I thought he looked slimmer than he did at the start of the season

Posted by Bonn1997:

I thought he looked slimmer than he did at the start of the season

same..

Posted by Nalod:

Posted by Killa4luv:

5 rebounds is totally unacceptable.

Granted these guys shoot alot of bombs which give off long rebounds, but I saw times when he had position and Petro got the rebound over his back. For most of the game he had 3 boards. we wont win most games giving up that many boards, especially not to a team that shoots as well as them.

Having said that, Eddy has been phenomenal, and what excites me the most is he isn't even close to where he should be yet. His 20 points were a slow night for him considering what he could be doing. I am so happy we have this guy. Steph feeding him in the beginning of the game was really wonderful to watch.

And he is slimming down, even my wife noticed: "Eddy Curry is losing weight right?"
"yes baby, its called conditioning, he's getting his body into game shape. When he does, the knicks will be unstoppable."

[Edited by - Killa4luv on 01-09-2006 04:43 AM]

My wife noticed: "why that big head man wearing black tights on his legs?"

"yes baby, it makes him look slimmer! And helps his circulation to aid his leg problems."

"oh, he looks like he lost weight!"

"You can tell?"

"Yes, Sweetney's ass don't look so huge!"

"Go back to your book honey"

Nalod, your wifey is just as "unique' as you are.

Posted by McK1:

more pressing area of concern in the game:

0 ASSISTS 5 TURNOVERS

over the last 5:

1 ASSIST 13 TURNOVERS

for the season:

5 ASSISTS 59 TURNOVERS

[Edited by - McK1 on 01-09-2006 09:56 AM]

I think we're a long way from getting assists fom Eddy Curry. If we get 10 boards and high FT %, I'm not worrying about assists.

Posted by Bippity10:

That will come as he matures over the years but I don't expect much passing this year.

I think Eddy Curry is good for 3 assists a game but I agree with you and Marv. Not much passing this year and I dont want to push that too much either.

First off, there aren't many rebounds to be had when the opposition shoots 60% from the field in the first half and 50% for the game. Second, he score ten quick points in the first 6 minutes then brown puts him on the bench and he doesn't come back until a little under five minutes in the second quarter. What the heck was Brown thinking? For some reason, Brown doesn't ride the hot hand. I've seen planty of imes when a guy makes 2-3 baskets in a rown and he takes them out. I remember a game when Q had scored 7 quick points then got yanked. Don't understand that logic.

The worse part is, Curry was taken out for James. Why? Thought Brown was shortening the rotation? Most of his turnovers come from offensive fouls which has gotten better since he's come back from injury. He'll get better at pssing out of the double team soon enough. Before, he would just put his head down and bull his way through it. Now he's sarting to recognize it more. Now he has to learn how to spot the open man instead of holding the ball so long.

Posted by bigbeast:

First off, there aren't many rebounds to be had when the opposition shoots 60% from the field in the first half and 50% for the game. Second, he score ten quick points in the first 6 minutes then brown puts him on the bench and he doesn't come back until a little under five minutes in the second quarter. What the heck was Brown thinking? For some reason, Brown doesn't ride the hot hand. I've seen planty of imes when a guy makes 2-3 baskets in a rown and he takes them out. I remember a game when Q had scored 7 quick points then got yanked. Don't understand that logic.

The worse part is, Curry was taken out for James. Why? Thought Brown was shortening the rotation? Most of his turnovers come from offensive fouls which has gotten better since he's come back from injury. He'll get better at pssing out of the double team soon enough. Before, he would just put his head down and bull his way through it. Now he's sarting to recognize it more. Now he has to learn how to spot the open man instead of holding the ball so long.

I'll give you an answer to that one. Eddie Curry is know for picking up quick fouls and that has killed us because we haven't been able to go to him late in games. Now if you notice LB rides Eddie until he picks up his first foul and then sits him until midway through the second. Then he plays him until he picks up his second foul. This way he saves Eddie for the second half and can have him go down the stretch with a few fouls to give. Eddie determines his playing time, not LB.

Posted by Bippity10:

Posted by bigbeast:

First off, there aren't many rebounds to be had when the opposition shoots 60% from the field in the first half and 50% for the game. Second, he score ten quick points in the first 6 minutes then brown puts him on the bench and he doesn't come back until a little under five minutes in the second quarter. What the heck was Brown thinking? For some reason, Brown doesn't ride the hot hand. I've seen planty of imes when a guy makes 2-3 baskets in a rown and he takes them out. I remember a game when Q had scored 7 quick points then got yanked. Don't understand that logic.

The worse part is, Curry was taken out for James. Why? Thought Brown was shortening the rotation? Most of his turnovers come from offensive fouls which has gotten better since he's come back from injury. He'll get better at pssing out of the double team soon enough. Before, he would just put his head down and bull his way through it. Now he's sarting to recognize it more. Now he has to learn how to spot the open man instead of holding the ball so long.

I'll give you an answer to that one. Eddie Curry is know for picking up quick fouls and that has killed us because we haven't been able to go to him late in games. Now if you notice LB rides Eddie until he picks up his first foul and then sits him until midway through the second. Then he plays him until he picks up his second foul. This way he saves Eddie for the second half and can have him go down the stretch with a few fouls to give. Eddie determines his playing time, not LB.

As curry has rounded into better shape, he's fouls have actually gone down. Earlier in the season, he was averaging nearly 4 fouls per. Since comming back from his injury, he's down to 3 per game. He picks up one foul and you take him out? That makes no sense to me. I can understand two fouls in the first half but not one foul. Especially for a guy that was 5-5 from the field. Curry could have 16 in the first quarter.

Jim Calhoun has a rule where he takes out any player that gets 2 fouls in the first half which makes sense being that college uses the 5 foul disqualification rule. NBA has the 6-foul rule. Getting one-foul in the first quarter and sitting Curry is somehting I disagree with.

Posted by JUNKMEIN:

The main reason his rebounds were down so much was because he was constantly in foul trouble so on the pine he went. I think he had 3 offensive rebounds of which all were imo BS.

The refs handle this guy in a completely out of line kind of way. He'll bounce back on the boards in the next game...against Dallas. Big Game coming up for sure.

I agree, the way the refs are calling fouls on curry are way out of line, when he turns around, he is always whistled for a foul, it is horrible..