Notably absent from Cousins' apology is Sean Elliot, keeping in theme with Cousins' statement of believing that the penalty was unwarranted.

For those speculating what might have actually been said, I would suspect this is about as much as we'll ever get from Cousins on the incident. As Sean Elliot has also remained quiet, it seems we may never know what exactly was said.

Around the same time that the statement was released, NBA.com's Scott Howard-Cooper dropped the following nugget: