Warriors superstar Stephen Curry downplayed the hand injury suffered during his team’s 138-96 win over Chicago on Saturday, as relayed by ESPN. Curry landed on his right hand after driving to the rim, but the two-time MVP remained in the game.
“Anything that involves the hands, especially the right one, you’re a little concerned,” he said. “But the feeling came back, the strength came back. It hurts, but I’ll be all right.”
Curry feels the injury isn’t significant, but out of caution, he’ll undergo additional examination. Golden State is 31-11 largely because of his play, as the 33-year-old is averaging 26.3 points, 6.0 assists and 5.4 rebounds per game so far this season.
“I have some PTSD from two years ago,” Curry explained, referring to when he broke his hand. “When I landed it felt kind of the same, but we’ll get it looked at and figure it out. Should be all right.”
Here are some other notes from the Western Conference:
- Rockets head coach Stephen Silas expressed optimism that Jalen Green and Kevin Porter Jr. will be the team’s backcourt duo for years to come, as relayed by The Athletic’s Kelly Iko in a story about the duo. “They’re better together than they were at the beginning of the season,” Silas explained as part of a larger quote. “Scoot’s (Porter) development as a point guard, where at the beginning of the season, he was really struggling with the turnovers but wasn’t as bad before he got hurt. And then Jalen’s growth as a player, you can see it. I mean, you can see it. So the improvement of those two guys connected to the improvement of the group is the most gratifying thing to me. They’re gonna be together for a long time.”
- The Kings didn’t get involved in the Knicks-Hawks trade involving Cam Reddish for a variety of reasons, as James Ham of ESPN 1320 explains (via Twitter). One major reason is how Sacramento doesn’t have the draft assets that New York has, as the Knicks traded away a first-round pick in the deal to acquire Reddish.
- Anthony Slater of The Athletic examines the comparison between Warriors rookie Jonathan Kuminga and former NBA player Shawn Marion. As Slater writes, head coach Steve Kerr recently explained how he wants Kuminga to play, noting that it’s similar to how Marion played during his career. “When I was in Phoenix as a GM, we had Shawn Marion. One of the best athletes in the league,” Kerr said as part of his full quote. “Every night, he’d just run the floor hard. He wasn’t the greatest 3-point shooter, wasn’t the greatest passer, wasn’t the greatest ballhandler. But he was an All-Star because he just played hard. By running the floor, all kinds of good stuff would happen.”
Kuminga will be a all star in 2 years from now. So much talent for a young player. learning from future HOF players will jump start his career.
2 years is very optimistic. Sometime in the middle of his next contract sounds more like it. I do love his athleticism and potential though. Has a chance to be a 2-way stud
Westbrook is small sized old Giannis
Kuminga is young Giannis
No pressure on him or anything. Wow.
Top 4 all stars voting in the west
3-point percentage
Wiggins 43%
Curry 38%
LeBron 37%
Jokic 36%
Anyone else concerned as to how bad the Warriors are with Klay Thompson and how good they are without him? Also Klay really seems to be more focused on himself and his touches than winning. Trouble is a brewing
Klay is not ready to play defense.
The message to Wiggins: You to be you, you don’t need to pass the ball to Klay
Everybody knew there would be an adjustment period for everybody. All the players would have to adjust, but in the long run W’s should be better. Just glad that Klay is indeed healthy and can definitely play at a high level. That being said, he’s shooting way way too much and going forward needs to be more selective to take quality shots. Additionally, he needs to stop with this “greatness” bs. What made Klay special and uniques was his humbleness and quietly going about doing his work. All of a sudden his focus is on being “greatness” every time he plays instead of just playing hard and well for team to win. Hopefully, he will get it all out of his system and be ready to play team winning basketball.
Watching Klay play is like watching that All Star game that Magic Johnson played In at the end. Everyone is forcing the ball
To him and everytime he touches it he shoots
He hasnt played for 2.5 yrs and he had 16 minutes limit. Let’s give him a break for few games. It’s not really his fault for W’s losing. It’s because Green is out.
Top 4 all stars voting in the west
Opponents field goal percentage – the lower the better, indication of defense
Curry 42.7%
Wiggins 42.9%
Jokic 44.6%
LeBron 46.7% – below average
as of January 15
Who deserves to have more votes?