the ball around to save their lives, and the coach can't control them. Nobody's throwing the ball into Cousins, even when he's wide open.

Dear God, please don't let him get traded to the Celtics, and put them back into the hunt. I'm greatly enjoying Mr. Garnett getting humbled by teams that won't even make the playoffs.