{"id":1851728,"date":"2026-03-28T01:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1851728"},"modified":"2026-03-28T01:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:37:16","slug":"will-steph-curry-return-this-season-warriors-running-out-of-games-to-bring-him-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1851728","title":{"rendered":"Will Steph Curry return this season? Warriors \u2018running out of games\u2019 to bring him back"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 While Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry still wants to play this season as he continues rehabbing from what the team has called \u201crunner\u2019s knee,\u201d the Warriors, for the first time Friday night, acknowledged they are running out of time to try and bring their superstar back.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way I would phrase it is we\u2019re not bringing him back for the Play-In game. He needs to play some games, and we need to give him a runway if this is going to work,\u201d Warriors coach Steve Kerr said when asked if there is still no drop-dead date for Curry to return. \u201cAnd we are running out of games, that\u2019s fair to say.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Warriors issued an injury update before Friday\u2019s game against the Washington Wizards, stating their hope Curry would participate in some 5-on-5 scrimmages in the \u201ccoming days.\u201d That was also the team\u2019s goal last weekend, but the Warriors\u2019 training staff decided he needed more time before taking that step.<\/p>\n

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The Warriors (33-38) have nine games left this season, including Friday\u2019s contest against the Wizards. They began Friday night in the 10th spot in the West, two games behind the LA Clippers for eighth.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with The Athletic,<\/em> Curry said he was still pushing to play this season and brushed off the idea that he should sit the rest of the campaign even if he were healthy, as some have suggested.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not who we are,\u201d Curry said March 15 after the Warriors\u2019 road game against the New York Knicks. \u201cIf we have stuff to play for, we play. So I\u2019m working to get back.\u201d<\/p>\n

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At the time, Curry expected to get some regular-season games under his belt to regain his rhythm before the Play-In Tournament, though there wasn\u2019t a set number in place. He last appeared in a game Jan. 30 against the Detroit Pistons.<\/p>\n

Kerr reiterated that Curry is still rehabbing \u201cwith the mindset that he will be back.\u201d But if Curry cannot participate in a 5-on-5 scrimmage this coming week, time might be up for his potential return this season. While Kerr didn\u2019t say exactly that on Friday, his words hinted that those conversations are on the horizon in the near future, if they haven\u2019t happened already.<\/p>\n

When asked why Curry still desires to return this season when the Warriors don\u2019t appear to have much at stake, Kerr offered a simple explanation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just inherent,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s just in his blood. He\u2019ll probably be the same way when he\u2019s 78 returning from an injury that\u2019s affected his golf game. He\u2019s just an unbelievable competitor. It might be the thing about him that a casual observer would not know. Because they see his joy and they see the flow, the beauty, the grace, but he is an absolute fierce competitor, and you don\u2019t teach that. It\u2019s just how he\u2019s built.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 While Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry still wants to play this season as he continues rehabbing from what the team has called \u201crunner\u2019s knee,\u201d the Warriors, for the first time Friday night, acknowledged they are running out of time to try and bring their superstar back. \u201cThe way I would phrase […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,241],"class_list":["post-1851728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nytimes-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1851728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1851728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1851728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1851728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}