An excellent article which highlights the absurd bias Sacramento and Cousins has had to deal with:
http://cowbellkingdom.com/sunday-musings-is-demarcus-cousins-a-media-punching-bag/
I'm as sick of Cousins pouting on the court as the next guy, and have lost patience with his immaturity standing between him and complete NBA dominance.
However, the blatant hypocrisy and bias of the NBA has been on FULL BLOWN DISPLAY since before Cuz even played one game.
For some reason, he is a lightning rod for every cheap shot the media wants to put out.
Scratch that - I know why he's a lightning rod for the media dumping on him every chance they get - because he's an easy target.
These "media types" are bullies - they will loose their venom on someone who can't fight back.
And it has been proven that OFF THE COURT, Demarcus lacks any power to control the media distortion of what goes on (He literally felt that he had to physically threaten Sean Elliot to stop the media attacks against him.).
He has few media defenders (mostly because of his behavior and body language on the court) and has to endure the most hatefully-slanderous home team broadcaster I know of in the NBA (Grant Napear).
Seriously - does anyone know of a home-team broadcaster who attacks their superstar player more than Napear does to Cousins?
So if anyone would like to link to biased articles against Cousins, or simply describe examples you've observed, we could collect them here.
I'll start:
IMO, the ending to the Paul Westphal debacle was entirely a manipulated message, setting up and blaming Demarcus for what was completely Westphal's blame.
IIRC, Westphal had made a huge issue and stated that players should be talking IN-HOUSE and privately to management/coaches if they had issues, suggestions, etc.
Then Demarcus took him up on that, and had a closed-door meeting (certainly shouting/arguing) that probably included Cuz losing his cool and saying "If you're going to keep playing me so wrong, then just trade me."
Then Westphal broke his word and cried to Geoff Petrie and then conducted one of the most embarrassing press conferences in Kings history by attacking his best player in public, thereby airing dirty laundry and completely contradicting his own words from earlier in the week.
Guess what organization (owners and General Manager) didn't publicly decry Westphal's actions and defend their player for standing up for himself (and by extension the good of the team)?
Guess how the media played this sequence out?
http://cowbellkingdom.com/sunday-musings-is-demarcus-cousins-a-media-punching-bag/
I'm as sick of Cousins pouting on the court as the next guy, and have lost patience with his immaturity standing between him and complete NBA dominance.
However, the blatant hypocrisy and bias of the NBA has been on FULL BLOWN DISPLAY since before Cuz even played one game.
For some reason, he is a lightning rod for every cheap shot the media wants to put out.
Scratch that - I know why he's a lightning rod for the media dumping on him every chance they get - because he's an easy target.
These "media types" are bullies - they will loose their venom on someone who can't fight back.
And it has been proven that OFF THE COURT, Demarcus lacks any power to control the media distortion of what goes on (He literally felt that he had to physically threaten Sean Elliot to stop the media attacks against him.).
He has few media defenders (mostly because of his behavior and body language on the court) and has to endure the most hatefully-slanderous home team broadcaster I know of in the NBA (Grant Napear).
Seriously - does anyone know of a home-team broadcaster who attacks their superstar player more than Napear does to Cousins?
So if anyone would like to link to biased articles against Cousins, or simply describe examples you've observed, we could collect them here.
I'll start:
IMO, the ending to the Paul Westphal debacle was entirely a manipulated message, setting up and blaming Demarcus for what was completely Westphal's blame.
IIRC, Westphal had made a huge issue and stated that players should be talking IN-HOUSE and privately to management/coaches if they had issues, suggestions, etc.
Then Demarcus took him up on that, and had a closed-door meeting (certainly shouting/arguing) that probably included Cuz losing his cool and saying "If you're going to keep playing me so wrong, then just trade me."
Then Westphal broke his word and cried to Geoff Petrie and then conducted one of the most embarrassing press conferences in Kings history by attacking his best player in public, thereby airing dirty laundry and completely contradicting his own words from earlier in the week.
Guess what organization (owners and General Manager) didn't publicly decry Westphal's actions and defend their player for standing up for himself (and by extension the good of the team)?
Guess how the media played this sequence out?
