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Blazers: 5 goals for Seth Curry in his first season back from injury

By Nate Mann

PORTLAND, OR - JULY 6: Seth Curry #5 of the Portland Trail Blazers poses for a head shot after being signed on July 6, 2018 at the Trail Blazer Practice Facility in Portland, Oregon. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Sam Forencich/NBAE via Getty Images)
PORTLAND, OR - JULY 6: Seth Curry #5 of the Portland Trail Blazers poses for a head shot after being signed on July 6, 2018 at the Trail Blazer Practice Facility in Portland, Oregon. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Sam Forencich/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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DALLAS, TX – OCTOBER 04: Seth Curry #30 of the Dallas Mavericks controls the ball against Justin Holiday #7 of the Chicago Bulls in the first half at American Airlines Center on October 4, 2017 in Dallas, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
DALLAS, TX – OCTOBER 04: Seth Curry #30 of the Dallas Mavericks controls the ball against Justin Holiday #7 of the Chicago Bulls in the first half at American Airlines Center on October 4, 2017 in Dallas, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /

Recover his confidence

Missing an entire season can hurt a player’s confidence and basketball touch. Curry sat for all of 2017-2018, losing his momentum from the successful campaign with Dallas.

On top of that, he has minimal NBA experience to fall back on after the long hiatus. Curry played two games in each of his first two seasons, then suited up in 44 and 70 matchups the following two years, respectively.

Historically, players who suffer stress reactions or fractures in their legs take a while to return to form.

Jrue Holiday had surgery for a tibial stress fracture in February of 2014. His 4-6 month recovery timetable passed, but he still encountered trouble with the leg. Holiday said he was only at 75% strength seven months later, which led to re-aggravating the injury and sidelining him for three weeks in February of 2015.

The All-Defensive guard has since returned to form, but the process was slow and painful. Curry is now six months removed from the surgery, the back-end of his timetable.

He and the Blazers organization need to be smart with handling the injury. He must recover his 2016-2017 lights out shooting, but also be wary of any unusual pain that could become a bigger issue if left untreated.

Curry will be asked to make an immediate impact on Portland’s bench unit’s scoring, so hopefully he’s prepared himself for the stress of playing 20 or more minutes per contest.