DENVER — DeMarcus Cousins has undergone quite the transformation during the last few months.
Even during the 2013-14 season with the Sacramento Kings, he was operating with a short fuse, prone to checking out of a game after a call didn't go his way. Not only did he pile up technical fouls (a league-high 16, in fact), but he didn't do much to shatter the public perception that he could derail his own game with whatever was happening between his ears.
Not in 2014-15, though.
Chalk it up to natural maturation, as well as the time spent playing for Team USA and head coach Mike Krzyzewski at the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain. While steering the Kings to a 3-1 record to start the season, Cousins has been both a fantastic contributor and an impassioned leader.
During his Nov. 3 contest against the Denver Nuggets within the hostile confines of the Pepsi Center, Cousins was subbed out by Mike Malone with 6:50 remaining in the third quarter and the score tied at 61. It was a typical rotational sub, not caused by foul trouble (he only had two at the time) or anything ...
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