In a lost season for the Golden State Warriors, head coach Steve Kerr believes it's important for superstar point guard Stephen Curry and newcomer Andrew Wiggins to develop chemistry, both on and off the court.
Curry is reportedly targeting a March return to the court:
“I think it's important for Steph and Andrew to get to know each other and to play together,” Kerr said, via ESPN. “I think it's important for Steph to play without all the guys we've lost who are not gonna be back next year — Kevin [Durant] and Andre [Iguodala] and Shaun [Livingston].
“Steph, in many ways, has depended on those guys, as sort of a giant security blanket. For a guy who is so skilled and talented, this has still been a team effort over the years, and he's been blessed with some of the smartest players and most talented players in the league.
“And so it's gonna be a different look for him, and I think it's important. He only got three games before his injury, I think it was, so it's important for him to feel the difference, because it feels different for us. And with all these young guys, we're trying to teach them on the fly, and a lot of things that we have taken for granted over the last five years, we can't take for granted anymore. Steph needs to feel that himself. And so that's a big part of this last quarter of the season that he's gonna be a part of.”
The Warriors will be missing the playoffs this season for the first time in the Kerr era. After going to the Finals five straight seasons, the Warriors were humbled in 2019-20.
Curry broke his hand on Oct. 30 against the Phoenix Suns and underwent his first surgery on Nov. 1. Before he got hurt, Curry was putting up 20.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game for the Warriors while shooting 40.9 percent from the field, 24.3 percent from beyond the arc and a perfect 100 percent from the free-throw line.
The Warriors open the second half of the season on Thursday at home against the Houston Rockets, the team they defeated on Christmas Day.
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