Cousins Hurts Knee At Team USA Practice
Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins left Team USA practice on Thursday with an injured right knee but an MRI revealed no structural damage and he's listed as day-to-day, according to a USA Basketball press release.
Cousins tweeted after practice that he's fine.
Thanks for all the concern, I'm fine
— DeMarcus Cousins (@boogiecousins) August 14, 2014
Cousins' teammate Rudy Gay told Marc Spears of Yahoo Sports that Cousins will be OK.
Rudy Gay on Kings & USA teammate D. Cousins: "I talked to him on the way out. I think he'll be OK. I hope he's just being a drama queen."
— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) August 14, 2014
Spears also reported Cousins will not play in the exhibition game on Saturday against Brazil.
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