Minnesota Timberwolves: The potential pros and cons of Seth Curry

Ex-Dallas Mavericks guard, Seth Curry, is looking for a new home this Summer after a long hiatus due to injury this past year. Do the Minnesota Timberwolves have the need for a player with Curry’s talents?

Seth Curry has one of the biggest fan bases for a bench player around the league, and not just because his last name is synonymous with championships and MVP’s – a lot like the name of Minnesota Timberwolves’ Derrick Rose.

In the most recent ‘Woj Bomb’ we can assume that Seth Curry will be looking for a small 1-year deal to try and get some healthy production in the books before some cap space is freed up around the league in the summer of 2019.

Curry has proved to be a useful combo guard with his wide range of offensive abilities and his defensive hustle that makes up for his lack of athleticism when defending some amazing guards. While Curry would be a helpful addition as a minimum contract player to any NBA team, the question here would be if it’s worth Minnesota even calling his phone.

With Minnesota’s sixth man, Jamal Crawford, opting-out of his contract for the 2018-19 season, Josh Okogie was taken with the 20th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. Okogie will presumably be the answer to filling Crawford’s role, and hopefully become a long term solution to a historically lackluster bench for Minnesota.

The main issue is that Minnesota doesn’t have a lot time to rely on a rookie to make a difference when they have to sign Karl-Anthony Towns to a max contract soon, as well as entice Jimmy Butler to re-sign long term – albeit enticing any future free agents to come to Minnesota.

The pros of signing Seth Curry would be to add tangible depth to a guard position that is debated among many fans to be horrendous with Derrick Rose as the main suitor off the bench.

While Rose may have an infamous name in 2018, he did do more than what was asked of him for the Timberwolves during his short stint as their back up guard, so it wouldn’t be the worst idea to bring him back.

If you want to look at a guard for a more short-term transaction to help take some pressure off of Josh Okogie, an experienced Seth Curry would make a lot of sense. Curry averaged close to 13 points per game during his minimally healthy 2016-17 season – playing approximately 30 minutes a game.

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The con for signing Curry is that he could stunt the growth of Okogie or even the re-signing of Rose, although I would argue that Thibs wouldn’t play Okogie that much anyways – and hey, if the signing of Curry just doesn’t work out, it would only cost you a 1-year deal of chump change.

Regardless of Okogie or Rose and their potential off the bench, the NBA is forcing broke teams to play with minimum contracts. I’m not sure you can find a better minimum contract/mid-level exception guard than Seth Curry during the 2018 offseason.

General Manager Scott Layden and President of Basketball Operations Tom Thibodeau, I think it’s time to focus on a 10-man unit and add a helpful guard like Seth Curry.