<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">ORLANDO - Magic Johnson suggested last night that the Knicks' treatment and subsequent firing of Larry Brown may have hurt Eddy Curry's chances of making the All-Star team this season. The Eastern Conference coaches vote for the seven All-Star reserves and, as reported in yesterday's Daily News, Curry did not crack the top seven. "That's a lot (of the coaches) saying to Isiah (Thomas), 'That's my boy you fired last year,'" Johnson said on TNT, where the selections were announced. Several coaches in the East do have strong ties to Brown, the former Knicks' coach who was fired after one season. Atlanta's Mike Woodson and Philadelphia's Maurice Cheeks both worked as assistants under Brown, who is currently working for the Sixers' organization. Woodson, who like Thomas attended Indiana University, also has been friends with the Knicks' president/head coach for more than 25 years.</div> Source
Or perhaps the message was: "Hey Curry, start playing some defense and maybe you'll get considered down the road."
