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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The other day Stephen Curry was saying you learn quickly that an NBA locker room is full of agendas.
Friday night’s example: Dealing with the absence and return of a star. Monta Ellis came back from a sprained ankle recently, shifting Curry’s role. One day he was carrying the offense. The next he was getting out of Ellis’s way.
"We played differently with him than with him out,’" said Curry, a Charlottean who starred at Davidson. "I guess we were feeling a little more freedom to take shots, to make up for his absence.' "
And now?
"Now the ball is in his hands a lot. But we're a better team with him on the floor, so we've got to adjust."
That's one smart rookie -- accommodating the veteran and not making waves. Curry is adapting, in part because he has such a wide skill set. He finished with 22 points and nine assists against his hometown team, making eight of 15 shots.
He did all that under slightly odd circumstances -- with his father, Dell, calling the game from courtside as the Bobcats television analyst.
"I was stretching at one point (pre-game) and I looked up and he was right there," Stephen said. "He had a pretty good seat!"
