MINNEAPOLIS — Steph Curry attended the Warriors’ morning shootaround on Thursday in Minnesota. He rebounded for Brandin Podziemski and helped guide Buddy Hield through a shooting routine. Curry is around — but probably more to lift his own spirits than his team’s.
It’s clear Curry is still wrestling with the depressing nature of his latest injury, jeopardizing one of his final, and maybe best, chances at a fifth NBA title. Two months after his 37th birthday, he is dealing with a hamstring issue for the first time in his life.
“I know how tricky hamstring injuries can be,” Curry said. “They can fool you and make you think it’s healed (when it’s not) if you don’t feel anything. That gray area will be confusing, I’m sure. But I’ll do everything in my power to get back.”
Curry is working closely with Rick Celebrini, the Warriors’ trusted medical decision-maker, on the rehab process. This is Curry’s first soft tissue injury since a strained adductor in 2018. Celebrini has told him that he must rest the hamstring for a week, letting it heal, before testing it. He can’t even take stationary shots at this point.
“I’m a ways away from that,” Curry said.
Read more below on what Curry had to say speaking publicly for the first time since his hamstring injury.
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