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 At first, I thought Seth transferring to Duke from Liberty was a great idea. Playing at a major college in a major conference could only help him grow right? Wrong. While maybe in the long term it will pan out, especially if he completes his senior season, right now I don’t like the switch. Here are the statistic comparison:

FR year @ Liberty:   36.5 min, 20.2 ppg, 4.4 reb, 2.3 ast, 41% FG, 35% 3pt

SO year @ Duke:     21.6 min, 7.7 ppg, 1.4 reb, 1.8 ast, 37% FG, 40% 3pt

 

And all the d riders out there will go "ah man, he’s on a championship team", "Coach K will show him the way" blah blah blah. At Liberty, he was THE man. He was their main playmaker as well as primary scorer. Now, he is relegated to designated shooter and before Kyrie Irving got hurt, he didn’t even start. I realize he is only a sophomore and has tons of time but what if Kyrie comes back next year? Kyrie and the addition of Austin Rivers will equal less time and touches for Seth. He should have stayed at Liberty or gone to a lesser ACC school and still be able to stand out like his brother instead of just being a role player at a "powerhouse" school. His NBA prospects are on the decline. 

As you can see my pic is of Steph, so this entry may be a surprise. And I think still Seth has great potential but I think he has made the road harder to reach it by sitting out a year and now being a role player.

[BKKnicksfanParticipant]

Dawkins, Smith, Irving took most of the PT.

 

I think he will get alot of PT next season.

[JRdaFilipinoParticipant]

one of the best hs guards in austin rivers is coming to duke next year, in case you didnt realize.. doubt he’ll get any significant playing time next year.. might be relegated to around 20min a game until maybe his senior year

[The Scare Crow ReturnsParticipant]

He’s not an nba prospect anyway, the degree he gets from Duke will more than make up for the points he would have scored at Liberty. No one is say u have a legitimately shot at the pros playing for Liberty college, honestly Seth is living off Stephan’s success.

[LazarusMunozParticipant]

hey is Eric Gordons brother playing for Liberty?  i know EJ sr played there

[BothTeamsPlayedHardParticipant]

Liberty in the Big South, which is closer to DII than it is to the ACC. The goal of a player trying to get drafted shouldn’t be to try to trick a team into taking them, and in general NBA teams aren’t fooled by big numbers at lower levels. They don’t have having any sort of grand meaning. 

[llperez]

"the goal of a player trying to get drafted sholdnt be to try to trick a team into taking them"

that would absolutely be my goal if i wasnt good enough

[BothTeamsPlayedHardParticipant]

Players who work to improve their game will make more money in the NBA or elsewhere than someone trying to scam their way to a quick paycheck.

[llperez]

i know, i was just messing

[TRC1991Participant]

how do you know it was a scam? maybe he wanted a chance to win a national championship..

[jaysmith1987Participant]

He didnt really make a mistake he wanted to go to a winning school and get more attention nationally. Staying at liberty he might have been an nba prospect if he ended up dominating like his brother but if he didnt he had no chance. By goin to duke he is proving he can play with the big boys and produce hes averaging a decent amount for a 6th man and he can still shoot and hes figuring out how to get his shot off against more capable defenders. He might not be getting first round consideration now but nolan smith wasnt getting any his sophmore year either just wait til his senior year coach k lets his seniors play look at brian zoubek he came on big his senior year and became a borderline prospect most coaches would have let mason plumlee figure it out last year but coach k went with experience and won big and by the time curry is a senior hell b a totally diff player and i can c hime beeing used ala jj redick trajon langdon.

[iguapops420Participant]

 Seth Curry is a decent prospect. Could see Curry moving back to 6th man next year if Irving nor Dawkins enter. He’s not a terrible prospect as he’s overall more athletic,better defender, and better ballhandler than Steph. Could potentially stay 3-4 years and end up better than Steph. Realistically though, I’ve got him as follows

best case-Mike Bibby/worst case-Steve Blake/most likely-Mo Williams

Would absolutely LOVE IT if he said screw it and entered this year. LAL would actually have a chance at him in the second.

[BothTeamsPlayedHardParticipant]

"how do you know it was a scam? maybe he wanted a chance to win a national championship.."

