Seth Curry to Mavericks: Latest Contract Details and Reaction | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
Andrew Mccoy The Mavericks officially announced the signing on Friday, per Earl K. Sneed of Mavs.com.
Curry was originally a restricted free agent, but Wojnarowski reported the Sacramento Kings rescinded their qualifying offer Sunday. As a result, the Kings forfeited the right to match any offer Curry accepted.
In all likelihood, Sacramento would have been unable to re-sign the 25-year-old even if he had been a restricted free agent. This offseason, the Kings agreed to deals with Arron Afflalo and Garrett Temple for $49 million combined, per Wojnarowski and USA Today's Sam Amick.
The Cauldron's Nate Duncan didn't think the team had enough left over for Curry:
Nate Duncan @NateDuncanNBAW/ Temple, assuming flat raises for AA and Tolliver, Kings $5.3 mm left w/ if Butler stretch. RFA offer more than that likely gets Seth
Nate Duncan @NateDuncanNBA.@sdotcurry by the way, is absolutely worth an offer sheet more than $5.3 mm Kings can currently match in this climate.
For the first two-and-a-half years of his professional career, Curry was known primarily as superstar Stephen Curry's younger brother. Then the younger Curry put together a strong second half in 2015-16 and became a valuable member of the Kings rotation:
| Seth Curry—Pre- and Post-All-Star Game Splits (2015-16) | ||||||
| Pre-ASG | 25 | 10.1 | 3.5 | .438 | .419 | 0.7 |
| Post-ASG | 19 | 23.1 | 11.1 | .463 | .463 | 2.6 |
| Source: Basketball-Reference.com | ||||||
Nineteen games are a small sample, especially for a player who entered the NBA in 2013. Curry also battled an ankle injury—a problem that goes back to his days at Duke.
Still, he did enough to warrant a longer look as a backup point guard. If anything, now is the time to take a chance on Curry. Even after his strong finish to last year, his value isn't high relative to the rest of the point guard market.
The going rate for a backup point guard in today's NBA financial climate is around $8 million to $12 million. Spending $3 million a year on Curry may be risky now, but in time, it could become a bargain.
