Chicago Bulls’ General Manager John Paxson knew something that the New York Knicks did not. Even with a healthy Eddy Curry, the center is likely to slack off so much that whatever upside he has in scoring is weighed down by his laziness.
New York scored 120 points against the Miami Heat, which is proof that Mike D’Antoni might be cooking something at Madison Square Garden, if the Knicks can continue that phonetic pace all season.
It’s clear that the one player who isn’t going to be part of that team is Curry.
Zach Randolph did a nice job in the middle (20 points, nine rebounds), but the Knicks shouldn’t expect him to pull that off the entire season. Rumors currently have Curry going to the Golden State Warriors for Al Harrington, who would only clog up the forward position even more.
The Knicks may be a better team than last season, but they are not going to do well in the Eastern Conference playing two power forwards. They are badly in need of a shake-up that would involve trading at least Curry, hopefully Stephon Marbury if anyone is willing to take the former star point guard.
Atlanta impressive in win over Magic
The Atlanta Hawks aren’t quite dead.
At least yet.
A team decimated by the loss of Josh Childress outscored the Orlando Magic straight out of the gate and never looked back. The Magic are favored to be one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference, but an undersized team featuring Al Horford, Josh Smith, and Joe Johnson outhustled a much bigger Orlando squad.
The Magic struggled to keep up as the Hawks shot an efficient 44 percent and put Rashard Lewis on the bench early with foul trouble. Atlanta’s win doesn’t necessarily mean it will win the Eastern Conference, considering they still have 81 games left in the regular season, but it is a good start to a team that was considered to be lottery-bound.
The Magic are going to need fewer and better shots from point guard Mike Bibby (4-for-15) if they expect to compete with teams the rest of the way, but the numbers suggest that they will have no problems rebounding this season.
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