Moses Moody is working out diligently, shooting left-handed, and wearing a brace on his injured right wrist. Even so, he’s unlikely to return for the final three games of the Golden State Warriors’ road trip.
Much like the 2008 presidential campaign of Barack Obama, the Warriors’ medical staff this
season has focused heavily on the message of “Hope.” Hope that Jimmy Butler avoided an ACL tear, hope that 38-year-old Steph Curry could shake off his own knee injury, hope that the NBA’s oldest starting lineup could get through the brutal NBA regular season unscathed, and hope that science can find a solution to Kristaps Porzingis POTS and the public comments of PODZ.
All that’s missing is a stylish Shepard Fairey mural of director of sports medicine and NHL dad Rick Celebrini in the Warriors training room.
While the team maintained hope that Moody’s on-court workouts and new left-handed shooting stroke could get him back on the court for their six-game road trip, it turns out that playing NBA basketball with one hand is quite difficult, especially when it’s not Moody’s dominant hand.
It does mean he’ll miss his team’s first matchup against his fellow 2021 draftee, Jonathan Kuminga, against the Atlanta Hawks Saturday. The Hawks have won 11 straight games which is basically the opposite of what the Warriors have done recently. Whatever elaborate handshake the two former teammates have developed over the years, let’s hope Moody is practicing how to do it left-handed.
