2. I still don't think anything that happened with Cousins last summer at Team USA minicamp was his fault. He played hard, by all accounts. He argued with the referees. He may have gotten into shouting matches with opponents during the scrimmages. He played with passion and his typical attitude, by all accounts. And so Jerry Colangelo told the media he needed to mature, and Cousins took offense (feeling he'd done nothing to deserve that tag), and Colangelo eventually apologized and blamed bad fish (like the 2012 and 2013 Kings!) or something.

4. As such, anything that could upset the obviously vastly talented squad will be avoided. If it looks like Cousins could at all cause problems in Spain, he's not going. Colangelo and Coach K aren't going to play with fire if there's smoke.

The fact that Cousins is so passionate in his desire to make the team is encouraging. Here's to hoping it goes well.

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