NBA commissioner David Stern told SI.com he understands both sides of the Eddy Curry DNA testing controversy, but he said he doesn't see any harm in a team asking for the test, given the financial commitment given to the player.
The Chicago Bulls want to test the 22-year-old center who has been sidelined since March with heart arryhythmia, to see if his medical condition could be fatal. Curry has been negotiating a new contract with the team and declined the test on the grounds that it would enable the team to search for other pre-existing medical conditions that could hurt the value of his contract.
Stern suggested to SI.com that the teams do the testing in rookie camp: "Let's put it back in rookie camp. If you're thinking about drafting a player, you do blood [tests], you do X-rays, skeletal, you look for scars, for breaks, for weaknesses, for disease. I don't know what you would be looking for with DNAs, but given the size of the contract and the importance of the draft pick, I think that diagnostic testing that tells you whether you're making a good investment is not a bad idea."
Stern also said safeguards should be in place to ensure the results of DNA testing are controlled by the player.
"Always," Stern told SI.com. "It should only be dispersed with the consent of the player. I guess the player, for limited purposes, can make it available to the team, but I'm a firm believer in medical privacy."
Via SI.com
Chicago Bulls
Read the Full Story
Discuss
Send Feedback
Buy Tickets
Guard Jannero Pargo has accepted the Bulls' one-year qualifying offer, and agent Mark Bartelstein said the former Robeson High standout will sign a contract Friday or Monday. Pargo will make $875,000.
The New York Post reported Thursday that the Knicks' sign-and-trade proposal for center Eddy Curry, rejected weeks ago by Bulls general manager John Paxson, would have sent Tim Thomas and Michael Sweetney to the Bulls. Curry is expected to accept the Bulls' one-year qualifying offer and has until late Saturday to do so. The Bulls haven't ruled out extending the deadline, according to a source.
Via Chicago Tribune
Chicago Bulls
Read the Full Story
Discuss
Send Feedback
Buy Tickets
Bulls free-agent center Eddy Curry will slip through Isiah Thomas' mitts again. The Post has learned the Knicks offered Chicago a sign-and-trade package of Tim Thomas and Michael Sweetney for the ailing big center, but has been rejected repeatedly by GM John Paxson.
Barring a trade, Curry, suffering from heart irregularities, is expected to sign the Bulls' one-year, $5 million qualifying offer before Saturday's deadline, according to his Jersey-based attorney, Ed Milstein.
Curry has been commiserating on the phone almost daily with his best friend, Knick guard, Jamal Crawford, who's worked behind the scenes to get him to New York.
"They're not trading him," one team executive said.
The Knicks offered the Bulls a package that would start Curry at more than $13M and give Chicago cap relief after season. Tim Thomas' contract ($13.5M) and Sweetney's ($2.1M) expire after the season. Isiah has offered Thomas in multiple deals because of his tradable contract and the Knick glut at swingman.
Via New York Post
New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls
Read the Full Story
Discuss
Send Feedback
Buy Tickets
Bulls Sep 2005 Archive
-
ESPN | Sep 29, 2005
Jerome Stanley, the agent of late Celtic Reggie Lewis, is scared that the Eddy Curry/Bulls DNA despute will go to arbitration and the arbitrator tells the Bulls they simply can't compel him.
-
Chicago Tribune | Sep 28, 2005
The extraordinary events surrounding the Bulls' contract negotiations with center Eddy Curry are fast-breaking to what figures to be an ugly standoff within the next week, one that now seems almost certain to end the Bulls' career of the Thornwood High product.
-
Chicago Tribune | Sep 28, 2005
Fred Hoiberg, who is rehabilitating from open-heart surgery, said he isn't well-versed on Eddy Curry's heart troubles.
-
Chicago Tribune | Sep 27, 2005
The cardiologist who in June gave Eddy Curry clearance to resume playing basketball said DNA tests requested by the Bulls are unwarranted.
-
Chicago Tribune | Sep 25, 2005
The Bulls have gone beyond requesting Eddy Curry submit to DNA testing that could determine whether he is disposed genetically to a potentially fatal heart ailment.
