The Warriors received some promising news on Friday, as Stephen Curry‘s MRI confirmed a pelvic contusion but revealed no structural damage, the team announced in a press release (Twitter link).
Curry, who sustained the injury after a hard fall in the third quarter of Thursday’s game vs. Toronto, won’t travel to Atlanta and will miss Saturday’s game against the Hawks. He will be reevaluated on Monday, per the Warriors.
Shams Charania of ESPN first reported (via Twitter) the update on Curry, which was later confirmed by Anthony Slater of The Athletic (Twitter link).
Saturday’s matchup in Atlanta is the start of the six-game road trip for the Warriors. As Slater notes, the second game of the trip will be on Tuesday in Miami — it’s the first matchup between the Warriors and Heat after last month’s blockbuster trade of Jimmy Butler.
Butler struggled with his shot (4-of-15 from the field) on Thursday, but he still recorded a triple-double (16 points, 12 assists, 11 rebounds) and had a clutch block late in the fourth quarter. After the game, he said the Warriors will need to play “perfect basketball” without Curry, according to Slater (Twitter video link).
“We can’t afford to turn the ball over. We can’t afford to foul. Because we don’t have the one individual who can automatically get us back into the game,” Butler said.
The Warriors have surged up the standings since they acquired Butler, currently holding a 41-29 record, good for the No. 6 seed in the West. However, they’re only 1.5 games ahead of the Clippers and Timberwolves in the race to secure an automatic playoff berth, so each of their 12 remaining games will be critical if they want to avoid the play-in tournament this spring.
So once he can comfortably sit on it he can play. Just needs to make a 4hr plane flight first.
Unfortunately for Steph the only one who can comfortably “sit on it” is Potsie.
“Welp, might as well call it a career” – people who let their hate of Curry cloud their analysis. Shut alllll the way up, lol
Exactly who is saying he should call it career?
You have to admit. There is something rather ironic about Davey and “clouded analysis”.
His imaginary enemies in his head
This honestly feels like a sign of some scary schizophrenia or deep seated paranoia happening.
@Darkghost
@Luke 207 did in the prior GSW thread.
Even @c-daddy is projecting and lying right under this very comment!!
I just went and looked and no he didn’t say Steph should call it a career. He said the warriors should be looking for an heir apartment to take his place. While I disagree with him because I don’t think there is an heir apparent in the whole league to Steph and there very rarely is for most of the all time top players. Him saying the warriors need to have a plan for when 37 year old Steph is playing less and eventually retires is not saying might as well call it a career today.
If you read ALL his posts, that’s what he is always pushing towards.
Steph has literally said he wants to play til 50. Obviously he can’t be a starter as he gets that old, but later career “bench sharpshooter” Kyle Korver is a nice example of what 45+ year old Curry would look like.
Kareem won a title as a starter at 40 and lost a Finals at 41 as a starter, the GOATs can play til they can’t and literally nothing Curry has had happen to him would affect his game that much to retire early. It’s just cope, the Warriors are going to be good for a long time still, the window is wiiiiide open….
The only cope I see here in Hoopsrumors is Davey J, aristotle and Giants74.
Playing at 50. Yeah. Ok.
Davey is weirdly delusional.
FankenStein just ruined another Curry doll ….
If you bang that bone hard enough. It could be a couple of games. Good to see it isn’t serious.
What’s interesting to me. Is who would Warriors want in 1st rd. As of now 2- 6 not really set. 12 gms to go.
Would it really matter who they played? The Warriors biggest obstacle this season has been themselves. They have to play their game to win. Worrying about who their opponent is, is an immediate exit.
Yes, it matters. OKC would crush them easily for example.
The Warriors have already beaten OKC and the Celtics. I don’t know where you get this idea they would be crushed.
Their worst games have been when they turn the ball over, don’t get to line and make those shots.
It’s not me that thinks they’ll be crushed against OKC, it’s pretty much everyone that isn’t a GS fan.
For example . link to espn.com
link to vegasinsider.com
Where did you get the idea they won’t get crushed? Obviously winning a regular season game doesn’t mean much,
@GhostofThomasHamilton
Youre dealing with a die hard Warriors fan who wont take anything negative against their team. Giants74 and aristotle share the same rose colored glasses no matter what the reality is for the Warriors.
I guess you must copy and paste everything. Is that how you work as a troll? I stated pretty clearly what the Warriors biggest problems have been this season. These problems are pretty well known. I have posted many times before about them. I guess they aren’t covered in your copying and pasting meme sheet.
Bookmakers aren’t gods. They are fallible. If you only knew some of the reasons that people bet.
Nowhere in the links does it say that the Warriors will get crushed.
Nowhere does it say as well that the Warriors will win the championship.
You never worry as a player. At least you front. But as a fan. I doubt you want Denver.
As a team you always want best seeding and hm court. Teams tank for better pick. They also do it to avoid a series.
Rockets or Memphis. Only because those 2 teams never won a 7 game playoff series. So experience is the factor over those 2 teams. lakers only if they have home court advantage. Lakers get too many home town foul calls. Nuggets have warriors number. OKC would be tough how athletic they are.
OKC and Denver are tough for Warriors. Im a fan. I rather not see them in 1st rd
This is honestly a pretty devastating injury. I bruised my tailbone pretty badly playing hockey a few years ago and could barely walk for a week or two after. It probably took six weeks to heal completely.
He hurt his tailbone in ’21 … Slater wrote that he missed 5 games last time from that injury.
@c-daddy “devastating” lmaooooo
Yeah I’ve seen that too. More force in Hockey I would think. But they chk him out.
link to athlonsports.com
Couple gms to make sure. Whirlpool, heat n Ice lol.
Ayesha gotta take it easy on ol’ boy
Did you not watch him go from being fine in the game, then fall on it? Do you not even watch basketball??
Basketball? Never heard of it
That play in game might be too soon for this to be healed…
Spicey…
Prediction
Brandin Podziemski will be a top-20 player in 2026-27 season
Shooting:
A near 44% three-point shooter, showcasing his elite shooting ability.
Can create his own shots with a variety of moves, including step-backs and pull-ups.
Rebounding:
An elite rebounder for a guard, particularly strong on the defensive glass.
Passing and Ball-Handling:
Creative passer with great vision and anticipation
Well, this came out of nowhere. Even for you, this is one hell of a take lol.
Almost assuredly does not happen but I could see you being more right than wrong, if that makes sense. Let’s get those bets in, folks!
I’m Brandin‘s biggest fan, but I don’t think he’ll ever be top 20 in the Pacific division let alone Western Conference or whole league.
I don’t think he’ll ever make an All-Star team either which can happen via fluke as we’ve seen before.
He’s a great little player and I love him on the Warriors and great things happen when he’s on the floor, but Podski is not capable of 20 in the NBA status ever.
As a sidenote, it’s crazy how the team and many of the players have picked up their production since Jimmy arrived, and there can be an argument about Jimmy being in top 20.
There’s So many great young players around, are Jimmy’s 12, 7, 6 averages good enough to represent a top 20 spot? So that’s Butler being questionable and you’re gonna suggest Podski top 20?
Wow Podz a top twenty player? I can think of at least 100 players I’d rather have as of right now. 2026-27 is gonna be a bleak year in the NBA.
Someone calm casual Davey down