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Center Eddy Curry, who had a promising season, said he was 20 pounds lighter and proportionally quicker. Forward Zach Randolph, who averaged 23.6 points and 10.1 rebounds for Portland last season, is now playing next to Curry, forming perhaps the most powerful low-post tandem in the league.
And the players whose injuries sank the Knicks last spring Jamal Crawford (right ankle surgery), David Lee (right leg stress injury) and Quentin Richardson (back surgery) said they were back to full strength. Indeed, Crawford is better than that, having added another 15 pounds of upper-body muscle to help absorb contact on the way to the rim.
No one seemed more eager to get the season started than Curry. In late July, Curry and his wife were robbed at gunpoint in their suburban Chicago mansion.
The scariest thing Ive ever been through in my life, Curry said, speaking about the incident for the first time. Guns in your face, guns in your chest, guns in your back. People screaming at you, cussing at you, ordering you around, cursing at your wife, guns on her. Its crazy.
The incident prompted Curry and his family to return to New York almost immediately, which Curry said was beneficial to his game. He ended up spending more time at the Knicks training center, and losing the most weight since he turned pro in 2001.
Curry declined to list his weight but said that his performance in strength and quickness tests, when compared with this time last year, were just night and day.
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