Ky Bowman spent last Wednesday morning in Santa Cruz at training camp for the Warriors’ G League affiliate. Later that night, Stephen Curry’s broken left hand would thrust him into Golden State’s rotation.
Curry will miss at least three months after surgery on his left hand. That, along with a growing list of injuries, from Klay Thompson (ACL) and Draymond Green (sprained index finger), to Kevon Looney (neuropathy) and Jacob Evans (adductor strain), has forced the Warriors organization to reluctantly embrace a youth movement — one that Bowman stands a chance to capitalize on.
“We’ve got a lot of young players who are going to be given great opportunities here in this next part of the season,” said Warriors coach Steve Kerr.