{"id":677761,"date":"2026-03-25T05:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T05:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/677761\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T05:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T05:26:16","slug":"steve-kerr-warriors-arent-pushing-steph-curry-injury-return-nbc-sports-bay-area-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/677761\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Kerr, Warriors aren\u2019t \u2018pushing\u2019 Steph Curry injury return \u2013 NBC Sports Bay Area &#038; California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The injury bug has not been kind to the Warriors this season, yet they still find themselves in line to make the NBA play-in tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Although there have been a slew of injuries throughout the campaign, none have impacted the team more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/curryst01.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steph Curry&#8217;s<\/a>. The 12-time NBA All-Star last played on Jan. 30 in the team&#8217;s 131-124 loss to the Detroit Pistons but since has been sidelined with a knee issue.<\/p>\n<p>Despite there being questions from those around the sport regarding whether or not it&#8217;d be wise for him to return, Warriors coach Steve Kerr assured the media earlier in the week that Curry would return for the play-in if he is ready. With that being said, Kerr told 97.5 The Game&#8217;s &#8220;Willard &amp; Dibs&#8221; on Tuesday that the team will not be rushing the sharpshooter back by any means.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we don&#8217;t feel good about it, then he&#8217;s not going to play,&#8221; Kerr said. &#8220;We&#8217;re not pushing him into anything if things aren&#8217;t really clear. [director of sports medicine and performance] Rick [Celebrini] has been really adamant about that and very open with that to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;If we don&#8217;t feel good about [Steph&#8217;s knee], then he&#8217;s not going to play. We&#8217;re not pushing him into anything if things aren&#8217;t really clear.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Steve Kerr on Steph Curry&#8217;s return to action (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillardAndDibs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@WillardAndDibs<\/a>). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/smDmIf3GF6\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/smDmIf3GF6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 95.7 The Game (@957thegame) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/957thegame\/status\/2036617150232674540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With 10 games left in the regular season, it&#8217;s truly unclear when Curry will return. Many also have questioned if it is even worth bringing him back considering how banged up the team is.<\/p>\n<p>In 39 games played this season, Curry averaged 27.2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.8 assists. As for the Warriors, they will be playing the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday without him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dubs-talk-a-golden-state-warriors-podcast.simplecast.com\/episodes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Download and follow the Dubs Talk Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The injury bug has not been kind to the Warriors this season, yet they still find themselves in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3786],"tags":[7,479,164,4025,4024,6,932,863,255],"class_list":{"0":"post-677761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golden-state-warriors","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-golden-state","10":"tag-golden-state-warriors","11":"tag-goldenstate","12":"tag-goldenstatewarriors","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-steph-curry","15":"tag-steve-kerr","16":"tag-warriors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116288159195976005","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677761","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=677761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}