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Iight Knicks fans after watching today's game, i realized why i hate Eddy Curry so much. All offseason i was thinking about why i didnt like him and maybe he is a young, reliable, good center that can work for this team like Isiah says. But Eddy Curry cant in fact he is the exact opposite of what this team needs at starting center...
I am not saying that Curry is a bad player, because he is not, he has clear offensive talent, but really that is about it. So Curry is not a bad guy to have on your team, but the problem is that EVERY single play the Knicks just bring it down and lob it to Eddy. I am sorry Zeke, but look at the stats. Randolph is a better player than Eddy. He can take it outside, he can play post, he is a better rebounder, he hustles more, and he is a little more athletic. Curry on the other hand looks like he has gained weight and once he gets the ball on offense he screws up all of our flow. He either throws it up or something, or turns it over. But even after that he attributes 0 of anything else. I do not think i saw him run once this game, whenever a ball was loose near him, he'd wait for someone else to grab it. He had 4 boards in 33 mins. 4 @#%$ boards, or you kidding me for a starting center who played 33 mins?! Is this really the guy Zeke wants to build around, and that people claim is the best c enter we've had since Pat? In all honesty, i'd rather have Nazr Mohammed on this team over Curry....
This is because we do not need a guy we dump the ball to every time and does nothing else to start for us. I would much rather the guy who wont score but who puts effort and has us be a legitimate post defense team. It's not like we would be losing any post game because we would still have Randolph who is a beats and averaged 23 and 10 last year. When Curry is in the game, Randolph's production declines but it is far worse than that. As evident in the Tel-Aviv and 76ers game, Marbury, Crawford, and Randolph all worked very well together and played a complete game of basketball. A game where Marbury would bring it up, and we would have Z-Bo taking it inside, but also able to hit the midrange J, and Crawford was doing his thing scoring wise, while David lee was doing all the little things. If we want to win games that is how we will need to play. Not a game where we bring it up dump it to fat @#%$ and than boom, play over. No i will reiterate, i am not saying Curry is a bad player, it is just that he does not mesh with our style of play. I think this team is good enough to win 50 and i will not back down from that statement. But they need to play a complete game led by the threesome of Marbury, Crawford, and Randolph each with a majority of skills that work well with each other. This is the kid of play that will give Steph his breakout season i preach about to lead a team, and Crawford to step up as that 20 a game guy, because he will get the ball on the perimeter rather than having it with Eddy all the time, but instead of making the 19 point -4 rebound guy our #1, it should be the 23+ 10 guy who has a wider variety of skills.
The Knicks NEED to get rid of Curry if they want to win, because he does not mesh in with the style in which we will win by. Zeke needs to pull some strings and not make the same mistake that we made with Frye. Where last season at this time he was our "untradable franchise player" and now hes in Portland. We should do with Curry what we shoulda done with Frye, trade him while his value is high, because we are a better team without him. I dont care how many points he scores, we are better without him. Marbury, Crawford, Z-Bo, and Le can run this te am as a team, because all their styles are different and mesh well with each other. Curry does not mesh with them, because he only has 1 skill which is scoring in the post, and we WILL NOT be in for our breakout season if every time onoffense we dump it into Curry, which holds the other players back, and than we play no post D, how will that team be a contender?
Like i said we gotta trade Curry, possibly in a deal to get Artest or some star-TYPE (not Kobe) that will mesh well with those 4 players and than get a defensive stopper big man that will not perform that well on offense to play center for us. This is good for 2 reasons. To make a trade for lets just say Artest for now, we get a guy who beautifully fits in with what we should get, Marbury will run the team at the point, Crawford will take over scoring in the backcourt, we would than have Artest who would be our defensive stopper+scoring threat, Z Bo would be our #1 option, and than we could give up some offense for a defensive center who does not score much, because we would already have a complete scoring game, and a defensive center would allow a complete defensive game as well. This will also be good for reason #2 which is that it will allow the Knicks to clear alot of their depth (which they need to do) and still get value, because they can deffinitely land a guy like Artest and a defensive big man because of our talented young guys who won see much time/get cut+Curry.
