DeMarcus Cousins is once again catching heat from the media over a video that was released yesterday, in which Cousins is cursing out a reporter and being somewhat threatening over a story that was written. The reporter, Andy Furillo, who works for the Sacramento Bee, wrote a story about Cousins and Matt Barnes incident at a NYC nightclub in which they are being sued by a man and woman who accused the players of attacking them. Barnes & Cousins both maintain they were minding their business when people began harassing them and starting a fight. In the story, Furillo mentions another time Cousins was involved in a nightclub fight, an incident in which he was ushered away fast but his brother wound up getting arrested. The mention of his family is what set Cousins off as Furillo suggested he find new places to hang out.

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Cousins was already not a fan of Furillo so this was enough to push him over the edge. While it may not have been the smartest thing to do, is he really wrong in feeling a certain way? Reporters can write whatever they want with really no consequence but then they feel offended or try and play victim when an athlete has something to say about a story. The same way a reporter should be able to express how he feels about a topic is the same way an athlete has the right to let people know how he feels about it.

The media will continue to make Cousins look like a bad guy and sometimes maybe he does do a little too much but if you were constantly being criticized by the same people who always want a quote from you, it might make you act different around them too. This is by no means a story in defense of Cousins but this is the same “terrible guy” who took hundreds of kids and families to the movies just a couple weeks ago.

We all have attitudes at times it’s just for the most of us, those moments aren’t always captured on camera.

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