“Curry Brothers” Nearly three years after his free-agent departure from the Warriors Seth Curry get the….
Nearly three years after his free-agent departure from the Warriors Seth Curry get the….
Nearly three years after his free agent departure from the Golden State Warriors, Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets acknowledged that he can’t win a title without a Curry.
In a blockbuster deal just ahead of the trade deadline, the Nets sent disgruntled All-Star guard James Harden to the Philadelphia 76ers for even more disgruntled All-Star guard Ben Simmons, plus former All-Star Andre Drummond, Non-Splash-But-Actual Brother Seth Curry, and two first-round draft picks.
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Former All-Star “Streetball” Paul Millsap is also headed to Philly in the deal. He gave himself that nickname.
The long-rumored Curry-for-Harden (OK, Simmons-for-Harden) swap reunites The Beard with his old friend from Houston, 76ers team president Daryl Morey. Together, the Rockets put together a sustained run of regular season excellence, and built a team that would lose embarrassingly to the Warriors four times in five years in the playoffs.
Harden almost got traded to the Sixers last year for Ben Simmons, after forcing his way out of Houston with a combination of weight gain, disinterested defense, and a cross-country unmasked strip club tour in the middle of a pandemic.
He ended up in Brooklyn instead, alongside Durant and amateur epidemiologist Kyrie Irving to form a Big Three that, due to injuries and New York’s vaccine regulations, only played together in 16 games, a scant 32 minutes this season.
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It’s possible that last year, Durant decided he did want to be on a super team again after all, and that the game opened up for him when he had a Curry on the perimeter drilling triples – Curry is shooting 40% on three-pointers this season, and has the second-highest career percentage among active players (43.7%).
