Dallas Mavericks: Complete grades for the 2019 NBA offseason
By Phil Watson
Signing Seth Curry
It was with the Dallas Mavericks in 2016-17 that Seth Curry established himself as more than just Stephen Curry‘s kid brother and he got his career back on track last season with the Portland Trail Blazers after missing all of the 2017-18 season for the Mavericks with a stress reaction in his left leg.
After placing sixth in the NBA in 3-point shooting with the Mavs in 2016-17, Curry placed third in the league last season at 45 percent for Portland and enters this season as the NBA’s active leader in 3-point shooting at 43.9 percent (third all-time behind Steve Kerr and Hubert Davis, incidentally).
Curry, a combo guard, figures to get reserve minutes at the 2 and the 1 spots. Backing up the dynamic duo of Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum for the Blazers last season, Curry averaged 7.9 points in 18.9 minutes per game, shooting 45.6 percent overall.
He won’t get the minutes he got the first time around in Dallas, when he started 42 games and played 29.0 minutes a game, but the Mavericks don’t need him to take on that heavy of a load.
Instead, Curry will be the home-run threat on the second unit and the veteran of a group that will include youngsters Jalen Brunson, Justin Jackson and Dorian Finney-Smith.
It’s a role he’s thrived in before and should do well in once again.