Over the last couple of years, DeMarcus Cousins' presence and development has been the single glimmer of hope the Sacramento Kings have had at future relevance. That hope is quickly fading.
Cousins will be 25 going into 2015-16, and he will have wasted his first five seasons without dipping into the playoff waters. Despite four consecutive draft lottery selections, the Kings are yet to find a secondary star who could grow next to Cousins.
Cousins hasn't exactly been an exemplary superstar himself. However, while most of his emotional tantrums on the court have been a sign of personal immaturity, some of them could also be chalked up to justifiable frustration with Sacramento's inability to put forward a competitive team around him.