Warriors star guard Stephen Curry is targeting Sunday’s game against the Rockets for his long-awaited return to action, The Athletic’s Sam Amick and Nick Friedell report.
Curry has been out since January 30 due to patellofemoral pain syndrome (runner’s knee) in his right knee. Curry, who went through his first full practice in two months on Tuesday, was scheduled to take part in five-on-five scrimmaging after practice. As long as he continues to progress, the tentative plan is for him to return against Houston.
“He went through a full practice, but it was very light,” coach Steve Kerr said. “We didn’t do anything live.”
A team source later told Amick and Friedell that Curry handled the scrimmage well, but his status will continue to be assessed daily. Curry has appeared in 39 games, averaging 27.2 points and 4.8 assists in 31.8 minutes per night.
Golden State has a back-to-back this Wednesday and Thursday. After Sunday’s contest, the team will have four regular season games remaining.
The Warriors are currently in 10th place in the Western Conference, holding the last play-in spot. They’re a game-and-a-half behind the No. 9 Trail Blazers and three games behind the No. 8 Clippers.
Warriors forward Gui Santos said the team was excited to have Curry participate in practice.
“It’s amazing, man,” Santos said. “Just to have him out there with us, it’s always great. We have a lot more confidence when we have a guy like Steph on the court. There’s no doubt about it.”
Little late
Might as well just shut him down rest the season
No sense and sending him out there to
A. Go thru runners knee again
B. Have it turn into something worse like damage to the cartilage behind the kneecap
C. Suffer a new injury
Is risking his 2026/2027 availability really that important this year with Butler Moody out and Porzingis not being a pillar of health himself
Makes more sense to rest him retool the roster during the off season around him and shoot for 26/27!
Actually, there is no danger of him damaging his cartlidge from the type of runners knee he has. His recovery had him doing squats.
The Warriors have one job. Finish behind the Blazers and Clippers.
The only reason I could see Curry coming back is to play 20 or 25 minutes each game and get some NBA run so there’s not such a long gap from January 30 to October 15.
Ride that 9% odds into a top 4 pick. Although even at 11-12 Its a good asset in a trade, and gives them an extra pick to deal, since they can trade it before the draft with 4 future picks, and do the deal after the league year once the new picks available to deal.
C’mon Davey don’t leave us hanging. Chip incoming.