There’s only one NBA player who could draw a $50,000 fine, issue an apology/non-apology, score 55 points and grab 13 rebounds, get ejected for spitting out his mouthguard, sprint to the locker room, mysteriously get un-ejected, make a game-winning defensive play and then rip into both the officials and his opponent during a must-see postgame interview ... all in the course of a single day.
That man is DeMarcus Cousins.
Hours after he was fined by the Kings for a profane exchange with a Sacramento Bee columnist, the two-time All-Star center carried the Kings to a 126–121 come-from-behind home win over the Blazers on Tuesday.