MOOSERIDER magazine: NBA Star Didn't Want 'Year of the Monkey' to Upstage "Black History Month"

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Monday, February 8, 2016

NBA Star Didn't Want 'Year of the Monkey' to Upstage "Black History Month"

Kind of Sensitive about Monkeys and "Black History," isn't he? m/r

DeMarcus Cousins has Kings remove 'Year of the Monkey' shirts - CBSSports.com

By James Herbert | NBA writer February 2, 2016

To celebrate the Lunar New Year, the Sacramento Kings planned to give away "Year of the Monkey" shirts to fans in attendance at Monday's game against the Milwaukee Bucks. They got as far as placing the shirts on the seats, but then they cancelled the promotion and removed them.

Kings center DeMarcus Cousins was not pleased with the fact the Kings were giving out shirts with a monkey on them on the first day of Black History Month, according to Bucks commentator Marques Johnson. The team acted quickly when Cousins expressed his opinion, per the Sacramento Bee's Jason Jones:

You can't make this stuff up.

“We all need a lesson in sensitivity,” Kings president Chris Granger said. “In an effort to celebrate Chinese New Year, we had some concerns about the T-shirt giveaway, so we pulled them all before the doors opened. Certainly we don't want to offend anybody, and we acted as soon as we heard the concern.”

Center DeMarcus Cousins was one of the first people to raise concern with team officials, and soon thereafter, the shirts were collected.