Despite his impressive numbers, Cousins lost more games than he wanted to because Sacramento Kings were a disaster at the time. He described his tenure as “difficult and confusing” during his recent appearance on The Draymond Green Showconsidering he comes from Kentucky’s elite men’s basketball program.
“I came from a situation at Kentucky where Cal treated us like pros. I remember my rookie season, it was a simple task, and I remember Cisco (Francisco Garcia) saying something like, ‘You were really spoiled at Kentucky.’ And in my head, I was like, ‘Damn, maybe I was!’” Cousins said.
“Long story short, Cisco ended up getting traded to the Rockets. And I remember when he went over there, he ended up contacting me and he said, ‘I remember the day I called you spoiled. I was wrong. We were in a shithole.’ I’m not here to bash the Kings or anything like that. In sports, you have ups and downs, I just came in at a time where it was down years,” he explained.
Why DeMarcus Cousins Described the Sacramento Kings as a ‘Dump’
Before emerging as a Perennial playoff contender In the Western Conference, the Sacramento Kings went 16 years without a playoff appearance, and DeMarcus Cousins experienced it firsthand.
