3:25pm: The Warriors have announced that Cousins’ MRI came back clean. He’s being listed as day-to-day, though he has been ruled out for tonight’s game vs. the Spurs and Medina wouldn’t be surprised if he missed Tuesday’s contest vs. the Wolves as well (Twitter link).
In Cousins’ absence, Bogut will play tonight for Golden State, Kerr confirmed earlier today (link via Medina).
8:48am: With Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins set to undergo an MRI on his sore right foot on Monday, newly-added big man Andrew Bogut will join the club earlier than expected, as Mark Medina of The San Jose Mercury News outlines.
After flying to the Bay Area from Australia, Bogut was initially expected to get settled in – and recover from jet lag – before meeting up with the Warriors when they return from their current road trip later this week. However, with Cousins at risk of missing a game or two, Bogut will be available for Monday’s game in San Antonio, writes Medina.
It’s not clear whether Bogut will immediately play a major role for the Warriors, but if Cousins is unable to suit up on Monday vs. the Spurs and Tuesday in Minnesota, the former No. 1 overall pick could be asked to step in right away.
Nick Friedell of ESPN.com notes that head coach Steve Kerr didn’t sound too concerned about Cousins’ injured foot over the weekend, so the MRI may just be precautionary. The Warriors have played it safe with minor ailments lately, sitting Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant for a couple games apiece after their MRIs came back clean. I’d expect the club to be even more cautious with Cousins, who returned from an Achilles tear earlier this year.
Durant, meanwhile, is expected to return to the Warriors’ lineup on Monday after missing the last two games, Friedell adds.
There goes three peats
Seriously? You think they need Cousins to go all the way?
The smell of fear in opponents. A healthy Cousins means nobody can stop GSW. Bogut as a back up toughens their second team. Like I said before only way GSW loses the title is because of injuries.
I know a lot of people hate the Warriors but I have to agree with you. They’re not playing very well right now but it’s just cuz they really don’t care. Come playoff time they are gonna ramp it up…. and if they don’t ? Well that will be a great story too lol
Older and injury
That’s why you sit cousins for two, 3 games. Let him relax and recover.
Is it the same foot?? A lot of omitted useful information in this post.
Other foot, which I assume is one reason why they don’t seem worried.
I wonder why the Warriors are rushing Bogut when they are already a lock for the playoffs. What are they worried about? Only guess I can come up with is they want to keep their (very) recent momentum going
How are they rushing him back? He’s signing back with only like 13 game left in the season.