DeMarcus Cousins Wanted to Fight Blake Griffin, Then Whined to a Reporter That Griffin is “Babied” by Referees

All, NBA, Video Jason McIntyre April 6th. 2012, 12:52pm

Blake Griffin 1, DeMarcus Cousins 0.

Griffin scored 14 points, including six during a crucial 4th quarter stretch and the Clippers rebounded from a loss to the Lakers by beating the Kings, 93-85. Things got chippy between Griffin and Cousins late. Cousins fouled out, and according to Sam Amick of SI.com:

He could be seen jawing with Griffin from the team’s bench before heading toward the locker room, then pointing toward the tunnel as if to invite him to the worst kind of postgame party.

Griffin, who was assaulted by Jason Smith of the Hornets a couple weeks ago, stayed above the fray and got in a subtle dig: “That’s something that will hopefully go away as time goes on for him.”

Cousins refused to talk about the incident, but went off on the league and referees going easy on Griffin.

“He’s babied,” Cousins told SI.com after the Kings fell to the Clippers 93-85. “He’s the poster child of the league. He sells tickets, but he’s babied. Bottom line.”
Babied by whom, Cousins was asked.
“The refs, the league — period,” he continued. “He gets away with [everything]. He taunts players. Nothing is done. He’s babied.”

Cousins is a (talented) punk. I’m looking forward to the rematch Saturday night at Staples.

Previously: Video - Blake Griffin dunks violently on Paul Gasol
Previously: Video – Blake Griffin’s powerful put-back dunk over Gasol

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34 Responses to “DeMarcus Cousins Wanted to Fight Blake Griffin, Then Whined to a Reporter That Griffin is “Babied” by Referees”

