Steph Curry Supernova

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XiaNaphryz said:
See, a fully healthy Curry would have been 9-12 with 25 points by then, and by being so red hot his mere presence would have evaporated any nearby liquids on the court!

So assuming he's out for 6 weeks, Curry's not gonna be available for the WCF. Spurs have to be the favorites now.
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And no Green super power. Cavs in 6.

Sike.
 
Cavs are only the favs if somehow both Golden State and San Antonio get knocked out early.

Bam Bam Baklava said:
Where does this assumption come from?
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Early word is an MCL sprain, which averages 5-6 weeks for recovery. Could be longer if it's really bad. We'll know more after the MRI results obviously.
 
XiaNaphryz said:
See, a fully healthy Curry would have been 9-12 with 25 points by then, and by being so red hot his mere presence would have evaporated any nearby liquids on the court!

So assuming he's out for 6 weeks, Curry's not gonna be available for the WCF. Spurs have to be the favorites now.
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That supernova...
 
That's really unfortunate. Knew the moment he slid that it'd be bad, looked really painful.

And lol at people that think the Cavs are he favorites now.
 
XiaNaphryz said:
Early word is an MCL sprain, which averages 5-6 weeks for recovery. Could be longer if it's really bad. We'll know more after the MRI results obviously.
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Recovery times differ depending on the severity of the injury:

A minor, or grade 1, MCL tear can take from a few days to a week and a half to heal sufficiently for you to return to normal activities, including sports.
A grade 2 tear can take from two to four weeks to heal.
A grade 3 tear usually takes from four to eight weeks to heal, unless it is associated with damage to the ACL, in which case the recovery time may be longer.
 
Effnine said:
Here's the play: https://streamable.com/lr4l

Had nothing to do with rest ... just looks like a freak accident because the court was wet
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Which was probably exasperated by being on a wobbly ankle. As was quite clearly demonstrated today, the Warriors don't need Curry to beat Houston. In fact, they beat the record for most 3's in a playoff game with Curry being responsible for only one of those 3's. That's how potent this team is from top to bottom.
 
XiaNaphryz said:
Cavs are only the favs if somehow both Golden State and San Antonio get knocked out early.



Early word is an MCL sprain, which averages 5-6 weeks for recovery. Could be longer if it's really bad. We'll know more after the MRI results obviously.
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MCL Sprain with Leonard on his ass? expect some bad shooting nights
 
Ugh, MCL sprain? That's brutal. We'll need to see the grade, but it's probably a good bet that he's not going to be 100% for the rest of the playoffs even if it's minor.

I was hoping for Warriors vs Spurs at full strength. :(

Why didn't you rest Curry for game 4, you assholes!
 
Blablurn said:
Dat LeBron. Can't believe he will win his third title now.
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Only 16 teams in NBA history have ever won 65 or more games in the regular season. Before this season 11 out of those 14 teams have went on to win the NBA title. Pretty much if you finish an NBA season with 65+ wins, odds are you are going to win the title.

In any other year the Spurs would have been the overwhelming favorite. It just so happened that this year the GSW had an historic season.
 
AstroLad said:
Asterisk championship incoming. Perfect for the Spurs.
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Spurs lost in the first round last year while dealing with a rash of nagging injuries. Not once has it been said that the Warriors chip has an asterisk because they didn't play the best, don't play that game.
 
Pastry said:
Spurs lost in the first round last year while dealing with a rash of nagging injuries. Not once has it been said that the Warriors chip has an asterisk because they didn't play the best, don't play that game.
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Huh? That was constantly talked about all off season.
 
