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Kings Reportedly Nix T-Shirt Promo After DeMarcus Cousins Found It Insensitive

The Sacramento Kings celebrated the Lunar New Year during their game against the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday, but they canceled their planned T-shirt giveaway when superstar DeMarcus Cousins reportedly said the shirts were racially insensitive.

Bucks TV analyst Marques Johnson provided the details on his Facebook page: "I walk into the building and DeMarcus Cousins calls me over to an animated discussion he's having with Kings operations people. He ask me, ‘Olskool, what you think about this T-shirt? Told him a little insensitive on first day of Black History Month.