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BFFredo Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 12:54 PM
Start making highlight reels, DeMarcus and you too will be babied.
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A.P. (artist formerly TJ21) Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 12:59 PM
I’m not a DeMarcus fan but he’s 100% right about Blake (Cousins is also a better all-around player than Blake). Blake’s a soft punk with a limited game. Whenever he gets called for a foul, he glares at the ref and acts like a bitch.
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Mantis Toboggan Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:02 PM
Whenever he gets called for a foul, he glares at the ref and acts like a bitch.
To be fair, many players that are in the spotlight do this like Lebron, Wade, and Tim Duncan who is a 1st ballot Hall of Famer at this skill.
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YYSA Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:02 PM
I’m not a DeMarcus fan but he’s 100% right about Blake (Cousins is also a better all-around player than Blake). Blake’s a soft punk with a limited game. Whenever he gets called for a foul, he glares at the ref and acts like a bitch.
Agreed.
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A.P. (artist formerly TJ21) Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:06 PM
Blake is also part of the immature, clueless club. He’s been welcomed by President Dwight Howard
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tommyp Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:12 PM
Can we add Sid the Kid and Evgeni to that list, too, Mantis?
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A.P. (artist formerly TJ21) Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:12 PM
love Russillo torching Dwight Howard on the SVP radio show just now
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A.P. (artist formerly TJ21) Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:13 PM
Can we add Sid the Kid and Evgeni to that list, too, Mantis?
Yes. Fuck the penguins. I don’t blame Tortorella for blasting the penguins and their whining stars last night after the game
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cleet Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:13 PM
Superstars get superstar calls in the NBA. I however am not a fan of Griffin writhing on the floor like a bitch when he gets fouled hard. You’re okay dude. Get up and keep playing.
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A.P. (artist formerly TJ21) Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:15 PM
if people hate KG and don’t hate Blake, they can go to hell
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Broccoli Beef Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:15 PM
I also revile the Queens as a Warriors fan, but he is spot on. In the few games I’ve watched the Clippers, Blake simply tries to bulldoze right through people or use them as step-ladders. He is constantly leading with his off-hand/elbow and does stare down opponents on a regular basis, which would get called as a T for a good number of lesser known players. Unfortunately the NBA is about making money, and Blake’s dunks generate a lot of exposure and revenue and excitement so why would they want to do anything about that?
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VladimirCrouton Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Go get em DeMarcus!
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mrejr8234 comes for the sports posts but stays to kill the local inhabitants Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:17 PM
Both dunks on Gasol were fouls..first one over the back and the second one he elbowed Gasol in the face. He can jump high but anything outside of 5 ft and he is terrible . He is the embodiment of style over substance.
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mrejr8234 comes for the sports posts but stays to kill the local inhabitants Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:19 PM
He’s been welcomed by President Dwight Howard
Supreme Commander LeBron James wants Dwight to get the hell out of his chair
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Mantis Toboggan Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:19 PM
if people hate KG and don’t hate Blake, they can go to hell
I was going to hell way before Blake got into the NBA, so it’s a moot statement.
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stooge Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:19 PM
The lead highlight of a game the Clippers lost was Blake committing an offensive foul while dunking and then staring down a guy he just elbowed in the face.
I don’t see anything changing.
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YYSA Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:19 PM
Unfortunately the NBA is about making money, and Blake’s dunks generate a lot of exposure and revenue and excitement so why would they want to do anything about that?
Don’t worry eventually gravity, the court and his knee will take care of the problem.
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Mantis Toboggan Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:22 PM
Yes. Fuck the penguins. I don’t blame Tortorella for blasting the penguins and their whining stars last night after the game
It’s a fascinating phenomenon when the opposing teams are the ones who are constantly whining about us, and yet the pens players are the whiners. Then again, 99% of America hates all things Pittsburgh so we should accept the heel turn.
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Shatner, Dead? Shatner IS Dead. Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:24 PM
I have to agree with Cousins 100% here, but as someone said earlier, superstars get superstar calls. The NBA has decided it’s going to make Griffin the poster-boy of the league (even though he can basically only dunk and shoot from the elbow at this point of his career) and the refs will act accordingly.
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Tim Ryan Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:24 PM
I agree with Cleet. But do big players make big plays?
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Shatner, Dead? Shatner IS Dead. Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:26 PM
Also Cousins is somewhat quietly becoming one of the better players in the NBA, along with Greg Monroe. If one of those dudes played on Chicago or LA, we’d be sick of them right now.
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Broccoli Beef Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:26 PM
Don’t worry eventually gravity, the court and his knee will take care of the problem.
Hopefully as opposed to later
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Shatner, Dead? Shatner IS Dead. Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:27 PM
But do big players make big plays?
I read somewhere – I believe it was Thoreau – that “Real Niggas Do Real Things”. So maybe that’s it.
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José Ovechkin Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:28 PM
if people hate KG and don’t hate Blake, they can go to hell
Blake does he what he does while making a basketball play, and to everybody; I can respect that. KG takes cheap shots at Euros.
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devang Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:28 PM
Tom Brady
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Broccoli Beef Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:32 PM
Hopefully as opposed to later
Wow, fucked that one up…
Hopefully sooner as opposed to later.
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Broccoli Beef Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:32 PM
KG takes cheap shots at Euros.
But if they’re Euros does it really matter? I mean, they’re Euros.
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Seven Different Kinds Of WhatHaveYa Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 1:43 PM
yoiu know what would take care of this whole mess….ban dunks.
i was sickened when i saw the mcdonald’s AA game a week or so ago ,and really anytime there are highlights of top players/prospects…..of about seven shabazz highlights, five were dunks that were not contested.
so what??
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thewidge Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 2:25 PM
It’s a fascinating phenomenon when the opposing teams are the ones who are constantly whining about us, and yet the pens players are the whiners. Then again, 99% of America hates all things Pittsburgh so we should accept the heel turn.
I don’t believe it’s just the Pens players. It’s also comments from Mario Lemieux talking about “walking away from the NHL” when discussing hits taken by Crosby. This coming from the guy who said nothing of the same when Matt Cooke ended the career of Marc Savard having already taken plenty of cheap shots on other guys in the league. He also had no problem with his wing man Ulf Samuelsson doing the cheap shot/dirty work like cutting short Cam Neely’s career. Tortorella was calling the organization hypocritical. Is he wrong? If you’re going to take shots, expect them to be taken back.
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jthussler Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 3:45 PM
Both dunks on Gasol were fouls..first one over the back and the second one he elbowed Gasol in the face. He can jump high but anything outside of 5 ft and he is terrible . He is the embodiment of style over substance.
Spot on. Blake’s a good highlight, but I’d take quite a few PFs over him.
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GloriousMullet Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 3:49 PM
I have a man-crush on Blake Griffin
/don’t judge me
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Jeeves Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 3:49 PM
Whenever he gets called for a foul, he glares at the ref and acts like a bitch.
He also somehow never gets T’d up when he stares down people after dunking on/in the general vicinity of them.
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jthussler Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 3:57 PM
His second dunk on Gasol was a blatant forearm to the face.
Of course, Pau owned Blake down the stretch, and the CLOLippers lost.
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Alec Hugh Schtittties Says:
April 6th, 2012 at 7:55 PM
Cousins is 100% right. The ginger is protected by this league. This is after all, a team built by David Stern.