I know. I know.
"Ew."
Sure, he doesn't hustle or enjoy treadmills, but the underachieving New York Knick is not bashful about sharing his sexuality, according to a lawsuit filed by his former limousine driver on Tuesday.
Eddie Curry apparently hurled racial epithets and pointed a gun at his former driver
David Kuchinsky. Among many other chores Kuchinsky had to perform was to clean the towels that Curry allegedly ejaculated into.
Punchlines...anyone?
Ah, the curious ways of professional athletes, particularly NBA players. We don't know how much of these allegations are true, but they certainly wreak of Lohan-tabloidism.
And to think that Curry was as famous this year for busting a Swiss exercise ball with his weight, as posting a double-double. The dysfunction in New York is tantalizing and sweet for the rest of the NBA because they are the anti-Yankees.
They spend more than any other team in the NBA like their MLB sister, but repeatedly fail in drawing talent. Stephon Marbury is making nearly as much as Kobe Bryant at this point and hasn't logged a minute in the 2008-2009 season.
Mike D'Antoni has opted to go with about a seven- to eight-man rotation, thus leaving Curry and Marbury effectively out of the picture. This year's lottery pick: Danilo Gallinari. It may be too early to call anyone a bust this early in their career, but Gallinari's career hasn't even started due to injury.
We seem to take joy in the Knicks misery. Isiah Thomas was the George Bush of general managers, setting back the league's top market more than 10 years with complete ineptitude. It was too comical to not laugh, too painful to not enjoy.
Now the Knicks are banking on a 2010 free agent sweepstakes where they hope to land Lebron James. And does seem tantalizing to see Lebron on a Time Square building with arms flexed, assaulting a basket--but does that mean he'll have a real championship opportunity by the time he arrives?
Unless the Knicks pull off an albatross of a free agency, they still will be missing some spots with the aquisition of James. And it especially doesn't look well for New York as the Cleveland Cavaliers figure to be the best team in the NBA at this point.
They are arguably the best defense in the NBA and figure to be the prime matchup against the Boston Celtics again in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Remember a championship can change things for the league's grand prize. It's why New York's fire sale this season is a big gamble: Nothing is guaranteed.
Except for tabloid stories.
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