{"id":511904,"date":"2026-03-01T14:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T14:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/511904\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T14:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T14:11:08","slug":"stephen-curry-still-rehabbing-knee-out-little-longer-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/511904\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Curry, still rehabbing knee, out &#8216;little longer&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO &#8212; <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"77a8546f-24bf-a333-8161-bf9f75396c49\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/gs\/golden-state-warriors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Golden State Warriors<\/a> star <a data-player-guid=\"5dda51f1-50c9-66e1-2026-400b73f34fad\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3975\/stephen-curry\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Curry<\/a> acknowledged that it&#8217;ll be a &#8220;little longer&#8221; before he attempts to return from his persistent right knee issue, telling ESPN&#8217;s Malika Andrews during an in-game interview Saturday night that he hasn&#8217;t advanced to court work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a weird one,&#8221; Curry said. &#8220;It&#8217;s kind of unpredictable how it&#8217;ll heal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors lost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nba\/game\/_\/gameId\/401810721\/lakers-warriors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">129-101<\/a> to the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"2876e98b-b9bc-2920-4319-46e6943f8be4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/lal\/los-angeles-lakers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> on Saturday. Curry missed his 10th consecutive game because of patellofemoral pain syndrome, also known as &#8220;runner&#8217;s knee,&#8221; which typically consists of swelling and pain around the kneecap.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors were initially optimistic that Curry could return right after the All-Star break, but he had a setback in a workout during that hiatus and told the training staff he wasn&#8217;t ready for live work when he returned to the facility.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/48067180\/warriors-porzingis-sits-fourth-straight-game-illness\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772374268_739_r1621468_683x683_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/48063508\/sources-warriors-gui-santos-agree-three-year-extension\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772374268_411_r1614084_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors shut him down from court work for 10 days. He was spotted in the locker room pregame Saturday doing weight-bearing squats on his right knee. The team will provide a status update Sunday. It is expected that he will miss at least a handful more games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s going to be a little longer,&#8221; Curry said. &#8220;Right now, with this one, it&#8217;s about each day, can you stack good days? I&#8217;ve done that. Hopefully, they can unleash me on the court soon and hopefully, get back sooner than later.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors are 31-29 after Saturday&#8217;s loss, in the eighth seed and appear destined for the play-in tournament. Curry has repeatedly said behind the scenes that he wants to return to the court and help the Warriors reach the playoffs, but hurdles remain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Trying to stay in shape, strengthen everything else around the body, knowing at this stage, once you get back, it&#8217;s a full sprint to the playoffs,&#8221; Curry said. &#8220;Once I get back on the court, it&#8217;s a little bit of a pain tolerance thing. But it&#8217;s just something you don&#8217;t want lingering because it can get worse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Curry&#8217;s co-star, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/6430\/jimmy-butler-iii\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Butler III<\/a>, tore his ACL in January and is out for the season. The Warriors&#8217; trade deadline acquisition, <a data-player-guid=\"a1f467e2-5304-c8c1-db23-80fe313c3d7c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3102531\/kristaps-porzingis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kristaps Porzingis<\/a>, has missed four consecutive games because of an illness and has played only 17 minutes since the transaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO &#8212; Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry acknowledged that it&#8217;ll be a &#8220;little longer&#8221; before he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-511904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}