the bulls traded curry to the knicks

Snero · Post by **Snero** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:31 pm

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/basketball/nba/10/03/bc.bkn.bulls.currytrade.ap/index.html

depending on how the draft picks work out, seems like a bad deal for the bulls

xaoshaen · Post by **xaoshaen** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:05 am

What's this? The Knicks trade away a young starter for an underachieving, overweight big man with health problems? I'm shocked. Shocked, I say!

I loved this quote: "Sweetney had been slated to be New York's starting power forward, and Thomas was expected to start at small forward. The Knicks now have an added measure of depth along their front line". So, they traded two projected starters for one projected starter and got deeper?

I think the Bulls came out ahead on this one, provided they received better draft picks than they surrendered. Provided there's no round disparity, how can you swap draft picks with the Knicks and not come out ahead?

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:28 am

Another bonehead move from Thomas.

xaoshaen · Post by **xaoshaen** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:17 am

Zanchief wrote:Another bonehead move from Thomas.

There is some potential for redemption here though. If Curry is healthy and if he's motivated both on the court and in a conditioning program, he could produce for them. With Brown coaching him he'll either be motivated or spend a ton of time sulking on the bench. We'll see which it is...

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:24 am

I have no faith in Curry. People get a little too worked up with bigs.

xaoshaen · Post by **xaoshaen** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:34 am

Zanchief wrote:I have no faith in Curry. People get a little too worked up with bigs.

True. On the other hand, maybe Isaiah got to review the tapes of the several hundred other games of James' career and figured he didn't have much to lose.

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:42 am

HAHAHA

So now that he wasted his entire MLE on James, he's just gonna stick him on the bench behind another fat unhealthy center?

Shrug, things don't look great in Toronto but it could be worse~

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:10 am

I would suck for Thomas if Curry did a Hank Gather on the court this season.

xaoshaen · Post by **xaoshaen** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 2:20 pm

John Hollinger chimed in on the trade:

espn.com wrote:But it seems that Curry's perceived potential has blinded the Knicks to all the potential pitfalls.

"Every 15 to 20 years a guy comes along with this size and this type of agility and skill," Thomas gushed.

He is technically correct, I suppose: He didn't say "this type of skill or better," and, hey, it's been exactly 20 years since the Clippers took Benoit Benjamin with the third overall pick.

Post by **Arlos** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 4:38 pm

Full text of that article is at: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/trainingc ... 2500&num=0

-Arlos

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:51 pm

He passed the Knicks' physical so I guess he is healthy now.