But thankfully for him and the Golden State Warriors, the process is now complete.
Cousins will make his long-awaited debut on January 18 when the Warriors take on the Los Angeles Clippers.
Before the sources within the team announced when Cousins would return to action, the 6-11, 270-pound all-star center was participating in full practices with the team, and a few days ago, broke through a barrier in the rehab process that was significant to Warriors coach Steve Kerr.
“The last two scrimmages that he’s had, it looked to us and felt to him that he has broken through a barrier,” Kerr said to reporters, according to an article by Monte Poole of NBC Sports Bay Area.