The Golden State Warriors are holding their breath on Stephen Curry, but their head coach is making one thing clear: he will be back.
When Is Stephen Curry Coming Back?
Speaking to NBC’s Bob Costas on March 15, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr delivered an encouraging but measured update on Curry’s recovery. “We expect him back. He’s trending in the right direction. It’s been a tricky injury, but I think he’ll be back for sure. I just don’t know if it’s gonna be a week or two or whatever. It’s a day-to-day process.”
Steve Kerr says Steph Curry is trending in the right direction and they expect him back:
“We expect him back. He’s trending in the right direction. It’s been a tricky injury, but I think he’ll be back for sure. I just don’t know if it’s gonna be a week or two or whatever. It’s a… pic.twitter.com/9f6c34mr2O
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Curry has been sidelined since January 30, when he last suited up against the Detroit Pistons. The diagnosis is patellofemoral pain syndrome, commonly known as runner’s knee, a condition that involves persistent swelling and discomfort around the kneecap. This is not a structural injury, but it has proved stubborn and unpredictable in its recovery timeline.
Curry himself described the situation plainly in a late February interview with ESPN’s Malika Andrews. “This is a weird one,” he said. “It’s kind of unpredictable how it’ll heal.” The Warriors have issued three consecutive 10-day re-evaluation windows since early March, with the latest setting March 21 as the next checkpoint.
The team confirmed on March 11 that Curry has returned to individual on-court workouts, a meaningful step forward in the process.
The absence has come at a brutal cost for Golden State. The Warriors have gone 5-12 without Curry in this recent stretch and are 9-19 without him on the floor for the entire season. They sit on the fringe of the Western Conference play-in picture, and without their franchise cornerstone, the offensive spacing and rhythm that defines the team at its best have been hard to replicate.
Before going down, Curry was having another strong season. The four-time champion and two-time MVP was averaging 27.2 points, 4.8 assists, and 3.5 rebounds per game while shooting 46.8 percent from the field and 39.1 percent from three.
Golden State’s already shorthanded roster also lost Jimmy Butler to a season-ending torn ACL earlier in the year, making Curry’s return all the more critical for any realistic playoff push.
Despite the setbacks, Kerr has noted that simply having Curry on the road trip has lifted the team’s morale. “It just feels better when he’s in the room,” Kerr said earlier this week. “He’s in our meeting today, got a workout in this morning, so he’s trending in the right direction, and he’s in good spirits.”
Team sources have continued to describe Curry as extremely motivated to return for the stretch run and help push the Warriors into the postseason through the play-in bracket.
Curry turned 38 on March 14 and has a long history of overcoming injury concerns, making Kerr’s confidence in a full return far from empty optimism. The next major update arrives around March 21, and at that point, Golden State will have a much clearer picture of whether their star will be available for the final weeks of the regular season.
