Report: Kings player texted reporter to apologize for DeMarcus Cousins’ behavior
The Sacramento soap opera is the gift that keeps on giving this holiday season.
Kings center DeMarcus Cousins has been under heavy scrutiny lately after video surfaced over the weekend of him berating local columnist Andy Furillo of the Sacramento Bee in the locker room. But the same video (which you can watch here) also focused on Cousins’ feud with ESPN affiliate Cowbell Kingdom and managing editor Leo Beas.
In a blog post written on Saturday, Beas gave his account of a separate incident with Cousins not documented in the video and revealed that an anonymous Kings player texted him to apologize for Cousins’ behavior.
“As members of the press drew closer to conduct the normal media scrum, Cousins singled me out and began talking to me in a very unprofessional manner,” Beas wrote. “Instead of pulling me aside, as most professional basketball players would, he tried to verbally intimidate our photo editor, Emmanuel Basulto, and me and then began attacking me on a personal level. Instead of escalating the situation, we exited the locker room.
“I even received a text from a Kings player apologizing on the team’s behalf for having to witness another tantrum by the ‘leader’ of the team,” Beas added.
Cousins was ultimately slapped with a “substantial fine” by the Kings as a result of the various confrontations. The team may only be two games out of the Western Conference playoff picture at the moment, but it’s become clear that they’re falling apart at the seams in almost every way imaginable.
