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All the talk about Demarcus Cousins is he has demanded a trade and wants to leave Sacramento.
His teammates gave support for Demarcus and also talk about how much he needs to grow up.
[I]There was support for Cousins among his teammates, but numerous players talked openly about the changes they believe he needs to make. Recently added big man Chuck Hayes, whose free-agent signing was partly due to the need for a respected veteran voice on the league’s youngest team, said Cousins simply must learn to control the emotions that might have played a part in his decision to talk about being traded.[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana][I]
“I’ve known him since ’09 when he was going into his freshman year [at Kentucky],” Hayes said. “He’s a tremendous talent. Maybe it takes a couple more years for him to get it or for him to figure out this game and how he can best dominate this game.[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana][I]”But right now, the guy — as good as he is talented, that’s how much he is emotional. He’ll show everything. And in this game, you have to have short-term memory. Learn to forget about it and move on. … I’ve talked to [Cousins] so many times on the practice court, in the games, during the middle of the game, just so he doesn’t have an outburst, just so his mood and his spirits will stay up and he’ll see the brighter picture.”[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana][I]
Kings forward Jason Thompson concurred that maturity issues remain for Cousins.[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana][I]
“The way you take it is, obviously he’s a good talent, but you don’t want the situation to be a distraction,” Thompson said. “I don’t want to say the word of ‘cancer-like situations’ — I’m not saying he is that but it’s those types of situations. You don’t want those bad situations to keep occurring, because it has a bad effect on the team.[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana][I]”Obviously guys have maturing to worry about and as you grow into the league, you learn that you can’t do the same stuff that you used to do when you’re in high school and college. Hopefully when you have building blocks like that, you can learn from it. It can’t keep happening [if you’re going to be] successful.”[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana][I]
Kings swingman Francisco Garcia said the team is better off with Cousins in tow.[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana][I]
“It’s tough for him,” he said. “He’s still a kid, still learning the game, and he’s got a lot of things to learn about this business. Sometimes that’s what it takes. At the end of the day, he’s a good kid. We missed him today [against the Hornets]. We got the W, but we know he’s a big part of our team.”[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT]
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