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Walsh wants Curry Back Soon

by Tommy Dee on October 12th, 2009 at 8:49 pm

Via Zagsblog.

“…GREENBURGH, N.Y. — When the Knicks take the Madison Square Garden floor Tuesday night for their preseason home opener against the Philadelphia 76ers, Eddy Curry won’t take a single shot or grab a single rebound.

But Knicks President Donnie Walsh wants the 7-foot, 317-pound Curry back as soon as humanly possible.

Curry left training camp in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. on Sept. 29 after tearing his right plantaris muscle and hasn’t returned to practice since.

“I’m pushing for as soon as he can get here healthy and our trainers I think are doing a good job,” Walsh said after Monday’s practice. “And Eddy’s working hard, is what they tell me.”

The Knicks open the regular season Oct. 28 in Miami and host the Sixers in the home opener Oct. 31, but Walsh wouldn’t commit to a timeline on when Curry might return.

“I don’t want to put a timetable on it,” he said. Read more.

The starting lineup on Tuesday will be Chris Duhon, Wilson Chandler, David Lee, Al Harrington and Jared Jeffries…
  • Magik_Trick

    When are we going to put a Darko in the starting lneup? Hes our only legit option at Center, and hes not exactly a bad option…

    David Lee is too much of a defensive liabilty…i hate seeing him against Centers

  • jho

    I still think Darko has to earn his minutes. But I honestly don’t know how much of an improvement Darko can be. How strong is he? Can he do anything to limit strong post players?

  • bob go knicks

    ANYTHING TO KEEP LEE AT THE 4

  • HaS

    “But I honestly don’t know how much of an improvement Darko can be. How strong is he? Can he do anything to limit strong post players?”

    He can’t be any worse than _avi_.

    The only reason _’antoni refuses to play Lee at the 4 is because he believes that the only positions worth paying attention to are the 1-3 he’d love to have a 6′-10″ SF at PF and a 7″ SF at C. That’s his wet dream, a jump-shooting, run and gun squad.

    Problem is that when the playoffs come around teams make adjustments and will run back on defense with a lot more urgency than during the regular season. (not to mention the level of competition is higher) This forces his teams into a jumper laden offense or worse a 3 point shooting contest.

    You can live by the jumper but you can die by the jumper, especially in the playoffs.

    Curry’s season is over. It was over the day they hired _’antoni. He frowns on the post offense. The triple POST offense has won 10 championships in the NBA. Dig me out the ground when the 7SOL offense wins ONE.