<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Don't Blame Thomas Though Eddy Curry said the players are wondering about Isiah Thomas' future, they don't want to see him fired. "We're really trying and we hope our owner knows that we're trying," said Curry, who came off the bench for the first time since Dec. 28, 2005 in Orlando. "We don't believe that it's (Thomas') fault that we're losing like this. We just, for whatever reason, can't run that corner." -- New York Post # Thomas' decision to trade for Zach Randolph -- a ball-dominating post player -- was bad enough. I couldn't have been more wrong about that trade, thinking that Randolph would find a way to coexist with Curry, and vice versa. But now Thomas has compounded the mistake by turning Curry, the same player he crowed about all last season as a potential All-Star, into a benchwarmer -- and a confused one at that. Actually, confusion doesn't begin to describe Curry's state of mind in his new role, nor does it do justice to the ragtag version of halfcourt offense the Knicks have been running this season with Curry as a spectator -- first on the court and now off. -- Newsday</div>
