{"id":484857,"date":"2026-02-19T08:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/484857\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T08:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:15:09","slug":"report-stephen-curry-still-sidelined-porzingis-set-for-debut-with-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/484857\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Stephen Curry still sidelined; Porzi\u0146\u0123is set for debut with Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2063977\" class=\"wp-image-2063977 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/curry-iso-021826.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2538\" height=\"1426\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2063977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve Kerr said it\u2019s possible Stephen Curry will get another MRI after consulting with Rick Celebrini, the team\u2019s lead medical decision-maker.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors expect Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is to make his team debut when they face off against the Celtics on Thursday night (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/bos-vs-gsw-0022500799\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">10 ET, Prime Video<\/a>), but Stephen Curry will reportedly miss additional time due to a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s Anthony Slater reported Wednesday night that Curry was unable to participate in a live scrimmage and it is unclear when he\u2019ll be able to return to the lineup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust wasn\u2019t where he needed to be,\u201d Kerr said per ESPN\u2019s Anthony Slater. \u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate. We\u2019ll have an update tomorrow after he goes through his time with the training staff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kerr said it\u2019s possible that Curry will need to get another MRI after consulting with Dr. Rick Celebrini.<\/p>\n<p>Porzi\u0146\u0123is, acquired from Atlanta in exchange for Jonathan Kuminga <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/jonathan-kuminga-kristaps-porzingis-trade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">at the trade deadline<\/a>, has dealt with both illness and Achilles tendonitis this season. He\u2019s averaging 17.1 points and 5.1 rebounds in 17 games this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steve Kerr said it\u2019s possible Stephen Curry will get another MRI after consulting with Rick Celebrini, the team\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82,195518],"class_list":["post-484857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-stephen-curry-kristaps-porzingis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}