Eddie Curry hasn't sniffed a court in a very long time. He's in aweful shape, and even if he weren't he's not a good fit for an uptempo team. He's a poor rebounder, and requires many touches to be successful.
Now I know this is GSW we're talking about, but it's not realistic to imagine ANY team trading for Curry any time soon, much less the Warriors for Jackson who is a productive player (15 assists the other night).
So I see three problems here:
1) Curry is untradable;
2) Add Murrow in and it becomes laughable;
3) Why do we want to help the Knicks achieve their goal of cap space enough to load up around LeBron next summer?
LeBron, I am convinced is ending up in NY or NJ/Brooklyn next year. He'll be there no matter what we do. But if we can add Jackson, keep him away from Cleveland, and add a future star in Morrow(sorry, that's the way I see him. If he starts for the C's in 2010-11 with Rondo/Pierce/KG/Perk he will become almost All-Star level), we help our club tremendously. It would still be tons better than any team NY could throw together with LeBron on it for the foreseeable future.
I still see no explanation as to why the Warriors are giving up the two best players in the deal -- in one case a very talented young player on the cheap who fits their system perfectly -- for junk. It's not realistic to imagine Curry being traded for a very good NBA player, or even for an expiring contract. He's not an NBA player anymore.
Meanwhile, to yours and Wdleehi's point, performing this trade doesn't allow the Knicks to get LeBron; it allows the Knicks to get LeBron and sign another high-priced free agent. If you actually believe there's no difference between this (Lebron and another All-Star -- say Joe Johnson or Chris Bosh -- playing for a top NBA coach on a team where other FAs will line-up to take the MLE) and LeBron staying in Cleveland with Sideshow Bob, Boobi Gibson, Mike Brown, a poorly constructed team and ltd cap space, I'd encourage you to think again.
Thankfully since no NBA franchise is foolish enough to trade for Eddie Curry, we won't have to cross this bridge.
We will see. Remember, I prefaced this with saying that the Knicks are going to showcase Curry to the Warriors in a game against them. If he is pathetic, very likely, nothing happens. If he shows something(apparently he's lost over 40 pounds and is moving much better), then perhaps they take that chance. I've seen bigger stiffs than Curry get moved with bigger salaries. I would underestimate the lack of intelligence in NBA front offices.
Remember, Jermaine O'Neal has been moved twice with twice the contract Curry has. Raef LaFrentz, Ben Wallace, Mark Blount, Marcus Banks. All big contract stiffs that have been moved, some for good players.
It is possible.
Jermaine O'Neal is (while far from perfect) a legit NBA center. C'mon, the guy can get you 5, 7 blocks in a game. The others you mention were all traded as parts of deals to either a) get talent, i.e. Brandon Roy, or b) to reduce salary -- either theirs or the other player they were traded with / for, i.e. Banks as part of the Marion for Shaq deal. If you chalk up moving Jackson to reducing salary, they can likely go out and trade him for an expiring deal to a number of teams.
I hear you on GMs, but Eddie Curry's loss of 40 pounds still doesn't make him svelt or in shape -- he apparently ballooned remarkably (due to difficult personal issues no one would ask for, regretably) and is still really big and out of shape.
Sorry -- I'm just saying this is a major long shot.
Every trade idea posted at this site is a long shot. I don't see this being any more or less a long shot than any others.
And O'Neals days of racking up regular games in a row with good blocked shot numbers are well in the read.
my point is: he's not too fat to play. he's not michael sweetney plus injury AND health issues. he's got his own injury problems but if he didn't make 20mil he'd be sought after. watch -- this off-season there will be demand for jermaine.
and i disagree that all trade ideas on here are far fetched. most are -- true.
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