Charles Barkley and DeMarcus Cousins have a history. It isn’t pretty.
DeMarcus Cousins on Charles Barkley: ‘I don’t respect him and I don’t care what he thinks’
The feud between Charles Barkley and DeMarcus Cousins received some more ammunition Saturday.
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Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.
Earlier this week, a long-running feud was rekindled. With the Sacramento Kings set to welcome George Karl as their new head coach after previous reports that Cousins’ camp wasn’t thrilled about the hire, TNT discussed the possibility of giving Cousins “consulting power”. Barkley’s response to that? “Total bull----”.
“It ain’t personal,” Cousins said when asked about the TNT analyst. “I mean, I don’t really respect the guy, but at the same time, I don’t really care what he thinks either.
“I don’t respect him and I don’t care what he thinks.”
Barkley has been critical of Cousins’ attitude throughout his career. The two share a common bond of being the best players ever to come from the state of Alabama. Cousins said Barkley’s condemnation started when the NBA Hall of Fame inductee watched him play in high school.
This isn’t the first time Cousins has shot back at Barkley. The Kings’ center is in New York as an All-Star for the first time in his career after averaging 23.8 points and 12.5 rebounds per game this season.
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