Z-Bo: Don't Blame Me for Curry's Suck

After Eddy Curry played admirably in San Antonio while Zach Randolph served a one-game suspension, the expected inference Z-Bo has been holding his XL teammate down got passed around. To me, there are bigger problems with Eddy Curry than anything Randolph could've done. Nonetheless, the chatter got loud enough for Randolph to address the assessment.

"Eddy can play like that every night; it ain't got nothing to do with me," Randolph said before Saturday's game. "It's not the first time I've played with a dominant big man. So it's kind of frustrating."

I assume Randolph's talking about Rasheed Wallace and Shareef Abdur-Rahim -- yes, Z-Bo and Sheed both played well in 2003 and prior to the Sheed trade in 2004; Randolph played a bench role in 2003, though, and Sheed's numbers fell off slightly in 2004 in Portland (never mind Sheed isn't close to your typical dominant big man). Clearly in 2005, Randolph's flavor hampered Shareef's game (to the point the All-Star ended up taking a midlevel deal that summer).

Z-Bo and Curry can co-exist and get their numbers. But that won't help the Knicks any, unless one of them learns how to pass out of a double-team, block a shot, or defend the post.