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.”
According to the New Orleans Pelicans, Jordan Poole has suffered a quad strain and will be out for at least 7-10 days. He will be re-evaluated after that period to see if the mild injury goes down.
In his first season with his new team, he’s averaging 17.3 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 3.4 assists.
According to multiple reports, spearheaded by ESPN, while the New Orleans Pelicans have found some success ever since starting 0-6 on the season, chatter has risen if this is due to Zion Williamson being out or not.
Williamson and the Pelicans have had a very shaky, up-and-down relationship since he was drafted by them. There has always been rumors of New Orleans wanting to trade him away and start fresh. Mainly to get a more reliable, correctly-aligned (mindset wise) player.
With the 25-year-old currently out due to rehabbing from a hamstring strain, the Pelicans have been having internal conversations about moving on from the franchise superstar.
However, it may be more wishful thinking due to not many franchises wanting the injury-prone forward. His current trade value is not very high, in fact, it’s at incredible lows. This even comes with mostly non-guaranteed salary for the next two seasons.
“To be honest, their move might be a win-now trade, not a Zion trade,” a rival executive said. “His trade value isn’t there and they are facing some pressure to win.”
It’s unclear what the Pelicans are asking in return for Williamson, but his name is definitely a name to keep an eye on.
