Sports At Random

Ok, let’s talk about the Knicks’ trade for Eddy Curry.

So here was the trade: Knicks get Eddy Curry and Antonio Davis. The Bulls get Tim Thomas, Michael Sweetney, Jermaine Jackson, 2007 and 2009 2nd Round picks, and the Knicks’ 2006 and 2007 1st Round picks (basically-a lot of stuff had to happen, like Spurs making the playoffs and the Knicks’ not being a top 5 team in the league- ok, actually only earth had to continue rotating).

So, looking at it then, everyone hated it, including myself (from a Knicks’ perspective), but now that Eddy Curry has been very good, people are reevaluating the deal and many are taking Isiah’s side. THESE PEOPLE ARE ALL IDIOTS.

You have to look at the situation when people were traded, like Allen Iverson this year. He demanded a trade, they weren’t even dressing him. There was no way they were getting even 70 cents on the dollar for him. Other teams had the upper hand. As far as Eddy Curry’s situation goes, John Paxson was in that same situation. He wanted Eddy to take a genetics test because Eddy had an irregular heartbeat and he wanted to make sure his player wouldn’t drop dead like Reggie Lewis or Hank Gathers. He even offered Eddy $400,000 a year for 50 years if he failed the genetics test. Eddy wanted no part of the test and management wanted no part of Eddy Curry if he didn’t take the test. So, Isiah, what we have here is the Bulls needing to trade one of their players, who actually might not even be healthy. You have the upper hand, Isiah! You don’t have to give up all those draft picks! Can you imagine being John Paxson and Isiah is offering to give you the option to trade picks with him, not now, but when draft time comes? Even the fact that he’s offering the pick exchange is ridiculous.

Although many think the trade has become almost equal, it clearly isn’t. Everyone seems to forget the awful situation the Bulls were in at that point. The Knicks should have not traded their 2006 draft pick or either of the 2nd round picks. I mean, I’d even say they could have offered even less, since many teams were not clamoring to get this health risk, but without those three picks it is at least palatable.

Isiah had hand… but he didn’t use it. Well, he may have used it.