Overview
- Stephen Curry did not travel and is out against Sacramento with a worsening cold after playing 34 minutes through illness in Tuesday’s win over Phoenix.
- Jimmy Butler is listed as questionable with lower-back soreness after exiting the Suns game at halftime, and Draymond Green is questionable with a right rib contusion.
- Kerr met with Curry, Butler, Green, GM Mike Dunleavy Jr., and performance chief Rick Celebrini to plan spot rest and minute management for the team’s older core.
- Kerr highlighted a compressed slate — seven games in 12 days and 10 cities in 26 days — as a factor in visible fatigue, with eight of the next nine games on the road.
- Younger Warriors are set for larger roles, with Brandin Podziemski, Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody — who scored 24 vs. the Suns — poised to absorb minutes while veterans recover; Al Horford won’t play both sides of back-to-backs, and De’Anthony Melton and rookie Alex Toohey remain out.