Is there still negative blood in between previous Sacramento Kings mentor George Karl and the team’s previous star DeMarcus Cousins?
On Monday, Karl fired back at Cousins — who performed below him for a person time (2015-16) in Sacramento — immediately after the Nuggets heart slammed the franchise in a current interview.
“What did Sac do for me? Moreover say my identify [draft day]. I did more for them than they did for me,” Cousins instructed Andscape, explaining why he wished he experienced skipped his 2010 draft day work out with the Kings. “That’s just remaining truthful. Just being 100 % sincere. I had two owners, three GMs, 7 coaches in 7 a long time. I was there seven yrs.”
On Monday, Karl quotation-tweeted Cousins’ quote, writing that the Kings, “Paid you approx $50M and gave you the prospect to play expert basketball for a living.”
In a separate tweet, Karl wrote, “I grew up blue collar with a state of mind to normally enjoy the items, mentors and possibilities I was provided. And I acquired to under no circumstances upset the basketball gods. Lead to they are watching and karma is genuine.”
The Kings chosen Cousins fifth-all round in the 2010 NBA Draft. In 2013, he signed a noted 4-calendar year, $62 million max agreement extension with the workforce.
Karl and Cousins had a contentious partnership which saw them get into a heated trade soon after a decline to the Spurs in the course of their lone year collectively. Cousins afterwards issued a community apology, and Karl was fired just after the time. He has not coached since.
Cousins averaged 21.1 points, 10.8 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks per sport on 45 percent taking pictures and earned three All-Star nods throughout 7 seasons with the Kings.
Cousins’ most effective playing years have been put in in Sacramento, right before he was traded to the Pelicans in 2017, exactly where he experienced some success along with Anthony Davis. Given that then, he’s battled a collection of accidents.
The Kentucky merchandise now performs a constrained position with Denver, which is going through an -2 deficit in their initially round playoff collection from the Warriors.
Activity 3 is set for Thursday at 10 p.m. ET in Denver.
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