{"id":588541,"date":"2026-02-07T15:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T15:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/588541\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T15:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T15:42:14","slug":"warriors-notes-curry-porzingis-horford-kerr-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/588541\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors Notes: Curry, Porzingis, Horford, Kerr, Green"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warriors star Stephen Curry<\/a> tells Anthony Slater of ESPN<\/a> his right knee injury is \u201ctrending in the right direction,\u201d but he\u2019ll miss his third straight game on Saturday and it doesn\u2019t sound like his return is imminent.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a matter of learning as I go what works rehab-wise,\u201d Curry said. \u201cBecause it\u2019s still painful. You have to try to get rid of all the inflammation and pain. It\u2019s something we still have to monitor and injury-manage, but it\u2019s something where, if I come back too early, it could flare up.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old guard also addressed the trade addition of big man Kristaps Porzingis<\/a>, who has been limited to 17 games this season due to multiple ailments.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m learning some Latvian,\u201d Curry said when asked about Porzingis. \u201cI\u2019m just hoping that he\u2019s healthy, first and foremost, so that he can do what he can do on the floor. Him and Al [Horford]<\/a> won a championship together. Different context, but there\u2019s a familiarity and skill set and size and presence that we\u2019ve been looking for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s more on the Warriors:<\/p>\n

Horford was pleasantly surprised to learn he\u2019d be playing with his former Celtics teammate again, and he\u2019s optimistic about the veteran center\u2019s fit with Golden State, writes Dalton Johnson of NBC Sports Bay Area<\/a>. \u201cIt was special, it was just really fun,\u201d Horford said of playing with Porzingis in Boston. \u201cWe all know everything he can do. He can shoot the three, can post up, draw fouls, kind of play the mid-range offensively. He\u2019s just very potent. Defensively, protects the rim. I\u2019m just looking forward for him to be here and help us, because I feel like he\u2019ll be a big help for us.\u201d
\nHead coach Steve Kerr said the team\u2019s medical and performance staff, led by Rick Celebrini, vetted Porzingis\u2019 health prior to completing the trade, Johnson adds. \u201cI don\u2019t think we would have made the trade if we didn\u2019t think he could be healthy and consistent in terms of being in the lineup, so that\u2019s the plan,\u201d Kerr said. \u201cObviously he\u2019s got to get here and Rick has got to work with him, but Rick and the staff did their due diligence. There\u2019s a hope that we can really help him get right. When he\u2019s right, he\u2019s a hell of a player. We\u2019re looking at a guy who really fits what we need: Size, space, shooting, rim protection. Every team needs that, but we\u2019ve always needed that since I\u2019ve been here. We\u2019ve never really had a player like him.\u201d
\nKerr concedes Golden State may not be a title contender in the wake of Jimmy Butler<\/a>\u2018s torn ACL, but he still thinks the team has the potential to do damage in the playoffs, Slater writes in another story for ESPN<\/a>. \u201cWe still have a good team,\u201d Kerr said. \u201cA very good team. Even without Jimmy, we can make a playoff run. The ceiling is absolutely lower. I\u2019m not going to sit here and lie.\u201d
\nFormer Defensive Player of the Year Draymond Green<\/a> likes Porzingis\u2019 fit with the Warriors, per Nick Friedell of The Athletic<\/a>. The longtime forward\/center also admitted to being nervous about being involved in trade talks for Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a>. \u201cIt got nerve-wracking towards the end,\u201d Green said after Thursday\u2019s comeback win over Phoenix. \u201cBut yeah, it is what it is. Move forward. It\u2019s not something I want to get used to, though.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warriors star Stephen Curry tells Anthony Slater of ESPN his right knee injury is \u201ctrending in the right…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3724],"tags":[869,7,200,871,573],"class_list":{"0":"post-588541","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-al-horford","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-draymond-green","11":"tag-kristaps-porzingis","12":"tag-stephen-curry"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116030114904184478","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}