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Trade Demand Or Not, Has DeMarcus Cousins Run Out Of Chances With Kings?

Just when Paul Westphal and the Sacramento Kings couldn’t draw any more heat for their 1-3 start, along comes some DeMarcus Cousins drama. Or should we say more drama. On Sunday afternoon the Kings sent out a press release with Westphal claiming Cousins “demanded to be traded” and was promptly sent home from the team's home game against New Orleans Hornets. “Whenever...

Sacramento Kings Players Aren't In Lockstep With The Coaches

You thought the Washington Wizards were a mess. The Sacramento Kings talk like they're trying to get head coach Paul Westphal a bus ticket out of town. It doesn't look good when two of your supposed future cornerstones are questioning what the coach is drawing up on the sidelines. I know Tyreke Evans and DeMarcus Cousins aren't the model citizens of the NBA, but...

Kings’ Cousins demands trade… or did he? Sacramento is a mess.

We knew there were problems in Sacramento, but we didn’t realize that “black hole-like implosion” was going to be an accurate term. DeMarcus Cousins has demanded a trade, coach Paul Westphal said in a statement. That is something Cousin’s agent denied to Sports Illustrated. All we do know for sure is Cousins has been left…

Demarcus Cousins Demands Trade

  According to an official statement from Kings coach Paul Westphal, Demarcus Cousins has demanded a trade from the Kings. #bbpBox_153619435532455936 a { text-decoration:none; color:#2FC2EF; }#bbpBox_153619435532455936 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; } DeMarcus Cousins has demanded a trade from the Kings – Coach Paul Westphal tells him to stay home tonight vs. Hornets...

First Cup: Monday

Ailene Voisin of The Sacramento Bee: Power Balance Pavilion isn't the Pentagon, but given DeMarcus Cousins' history, his recent outburst and repeated trade demands – as related Sunday by Kings coach Paul Westphal – sort of fit the profile. Sort of. Reputations aren't always reflective of reality. We weren't there Saturday and he wasn't around Sunday to...

Kings GM/Owner: Demarcus Cousins will NOT be traded

Photo by Streeter Lecka | Getty Images Sacramento Kings head coach, Paul Westphal has butted heads with 2nd year F/C Demarcus Cousins multiple times since Cousins’ arrival last season. That animosity came to a head on Saturday when Westphal released a statement saying that Cousins had demanded a trade and that Westphal would request that Cousins remain away from the team. However...

The complexity of the Kings’ Cousins situation

Following the Kings’ press release from Coach Paul Westphal concerning DeMarcus Cousins‘ behavior following a recent loss, the Kings are kind of facing a disaster. To list the things that should not happen in a professional sports organization A professional ball player should not behave in such a way as to elicit multiple suspensions and…

Kings claim F Cousins demanded trade

The Sacramento Kings' already-frustrating season evolved into an utter mess on Sunday, when coach Paul Westphal released a statement saying DeMarcus Cousins has demanded a trade and the agent for the second-year big man quickly denied the claim in an interview with SI.com.

Kings Co-Owner on DeMarcus Cousins: ‘We’re Not Trading Him’

by Marcel Mutoni / @marcel_mutoni On New Year’s Eve, the Sacramento Kings lost handily to the New York Knicks at home (their third straight defeat), and after the game players openly blamed head coach Paul Westphal for the team’s ineptitude on the offensive end of the floor. Things then blew up completely when Westphal suspended second-year forward DeMarcus Cousins, while taking...

Ailene Voisin: Situation is 'tip of the iceberg,' coach says, so where is the rest?

Power Balance Pavilion isn't the Pentagon, but given DeMarcus Cousins' history, his recent outburst and repeated trade demands – as related Sunday by Kings coach Paul Westphal – sort of fit the profile.
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