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Eddy Curry: The Worst Mistake in the History of the Franchise, Zach your next
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11/21/2007  9:39 AM
Bruised, but not broken? I don't want to be hear if Isiah isn't my coach?

I'm sorry but it's becoming more clear every game this guy just isn't a good player. Turnovers, a lack of hustle an inability to do anything, all while players like Gay, Roye and Aldridge are blossoming into stars, and thats not to mention this year's pick.

Three rebounds and the only ones he pulled down came right to him. Biedrins that hard to score on? Bynum is developing into a defensive force blocking 4 shots getting double figure rebounds, he's in shape and doesn't have man breasts.

The real problem with this team isn't Marbury it's guys like Zach, Eddy and Jamal the open door defense policy, the turnovers, just the lack of passion is disgraceful.

Mentally weak Eddy is and has always been, it's a lot of fun to watch a game when he gets beat in trasition just like his counterpart.

I heard a lot of bull**** at the start of the season, give it time you haven't seen them play, your a hater, blah blah blah.

Here we are the second worst record in the NBA, a team that quit on the coach gets blown out at home by a team not making the playoffs, a frontcourt that doesn't average 1blk a game, complains all night long and now mr. bereavment leave is upset at the fan's.

It shouldn't be this easy, have a trust fund and a drinking problem and you get to ruin the franchise, run it into the ground and effect so many people. Isiah, Crawford, Zach, Curry need to be shipped out of town, followed by Marbury when his contract ends and Steve Mills.

We would be turning the corner with our two lottery picks but instead we are headed towards the lottery again we'll win enough games to get the 7th pick and pine for the days of Scott Layden are you kidding me? He had the worst bunch of athletic talent in the nba and they still won more games 37 than isiah has won the past three seasons.

There is no future and no ceiling, it's time to sit these guys on the bench, let's face it we are losing anyway and play, balkman, lee, chandler, nate and collins the entire game. And you know what the players won't care because there here for their checks.
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11/21/2007  9:45 AM
Eddy probably was the worst trade in the history of the franchise. I'd put Marbury 2nd, though and Zach a bit lower. We gave up more for Marbury than for Zach. Zach has no trade value. The next GM should just buy out his contract.
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11/21/2007  10:24 AM
Curry and Zach need a coach thats going to dig in their asses. These Knicks need a mix of player's coach/displinarian. A coach whose only going to look at their defiencies in practice and focus on that solely. Zach's biggest problem is that he's indecisive when he catches the ball. When he's catching the ball its almost as if he's waiting for the double team to come he needs to catch do a quick look at the defense and either kick it out if its a double team or go into a quick move if its single coverage.


The only way things will open up for Zach is if he kicks the ball out regularly. But right now it is almost guranteed that anyone who receives the 2nd or 3rd pass is putting up the shot. Whether its Jamal, Q, Marbs, Curry, or Zach. There is no offense in place other than a few top of the key screens. And most teams are just sucking their defenses inside while the outside players throw up bricks and the post players force it against 2 or 3 defenders.

Curry is just a lazy ass bastard because thats the only reason why he's only grabbing 2 rebounds in a game. Rebounding is strictly effort there's no science to it just effort and some work.

But even still I would like the Knicks to bring in a defensive minded coach next. Give him the full support of the GM and allow him to implement his game plans and if Curry/Zach or anyone else for that matter doesn't get with the program get rid of their asses.
There is no future and no ceiling, it's time to sit these guys on the bench, let's face it we are losing anyway and play, balkman, lee, chandler, nate and collins the entire game. And you know what the players won't care because there here for their checks.

Are you kidding me have you watched Collins the guy doesn't even look like he belongs in the NBA. Nate come on a 5'7 guy who has plays almost no defense. Balkman is still hurt so I don't know what his deal is or when he'll be 100% healthy but the few times he's played he has not played particularly well. Sure you can play David Lee but alongside who? Malik Rose

Look from top to bottom there has been atrocious playing at every position this season on both defense and offense. So I wouldn't point to one guy in particularly and say "oh he's playing well" because right now NO ONE IS PLAYING WELL.

[Edited by - bitty41 on 11-21-2007 10:29 AM]
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11/21/2007  10:27 AM
I think Curry and Zbo could do good with another coach whereas, stupidbury is a certified team killer.
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11/21/2007  10:47 AM
I don't know you have to look at these areas, how could they do well

Curry 0.5blks 0.4stls 0.6ass 2.2tos
Zach 0.1blks 0.9stls 1.1ass 3.7tos

We knew this before the seaosn, we knew you couldn't win with guards that can't play defense and bigs that are the worst in the league at protecting the paint

0.6blks between our starting ****ing C/PF

There are at least 10 guards in the league that block more by themselves than these clowns. God forbid Isiah brings in someone that can protect the rim.
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11/21/2007  10:50 AM
Yeah, I'm still not sold that this duo can be successful togehter in the NBA. We have to have at least one interior defender at these two spots to be good. Two probably gets you to the championship level.
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11/21/2007  11:01 AM
Curry is just a lazy ass bastard because thats the only reason why he's only grabbing 2 rebounds in a game. Rebounding is strictly effort there's no science to it just effort and some work.

