Eddy Curry
Encyclopedia
Eddy Curry is an American
professional basketball
player who is currently a free agent. He was born in Harvey
, Illinois
. He is listed at 7 in 0 in (2.13 m) and 295 lb (133.8 kg), and has a wingspan of 7 foot.
in South Holland, Illinois
, Curry aspired to be a gymnast
and did not pick up basketball until the seventh grade when he reluctantly went out for the school team. In 2001, Curry led his team to second place in the IHSA
State Playoffs. For his efforts, Curry was named 2001 Illinois Mr. Basketball
. He was named to the 1998, 1999 and 2000 State Farm Holiday Classic all-tournament teams.
but declared himself eligible for the 2001 NBA Draft
in which the Chicago Bulls
made him the fourth overall pick.
Curry's contribution was limited during his rookie year due to limited minutes. Curry improved in his second year, leading the NBA in field goal
percentage (58.5%) and becoming the first Bull to lead the league in a major statistical category since Michael Jordan
in 1998. His 2002–03 season was widely considered a disappointment as he failed to live up to expectations after a strong finish to the previous year. In the 2004–05 season the Bulls improved by 28 wins and made the playoffs
as the 22-year-old Curry led the team in scoring before being hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat. This caused him to miss the last 13 games of the regular season and the entire playoffs. On June 24, 2005, heart specialists cleared Curry to resume practice. On October 3, 2005, after refusing on privacy grounds to submit to a DNA
test, as requested by Bulls management, to assess whether he has a congenital heart condition, Curry was traded to the New York Knicks. The trade included the Bulls' Antonio Davis
, as well as the Knicks' Mike Sweetney
, Tim Thomas
, and Jermaine Jackson
. First-round draft picks were also exchanged in the trade—which later came back to haunt the Knicks as they had a poor 2005–06 season in which Curry averaged 13.6 points and 6.0 rebounds per game (numbers that were significantly down from the previous season). Curry's inability to defend and rebound was a source of frustration for former coaches Scott Skiles
and Larry Brown
. When asked by a reporter in 2003 what Curry needed to do to become a better rebounder, Skiles simply replied: "Jump." The 2006–07 season saw a resurgence in Curry's performance under new coach Isiah Thomas
, with Curry anointed the team's primary offensive option, averaging career highs in points (19.6), rebounds (7.1), and minutes (34.9) per game. On April 7, 2007 Curry scored a career-best 43 points in an overtime win over the Milwaukee Bucks
; his first three-pointer
of the season forcing the game into the extra period. Curry is 2 for 2 (100%) from three-point range in his NBA career. In the 2007–2008 season, Curry was expected to form a great frontcourt with Zach Randolph
, however both of them saw a regression in their games. Curry showed up to training camp in October 2008 out of shape for the second year in a row, incensing new head coach Mike D'Antoni
. Curry not only lost his job, but was not even in D'Antoni's rotation at the beginning of the 2008–2009 season. Curry was also bothered by a sore right knee for much of the season. Curry played his first game of the season on January 8, 2009 against the Dallas Mavericks
and played in two other games later in the season.
During the 2009 off-season Curry began working with a trainer on a fitness and weight-loss regimen. As of mid-July he had lost 30 pounds, but according to the trainer it would be "delusional" for coaches to think he could get down to his listed weight of 285 pounds.
On February 22, 2011, Curry was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves
in a three-way blockbuster deal which also involved Denver Nuggets
that brought Carmelo Anthony
to New York. On March 1, 2011, his contract was bought out by the Timberwolves before he played a single game for them, making him a free agent.
, suggested a DNA
test. During the team's media day, Bulls General Manager John Paxson
said he understood the privacy issues involved but insisted the Bulls did not have an ulterior motive. Their concern was a situation similar to those of former Boston Celtics
guard Reggie Lewis
or Loyola Marymount
star Hank Gathers
—players with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who collapsed and died. Paxson and Bulls management even offered Curry a $20 million annuity if he took the test and it determined he had the condition.
, David Kuchinsky. Kuchinsky accused Curry of trying to solicit gay sex from him. According to court papers, Curry repeatedly approached Kuchinsky "in the nude," saying, "Look at me, Dave, look" and, "Come and touch it, Dave." The Manhattan federal court suit also stated that Curry made Kuchinsky perform "humiliating tasks outside the scope of his employment, such as cleaning up and removing dirty towels [into which Curry had ejaculated] so that his wife would not see them."