Pastry said:
Spurs lost in the first round last year while dealing with a rash of nagging injuries. Not once has it been said that the Warriors chip has an asterisk because they didn't play the best, don't play that game.
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Yes it has. There was alot of talk that the Cavs would have won last year( since they were up 2-1 at one point) with Irving and Love out. That kind of talk has been driving the Warriors all season.
 
dragonyeuw said:
Yes it has. There was alot of talk that the Cavs would have won last year( since they were up 2-1 at one point) with Irving and Love out. That kind of talk has been driving the Warriors all season.
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I stand corrected then I guess, doesn't change my opinion that it's a load of bull lol
 
Elfforkusu said:
Why didn't you rest Curry for game 4, you assholes!
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Warriors wanted to avoid some odd 2-2 series, best of 3 where they would play Curry. Since anything could happen if it went there. But now it looks odd, when you just needed to rest him out, and move on. Obviously this knee sprain could be entirely unrelated, but man.... Basketball fans everywhere have to be crushed not to see an all-time great team and its revolutionary player not get play its playoff run 100%.

Similar to '11 Rose thus far, maybe worse in the immediate, not as bad in long run.
 
I wonder if Kerr will ice Curry for the season like the Spurs did in 2000. Kerr was on that team and saw first hand how the Spurs made the long term decision.
 
J2 Cool said:
Warriors wanted to avoid some odd 2-2 series, best of 3 where they would play Curry. Since anything could happen if it went there. But now it looks odd, when you just needed to rest him out, and move on. Obviously this knee sprain could be entirely unrelated, but man.... Basketball fans everywhere have to be crushed not to see an all-time great team and its revolutionary player not get play its playoff run 100%.

Similar to '11 Rose thus far, maybe worse in the immediate, not as bad in long run.
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I know why they did it, but I was hoping they'd hold him out for another game.

To be totally honest, I'm not sure it would've made any difference. Was basically a freak accident.
 
Pastry said:
I stand corrected then I guess, doesn't change my opinion that it's a load of bull lol
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Injuries are a part of the game. It does suck though if Curry can't go for the remainder of the playoffs. Any objective basketball fan should want to see the Spurs and Warriors go at it full strength.
 
smh at the morons thinking that slip had anything to do with chasing records (and thats even ignoring the fact that Curry is young and didn't play heavy minutes at all this year).

Freak accidents are freak accidents. Take your confirmation bias and go somewhere else. NO, his ankle injury had nothing to do with what just happened to his knee.

Comparing this to the niggling injuries the Spurs had last year....this is a team without the two time MVP. Warriors don't have a chance without him.
 
Elfforkusu said:
I know why they did it, but I was hoping they'd hold him out for another game.

To be totally honest, I'm not sure it would've made any difference. Was basically a freak accident.
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I still don't get why they did it?

If it goes 2-2 then I can see pushing it, but 2-1, when the next game will be at home?
 
Jonm1010 said:
I still don't get why they did it?

If it goes 2-2 then I can see pushing it, but 2-1, when the next game will be at home?
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Your question is irrelevant as the injury had nothing to do with his ankle. Or are you speculating that the Rocket player than went down hard 1 second before him was also protecting a weak ankle?

The answer is you play your players when they are healthy and don't need rest. Curry was healthy and well rested.
 
Bam Bam Baklava said:
Recovery times differ depending on the severity of the injury:

A minor, or grade 1, MCL tear can take from a few days to a week and a half to heal sufficiently for you to return to normal activities, including sports.
A grade 2 tear can take from two to four weeks to heal.
A grade 3 tear usually takes from four to eight weeks to heal, unless it is associated with damage to the ACL, in which case the recovery time may be longer.
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Someone on Twitter posted that for all the low grade MCL sprains this season the average time missed was around 2 weeks.
 
offtopic said:
Your question is irrelevant as the injury had nothing to do with his ankle. Or are you speculating that the Rocket player than went down hard 1 second before him was also protecting a weak ankle?

The answer is you play your players when they are healthy and don't need rest. Curry was healthy and well rested.
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Well I mean it is relevant because if Curry wasnt playing there is no chance of injuring himself on the court.

I get the argument you are trying to make in that the ankle isn't reasonably able to be directly tied to this knee injury in a cause and effect way. Which I agree on that end.
 
