(an extremely rare recent photograph of Eddy Curry standing upright on a basketball court)
Though the Knicks have won 8 of 9 entering tomorrow afternoon’s matinee in Toronto, Ronny Turiaf is banged up and Russian rookie Timofey Mozgov has struggled (budding career as a poster model, aside). With such a glaring need for a big body in the paint, you might think this would finally be the time for the Eddy Curry Suppression Ring to see meaningful minutes, but as head coach Mike D’Antoni tells the New York Post’s Marc Berman, “we got to get our record straight and can’t experiment right now.”
Curry is getting “antsy” and said he’s ready to rock.
“Yeah, I am. At the same we’re winning, and I’m not trying to disrupt that or disrupt anything around here,” Curry said. “It’s been a while since I played, but I haven’t been sitting around. I’ve been practicing, doing extra work to make sure I can get up and down. At the end of the day, it’s just basketball, what I’ve been doing my whole life. I don’t want to get into deserve or not deserve. I’m ready whenever he needs me.”
D’Antoni is wary of using Curry because last season, during another comeback, Curry was spotted in during two games and the team collapsed with him on the floor. But it’s surprising D’Antoni won’t at least suit him up for potentially useful garbage-time minutes.
D’Antoni said he didn’t think Curry could “get up and down the floor” efficiently.
“To be honest, I’m playing it close to the vest,” he said. “I’m not going to give up a couple of games just to [spot Curry] when I don’t know. If it’s Raymond [Felton] or Amar’e [Stoudemire] you do it. You just don’t know [with Curry]. It’s a tough situation for us right now.”
You can’t blame D’antoni for this one. Curry has been given chances a few times and showed he just didn’t want to stay in playing shape. Might as well keep him on the bench so he doesn’t get hurt again and can’t be traded.
Curry is smarter than Marbury,he won’t say a word.What’s not to like.He doesn’t work andgot million for dressing in street clothes watching the world best basketball players perform for free.If i were Mr. Curry,i would pour a pint of Courvoisir or Hennesyin a coke bottle so people don’t know that i’m having the best time of my life,i would go back to college and wait by my mail box for mycheck from the Knicks.
i agree with d’antoni for keepin him out but at the same time im curious to see how he would perform with garbage minutes -hes been around so many different players as a knick and never had the chance to get situated but its an iffy situation maybe a couple minutes off the bench and who knows it could increase his trade value which is virtually worth nothing . but coach is right -its not the time to experiment . its been many years since i seen chemistry work BUT I HOPE they dont make any foolish mistakes at trade deadlines like always .
Time to giver him a try. It is a long season and big men are needed as
proved by the Lakers..
I agree with Tony Romain. Knicks need big man. Eddy Curry is an excellent player but his weight kept him from performing his best. D’Antoni inherited him so I why not use him instead of wasting money keeping him on bench. Give him couple of minutes at least. Again, he can score on anybody. I myself don’t like Eddy but I might as well give him another chance.
As lazy and unmotivated as he appears from a fan’s perspective (how can you not be motivated getting millions to play ball unless you are lazy?), I agree with many here that should at least give him another shot. Who knows, maybe he’ll actually become more motivate once he knows he’ll gets some regular minutes if he can just hold his own and not turn the ball over. Time to wise up and show NY that you are a man Eddy, not just a guy with a pair of man-boobs.
Garbage minutes! If, and or when the Knicks get a few rest minutes for the starters, near the end of a game in the win bank give him a chance and then go from there. Curry has been a major disappointment…but let him prove that he can still play. For more than 1 minute!!!