Posted by Cookdcokehop:
Posted by crzymdups:
I'd rather keep Curry than ZRo.
Curry is a 6'11" beast who shoots 56% and can easily score 19ppg. In an offensive system like D'Antoni's, Curry can be a huge weapon. I think Curry could be more useful running, provided he stays in shape. Okay GETS in shape. Use him for 24 minutes a night and make him RUN.
There's no way we can actually trade him after last season. I'm curious to see what D'Antoni can do with him, actually. At the least, he might be able to pump his trade value back up.
I think ZRo needs to be traded ASAP. He is a complete and total waste. A Cancer. I hate him.
[Edited by - crzymdups on 13-05-2008 12:03 PM]
I disagree. I would rather have a offensively versatile power forward than a center that seems to make no progress in any facet of his game. The team that I have also become fond of this season is the New Orleans Hornets. Each player on that team has a role. CP is the distributor and playmaker, Peterson is shooter and defender, Stojakovic is purely a shooter, David West is the low post scorer who can knock down the 15-18 foot jumper. Chandler is a shot blocker and rebounder.
Curry cannot be the low post option on this team. Even when Curry played beside a defensive front court player, Tyson Chandler his team was not successful. David West reminds me of Zach Randolph. So you get a defensive front court player and build a tandem ala West and Chandler and we can begin building the foundation of a successful front line. How many years does Curry need. We can see what Randolph does game in and game out. Sure his teams have not been the most successful but when was he really teamed up with a legimate shot blocker and rebounder beside him in the most. Curry must go!
Saying Curry was not successful next to Chandler is a bit of a misnomer. They won 48 games the year before Curry was traded and they were viewed as the best young team in the league by many before Curry's heart ailment.
In my view - Curry has had two major setbacks coming here: his first season he was coming off heart surgery and trying to play himself into shape and the team was chaffing under Larry Brown. His second season he averaged 19.6ppg and played great for the most part and we were in the playoff race until Jamal went down and DLee went down. His third season, Marbury imploded as a human and ZACH the Loser kept the ball from Curry. Curry's shots went down, the team became easier to guard with two bigs in the post and no perimeter game and it was a mess.
I still say Zach is the chemistry killer - how is he supposed to play Seven Seconds Or Less when he holds the ball for 10 or 12 seconds every time he touches it?
I think Curry can adapt to more of a running game - my favorite games of the last few years occurred during the six game winning streak under Brown. The team was playing a much more up and down style. Curry dominated Phoenix and played extremely well against Dallas. He wasn't scoring in the post in half court, so much as finishing breaks and receiving dishes and getting dunks on offensive rebounds.
Now, think, we haven't had a penetrating PG who can drive and dish in a while. It's not Crawford's game. It used to be Marbury's before he went insane. If we get a Derrick Rose or a Jerryd Bayless or even a TJ Ford, we are going to get a lot more drive and dish opportunities for Eddy. And his post game is efficient - 56% shooting, has to cut down on TOs. Zach on the other hand, holds the ball, turns it over just as much as Eddy, shoots 46%, scowls at his teammates, throws towels, hoists 3s from the perimeter with a hand in his face. He's an awful teammate. He can score, but takes A LOT of shots and none of his scoring comes in the flow of the offense. D'Antoni is going to pay attention to offensive flow. Curry can play within it. Zach cannot. Curry needs to get back on track, I agree, and I think the way you do that is to get rid of ZRo.
ZRo to Cleveland for Wally or Zydrunas.
