The status of Knicks' center Eddy Curry remains uncertain but the big man is trying to get back in time to face his old team at Madison Square Garden Wednesday night.  Curry is nursing a sore calf muscle.

Curry sounded optimistic.

"I'm feeling confident about it," he said before the Knicks were trounced in Miami.  "I'll try to loosen it up in practice tomorrow and look forward to trying to play Wednesday."

Shaquille O'Neal, also out with an injury, commented on Curry's future:  "He plays like a real big man," O'Neal said. "He has a lot of work, a lot of guys to go up against him, before he can get the title of dominant. He's a good, solid, double-respectable big man."

Also, the former agent for Adrian Griffin, who just signed with the Mavericks, said the Knicks had some light interest in the Seton Hall product.  Frank Catapano said that before he was fired, the Knicks had contacted him indirectly about picking up Griffin.