DeMarcus Cousins (Photo : Ezra Shaw | Getty Images Sport)
The Sacramento Kings are on a six-game losing streak. They still lost even when DeMarcus Cousins returned.
"Boogie" returned from an Achilles injury that sidelined him for the last four games, just in time for a clash against the San Antonio Spurs at home.
The Kings collapsed in the fourth quarter and it prompted Cousins to confide his thoughts to Jason Jones of the Sacramento Bee, which included a possible meeting among the players.
"Everything I can't really speak on," Cousins said. "We got some issues that we got to carve out. Can't really speak on that. But one thing is, us players, we got to stick together. And just with that, that'll get us through most battles. We got some issues in-house we need to figure out."
He was also asked on whether these "issues" can settled before their next game against Detroit on Wednesday night, and he says he "can't answer that." They are also not "on-court issues" as well.
Jones was prompted to ask if the meeting will be of the "players only" sort:
"It'll be a players-only meeting," Cousins said. "... Just to make it clear I believe in every single person in this room. We just got to stay together. That part I'm not worried about. But there are issues we need to figure out."
He also mentioned that "I feel like when those issues are fixed, the winning will come."
There would be media outfits that would read between the lines and say that this could be the beginning of the end for Coach George Karl. That might be jumping the gun but it does have basis.
Karl apologized to Cousins as he admitted that he inadvertently fueled trade speculation, as SI recalled, when he said "no player was untradeable."
With a 1-7 record and the entire NBA waiting for them to fall apart, the pressure is on for the Sacramento Kings.
