Sacramento Kings: Seth Curry Taking Advantage of Opportunities

Seth Curry is finally getting a chance to make his mark, and he’s taking advantage as well as he can.

The Sacramento Kings are at that point in the season where they can start spreading the minutes around to figure out what they have in certain players. The playoffs are out of the picture. Finishing .500 is out of the question. Opportunities are being given to players that wouldn’t normally get them, and Seth Curry is taking advantage of his opportunity.

Early in the season, Curry’s playing time was inconsistent, and that’s putting it in the nicest possible terms. Over the Kings’ first 56 games of the season, Curry didn’t appear in 29 of those games, and averaged under 10 minutes in the 27 games he did play. On February 26th, the younger brother of the reigning NBA MVP had a coming-out party of sorts. In 26 minutes on the court, Curry crossed double-digits in points for the first time in his career, posting 19 as he hit three of his four three-point attempts, and made six out of seven from the free throw line.

Unfortunately for Curry, he injured his foot during the contest and was sidelined for the next six games. He struggled to get into a rhythm after his return, shooting 37 percent from the floor and 27 percent from beyond the arc in 15 minutes per game over the next five. The foot flared up again, keeping Curry from action for another three games.

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Last Friday, Curry returned again and was put in the starting lineup for the first time in his career against his former team, the Phoenix Suns, with Ben McLemore out of the lineup as he continued to recover from a finger fracture. In 26 minutes of action, Curry totaled 12 points on 4-of-10 shooting (2-of-5 on threes), while also pulling down four rebounds and blocking a shot. On Sunday, Curry remained in the starting five even as McLemore returned, and scored 14 points as he made four out of his seven shots, and half of his four attempts from long distance.

Monday was Curry’s best game to date, as he took on a longer role with DeMarcus Cousins, Rajon Rondo, Rudy Gay, and Marco Belinelli all held out of action. In 34 minutes, Curry re-wrote his personal record book, scoring a career-high 21 points, while setting personal bests with nine shots made, 17 shots attempted, and six three-pointers attempted, while matching his mark with three three-pointers made. The short-handed Kings lost to the Portland Trailblazers, but it was a personal win for Curry.