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76ers, Charlotte, Knicks, Nets, Cleveland Heat, Rockets, Pacers...there is no reason AI couldn't be putting work in on one of those squads.Originally Posted by airmaxpenny1
I will say this one time only, then I'm leavin this thread. I took the heat in the last one Dirk and Mike, ya'll's turn.Originally Posted by CP1708
airmaxpenny1 wrote:
Iverson last real season was 07-08, a season where he averaged 26.4 ppg while shooting 46% from the field, on a 50 win team. And people want this guy to come off the bench...I would feel disrespected if I was Ivo as well.
Teams want him to come off the bench because AI's game is not conducive to winning in the NBA.
Clearly, he is a lot better then many many other guards out there. But he dominates the ball so incredibly much and takes so many off balance 21 footers that a typical offense can not succeed.
It is NOT that the league hates him. It is NOT that there is some vendetta against him, teams just simply realize what his fanboys do not, pounding the ball into the floor for 20 seconds and then throwing up a contested jumper against a bigger defender is not a good look. At all. It does not work. Period.
If he came off the bench, he could run around out there in spurts and get buckets, which he of course can still do, but the coach would be able to bring him out and put the starters back in and not mess up their rhythm or the total goal of the offense. As an example, Sasha Vujacic comes in and just shoots. He doesn't do anything else, he just shoots for 3-4 minutes and then goes back to the bench. AI is a billion times better player then Sasha, but that is what teams want from AI, a specified role for him to deliver in. And he won't abide by it. He won't accept it. He wants a team to give him the reins and let him run around and do whatever he wants for 40 minutes a night. No team, coach, or GM is going to do that. None
The second AI says publicly that he would relish the chance to come off the bench and score at will for short stretches like a Vinnie Johnson did, 10-12 teams would line up and call him.
It's really that simple.
See this is a common misconception.
Is AI a better player than Lou Williams, Raymond Felton, Chris Duhon, Mo Williams, Mario Chalmers, Aaron Brooks, and TJ Ford? Is he better than Mike Conley? Hesure is....even at 34. hell...honestly if you tell Iverson and OJ Mayo they both can have 25+ shots per game...their #s probably would look very identical.Again...that never was the issue. The problem is...why feature him in your starting lineup? He's not going to put ANY of those teams over the hump...so whyhinder those young guys development and mess with chemistry? If I'm the GM of the Sixers...I know AI might give me more than Lou Williams...but why am Igoing to *+%@ up a 20 something year olds development when the 34 year old isn't going to give me anything substantially better in the win/loss column?
The only team that had absolutely nothing to lose in acquiring Allen Iverson was the Knicks...to everyone else he was a huge risk.