Kings guard Ben McLemore, who spent his first three and a half seasons in the NBA as a teammate of DeMarcus Cousins, said he already knows how he’ll greet the now-Pelicans forward when their teams meet Friday in New Orleans.
“I’m going to give him a big hug,” McLemore said.
As for how he expects Cousins to approach the reunion?
“What do you think?” McLemore said, grinning. “You never know what to expect from DeMarcus.”
Friday marks the first time the Kings will see Cousins since they traded their erstwhile franchise cornerstone to New Orleans over the All-Star Break, parting ways with the volatile three-time All-Star in a startling move that general manager Vlade Divac later said was made to change the “culture” of the team.