The status of Stephen Curry for the start of the playoffs next week will likely not be clear until shortly before Game 1. Curry is working his way back from a left foot sprain.
“We’ll see how everything goes with Steph next week. There is a chance he could be ready for Game 1, there is a chance he might not,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said ahead of the team’s regular-season finale against the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night. “It’s literally going to be a day-to-day thing as it unfolds this week. We’ll know a lot more after the next few days when he’s ramping up his work.”
Kerr had not spoken with the team’s head trainer, Rick Celebrini, and didn’t have an update on what kind of work Curry has been able to do over the past several days while the Warriors have been on the road.
Curry has yet to participate in any team activity. Curry is expected to increase his practice and workload this week.
“It’s up in the air, as far as Steph’s participation,” Kerr said. “We’ll see how it goes the next couple of days. … As the week goes on, we’ll see where Steph is, but I imagine this will go right down to the wire, as far as Game 1 is concerned — whether we know his availability or not.”
