Warriors' Steph Curry has concerning bench routine as injury concerns linger from last season

The Golden State Warriors have had all eyes on Steph Curry throughout the offseason for various reasons, but the biggest one might just be whether he was going to stay or not. Both sides finally agreed on a contract extension.

The Warriors are going to be an interesting team to watch this season. Curry also has a lingering knee injury.

"There's at least some lingering concern about the knee. From what I've been told, it can be managed, but it has to be managed and that's a new thing for Steph because people always say he is the most conditioned guy in the League and now he has to manage a knee. I guess we'll find out, but from what I understand, he and his trainers have devised ways to kind of work around that and sort of support that whole possibility of the knee not being as great as he wants it to be. So, I'm curious to see how it turns out, but Steph seemed pretty confident that he'll be able to go out there and put out 70+ games," NBC Sports' Marcus Poole said.

Despite all of the worry from everyone, the four-time NBA champion claims his knee is good.

"Knee's feeling great. Ready to go. No issues. I feel a lot stronger and understanding of what I'm dealing with," Curry said.

Curry has been vocal about having to do different things for treatment this season. One of the new things is keeping a heating pad on his knee when he isn't playing during the game.

"Steph keeps a heating pad on that right knee all the time now whenever he's not in the game," The Athletic's Nick Friedell wrote.

This is something new for Curry, but it keeps the concerning status of that knee around as he is having to do extra things to keep it healthy. If he isn't on top of it, he has already mentioned that it could cost him some games.

The upcoming season is going to be a learning curve for the former MVP and fans as they watch him navigate the lingering issue. Curry is going to play unless he absolutely can't, but with him having to do all of this, it is worth keeping an eye on.