Posted by BRIGGS:

Posted by TheGame:

Posted by Cosmic:

He's never going to love playing basketball but he hasn't played in what 8 months and he's woefully out of shape as a result. Either you'll see an improvement over the next four weeks or that will be the end of Eddy Curry ever being of any value.

Give it a little more than his FIRST appearance in nearly a year though. Just don't expect that 19/7 player from two years past. Gotta give it four weeks and let him play himself into better shape.

Playing yourself into shape is about getting your wind and timing back. A player should never be overweight by more than 5-10 pounds, unless you just could not move. They have swimming pool exercises, stationary bikes, and other things to keep your weight down while injured (as well as the fact that you can just not eat as much). Certainly Curry needs a few weeks to get his wind and timing, but he should not be 20-30 pounds overweight.

To get from the condition he is in to where he needs to be isnt going to happen in 1 month--how about 9 months to a year. He is still young enough with weight training perfect diet and an exercise program that ramps up his body will respond favorably. I don't think he is an NBA player right now or at the minimum was an embarrassment to the league to be out there last night.
Also if he does have knee problems--they will come back to haunt him at this weight. He needs to lose roughly 75 pounds as an estimate.

I have no doubt that if Eddy Curry could get his weight down to 265, he would be a near-allstar caliber center. At that weight, even he could not avoid getting a 7-8 rebounds, and his post game should not suffer too much. More importantly, he could actually get up and down the court and move on defense. Why the Knicks don't go Pat Riley on him and say either you get down to 270 or we are going to fine and suspend you, is amazing.

Posted by King1:

Curry was minus 9 last night in three minutes. How can you put him on the floor and not Jerome

Posted by Cosmic:

Posted by TheGame:

I have no doubt that if Eddy Curry could get his weight down to 265, he would be a near-allstar caliber center. At that weight, even he could not avoid getting a 7-8 rebounds, and his post game should not suffer too much. More importantly, he could actually get up and down the court and move on defense. Why the Knicks don't go Pat Riley on him and say either you get down to 270 or we are going to fine and suspend you, is amazing.

He's unable to. His body just doesn't allow him to lose that weight and remain healthy. The last time he was 265 was when he took all that medication that nearly killed him. He took it because Paxson said lose weight or no contract. So he took it.

The best Curry can do on a strict regiment is probably around 290-300. He's looking to be about 330-340 right now. He's never been under 290 as a Knick no matter what his listed weight is. It's false.

I think Shaq has done a great job of keeping himself in pretty darn good shape when he couldve really blown up[and he was kind of fat for him last year] Curry should call Shaq and follow what the shaq man did to his body over 6 months this offseason.

Posted by BRIGGS:


I think Shaq has done a great job of keeping himself in pretty darn good shape when he couldve really blown up[and he was kind of fat for him last year] Curry should call Shaq and follow what the shaq man did to his body over 6 months this offseason.

Posted by djsunyc:

he shouldn't have been on the court. it's more beneficial to get in shape by staying home and exercising than travelling with the team and playing 2 mins. probably being showcased and is very hypocritical considering he was benched at the start of the season solely b/c of his weight.

Posted by martin:


not sure that's true. I was trying to backtrack a timeline for Curry and think the first bone bruise may have come just before season started.