Published 18:49 IST, June 11th 2020
Steph Curry, Klay Thompson will be back at Warriors' training camp: Steve Kerr
During a recent interview, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr revealed that he expects Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Green to return to training soon.
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With NBA coming back in July with only 22 teams, Golden State Warriors' NBA 2019-20 season is officially over. Led by Steph Curry and head coach Steve Kerr, Warriors made it to NBA post-season for seven consecutive years before finishing at bottom of league this season. During a recent interview, Kerr revealed how team is preparing and how Warriors will be back from training camp later this year.
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Steve Kerr says Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson will attend Warriors training camp
During a recent interview with San Francisco Chronicle's Conr Letourneau, Kerr revealed that he expects Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green to return for potential training camp meant for teams left out of NBA return in July. This camp will help teams make up for huge gap between regular season end and December's schedule of 2020-21 season beginning. Kerr stated that Warriors need to get team toger 'for a period of time'. He would t consider m voluntary workouts, since team would go on a nine-month break. He added that he would be shocked if anyone said y do t want to work as everyone kws y need to work.
Kerr also explained that league has been 'great' about teams t travelling to resume season scheduling ir training camps. As per reports, teams that have been left out of current format were 'disappointed and concerned' about how se months will affect ir teams financially as well as competitively. Out of eight teams that are left out, Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Hornets and Detroit Pistons were reported to be talking with league about mandatory summer training camps and some fall leagues that could help m deal with gap.
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Warriors were plagued with injury even before 2019-20 season began, as Klay Thompson was sidelined completely due to his ACL tear during NBA Finals. Steph Curry broke his hand in October 2019 and returned for only one game in March before league was suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic. According to NBA reports, Warriors might have a 14 percent chance of landing .1 overall draft pick for in upcoming NBA Draft.
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18:49 IST, June 11th 2020