If the Warriors are ping-pong praying come mid-May, if the lottery odds tip their direction, if they’re able to add a top pick to a finally healthy core just as their front office becomes unburdened by the hard cap, this nightmarish Wednesday night in San Francisco may, wide scope, actually prove fortunate — a violent shove into a brighter future.
It’s devastating in the immediate. Steph Curry, on a diagonal third-quarter drive, was upended by the burly Aron Baynes, trying to slide over for a charge. Curry braced the fall with his left hand, which, just as it reached the hardwood, was crunched by a falling Baynes, all 260 pounds of him.
The impact broke Curry’s left hand, the second metacarpal. X-rays confirmed it. Curry, before the game finished, was swept off to a nearby hospital for additional testing. A CT scan will determine whether surgery is needed or just a cast and rest. But an injury like this typically knocks an NBA player out about six…
