By now, everyone knows Stephen Curry has had 7 right ankle injuries since the start of last season. But what I don't remember is how they occurred, how many of them involved landing on someone else's foot, and how many were bizarre sprains all by himself.
So I dug through my past links posts and searched the web to find videos of the sprains, and I turned up footage of all the 7 sprains and put them all together after the jump. So click that jump, take a look, and tell me if you see any kind of pattern to these frequent Curry ankle injuries.
1: 10/21/2010 @Lakers (preseason)
Video link: nba.com game recap
@1:56
2: 10/29/2010 vs Clippers
Video link: nba.com game recap
@1:40
@0:54
3. 12/08/2010 @ Spurs
Video link: nba.com game recap
@0:34
Entire video
4. 04/11/2011 @ Nuggets
Video page: CSN: 4.12: Morning Minute
@1:24 (The video autoplays, so I couldn't embedded it here.)
5. 12/20/2011 @Kings (preseason)
Entire video
6. 12/26/2011 vs Bulls
Video link: Curry's injury
Entire video
7. 01/04/2012 @Spurs
Video link: Curry's injury
Entire video
@1:36
I count 4 times where the injury definitely occurs by himself. Then there was one time where he landed on someone's foot during a fast break. Also once he MIGHT have tripped over Blake Griffin's foot. And once, he MIGHT he stepped on Raymond Felton's foot.
So what do you think? Is there a real problem here? Is it still the shoes? Is Curry somehow light-footed? Is he pushing too hard on his right foot? Or is it just plain bad luck that it's happened so frequently and Curry won't suffer another sprain for a long time?