-
Chicago Sun-Times | Sep 24, 2005
Bulls operations chief John Paxson made it clear Friday the team wants Eddy Curry to take a DNA test before allowing him back on the court.
-
Daily Herald | Sep 23, 2005
As a favor to Darius Songaila, the Sacramento Kings rescinded their qualifying offer on Wednesday, turning him from a restricted to unrestricted free agent and allowing the Bulls to sign him outright.
-
Press Release | Sep 21, 2005
Tyson Chandler officially put ink to paper after agreeing to a contract with the Bulls at the start of the month, meaning at least one of the twin-towers will be in Chicago for at least six more seasons
-
Orlando Sentinel | Sep 21, 2005
With the city's famous skyline as a backdrop, Chicago's WNBA franchise announced Tuesday the new team will be called the Sky, with light blue and yellow as its colors.
-
Daily Herald | Sep 20, 2005
Negotiations between the Bulls and restricted free agent center Eddy Curry are already messy and may only get messier, according to Mike McGraw of the Daily Herald
-
New York Daily News | Sep 18, 2005
According to New York Daily News writer Frank Isola, Knicks president Isiah Thomas is not giving up on Eddy Curry, proposing a deal last week that is believed to have included Michael Sweetney.
-
Chicago Tribune | Sep 18, 2005
According to Leon Rose, the agent for Bulls free agent Eddy Curry, the Knicks are interested in aquiring the young center but John Paxson is refusing to just give Curry away. There are also whispers that Paxson will not trade Curry to an Eastern Conference team, but has sent out feelers to Denver and Memphis.
-
Daily Herald | Sep 17, 2005
The Bulls have decided they will match any reasonable offer given to restricted free agent Jannero Pargo, which almost certainly means Pargo will spend another season playing for the club.
-
Daily Herald | Sep 17, 2005
But general manager John Paxson felt the Bulls did not have a roster spot available for Williams. “Our guard corps is set,” Paxson said.
-
Chicago Tribune | Sep 16, 2005
Jay Williams, whose career with the Bulls ended after one season because of a motorcycle accident, is still on the comeback trail.
-
Chicago Sun-Times | Sep 16, 2005
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, it appears guard Jannero Pargo will remain with the team. Pargo's deal could be finalized next week.
-
Chicago Sun-Times | Sep 16, 2005
A source familiar with the talks between the Bulls and agent Leon Rose said Thursday that "it looks more and more'' like Curry will play this season for the team's one-year qualifying offer of $5.14 million guaranteed.
-
Chicago Sun-Times | Sep 15, 2005
Darius Songaila is about to join the Bulls after going through a long and arduous process. ''You have everybody in the league trying to get him,'' his agent Mark Bartelstein said.
-
Toronto Star | Sep 14, 2005
Jay Williams has already worked out for the Heat and worked out on Wednesday with the Rockets. His agent expects him to be all the way back by the All-Star break.
-
Daily Herald | Sep 13, 2005
The Bulls will retire Scottie Pippen’s No. 33 jersey at halftime of a Dec. 9 game against the Los Angeles Lakers, according to Daily Herald columnist Mike McGraw.
-
Chicago Tribune | Sep 8, 2005
John Paxson isn't pursuing a sign-and-trade for Eddy Curry, the Bulls general manager said Wednesday in an interview on WSCR-AM 670.
-
Chicago Tribune | Sep 7, 2005
Eddy Curry's agent has asked the Bulls to consider a sign-and-trade for the restricted free agent, a source familiar with the negotiations confirmed Tuesday.
-
jpost.com | Sep 6, 2005
Hapoel Jerusalem is just one piece away from completing its puzzle for the coming season after signing American power forward Mario Austin to a one-year deal Monday.
-
Bulls Press Release | Sep 2, 2005
The Chicago Bulls announced today the team has signed free agent forward Malik Allen to a contract.
-
Bulls Press Release | Sep 1, 2005
It was a foregone conclusion that Tyson Chandler would re-sign with the Bulls this summer since he was a restricted free agent and the club was very keen to keep the center.
