Dell Curry

Dell Curry made a 16-year career out of one elite, transferable skill: shooting. A 1986 first-round pick, he found his home in Charlotte, where a decade of off-the-bench scoring made him the expansion Hornets' all-time leader in points and made three-pointers. Curry was instant offense — quick to fire and unbothered by cold stretches — and he won Sixth Man of the Year in 1994, a rare honor for a reserve built almost entirely around perimeter shooting. His consistency was the tell: he was the only player in the 1990s to shoot better than 40 percent from three in seven straight seasons. The Hornets retired his No. 30 in March 2026. A later generation knows him as the father of Stephen and Seth Curry, but the family shooting touch started with him.