Once again this all starts with trading Curry, he does not fit in with our style of play, and with Z Bo now we need to give him up for defense because that will complete us. Yes i know what you will say, Curry has got talent and im not denying that, it is just that he will hold back our other talent and we can get talent in other areas (defense) that we need more in return for him.
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I am not saying that Curry is a bad player, because he is not, he has clear offensive talent, but really that is about it. So Curry is not a bad guy to have on your team, but the problem is that EVERY single play the Knicks just bring it down and lob it to Eddy. I am sorry Zeke, but look at the stats. Randolph is a better player than Eddy. He can take it outside, he can play post, he is a better rebounder, he hustles more, and he is a little more athletic. Curry on the other hand looks like he has gained weight and once he gets the ball on offense he screws up all of our flow. He either throws it up or something, or turns it over. But even after that he attributes 0 of anything else. I do not think i saw him run once this game, whenever a ball was loose near him, he'd wait for someone else to grab it. He had 4 boards in 33 mins. 4 @#%$ boards, or you kidding me for a starting center who played 33 mins?! Is this really the guy Zeke wants to build around, and that people claim is the best c enter we've had since Pat? In all honesty, i'd rather have Nazr Mohammed on this team over Curry....
This is because we do not need a guy we dump the ball to every time and does nothing else to start for us. I would much rather the guy who wont score but who puts effort and has us be a legitimate post defense team. It's not like we would be losing any post game because we would still have Randolph who is a beats and averaged 23 and 10 last year. When Curry is in the game, Randolph's production declines but it is far worse than that. As evident in the Tel-Aviv and 76ers game, Marbury, Crawford, and Randolph all worked very well together and played a complete game of basketball. A game where Marbury would bring it up, and we would have Z-Bo taking it inside, but also able to hit the midrange J, and Crawford was doing his thing scoring wise, while David lee was doing all the little things. If we want to win games that is how we will need to play. Not a game where we bring it up dump it to fat @#%$ and than boom, play over. No i will reiterate, i am not saying Curry is a bad player, it is just that he does not mesh with our style of play. I think this team is good enough to win 50 and i will not back down from that statement. But they need to play a complete game led by the threesome of Marbury, Crawford, and Randolph each with a majority of skills that work well with each other. This is the kid of play that will give Steph his breakout season i preach about to lead a team, and Crawford to step up as that 20 a game guy, because he will get the ball on the perimeter rather than having it with Eddy all the time, but instead of making the 19 point -4 rebound guy our #1, it should be the 23+ 10 guy who has a wider variety of skills.
The Knicks NEED to get rid of Curry if they want to win, because he does not mesh in with the style in which we will win by. Zeke needs to pull some strings and not make the same mistake that we made with Frye. Where last season at this time he was our "untradable franchise player" and now hes in Portland. We should do with Curry what we shoulda done with Frye, trade him while his value is high, because we are a better team without him. I dont care how many points he scores, we are better without him. Marbury, Crawford, Z-Bo, and Le can run this te am as a team, because all their styles are different and mesh well with each other. Curry does not mesh with them, because he only has 1 skill which is scoring in the post, and we WILL NOT be in for our breakout season if every time onoffense we dump it into Curry, which holds the other players back, and than we play no post D, how will that team be a contender?
Like i said we gotta trade Curry, possibly in a deal to get Artest or some star-TYPE (not Kobe) that will mesh well with those 4 players and than get a defensive stopper big man that will not perform that well on offense to play center for us. This is good for 2 reasons. To make a trade for lets just say Artest for now, we get a guy who beautifully fits in with what we should get, Marbury will run the team at the point, Crawford will take over scoring in the backcourt, we would than have Artest who would be our defensive stopper+scoring threat, Z Bo would be our #1 option, and than we could give up some offense for a defensive center who does not score much, because we would already have a complete scoring game, and a defensive center would allow a complete defensive game as well. This will also be good for reason #2 which is that it will allow the Knicks to clear alot of their depth (which they need to do) and still get value, because they can deffinitely land a guy like Artest and a defensive big man because of our talented young guys who won see much time/get cut+Curry.
Once again this all starts with trading Curry, he does not fit in with our style of play, and with Z Bo now we need to give him up for defense because that will complete us. Yes i know what you will say, Curry has got talent and im not denying that, it is just that he will hold back our other talent and we can get talent in other areas (defense) that we need more in return for him.
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