The Sacramento Kings have suspended All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins for yelling at his head coach George Karl during a timeout in the Kings’ home game vs. the Cleveland Cavaliers game.
From the Kings’ official statement:
The Sacramento Kings have suspended center DeMarcus Cousins for one game for conduct detrimental to the team, according to Vice President of Basketball Operations and General Manager Vlade Divac.
Cousins will serve the suspension in Sacramento’s next contest against the Orlando Magic on Friday.
Here you can see video of the timeout in which the incident occurred:
@World_Wide_Wob Cousins screaming at George Karl. Rondo gets in front of him trying to calm things down…..lol. pic.twitter.com/A8ezpuOaS5
— Junior Coimbra (@JrRap77) March 10, 2016
Apparently, Cousins’ tirade did not stop after that timeout. From Yahoo’s Chris Mannix:
DeMarcus Cousins continued to vent at George Karl after the in-game confrontation, per sources. Got into it w/GM Vlade Divac, too.
— Chris Mannix (@ChrisMannixYS) March 10, 2016
The source of DMC's frustration, per sources: Cousins didn't feel George Karl was defending him enough to the referees in a loss to CLE.
— Chris Mannix (@ChrisMannixYS) March 10, 2016
This timing was… interesting, as directly after the game, Karl announced that he will be undergoing a throat cancer-related procedure today.
