Curry - Sprained MCL

[pearljammer10]

Crazy turn of events there. As a basketball fan I hate to see it. However, the league just opened up in terms of contenders this year.

[saltlover]

The Warriors can absolutely make the WCF without Curry.  By then he could be ready, if not sooner.

reminds me of 2009 with KG.  Hate when that happens.  I hope curry can get healthy.

I'm not worried about them honestly.

Klay - Iggy - Draymond is still such an awesome trio, and Livingston is actually quite capable.

Like I said ... the Clips shouldn't scare anyone.  If anything it means that the impact of the Clips' best or second best defender -- Paul -- is muted.

I don't know about that.  I think Klay and Draymond are overrated players because they do all of their damage with Curry out there. (Very good players, but not the 'stars' that everybody makes them out to be). If teams don't have to worry about Curry, it's a MUCH different story.  It's like how bad the Bulls became when MJ took a year off to play baseball.  I'd definitely pick the Clippers over the Warriors without Curry.

The Bulls went from 57-25 to 55-27 in the first year without MJ, and lost a 7-game series in the second round, after sweeping in the first round.  They weren't a championship team any more, but it isn't like they fell off the map.

The Warriors should be able to get through the Clippers without Curry.

[SHAQATTACK]

He ll get rest as many days possible and if the series is tied up deep with clippers ...then he returns

But not before it looks like things are going down hil to fast.

[gift]

I don't see the Warriors beating the Clippers if Curry is out for the whole series. Clippers have their flaws, but they are a legit top 5 team this year. Kind of sucks, but that's the way I see it.

[Yoki_IsTheName]

I don't see the Warriors beating the Clippers if Curry is out for the whole series. Clippers have their flaws, but they are a legit top 5 team this year. Kind of sucks, but that's the way I see it.

I think the Warriors can still beat the Clippers.

And this is not just the Bay Area in me that's speaking, they can legitimately defend, and even without Curry, the Warriors are still a capable 100 ppg scoring team.

Also, I think Shaun Livingston would be huge here. Chris Paul is an excellent defender, but he's going to be giving up 7 inches on Livingston, Shaun will have a mid range party on him, that would be a weapon they could utilize against the LA.

[max215]

Everyone who's saying this opens things up, I disagree. I think this makes the Spurs even more of a favorite than GS was. If Curry is out for the remainder of the season, then the Spurs have a fairly easy road to the Finals. The only hope Cleveland had was a slugfest between GS and San Antonio in the WCF, with the winner being tired out by an intense 7 game series. I'd honestly give the Spurs upwards of 60% shot at the title if Curry is done.

[Who]

I don't see the Warriors beating the Clippers if Curry is out for the whole series. Clippers have their flaws, but they are a legit top 5 team this year. Kind of sucks, but that's the way I see it.

I think the Warriors can still beat the Clippers.

And this is not just the Bay Area in me that's speaking, they can legitimately defend, and even without Curry, the Warriors are still a capable 100 ppg scoring team.

Also, I think Shaun Livingston would be huge here. Chris Paul is an excellent defender, but he's going to be giving up 7 inches on Livingston, Shaun will have a mid range party on him, that would be a weapon they could utilize against the LA.

That Warriors vs Clippers matchup even without Curry looks pretty even to me.

No idea who to pick.

[Snakehead]

They have had great injury luck.  I knew this would happen.  As Celtic fans, we all know how it goes.

[Moranis]

Woj says could miss 2 weeks, which brings me back to my post from the ankle injury when I asked do you just sit him until the 2nd round.

Last year, the Cavs brought Irving back against the Hawks (a couple of games in) and he ends up reinjuring himself in game 1 of the Finals.

Why do teams do this?  Give you players rest when you can.  Don't rush them back.

[PhoSita]

Draymond is going to go nuts over the next two weeks.


Iggy and Klay will step up too.


It's actually kind of exciting.  Means that somehow a 73 win team will end up looking like a bit of an underdog story for some portion of the playoffs.

[j804]

This opens the playoffs to every team, including ours. I'd prefer to end the season on the shortlist of greatest upsets in sports history by beating the Warriors, but I'll settle for any championship. Atlanta is beatable. Cleveland is beatable. San Antonio is beatable. Golden State even with full health weren't completely unbeatable, as Ainge reminded us mid-season. Our ship might be coming in, arriving a little early,

Lol wearing the green glasses proudly

[Moranis]

This opens the playoffs to every team, including ours. I'd prefer to end the season on the shortlist of greatest upsets in sports history by beating the Warriors, but I'll settle for any championship. Atlanta is beatable. Cleveland is beatable. San Antonio is beatable. Golden State even with full health weren't completely unbeatable, as Ainge reminded us mid-season. Our ship might be coming in, arriving a little early,

Lol wearing the green glasses proudly

yeah that is some crazy talk.  IF, Boston beats Atlanta, Boston will be lucky to win a game against the Cavs.

[Jon]

Can't feel too badly for them. He's young and has plenty of chances ahead for himself. And it's not like we haven't seen injuries derail our title hopes over the years from KG, to Larry's back going out, even Russell getting hurt in the '58 Finals and losing out at a shot at what would have ultimately have been a 12th ring.

[Denis998]

I doubt the warriors get past the second round without curry. A positive correlation probably exists on how well draymond plays without Curry. This will let LA to focus in on Klay and render him largly ineffective. Without Curry, LA has way more talent than them; BG, CP3, Redick, DJ.

[greg683x]

this would be HUGE 15 years ago when games were played almost every night except if the teams are traveling.  Now in the playoffs it seems like theres two weeks inbetween games