I disagree with you there Bitty. If you look at the way Zach rebounds he has killer technique and effort. If he just had effort going he wouldn't be able to get nearly as many boards because he is nailed to the ground and he isn't extremely tall.

Lee has technique to go with his effort too, though his is different from Randolph's.

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I do agree with you about Curry. If he just put in the effort he would get a ton of boards. And if he added any technique whatsoever, he would be as good a rebounder as any player the league. I get so tired of seeing him boxed out and sealed off from the basketball play after play by skinny shrimps.

Curry gets so few rebounds for his size that it is incredible. If I were the coach, I would run scrimmages where the only way Eddy's team could score is when he got a rebound or blocked a shot. 5 points for a rebound, 10 points for blocked shot.

Losing team runs and does pushups.

Either Eddy would become a rebounder/shotblocker quick, or the team will do him like the platoon did the 'big' soldier in Full Metal Jacket.

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[Edited by - oohah on 21-11-2007 11:07 AM]
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11/21/2007  11:07 AM
In six years of Eddy Curry he's always done one thing well: Score the ball near the rim. He has never done anything else well for any stretch of time and has never improved in any areas. He won't improve any more. What you see in Eddy Curry is what you will always get. Right now I also think he might be in the worst shape of his Knick career. Sadly, a well documented fact at that, is he gains weight as the season progresses. He's going to be a balloon come March.

Now, in regards to Zach. You look at his stats and you're in awe. You watch a few minutes of him when he's got it going and you think you've got a star. You watch an entire game and you want to feed him into a woodchipper.

We got hosed. He is a glorified Mo Taylor. He's already barking at teammates and pointing fingers at the Knicks crowd for booing last night. He is a cancer. He is a clown. The next GM of the Knicks ought to find out what Western teams wanted him from Portland and make the deal. This guy is terrible.

We're really a mess, fellas, from Marbury to Crawford to Curry to Randolph to Isiah we are in bad bad shape. We might rebound some, might win some games, but I'm wondering if this team would ever be any better than a 30-something win team. This year or the next.

Worse is no one extra trade will change the makeup of this team. Crawford will still shoot poorly. Curry and Zach will still stink at defense. Basically every player's faults will remain the same no matter who you bring in next.

We should have bought out Francis. We better buy out Marbury instead of repeating the same mistakes.

Fire Isiah, Send Marbury Home. Next guy needs to move Curry, Crawford, Zach.

Let's get going..........cause this isn't going anywhere.
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11/21/2007  11:16 AM
Zach's rebounds seem to have no meaning, they are garbage boards, his own putpacks he is nothing more than an empty stat line it's unreal isiah just keeps failing for this tricks when other gms are able to steal talent.....

Steven Jackson and Al Harington your telling me we couldn't have put together a package better than the warriors?

Tyson Chandler?

Baron Davis?

Good players are traded all the time for nothing, but isiah needs to take on extra years, throw in lottery picks, the guy is so ****ing dumb, and his players are brain dead. I don't know whats worse watching this team, listening to isiah make excuses or dolan's fat body slumping in the front row
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11/21/2007  1:58 PM
Curry is what he's always been. A very flawed player and not worth nearly what we gave up to get him. Much like every other player on the roster.

Isiah has set this franchise back at least 10 years. But there are still those that believe that NY would never accept rebuilding, because what they have now is supposedly much more palatable. Knicks fans have patience for this garbage but a group of exciting young players with high ceilings would never be acceptable. Right.
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11/21/2007  2:06 PM
has any player on this roster made a noticeable improvement from last year or have most of the players settled in to who they are going to be?
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11/21/2007  2:07 PM
the difference between zach and eddy is that zach actually likes basketball.

i was isolating on eddy during the game yesterday - he make NO effort to help on defense. he sees a man cutting right in front of him and he doesn't step up, he just watches the guy go right to the rim. just terrible.

and zach is slowly looking like a guy that's really all about him getting his shot off.

this is an aboslute mess.
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11/21/2007  2:13 PM
Zach hustles and plays hard, but he isn't really a guy that understands what it takes to win at this point. He will need to be taught, if he is willing to listen.
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11/21/2007  2:15 PM
Posted by djsunyc:

the difference between zach and eddy is that zach actually likes basketball.

i was isolating on eddy during the game yesterday - he make NO effort to help on defense. he sees a man cutting right in front of him and he doesn't step up, he just watches the guy go right to the rim. just terrible.

and zach is slowly looking like a guy that's really all about him getting his shot off.

this is an aboslute mess.

