Steph Curry is approaching Warriors training camp with a different kind of offseason behind him.
The 38-year-old star, entering his 18th camp and his second on the BYU-Oahu campus in Laie, said he adjusted his summer work because of the right knee that has bothered him for years and cost him 27 games last season. Instead of leaning so heavily on the usual pounding that comes with a Curry workout, he built in more water-based work to protect the joint while still keeping his conditioning where it needed to be.
“I did a lot of underwater treadmill stuff to keep my aerobic capacity, but no have the pounding on my joints,” Curry said. “So you’re just working different, even though the volume of work was pretty much the same. Then in the tail end at the end of the summer, you’re able to safely ramp up.”
Curry said he had used liquid exercises before during rehab, but never as a standard part of his offseason routine. This summer, the message from his training staff was clear: at this stage, more work does not always mean better work. The goal was to preserve his body, especially his knee, and still arrive ready for camp.
“(It was about) having a detailed plan to build my body, the foundation, get my knee a rest, and still be prepared for training camp,” Curry said. “It’s kind of a constant through line from the beginning of the offseason to through this year, where I’ll hopefully stay ahead of it.”
The Warriors and Curry will spend five days in northeast Oahu building toward game speed before facing the Clippers at the University of Hawaii’s Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu. Curry remembered the last time the teams held camp on the islands two years ago, when Golden State won on a Lindy Waters buzzer beater. His own performance, though, left something to be desired.
“I only played the first half, and I was out there chucking, missed them all,” Curry said. “I’m trying to make up for that on Sunday.”
The trip to Hawaii did not include Kristaps Porzingis, who stayed in San Francisco while dealing with an undisclosed health issue. Steve Kerr said he did not know whether Porzingis’ current situation is tied to postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, the condition Porzingis publicly disclosed in 2025.
Porzingis played only 15 games after Golden State acquired him at the trade deadline in February, and Kerr said he also did not know whether the team’s medical staff has been in contact with him or whether there is any timeline for his return.
“I talked to Mike yesterday and the night before, and he made it pretty clear that we’re just going to support Kristaps every way that we can,” Kerr said, later adding, “Whenever he’s ready, he’ll be ready.”
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