Kuchinsky also said Curry called him racial slurs, including "fucking Jew," "cracker," "white slave," "white devil" and "grandmaster of the KKK".
Kuchinsky claimed he was owed $68,000 in unpaid wages, as well as $25,000 in expenses for which Curry never repaid him. Those expenses, he said, included cellphones that Curry had him buy as gifts and hotel and club bills. Kuchinsky is also a convicted felon who served a three-year prison sentence for a 1992 burglary in New Jersey. He also got three years' probation in a 2004 resisting-arrest case in New Jersey. Curry's lawyer, Kelly A. Saindon, called Kuchinsky's claims "preposterous" and "extortion".
on January 25, 2009. A paternity test proved that Ava was the daughter of Curry and Henry. Their three-year old son Noah was found unharmed at the scene. Two counts of first degree murder were brought against 36-year-old attorney
Frederick Goings on February 22, 2009; Goings had served as Henry's attorney in a custody case about Ava against Curry.
; he owed close to $220,000 in mortgage
payments. Curry took out a nearly $4 million mortgage on the property in 2006, which included monthly house payments of more than $25,000.
| align="left" | 2001–02
| align="left" | Chicago
| 72 || 31 || 16.0 || .501 || .000 || .656 || 3.8 || .3 || .2 || .7 || 6.7
|-
| align="left" | 2002–03
| align="left" | Chicago
| 81 || 48 || 19.4 || .585 || .000 || .624 || 4.4 || .5 || .2 || .8 || 10.5
|-
| align="left" | 2003–04
| align="left" | Chicago
| 73 || 63 || 29.5 || .496 || 1.000 || .671 || 6.2 || .9 || .3 || 1.1 || 14.7
|-
| align="left" | 2004–05
| align="left" | Chicago
| 63 || 60 || 28.7 || .538 || .000 || .720 || 5.4 || .6 || .3 || .9 || 16.1
|-
| align="left" | 2005–06
| align="left" | New York
| 72 || 69 || 25.9 || .563 || .000 || .632 || 6.0 || .3 || .4 || .8 || 13.6
|-
| align="left" | 2006–07
| align="left" | New York
| 81 || 81 || 35.2 || .576 || 1.000 || .615 || 7.0 || .8 || .4 || .5 || 19.5
|-
| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | New York
| 59 || 58 || 25.9 || .546 || .000 || .623 || 4.7 || .5 || .2 || .5 || 13.2
|-
| align="left" | 2008–09
| align="left" | New York
| 3 || 0 || 4.0 || 1.000 || .000 || .333 || 1.3 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.7
|-
| align="left" | 2009–10
| align="left" | New York
| 7 || 0 || 8.9 || .381 || .000 || .588 || 1.9 || .0 || .0 || .1 || 3.7
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 511 || 410 || 25.4 || .545 || 1.000 || .642 || 5.3 || .6 || .3 || .8 || 13.3
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player who is currently a free agent. He was born in Harvey
Harvey, Illinois
Harvey is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, near Chicago. The population was 30,000 at the 2000 census.Harvey is bordered by Dixmoor, Riverdale and Blue Island to the north, Posen and Markham to the west, South Holland, Phoenix, and Dolton to the east, and East Hazel Crest to the...
, Illinois
Illinois
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. He is listed at 7 in 0 in (2.13 m) and 295 lb (133.8 kg), and has a wingspan of 7 foot.
High school
Prior to becoming considered one of the best high school basketball players in the nation as a senior at Thornwood High SchoolThornwood High School
Thornwood High School is a public high school located in South Holland, Illinois. It was built as part of Thornton Township High Schools District 205.-History:...
in South Holland, Illinois
South Holland, Illinois
South Holland is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States and serves as the seat of Thornton Township. The population was 22,147 at the 2000 census.-History:...
, Curry aspired to be a gymnast
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
and did not pick up basketball until the seventh grade when he reluctantly went out for the school team. In 2001, Curry led his team to second place in the IHSA
Illinois High School Association
The Illinois High School Association is one of 521 state high school associations in the United States, designed to regulate competition in most interscholastic sports and some interscholastic activities at the high school level. It is a charter member of the National Federation of State High...
State Playoffs. For his efforts, Curry was named 2001 Illinois Mr. Basketball
Illinois Mr. Basketball
Each year the Illinois Mr. Basketball award is given to the person chosen as the best high school boys basketball player in the U.S. state of Illinois....
