Knicks' Curry out 3-to-5 days with calf injury
Photo credit: AP | Eddy Curry talks to the media during the Knicks' media day at the Madison Square Garden Training Center in Greenburgh. (September 28, 2009)
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SARATOGA SPRINGS - Eddy Curry will miss training camp here for a second straight year. The 7-foot center Wednesday had an MRI on his injured right calf muscle and it revealed a torn plantaris muscle. He left camp for Manhattan, where he will have blood drained from the injured area.
He is expected to miss three to five days. The injury, however, is not considered a serious one because the plantaris muscle, which is located along the calf and behind the Achilles, is considered to be a vestigial part of the human body, akin to the appendix.
The time off the court - and without running - is the greater concern for Curry, who spent the offseason focused on losing weight. He missed the first week of camp last season because of a bacterial infection and the lost time set him back in conditioning. He dealt with knee issues and weight gain throughout the season and managed to appear in only two games.
