Posted by crzymdups:

I don't think Stern is going to do any thing that would look like any kind of favoritism towards NY.

I'm thinking that the big reason Paxson is holding this deal up is that he wants some assurance from Zeke that AD will be waived. I don't know, if he's decided he wants Curry back, this deal may be in trouble.

Posted by djsunyc:

Posted by martin:

i just re-read the points and they don't all add up. I'm assuming NY doesn't care/want AD, and that's kinda reasonable. They have enough bodies and it'll give Frye more minutes. AD would only be a 1 year rent anyway.

Why play possum or chicken or whatever? IF Curry has passed the tests, NY should declare him healthy and confirm their side of the deal. Why wait? Nothing to gain, because all else being said (exchange of draft picks, etc.) Curry is the big coup.

Why does Pax hold up the deal? He isn't gonna get anything out of Curry coming back to Chicago, assuming that Curry has his eyes set on NY.

I don't know, maybe there is more in play that we have not heard about.

i guess one way to reason it out is the if new york declares him medically fit and is cleared to play, then chicago renegs by claiming some BS thing to fail tim or mike on a physical, they can then up their offer and just re-sign him (if they give up on their dna request).

Posted by nyk4ever:

Posted by crzymdups:

Posted by djsunyc:

- both sides are playing possum

- isiah could clear both AD and curry but paxson can claim tim, mike, or jermaine didn't pass theirs and the deal is still void the deal and curry would have to go back to chicago and maybe settle on their terms, especially after being medically cleared by the knicks doctors

- it's a risky game of chicken

so paxson is being a dick. crap.

I dont get how Paxson can "claim" that they didnt pass their phyiscals, it's a medical record and the jobs of the doctor(s) that performed the tests and failed them would be on line. You can't just claim that someone didnt pass a physical, they either did or didn't. The deal is done John, you got hosed.

everyone has SOME medical ailment that can be used to say a player failed their physical - as simple as saying Sweetney's BMI (body mass index) places him at elevated risk for a heart attack and/or is out of shape. All pro athletes have some wear and tear on their bodies that show up on an MRI that can be looked at or overlooked to say "pass/fail" and used. passing a physical is a team's discretion.

neither team will acknowledge this, if eddy curry is healthy that's great, but if something tragic happens, the knicks don't have to pay that money to anybody. the teams are not obligated to pay curry and that's how the teams are operating. curry will have to get his personal insurance but the team's don't have to pay the money out in the event something happens to him.

Posted by djsunyc:

this may be isiah saying sh t through SAS.