Stephen Curry has a knee injury with an unknown return date, missing the first game of the 2023-24 season

It is true that Stephen Curry has had a very high usage rate in recent times, but this injury may have come from a collision in the most recent match.
After 11 consecutive matches, it seems that Stephen Curry has fallen into overload.

In the In-Season Tournament match taking place this morning (November 15) against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the leader and soul of the entire offense of the Golden State Warriors was unable to play due to a knee injury.

It is unclear the severity of Curry’s injury this time, but reputable journalist Shams Charania from The Athletic said the “head chef” will not be absent for too long.

Stephen Curry will miss the first game of this season, return date unknown

When news of Stephen Curry’s injury appeared, many people immediately thought that the 35-year-old pitcher was showing signs of overload after having to work too much in the first 11 matches of the 2023-24 Regular Season.

It is true that Curry has had a very high activity level (usage-rate) in recent times, but this injury may have come from a collision in the most recent match.

Pro-Golden State Warriors journalist Anthony Slater pointed out the situation where Stephen was hurt in the fourth quarter of the match against the Timberwolves 2 days ago. At that time, Curry was hit in the leg by two opposing players after an attempt to break through and score a point.

This season, Stephen Curry is averaging 30.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. These stats seem normal for a superstar like Curry, but there are two notable points.

Steph’s 3.9 assists is at a career low, far behind the second-lowest season of 5.2 assists/game. The reason is that the scoring opportunities he creates for his teammates are not being utilized well.

Another statistic is that Curry is averaging more than 20 shots per game (20.2 FGA), much higher than his career average of 17.8 FGA.

Stephen Curry is averaging 30.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.9 assists in 11 games since the beginning of the season.

Stephen Curry is doing everything he can to get the Golden State Warriors off to a good start, but unfortunately this effort has not yielded results as the team has experienced 5 defeats in 11 matches.

What’s more worrying is that now that Curry is injured, fans are worried that there will no longer be anyone capable of leading Golden State’s entire offense in the near future.