spursfaninla
11-13-2004, 11:42 AM
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Eddy Curry diagnosed with Anorexia (post #1)
Bulls center Eddy Curry has offered an explanation for his anemic performance against the Suns on Tuesday – he is suffering from anorexia. It seems his bid to get in shape for the first time in his life has backfired, and he is now suffering from weakness caused by malnourishment.
Last season, Curry arrived at training camp weighing in at 460 pounds, and was told to “trim down” a little by then-coach Bill Cartwright after he severely dented the playing surface at the United Center. Since then, he has been training to reduce his weight. This year he arrived at camp weighing a trim 285 pounds, but this has since plummeted to a “mere” 220 - leaving him severely weakened.
Curry, affectionately known as “Rotundo” to his friends and family, admitted the eating disorder yesterday: “I spent most of the summer eating celery and drinking lo-cal water. I spent a lot of time working out to Shawn Bradley videos. I kept looking at my poster of Manute Bol, and I knew I just looked different.”
Curry is no stranger to eating disorders. In high school he was diagnosed as being half bulimic, after he began habitually bingeing on hotdogs and burgers but forgetting to throw up afterwards. “I used to go on food benders for days – even weeks. I once ate a whole pig in two days. Man, was I fat. And I don’t mean p-h fat.”
His weakness explains his meagre 3 points against Phoenix, when he was repeatedly overpowered by 5’9” Yuta Tabuse in the paint. Coach Skiles spotted the problem a few weeks ago: “I thought something was up when little Kirk Hinrich knocked him over in that Wizards preseason game. He then got up and started fighting like a girl. I was real worried on Tuesday night when I threw him his jersey and he collapsed under the weight when he caught it.”
His weakness has resulted in his vertical “leap” falling back to his career low of 8 inches, back when he weighed 460 pounds.
The situation leaves the Bulls facing the loss of their supposed center-of-the-future. This fan summed it up: “It’s terrible. Apart from Ron Artest, Elton Brand, Jay Williams, Brad Miller, Jalen Rose, Ron Mercer, Trenton Hassell, Jamal Crawford, Eddie Robinson and Dalibor Bagaric, we’ve never lost a single good young prospect in the last 6 years. We’re just not used to it. Still, at least it gives us the chance to re-sign Cezary Trybanski, so there is some hope.”
Not all Curry’s teammates are sympathetic. Tyson Chandler said “Man, he’s just soft. I mean, I only weigh 90 pounds and I’m doin’ ok. His excuses are gettin’ lamer than JazzMan’s puns.”
Curry’s agent Lamont Carter spoke to us this morning. “Eddy is very unwell and very unhappy, so we are demanding a trade, obviously. When he looks in the mirror, he says he just sees this big black blob. To be honest, that’s all we see too, but if this continues I’ll have to get on to Dolce & Gabbana to see if they’ve got any slots on their roster.”
This is in no way intended to trivialise eating disorders or denigrate those who suffer from them.
Eddy Curry diagnosed with Anorexia (post #1)
Bulls center Eddy Curry has offered an explanation for his anemic performance against the Suns on Tuesday – he is suffering from anorexia. It seems his bid to get in shape for the first time in his life has backfired, and he is now suffering from weakness caused by malnourishment.
Last season, Curry arrived at training camp weighing in at 460 pounds, and was told to “trim down” a little by then-coach Bill Cartwright after he severely dented the playing surface at the United Center. Since then, he has been training to reduce his weight. This year he arrived at camp weighing a trim 285 pounds, but this has since plummeted to a “mere” 220 - leaving him severely weakened.
Curry, affectionately known as “Rotundo” to his friends and family, admitted the eating disorder yesterday: “I spent most of the summer eating celery and drinking lo-cal water. I spent a lot of time working out to Shawn Bradley videos. I kept looking at my poster of Manute Bol, and I knew I just looked different.”
Curry is no stranger to eating disorders. In high school he was diagnosed as being half bulimic, after he began habitually bingeing on hotdogs and burgers but forgetting to throw up afterwards. “I used to go on food benders for days – even weeks. I once ate a whole pig in two days. Man, was I fat. And I don’t mean p-h fat.”
His weakness explains his meagre 3 points against Phoenix, when he was repeatedly overpowered by 5’9” Yuta Tabuse in the paint. Coach Skiles spotted the problem a few weeks ago: “I thought something was up when little Kirk Hinrich knocked him over in that Wizards preseason game. He then got up and started fighting like a girl. I was real worried on Tuesday night when I threw him his jersey and he collapsed under the weight when he caught it.”
His weakness has resulted in his vertical “leap” falling back to his career low of 8 inches, back when he weighed 460 pounds.
The situation leaves the Bulls facing the loss of their supposed center-of-the-future. This fan summed it up: “It’s terrible. Apart from Ron Artest, Elton Brand, Jay Williams, Brad Miller, Jalen Rose, Ron Mercer, Trenton Hassell, Jamal Crawford, Eddie Robinson and Dalibor Bagaric, we’ve never lost a single good young prospect in the last 6 years. We’re just not used to it. Still, at least it gives us the chance to re-sign Cezary Trybanski, so there is some hope.”
Not all Curry’s teammates are sympathetic. Tyson Chandler said “Man, he’s just soft. I mean, I only weigh 90 pounds and I’m doin’ ok. His excuses are gettin’ lamer than JazzMan’s puns.”
Curry’s agent Lamont Carter spoke to us this morning. “Eddy is very unwell and very unhappy, so we are demanding a trade, obviously. When he looks in the mirror, he says he just sees this big black blob. To be honest, that’s all we see too, but if this continues I’ll have to get on to Dolce & Gabbana to see if they’ve got any slots on their roster.”
This is in no way intended to trivialise eating disorders or denigrate those who suffer from them.