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Q and A with DeMarcus Cousins
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Q: Do NBA teams ask about the public disagreements you had with UK Coach John Calipari during games?

A: I'm hearing that question in every interview.

Q: How do you answer that question?

A: I tell them the truth. We were allowed to give feedback. That's how we were.

Q: How do the team officials react to that explanation?

A: Some coaches are, like, 'OK.' Some are, like, 'What if some coach you play for doesn't allow (feedback)?' Well, I just have to play.

Q: How do you feel about the perception that you're uncoachable?

A: It doesn't bother me. Playing for Cal is very tough. Everybody knows he's a very emotional coach and you have to play through it.

Q: What do you think about playing for Cal on an NBA team?

A: (Pause) I'm not answering that.

Q: How does it feel to be examined and poked at during these interview sessions with NBA teams?

A: That's how it was at Kentucky. We were a professional team.

Q: Has your size led people to believe you should be more mature than your age would suggest?

A: In high school, the average adult, they looked at me like I'm a man and I'm 14, 15 years old.

Q: That may be true, but the questions about maturity don't surround, say, former Georgetown big man Greg Monroe. So is it simply that you're immature?

A: Do I come across that way?

Q: On the court, absolutely.

A: I'm not going to be out there with a smile, just a happy guy. I'm out there to handle business.

Q: You look fitter. Are you in better shape?

A: I'm on a diet. Salads and seafood. Seafood is my favorite food.

Q: What seafood do you like?

A: Everything. Everything that comes out of the water.

Q: Who should be the first overall pick?

A: If I was a GM, me. ... I do believe I can be a franchise player.

Q: Your agent, John Greig, has touted you as a viable choice as the first overall pick. How important is that to you?

A: It's very important to me. I appreciate my agent pushing me like that. I believe every agent should push their player like that. That's my main goal. I want to be the No. 1 player in the draft.


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Q and A with DeMarcus Cousins - by Stardust - 05-22-2010, 04:55 PM

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