JULY 6: Curry’s agreement with the Blazers is official, according to a press release from the team. “We expect Seth to be an impactful addition to our backcourt as his skill set will translate immediately,” president of basketball operations Neil Olshey said. “He is an elite shooter with the ability to play on or off the ball.”
JULY 2: Mavericks free agent guard Seth Curry has agreed to a two-year contract with the Trail Blazers, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN tweets. Curry will receive $2.75MM in the first year and have a player option on the second year, Wojnarowski adds.
Curry missed the entire 2017/18 season due to a stress fracture in his lower left leg. He underwent surgery in early February but has been medically cleared to play. He has participated in full basketball-related activities for over a month.
There’s a path for Curry to jump right into the rotation. Portland is currently thin at the guard spots behind starters Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum. The team allowed Shabazz Napier, a rotation player last season, to become an unrestricted free agent after declining to give him a qualifying offer.
Curry enjoyed a breakout season in 2016/17 with Dallas, playing in 70 games (42 starts) and averaging 12.8 PPG, 2.6 RPG and 2.7 APG.
The Trail Blazers figure to be well over the cap for 2018/19, so they’ll need to use an exception to sign Curry. The mid-level seems likely — Curry’s deal would fit in the bi-annual exception, but using the BAE would hard-cap Portland for the year.
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I wanted him back on the Mavs. He’s a damn good shooter
I hope my bulls sign him… i dont know with mavs gm, mavs playing better with him.
yeah! prob cuz his name is Curry
He playing well in mavs.his defens way better then his brother.
I know Curry missed last season, but I thought he had stepped up his game far more than “back up rotation guy.” I guess it is true about out of sight, out of mind.
Surprised he didn’t sigh with golden state
When he left the warriors he said he didn’t want to play in his brothers shadow, although at this point his brother is already a legend, dropping records left and right while being arguably the greatest shooter ever.
Would be nothing more memorable than winning a ring with your own brother, so I’m surprised he didn’t either…. Then again, it’ll happen when they both sign at Charlotte
He’ll help them defensively in the backcourt. I still hated their draft. I felt like they had the worst draft of all 30 teams. They need defense on the wing and in the front court
I honestly thought he’d be a good fit to end up back in GS with his brother.
With all the guards they’ve acquired I wouldn’t be surprised to see Dame or CJ traded
He’ll fit right in Portland as an undersized combo guard who doesn’t play D and has problems getting his teammates involved.
Don’t see it, too many guards in Portland with Dame, CJ, the 2 rookies & now him… how many guards you need… I thought Portland needed more help inside than outside.