Eddy Curry not a D’Antoni favorite
October 28, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Coach Mike D'Antoni, New York Knicks, Zach Randolph
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Eddy Curry does not have the quick look
Watching the Knicks struggle last year, the games often revolved around sloppy play or selfish moves. The one area where they seemed to have some strength was down on the box with Eddy Curry and Zach Randolph. New coach Mike D’Antoni just does not see it that way. Eddy is out and small ball is in.
After playing in four of the seven Knicks preseason games (including one DNP/coach’s decision), Curry was surprised by the news that he is not part of his coach’s regular rotation.
“Definitely stunned, especially being that [D'Antoni] didn’t tell me that,” Curry said Tuesday. “I haven’t talked to him. I’m here with him every day. All he has to do is tell me. I’m definitely stunned to hear that.”
Last season, the 25-year-old Curry averaged 13.2 points and 4.7 rebounds per game. During the preseason, he averaged 4.3 points and 2.5 boards in nearly 14 minutes.
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This was often a complaint when D’Antoni coached the Suns. He would go small and quick for his quick shooting offense. During the regular season the Suns would pile up the victories, but in the playoffs the lack of size often caught up with them.
Last year the Sun tried adding the Shaq to the mix to give them some size when the game went half court in the playoffs, but Shaq is kind of old now and it just did not work.
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