. He was named to the 1998, 1999 and 2000 State Farm Holiday Classic all-tournament teams.
NBA Draft
Curry had signed a letter of intent to play at DePaul UniversityDePaul University
DePaul University is a private institution of higher education and research in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul...
but declared himself eligible for the 2001 NBA Draft
2001 NBA Draft
The 2001 NBA Draft took place on June 27, 2001 in New York City, New York. Kwame Brown became the first high school player drafted with the first overall pick...
in which the Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois, playing in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was founded in 1966. They play their home games at the United Center...
made him the fourth overall pick.
Professional career
Field goal (basketball)
In basketball, the term field goal refers to a basket scored on any shot or tap other than a free throw, worth two or three points depending on the distance of the attempt from the basket. "Field Goal" is the official terminology used by the National Basketball Association in their rule book,...
percentage (58.5%) and becoming the first Bull to lead the league in a major statistical category since Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan is a former American professional basketball player, active entrepreneur, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats...
in 1998. His 2002–03 season was widely considered a disappointment as he failed to live up to expectations after a strong finish to the previous year. In the 2004–05 season the Bulls improved by 28 wins and made the playoffs
NBA Playoffs
The National Basketball Association Playoffs is a best-of-seven elimination tournament among sixteen teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference , ultimately deciding the final four teams who will play in the NBA Conference Finals.-Format:Following the NBA regular season, eight teams in...
as the 22-year-old Curry led the team in scoring before being hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat. This caused him to miss the last 13 games of the regular season and the entire playoffs. On June 24, 2005, heart specialists cleared Curry to resume practice. On October 3, 2005, after refusing on privacy grounds to submit to a DNA
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
test, as requested by Bulls management, to assess whether he has a congenital heart condition, Curry was traded to the New York Knicks. The trade included the Bulls' Antonio Davis
Antonio Davis
Antonio Lee Davis is a retired American National Basketball Association player. Davis is also the former president of the NBA Players Association .-College career:...
, as well as the Knicks' Mike Sweetney
Michael Sweetney
Michael 'Mike' Damien Sweetney is an American professional basketball player, in the power forward/center position.-High school/college career:...
, Tim Thomas
Tim Thomas (basketball)
Timothy Mark "Tim" Thomas is an American professional basketball player, in the small forward position.-High school / College:...
, and Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine Jackson (basketball)
Jermaine Jackson is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA.Jackson was undrafted in 1999 following a college career at the University of Detroit Mercy and began his professional career with the Detroit Pistons , going on to play for the Toronto Raptors , Atlanta Hawks and...
. First-round draft picks were also exchanged in the trade—which later came back to haunt the Knicks as they had a poor 2005–06 season in which Curry averaged 13.6 points and 6.0 rebounds per game (numbers that were significantly down from the previous season). Curry's inability to defend and rebound was a source of frustration for former coaches Scott Skiles
Scott Skiles
Scott Allen Skiles is the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks and former American professional basketball player. He also is the former head coach of the NBA's Chicago Bulls and Phoenix Suns. Skiles holds the NBA record for assists in one game, with 30...
and Larry Brown
Larry Brown (basketball)
Lawrence Harvey "Larry" Brown is an American basketball coach and former player. He most recently served as head coach of the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Bobcats....
. When asked by a reporter in 2003 what Curry needed to do to become a better rebounder, Skiles simply replied: "Jump." The 2006–07 season saw a resurgence in Curry's performance under new coach Isiah Thomas
Isiah Thomas
Isiah Lord Thomas III , nicknamed "Zeke",is the men's basketball coach for the FIU Golden Panthers, and a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association from 1981 until 1994. He led the "Bad Boys" to the NBA...
, with Curry anointed the team's primary offensive option, averaging career highs in points (19.6), rebounds (7.1), and minutes (34.9) per game. On April 7, 2007 Curry scored a career-best 43 points in an overtime win over the Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks
The Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. They are part of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was founded in 1968 as an expansion team, and currently plays at the Bradley Center....
; his first three-pointer
Three-point field goal
A three-point field goal is a field goal in a basketball game, made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc radiating from the basket...
of the season forcing the game into the extra period. Curry is 2 for 2 (100%) from three-point range in his NBA career. In the 2007–2008 season, Curry was expected to form a great frontcourt with Zach Randolph
Zach Randolph
Zachary Randolph , nicknamed Z-Bo, is an American professional basketball player currently with the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA...
