DeMarcus Cousins Not Making Any Friends At Team USA

[bluechox2]

**** that, players are just too *****, DMC IS REALLLLLLLLL *****

hes bringing back the 90's ... **** this ***** i love you friendship teams

[LamarOdom]

He's confusing DMc with Greg monroe

Ohh yeah sry it was Monroe totally mixed them up.

[Clippersfan86]

I do agree with you guys his no friends, take no prisoners attitude is totally old school and awesome BUT he can do it with a lot more respect. Hell Kobe has the same attitude and so did Jordan but both were very well liked during their Team USA experiences. You can be both. You can be a hardass who isn't there to make friends but also tone down the attitude or cockiness.

[EveryManALion]

hes bringing back the 90's ... **** this ***** i love you friendship teams

Yea, this just does not correlate with how much better he acted on the court this year, i bet the "stars" got butthurt and he was fouling them so hard and reverted back to the only main widespread rumor/issue they knew about him, which is his maturity and attributed it to his aggresive playstyle, DMC all day.

[Punpun]

I do agree with you guys his no friends, take no prisoners attitude is totally old school and awesome BUT he can do it with a lot more respect. Hell Kobe has the same attitude

But Kobe actually liked him.

[Clippersfan86]

But Kobe actually liked him.

Like I said... Kobe is at least respectful. He doesn't give a damn about that friendship crap or your feelings but he's not going to go out of his way to randomly be a dick to other players the way Cousins does. If you start roughing up teammates in practice, people are going to think of you as a prick.

[Punpun]

Yeah, but I mean that Kobe actually liked Cousins yesterday.

[Clippersfan86]

Yeah, but I mean that Kobe actually liked Cousins yesterday.

What did he say? I know he likes Cousins old school mentality but you bet your ass Kobe would be getting in Cousins face if he was the one getting put on the floor with hard fouls . Nobody likes a goon in practice.

[AlonzoGOAT]

Like I said... Kobe is at least respectful. He doesn't give a damn about that friendship crap or your feelings but he's not going to go out of his way to randomly be a dick to other players the way Cousins does. If you start roughing up teammates in practice, people are going to think of you as a prick.

Suspect?

[hawksdogsbraves]

I think his attitude is awesome. The 'everybody is friends' atmosphere in the NBA right now is a little over the top, it's good to have some guys who don't give a shit about people liking them.

It's telling that Kobe loves that attitude and wanted him on Team USA.

Compare him to Griffin. Blake is the pretty boy, the whiner and the flopper who gets all the highlights and all the commercials and is friends with everybody. DMC puts up similar stats but fouls hard, makes enemies, and doesn't care if Kevin Durant (or whoever) is giving him hugs after the game. I look forward to seeing him have some heated rivalries with other guys as his career progresses.

[Rake2204]

not quite sure how to take this. was he being overly aggressive during practice to show he's not gonna take any crap ,even from star player teammates, or was he just being immature like everyone has stated?

I would guess the players would be understanding of a guy who was just out there trying to get it, forcing everyone to go hard while understanding they'd have to attack the rim strong to finish over the top of him. For instance, if Kenneth Faried was in that camp and was committing a lot of fouls as a result of just being incredibly active and working his butt off (while perhaps being innocently out of control) I don't think it'd be an issue.

The fact I'm hearing numerous quotes from various people involved with the team about Cousins' necessity to grow up, makes me feel as though he was just out there hacking about, perhaps finding himself in poor or lazy defensive position and bailing out by fouling.

[ripthekik]

Don't see anything wrong with this.

1) they're not there to make friends.
2) if you're getting beat easily, you're supposed to get physical. As long as he's not doing flagrant fouls or fouling out, it's all fair game once you step onto the court.

What did Melo expect? No contact sport? This is why he's a loser. If he's a leader of a team, there's no way in hell that team will win a ring.

[Punpun]

What did he say? I know he likes Cousins old school mentality but you bet your ass Kobe would be getting in Cousins face if he was the one getting put on the floor with hard fouls . Nobody likes a goon in practice.

I remember seeing a thread where the quote was along the line of "We need a guy like Cousins on the team". That's about th ehugest compliment you'd could get, no ?

[Clippersfan86]

I remember seeing a thread where the quote was along the line of "We need a guy like Cousins on the team". That's about th ehugest compliment you'd could get, no ?

Yes but that was before he was selected. Ask Kobe how he feels now .

[Linspired]

it's called a mean streak. players need that