Steph Curry was ruled out of Tuesday's matchup with the 76ers, which came as little surprise after the team diagnosed him with patellofemoral pain syndrome over the weekend. Known more commonly as runner's knee, the only remedy for that soreness is rest. (When he returns) will totally be up to (team doctor) Rick (Celebrini) and Steph, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said after Monday's practice. As soon as Rick tells me he can play, he'll play, but they're working together every day.
The team is officially listing the injury as patellofemoral pain syndrome, also known as "runner's knee," typically consisting of swelling and pain around the kneecap. Curry first started experiencing the issue after an individual workout in Minneapolis on Jan. 24. He rested one game against the Timberwolves last Monday, but has otherwise attempted to play through it until discomfort forced him out of Friday night's 131-124 loss to the Detroit Pistons. Curry started grimacing late in the third quarter following a made floater
Kuminga is in his fifth season with the Warriors, but the past two years of his career have essentially amounted to a mutual waste of time. His strengths have been inadequately highlighted, his role has been limited, and his flaws have been unfortunately unresolved. Though fingers can be pointed in every direction, the unfortunate truth remains that Kuminga is a young and talented scorer with a career average of 20.3 points per 36 minutes who has never felt empowered to explore his potential.
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Thursday morning, the NBA's worst came to light. There's no spinning that a player of note and an acting NBA head coach landing federal indictments in a betting probe is bad news. It is, in fact, the kind of crisis that can send an entire league into a tailspin. So maybe it was fitting -a karmic counterbalance - that mere hours later, the absolute best of the NBA was right there for the world to see, front and center at Chase Center.
I was just letting the game come to me, Kuminga said. I feel like if one of them, or Steph (Curry), was open, for me it was just about finding the open person. I felt good doing it, because I was letting the game come to me.
Great spacing is more than just having all five players dotted a couple feet outside the 3-point line, though. Sometimes it means there's a big in the dunker spot, and sometimes it means you have a guy in the corner and the other three guys are all around the three-point line and nobody is in the paint, Kerr said after Tuesday's practice. There's all these things that are possibilities, and we have to adjust and react to what the circumstances are.
