DeMarcus Cousins forgives but he doesn't forget.
On Friday, the Sacramento Kings center, nicknamed Boogie, went on Instagram to gloat over a failed prediction made by blogger Clay Travis.
'There is a 100% chance that DeMarcus Cousins is arrested for something in the next five years,' Travis wrote in 2010. '100%. Write it in stone.'
Travis didn't give a reason for the claim, which he made when Cousins was a 19-year-old freshman playing at University of Kentucky.
Successful: DeMarcus Cousins and his girlfriend share an Instagram picture from three weeks ago to celebrate the fact that it is Wednesday
Victory lap: On Friday, Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus 'Boogie' Cousins went on Instagram to gloat over a failed prediction made by blogger Clay Travis
It clearly stuck with Cousins, who waited five long years spent without a legal scrape for the chance to prove Travis wrong on social media.
Posting on Instagram and Twitter, Cousins included a screenshot of the tweet and a caption: 'Today's the day!! Let's all show him some love!!'
A few hours later, Travis tweeted back to Cousins that he'd be donating to charity in his name for the tweet.
Funny and well played,' Travis wrote Friday. '$5k to your charity of choice. Let me know where to send it.'
Travis, finally, did apologize - after some prodding.
Fellow sportswriter Matt Jones told Travis he'd said his prediction was wrong five years ago and Travis tweeted back: 'You were right. I was wrong. Sorry, Boogie.'
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Chilling: DeMarcus Cousins decided to make an example of the sports writer who mocked his chances of living a successful life
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All-Star: Cousins later said it was crazy to hear he would be playing in his first All-Star Game and get into a dust-up over the tweet on the same day
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Fortune teller: Travis didn't give a reason why he picked on Cousins, who was a 19-year-old freshman at University of Kentucky at the time of the tweet
ESPN's Dave McMenamin spoke with Cousins before Sacramento's game on Friday about the tweet and the news Cousins would be playing in his first All-Star Game.
'I really didn't expect to get that type of reaction,' Cousins said about posting the tweet. 'But I mean, you guys know how I am.'
'I take a lot of things personal. Especially things like that. I hate how a guy judges from his job and then you try to make that his personality as a person. I just think it's completely unfair.'
Asked about his feelings on the donation that Travis said he'd make, Cousins said he didn't know about it.
'Not bad,' he responded.
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