Whenever an opposing player goes straight to the basket for an uncontested layup, I always think that Curry must have been caught on the perimeter. But then the replay inevitably shows Curry standing 3 feet away from the basket just letting the player go to the rim and never leaving his feet or raising his arms.

The guy doesn't care about basketball. He cares about getting paid.
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11/21/2007  3:02 PM
Posted by Bonn1997:

Eddy probably was the worst trade in the history of the franchise. I'd put Marbury 2nd, though and Zach a bit lower. We gave up more for Marbury than for Zach. Zach has no trade value. The next GM should just buy out his contract.

the Antonio McKnee for Marcus Camby trade says hi.
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11/22/2007  9:04 AM
Posted by TMS:
Posted by Bonn1997:

Eddy probably was the worst trade in the history of the franchise. I'd put Marbury 2nd, though and Zach a bit lower. We gave up more for Marbury than for Zach. Zach has no trade value. The next GM should just buy out his contract.

the Antonio McKnee for Marcus Camby trade says hi.

Good point. That's definitely up there although it's still behind the Curry trade because we gave up only one lottery pick for McDyess.
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11/22/2007  9:12 AM
Posted by Bonn1997:
Posted by TMS:
Posted by Bonn1997:

Eddy probably was the worst trade in the history of the franchise. I'd put Marbury 2nd, though and Zach a bit lower. We gave up more for Marbury than for Zach. Zach has no trade value. The next GM should just buy out his contract.

the Antonio McKnee for Marcus Camby trade says hi.

Good point. That's definitely up there although it's still behind the Curry trade because we gave up only one lottery pick for McDyess.

And Marcus Camby who is still tearing up the league. So basically, we gave up the 8th pick and an Allstar/defemsive player of the year center for Mcdyess who had zero impact on this team. We gave up the second pick and swaped another for Curry. We didn't give up any allstars or a player that can impact the game like Camby, for Curry.



[Edited by - bigbeast on 22-11-2007 09:12 AM]
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11/22/2007  9:28 AM
Posted by bigbeast:
Posted by Bonn1997:
Posted by TMS:
Posted by Bonn1997:

Eddy probably was the worst trade in the history of the franchise. I'd put Marbury 2nd, though and Zach a bit lower. We gave up more for Marbury than for Zach. Zach has no trade value. The next GM should just buy out his contract.

the Antonio McKnee for Marcus Camby trade says hi.

Good point. That's definitely up there although it's still behind the Curry trade because we gave up only one lottery pick for McDyess.

And Marcus Camby who is still tearing up the league. So basically, we gave up the 8th pick and an Allstar/defemsive player of the year center for Mcdyess who had zero impact on this team. We gave up the second pick and swaped another for Curry. We didn't give up any allstars or a player that can impact the game like Camby, for Curry.



[Edited by - bigbeast on 22-11-2007 09:12 AM]

I'd take Roy, Aldridge, or Rudy Gay over Camby for a *rebuilding* team. (And that refers to available players regarding only one of the four draft picks we gave up for Curry.) But the McDyess trade is close to the Curry trade in the severity of catastrophe; I'll give you that.

[Edited by - bonn1997 on 11-22-2007 09:28 AM]
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11/22/2007  9:28 AM
I warned about this guy being a big lack of energy and talent that still did not grow in chicago. I warned about bringing him to New York, but other fans believed what Isiah believed and he had this idea of bringing this guy here, hoping he can turn his career around and helping to turn the Knicks around. It was a nice fantasy, but fantasies only come true in the movies. Eddie Curry is a total bust! Just like I knew it be. That doesn't make me negative. I was trying to say something that I already knew about the man. Two lost 1st round picks, a contract that doesn't end until 2010-11, with 'two' player options in his last two years, an average of 10 mil a year, not to mention a declining talent - later, what it says is we are stuck with yet another no-show, long term-stuck in the hole player, who is very close to not being able to be moved. Even if we could trade him, we'd only get about equal the player. I'd like to say the only way we can get out of this is if he pumps it up and stays up putting on fantastic shows for us. But he's only proven that it's a long shot at this point. I got tired of all of the positive and good talk a long time ago. I wanted action and I still have yet to see it to this day.
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11/22/2007  9:32 AM
Posted by Bonn1997:

Eddy probably was the worst trade in the history of the franchise. I'd put Marbury 2nd, though and Zach a bit lower. We gave up more for Marbury than for Zach. Zach has no trade value. The next GM should just buy out his contract.

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