Eddy Curry Must Play One Day Soon

d’antoni is not, as you say, “trying to keep his job”. he is trying to win basketball games, because he’s got the winner’s mentality. and its obvious! thats why roger mason is gone, thats why shawne williams got to keep spinning.

i don’t see how on earth it would “behoove” him to play curry, especially when there are a million jerks across the world complaining that d’antoni doesn’t “preach defense”. well i assure you that eddY curry is no good on defense.

it might come a time, when inserting curry into the game will make tactical sense, and d’antoni is the type of coach that will be able to recognize it. so while curry has infinitely better hands than mozgov. he is extremely slower and completely inattentive on the defensive end.

just because this guy, who hasn’t been able to get on the court for 3 years and running, says he is ready does not mean he knows what he is talking about. and you can go back in time and see my thoughts on eddy curry… i am a big supporter. but there is no sense in forcing the issue. and i find it silly to even suggest.

which he will either by buy out, trade or at the latest the end of the season when his contract is finally over.

Damn…

If Curry is truly able to play, D’Antoni is being shortsighted as he often is with big players (but give him credit for much clearer communication as to why players will sit). He does not automatically believe in players like David Lee, Rony Turiaf, Darko Milicic (LOL) and Shawne Williams.

Is this a joke?

We dont have much size down low to begin with and we dont know how long or how many times we are going to have to go without Turiaf. We got some good teams with good size coming up next week and we might need his girth just to matchup, in case Mozzy, Amare, Will and Turiaf(if he can play) get in foul trouble. AR and Gallo for all their height are not bangers down low.

Not saying make him a steady part of the rotation, just have him, just in case.

are these drugs talking or are u serious? I can’t tell anymore. Eddy in his prime was a terrible defender and poor rebounder for his size, he is not bringing anything to the table we don’t already have and since as we’re playing quite well , I’d rather not disrupt the lineups, rotations or our style of play right now.

Kudos on the outside the box thinking, but in this case the box is no longer even in sight.

That was funny. No, I’m not on drugs although I do enjoy some mind-bending in my spare time.

First of all, no one said anything about giving the guy major minutes. Of course, we’re winning now and I love it, but the truth of the matter is that we’re still beating certain types of teams under certain conditions. We are beating losing teams (except for Nawleans which was missing David West) based on our persistent hustle and their failure to fully exploit the weak interior D we suffer from. Eddie was never a defensive specialist. In fact, his rebounding sucked major vacuum. However, our current D is not much better, just covered up with better offense.

Studdy is great, but you and I know unknown opposing bigs are making a name off of our front line. Kevin Love? Amir Johnson? Mozzy is not cutting it and there is some room to find out what Curry can do or to make him do something. If the Knicks intend to keep Eddie around and we just happen to get into the playoffs, it would be nice to have him ready to play when the game totally changes.

Eddie is lighter and he is playing for his next contract. the likelihood is that he will suck, but we won’t know until we play him. Eddie also has the potential to be a much better offensive presence than Mozzy or Turiaf. And there is some merit in building his value.

Is this the best idea in the world. No. Is it better than wasting all that beef. I think so and apparently some pretty smart people on this blog think so too.

But don’t worry, D’Antoni is the coach, not us, and he doesn’t like Curry and never will. Curry is fair more likely to get splinters than playing time as long as D’Antoni is around.

I had the same reaction when I heard his quotes over the summer about him hoping the Knicks “do the right thing” and buy him out if he wasn’t going to get minutes. I had the same reaction to the title of this fanpost.

But then I saw who wrote it. IGM it’s cool to have you join this swelling tide of knick fans and new registrants to our beloved P&T community, but this shit is crazy man.

was the man, then I must bow to your superior esp. I for one did not favor Shawne Williams over Patrick Ewing, Jr. especially since I’ve had the opportunity to sit with Patrick who is a great guy with a lot of hustle though a bit undersized. I am happy for Shawne and rooting for him, but I admit that I thought it better to honor the Ewings where I thought Ewing did well in the summer league. I don’t even remember seeing Sean Williams as muh as I remember Warren Carter.

 But clearly, you the man.

I heard it mentioned that 60-70% of the poll says Eddy should play which is kinda true but also kind of a half truth because 55% are only giving him minutes in “limited circumstances” which for me reads huge blowouts or necessity due to injury.

Yea, that’s still playing but that’s not the same as him playing because of Curry thinking he’s ready to play as it is suggested.

Even before getting garbage minutes there are alot of guys who work hard I’d rather see rewarded before he went in specifically Randolph and Mozgov. To me Curry not only has to be healthy but he also has to prove he is ready to compete in practice before even getting the slightest consideration.

It is preposterous to take Eddy Curry’s word that Eddy Curry is ready and insert him into a game based on that alone. I have more faith in Dantoni’s “feels” at this point than Eddy Curry’s feel because Curry has felt he has been ready to go before, only to prove to everyone he really could not stay on the court.

Is Eddy being held to a different standard? I’m pretty sure he is. He’ll probably have to work twice as hard to impress than any other Knick has to if he ever wishes to see the court again (whether for us or another team) and I find no fault in this because him working hard is the only way to both condition himself and become a better player.

I never thought of Dantoni as a great head coach, I’m still not convinced he is and he strikes me as a bit of a smart ass at times. Having said that, he is the best coach for this Knicks team at present (for several reasons which I wont get into now) and I’m 100% with him on Curry’s situation. I think he goofed handling Marbury, hated the doghouse he built for Nate but Curry is a completely different case altogether. Steph & Nate may have been able to help us win more games, they were healthy and had recently been productive. Curry can not lay claim to any of those things with certainty at this point.

Really, I’m not saying anything here that every single Knicks fan doesn’t already know so at this point I’m gonna assume this post is just here as a “reaction” piece not aimed at making any specific point in general but just aiming to stir the pot and get peoples attention.