Fjordson said:
Yeah, I don't see why they should have rested him. This had nothing to do with fatigue or his ankle. Was just shitty luck.
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I mean as recent as Friday it was still reported by the local reporter that Curry directly said his change of direction and explosion was still rough after their last major practice. That he thought he would play but it was at the point he just needed to convince staff to let him

Something tells me that if this was 3-0, Curry still rests.
 
shira said:
People get more injuries after spraining ankles. Your overall balance and stability decreases

I'm not saying this was directly related, but if he didn't sprain his ankle earlier, he might have been able to handle this better.
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They weren't going after any records when he was initially injured, so I'm not sure what you're talking about.
 
Jonm1010 said:
I mean as recent as Friday it was still reported by the local reporter that Curry directly said his change of direction and explosion was still rough after their last major practice. That he thought he would play but it was at the point he just needed to convince staff to let him

Something tells me that if this was 3-0, Curry still rests.
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Yeah, I thought it was clear that GS could easily have beaten Houston in game 3 if they hadn't been so sloppy. Even if Curry said he was good to go, I'd still have held him out one more game.
 
Pastry said:
Spurs lost in the first round last year while dealing with a rash of nagging injuries. Not once has it been said that the Warriors chip has an asterisk because they didn't play the best, don't play that game.
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Biggest asterisk of a championship since 2012. Spurs got eliminated by the Clippers in the first round due a bunch of injuries and then the Cavs were missing 2/3 of their big three.
 
XiaNaphryz said:
Yeah, I thought it was clear that GS could easily have beaten Houston in game 3 if they hadn't been so sloppy. Even if Curry said he was good to go, I'd still have held him out one more game.
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They would been 100% wrong to hold him out. He was healthy and rested. What kind of player/team doesn't play under those circumstances? He looked a little rusty as it was...holding him out longer might only hurt his performance in subsequent games.

Honestly I find this line of conversation slightly insulting and disrespectful towards Curry and the Warriors as the injury had absolutely nothing to do with his ankles.
 
Apath said:
Biggest asterisk of a championship since 2012. Spurs got eliminated by the Clippers in the first round due a bunch of injuries and then the Cavs were missing 2/3 of their big three.
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Yeah, the Spurs couldn't beat the trash Clippers...they would have been great against the Warriors! (lol)

The Cavs would have done worse with Love and Kyrie playing heavy minutes...they play crap D and play right into the Warriors play style. The games would have been blowouts if the Warriors ever got hot (which they never did but it was still more than enough to beat the Cavs).

What was the Cavs record agains the Warriors this year and what happened in Cleveland? Thanks for playing.
 
offtopic said:
They would been 100% wrong to hold him out. He was healthy and rested. What kind of player/team doesn't play under those circumstances? He looked a little rusty as it was...holding him out longer might only hurt his performance in subsequent games.

Honestly I find this line of conversation slightly insulting and disrespectful towards Curry and the Warriors as the injury had absolutely nothing to do with his ankles.
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Insulting and disrespectful? That sounds like an oddly personalized way to take a sports argument of this kind.
 
elrechazado said:
Insulting and disrespectful? That sounds like an oddly personalized way to take a sports argument of this kind.
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The problem is that it isn't a sports argument as there is no argument to make against playing a healthy and well-rested player. That is the normal order.

To argue otherwise is some weird post-hoc second guessing fallacy that assumes that the Warriors and Curry were being either selfish or frivolous. Neither is the case.
 
offtopic said:
The problem is that it isn't a sports argument as there is no argument to make against playing a healthy and well-rested player. That is the normal order.

To argue otherwise is some weird post-hoc second guessing fallacy that assumes that the Warriors and Curry were being either selfish or frivolous. Neither is the case.
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Umm, it's easy to make an argument that he shouldn't have played that is neither selfish or frivolous. How about unnecessary? Statistically so? You can agree or not, but turning the contrary argument into some kind of weird personal insult seems really odd.
 
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