Posted by newyorknewyork:

Posted by nyk4ever:

I'm sorry but Eddy Curry wasn't working hard on either side of the ball. I saw it, the people sitting next to me saw it and the people sitting behind me saw it. I tend to agree with Fish, I don't think he's in good enough shape to play hard on both sides of the ball and you CAN TELL when you are at the games watching this guy. We were all talking about it. It was the main topic of conversation.

I'm baffled at how people are so damn touchy about Eddy Curry. It's OK to critique players. It really is ok.

I agree that Curry is horrible on the defensive side of the ball. But the question for me is. Is it because he is out of shape?? Or is it the fact that he is trying to avoid fouls at all cost?? I think its the ladder. Becuase Curry last season & seasons past use to hit the players and then get quick fouls and get sent to the bench.

For me I feel Curry does not know how to challenge shots without fouling. And if the coaches make that the focal point and have him working on that with the same effort as they have done with his low post game. Then I think he could become decent at it.

Posted by BasketballJones:

Posted by Marv:

i used to say the same thing aboiut kvh's boards. he'd have good numbers but if you watched him youi'd see they were all right place/right time ones.

still, it's interesting about eddy's numbers. i'd certainly rather have 11 balls come to him than 3! it kills me when he plays a full game and can nonly come up with that many! so what accounts for the difference - did he stay closer to the action last night than in those games? were the other team's inside players that bad? how can only 3 "fall" to him one game and 11 another?

Probability theory?

"The probability that an event A occurs given the known occurrence of an event B is the conditional probability of A given B; its numerical value is (as long as P(B) is nonzero). If the conditional probability of A given B is the same as the ("unconditional") probability of A, then A and B are said to be independent events. That this relation between A and B is symmetric may be seen more readily by realizing that it is the same as saying when A and B are independent events."



[Edited by - basketballjones on 01-20-2007 16:17]

Posted by nyk4ever:

Posted by SugarRayRichardson:

Dwight Howard 1 point 3 rebs tonight vs NJ. He sucks. Its funny to see the lynchers do exactly as I said they would. Win or lose they just look to lynch Curry. They obviously root against the guy. Did He rebound well tonight? No but neither did Foster the starting center he played against. Who only had 3 rebs and 6 points. Looks to me curry won that battle easy. Meanwhile Curry was a major factor scoing 26 points on only 12 shots. Thats over 2 points per shot. Do they ever look at any of the positives? No they look for whatever way they can to get the noose. 11 rebs last night werent good enough.

Sorry Eddy. We didn't realized you read this board. Since you are reading and are taking these words so harshly, can you just jump next time?

Posted by TrueBlue:

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/story/486658p-409740c.html


This article sums up what most skeptics have been saying about Curry. No one has really doubted his offensive capabilities and him becoming a force but in order to be that Franchise Player, that true force in the paint, he has to play better defense. I will say he's been making some efforts of late to block shots.