Golden State Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins participated in a scrimmage alongside point guard Stephen Curry on Saturday, and the All-Star big man reportedly looked “solid,” a Warriors player told Logan Murdock of the Mercury News.
Cousins is reportedly hoping to return to the lineup soon after Christmas, and he has been ramping up his workouts in recent weeks.
Cousins tore his left Achilles tendon in January with the New Orleans Pelicans. He signed a one-year, $5.3 million deal with the Warriors in free agency after not receiving any offers from teams on the open market over the summer.
Before getting injured last season, Cousins was averaging 25.2 points and 12.9 rebounds in 48 games while shooting 47.0 percent from the field and 35.4 percent from beyond the arc with the Pelicans. He is expected to join the Warriors' starting lineup once he's ready to play.
Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has said multiple times since the team signed Cousins that he will not change his style of play despite adding Boogie to the roster. The Warriors push the pace on offense at every turn and move the ball side to side. The ball isn't supposed to stick in Golden State.
DeMarcus Cousins, meanwhile, often holds the ball as he surveys the floor from the post. Kerr says the Warriors will add a few plays into its playbook for Cousins, but won’t make any drastic changes.
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