Stephen Curry: 'I want to do this for as long as I can, but the clock's ticking'

This season, it feels as if each Curry basket is a victory over nature. He has always been the focus of everything around him, but never before as he is now, on a flawed Warriors team that is contending with a paradox: determined to use him less than ever at a time when it needs him the most. “I want to do this for as long as I can,” Curry says. “But the clock’s ticking. We all know that.”Source: ESPN What’s the buzz on Twitter? Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU JJ Redick compared Ant to Stephen Curry because of his 3s But really, he’s McHale James Harden. On ball 3s, unlimited Anyway, this one’s down to the last error. Clippers out of timeouts, Minnesota up 106-101 with 34.4 left – 10:20 PM Sean Cunningham @SeanCunningham Kings rookie Devin Carter on trouncing the Warriors 129-99 with a gameplan without De’Aaron Fox, his first taste of defending Stephen Curry, recording 34 points off Golden State’s turnovers and scoring his first NBA points. pic.x.com/4RW4ewRTwV – 1:37 AM Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater Here’s Steph Curry on the 30-point loss to the Kings. He mentions that the Warriors “aren’t built” to be a team that can come backfrom large deficits. pic.x.com/1upptoaCxs – 11:56 PM Marcus Thompson @ThompsonScribe The Warriors were down 40-36 after a Curry four-point play with 8:50 left in the 2Q. Since then: Kings have outscored the Warriors 65-39 over the next 20:50. And now the fourth quarter – 10:25 PM Matt George @MattGeorgeSAC Keon Ellis pokes the ball away from Steph Curry and then throws down the Oop from Malik Monk. Kings up 23 and showing off in San Francisco! – 9:28 PM Sean Cunningham @SeanCunningham Stephen Curry with his 2nd 4-point opportunity of the second quarter. – 9:14 PM Sean Cunningham @SeanCunningham Kings continue this bad habit of fouling 3-point shooters as Stephen Curry is the latest to take advantage of a 4 point opportunity. – 9:10 PM Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater Starters tonight for Warriors-Kings Steph Curry Dennis Schröder Andrew Wiggins Draymond Green Trayce Jackson-Davis Keon Ellis Malik Monk DeMar DeRozan Keegan Murray Domantas Sabonis – 8:04 PM Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater De’Aaron Fox is out for the Kings tonight at Warriors. Took a hard fall late last game. Glute contusion. Steph Curry is expected to return after sitting last night. Keegan Murray is back for Sacramento after recent absence. – 3:32 PM Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater The Warriors are now 5-2 this season in the seven games that Steph Curry has missed. Two wins over the Rockets and Pelicans and tonight’s win over the Grizzlies. Overall bad numbers without him on the floor, but those five wins are massive within an 18-16 record. – 10:58 PM Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater Buddy Hield starting in place of Steph Curry tonight Full Warriors starters vs Grizzlies Dennis Schröder Buddy Hield Andrew Wiggins Draymond Green Trayce Jackson-Davis – 8:02 PM Kurt Helin @basketballtalk Warriors reportedly not among teams pursuing Jimmy Butler trade While there seems a natural fit next to Stephen Curry, the combination of Butler’s age, injury history, and contract have the Warriors sitting this one out. nbcsports.com/nba/news/warri… – 11:34 AM More on this storyline Curry is 16 seasons into this and 36 years on Earth, and they’re still there, one generation seeping into the next, making him fight for every inch. Nobody else, not Luka or Kyrie or Tatum or LeBron, puts up with this much aggravation. There’s pressure from baseline to baseline, that’s a given, with double-teams routinely starting at half court, from a bunch of guys either trying to make their name or keep it. “It’s fatiguing, but I love it,” Curry says. “It’s the game within the game, and you have to find some lightheartedness in it to deal with the pressure.” There are times when he’ll see the second half of that double-team — always taller, always heavier, always younger — storming toward him at half court and laugh to himself. Are we really doing this tonight? -via ESPN / January 7, 2025 Anthony Slater: Steph Curry is out tomorrow against the Grizzlies. Managing that knee tendinitis. Front side of a weekend back-to-back. That should clear him for Sunday vs the Kings. Brandin Podziemski remains out. -via Twitter @anthonyVslater / January 3, 2025 The Warriors snapped a 22-game streak in which they failed to shoot 50% from the field. That is why Curry said he wanted to celebrate his first 3, which opened the game, to get his teammates going. “Sometimes when you have a little injury or something that’s random, it kind of forces you to focus a little bit,” Curry said. “And just be free. [I was] just happy that I got to play. I was kind of unsure going into the day. I didn’t get many attempts in the first half, but all four of them are really good in-rhythm shots and then from there you’re kind of just f

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Stephen Curry: 'I want to do this for as long as I can, but the clock's ticking'

