The Kings have suspended Rajon Rondo Authentic Jersey center DeMarcus Cousins for one game for "conduct detrimental to the team."Vlade Divac, the Kings' vice president of basketball operations and general manager, announced the disciplinary action Thursday. The Kings said Cousins would sit out Friday's home game against the Orlando Magic.Video from Sacramento's 120-111 home loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday showed Cousins sitting on the bench and in the huddle yelling and heatedly gesturing with his arm at coach George Karl, who was only a couple of feet away.Divac was seen speaking after the game outside the locker room with Cousins, who scored a team-high 29 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the loss. Cousins and Karl have been at odds previously."Obviously we try to do our best to send a message that we can't tolerate some stuff as an organization," Divac said Thursday. "He went a little far, and we have to do things to be on the same page."I think DeMarcus is doing very well this year. He is playing very hard. This is something where he was emotionally overwhelmed and did something that he shouldn't do."Divac said Cousins is "a good kid, and I hate doing this."http://www.authenticclippersshop.com/authentic-11-jamal-crawford-jersey.html "I don't blame him for the emotions he had, but it's the wrong thing to do," Divac said.Divac said he didn't know details and that reporters could ask Karl about the incident Friday. Karl wasn't at Kings practice Thursday because he was undergoing a minor procedure for "a cancer" on his neck, according to the Sacramento Bee.Karl, who has previously battled cancer, said he was treated for squamous cell carcinoma on the left side of his neck and that what was removed "was the size of a nickel. I just have to be careful for a week to 10 days."He is expected to be back on the bench Friday, when Cousins will be serving his suspension. Grizzlies guard Mario Chalmers will miss the rest of the season after rupturing his right Achilles tendon, and Memphis waived the veteran to clear up a much-needed spot on the roster.The Grizzlies announced both the severity of Chalmers' injury and the roster move Thursday night."He has been an important part of our success this season, both coming off the bench and when called upon as a starter," general manager Chris Wallace said in a statement posted on the team website. "But with Mario's season-ending injury and our already depleted roster, it became necessary to free up a roster spot."http://www.officialblazersshop.com/authentic-2-wesley-matthews-jersey.html Chalmers was hurt with 6:57 left in the third quarter Wednesday night in Boston with the Grizzlies down 64-61 in what wound up a 116-96 loss. He was taken out of the locker room in a wheelchair.
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