NEW YORK -- NBA bad boy DeMarcus Cousins has been slapped with a $25,000 fine by the league after getting into a heated verbal exchange with a female fan during the New Orleans Pelicans season opener.
The 2.11 metre (6-foot-11) forward was fined by the league's disciplinary officials for using "inappropriate language" during the Pelicans 103-91 loss Wednesday to the Memphis Grizzlies in Memphis, Tennessee.
"New Orleans Pelicans forward DeMarcus Cousins has been fined $25,000 for directing inappropriate language towards a fan," league vice president Kiki VanDeWeghe said in a news release on Saturday.
The 27-year-old Cousins has been assessed the most technical fouls in the NBA in each of the past two seasons.
Cousins was fined $50,000 last season for accosting a reporter and another $50,000 for two separate outbursts directed at Los Angeles and Utah fans.
Cousins won a gold medal with the USA at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
source: news.abs-cbn.com
