OKLAHOMA CITY – One team that may go after Eddy Curry, now that the Knick center appears ready to resume playing, is the Blazers.
Portland president Kevin Pritchard, who’s been after David Lee for years, quietly scouted a Knick preseason game.
“They’ll do anything for a big man,” a league source said.
Obviously, Curry is trade bait because his contract runs past 2010. His removal could allow the Knicks to sign two players to maximum contracts that summer.
Meanwhile, an absurd trade rumor hit the Knick locker room Sunday. It said the Knicks, Clippers and Blazers were involved in a three-team, 12-player trade that would be consummated next week. A newspaper referred to it as a “report,” but it actually was a posted comment on a Knick blog by a person claiming to have ties with the Clippers.
The deal had the Knicks getting Marcus Camby, Channing Frye, rookie DeAndre Jordan, Jerryd Bayless and Jason Hart. The Knicks would give up Quentin Richardson, Lee, Anthony Roberson and Malik Rose.
Knick president Donnie Walsh said yesterday, “It is a fabrication. I have not had any discussions on this at all.”
The Clippers have shopped Camby.