Overview
- Video and social posts showed Stephen Curry limping off the court and returning to the locker room during the Warriors’ open practice on Sunday.
- The team has not released a medical diagnosis or timetable and has not said whether Curry will play in the Oct. 21 season opener in Los Angeles.
- Curry is 38 and on an expiring $62 million contract, which adds urgency to the situation for both his playing time this season and the franchise’s short-term plans.
- If Curry misses time, the Warriors are likely to turn to veterans such as Draymond Green and backcourt pieces like Brandin Podziemski and De’Anthony Melton for bigger offensive roles.
- Last season Curry missed roughly half the schedule with lower-body problems and the Warriors went 13-26 without him and 24-19 with him, underscoring how his availability affects the team’s playoff prospects.