You probably don’t need me to tell you that the Golden State Warriors haven’t made a move yet this offseason. You also probably don’t need me to tell you how unprecedented that is. It’s been just about two months now since free agency kicked off, and the Dubs still haven’t signed or traded for a single player. You’ll spend the rest of your life as a Warriors fan — hopefully — and you probably won’t ever see this happen again.
But while the Warriors haven’t been making moves, they have, at least, been publicly connected to people. We know they have handshake deals with Al Horford and De’Anthony Melton, who are likely to sign with the team as soon as the Jonathan Kuminga stare-down is resolved, be it tomorrow or in October. We know they have interest in bringing back Gary Payton II. There’s been rumored interest in Malcolm Brogdon, Cody Martin, and others.
Included in that “others” bucket is one Seth Curry.
Steph Curry and Seth Curry have not played on the same team as professionals, and for a long time that felt by design. The younger Curry reportedly didn’t want to be in the Warriors’ organization early in his career; he wanted to create his own opportunities rather than have them potentially handed to him, and he hoped to carve out his own career independent of his superstar brother.
He did exactly that, and now he’s an accomplished NBA veteran with 11 years of experience, who is on the final stretch of a career that, like his brother’s, has far exceeded the expectations that he brought with him to the league. And now a brotherly pairing makes all the sense in the world.
Seth’s skillset is something the Warriors have been sorely lacking for a long time now: a three-point specialist. Despite employing the Splash Brothers for so many years, and even with Buddy Hield’s arrival last season, Golden State has always struggled to shoot threes beyond the names atop the totem pole. But Seth, with his career 43.3% mark from deep, and his league-leading 45.6% clip a year ago — plus off-ball movement that displays the Curry bloodline — could help change that.
He’s also been a very selfless player throughout his career, and has seen his role dwindle in recent seasons, so Steve Kerr likely wouldn’t have to worry about Seth maintaining a good attitude with inconsistent minutes, which has been an issue when incorporating veterans into the back of the rotation in recent years. And it seems highly likely that Seth would be a great chemistry fit — he’s a fun and well-respected veteran, and when Curry’s brother-in-law Damion Lee was on the team, there were never any issues caused by family dominating the locker room.
Seth, who averaged just 15.6 minutes per game last year for the lowly Charlotte Hornets, and has dealt with a handful of injuries in recent years, is probably lined up for a veteran’s minimum contract, so money is unlikely to be a factor that prohibits the Warriors from signing him. In fact, I’m having a hard time thinking of any factor that prohibits the Warriors from signing him, unless he thinks there’s a better opportunity elsewhere.
It makes too much sense, and given their brotherly bond, one has to assume that Curry and Curry would love to share the court together before they hang up their Under Armours and resort to a retired life of sharing NBA tales. It makes too much sense not to happen.
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