Demarcus Cousins has always been known to have a different type of personality and one key ingredient is his bluntness.
Boogie definitely doesn’t mind telling anyone how he feels, and in his recent interview with Sports Illustrated he talks about how he has worked hard in the off-season and how he and Tyreke Evans will carry the load for the Sacramento Kings.
“I basically doubled up my workouts. Even when [agent and adviser John Greig] wasn’t in town, I still made sure I worked out. I was in the gym, running every night, watching the way I eat, watching my calorie count. Every little small thing.
“We haven’t really worried about the [exact] weight, but I don’t want to overdo it. I’m watching what I eat, trying not to eat too many heavy meals. I wasn’t [doing that before]. Well, I was, but I wasn’t as disciplined.”
Last offseason and during the season under Westphal, Cousins said, “I put in the work but there was nothing positive coming out of it. No matter how much I did, it was never good enough. I wanted to be good. I wanted to be great. I wanted to be in the best shape. But at the same time, if I don’t have the support system that’s there and that’s also trying to help me get there, then what can I do? What I’m saying is that was the Westphal era. Now we all have a goal, we know where we want to be. Me and coach [Keith Smart] are on the same page, so it’s easier to get it done.”On the team and, specifically, the dynamic between him and fourth-year guard Tyreke Evans:
“At the end of the day, everybody in that locker room knows this team is myself and Tyreke’s. I don’t give a [expletive] about no articles [asking whose team it is]. This team goes as far as we carry it.”
Here is more with DeMarcus Cousins at Kings Media Day.
