The Kings have, perhaps unwisely, assembled a team full of players who have known character issues. It seems like they do this every season, but this season in particular probably has the most potential for locker-room brawls or other fun happenings. Let’s break it down:
-Darren Collison: Beat up his wife. Domestic abuse is a topic that not even DTB will joke about.
-Ty Lawson: Alcoholism, on the other hand, is perfectly okay to make light of.
-DeMarcus Cousins: You would have “character issues” too if your front office consistently surrounded you with clowns who can’t play basketball.
-Rudy Gay: Requested a trade to the moon (sans spacesuit) so he can suffocate and die on the desolate lunar surface rather than play on the Kings for one more minute.
-Arron Afflalo: Turned emo after failing to make the All-Star team four years ago.
-Omri Casspi: He must have character issues of some sort because he doesn’t play and he’s not on speaking terms with Dave Joerger.
-Matt Barnes: Totally beat the crap out of Derek Fisher AT Derek Fisher’s barbecue WHILE stunned onlookers watched AND Fisher’s kids were begging Barnes to stop hitting their daddy.
-Georgios Papagiannis: Does not supply team with free gyros.
-Kosta Koufos: Does not supply team with free gyros.
-Anthony Tolliver: Does not supply team with free gyros.