Road to Duke
Seth Adham Curry was born August 23, 1990, in Charlotte, North Carolina. His father, Dell Curry, was in the middle of a 16-year NBA career — most of it with the Charlotte Hornets, where he became the franchise’s all-time leading scorer. His mother, Sonya Adams Curry, had played college volleyball at Virginia Tech. His older brother was Steph. His younger sister was Sydel, who would play volleyball at Elon. This was the first family of Charlotte sports.
As children, Dell took Seth and Steph to Hornets games. They shot around with the team during warm-ups — learning the geometry of the three-point line before they were old enough to reach it. They played on the backyard court constantly, competitive to the point of physical fights their mother had to break up. Both wore #30 in honor of their father. Both inherited the shooting gene.
But Steph was the older one, the one who broke out first, who made Davidson a national story. By the time Seth was a senior at Charlotte Christian (22.3 PPG, 5.0 APG, 105–24 team record, all-state, academic honor roll all four years), his brother was leading Davidson to the Elite Eight. Seth received two- and three-star recruiting ratings. Despite being Dell Curry’s son, the major programs didn’t come calling. He chose Liberty University.
At Liberty, he exploded: 20.2 PPG as a freshman — best among all freshmen nationally. Broke the Big South Conference freshman scoring record with 707 points. Scored 26 against Virginia. Big South Freshman of the Year. Dick Vitale’s ‘Diaper Dandy.’ After one season, he transferred to Duke.
At Duke
Curry sat out 2009–10 per transfer rules. He watched from the bench as Duke won the national championship. He wore #30. He waited.
His first playable season, Kyrie Irving — the most talented freshman in college basketball — ran the show. Irving averaged 17.4 PPG through eight games. Then a toe injury knocked him out for 26 games. Curry was named the starter. He never really gave it back. With Irving out, he averaged 9.6 PPG shooting 42.2% from three. Duke went 32–5, reached the Sweet Sixteen. Irving returned for the tournament, scored 28 against Arizona, and was drafted #1 overall. Curry had kept the ship afloat.
Junior year, alongside Austin Rivers: 13.2 PPG, led the ACC in free throw percentage (87.3%). All-ACC Third Team. Duke went 27–7.
Senior year was the coronation. 17.5 PPG, 43.8% from three. Career-high 31 against Santa Clara when Duke was ranked #1. All-ACC First Team. Second-team All-American (Sporting News). NCAA All-Region. Duke went 30–6, reached the Elite Eight.
He went undrafted. Not a single team used a pick on Dell Curry’s son and Steph Curry’s brother. The kid overlooked at every turn — by recruiting services, by major programs, by the draft — would have to find another way.
After Duke
On his 23rd birthday, Curry signed a non-guaranteed contract with Golden State — Steph’s team. Six preseason games. Waived. Assigned to the Santa Cruz Warriors (D-League), where he played in the backcourt with Mychel Thompson while their brothers formed the ‘Splash Brothers’ upstairs.
The NBA journey was a masterclass in persistence. Memphis (waived after 1 game). Cleveland (10-day contract, 19 games). Phoenix. Erie BayHawks. Sacramento (first real chance: averaged 15.2 PPG over the final 11 games). Dallas (70 games, 12.8 PPG). Portland — where he was selected for the 2019 Three-Point Contest and reached the Western Conference Finals. Portland’s opponent: Steph and Golden State. First time brothers faced each other in an NBA playoff series. Golden State swept 4–0. Seth called it a dream come true.
Dallas again: career-high 37 points on 13-of-15 shooting, 8-of-9 from three against Miami — one of the most efficient scoring games in NBA history. Philadelphia under Doc Rivers (2020–22): career-best 15.0 PPG, 49/42/87 splits. Traded to Brooklyn in the James Harden deal. Dallas again. Charlotte — his hometown, his father’s franchise. Through all of it: career 43.3% from three, seventh all-time in NBA history. Led the entire NBA in 3PT% for 2024–25 at 45.6%.
Where Is He Now
On October 1, 2025, Seth Curry signed with the Golden State Warriors. His brother’s team. For the first time since those 2013 preseason games that ended with a waiver, the Curry brothers are NBA teammates. Steph is 37, the greatest shooter in basketball history. Seth is 35, seventh all-time in three-point percentage, a man who has played for ten-plus teams and never stopped shooting.
He married Callie Rivers on September 14, 2019. Callie is a former Florida Gators volleyball player — the daughter of Doc Rivers, the sister of Austin Rivers, Seth’s Duke teammate. The Duke-to-in-laws pipeline is real. Three children: Carter Lynn (2018), Cash (2021), Cruz (2023).
In January 2026, the Charlotte Hornets retired Dell Curry’s #30. The ceremony reunited the family in the city where it started — where Dell became a franchise icon, where Steph and Seth shot around during warm-ups as children, where the backyard court produced two NBA shooters. Seth said: ‘The coolest thing for me is that I would be the last person to wear number 30.’
Every family has the golden child and the other one. Seth Curry was always the other one. Two-star recruit. Liberty. Transfer. Sat on the bench while Duke won a championship. Stepped in when Kyrie went down. All-American. Undrafted. D-League. Waived by his brother’s team. Ten franchises. The slowest rise in Brotherhood history. Now he stands seventh all-time in NBA three-point percentage, playing alongside the greatest shooter who ever lived — who also happens to be the kid who used to beat him up on the backyard court in Charlotte. He just kept shooting until the world had no choice but to notice.