From Mike Dougherty blog:

http://knicks.lohudblogs.com/2007/12/16/marbury-is-back-on-the-court/

"Eddy Curry stayed on the court for 14 straight minutes to start the game, and was practically doubled over when he took a seat. If that happens a couple of more times, he’ll be in shape again."

How can a dude still not be in shape?

He hasn't been getting minutes...He hasn't been playing long stretches at a time this season...You really don't get into game shape until you play...

which reminds me, I don't see Nate out of shape or Malik huffing and puffing when they come in.

Eddy curry has not been in shape for one single minute as a member of the new york knicks.

He came from chicago fat and has never gotten to proper game weight. Not once

Posted by martin:

which reminds me, I don't see Nate out of shape or Malik huffing and puffing when they come in.

you don't see them getting burn for a quater and a half in one stretch either...

What happened to the protestor...

Posted by martin:

which reminds me, I don't see Nate out of shape or Malik huffing and puffing when they come in.

Well, if Curry is benched because he's essentially obese, Thomas should get fired. Who knows though with this steaming pile of poo that is the Knicks franchise.

Posted by Allanfan20:

A pro athlete should be prepared to play 48 minutes in a game and be able to do it the next day. If you can't do it for a few minutes, then you're in bad shape for a pro athlete. Barring injuries, Nate, Lee, Marbury, Jamal, Malik (Well, maybe him) Jefferies, Balk and Chandler can do that, probably. Curry CAN'T and can prolly hardly play a quarter and a half. He's in bad shape. He's a bad pro and not a very good player.

Yep. Honestly, if the contract structure was the same in the NBA as it is in the NFL, Curry would get cut in the offseason, amongst many others.

Posted by Allanfan20:

A pro athlete should be prepared to play 48 minutes in a game and be able to do it the next day. If you can't do it for a few minutes, then you're in bad shape for a pro athlete. Barring injuries, Nate, Lee, Marbury, Jamal, Malik (Well, maybe him) Jefferies, Balk and Chandler can do that, probably. Curry CAN'T and can prolly hardly play a quarter and a half. He's in bad shape. He's a bad pro and not a very good player.

I think that's a high standard for a big man- I doubt Shaq could do that-

However, Curry should be able to go strong for 12 minutes - and its bad that he is not in shape.

I thought he dedicated himself over the summer to improving?

PINT DISAGREE

everyone doesn't get paid $10 mil a yr and cost 2 lottery picks, eddy should be dealt ASAP

I think it's time to ease your own minds and just realize that this man will never do what it takes to be in shape. I stopped getting mad at JJ and Curry. I am now mad at Isiah for allowing it to happen

Posted by SkyWalker:

i think eddy can't get into shape because he is too scared to work out hard enough in the offseason because of his heart condition and is somewhat scared to push himself too hard physically.

That doesn't make sense. The best thing he could do for his heart would be to workout hard and lose 30 lbs of fat. Hardcore wait-lifting would speed up his metabolism and cause him to lose a lot of fat and it wouldn't be nearly as straining on the heart as playing NBA basketball is anyway. If I know this just from reading a lot on my spare time, surely his trainers in Chicago and NY must know it. Most trainers rank activities that promote fat loss as

1) compound weight lifting
2) high intensity aerobic workouts with low intensity recovery periods (the technical term is high intensity interval training)
3) continuous low/moderate intensity aerobics (like light jogging)

And even before point 1 comes nutrition.

Bottom line he could lose a lot of fat, which would be the best thing for his heart, without even putting any strain on his heart.