July 29, 2007
Eddy Curry Robbed in Suburban Chicago Home
The Knicks have a bad history of getting robbed when it comes to the Windy City and Eddy Curry (forget all their history with the Jordan-era Bulls). First, the Knicks traded for Eddy Curry in a deal that also gave the Bulls the 9th pick in the 2007 draft (they picked Joakim Noah) and early Saturday morning Curry was robbed at gunpoint in his suburban Chicago home. Three masked intruders tied up Curry, his wife and an employee with duct tape and robbed the home of jewelry and cash.
The well-to-do suburb of Burr Ridge, which is southwest of Chicago, is home to several former professional athletes. Burr Ridge police officials think that Curry robbery wasn't a random incident. The robbery also shares similarities with a case involving another NBA player, Antoine Walker. Walker, who plays for the Miami Heat and is also a Chicago native, was robbed in the same fashion - tied up with duct tape by masked intruders - almost three weeks ago.
Police officials don't have any suspects in either robbery yet and no fingerprints turned up in the house. The 24 year-old Curry was drafted by the Bulls in the first round of the 2001 draft (4th overall) and traded to the Knicks before the 2005-06 season. He averaged 19.5 points and 7 rebounds per game last season.
Image of Eddy Curry's house via the Chicago Tribune
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When I heard something about the robbery, without mention of any guns, I thought, "Wait, isn't Eddy Curry like 300 pounds?" (he's 285). Crazy. I wonder if the players union will get involved.
Shouldn't this be under Chicagoist?
That's funny, they still have you covering the Knicks after that horrible article on Stephon's literacy?
Let's just get one thing straight right here, right now. Then all your friends from Williamsburg can write in and tell me how much they hate me and all that sensitive hipster bs that I could care less about.
Chicago did not rob the Knicks when it comes to the Eddy Curry trade. You might be the only person on earth that believes that, certainly one of the only people on the east coast. I'm not sure how much you know about basketball, but if you keep reading, perhaps you'll learn a little more.
Chicago got the ineffective Mike Sweetney, a player they didn't want in Tim Thomas (who never really played for the Bulls) last year's lottery pick (the offensively challenged yet physically gifted Ty Thomas) and this year's lottery pick (the soon-to-be offensively challenged Joakim Noah). You think just because the kid won titles at Florida, that he's going to be an all-star at the nba level? Go talk to Christian Laettener about that. The Knicks got Antonio Davis, whom Isiah turned into Renaldo Balkman (by all accounts, Balkman is a better player than Ty Thomas both currently and 5 years from now) and the second most powerful center in the east (if you're thinking Shaq is first, you know even less than I assumed).
In the NBA, legit centers like Oden, Curry and Dwight Howard come along on average once in every 5 years, perhaps? So when you see Isiah get a franchise-caliber center for a bunch of role players that were easily reproduced or simulated with late first round/early second round picks, you really shouldn't toss words liked "robbed" around when it comes to the eddy curry trade.
Most NBA analysts agree that Chicago had a crappy draft this year in the fact that they failed to address their single greatest weakness, NO LOW POST SCORING, something the Knicks have more of now than any of the 29 other teams in the league. Perhaps you already knew that.
Yeah, Eddy Curry is a dominant low scorer. Unfortunately, he doesn't rebound, gets in foul trouble and is arguably the worst defensive center in the NBA. His one (awesome) skill does not make up for all of his other deficiencies.
as you mentioned this happened a few months earlier to antoine walker. Dollars to donuts these are related crimes.
well now that you mention it, pal, eddy curry DID NOT GET INTO FOUL TROUBLE LAST YEAR, you're going by his first year by the knicks. Perhaps you should think before you type.
Oh and by the way, we have Zach Randolph, David Lee and Renaldo Balkman to rebound the basketball, three of the best rebounders in the business.
In terms of defense, the summer is not over, and I assume New York's trading season isn't either.
All Isiah wants from Curry is his scoring. The other role players can do the rest. now who exactly is going to get the low post scoring done for Chicago? Yeah, that's what I thought.
Haters should move out of city. Go try Baltimore, I hear there are lots of hip people over there. Perhaps you'd complain less about the rent too.
Besides Dwight Howard, who in the East does Eddy Curry have to play defense on at the center position? declining fat shaq? seriously, WHO ELSE IS THERE IN THE EAST to guard at center? Please don't go listing a bunch of power forwards.