DeMarcus Cousins Annoyed by Uncertainty Facing the Sacramento Kings


With fans in Sacramento anxious and exasperated by the whole thing, a decision on the Kings’ possible move to Seattle likely won’t be made until sometime next month (if that.) DeMarcus Cousins says he’d like to stay with the franchise on a long-term basis, but he along with teammates is frustrated by the lack of certainty going forward. Per the Sac Bee: “The regular season ended Wednesday night with the Los Angeles Clippers beating the Kings 112-108 in front of the third sellout crowd of the season at Sleep Train Arena. But the waiting game goes on without a date on which the fate of the Kings will be decided. ‘It’s a tough matter to deal with every year,’ said third-year center DeMarcus Cousins. ‘It’s an annoying situation. You can’t really plan. Most players have an offseason and they can enjoy it and plan it, but for us it’s a different situation. We’ve always got to be on-call. We never know what’s going to happen.’ […] ‘It’s kind of annoying to answer the same question 25 times,’ said forward Jason Thompson. ‘From stepping outside, to after a game, during a game, with the media, social networks, everywhere you go you’re answering the same question. They think we’re the people with the answers, but really it’s the people they don’t know too much about that have all the answers.’ Players learned the Maloofs had reached an agreement to sell a controlling interest in the franchise in January through the media. ‘We should have a lot more information than we do,’ Cousins said. ‘You feel dumb when a fan comes up and asks you because they believe you know, and your response is, ‘I know as much as you do.’ It’s not a good feeling.’ Since the news broke, the players have talked about not letting it affect their play. ‘I don’t think any of this had anything to do with our play,’ said guard Marcus Thornton. ‘At the end of the day, you still have to go out there and play every game like it’s your last.’ That’s not easy. ‘It does bother your focus,’ Cousins said. […] Life for the players will be easier once a sale is approved, but Cousins might have best summed up the sentiment of his teammates. ‘You’ll have more of a comfort level, but honestly, I’m tired of it,’ he said. ‘I’m tired of it.'”