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These are dangerous times to be a basketball star in this town. For the second time this month, a Chicago-native NBA star has been the victim of a home invasion.
Early Saturday, former Bulls player Eddy Curry was the victim, when three masked invaders stormed his Burr Ridge home. They restrained Curry, some family members and an employee with duct tape and then stole money and jewelry.
Sounds familiar, doesn't it? In fact, the M.O. sounds suspiciously like the home invasion at Antoine Walker's River North mansion just three weeks ago. Curry and Walker have already spoken to discuss similarities, while Burr Ridge and Chicago police are also cooperating.
Were both basketball players victims of the same brazen gang, or was Curry the victim of copycats? And if the same gang was responsible for both robberies, how and why were Walker and Curry chosen?
What does our inner Grissom tell us?
Well, we all know pro athletes and those around them get involved in very bad things. Were Walker and Curry involved is the same very bad thing? 'Cause that's where we'd start the investigation.
What have Curry and Walker been up during their summer vacation, and who or what connects the two?
The Bulls had better hope that local authorities get to the bottom of things pretty fast, and that these break-ins were tied directly to actions of the two NBA stars. Otherwise the Bulls might have some real issues luring free agents to town next summer.
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I'll tell you what connects them. The Ghetto. Sure they got money, nice cars, and found a way out. But as long as they keep associating with people from the hood who are still miscreants, they are still stuck in the Ghetto.
Notice it’s always the ones that don’t hustle or play defense.
This is Mayor Daley's fault. If he wasn't too busy ruining the city there would be no crime here just like all other U.S. cities.
seems like someone is targeting ball players specifically. I wonder if lake forest residing bears players are next.
i would have though eddie curry could have taken a few of these guys but i guess not.
I love Chicagoist, but this entry sucks. I am completely disappointed. If you have a tip about these break-ins, call Crime Stoppers. If you don't, the innuendo that these guys might be involved in "very bad things" is complete bush league nonsense. In fact, it wouldn't be very hard for someone to construe it as thinly veiled racism. At best it is thougtless stereotyping. The editors should retract this garbage.
chicagoist isn't a newspaper, its writers can say whatever they want...
True, but I would imagine the site's editors would like to maintain some level of credibility.
Amen no. 5/7. There'd better be something else Chicagoist knows--you know, other than black guys plus sports MUST EQUAL illegal dog fighting. Give me a break.
I completely agree with #5.
As opposed to the outright stereotyping of guest #1, I suppose. It isn't racism to speculate that the two incidents involving Curry and Walker may be connected; NBA players from different teams have been known to fraternize with each other during the offseason. One can assume that the Chicago and Burr Ridge police are working from that assumption (although they won't tell the press that immediately) and that MSM itself will speculate on it. They'll also do it using a bit more subtlety than we.
So, to answer your comment, any inference of racism by readers on Chicagoist's part is unintended.
If you don't, the innuendo that these guys might be involved in "very bad things" is complete bush league nonsense. In fact, it wouldn't be very hard for someone to construe it as thinly veiled racism.
How is speculating that they could be involved in "very bad things" racist? We linked to Tim Donaghy as an example of bad things in sports and he's white. We could have also linked to Jason Giambi and his steroid use admission. He's white. Bad acts and sports go all directions.
On the other hand, these two crimes seem to be linked somehow. Two violent home invasions in two exclusive, posh neighborhoods? Stories like this would make the news even if it were just some accountant in Hinsdale or a doctor in Winnetka. Yet the victims in both cases just happened to be NBA stars???
Pardon us for thinking that there must be some connection. The Burr Ridge police admitted that they are pursuing that angle and that the crime did not appear to be random.
Sure, maybe the link was something else -- like they frequent some club where somebody eyed their bling, followed home and returned to rob them the next day. Or maybe it does have something to do with connections they have to the neighborhoods where they grew up. But given the state of pro sports lately, is is really such a stretch to think that maybe there was a common tie to something illicit?
Why are people so quick to play the race card these days??
don't worry benjy, i got your back.
I agree that Chicagoist showed some knee jerk bias too. If two dentists working in the same office, but living in different communities experienced a break in, would your "inner Grissom" assume that they must share some illicit behavior tying them together as perfect victims OR would you investigate who might have access to both their home addresses - say a clerk in HR? Of course, Chicagoist has every right to blather on about far out notions if it wishes.
Here's my entrant for the cause: Be careful of your Chicago land dentist. One of them operated a brothel, AND it's a well known fact that they have access to anesthesia. Ergo, your Chicagoland dentist may put you to sleep, then put you to work.
in all fairness, by the time this story was posted to chicagoist, it was over a day old. that was enough time for more angles of the story to come through, like the fact that police were investigating a connection between the curry break-in and the antoine walker incident.
#13, If you're talking about the dentist from Chicago Magazine's feature "The Strange Case of the Dentist and the Pimp," he didn't operate any brothels. He rented his Marina Tower condos out to pimps, who ran brothels. He also rented out his luxury cars to pimps, who lent them to their associates, who ended up getting pulled over in Detroit and drew up some red flags.
Oh, and he did dental work for the prostitutes. I'd be more worried about the cleanliness of his utensils than him having access to anesthesia.
I'm not objecting to the fact that they might be linked, I was objecting to the actual HYPERlinks in the article to dog fighting. Might the home invasions of two basketball players in the Chicago area be linked? Absolutely. But what the heck does it have to do with dog fighting (other than that these guys are black?).
I agree that the two break ins may be connected, but it's kind of a low blow to assume before all (or hell, ANY) facts are in that the crimes could have been connected because they were involved in shady dealings.
Way to blame the victims.
Yep, they are rich. Yep, they are famous. But c'mon. Doesn't mean they deserve to be tied up and robbed.
What if they had been (*gasp*) women?
(Not playing the gender card at all, I hate that crap, to be honest. But seriously. I love Chicagoist, and the Very Bad Things comment was out of line, even if there are a lot of bad things in sports these days).
of course these incidents are connected. none of that indicates either curry or walker are involved in anything 'very bad'. i'm sure the group came away with a good take at walker's place and decided to try it again at curry's. there's nothing involved which would lead anyone to think otherwise
it's clear there is no editor at chicagoist. some of the shit posted by the authors on this site is fucking idiotic