Curry seeking sign-and-trade

[clubalien]

I don't think we would end up with him

[Marcus Bryant]

Yeah, that's great <sarcasm>

Let's trade a center who is defensively better than 85-90% of the centers in the NBA, who is healthy and reliable, and who has proven that when it is needed of him, he can step up and provide offense (such as when Tim is out of the game) as well.

I mean, hey, a center who MAY or MAY NOT succeed with the Spurs in his first full season with the team (Nazr) and a center with such serious heart problems insurance companies won't cover him ought to be enough, right? Oh, and an undersized unproven foreigner who's never played in the NBA, who may be better suited to PF (Fabri). Yeah, right. You are all smoking crack.

Rasho stays put, until and IF Nazr proves to be better and Rasho proves to be expendable. And that's a big if.

You do realize that if such a deal was available to the Spurs they'd take it knowing full well all of the problems you listed?

[Kori Ellis]

Paxson not pushing for Curry swap
By Marlen Garcia
Tribune staff reporter

September 7, 2005, 10:12 PM CDT

John Paxson isn't pursuing a sign-and-trade for Eddy Curry, the Bulls general manager said Wednesday in an interview on WSCR-AM 670.

"If we were to do it, we'd have to get something we really like in return, and I don't think that's very realistic," Paxson said.

Paxson acknowledged the primary stumbling block in a sign-and-trade would be Curry's heart condition, for which he has no disability insurance.

Curry's agent, Leon Rose, had asked the Bulls to consider a sign-and-trade, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.

Curry has been offered a multiyear deal with "parameters that reflect concerns we have," Paxson said.

That proposal is believed to be for three years. If no deal is reached by October, Curry will play for the Bulls' qualifying offer of $5.14 million and could become an unrestricted free agent after the upcoming season.

Paxson also indicated the Bulls again will ask Curry to undergo genetic testing to determine if he is predisposed to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a potentially life-threatening condition. Curry declined the test last spring.

"Eddy can refuse to do it," Paxson said. "And if that happens when the day is done come October, then we have another issue we're going to have to deal with."

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[Dre_7]

Am I the only that finds it weird that there is a Marcus and a Marcus Bryant here?

[Dre_7]

BTW, if his heart is good, Curry will be a BEAST!