That's what is says on Realgm. Good trade for Chicago, NYK makes another big questionable move. For Chicago: Curry just wasn't that good. Chandler is a better player when he is healthy I think. Tim Thomas is a cool 12M coming off the books and Sweetney is a decent young PF that has some promise. For NYK: Curry? He's gonna solve their problem? Hahahaha. Curry is just another addition to their group of overpaid, undersized big man. You sign Jerome James to too much. You get Q and will have to pay him a lot. You still have Crawford, Marbury, Taylor, Rose. This is just a bad team.
I think it's ironic that people say the Knicks made a bad move because Curry is lazy considering that Thomas just went to Chicago and he is one of the laziest and most underachieving players in the league after signing a huge contract.
I think New York came on top in this trade for the first time in 7 years. It wasn't a significant trade when it comes down to it, nevertheless New York got the better of it. Chicago didn't get any talent to speak of. There's no way in hell Tim Thomas can play for Scott Skiles, he'll just get used to the smell of pine. The Knicks took a chance with Curry and even if he doesn't pan out, it's not like this trade will make them worse. If Curry plays like he did last year, they clearly got the better end.
Big difference: the Bulls can waive his ass immediately with no long-term financial consequences. He's just a $12 piece of crap that comes off the books. From what I heard, Curry got six years, $35 million (half of what Dalembert got.) Sounds about right, considering A) the health risk and B) the fact that he isn't a very good player. He's an inside scorer - but that's ALL he can do, and indeed Mike Sweetney has an offensive game very similar to Curry's. The Bulls will miss Antonio Davis more than Curry -- you heard it here first. Sorry guys, but I don't think the Knicks did much aside from adding payroll and filling a short-term need Isiah Thomas created. This is one of the deals they should have wised up and avoided.
I like the trade from the Knicks' standpoint. If any team in the league can take on another bad contract, it's NY. Let's face it: they already have too many bad contracts. Eddy Curry is one of the half dozen legit centers left in the league. He is a potential impact player. For once, Isiah Thomas took a risk that was worth taking. Chicago was forced to get the best they could for curry since it had become clear that they would not have him for more than one year. I think that John Paxson backed himself into a corner too early for publicly demanding the DNA test. Sweetney has some game, but he's undersized and overweight. Tim Thomas is just an expiring contract. If they only get one first-round pick back (which will be mid to late first rounder), they lose on this trade.
I wouldn't, and I won't. This is a guy that came into the league figuring he was already a finished product out of HS, demonstrated an appalling work ethic, effort on the floor, and willingness to accept coaching during his rookie year. He stunk it up for 3 years, blatantly saving his efforts for whenever he had the ball in the post. His efforts on the boards and on D have been outright pathetic his entire career. He refuses to put in time during the offseason (infuriating the Bulls managment the past two summers) and has yet to get himself into good (NBA) shape. Curry took that resume (career avg at the time: 10.6 PPG and 4.7 RPG) and insisted on a max/near max extension last summer. He then had his agents demand a trade to a different team; either one that would be dumb enough to give him the contract or one that would allow him to pad his stats over the course of the season. Now, from what I've read, it's suspected that his one-time heart episode (it's not a diagnosed condition as no one's been able to pinpoint the root cause) came from drinking a couple of red bulls before a game. So it's not even a given that this heart issue is something that will reoccur. HOWEVER, what is a given is that Curry has yet to be a professional in this league, nor has he given anyone reason to believe that he will become one. Look at Zach Randolph right now. That contract looked great until he signed it, huh? What's scary is, he's three times the player Curry is. You're staring down the same situation. If Curry didn't care before, why in the world would you think he'll go Rocky IV on you once he has a $50 million deal in hand??? This happens year after year after year, and the GMs never seem to get the lesson. Evan
All this is crazy...Not only does curry have a medical condition, he's lazy and will be ineffective...its the knicks though, so its expected...
Oh really? That really changes things - from New York's perspective, for the worse. Having both Curry & James, each with on-and-off effort and health to go with serious holes in there games, locked up to long term dough is very, very bad. Pairing terrible interior defenders with players like Jamaal Crawford and Quentin Richardson is going to hurt. And I think the "Gary Payton/Alan Henderson" Rule only applies to mid-season trades.
I dont know.. I think NY needed big men and they filled that spot. Center is one of the hardest positions to fill and when Curry plays hard he can be decent. They dont need superstar they just need average / decent. They still are unbalanced but at least working to solve that.. J
Anyone else really looking forward to Larry Brown coaching Starbury and Curry at this point? I keep picturing an on-court shooting episode. Evan
How long before Brown and Zeke get into a public battle over Curry's limited minutes (Brown hates selfish, lazy players)?
The language surrounding the Gary Payton/Alan Henderson/potentially my man AD situation seems deliberately vague in the new CBA. That really stuck out to me earlier this summer, that they couldn't find a legal way to stop teams from doing this in a trillion-page CBA. That all they had to do was wait 30 days within the season. And, really, what's the point? If the Hawks don't want Gary Payton, and don't need him, then they should be free to waive him. And GP should be free to play for whatever team he wants. What's the point of being a hardass and making two teams/fan bases unhappy?
Curry is only 23 and I think with a great coaching staff like Larry brown brings the Knicks are going to be alright with him. Tim thomas and sweetney are nice but seriously how nice? Curry needed a fresh start and to be the focal big man. I like the move Isiah made. He definitely took a risk that was better than the one layden did by signing Alan houston to a max contract. They've got some decent pieces and I wonder how Brown is going to deal with it.
