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 Chris Haynes, the New Orleans Pelicans have made it clear to teams across the NBA that they have no intentions of becoming aggressive sellers at the deadline.
The list includes Zion Williamson, Trey Murphy, Herb Jones, Derik Queen, and Jeremiah Fears. Reportedly, New Orleans aren’t giving up on the Zion experiment, and they have no intentions of giving up any of their young assets.
With them publicly saying they aren’t trading players like Williamson, Murphy, or Jones, it’s unclear when they will signal the reset to build around rookies Queen and Fears. A large part of this season has been trying to understand their plans of making those two the next big pieces of their team.
Jones is not set to become a free agent until 2029, at the earliest. Williamson is locked in through the 2027-28 season. Murphy’s contract runs through the 2028-29 season.
According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, in rather shocking news, the Dallas Mavericks will most likely be without Anthony Davis for a couple of months. He has sustained ligament damage to his left hand.
If Davis does not need surgery, then the Mavericks will be without him for six weeks. However, if he would need surgery, then it would require extra time of recovery, most likely meaning he would miss multiple months.
Due to the timing of his latest injury, this could run him past the NBA trade deadline. That means the Mavericks will have no value in him to be able to move him off their books. He suffered the injury during Thursday’s loss to the Utah Jazz.
Before this injury, the 32-year-old athlete was out multiple weeks due to a calf strain.
Davis is due $58.5 million next season, and has a player option for $62.8 million in 2027-28.
According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the Memphis Grizzlies are officially open to trading Ja Morant before this season’s trade deadline. They want to “reset” their roster for their upcoming future.
If the Grizzlies were to trade their franchise player, they reportedly want young players and draft picks in return. This would launch Jaren Jackson Jr. as their new face of the franchise.
They believe having a team centered around Jackson, Cedric Coward, Zach Edey, Jaylen Wells, and Cam Spencer would be highly beneficial to their success.
This last offseason, the 26-year-old was eligible to sign a three-year, $178 million extension. However, Memphis wanted to wait before jumping to any decisions.
Right now, this situation is mirroring the Trae Young situation where he was ultimately traded to the Washington Wizards instead of remaining as their face of the franchise.
While Memphis has looked at keeping him, they are in favor of resetting this team. This began back in June when they traded Desmond Bane to the Orlando Magic for four first-round picks.
