Comments on: Goodbye-ee Part 2: Moz and Curry

By: josofo

josofo — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:59:16 +0000

i liked curry game. he got good enough towards the end to when his abillity to score helped r team out more than his bad rebounding and bad pick and roll defense killed are team.

1 of those worse games for curry was when we played the kings. brad miller smoked him on pick and rolls and ron artest who plays like small forward not center stopped curry in his tracks offensivly. curry had no chance scoring on him

By: Nick C.

Nick C. — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:19:38 +0000

TheRant: Thanks for the melancholy writeup on Eddy Curry, Kevin. Curry did do one thing of great value for us — on December 20, 2006, against Charlotte, David Lee couldn’t have hit his infamous 0.1-of-a-second, double-overtime-winning tip-in without Eddy Curry up at the foul stripe as a decoy.If you watch this video, you can hear Clyde saying that “it has to be Curry,” and you can see Lee’s man eying Curry for just long enough to give Lee 0.1 seconds of daylight between them.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q99sL_g3jvoSeems like Eddy’s whole life has been spent as a decoy. Sad. (Quote)

He also hit a three at the buzzer on a designed play. It was the high point of Isaih's coaching career.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:18:42 +0000

What gets me about the Abbott article is that Brewer (as I've written recently) seems to be the epitome of non-advanced stats. You know, stuff like "He was a winner in college!" and "He looks good out there!" His advanced stats make it pretty clear that yes, whatever value he does have does come on the defensive end of things, but he is such a bad offensive player that his good defense is not so good that it makes up for his horrible offense.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:10:10 +0000

@43 this is kinda weak – even if Brewer really is a great defender the Knicks have Balkman, who at least the last time he was in NY was an excellent defender himself. And, compared to Brewer, who is a much better rebounder, a better offensive player and making less than half the money.

By: Robert Silverman

Robert Silverman — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:14:06 +0000

Henry Abbott opens up a can of stat-based whupass on the Knicks for releasing Brewer:

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/25595/the-knicks-could-use-a-good-geek

By: TheRant

TheRant — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:08:08 +0000

Thanks for the melancholy writeup on Eddy Curry, Kevin.

Curry did do one thing of great value for us — on December 20, 2006, against Charlotte, David Lee couldn’t have hit his infamous 0.1-of-a-second, double-overtime-winning tip-in without Eddy Curry up at the foul stripe as a decoy.

If you watch this video, you can hear Clyde saying that “it has to be Curry,” and you can see Lee’s man eying Curry for just long enough to give Lee 0.1 seconds of daylight between them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q99sL_g3jvo

Seems like Eddy’s whole life has been spent as a decoy. Sad.

By: Frank O.

Frank O. — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:59:44 +0000

I think Mosfov could make a list of the top 40 knicks of the past decade…which is sad.
But I thought and still think he’s going to be an important contributor to some team.
He seems to have his head in the right place and he is very athletic.
I know I’m off the reservation with this, but I suspect he will be a third or second tier star in the NBA someday, IMHO.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:53:43 +0000

Nick C.: That sorta kinda brings the trade up from making Zero sense to 2% sense.And then they traded Erden to Cleveland.Nenad Kristic and the husks of the O’Neals … crazy.

I dunno, it was a risky move, but they basically traded defense (which they have a lot of) for offense (which they don't have much of). And, trade a guy who was having health issues and might not be 100 percent for the stretch. Side issue: trade a guy they think wants to leave, for a guy they might keep long-term. Even if Jermaine never makes it back, Shaq has been good for 20-25 minutes a game and Garnett can play center the rest of the time. Murphy will help on the boards. But yes, it's a gamble..

By: Caleb

Caleb — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:41:22 +0000

where does Mrs. Moz stay?

By: Nick C.

Nick C. — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:39:30 +0000

Brian Cronin: I found it very interesting when I saw Perkins note that he had talked to his agent about signing with OKC next season. When I heard that, I thought, “Okay, I guess he’s going to be in OKC for good.” Perhaps Boston knew Perkins was planning on signing with OKC no matter what, so they figured they should get something for him now, particularly since A. They had done well without himand B. The two teams they needed Perkins for (Lakers/Magic) might not even face the Celtics in the playoffs! (Quote)

That sorta kinda brings the trade up from making Zero sense to 2% sense. And then they traded Erden to Cleveland. Nenad Kristic and the husks of the O'Neals ... crazy.