Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Warriors to opt out of Chicago bubble: Report

NBA might organize a mini-training camp for eight teams that did t qualify for NBA restart in Orlando. As per ESPN's Jackie MacMullan, league is closing in on signing a second 'bubble' in Chicago. This mini-training camp would be to prevent a lengthy break from NBA for teams before 2020-21 season. games could take place in September and would feature  Charlotte Hornets, Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors. 

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Steph Curry, Klay Thompson to t play in proposed NBA second bubble 

After NBA restart was planned and anunced, Atlanta Hawks executive Travis Schlenk and Detroit Piston coach Dwane Casey had expressed concerns about ir teams t playing for an extended period of time. In an interview with ESPN, Casey stated that y cant let players 'sit around from March 11 to December without something'. He added that layoff was too much and would hurt ir careers.

Golden State Warriors, however, might t let Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green or Andrew Wigging play in Chicago. During recent  Hoop Collective podcast, MacMullan reported that Warriors planned to have Curry sit out even if y were invited to play at bubble in Orlando. "I was told unequivocally by people with Golden State that if Golden State came back, y weren't gonna let Steph Curry set foot on floor," MacMullan explained. " reason y were worried about Steph Curry is that y didn't feel he had played eugh to come back."

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As per MacMullan, if Warriors were keeping Curry from games at Disney World, y would never let him play in Chicago. Around a month ago, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr had hinted at a separate bubble during an interview with Athletic. Kerr claimed that if league was discussing a mini-camp in July, August or September that or teams wanted, Warriors would t be interested in something like that.

Kerr revealed that he had discussed situation with or coaches as well. As per Kerr, every team has ir 'unique set of circumstances' and he kws 'some of teams are younger, interested in getting game action for ir young players'. However, Kerr thinks Golden State are in a 'different ' and are 'more interested in practice time'.

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Combining both report and Steve Kerr's statements, Warriors are most likely to take path that minimizes both COVID-19 and injury risks. Reports add that if Warriors do participate, y might play with ir younger players like Ky Bowman, Jordan Poole, Eric Paschall, Juan Tosca-Anderson and Alen Smailagic. Curry, who injured himself last October, returned for only one game in March before league was suspended on March 11. Klay Thompson tore his ACL during last season's NBA Finals against Toronto Raptors and was sidelined from entire 2019-20 season. 

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(Im source: NBA official source)