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The Sacramento Kings finally get it. \u00a0DeMarcus Cousins, Vlade Divac and Vivek Ranadiv\u00e9 are figuring out that they are the easy target, and responding to every stitch of negative information by going ballistic is just plain crazy.<\/p>\n
Howard Beck was the latest to pile on this week. \u00a0If you missed his video chat for Bleacher Report yesterday<\/a>, his comments were incendiary to say the least.<\/p>\n “Sacramento, I think wants to hold on to him,” Beck said. \u00a0“Certainly the owner Vivek Ranadiv\u00e9 absolutely wants to hold on to DeMarcus Cousins. \u00a0But I’ve been told that if you polled the rest of the organization, the vast majority are in favor of trading DeMarcus Cousins, and that would include, though he denies it, coach George Karl.”<\/p>\n Now Howard Beck isn’t some schlub. \u00a0He is actually one of the NBA’s best writers and he has local ties. \u00a0Beck graduated from UC Davis and then spent years honing his craft for the New York Times. \u00a0He is one of the most respected journalists in sports.<\/p>\n And here he is throwing gasoline on the Kings’ fire that was almost extinguished after Cousins, Divac, Karl and Mike Bratz met in Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n Beck said he’s been told that there is still more to come from this story. \u00a0We don’t know his source of information, but his reputation is spotless.<\/p>\n The Kings are going to continue to garner this type of attention until they do one of two things: win or prove all the nay-sayers correct by imploding on an epic scale. \u00a0Cameras will be watching every move in Sacramento. \u00a0The Kings have made themselves into reality TV and people around the NBA world want someone voted off the island. \u00a0The paparazzi is waiting.<\/p>\n I’m not sure what happened in Las Vegas during the meeting of the Kings minds, but if Cousins’ reaction is any indication, Sacramento may have a chance to survive this hail storm. \u00a0The 25-year-old big man turned to twitter. \u00a0Not to make another snake in the grass statement, but to finally tell people that he isn’t going to let this report\u00a0become bigger than it is.<\/p>\n Blah blah blah…<\/p>\n \u2014 DeMarcus Cousins (@boogiecousins) August 17, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js<\/a>Childish? Maybe. Perfect? \u00a0Absolutely. Cousins better have thick skin, because the noise isn’t going to stop until he and his band of misfit toys prove everyone wrong. \u00a0<\/p>\n This is an interesting situation, but one that Cousins and the Kings have unfortunately brought upon themselves. \u00a0They have allowed the outside to seep in and create chaos. \u00a0But now it’s time to ignore it all and move forward.<\/p>\n Divac and Ranadiv\u00e9 were quick to jump on the twitter box and support their budding young superstar.<\/p>\n \nI agree…#family<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/byjyBgnOOC<\/a> \u2014 Vlade Divac (@bgoodvlade) August 17, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js<\/a><\/p>\n #WeAreFamily<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/7jIEWrEeg8<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Vivek Ranadiv\u00e9 (@Vivek) August 17, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
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