ChicagoSports.com: Source: Knicks want Curry

The Kick's GM I.Thomas is playing a game. He knows Paxson will not let Curry go nor will Paxson commit to a long contract without knowing Curry's heart condition. Thomas also knows Curry's agent, Rose, is under pressure to produce an offer and that Curry is desperate for a deal. So Thomas floats an huge offer knowing Rose will run with it, Curry will want it and Paxson will stand tight. Thomas runs little risk of signing a sick Curry to this huge offer (or any) since Paxson has had no reason to sign and traded Curry this year. If Curry turns out healthy, he'll be on the market next year. Thomas can play the good guy next year, tell Curry he made a good faith offer and was willing to accept the risk when Paxson wasn't and also and blame Paxson for not taking the offer and hurting Curry. Thomas will try to land a healthy Curry next year but if Curry is ill, Thomas' offer is a fadded memory.

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Bulls won't budge on offer to center
By Marlen Garcia
Tribune staff reporter

September 18, 2005, 1:06 AM CDT

Eddy Curry's agent said Saturday he has found a team that is a willing buyer in a sign-and-trade for the Bulls' center. The agent, Leon Rose, declined to name the team, but sources familiar with the negotiations said it was the Knicks.

Bulls general manager John Paxson said he would not pursue the proposal, which Rose said he made about a week ago.

'Unless there's a deal out there I want to make, I'm not making it,' said Paxson, clearly angered by Rose's announcement. 'I'm not going to give Eddy Curry away.'

Worse for Curry, a three-year offer from the Bulls appears to be off the table, leaving him with only the one-year qualifying offer of $5.14 million.
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Curry is desperate. His whole life is centered aroud BBall and he is entitled to the big bucks of an NBA center. This illness is unacceptable - Curry is in denial and will not get a definitive answer since mey be negative. Unfortunately, the Bulls own him this year so if he is sick, the Bull's offer is the best thing he'll ever see - it is three year's worth of money. Curry is too scared to take a DNA test so he is probably his best offer and hoping for it.

I'm also skeptical a healthy Curry is in any kind of shape to play this year. Curry is wishing away his future. Show up flabby and the first half of the season is lost. He best chance will be to pull it together and finish strong. NBA will be asked to make an large commitment on a guy who can't put together a single season after four long years.