Curry Traded to NY

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

They were offering him 20 million dollars for the rest of his life if he didn't pass, and he turned it down.

Guess he knew he couldn't pass, but that Zeke would pay him 5 times that anyway.

[benjirh]

Couple questions. Rumor is NY will release Davis and he will resign with the bulls by the end of the month. I thought there was something just put in the new CBA about a length of time that needed to pass before a team could resign a player they traded. Another thought is that Chandler is more suited for the PF role. He is more in the mold of a Duncan or O'neal. I believe Chicago will be looking for a strong center to stand with Chandler. And next year they will have roughly 20 mil. Wallace will probably resign with Detroit. So other than a trade, it is looking like Wright and Mohammed are the two strongest possibilities and I am pretty sure we will lose a bidding war with a team who is in desperate need of a center and has 20 mil to blow. This makes me a little worried. Other thoughts?

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Man, Paxson made out like a bandit...

Bulls will receive forward Tim Thomas, forward Michael Sweetney, guard Jermaine Jackson, and a first-round and two second-round draft picks, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Three draft picks?

[picnroll]

If that picks is this years Spurs' it's basicly three second round picks.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Yeah but they could package those somehow to move up. They'll also have like 20 mil in cap room next summer with this, supposedly.

[Mixability]

Sweetney is big, fat, and useless.

Pot...Kettle...Black

[ducks]

Under terms of the deal, the Knicks will release Davis and he will return to the Bulls later this month. That was believed to be part of the last-minute talks in the deal.
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune...cs-home-utility

[marcus]

Curry signed a six-year, $55 million contract with the Knicks following contentious negotiations with the Bulls over the summer.

, it will be funny if he can't even play after this.

[sickdsm]

What's everyone worried about his heart problems for? Geez, Marbury cleared this ALL up yesterday.

"Stephon Marbury scoffs at the notion Eddy Curry has a bad heart, claiming he once was told that he had ticker issues while attending Georgia Tech. All that's relevant to Marbury is Curry's beastly inside presence that can open up the world for the Knicks. "I got a heart murmur," Marbury revealed. "All athletes have heart murmurs. They told me one time [in college] I wasn't going to be able to play. I still have it. My heart skips a beat sometimes. You get it checked out, they say, 'Hey, you have a heart murmur.' " New York Post

[BigVee]

What's everyone worried about his heart problems for? Geez, Marbury cleared this ALL up yesterday.

"Stephon Marbury scoffs at the notion Eddy Curry has a bad heart, claiming he once was told that he had ticker issues while attending Georgia Tech. All that's relevant to Marbury is Curry's beastly inside presence that can open up the world for the Knicks. "I got a heart murmur," Marbury revealed. "All athletes have heart murmurs. They told me one time [in college] I wasn't going to be able to play. I still have it. My heart skips a beat sometimes. You get it checked out, they say, 'Hey, you have a heart murmur.' " New York Post

Great. Not only a wonderfully gifted winner and unselfish player, but also a MD.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Remember the good old days when the the Knicks and Miami were the leading the way through the Eastern conference? Well, at least we get to see which one of these teams bursts into flames first. I can understand Isiah wanting a reasonable back-up plan if Big Snacks went back on the Twinkies, but a guy with work ethic issues plus a bad ticker? None of the talent the Bulls got is much to write home about but it gives them cap space plus some picks that they could trade up with, package somehow, or just plain draft with.

Larry Brown is a great coach but he's going to need about 50 gallons of super glue and a few miles of duct tape to hold this team together.

[Isiah Thomas]

With Curry in the lineup the Knicks are sure to get better. Heart problems? All of the Knick players have heart.

[reader]

I see that Curry simply cannot wait to get playing again, he should be at training camp by Thursday.

Curry has yet to report to Knicks camp in S.C.
Associated Press

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The New York Knicks were waiting for Eddy Curry to report to training camp amid suspense about medical tests into the irregular heartbeat that prompted Chicago to trade him this week.

Knicks president Isiah Thomas and coach Larry Brown had hoped Curry would make it to the College of Charleston on Wednesday, but by late afternoon, team spokesman Jonathan Supranowitz said Curry likely would not work out until Thursday. Before then, the team will not reveal anything about the 22-year-old's health status.

"My gut feeling is that we probably won't have an update today," Supranowitz said.

Along with Curry, Chicago traded veteran forward Antonio Davis in the deal the NBA approved Tuesday. The Knicks sent forwards Tim Thomas, Michael Sweetney and Jermaine Jackson to Chicago. Several draft picks also were involved in the deal.

Curry, the Bulls' leading scorer last season, missed the final 13 games of the regular season and the playoffs after the irregular heartbeat was diagnosed.

Brown had crossed his fingers that Curry would pass his physical and heart tests and join the Knicks.

"I don't know. I was asking Isiah, but we don't know," Brown said. "I hope they can come. When it happens, it happens. It's the second day, so I don't think it's critical."

Thomas promised Tuesday night that doctors examining Curry would find any potential problems. Brown wouldn't speculate about his newest center.

"Hey, I'm a coach. I'm not into that other stuff," he said. "Whatever guys show up here I'm happy about and try to coach them the best I can."

Link to rest of article http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2181995