3. Seth Curry
The Timberwolves were so thin in the backcourt last season that Derrick Rose played the majority of his minutes as a shooting guard. His early season hot hand notwithstanding, the Wolves need a real shooter. Badly. Seth Curry, set for a raise after terrific play for the Portland Trail Blazers through the Western Conference Finals, represents just that.
Every team in the league, especially with so many having good amounts of cap space, should be in on the younger Curry. The odds of Minnesota landing him, even if it were willing to overpay him, are slim-to-none. Still, I’d expect the Wolves to inquire about him.
Curry would be prominently featured in bench units, and could play alongside a bigger guard like Wiggins or Culver who could shoulder playmaking responsibilities (not saying they’d do so well, necessarily). A Curry-Wiggins-Culver-RoCo-KAT closing lineup running through Towns offensively would be mighty fun to watch.
I knew Seth Curry was a good shooter but I didn't realize just HOW good until I started digging into his Synergy numbers. 99th percentile as a no-dribble spot-up shooter (which he would get plenty of alongside LeBron & Davis). That's top, top level elite.
— Trevor Lane (@Trevor_Lane) June 24, 2019
Curry is coming off multiple leg injuries however, which may lower his market some. If the Wolves prioritized him, maybe $8 million annually could get the job done. If not, expect Minnesota to try to fill out one of the end of the bench spots with a 3-point threat, similar to what it did with James Nunnally last season (even if he didn’t play).