Chapter 137: The Comeback of the Line of Fire
After Tyrek won the Western Conference of the Month in February, major media rushed to report, and the local media in Sacramento praised Tyreic to a very high status, and many Kings fans already thought that Tyreic with his performance in the first three seasons of his career was at least comparable to Peja, the Kings star who retired three months ago. Stojakovic.
Peja. Stojakovic spent the first eight seasons of his career with the Kings, and he witnessed the Kings' glory in the early 21st century, being a three-time All-Star, making the All-Round Second Team and winning a championship with the Mavericks last year, and there is a good chance that the Kings will retire his No. 16 jersey.
Fans believe that Tyreck's personal achievements in the first three seasons of his career are no less than Peja's, who has a 13-year career, except that he has not yet made the playoffs. However, the team has a lot of hope of making the playoffs this season, and if Tyrek can lead the team to a strong performance in the playoffs, it can indeed be said that Tyreek's Kings career can overtake Peja.
The core of the early 21st century Kings team, Chris. Webber is the epitome of the Kings' last peak period, Webber's Kings career was great enough, but the more ardent Tyrek fans have convinced that Tyrek has a higher status than Webb, and can be called the greatest star of the Kings in the 21st century. Tyreco's fans think that unlike Tyreco's seedlings, Weber is not cultivated by the Kings after all, and Tyrek is now the key person who has led the Kings team to revive for many years, and has a very high status in the hearts of Kings fans, Tyreco's steady improvement in the first 3 years of his career is enough to see his potential to become a superstar, and he is only 22 years old, he will inevitably reach a higher level, and his influence in the team is now not inferior to the peak Weber, and the future will inevitably be stronger, It's no surprise to say he's the Kings' greatest star of the 21st century.
But Tyrek doesn't have the same heart as the fans to compare himself to the famous names in the history of the Kings, which is after his career is closed, and he is still young, so he should focus on every game at this point.
The Kings will host the Denver Nuggets in their next game a day later, after losing Cousins to the Nuggets in their first meeting of the season at PepsiCo Center in Denver.
At this time, nearly a month has passed since Cousins' injury, Cousins and West are close to returning at this time, Cousins is recovering quickly, and he has begun training with the team before the All-Star Weekend. Butler's recovery from injury is also optimistic, and he is expected to be back on the court in late March and early April.
During the day's team practice, Cousins also stood in the crowd when Coach Westphal was working on the team.
"Everyone, wait for the group confrontation, DeMarcus will also participate today, Tyrek, Anthony, Francisco, Jason, DeMarcus you are in a group, Isaiah, Benno, Omi, Kenneth, Hassan are in a group, you are in a group......" Coach Westafar arranged aloud in front of the people.
Tyrek was wearing a black training vest with sweat on his forehead, he tilted his head and smiled at Cousins, who was also wearing a black training vest next to him, "DeMarcus, you're going to return to the court so soon, your injuries are healing very quickly......"
Cousins laughed and teased, "During my absence, you were out of the limelight, scoring the highest points in team history, almost winning the All-Star MVP at the All-Star Game, and the Western Conference of the Month in February was also yours, and I didn't even participate in the Rookie Challenge...... Hey, I didn't play the Rookie Challenge this year, and I won't have a chance next season, and I haven't won the MVP of the Rookie Challenge yet...... If I don't come back, I'll see you so glorious, and I'm going to be jealous until I die......"
After Cousins finished speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled, and Tyrek hugged him, "Welcome back, DeMarcus, I look forward to teaming up with you again in the official game!" ”
Cousins, who participated in the confrontation training for the first time after the injury, played quite well, and against Whiteside, Cousins showed a good touch, receiving two consecutive passes from Tyreck, and then hitting Whiteside with his back in the low post and using a turnaround jumper to score. At the same time, the high position should also be done well, but it is still worse than the state before the injury, after all, there has been no confrontation for nearly a month, and it still needs to be used to a certain extent, and Coach Westafair also informed everyone that Cousins will play in the next game against the Nuggets.
On the day of the game against the Nuggets, Cousins was joined by Coach Westafar and Tyrek in the pregame press conference.
The press conference was also quite active, after all, Tyreco's recent performance was shocking, and Cousins also ushered in a comeback, everything was full of topicality.
"Mr. Evans, the team's second-leading scorer Cousins is back on the field, you're in hot form right now, do you think Cousins' return will squeeze your possession and affect your performance on the court?"
"DeMarcus is a great thing to look at, his return is definitely a shot in the arm for the team, the chemistry between me and DeMarcus is pretty good, and his return will make it easier for me to play on the field......
"Mr. Cousins, you were injured in the game against the Nuggets, and the first game on the court was against the Nuggets again, what do you think about this game?"
"Uh...... It doesn't matter who the opponent is, the important thing is that I get back in the ring, get in the ring, and get in the game is what I'm going to do......"
"Mr. Westfale, may I ask how Cousins will change the lineup when Cousins returns to the game?"
"DeMarcus will start this game, but his playing time will be limited, I hope his playing time can be limited to 20 to 25 minutes, after all, this is his first game after recovering from injury, you also know how important DeMarcus is for the team, we still need to protect him, to adjust the game. However, in the previous team training, DeMarcus performed well overall, and I believe he can make his own contribution to the team in today's game......
Reporters are still enthusiastically asking questions to the trio, the pre-game press conference is about 50 minutes over, Terrick is also looking forward to this game, now the team has entered the second half of the regular season competition, at this time Cousins can return to the team in time, even earlier than expected, it is indeed great news for the team, the Kings will also welcome Cousins back at the same time began the second half of the regular season sprint!