But Curry has slipped into a bit of a slump. Even counting that surge against the Timberwolves on Saturday night, he is shooting 38 percent in eight December games, creaky numbers that began right around the time his knee tendinitis started popping up on the injury report.

Curry finished with 10 points (2-13 FG, 2-9 3Pt, 4-4 FT), five rebounds, seven assists and three blocks in 35 minutes during Monday's 111-105 loss to the Pacers. Curry was coming off a 31-point effort in a win over the Timberwolves on Saturday,

Jimmy Butler, a six-time NBA All-Star and two-time Eastern Conference champion, would prefer to be traded by the Miami Heat ahead of the February trade deadline, according to ESPN's Shams Charania. Butler has reportedly not made a formal trade request to the Heat,