So much for Stephen Curry sitting out on the Golden State Warriors’ four-game Eastern Conference road trip. After leading his team to a 110-99 win over the New York Knicks on Thursday, the 35-year-old went out of his way to hint he’d be playing on the second leg of Golden State’s back-to-back against the Toronto Raptors.
“Oh, yeah,” Curry quipped when a team staffer ended his postgame media availability because the Warriors needed to catch a flight to Toronto. “I’m gonna get a good night’s sleep, too, ’cause I don’t wanna be tired.”
Curry made headlines earlier this week by directly pushing back on the notion he was a bit fatigued coming out of the All-Star break.
Following the Dubs’ disappointing home loss to the defending-champion Denver Nuggets on Sunday, Steve Kerr told reporters he thought Curry was playing a bit tired.
“Steph has looked tired to me the last couple games,” he said. “It makes sense—the All-Star Game stuff, not getting much of a break, three games in four nights, the whole deal. He looks a little tired. This is all part of the season and he’ll bounce back.”
Kerr later suggested Curry could miss a game on Golden State’s road trip to get some rest. Less than an hour later, the four-time champion insisted his shooting struggles were simple related to the law of averages rather than any extra fatigue.