What are you talking about? He transferred to play better comp, which help to better prepare him for a professional career. I have no problem with him going to a higher level. The argument that his numbers are down and that he isn’t "the man" does not change the fact that staying at Liberty would not have helped him become a better pro prospect. The scam I alluded to would be if a player intentionally played at a lower level to look better than he is. That is not what is happening here.
 

[OldSkoolBasketballParticipant]

if he isn’t good enough to play in the nba then he is good enough to play overseas.

[iguapops420Participant]

 His game definitely suites Europe. Seth Curry could be a STAR in Europe IMO.

[iguapops420Participant]

I gotta agree with BothTeamsPlayedHard, no way was Curry going to develop into much more of a prospect at Liberty. The kid avg 20,4,2 as a frosh and still was unable to get any love having never been on either of the mocks here, and being second round at DX. The best he could have hoped for there would have been to take over full-time pg duties and showed he could play the point. Even then he would have had to hope for workout warrior type numbers at the combine to crack first, because of competition, IMO.

[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

@LazarusMunoz

 

Yea… Evan plays there, but he’s nowhere near is good as EJ. He’s decent, but is like the weakest link in the family lol.

[LAKE SHOW]

Also agree it was not a mistake. He has a chance to play better comp, win a title, play in the NCAA every year, perform in front of scouts every game, and learn from one of the best coach’s in the history of the game. Yeah HUGE mistake

[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

It wasn’t a mistake, but there would’ve been nothing wrong with staying at Liberty, getting more of an opportunity to play and showing what he could do on a regular basis. That helps your growth as well.

Reminds me of one of my best friends, David Logan. He had opportunities to transfer to Indiana and Illinois, but he chose to stay at the University of Indianapolis. People thought he was stupid, but after a great four year career there… He broke records, won awards and got invited to the Dallas Mavericks SL team (where he played pretty damn good). Ended up going overseas and has done well there ever since… Now playing for one of the best teams in Spain. Making very good money.

Ask him if he regrets not transfering to a bigger school and see what he says.

[Ghost01Participant]

At Liberty, he would have averaged alot of Points but wouldnt have been an NBA calibur player.

At Duke, he isnt putting up great numbers because he isnt an NBA calibur player.

Now if you say "he would have gotten drafted because of who his brother is", none of that changes at Duke.

[iguapops420Participant]

Dude, he’s held to a designated shooter role for Duke. Did you ever ONCE watch him play prior to joining Duke. 

[Ghost01Participant]

He cant do anything else. He cant guard, he cant play PG at the ACC level, he cant slash, he litterally does nothing for a team other than shoot 3s, and he isnt even excellent in that area. I couldnt care less about what he did at liberty. Xavier Silas is dropping 24 a game for Northern Illinois, think hes got any NBA potential?

[BothTeamsPlayedHardParticipant]

"It wasn’t a mistake, but there would’ve been nothing wrong with staying at Liberty, getting more of an opportunity to play and showing what he could do on a regular basis. That helps your growth as well.

Reminds me of one of my best friends, David Logan. He had opportunities to transfer to Indiana and Illinois, but he chose to stay at the University of Indianapolis. People thought he was stupid, but after a great four year career there… He broke records, won awards and got invited to the Dallas Mavericks SL team (where he played pretty damn good). Ended up going overseas and has done well there ever since… Now playing for one of the best teams in Spain. Making very good money.

Ask him if he regrets not transfering to a bigger school and see what he says."

The point is that the numbers a guy puts up aren’t the be-all-end-all to whether he is an NBA prospect or not. Devean George played DIII. Devin Brown got to the NBA by way of the Mexican League, and Stephen Jackson was in the Dominican. It wasn’t because they put up big numbers that they got there, because those leagues/level have guys putting up big numbers who couldn’t get a tryout. A lot of people went crazy about Hassan Whiteside blocking every shot against lesser competition, it didn’t make him any more ready for the NBA. Aubrey Coleman led the nation in scoring, and it didn’t get him drafted. Teams kind of knew that he was a 6’1" shooting guard. Whether Seth was at Duke or Liberty, people would know that he is a skinny 6’1" shooter. 

[LAKE SHOW]

It could go either way. My boy Joe Stephens transferred from Colorado to Arkansas Little Rock and ended up int he NBA

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