Why Warriors should be extra careful bringing Steph Curry back from knee injury

With the Warriors three months into a 2025-26 NBA season now certain to land far short of their expectations, there should be zero doubt about how to proceed with Stephen Curry’s tender right knee.Put it on ice. Literally and figuratively.For an extended period. At least a month.“I think there’s a good chance that he doesn’t play ‘til after the break,” coach Steve Kerr told reporters Saturday before the Warriors and Lakers tipped off in Los Angeles.That’s prudent. Curry has hobbled through various levels of discomfort since banging his right knee in November. He took another blow on Jan. 30 that so aggravated it he was forced from the game. He was diagnosed with “runner’s knee,” which generally requires at least three weeks to subside.It sometimes takes as much as two months.Sitting Curry through the Feb. 12-18 NBA All-Star break will provide him with a full 20 days of recovery. The bare minimum. Which is not enough.There are two explicit reasons to slow-play Curry’s return than to simply alleviate the discomfort to accelerate his return. The first being Steph’s basketball future not only for the rest of this...