Warriors: Watch Kevin Durant, DeMarcus Cousins Play One-On-One As Kerr Gives Update

Golden State Warriors fans are getting closer to seeing DeMarcus Cousins return to action. Cousins has made progress in recent weeks as he recovers from a torn Achilles tendon injury suffered in January earlier this year.

Although the Warriors remain patient with him when it comes to a return date, it was recently reported that the 28-year-old was looking to play his first game for Golden State sometime after Christmas.

Regardless of the actual return date, Warriors fans can get excited with footage of him playing one-on-one with Kevin Durant on Sunday, courtesy of The Athletic's Anthony Slater.

Cousins has also been practicing with the team's G-League affiliate in the Santa Cruz Warriors as he ramps up his rehabilitation, but he wasn't just playing with Durant on Sunday. He was also a full participant in practice at Oakland.

“We didn’t scrimmage, but we got up and down the floor and ran quite a bit,” Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said. “(Cousins) took part in everything. ... His last couple weeks have been very good. But, again, it’s a really serious injury that he’s dealing with. It’s difficult for anybody to come back from, particularly a big man."

“So I want him – and he wants to be – very comfortable and confident when he’s out there for the first time. So wherever that takes us, we’re going to do.”

Kerr added that given the nature of the injury as well as the fact that he hasn't been training with the team throughout, it's harder to gauge when Cousins would be completely ready, despite his progress.

"With a normal situation where guys are injured, it's kind of the feeling you get from the beginning of training camp to the end of training camp," Kerr explained. "In the beginning, you're never comfortable with the way your guys are moving. Usually by the end of camp, maybe a couple of weeks into the regular season, 'alright, you're ready to roll now.'"

"Similar vibe [now], only it's harder, because we're not practicing with the group, hard and scrimmaging, he's got to do lot of work to do on his own, or with Santa Cruz or three-on-three stuff so it's not quite the same. So it's harder to achieve that goal."

When Cousins does make his debut though, the already-strong Warriors will be boosted by the presence of an All-Star center who averaged 25.2 points, 12.9 rebounds and 5.4 assists over 48 games last season for the New Orleans Pelicans until his season-ending injury.

And given how Golden State usually mean business when it comes to the postseason, it makes sense that they would prefer to be patient and have a completely healthy Cousins for that run as they look to become the first team since the Los Angeles Lakers in 2000 to 2002 to achieve a threepeat this season.