DeMarcus Cousins has ruffled feathers during his eight seasons in the NBA.
He has an image in need of some repair and some people believe that the Warriors took a big risk by signing him.
After practice on Monday, Jordan Bell was asked if Cousins is everything he thought he would be.
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"Nah. He's real cool," Bell told reporters. "People paint a picture about him because he yells a lot. He's just like Draymond. He yells but he's a real cool dude. Always giving me and DJ (Damian Jones) advice, helping us out.
"My shot -- I tend to shoot short sometimes; flat. He's always reminding me to get it up. D.J. -- he's just trying to get him to just go in there and dunk it every time."
During the Warriors' exhibition game on Saturday night, Cousins put on his coaching hat:
Bell added that Cousins' reputation as a "bad locker room guy" is unfair.
"He's cool as hell," Bell declared.
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