Cousins was surprisingly complimentary of FIBA World Champion Mason Plumlee. Nothing but shade for Meyers Leonard, though.
I for one am greatly enjoying Cousins newfound persuasive power of the interview.
He's beginning to understand that acting crazy gets attention, and attention makes others care what you say, and then you can use that as a way of intimidating.
Whether you like it or not ladies and gentleman the game is played on multiple levels and DMC is now playing the mental game and taking no prisoners. Not only will he own Leonard for the rest of his career, but other players are now more scared of getting beat by him or (importantly) disrespecting him. They will be publicly humiliated. He's seized the bully pulpit and is using it to his advantage. I love it.
The fact that in the next breath he PRAISES a fellow Olympian only adds strength to the verbal smackdown of Leonard because it creates contrast, and also shows that he's not just out to hate everybody. It's much worse to get a verbal smackdown from someone who has a heart than just some nutjob talking crap about everybody.