No seven-footers dunking on point guards here. This is a grown man dunking on another grown man.

We’re not sure why Chris Paul so egregiously flopped during Clippers-Kings last night. DeMarcus Cousins didn’t do anything, the teams have no bad blood, and there’s no distinct advantage to a foul call (which didn’t come anyway). But what we’re left with is a pained look on Chris Paul’s face, a no-call, and something to rival the Chris Bosh timber flop.

At halftime of the Sacramento Kings’ loss to the Utah Jazz, DeMarcus Cousins was ejected for chirping at referee Scott Foster. Only moments earlier with 2:23 left in the first half, Cousins earned his first technical foul of the night for jabbering on about a missed foul call. At halftime, Cousins approached Foster and tried to reason with him, except Foster wasn’t having any of it. The next thing we knew Cousins had been ejected. So what did he say?

DeMarcus Cousins did not fly with the Sacramento Kings for tonight’s game in Portland against the Trail Blazers. Coach’s decision, according to the Sacramento Bee, and a strange one at that.

Welcome to “Pretty Much Screwed,” our 2012-13 guide to the upcoming NBA season, in which we identify the reasons why your favorite team might have to start looking forward to 2013-2014 — and highlight at least one reason for you to be hopeful. Today: the Sacramento Kings, where the Maloof Brothers have screwed the pooch.

Observation: this is very much like when a professional wrestler has his face smashed into a turnbuckle.

Before Boogie donned the blazer and went all Jackie Moon player-coach, he first threw it down on Marc Gasol and the Grizzlies. Sacramento would take this one, 119-110.

DeMarcus Cousins leads the NBA in fouls, and after fouling out tonight late in the game against the Memphis Grizzlies, he borrowed Keith Smart’s suitcoat and coached. Sort of.

The NBA is locked out. It’s probably going to be locked out for a while – as in, “losing at least part of the 2011-12 season.” You know this. And it’s why, if you’re a die-hard fan of the league, you were excited about yesterday’s game between the Washington, D.C.-based Goodman League and L.A.-centered Drew League. The action was tightly contested, passionate…and possibly the best collection of NBA talent you’ll see in one place until the lockout ends.