BREAKING: Steve Kerr blames the NBA for Steph Curry's injury in the playoffs
Steve Kerr believes the schedule was a significant factor to blame for Stephen Curry's injury in the playoffs.
The Golden State Warriors' 2024–25 campaign came to an end after a hard-fought 1–4 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference Semi-Finals.
One of the key factors that shaped the outcome of the series was the injury to the Warriors’ most vital player, superstar Stephen Curry, who suffered a hamstring strain during Game 1 — a game the Warriors won to open the second-round series.
Curry missed the remainder of the series due to the injury, and speculation has swirled around what may have caused it. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr offered his own explanation.
According to Yahoo Sports writer Tom Haberstroh, Kerr believes the schedule was a significant factor in Curry’s injury.
Kerr reportedly pointed to the demands of the modern NBA schedule and emphasized that younger players are better equipped to handle its rigors. He also noted that most injuries are at least partially influenced by how condensed the calendar has become.
"Who’s more likely to be able to withstand the rigors of the pace and space and the game-every-other-day schedule — the younger players or the older players? The younger guys are," Kerr stated via Yahoo Sports.
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"The most important point of all of this is the pace and space and how much more mileage that players are covering. You see all these injuries ... I don’t think players get enough rest anymore."
Kerr firmly believes Curry’s injury was the result of insufficient recovery time between games.
"Do you think Steph pulling his hamstring has anything to do with playing 48 hours after logging 46 minutes of Game 7 in Houston?" he asked.
"One hundred percent," Kerr recalled Rick Celebrini (Warriors' director of sports medicine) telling him.
"If he had an extra day or two … we can’t prove this, but I have no doubt based on our understanding of the scientific literature that the hamstring injury was the result of inadequate recovery and fatigue."