Stephen Curry is irreplaceable, but his shoulder injury isn’t the …
The best players aren’t always the most irreplaceable, but Stephen Curry is the rare case that fits into both, with his injury putting the Golden State Warriors in perilous straits.
Curry’s left shoulder injury will cost him a couple weeks, and perhaps longer if the Warriors plan on being conservative with his recovery. Being the champions earns them a certain level of grace — being a dynasty gives them a little more, but they’re burning up that currency weekly.
Stephen Curry is irreplaceable, but his shoulder injury isn’t the …
From the overseas preseason trip that always seems to take something out of the teams that go, to the championship hangover every team usually goes through, to the Draymond Green-incited event in the preseason that was sure to fatigue a group that needed to be fresh — this was the last thing the Warriors needed.
This injury isn’t the worst-case scenario — it isn’t his surgically repaired ankles or the knee that gave him trouble several years ago. No injury is easy, but it feels like he’ll be able to hit the ground running when he returns.
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As inconsistent as the Warriors were, Curry was the constant, even if they’re hovering around .500 — 14-12 when he plays, 0-3 when he doesn’t. Curry’s production rivals his unanimous MVP 2015-16 campaign when the Warriors lost just nine games in seven months, and it’s even better than when he dragged the 2020-21 squad to the play-in tournament.
Might this squad be closer to the latter than the former? It currently appears so. And one can look at the Lakers as evidence — a recent surge led by Anthony Davis and LeBron James that has them … 12th in the West, due to the early ground they’ve given up
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Stephen Curry is irreplaceable, but his shoulder injury isn’t the …
The best players aren’t always the most irreplaceable, but Stephen Curry is the rare case that fits into both, with his injury putting the Golden State Warriors in perilous straits.
Curry’s left shoulder injury will cost him a couple weeks, and perhaps longer if the Warriors plan on being conservative with his recovery. Being the champions earns them a certain level of grace — being a dynasty gives them a little more, but they’re burning up that currency weekly.
Stephen Curry is irreplaceable, but his shoulder injury isn’t the …
From the overseas preseason trip that always seems to take something out of the teams that go, to the championship hangover every team usually goes through, to the Draymond Green-incited event in the preseason that was sure to fatigue a group that needed to be fresh — this was the last thing the Warriors needed.
This injury isn’t the worst-case scenario — it isn’t his surgically repaired ankles or the knee that gave him trouble several years ago. No injury is easy, but it feels like he’ll be able to hit the ground running when he returns.
READ MORE:Stephen Curry to undergo MRI after exiting Warriors game with shoulder injury which is very..
As inconsistent as the Warriors were, Curry was the constant, even if they’re hovering around .500 — 14-12 when he plays, 0-3 when he doesn’t. Curry’s production rivals his unanimous MVP 2015-16 campaign when the Warriors lost just nine games in seven months, and it’s even better than when he dragged the 2020-21 squad to the play-in tournament.
Might this squad be closer to the latter than the former? It currently appears so. And one can look at the Lakers as evidence — a recent surge led by Anthony Davis and LeBron James that has them … 12th in the West, due to the early ground they’ve given up
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![Mark Cuban is officially taking it up with the manager. The Dallas Mavericks owner revealed to reporters on Monday that the team previously called the NBA to complain about Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo’s lengthy free-throw routine. The two teams met on Nov. 27 (a 124-115 victory for the Bucks), after which the Mavericks brought up the issue to the league office. Cuban says the NBA replied that they would start enforcing the ten-second count on Antetokounmpo. However, the two sides played again last Friday (this time a narrower 116-115 win for Milwaukee), and Cuban says that Antetokounmpo was taking up to 12 seconds to shoot. “I have no idea why they didn’t [call] that in a one-point game,” Cuban said on Monday, per Brad Townsend of the Dallas Morning News. Of course, the bigger issue for the Mavs actually came from the other free-throw line. Dallas missed six (yes, six) straight foul shots to end Friday’s contest, any one make of which would have dramatically changed the trajectory of the game. But it is true that Antetokounmpo is as famous (or perhaps infamous) for his interminable free-throw routine as Michael Jordan is for sticking his tongue out on dunks. You could brew yourself a cup of coffee, watch the entire “Godfather” movie trilogy, and then have a refreshing afternoon siesta, all in the time it takes Antetokounmpo to shoot one foul shot. Antetokounmpo’s charity-stripe rituals have even become a major storyline during postseasons past. But you can add Cuban and the Mavericks to the list of opponents who have had just about enough of the entire spectacle.](https://evoyoke.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_20221216_065811-75x75.jpg)
