DeMarcus Cousins Says Kings Need a Players-Only Meeting

“I’m trying to become more of an all-around player”.

Sacramento Kings forward DeMarcus Cousins (15) drives to the basket against San Antonio Spurs center Tim Duncan (21) during the first quarter at Sleep Train Arena.

Mills hit two layups and a 3-pointer and handed out six assists during San Antonio’s fourth-quarter explosion that proved to be the difference. Hopefully this meeting is more constructive than just complaining about what has gone wrong.

“I’ve been in positions where you have bad starts”. In their previous head-to-head meeting, San Antonio came out on top, bumping its SU record over the last 10 meetings to 9-1. The Spurs last five regular season losses have come on the road. Karl’s role includes a few say on personnel decisions, but Ranadive was understandably hesitant to move one of the league’s best players due to a personality conflict. “It’s a lot of things”.

Kawhi Leonard led the Spurs (5-2) with 24 points while LaMarcus Aldridge added 16 points and nine rebounds.

Karl, of course, was at the center of controversy after rumors of the Kings looking to trade DeMarcus Cousins near the draft.

On the season, the Sacramento Kings average 105.0 points, 44.3 rebounds and 23.4 assists. After those get settled, then maybe the team can try to fix the little issues that could take longer period of time to correct. “So that part I’m not anxious about, but it is issues we gotta figure out”, Cousins said.

With Cousins missing four games because of injury, the players lacking trust in the system and coaches unhappy with the players’ effort and attitude, there’s already been enough tension to force everyone to gather around the figurative campfire and speak their minds.

“I never said they don’t like the system”, Divac said.

Ex-Spur Marco Belinelli had 17 points and Omri Casspi had 16 for the Kings. Rondo controls the game and makes it easier for Gay and Cousins to get the ball in spots they like.

The Kings lost 106-88 to the Spurs on Monday night, and Sacramento was outscored on their home floor 34-19 in the fourth quarter.

“It’s different lineups, man, so people we haven’t necessarily played with before and it’s tough”, Gay said.

The San Antonio Spurs won their last game by 20 points.

LOS ANGELES J.J. Redick scored six points in the final 55 seconds to rally the Los Angeles Clippers to a 94-92 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night, snapping a two-game skid.

Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but the Sacramento Kings’ defense is a major concern eight games in. The three, who were the team’s leaders in scoring and minutes last season, suited up together in only 32 of Sacramento’s 82 games last season…. The Spurs shot 52.9 percent from the field and broke open a tie game with an 11-0 third-quarter run.

Cousins picked up his first technical foul of the season with 13 seconds left in the first half.