STEAMING CURRY
KNICKS CENTER INJURED IN GARDEN FINALE
By MARC BERMAN


UNSTEADY EDDY: Eddy Curry was injured and
may have played his last game of the season
in the Knicks' 104-95 loss to the Nets last
night at the Garden.

April 17, 2007 -- Bulls coach Scott Skiles never pushed the right buttons to motivate Eddy Curry when he played in Chicago and turn him into the offensive monster he has become this season for the Knicks.

Apparently Skiles' remarks last week, when he said Curry is "having a very good year but it seems like he's being put on a pedestal awful quickly here," lit a fire under the Knicks' 6-foot-11, 285-pound center.

Curry is fuming at his former coach for demeaning his breakout season, calling Skiles "very disrespectful."

Curry's season may have ended last night in the Knicks' Garden finale. He strained his right hamstring in the first half and did not return in a 104-95 loss to the Nets.

With one game left, the Knicks fell to 32-49 and could reach 50 losses for the second straight year. Afterward, coach/president Isiah Thomas met with owner James Dolan for 15 minutes. Thomas said it was hardly a meeting.

"I hate losing. I just wanted to collect my thoughts," Thomas said.

Asked for a comment, Dolan said, "No boys. Nothing for you."

Curry said he will try to play in tomorrow's season-finale in Charlotte.

"If it's not hurting," he said, "I'm going to play."

The Knicks' season went up in flames in mid-March, coinciding with the new contract Dolan lavished on Thomas. The Knicks are 3-15 since and the only one of the nine New York major sports teams to not make the playoffs under the 2006-2007 umbrella.

Before the game, Stephon Marbury, who didn't play, addressed the crowd.

"There are going to be better things to come," Marbury said. "Thanks for sticking with us all season."

The fans didn't seem to know what to make of the season. During the fourth quarter, there was a "David Lee" chant followed by a "Dolan [bleeps]" chant.

Before the game, Curry spoke about Skiles.

"I realize what kind of person he is," Curry said. "I think I'm a bigger man, so I don't want to respond to what he said. I just think he's very disrespectful. But that's just the kind of person he is."

The Bulls said they traded Curry because of his irregular heartbeat. Despite Curry's emergence, the trade has not backfired on the Bulls, who are in the playoffs and hold the Knicks' lottery pick.

Asked if he'll be watching the lottery with trepidation, with Greg Oden and Kevin Durant available, Thomas said, "I'm happy with the player I have."

Curry is averaging 19.5 per game - higher than his 16.2 average in his pinnacle year in Chicago in 2004-2005 that was cut short in March by an irregular heartbeat episode.

"I'm going to feel a lot better going into the summer, knowing what they expect from me," Curry said. "I know how to improve myself and be a better asset to this team."

btw, this is the full quote from skiles:

“I don’t want to minimize what he’s doing,” Skiles said. “Eddy’s having a very good year. But it seems like he’s being put on a pedestal awfully quickly here. I don’t think that’s necessarily fair to him, because he’s still such a young player. He’s still improving. I like to watch him play, because I like him as a person.”

Posted by djsunyc:

btw, this is the full quote from skiles:

“I don’t want to minimize what he’s doing,” Skiles said. “Eddy’s having a very good year. But it seems like he’s being put on a pedestal awfully quickly here. I don’t think that’s necessarily fair to him, because he’s still such a young player. He’s still improving. I like to watch him play, because I like him as a person.”

Nice catch, DJ. We truly have a team of babies. Skiles quote was a COMPLIMENT! Ey "Supa' Sta'" Curry took offense. That's because somewhere inside Ey knows that he's a fat, lazy player and his so-called improvement is mere facade. He's a phony, just like Isiah. Isles is right. Ey already thinks he's a star, so he's going to come back just as fat and missing ALL the fundamentals, not trying on defense... and get praised for it. Fuckin' primadonna. Sounds great!

Posted by MS:

Outgoing
Kevin Garnett
6-11 PF from Farragut Academy (HS)
22.4 ppg, 12.8 rpg, 4.1 apg in 39.5 minutes
Incoming
Eddy Curry
6-11 C from Thornwood (HS)
19.5 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 0.9 apg in 35.4 minutes
Jamal Crawford
6-5 SG from Michigan
17.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 4.5 apg in 37.9 minutes
Jared Jeffries
6-11 SF from Indiana
4.1 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 1.3 apg in 24.0 minutes
Channing Frye
6-11 PF from Arizona
9.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 0.9 apg in 26.5 minutes


Would you do this deal and then move garnett for some lottery talent? Maybe even look to move him to the bulls for our picks we gave up for Eddy. I think you have to be crazy not to do that deal with Minny if your the knicks.

Fyre is never going to be an All-Star, crawford is too inconsistent, jefferies is awful and eddy is owed a lot of money and isn't a hard worker.

Your looking at cap space now in the future if you pull that deal and I think we would win more games to be honest

Garnett/James
Lee/Rose
Balkman/Q
Collins/Nate
Marbury/Francis

plus our pick this year we could start to build, it may take longer but whatever.......At the moment I really don't see a ton of positives for this team for the future....In two years we have some cap room and the ability to sign a top flight free agent

Why wouldn't the Wolves just trade KG for lottery talent?

Eddy has to learn not to take media bait. I'm sure the media guy that read the quote didn't read everything skiles said.

Eddy has to learn that sometimes is good to just tell the media "I don't care, it doesn't bother me, im just focusing on making myself and our team better."

Eddy's reaction is absurd. I guess he doesn't know how to take a compliment!

Posted by djsunyc:

btw, this is the full quote from skiles:

“I don’t want to minimize what he’s doing,” Skiles said. “Eddy’s having a very good year. But it seems like he’s being put on a pedestal awfully quickly here. I don’t think that’s necessarily fair to him, because he’s still such a young player. He’s still improving. I like to watch him play, because I like him as a person.”

Eddy is over reacting. His tatoo parlor is telling him he gotta Tat somting on him to counter that remark.

These guys are becoming human "Post It Notes" to remind them of all kind of things! Tats to remind them to work hard, what their kids names are, where they are from, last 4 digs of SS#, where they parked the car, their wifes names, baby's mothers names, combos to the safe, dogs names, what day the garbage goes out, phone numbers, etc.

Posted by buddapaw:

If he is offended then drop 50 points on the Bull everytime he see them. Use it as his motivation.

Eddie Hibachi Curry

Posted by Bippity10:

Does anyone ever take these guys seriously when they get mad anymore?

The only one affiliated with the Knicks who is given any amount of credibility and taken seriously is Malik Rose. Everyone else is a joke and everyone outside of the Knicks organization and a handful of fans knows it. Embarassment to the NBA.