DeMarcus Cousins Reportedly Won’t Be Suspended, Fined for Ejection vs. Warriors

December 30th, 2015 by Joseph Zucker Leave a reply »

The NBA reportedly won't fine or suspend DeMarcus Cousins after his ejection in the third quarter of the Sacramento Kings' 122-103 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Monday, per Yahoo Sports' Marc J. Spears.

Cousins exploded after picking up his fifth foul of the game. Teammate Rudy Gay and Kings assistant Corliss Williamson were among those who had to restrain the All-Star big man as he argued with referee Mitchell Ervin:

Kings general manager Vlade Divac defended Cousins' actions.

"He said he understands what he did but he didn't do anything wrong in my opinion," said Divac, per Jason Jones of the Sacramento Bee.

"It just seemed to me there were cute, soft fouls called on DeMarcus and he got his fifth and he lost his cool," added head coach George Karl.

The Sacramento Bee's Ailene Voisin argued Cousins deserved to be punished in one form or another for the outburst:

The Kings can't continue treating a 25-year-old man with kid gloves. The All-Star center should have been suspended instead of merely fined for his profane locker room eruption following the Nov. 9 loss to the San Antonio Spurs ...

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