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Originally Posted by Sir Patchwork
What's sad is that Eddy Curry is wide, huge and very athletic for his size. He also has a 7'7 wingspan. It's truly a wonder how he can't grab rebounds.
Regardless, if the Cavs end up with Curry, their defense will be terrible for years, unless they have a top notch defender like Chandler next to him in the frontcourt. With LeBron and Curry in the frontcourt on defense, it would take a 1st or 2nd team calibur defender at power forward to balance it out and make them a decent defensive team.
That's why I'm glad teams are chasing Curry around. As a Bulls fan, I would choose Chandler in a heartbeat if I had to choose between him and Eddy.
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Remember how weak the Bulls interior defense was in the playoffs against Washington with the absence of Curry, like you mentioned earlier, Eddy is wide, athletic, tall, and has a 7'7" wingspan. That makes him an intimidating defender just standing in the middle of the lane blocking things up. The Bulls gave up 38 points per a game in the paint. Thats a lot, thats not even including all the points off fouls inside the paint too. The Bulls are much better defensively with Curry than without, but that just might be because his other post men Davis, Harrington, and Reiner suck really hard at defense and Curry was just better than them.