Eddy Curry's not feeling the love either.

by Seth on Dec 26, 2009 12:42 PM EST in News

Nate Robinson's frustration with his benching is well-documented, although Nate himself has yet to vocally object, instead leaving his agent to make the statements. Nate's not the only one feeling a little grumpy. Eddy Curry's been a DNP-CD for the last four outings, and is getting all kinds of disgruntled. From Marc Berman:

"It's frustrating, because I worked so hard to get back and to be ready to go and now it's just like go every game trying to figure out if I'm going to play or not, sitting over there waiting to see what's going to happen," Curry said. "It's tough to deal with, especially at this stage of my career, at this age. I ain't that old, but I've been here for a while."

Curry's skipped the middleman entirely, and is instead taking the direct route. While Eddy's disappointment is perfectly understandable, there are a few circumstances that distinguish this case from that of Robinson. One is that Curry has played more recently, and has actually received minutes within the span of this winning December. In fact, the Knicks are 1-2 in December when Curry has played, and many of us felt that Eddy's minutes marked a downward turning point in the Knicks-Bulls game that went sour. His presence just might not fit into the Knicks' offense, as his abilities to make quick decisions and pass when doubled are questionable. It's really superb to see him back in shape, but Eddy Curry's strengths don't seem to fit the gameplan. While there have been moments at which many of us have said "the Knicks could really use Nate right now", the same can't really be said for Eddy. This was to be expected. D'Antoniball values speed over comfort, and Curry at any size isn't exactly nimble.

Curry is also not an expiring contract, so his current activity is slightly less crucial in the scheme of getting a new deal in the NBA. All that said, Eddy's right that if the Knicks don't plan on playing him, they might as well look into moving him, which I'm sure they are. Curry has every right to be disappointed, but unlike Nate, it's hard to imagine an alternative to the current scenario.

For more, check out Dan's take. He's of the opinion that Curry's failure to stay in shape during his Knick career undermines any sense of entitlement he might feel. And you know what? As much as I know Eddy's heart is in the right place, that's a fair point.

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it's a tough one

i love having eddy in shape and looking aggressive out there. but truly, what for? he doesn’t seem to have a positive impact on the team’s performance. he still demands the ball to be effective in a system that can only thrive through ball movement. it’s counter-productive. if he did the dirty work like david lee does, he would show instant value. but he knows how to play a cerain way. he would work out in portland maybe. f they wanted low post scoring. they have the slowest pace of any team in the league last i heard.

eddy for andre miller anyone?

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by stingy d on Dec 26, 2009 1:01 PM EST reply actions

i hope they trade

wen he is on the court all he does is post and throw up a quick hook shot hopin it goes in, honestly he sucks. I mean he isn’t a bad player he jus isn’t effective. Wen he was working hard in 06 or 07 I can’t remember the year, he was a beast but that was because wen he was on the court he was catching offensive rebounds and banging, now he can hardly run up the court and wen he does get the ball he jus chucks it up. At least nate wants us to win and he wants to stay around, eventually he’ll get his chance again. But eddy curry is not right for this team hopefully portland starts feeling pressure to add a big man and calls the knicks up about curry.

CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUCH

by IB on Dec 26, 2009 1:37 PM EST reply actions

There is no team in the NBA that wants Curry at this salary

If I were the Knicks I would tell Curry this and let him know that if there were a team willing to give us a bag of balls with a $11million/year expiring contract, we would make that trade in a second. But, unfortunately, because you are fat, lazy and an all around bust, nobody wants you. Therefore, either except a buyout for half of your ridiculous salary and go find some team willing to give you a shot for the league minimum, or shut the f@!k up!

by big_fella on Dec 26, 2009 8:01 PM EST reply actions

Eddy seems like a good guy

but is a complete waste of a basketball player. because of the Knicks’ inability to get rid of him, he also holds the distinction of being the worst of Isiah’s failed moves. that’s saying alot.

Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!

by Anthony Masons Haircut on Dec 26, 2009 9:35 PM EST reply actions

real talk

"But when he saw it, he just put his hands up and they couldn’t give it to him. It just fell to the ground, I-I don’t, you know … So, that showed me he had great experience..." - Jeff Van Gundy

by Anthony Bonner's Subpoena on Dec 26, 2009 11:09 PM EST up reply actions

Dear Nate and Eddie

If you wanted to play minutes you should have thought about playing a little Defense every now and again when you had the chance. Maybe you can rent a NYK playoff video from the early 90’s and see what this Defense is all about.

by Rigsay on Dec 26, 2009 10:31 PM EST reply actions

Eddy Curry is not that bad, especially since he’s warming the bench. $11 million is a bit much. Let’s hope he answers the call positively when his time comes. He can’t really complain about being a bench warmer when he has so much trouble staying healthy or in shape. He has nice height, but is he capable of averaging double – doubles with as many blocks as possible mixed in, which the Knicks need, I don’t know? I don’t believe anyone on the Knicks is getting traded this year. Guys on the last year of their contract are hard to find to find to trade for. They’ve got to stick to their plan for the 2010 free agent market and suffer through this year (which might not not be that bad if they make the playoffs).

by Nkrumah on Dec 27, 2009 4:25 AM EST reply actions

all Eddy has been is positive this year.

He went through a huge change and has put up an extreme effort to recondition himself and be ready to play for the Knicks. He cannot be blamed for his contract. In fact…he should be complimented on it! Sure he is overpaid…but that is what he was offered. I’d have taken it in a second too!! But he has been in an excellent mood and working very hard to get into shape. I can understand his frustrations working so hard and seeing our gaps in the middle and not getting the call for even a few minutes. Shit, even when we are down 20+, we leave our bench in the dark.
His few minutes against Chicago were a fail, but that’s one team, and he previously played better the game or two before.

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by Chris Child's Fist on Dec 27, 2009 10:32 AM EST up reply actions

Well..

If they were able to trade Jerome James, I’m sure they might fine someone—-anyone—- to take his contract.

by scotty2129 on Dec 28, 2009 10:25 AM EST reply actions

Eddy under-rated

I can point to atleast 5 games where he single -handedly fouled out the opposition bigs -this year in only 16 minutes against Washington -he got 6 fouls on the opposig bigs (Jamison/Butler/Heywood). Eddie is not being used rght imo. He needs atleast 30 minutes a game and the focus should not be him scoring efficiently -which he does for the most part. Rather it should be to use his knack of getting a lot of fouls. If you do that -then you can go small with Jeffries/Lee at the center spot by the 4th quarter since most of the bigs by them have 4-5 fouls on them.

by iyamwutiam on Dec 29, 2009 5:59 PM EST reply actions