Eddy Curry

Tonight, Eddy Curry will be feeling some butterflies. Because it has been a while since he even has been active for a game, let alone played in one.

With 19 games to go, the Knicks’ perpetually injured big man is set to return to action in San Antonio tonight.

Curry has not played since Dec. 17, missing 38 straight games.

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Eddy Curry

Perhaps there is a Knicks future for Eddy Curry that goes beyond the season’s final 1 ½ months.

Curry is days away from practicing and Mike D’Antoni said he will definitely play him on his center-starved roster.

Though skeptical, the 6-foot-11 Curry would not rule out being a member of the Knicks next season. It seemed guaranteed Curry would be bought out this summer in order to save perhaps $1 million in cap space.

Asked about his future, Curry, making a rare appearance with the team yesterday in Cleveland, said, “I don’t know. I hope so. But I don’t know. It’s kind of early to tell. We’ll see what happens.”

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Larry Hughes

Knicks guard Larry Hughes has not been loving life since coach Mike D’Antoni removed him from the rotation.

That lack of love manifested itself yesterday in Hughes supposedly walking out of practice.

Hughes was the only Knick – other than the injured Knick Eddy Curry – who was not out on the floor taking shots an hour into practice when reporters were let into the gym. A PR flack for the Knicks said Hughes was taking a “bathroom break,” but the shooting went on for another 35 minutes with no sign of Hughes.

Unless he had something pretty nasty for breakfast, it appeared that Hughes was too angry to work with the team right then.

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Eddy Curry

Eddy Curry is expected to miss about six weeks after knee surgery, the latest setback for the injury-plagued Knicks center.

The Knicks said Curry will have an arthroscopic procedure on Monday to remove loose cartilage in his left knee. He will begin rehabilitation within a week.

Curry has only played seven games in 2009-10, averaging 3.7 points and little else in 8.9 minutes per outing.

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For two days, several players had trouble sleeping because they were convinced that their downtown hotel is haunted.

“I definitely believe it,” Jared Jeffries said. “The place is haunted. It’s scary.”

Eddy Curry claims he slept for only two hours Sunday night because he could not stop thinking about ghosts.

For years, guests staying at the Skirvin Hilton have reported ghost sightings and strange noises.

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Eddy Curry

Calling it “definitely frustrating,” Eddy Curry spoke out yesterday and said he hopes the Knicks would cut ties with him after the season if his playing status does not improve.

It was the strongest, most bitter remark Curry has made about a potential Knicks divorce and raised an interesting scenario: Could the Knicks actually open more 2010 cap space if they have a buyout agreement with Curry after the season?

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Eddy Curry

Eddy Curry is so enthusiastic these days, the Knicks center volunteered to defend a certain Lakers guard tonight at Staples Center.

“I’m so happy to be back, doesn’t matter to me,” Curry said. “I’ll guard Kobe [Bryant].”

Curry has gotten lighter, but not that light.

Curry’s emotion got the best of him Sunday against Boston when he pushed down Rajon Rondo to the floor, drawing a flagrant 1 foul. The league reviews all flagrant 1s, so there’s a small chance Curry could face a suspension tonight.

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Allen Iverson and Nelly

Now Knicks fans can blame Eddy Curry for something else. It seems the Knicks center, not Allen Iverson, is “The Answer.”

Knicks president Donnie Walsh announced yesterday the team had decided not to sign Iverson, the controversial 34-year-old guard, to a one-year contract.

Walsh linked Curry’s emergence in his season debut Wednesday against the Pacers (10 points and four rebounds in 11 minutes) with tipping the scales against signing Iverson.

In saying the Knicks “rethought” their position on Iverson, Walsh ended a wild week full of flip-flops and fan frenzy favoring the move.

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Eddy Curry

Eddy Curry is set to make his season debut on Wednesday at Indiana.

Mike D’Antoni is planning to insert the center in the first half and will monitor his progress from there.

Curry has shed a significant amount of weight and overcome injuries to get himself in playing shape.

“He hasn’t played in a year and a half,” D’Antoni said. “What he showed me was that he was in shape and he’s still rusty. He did pretty good.”

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Patrick Ewing stands a better chance of suiting up for the Knicks next week in Miami than Eddy Curry.

Curry, the team’s out-of-shape center who was banished from practicing with his teammates two weeks ago, must meet a certain weight before he will be allowed to rejoin the Knicks.

According to a source close to the team, Garden Chairman James Dolan was involved in the decision to keep Curry away from the Knicks until he improved his conditioning.

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