Eddy Curry

CTL-E-5707 · Person · other · 1982–present

VERIFIED evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)

Combined Graph record U-06983 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-5707.

Eddy Curry, born Eddy Anthony Curry Jr. on December 5, 1982, in Harvey, Illinois, is an American former professional basketball player. At Thornwood High School in South Holland he was named Illinois Mr. Basketball and most valuable player of the McDonald's All-American Game in 2001, and the Chicago Bulls selected him fourth overall in the 2001 NBA draft directly out of high school. Curry played for Chicago from 2001 to 2005 and led the NBA in field-goal percentage in 2002–03 at .585. He then played for the New York Knicks from 2005 to 2011, won an NBA championship with the Miami Heat in 2012, and appeared briefly for Dallas before finishing his career in China with Zhejiang and, in 2018–19, Zhuhai. Across 527 NBA games he scored 6,820 points, an average of 12.9 per game.

The record

• Also known as: Eddy Anthony Curry Jr.

Notes

Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (Fill 500 Lists Wave 4, Tier 1 — 747 Program). Gate A (2026-10-16): no Eddy Curry entity in the live graph at 3,409 entities (exact/normalized/alias + token containment); ID CTL-E-5707 free. Supply: 747 Supply Ledger, Fill 500 Comedians gap #13 — the ledger bucket is a mixed Chicago civic list; this record is a professional basketball player, stated openly. Vital status: LIVING — verified by his 2023 Athletic interview and no death report in any source consulted. Degree rule applied: Curry committed to DePaul University but entered the 2001 draft from high school and never attended, so NO has_alumnus edge is staged (attendance/commitment is not a degree). STATISTICS (sourced, dated): 527 NBA games and 6,820 points (12.9 per game); NBA field-goal percentage leader 2002–03 at .585 — Wikipedia, accessed 2026-10-16. MEDIA: photo HELD (candidate named in the packet; no Commons file page read at file-page level in this pass); chart FILLED; video HELD (no matching CTL Short in the Link Map catalog, checked by name and variants); audio HELD (no verified rights basis). Blocked edges documented in the packet: DePaul University (commitment only, no attendance or degree); New York Knicks and Dallas Mavericks (no graph entities). MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Persons receive no maps (media-layer rule carried from the CULTGRAPH packets).) | visual_assets = HELD: No Commons file page could be read at file-page level in this pass, so the slot is HELD rather than cleared on | chart = FILLED (Built only from this record's own sourced, dated facts; data table printed in the packet.) | video = HELD (No CTL Short for this subject — checked against the CTL Shorts Link Map catalog (2026-10-15) by full name and ) | audio = HELD (No matching-entity audio with a verified rights basis located in this pass (no CTL-owned audio; third-party st)

Relationships

• Chicago Bulls — played for
  Curry was drafted 4th overall by the Chicago Bulls in 2001 and played for Chicago from 2001 to 2005.
• Miami Heat — played for
  Curry played for the Miami Heat in 2011–12 and won the 2012 NBA championship with the team.

Sources

• Wikipedia, “Eddy Curry” — born December 5, 1982, Harvey, Illinois; Thornwood High School; Illinois Mr. Basketball and McDonald's All-American Game MVP, 2001; drafted 4th overall by Chicago in 2001; NBA field-goal percentage leader 2002–03 (.585); Bulls 2001–05, Knicks 2005–11, Heat 2011–12 (NBA champion), Dallas 2012, Zhejiang 2012–13, Zhuhai 2018–19; 527 games, 6,820 points — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Curry (build store)
• Land of Basketball, Eddy Curry player profile — career team sequence and season statistics corroborating the Wikipedia line (Bulls, Knicks, Heat, Mavericks) — landofthebasketball.com, accessed 2026-10-16 (build store)
• The Athletic (2023 interview coverage) — Curry living and speaking retrospectively about his career; vital-status evidence, accessed 2026-10-16 (build store)

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