The Legacy Of Paul Westphal's Final Dust-Up With DeMarcus Cousins

Smart can stay for now. As for those above him? Grab your life vests and get in the life rafts gentlemen. Your on your own.

“When you play the young guys, you’ve definitely got to show them you’ve got something,” said Brand, who was 10 for 14 from the field. “I hit one shot and he’s like, ‘Nice shot.’” Brand smiled at that point and added, “I’m like, ’That’s not a nice shot. That’s a shot I do all the time.’”

Not going to lie, thought it was kind of funny.

And if I hadn’t watched the game myself, I wouldn’t have the slightest idea the Kings even played last night. I’m shocked they even showed the score on the ticker.

It’s not Kings PR, or Keith Smart or Peaches NaPear.

What’s going to stop articles like this is DeMarcus behaving and performing.

Honestly they don’t have much of a reason to cover us, so they don’t. We’re not relevant from a competitive standpoint, and we’re not a large market, so we’re just not going to get the national media attention required for any thorough journalism from anyone outside of Amick, who came from here and has the same sources from his time at the Bee. It’s lazy and unfair, but honestly it’s just media businesses focusing their attention on the areas that will make them the most money and phoning in the ones that don’t just to keep them semi-satisfied, just like you’d expect any other business to do.

While I certainly can’t blame them, I don’t have to trust them either. That’s just the way it’s going to be until we get back into playoff contention.

indication of his future.

centers were de riguer in he NBA for a while. And actually in college, too. In fact, two UCLA centers come to mind: Kareem Abdul Jabar and Bill Walton. They were the posterchildren for oversized crybabies back in the 60s and 70s. Both constantly cried to the refs both in college and the NBA. But if memory serves me, Walton was worse in the NBA. Of course, as they gained experience, maturity and their pubescent brains caught up with their hyperpituitaried bodies, they mellowed. Same thing with Cousins. Remember, men mature later than women. The male athlete peaks later than the female athlete as well because the male brain takes longer to complete all the neuronal connections. In tall men it takes even longer because the brain cannot possibly develop completely while trying to manage the overgrown body that requires more connections. That’s why these players tend to be more volatile, petulant, or whatever you want to call it.
Plus Cousins is a lot younger than Jabbar and Walton were when they entered the pros.

Easy to say any of the dunks or hookups with IT, but I loved seeing him diving on the floor and fighting for that one ball and getting the tie-up. I think the light bulbs are starting to flash for DMC, and that should spell good things for the Kings going forward.

The thing that cracks me up about Westphal besides his petulance is he grew that cheesy beard. That basically said to me that he didn’t give a shit.

Nice to see those that dig for the truth have a voice to share it with those interested!

Smart’s best coaching to Cousins will be in getting him to understand that, in time, it will be his actions as opposed to his clippings that define his career. I don’t know DeMarcus, but it’s clear to me he’s no dummy. I sure hope he figures it out.