NBA star DeMarcus Cousins has perfect put-down for journalist who wants to test his geography skills

AMERICAN NBA star DeMarcus Cousins doesn’t know much about world geography — but he’s a step ahead of Charles Barkley who knows nothing.

CORRECTING NAME OF PLAYERS US centre DeMarcus Cousins (C) vies with Mexico's forward Marco Ramos (L) and Mexico's centre Gustavo Ayon (R) during the 2014 FIBA World basketball championships round of 16 match USA vs Mexico at the Palau Sant Jordi arena in Barcelona on September 6, 2014. AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENE

EVERYONE loves an ‘Americans don’t know world geography’ story and this is clearly what a journalist was hoping to get when he asked US NBA star DeMarcus Cousins a question during a FIBA World Cup press conference.

Cousins doesn’t look too impressed at this piece of gotcha journalism and hits back with a pretty good sledge of his own:

Classic U.S. moment: European journalist to DeMarcus Cousins: "Do you know where Slovenia is?" Cousins: "No, do you know where Alabama is?"

— Brian Mahoney (@briancmahoney) September 8, 2014

No matter how bad Cousins’ knowledge of southern Central Europe is we’re betting he know that France is in Europe. As the video above shows, the same cannot be said for ‘Sir’ Charles Barkley.

Originally published as NBA star DeMarcus Cousins has perfect put-down for journalist who wants to test his geography skills