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2025 Free Agents - Seth Curry

As a career 44% 3-point shooter, Curry was truly an elite shooter during his prime. He was one of the more efficient players in the league in prior seasons, as he only once finished below the 72nd percentile in eFG% for his position from 2015-2025, according to Cleaning the Glass. He never shot below 42% from three until '23-'24, where he still hit 37%. He shot 46% from 3 in '24-'25. His minutes has been dipping recently, as he only played about 12 minutes per game for the Mavs in '23-'24 before being traded to Charlotte, where he played a little more, but in games that didn't really matter. In '24-'25 he played about 15.5 minutes of non-garbage time per game, according to Cleaning the Glass. Although he doesn't have too much of an off-the-dribble game, as the vast majority of his buckets are assisted, he can attack hard closeouts and make plays in the lane. After consistently converting well from floater range early in his career, he has struggled the last couple seasons, but still overall has good midrange numbers. Defensively, Curry is undersized for a wing at 6'2", and that can be difficult since he's not a point guard on offense. Ideally you'd play him next to a point guard with some size. It's also best if you have enough solid perimeter defenders that you can hide Curry on the least threatening perimeter option. Curry isn't a turnstyle though, and puts effort in on that end. I don't think he's a completely one-way player or someone that becomes unplayable in the playoffs.  Curry will be going into his age-35 season in '25-'26, and at this point it seems like his career is hanging by a thread, but considering he shot it so well in '24-'25, there's a chance teams could still believe in him as someone that can give decent minutes during the regular season.

Summary

Curry will be an unrestricted free agent with a $2.3 million cap hold and Early Bird rights. The Hornets could offer Curry a starting salary of up to 5% more than the average salary (likely around $14 million) using the Early Bird exception, which should be more than enough should they wish to bring him back. Other teams will have multiple ways to sign Curry as even teams without cap space could use any of the Non-Taxpayer MLE, Room MLE, Taxpayer MLE, or Bi-Annual Exception to sign him. It's also possible that he only gets minimum offers, and he may not even get fully-guaranteed offers.

Cap Considerations

Joe Ingles (1 year minimum, 2024) Eric Gordon (1+1 year minimum, 2024) Patty Mills (1 year minimum, 2024)

Player/Contract Comparison

Potential Teams: Nuggets, Hornets, Rockets, Clippers Warriors

Predicted Contract: 1-year, $3.6 million ($2.3 million cap hit) with the Nuggets

Last updated: 6/11/2025

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