It has been a tough training camp for New York Knicks center Eddy Curry. He missed time due to contracting a bacterial infection and missed preseason games due to poor conditioning and an unfamiliarity with the new offense installed by Mike D’ Antoni. And in the most bizarre moment, Curry popped an exercise ball while sitting on it.
Curry has denied a rumor that a contaminated needle from a trip to a tattoo parlor triggered the bacterial infection.
“At first they thought I had strep throat. Then doctors were worried the infection might attack my heart. But they never identified for sure what hit me. I still don’t know,” Curry said.
Curry has been frequenting tattoo parlors since the age of 16 and estimates that he has 50 tattoos on his body.
