2 weeks Ago By Rex Villas, Hardwood Heroics
The Golden State Warriors could be without Stephen Curry for at least a few games after he suffered a concerning ankle injury during Snday’s 112-104 defeat at home at the hands of James Harden and the Los Angeles Clippers . Stephen Curyr’s potential absence will be a challenge for the Warriors There is no official timetable for Curry’s return and about the full extent of his injury at the time of this writing. But it seems that he will not be suiting up for at least the next Golden State outing.
According to Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, Andrew Wiggins could be in line for an expanded role on offense. Via Kendra Andrews of ESPN : Kerr also cited Andrew Wiggins as a player who could take on more of an offensive leadership role. The coach has been encouraging him since training camp to be a high-volume scorer.
Against the Clippers, Wiggins finished with 29 points on 11-of-15 shooting, including 5-of-8 from 3. “Wiggs is off to a great start and had a great night,” Kerr said. “He’s an obvious candidate to get the ball more.
But we’ve got a deep team. We’ve got a lot of guys who can play. We will be ready.
” Wiggins is leading the Warriors so far in the 2024-25 NBA season with a scoring average of 19.7 points per game on an efficient 55.0 field goal percentage.
It is not going to be easy to replace not just the numbers Curry provides but his gravity on offense as well, but Golden State is about to find out how great they can still be on that end of the court with Curry temporarily unavailable. This article first appeared on Hardwood Heroics and was syndicated with permission..
