Curry took a shot to the knee, colliding with McKinley Wright, that left him unable to return to Saturday’s win over the Dallas Mavericks. This happened with 2:01 to go in the third quarter, Curry was playing defense against Wright.
When Curry left the game, he immediately had an x-ray – which showed negative. Per the Warriors, he is scheduled for an MRI next.
While he was limping back to the locker room, Curry did so under his own power. Two team trainers examined him on the bench and went back to the locker room with him.
It should be noted that the left knee he injured against the Mavericks is the same knee that he hurt on Thursday against the Denver Nuggets. Per Golden State’s head coach Steve Kerr, he wasn’t too sure if that collision two nights ago impacted this injury in any way.
“Any time a guy gets an MRI, there’s a concern level,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “We’ll just have to wait and see the results. … This has happened many, many times over the years. So fingers crossed he’s OK.” (ESPN)
The Warriors are 6-5 without Stephen Curry this season, due to a left shoulder subluxation, so if they are without their franchise player then they’ll be prepared to win games without him.
“If he’s out, then we move forward and we do have some games to look at, some game film to look at,” Kerr said. “We’ll be ready, regardless.”
With the Philadelphia 76ers starting the season 2-11, tensions and speculations of what is happening have been rising. Notably, Monday night, Tyrese Maxey and the team had an emergency meeting to discuss what’s wrong.
According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, Joel Embiid was called out by Maxey. This is due to him not being a leader and not being able to show up on time to team activities.
“In the meeting, Maxey challenged Embiid to be on time to team activities, calling out the former league MVP about being late “for everything” and how it impacts the locker room, from other players to the coaching staff.” Shams Charania wrote on ESPN.
Kyle Lowry did call for this meeting to happen, and the biggest “elephant in the room” was Embiid. Embiid has been noticeably lacking since last season.
Beyond Embiid getting called out, Philadelphia’s players are demanding head coach Nick Nurse to push them harder. Coaches responded by wanting their players to pay more attention to detail and practice with a purpose.
Overall, the meeting was a positive one, which saw coaches and players share the blame for the way they began this season.
According to multiple reports, headlined by ESPN’s Shams Charania, De’Anthony Melton has suffered a sprained ACL.
This diagnosis was confirmed through an MRI, as this injury is in his left knee. For right now, there is no timeline for his return, but Melton has already been ruled out for Golden State’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Warriors have signed the 26-year-old to a one-year, $12.8 million deal in the offseason.
