2018 NBA free agency: 5 best bargain deals
4. Seth Curry: 2 years, $5.6 million (Portland Trail Blazers)
The Portland Trail Blazers lost Shabazz Napier to free agency, but it didn’t take long for them to find a replacement. Seth Curry looks to bounce back in 2018-19 on quite a deal for Portland. Curry is coming off a season with the Dallas Mavericks where he got injured before it even began.
His deal has a player option on it, which puts the ball in his court, though. He put up 12.8 points, 2.7 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game while shooting 42.5 percent from 3-point range in 70 appearances during the 2016-17 season.
Free agent guard Seth Curry, who missed season with a left tibia fracture, has been medically cleared and engaged in full basketball-related activities for a month, his agent Alex Saratsis told ESPN. Curry had his best season w/ Mavs in 2016-17, averaging 12.8 points in 29 mpg.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 27, 2018
He brings a more lethal scoring guard to the Trail Blazers, especially from behind the arc. Curry looks to boost the profile of a team that ranked 11th in the NBA in 3-point field goal percentage (36.6 percent). He averaged a career-high 2.0 3-pointers made back in 2016-17.
He’s been cleared to play for a few months since his stress fracture injury. He should work nicely in the backcourt with Lillard or McCollum.