It’s time so as to add Brooklyn’s sharpshooter Seth Curry to the docket for the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award.
Curry got here off the bench to hit seven threes for 29 factors within the Nets’ victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday.
It’s Curry’s third 20-plus-point scoring sport of the season and the fourth straight sport he’s scored in double figures off the bench.
Curry’s begin to the season was delayed on account of low season ankle surgical procedure. He is averaging 11.3 factors per sport on 44% capturing from three-point vary.
“It’s fun to see, especially when (the threes) go in,” head coach Jacque Vaughn stated after Curry’s Sunday-evening barrage. “You see the boldness he has in his shot and the rhythm he’s beginning to regain simply from not taking part in and having offseason surgical procedure.
It provides a dynamic to our group simply due to the tempo we will play with, and if you wish to double-team (Kyrie Irving) or Kevin (Durant), there’s some guys on the precise facet than can actually shoot the basketball.”
Asked if Curry, whose ankle had been problematic all of final season, will play within the second sport of a back-to-back in opposition to the Orlando Magic on Monday, Vaughn stated: “We’ll see. We’ll assess him after the game. Increasing his minutes, which is good, and next stage hopefully he’s playing back-to-backs. I’m hoping so.”
For now, Curry doesn’t have the numbers to justify professional Sixth Man consideration.
Warriors’ sixth man Jordan Poole, for instance, is averaging 16 factors per sport. Christian Wood is averaging 17 factors and eight rebounds off the bench for the Dallas Mavericks. Pacers rookie Bennedict Mathurin is averaging just below 20 factors off the bench and is averaging 26 in opposition to the Nets. Not to say Tyler Herro (Miami Heat), Malcolm Brogdon (Boston Celtics), John Wall and Norman Powell (Los Angeles Clippers) every play vital roles on groups with championship aspirations.
But Curry’s function will increase with each sport. It’s why he performed prolonged minutes whereas Patty Mills — who signed a two-year, $14.5M extension this low season — didn’t play in opposition to the Trail Blazers.
And with Durant on one facet, Irving on the opposite, and Ben Simmons pushing the tempo to search out the open man, Curry initiatives to get many open seems to be he’s able to pulling down.
“Every night we’re gonna get good looks. Kevin and Kyrie are going to get a lot of attention,” he stated. “Kevin was drawing a lot of double teams and everyone was moving the ball. Pushing the ball in transition, Ben did a great job of getting downhill and he’s a great passer and he knows how to find me out there on the floor as well. Every night we do a good job of getting good shots offensively.”
Curry stated he hopes to play in opposition to the Magic on Monday however desires to see how his ankle responds first earlier than making the choice.
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