No one seemed more eager to get the season started than Curry. In late July, Curry and his wife were robbed at gunpoint in their suburban Chicago mansion.

“The scariest thing I’ve ever been through in my life,” Curry said, speaking about the incident for the first time. “Guns in your face, guns in your chest, guns in your back. People screaming at you, cussing at you, ordering you around, cursing at your wife, guns on her. It’s crazy.”

The incident prompted Curry and his family to return to New York almost immediately, which Curry said was beneficial to his game. He ended up spending more time at the Knicks’ training center, and losing the most weight since he turned pro in 2001.

Curry declined to list his weight but said that his performance in strength and quickness tests, when compared with this time last year, “were just night and day.”

At the time that players spoke, there was no news from the courthouse. The team delayed its flight to Charleston in the hope that Thomas might make it. Players shrugged off the potential impact of Thomas’s missing a practice or two. But the stain of the trial is not likely to soon fade.

“This,” Curry said of the new season, “is our escape.”

- NYTimes

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/sports/basketball/02knicks.html?ref=sports

Analysis from The Answer Man:

Forget the weight and forget the analysis of body fat. Curry has changed his hairstyle and, fortunately, has added another year to his life.

He also admitted that playing next to Zach would be a welcome challenge. The most intriguing story of training camp, and the pre season, will be the three-way bond that forms between Curry, Jamal and Zach.

Did somebody say triangle?

sad that he needed to have a gun pointed in his face to change.

Posted by franco12:

sad that he needed to have a gun pointed in his face to change.

Did he have a gun pointed to his face before last season as well because last year's Curry completely trumped the season he had his first season in the orange and blue.

he has shown growth from his rookie year out of high school to last season as a knick. this is one wicked experience. these type of things can effect people in many ways so hopefully he bounces back a better person.

Eddy seems like a good guy and good family man. I don't dislike him personally. He probably *likes* basketball but doesn't love it enough to do the brutal work to get in absolute top shape.

IM sure we can find some comic relief in jest for his motivations but at least he is turning into somthing positive and using the engergy. I hope his wife can do the same.

I think our eddy grew up a bit this summer and im sure had some reality knocked into him.

Eddy had a great season (for him!) last season and all we can wish for is his incremental increases in his game. MOre d and reb's and he is a top 5 center even if his pts drop a bit.

Im sure the team got him someone to talk to and work this thru.

He could have died. Berman said one guy had a gun in Currys back when they both fell down the steps. That gun easily could have went off.

joec32033 - I'm not so certain Eddy's ordeal will affect him positively, especially early in the season as refs and players are getting re-acquainted.

The way Knicks games are called will be another sub-plot worth watching.

Eddy, like Shaq, is a very large man who can be difficult to call due to call due to the perceived force he exerts on other players and vice versa. We have seen how Shaq became more demonstrative, to the point of his profanity-laced tired on air.

Eddy's personality is a work in progress

(“This,” Curry said of the new season, “is our escape.”)

sounds like something Barry Bonds once said

or was it A-Rod?

Bonn97 - if you could share a pepperoni and green pepper pizza with one Knicks player, who would it be?