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The possibility of Curry returning to Charlotte is still alive!

Stephen Curry is eligible for a contract extension with the Warriors.

But with Curry coming off an injury plagued season with several ankle issues, a source says an extension with the Warriors "will not happen this year."

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When will Curry be a FA then?

Curry/Shabazz/MKG/?/Bismack. Sounds like a good lineup to me.

He's a FA in the summer of 2013. Storyteller is a bit confusing though because I would have thought the Warriors could make Curry a qualifying offer in the summer of 2013 but its not showing as such on Storyteller (which is usually fairly accurate).

No thanks. Waste of money for someone you cannot count on to be there from one game to the next. GSW would be wise to dump him, just not on us.

Battery wrote:No thanks. Waste of money for someone you cannot count on to be there from one game to the next. GSW would be wise to dump him, just not on us.

I'd pick him up for $5m or so. Good sixth man as I've said many times before. Like you said, he can't be trusted to last an entire season as the starter.

However, 50-60ish games a year as a reliable sixth man? Not a bad deal if the price is right.

He'd score more in 50 games then our current crew would score in 82. I'd take him for $8-9m per. Obviously all this is subject to him resolving his ankle issues in a satisfactory fashion.

Jaruff wrote:

Battery wrote:No thanks. Waste of money for someone you cannot count on to be there from one game to the next. GSW would be wise to dump him, just not on us.

I'd pick him up for $5m or so. Good sixth man as I've said many times before. Like you said, he can't be trusted to last an entire season as the starter.

However, 50-60ish games a year as a reliable sixth man? Not a bad deal if the price is right.

Well that's different. I'd take him off the bench for that price. But you know there will be a dumb GM who will probably overpay for him and end up getting screwed. That GM will be fired. Cho isn't dumb and won't overpay one of these franchise killers.

He can come to Charlotte.

So long as he leaves his ankles in Golden State.

Jaruff wrote:

Battery wrote:No thanks. Waste of money for someone you cannot count on to be there from one game to the next. GSW would be wise to dump him, just not on us.

I'd pick him up for $5m or so. Good sixth man as I've said many times before. Like you said, he can't be trusted to last an entire season as the starter.

However, 50-60ish games a year as a reliable sixth man? Not a bad deal if the price is right.

You know he'll be paid more than 5 million. Healthy, he's a starter.

captaincrunk wrote:

Jaruff wrote:

Battery wrote:No thanks. Waste of money for someone you cannot count on to be there from one game to the next. GSW would be wise to dump him, just not on us.

I'd pick him up for $5m or so. Good sixth man as I've said many times before. Like you said, he can't be trusted to last an entire season as the starter.

However, 50-60ish games a year as a reliable sixth man? Not a bad deal if the price is right.

You know he'll be paid more than 5 million. Healthy, he's a starter.

You're most likely right (unless he tears an ACL or something this year). However, I wouldn't see the point for us to give him more than that.

Plus we have to keep in mind that the young assets we're collecting now are going to be paid in a few years. Even if one of them leaves (say Kemba), Bizzy and MKG are still going to get big deals. If teams are throwing $8m at Asik, we're probably looking at $8-10m if Biz continues to improve. MKG? If he lives up to the hype, he's getting the max several years from now.

We all know what Stephen Curry is capable of when he is healthy. There's no way he's leaving GS for less than 9 or 10 million. As long as he remains healthy, he's a future All-Star in this league and will probably be paid as such.

Depending on how Kemba plays this season (assuming he's not traded, obviously), I'd go after Curry pretty hard. If Kemba is really impressive next year (and I mean really impressive), there would be no reason to go after Curry.

So how bad are Curry's ankles? Are they Grant Hill bad or just kinda bad but recoverable? I don't buy the injury prone label. It's not like he's been in the league for 10 years.

this thread title is embarrassing, really.

He's had two surgeries in two summer on the same ankle and missed half of last season. He sprains that ankle A LOT. I think his injuries are somewhat overstated, but they are still concerning, but nowhere near Grant Hill's injury troubles.

Rich4114 wrote:So how bad are Curry's ankles? Are they Grant Hill bad or just kinda bad but recoverable?

They are glass.

He plaid only 26 games last season - and every time he hurt them it wasn't like he rolled them really badly. Each time was a slight tweak at best yet it kept him out long term.

I don't buy the injury prone label. It's not like he's been in the league for 10 years.

That makes it worse. I could understand the wear and tear of a 10 year season taking it's toll on a players ankles and them weakening over such a long stretch of time - but for a kid who has only been in the league for 3 years?

Troublesome.

Yeah they're just sprains, not full on tears or anything. The problem is that he just keeps having them and you have to think there's something causing it in his ankles.

damn curry it was all good just a year ago now even bobcats fans dont even want you..I would love for curry to come to Charlotte.

captaincrunk wrote:Yeah they're just sprains, not full on tears or anything. The problem is that he just keeps having them and you have to think there's something causing it in his ankles.

I had a year where I would sprain my ankle every week and the only thing that would fix it was a decent rest.

If he has an injury free year, (big if), then I would review our stance on him.

Sachmo wrote:

captaincrunk wrote:Yeah they're just sprains, not full on tears or anything. The problem is that he just keeps having them and you have to think there's something causing it in his ankles.

I had a year where I would sprain my ankle every week and the only thing that would fix it was a decent rest.

If he has an injury free year, (big if), then I would review our stance on him.

yeah but he had a TON of rest. He only played 26 games this year. I dunno man, I dunno.