My process digging into Curry’s ankle situation
Heard Steph rolled his ankle again during last night’s game against the Kings. Grabbed my laptop immediately after breakfast and started hunting for answers.
First, rewatched the play frame by frame. Saw him come down after a jumper and land right on someone’s foot. Classic ankle killer. Twitter already had slow-mo clips floating around, so I screen-recorded three different angles to study.
Putting together the injury history:
- Went through my own notes from last season – he missed 11 games with similar ankle stuff
- Dug up that 2010 medical report where he had major ankle surgery
- Counted four separate ankle issues just since 2022 in my spreadsheet
Called my physical therapist buddy Mike around noon. He broke it down simple: “Once you sprain ligaments bad enough, they never tighten up like factory settings. Steph’s basically walking on damaged goods forever.” That explains why this keeps happening.
Then came the risky part – predicting how long he’ll be out. Checked three different injury models online. Average recovery time shows 2-3 weeks for grade 2 sprains. But Mike warned me: “Every sprain after thirty hits different. Add playoff pressure? Recipe for re-injury.”
Biggest red flag I found? His recent minutes load. Pulled his game log – coach ran him 38 minutes against bottom-feeder teams before this injury. Feels like unnecessary mileage on a Porsche.
Finished by updating my season prediction model. Without Steph, Warriors’ playoff odds drop 23% based on last three seasons’ data. Scary numbers. Going to bed tonight thinking they should sit him till April no matter what the standings say.
