Demarcus Cousins to be arrested

[CelticsElite]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27493105/police-issue-arrest-warrant-lakers-cousins

[moiso]

Maybe this will make some of the "he's a great guy and great teammate" crowd adjust their thinking a little bit.  He has problems other than being too competitive on the court.  I never bought that line of thinking and never thought he was a good guy.

[SHAQATTACK]

Maybe this will make some of the "he's a great guy and great teammate" crowd adjust their thinking a little bit.  He has problems other than being too competitive on the court.  I never bought that line of thinking and never thought he was a good guy.

cell block "C"  has the Lakers color stripes on the prison garment .

[Birdman]

Talking bout a guy who career and life is in a downfall..injuries and now this

[Roy H.]

Is this for the threat, or are they pursuing the domestic violence charge?

A threat made over the phone when your ex is withholding your kid?  I can understand that. It’s wrong, but I get losing your temper and saying something terrible.

A 6’10” guy (or anybody) choking his girlfriend? That requires jail time.

The DV allegations may be true, or they may be fabricated. The threat is obviously real and provable.

[Celtics4ever]

Totally warranted, pardon the joke.

[Roy H.]

Talking bout a guy who career and life is in a downfall..injuries and now this

Yep.  His career arc:

All-NBA team; dreams of supermax deal;

Trade;

Torn Achilles;

MLE contract (1 year) but easy ring;

Torn quad, no ring;

Vet minimum;

Torn ACL;

Arrest warrant.

[Surferdad]

When the price was right, I wanted this guy big time.  Glad I'm not in charge....   

[Tr1boy]

What is wrong with him?

Bad temper

[Moranis]

I'm with Roy on this one.  A 3rd Degree Misdemeanor is not exactly a major crime.  Especially when you make a threat in a heated argument about your son not being allowed to attend your wedding.  I'm guessing this is a giant nothing-burger that will go away completely.  You may actually have to intent with that charge and that would be a difficult one to prove (if intent is required).

Now if there was physical violence in the past, that is something else, but there apparently isn't even a police report about that, so who knows what happened. 

[Rosco917]

Anyone on this site willing to admit that they wanted Boogie on the Celtics in the worst way, just 3 years ago?

All together let's say it ...Thank You Mr. Danny.

[footey]

Talking bout a guy who career and life is in a downfall..injuries and now this

Yep.  His career arc:

All-NBA team; dreams of supermax deal;

Trade;

Torn Achilles;

MLE contract (1 year) but easy ring;

Torn quad, no ring;

Vet minimum;

Torn ACL;

Arrest warrant.

Dancing with the Stars

[footey]

I'm with Roy on this one.  A 3rd Degree Misdemeanor is not exactly a major crime.  Especially when you make a threat in a heated argument about your son not being allowed to attend your wedding.  I'm guessing this is a giant nothing-burger that will go away completely.  You may actually have to intent with that charge and that would be a difficult one to prove (if intent is required).

Now if there was physical violence in the past, that is something else, but there apparently isn't even a police report about that, so who knows what happened.

Yeah, but the threat was to put a bullet through her head.   That's not cool.

[RMO]

So did the lakers dodge a bullet on this one with his injury or does it make no difference?

[Phantom255x]

Anyone on this site willing to admit that they wanted Boogie on the Celtics in the worst way, just 3 years ago?

All together let's say it ...Thank You Mr. Danny.

Yep, thank you Danny. I think it's also pretty telling when he was available in trade (while with SAC) and then again during FA 1+ year ago, there weren't many teams after him. Pelicans traded for him while not giving up too much and then obviously the Warriors signed him as they seemed to be the only team who even offered him something. I'm sure the injuries were a factor but I'm guessing his locker room reputation isn't great either.