, however both of them saw a regression in their games. Curry showed up to training camp in October 2008 out of shape for the second year in a row, incensing new head coach Mike D'Antoni
Mike D'Antoni
Michael Andrew "Mike" D'Antoni is an Italian-American former basketball player and is currently the head coach of the NBA's New York Knicks. While head coach of the Phoenix Suns, he won NBA Coach of the Year honors for the 2004–05 NBA season after the Suns posted 33 more wins than the previous...
. Curry not only lost his job, but was not even in D'Antoni's rotation at the beginning of the 2008–2009 season. Curry was also bothered by a sore right knee for much of the season. Curry played his first game of the season on January 8, 2009 against the Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks
The Dallas Mavericks are a professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association , and the reigning NBA champions, having defeated the Miami Heat in the 2011 NBA Finals.According to a 2011...
and played in two other games later in the season.
During the 2009 off-season Curry began working with a trainer on a fitness and weight-loss regimen. As of mid-July he had lost 30 pounds, but according to the trainer it would be "delusional" for coaches to think he could get down to his listed weight of 285 pounds.
On February 22, 2011, Curry was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . Founded in 1989, the team is currently owned by Glen Taylor...
in a three-way blockbuster deal which also involved Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets
The Denver Nuggets are a professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. They play in the National Basketball Association . They were founded as the Denver Rockets in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association, and became one of that league's more successful teams...
that brought Carmelo Anthony
Carmelo Anthony
Carmelo Kiyan Anthony , nicknamed "Melo", is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association...
to New York. On March 1, 2011, his contract was bought out by the Timberwolves before he played a single game for them, making him a free agent.
Cardiac problems
Several prominent cardiologists cleared Curry to play, but Barry Maron, a world-renowned specialist in hypertrophic cardiomyopathyHypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a disease of the myocardium in which a portion of the myocardium is hypertrophied without any obvious cause...
, suggested a DNA
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
test. During the team's media day, Bulls General Manager John Paxson
John Paxson
John MacBeth Paxson is a retired American basketball player. He is currently the VP of Basketball Operations of the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls.-High school career:...
said he understood the privacy issues involved but insisted the Bulls did not have an ulterior motive. Their concern was a situation similar to those of former Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1946, the team is currently owned by Boston Basketball Partners LLC. The Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden, which...
guard Reggie Lewis
Reggie Lewis
Reggie Lewis was an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Boston Celtics from 1987 to 1993.-Early life:...
or Loyola Marymount
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola Marymount University is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic university in the Jesuit and Marymount traditions located in Los Angeles, California, United States...
star Hank Gathers
Hank Gathers
Eric "Hank" Gathers was an American college basketball star at Loyola Marymount University who collapsed and died during a game. He was the second player in NCAA Division I history to lead the nation in scoring and rebounding in the same season...
—players with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who collapsed and died. Paxson and Bulls management even offered Curry a $20 million annuity if he took the test and it determined he had the condition.
Personal life
Curry is married and has seven children. One from a previous marriage, Eddy III, and four with his wife. Curry's other two children were with former girlfriend Nova Henry. Curry has primary custody of another child.Alleged sexual harassment
On January 12, 2009, Curry was sued by his former chauffeurChauffeur
A chauffeur is a person employed to drive a passenger motor vehicle, especially a luxury vehicle such as a large sedan or limousine.Originally such drivers were always personal servants of the vehicle owner, but now in many cases specialist chauffeur service companies, or individual drivers provide...
, David Kuchinsky. Kuchinsky accused Curry of trying to solicit gay sex from him. According to court papers, Curry repeatedly approached Kuchinsky "in the nude," saying, "Look at me, Dave, look" and, "Come and touch it, Dave." The Manhattan federal court suit also stated that Curry made Kuchinsky perform "humiliating tasks outside the scope of his employment, such as cleaning up and removing dirty towels [into which Curry had ejaculated] so that his wife would not see them."
Kuchinsky also said Curry called him racial slurs, including "fucking Jew," "cracker," "white slave," "white devil" and "grandmaster of the KKK".
Kuchinsky claimed he was owed $68,000 in unpaid wages, as well as $25,000 in expenses for which Curry never repaid him. Those expenses, he said, included cellphones that Curry had him buy as gifts and hotel and club bills. Kuchinsky is also a convicted felon who served a three-year prison sentence for a 1992 burglary in New Jersey. He also got three years' probation in a 2004 resisting-arrest case in New Jersey. Curry's lawyer, Kelly A. Saindon, called Kuchinsky's claims "preposterous" and "extortion".
