A report from Bleacher Report suggested the organization was still looking for a dance partner in a possible Cousins deal, but the 25-year-old center discounted any rumbling with a simple tweet.
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Within 13 minutes of Cousins’ tweet, both Kings owner Vivek Ranadive and vice president Vlade Divac tweeted out their support for Cousins.
It’s no secret Cousins has a tense relationship with head coach George Karl , but it would still take a king’s ransom to pry away a young All-Star who set career-high averages last season in points (24.1), rebounds (12.7), assists (3.6) and blocks (1.7).