Warriors assistant coach: Stephen Curry is ‘very close’ to full strength

In his four seasons working closely with Stephen Curry, Warriors player-development coach Bruce Fraser has become an expert at reading the two-time NBA MVP’s movements. Even the subtlest hesitation on a pivot or turn suggests to Fraser that Curry isn’t quite at full strength.

As the basketball world waits to learn whether Curry will be cleared to play Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals Saturday night against New Orleans, Fraser reckons that Curry is almost 100 percent. His lateral quickness, however, still isn’t where it was before he sustained a Grade 2 sprained left MCL in a March 23 win over Atlanta.