Daughter and ex-girlfriend's murder
Curry's ex-girlfriend, Nova Henry, and their nine-month-old daughter Ava were found murdered in ChicagoChicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
on January 25, 2009. A paternity test proved that Ava was the daughter of Curry and Henry. Their three-year old son Noah was found unharmed at the scene. Two counts of first degree murder were brought against 36-year-old attorney
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
Frederick Goings on February 22, 2009; Goings had served as Henry's attorney in a custody case about Ava against Curry.
Foreclosure
As of June 2009, Curry's Chicago home was in foreclosureForeclosure
Foreclosure is the legal process by which a mortgage lender , or other lien holder, obtains a termination of a mortgage borrower 's equitable right of redemption, either by court order or by operation of law...
; he owed close to $220,000 in mortgage
Mortgage loan
A mortgage loan is a loan secured by real property through the use of a mortgage note which evidences the existence of the loan and the encumbrance of that realty through the granting of a mortgage which secures the loan...
payments. Curry took out a nearly $4 million mortgage on the property in 2006, which included monthly house payments of more than $25,000.
High school
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High School Player of the Year - Earned Illinois Mr. BasketballIllinois Mr. BasketballEach year the Illinois Mr. Basketball award is given to the person chosen as the best high school boys basketball player in the U.S. state of Illinois....
honors - MVP of the McDonald's All-American game after scoring 28 points with 8 rebounds and 4 blocked shots in leading the West to a 131–125 victory
- Led Thornwood High School to the Illinois State Championship game, averaging 22.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 6.0 blocked shots, shooting .640 from the floor, including 25.0 points and 10.0 rebounds in the state tournament. Averaged 24.6 points and 11.2 rebounds, along with 4.8 blocks, as a junior.
- Was selected to the State Farm Holiday Classic all-tournament team in 1998, 1999 and 2000.
NBA
- Led league in field goalField goal (basketball)In basketball, the term field goal refers to a basket scored on any shot or tap other than a free throw, worth two or three points depending on the distance of the attempt from the basket. "Field Goal" is the official terminology used by the National Basketball Association in their rule book,...
percentage, 2002–03
Regular season
|-| align="left" | 2001–02
| align="left" | Chicago
Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois, playing in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was founded in 1966. They play their home games at the United Center...
| 72 || 31 || 16.0 || .501 || .000 || .656 || 3.8 || .3 || .2 || .7 || 6.7
|-
| align="left" | 2002–03
| align="left" | Chicago
| 81 || 48 || 19.4 || .585 || .000 || .624 || 4.4 || .5 || .2 || .8 || 10.5
|-
| align="left" | 2003–04
| align="left" | Chicago
| 73 || 63 || 29.5 || .496 || 1.000 || .671 || 6.2 || .9 || .3 || 1.1 || 14.7
|-
| align="left" | 2004–05
| align="left" | Chicago
| 63 || 60 || 28.7 || .538 || .000 || .720 || 5.4 || .6 || .3 || .9 || 16.1
|-
| align="left" | 2005–06
| align="left" | New York
New York Knicks
The New York Knickerbockers, prominently known as the Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York City. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...
| 72 || 69 || 25.9 || .563 || .000 || .632 || 6.0 || .3 || .4 || .8 || 13.6
|-
| align="left" | 2006–07
| align="left" | New York
| 81 || 81 || 35.2 || .576 || 1.000 || .615 || 7.0 || .8 || .4 || .5 || 19.5
|-
| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | New York
| 59 || 58 || 25.9 || .546 || .000 || .623 || 4.7 || .5 || .2 || .5 || 13.2
|-
| align="left" | 2008–09
2008–09 NBA season
The 2008–09 NBA season was the 63rd season of the National Basketball Association . The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, and ended on Wednesday, April 15, 2009...
| align="left" | New York
| 3 || 0 || 4.0 || 1.000 || .000 || .333 || 1.3 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.7
|-
| align="left" | 2009–10
2009–10 NBA season
The 2009–10 NBA season was the 64th season of the National Basketball Association . The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, and ended on Wednesday, April 14, 2010....
| align="left" | New York
| 7 || 0 || 8.9 || .381 || .000 || .588 || 1.9 || .0 || .0 || .1 || 3.7
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 511 || 410 || 25.4 || .545 || 1.000 || .642 || 5.3 || .6 || .3 || .8 || 13.3