DeMarcus Cousins is a treasure. Playing in a small market, though, Boogie doesn’t always get a chance to show off his personality, but when he does it can be magical. Take this interview he did with Sports 1140 KHTK’s Carmichael Dave, for example. It’s 16 minutes of pure gold.

If you don’t have 16 minutes to watch Cousins pontificate on subjects such as his race with Zaza Pachulia’s for a spot in the All Star Game, going bald and arguing with refs, we’ve selected the best bits and transcribed them for you…

On trailing Zaza Pachulia in All Star voting:

“Big Zaza, man … I gotta work on my game. I gotta get better. It’s like that sometimes. He’s a better player than me right now. I gotta accept it … he’s just giving me something to work towards.”

And, yes, this was all said sarcastically.

On a future R&B career and what he’s willing to do to make the All Star Game:

“I think I can sing. I should release this album. You know what, I got a deal for everyone: If you guys make me a starter in this year’s All Star Game, I will release my R&B album. And it won’t be an April Fools joke this time.”

On looking back at technicals and realizing he was in the wrong:

“I look at video all the time and think, DeMarcus, you look stupid as s–t. I’ll be the first one to … DeMarcus you look stupid as s–t. When I’m in the moment, everything’s making sense to me. Like, I’m not just reacting. It makes sense to me. I can go back and I’ll be the first to admit it: That was just plain stupid. I know I mess up a lot.”

On the pressure of trying to make the playoffs:

“Everybody’s been talking about my hairline lately. I’m getting there. I’m stressing out, people. I wanna win. I wanna make these playoffs. So if I’m bald-headed by the end of the season, you know why.”

On how he would handle losing his hair:

“Oh, I’m cool. I think I’m a handsome fella. I can pull off any look … I mean, I want to hold on as long as possible, but when it’s my time, it’s my time … I might pull out the George Karl look.”