Duke Basketball Alum Talks About Potentially Being Brother's Teammate

Former Duke basketball guard Seth Curry may have two particularly intriguing options in free agency.
Duke Basketball Alum Talks About Potentially Being Brother's Teammate
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After averaging 17.5 points while shooting 43.8 percent beyond the arc as a Duke basketball senior in 2012-13, Seth Curry went undrafted but signed with the Golden State Warriors. He was a teammate to his now-legendary sharpshooting brother, Steph Curry, in six preseason games that year before getting waived.

A decade later, Seth Curry's 43.5 career 3-point percentage puts him at No. 3 among active NBA players, one spot above Steph Curry's 42.8 percent.

Following his second season with the Brooklyn Nets, his eighth NBA team in 10 years, the younger Curry brother will be a valued unrestricted free agent this summer. Although the 32-year-old averaged only 9.2 points and 19.9 minutes, his lowest marks since 2019, he shot better than 40 percent from deep for a seventh straight season.

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And he and his father, 16-year NBA veteran guard Dell Curry, recently addressed the possibility of the siblings being on the Warriors' 2023-24 roster.

"There's always that possibility," Dell told the media while promoting a golf tournament last week, per NBC Sports' Monte Poole. "The salary cap and all that is going to come into play. But I think that would be a good market for Seth as a shooter. We know how important threes are, and he's one of the best in the league to do it."

Seth Curry has noted in the past his preference for competing against Steph instead of being on the same squad.

After all, they both wear No. 30, their dad's number. So one of them would have to give that up, a hypothetical that Seth entertained in his chat with Greenville News' Sam Albuquerque at the BMW Charity Pro-Am on Friday.

"I mean, hypothetically, who knows?" Curry, who also wore No. 30 as a Duke basketball player, said. "Probably him. Steph's going to have his jersey retired in Golden State, and he'll be in the Hall of Fame, so it's hard to see him wearing any other number, to be honest."

Meanwhile, it looks as though no one currently stakes a claim to No. 30 on the Charlotte Hornets, the team his dad shined for during his heyday in the 1990s. On that note, Seth Curry admitted to Albuquerque that the thought of returning to North Carolina to play in front of his hometown crowd crosses his mind from time to time.

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"You always think about it," he said. "Growing up a Hornets fan, watching my dad play, you always think about one of us wearing that No. 30 Hornets jersey in the modern era. But like I always say, you never know in this league...I've always loved the Hornets. If I wasn't in the league, that would be my favorite team...so we'll see what happens...

"Towards the end of June, I'll have a clearer picture of the options I'm going to have."

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