M v P.

Steph Curry had 14 points in the fourth quarter last night, but he only played the final 5.

33 of the period, which ended up is a five point loss to the Spurs.

Now Steve Kerr explained his decision not to stretch steps.

Minutes, postgame.

Take a listen.

We're counting on having Steph here for a long time, many, many years ahead.

And I'm not interested in grinding through this season, which is already a very difficult season, given the covert regulations.

Uh, just the nature of the games themselves.

Uh, you know, these theory?

Empty stadiums.

This is for me, for our organization.

We're not We're not throwing stuff out there for 40 minutes.

Thio Chase Winds.

We've got another game tomorrow.

Um, we want we want stuff to be playing at a high level for many years, so we're going to stay very disciplined.

Keep him at that 34 35 minutes more.

So Steph is averaging fewer than six minutes for the fourth quarter this year than he did last season.

and Robert.

He's 32 years old.

He's turning 33 next month.

Do you agree with Steve Cruz?

Reasoning here?

I'm on the fence on this.

So I'm like, yes or no.

This is one of these moments where ah player in the coach have to sit down and talk to each other.

You have to say, you know what, do you How do you feel stiff?

Steve, This is how I feel.

You know, this is what I wanna happen, and I will also fans to understand that this is not LeBron James.

LeBron James is one of those unique type of players who can play for 30 years, you know?

But it has the ball down Steph Curry and Steve Kerr sitting down and Steph saying, You know, this is how I feel and and the reality.

Everything is a player, he has to say to himself also.

Hey, I am not Superman.

I'm not invincible.

If I have a little tweak, shut it down because he's not winning the championship this year.

So why go out and try to put that much stretch on your body and wait for next year?

And that's a great point And that's the thing that I got from Steve Kerr in that post game interview is that he's saying, Basically, this is not a championship team.

And we all know the culture of the Warriors is not just to make the playoffs, but they want to contend for the title.

So with that being said, he's saying, should I just completely waste everything?

Steph has the offer right now or wait and and spread it out throughout the years.

And when his partner in crime, Clay Thompson, comes back next year, then we'll be back right in the mix of things where we were before.

And that's contending for a title.

So I love with Stephen that, I mean, not Steve Nash.

Excuse me, Steve Courage, doing with Steph Curry and saying, Hey, I love what you're doing.

I love what you bringing to the table this year, but in all honestly, our chances on winning the title or not high.

I need to save some of this Steph Curry for the years to come.

And then there was a message to the others on the team to say, Hey, we cannot just continually heavily rely on Steph Curry.

You guys, we're gonna have to step up.

Also.

That was also a message in that in that post game interview that I got from Steph.

Uh, Steve Curry.

I'm sorry.

Thio his guys also.

Hey, Steve Kerr, Steve Nash, Steph Curry.

It's a lot.

Per you're excused.

It's a lot, and it's a great point about the other guys on the team because it does send a message to them.

I worry a little bit about the other guys on the team in the other direction, because, of course, it's smart to preserve Steph Curry.

We just showed that sort of catalog of Steph injuries.

Those visuals just made me cringe.

They stink toe watch.

So, yes, you want to make sure that he is fully healthy when you have Clay back next year.

That being said, it's the culture of winning that you're trying to set up.

They have a number of young players on this team, right?

So you want to make sure you walk that line of preserving stuff for the future.

Not being too cute, though in a way where guys start to deliver, develop bad habits, the younger guys on the team.

I'm not worried about stuff.

Obviously, he's fine, he said.

He's gonna be good to go.

But some of the guys that they are developing we'll have to see the effect on them.

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