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In a span of three or four minutes yesterday it was clear to me that Eddie Curry will eventually catch up and find a place in the up-tempo world of Mike D’Antoni.
You can stop watching the scale and look at the rim.
Twice during a scrimmage, Curry trailed the initial break and was able to walk right down the lane and set up. When the defense collapsed on the ball, guess who was open? A big man with reliable hands. Curry got off the floor to get passes tossed in his general vicinity, controlled the ball and scored before coming back down.
And there wasn’t a damn thing anybody could do about it.
That’s an NBA skill, and one that can be featured in this offense. It doesn’t make him a starter. And he does need to get into the best shape of his young life to stay on the court and compete 30 minutes a night, but there’s plenty of time for that.
Big men have to be in peak condition for the playoffs. Remember how Patrick Ewing used to start off slow and save the legs for the games that counted the most? It still works that way. Using that kind of a timetable, Curry might have a full 18 months before the Knicks really need him to be in shape.
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on Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 at 11:45 am by Mike Dougherty.
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