The Golden State Warriors are doing just fine without Stephen Curry, but they’d sure like to have their star guard back sooner rather than later. While Curry has not played since December 4, the Warriors are 9-1 in that stretch, including a win over the rival Cleveland Cavaliers on Christmas Day.
Golden State is the best team in the league, and they can absorb the loss of one star player when they have at least three others on the roster, but getting Curry back soon would take the pressure off of the rest of the Warriors as the season reaches its halfway point.
Thankfully, it seems that Curry is coming back soon. Warriors coach Steven Kerr says that Curry could even be back before the new year, pending on the results of Curry’s workout in a team scrimmage on Thursday.
Steve Kerr said if all goes well in today’s scrimmage, Steph Curry should play Saturday. He said he will likely be out tomorrow.
— Melissa Rohlin (@melissarohlin) December 28, 2017
That next game would be Saturday’s tilt against the Memphis Grizzlies, which means the Warriors could be back to 100 percent by the start of 2018. It’s been impressive to see them keep rolling without a huge part of their lineup in place, but it also speaks to the depth of the team and savvy drafting, such as the emergence of Jordan Bell up front.
The point is that Curry is getting right, and the Warriors already are cruising along. It’s tough to see how they struggle at all this year if nearly a month without Curry doesn’t create problems for this team.
