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Pharzeone
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10/4/2005  7:35 PM
All you need to know how much the media hates Isiah Thomas. The Bulls got the better part of the deal because TT and Mike Sweetney are upgrades. You can't make this stuff up!




ESPN Insider John Hollinger breaks down the Eddy Curry trade:
Bulls: Chicago was forced to trade its most effective offensive player last season, Eddy Curry, after a dispute over a DNA test for his heart ailment threatened to keep him out all season.

Replacing his production won't be easy, especially on a team as short of scoring power as Chicago. The Bulls got 22.3 points per 40 minutes from Curry, who also shot 53.8 percent from the floor, and will have to replace that with newly acquired Michael Sweetney and Tim Thomas.

But don't weep for the Bulls just yet.

Sweetney will start at power forward while Tyson Chandler to move to his natural center position, and he could replace much of Curry's missing post production. Sweetney shot even better than Curry at 53.1 percent, and while his 17.1 points per 40 minutes doesn't touch Curry's, he's a vastly superior rebounder (11.0 to 7.5 per 40).

Thomas should also figure into the mix and could help with his deep shooting, especially early in the year while Luol Deng is still recovering from last season's wrist injury.

The only potential pitfall is the Bulls now are dangerously thin at center, with former Heat reserve Malik Allen shaping up as Chandler's primary backup.

Knicks: New York has been desperately searching for a warm body to man the middle ever since it traded Patrick Ewing.

After drafting Arizona big man Channing Frye and signing former Sonic Jerome James, Knicks president Isiah Thomas remained desperate enough to grossly overpay Chicago's Eddy Curry to be the team's new center.

While Curry is undoubtedly talented, his heart problems are enough of a risk that insurers run screaming in the other direction, and his sloppy conditioning and work habits should make him and James fast friends. Or fast-food friends, anyway.

For all the millions New York is paying its big men, the Knicks better hope that at least one can fill the position competently.
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10/4/2005  7:40 PM
LMAO ...another one of Chad Fraud's acolytes spitting venom at us.

Not surprised at all.
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10/4/2005  7:41 PM
both teams will get better with this trade. Sweet will be able to provide something that Curry couldn't provide, while Curry will be able to provide us something that Sweet couldn. However, the most important part of this trade is the amount of space that the absence of both TT and Sweetney will create.
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tkf
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10/4/2005  7:46 PM
unbelievable, I have the feeling that if we traded penny for Garnett, we would get a bad grade.....
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10/4/2005  7:51 PM
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10/4/2005  7:52 PM
Posted by tkf:

unbelievable, I have the feeling that if we traded penny for Garnett, we would get a bad grade.....
We'd be trading away experience!!!!!!!!!!1

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10/4/2005  8:02 PM
This is ridiculous! This article is really pathetic. I like how this guy uses stats per 40 minutes. What a jackass. I would be shocked if Tim Thomas or Sweetney start for the Bulls. Even more shocked if those guys get resigned.
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10/4/2005  8:02 PM
I see why guys are questioning the trade cause of his heart and the money. Those are valid questions. Would i of done the deal? Hell Yes.
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10/4/2005  8:21 PM
Posted by Silverfuel:

This is ridiculous! This article is really pathetic. I like how this guy uses stats per 40 minutes. What a jackass. I would be shocked if Tim Thomas or Sweetney start for the Bulls. Even more shocked if those guys get resigned.
my sentiments exactly. (per 40mins) that is the absolute worse way to judge stats. what makes him think sweets will last long enough w/out fouling out? AND he's talking about "fast-food" like sweets was a featherweight. i like sweets, but there's NO comparison.


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10/4/2005  9:18 PM
He's just proving that the Media simply hates Isaiah and the NY Knicks. How often do you EVER read a good article on the positive things the Knicks have done? Only a few writers ever give props to IT for his totally revamping this franchise in less than 2 YEARS!!! They originally said his task was impossible and then when he does the impossible, now they complain about every move... unbelievable.
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10/4/2005  9:35 PM
let's keep the quotes, so we can shove them in their face later
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10/4/2005  9:41 PM
Posted by daddynel:
Posted by Silverfuel:

This is ridiculous! This article is really pathetic. I like how this guy uses stats per 40 minutes. What a jackass. I would be shocked if Tim Thomas or Sweetney start for the Bulls. Even more shocked if those guys get resigned.
my sentiments exactly. (per 40mins) that is the absolute worse way to judge stats. what makes him think sweets will last long enough w/out fouling out? AND he's talking about "fast-food" like sweets was a featherweight. i like sweets, but there's NO comparison.

Nothing wrong with per 40 or per 48 minute stats. It provides a fair level of comparison between players who don't play even minutes. Don't take it as meaning that those players will get 40 mpg. They won't.

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