This season, it feels as if each Curry basket is a victory over nature. He has always been the focus of everything around him, but never before as he is now, on a flawed Warriors team that is contending with a paradox: determined to use him less than ever at a time when it needs him the most. “I want to do this for as long as I can,” Curry says. “But the clock’s ticking. We all know that.”
Source: ESPN

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
JJ Redick compared Ant to Stephen Curry because of his 3s
But really, he’s McHale James Harden. On ball 3s, unlimited
Anyway, this one’s down to the last error. Clippers out of timeouts, Minnesota up 106-101 with 34.4 left – 10:20 PM

Sean Cunningham @SeanCunningham
Kings rookie Devin Carter on trouncing the Warriors 129-99 with a gameplan without De’Aaron Fox, his first taste of defending Stephen Curry, recording 34 points off Golden State’s turnovers and scoring his first NBA points. pic.x.com/4RW4ewRTwV – 1:37 AM

Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
Here’s Steph Curry on the 30-point loss to the Kings. He mentions that the Warriors “aren’t built” to be a team that can come backfrom large deficits. pic.x.com/1upptoaCxs – 11:56 PM

Marcus Thompson @ThompsonScribe
The Warriors were down 40-36 after a Curry four-point play with 8:50 left in the 2Q.
Since then: Kings have outscored the Warriors 65-39 over the next 20:50.
And now the fourth quarter – 10:25 PM

Matt George @MattGeorgeSAC
Keon Ellis pokes the ball away from Steph Curry and then throws down the Oop from Malik Monk.
Kings up 23 and showing off in San Francisco! – 9:28 PM

Sean Cunningham @SeanCunningham
Stephen Curry with his 2nd 4-point opportunity of the second quarter. – 9:14 PM

Sean Cunningham @SeanCunningham
Kings continue this bad habit of fouling 3-point shooters as Stephen Curry is the latest to take advantage of a 4 point opportunity. – 9:10 PM

Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
Starters tonight for Warriors-Kings
Steph Curry
Dennis Schröder
Andrew Wiggins
Draymond Green
Trayce Jackson-Davis
Keon Ellis
Malik Monk
DeMar DeRozan
Keegan Murray
Domantas Sabonis – 8:04 PM

Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
De’Aaron Fox is out for the Kings tonight at Warriors. Took a hard fall late last game. Glute contusion. Steph Curry is expected to return after sitting last night. Keegan Murray is back for Sacramento after recent absence. – 3:32 PM

Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
The Warriors are now 5-2 this season in the seven games that Steph Curry has missed. Two wins over the Rockets and Pelicans and tonight’s win over the Grizzlies. Overall bad numbers without him on the floor, but those five wins are massive within an 18-16 record. – 10:58 PM

Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
Buddy Hield starting in place of Steph Curry tonight
Full Warriors starters vs Grizzlies
Dennis Schröder
Buddy Hield
Andrew Wiggins
Draymond Green
Trayce Jackson-Davis – 8:02 PM

Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Warriors reportedly not among teams pursuing Jimmy Butler trade
While there seems a natural fit next to Stephen Curry, the combination of Butler’s age, injury history, and contract have the Warriors sitting this one out.
nbcsports.com/nba/news/warri… – 11:34 AM

More on this storyline

Curry is 16 seasons into this and 36 years on Earth, and they’re still there, one generation seeping into the next, making him fight for every inch. Nobody else, not Luka or Kyrie or Tatum or LeBron, puts up with this much aggravation. There’s pressure from baseline to baseline, that’s a given, with double-teams routinely starting at half court, from a bunch of guys either trying to make their name or keep it. “It’s fatiguing, but I love it,” Curry says. “It’s the game within the game, and you have to find some lightheartedness in it to deal with the pressure.” There are times when he’ll see the second half of that double-team — always taller, always heavier, always younger — storming toward him at half court and laugh to himself. Are we really doing this tonight? -via ESPN / January 7, 2025

Anthony Slater: Steph Curry is out tomorrow against the Grizzlies. Managing that knee tendinitis. Front side of a weekend back-to-back. That should clear him for Sunday vs the Kings. Brandin Podziemski remains out. -via Twitter @anthonyVslater / January 3, 2025

The Warriors snapped a 22-game streak in which they failed to shoot 50% from the field. That is why Curry said he wanted to celebrate his first 3, which opened the game, to get his teammates going. “Sometimes when you have a little injury or something that’s random, it kind of forces you to focus a little bit,” Curry said. “And just be free. [I was] just happy that I got to play. I was kind of unsure going into the day. I didn’t get many attempts in the first half, but all four of them are really good in-rhythm shots and then from there you’re kind of just flowing off of the joy of things going our way and having a day where Dennis [Schroder] hit three in the first half, JK [Jonathan Kuminga] came in and hit some big shots, Moses [Moody], everybody was kind of just feeling the rhythm of the night.” -via ESPN / January 3, 2025