alfdogg 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2004 According to Stephen A. Smith. I read it on the bottom line. Discuss. EDIT: LINK~ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2004 I was an AI fan for a long time, but I soured on him with his "I'm an All-Star, I don't play off the bench." I don't care how mean Chris Ford has been to AI. Screw him... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2004 Fuck, good. AI is what is wrong with Professional Sports. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 It's now been proven that the 76ers win WITHOUT Iverson playing and lose WITH him. I have an idea! Let's put all the disgruntled superstars like McGrady and Iverson in a trade lottery. They draw a team out of a hat and that's who they play for. Ridiculous and WWE-esque, yes, but then again so are the NBA and Iverson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 This sucks. Iverson is what is GOOD about the NBA. Bar none, the most exciting player in basketball. As for the Sixers, they made the playoffs every year with Iverson healthy, but since he's missed half the season, the Sixers have tanked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Redhawk Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Fuck, good. AI is what is wrong with Professional Sports. And how is that? Iverson leaves it out on the floor every time, he is the most exciting player in the League, and he's a guy you can tell actually WANTS to win and CARES when his teammates aren't carrying their weight. That's what's wrong with sports: effort and caring? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Effort and caring? He skips practice because he doesn't feel it's necessary! If he's not a cancer to the 76ers, why did they win 7 of 8 in his absence? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shanghai Kid 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Iverson is not the most exciting player in the league. He was a few years ago, but now he's nowhere near that. He basically just goes to the hoop every time to get a foul call, but since he's lost a step and can't finish like he used too, it's just turning into missed shots and no calls. He still misses tons of jumpshots also. What's exciting about a guy going 2-21 from the field? He's nowhere near as exciting as Lebron, Vince Carter, Carmello, hell I think watching AK-47 is more exciting than watching AI. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 I'm not questioning about his skills. Its his ego is whats wrong with professional athletes and modern day sports as it is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 If he's not a cancer to the 76ers, why did they win 7 of 8 in his absence? Umm, the Sixers don't have a 7-1 stretch this season, with or without Iverson. They've won three out of four, but four games is hardly conclusive evidence. I see six out of eight since Iverson's latest injury. Looks good, but that's not the only time they missed AI. The Sixers went 4-8 in his absense in December into January. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sfaJack 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Question: when Iverson loses a bit of his quickness and can no longer dribble past folks, is he even a NBA-caliber player? Seriously, I wonder. His shooting percentage is terrible (and seemingly getting worse), and he's not a particularly good defender...what's left? Why would you have him on your team if he can't beat any off the dribble and shoots 3-20 each night? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steviekick 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 AI is defnitely not the 76ers problem, it's the rest of the team. I don't see why it's bad if he's calling out his teammates on being lazy, and for Ford being a debatable interim coach. Even Larry Brown made it public about how he was dissappointed on the effort that the team was displaying. When you watch them play, you can see that most of the time it's just AI busting his ass. To get the Sixers back in shape, ditch Ford and GM King, figure out how to get rid of Glenn Robinson and Derick Coleman, and try to convince Rasheed Wallace to sign with them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Redhawk Report post Posted March 31, 2004 1) The fact that they won games without him doesn't prove anything. They are a group of 11 professional basketball players, so I assume they are capable of winning some games. And remember, they do play in the East, so they could probably run off a winning streak against the Hawks, Wizards and Bulls of the world. 2) Everyone acts like AI just blows off every practice. I've never heard that. I have heard that he's missed some practices, sure, but it's not like he NEVER goes. And Steve McNair never practices for the Titans, yet everyone loves him. 3) I won't say AI is a cancer to the team. I will say that the other players rely on him too much on offense, but that's not his fault. Same goes for T-Mac. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfdogg 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 No offense, but I *seriously* hope you're not comparing McGrady's heart to Iverson's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ripper 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 So much bullshit in one thread. The league leader in steals for what the past 5-6 years isn't particularly a good defender? He is what is wrong with the NBA? The guy lays it on the line every night. He has chopped years off his career playing for a team injured all to be damned. Injured player misses practice but plays in game in any other sport(or any other team) = fine. Iverson does it = whats wrong with the NBA. Iverson might not be the most exciting player to YOU but he definately still is to alot of people. The guy does things at 6-0 tall that are simply amazing. He plays great defense, gets his teamates involved, and wins with what is nothing more than an expansion team without him. When people look at little stretchs where a star player isn't there and the team plays well and say "See, they don't need him" they really show thier ignorance to the sport. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Goodear Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Larry Brown fucked the Sixers over by continually going to a bunch of roleplayers instead of actually getting the man some sort of scoring help. Of course, Iverson takes a whole bunch of shots when the next best player on the court is... ... ... well it was Derrick Coleman. Its been the same thing each and every year that the guy came into the league and he's finally pissed off enough that he's sitting on the bench and taking the rest of the year off. Fuck the Sixers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ripper 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Larry Brown fucked the Sixers over by continually going to a bunch of roleplayers instead of actually getting the man some sort of scoring help. Of course, Iverson takes a whole bunch of shots when the next best player on the court is... ... ... well it was Derrick Coleman. Its been the same thing each and every year that the guy came into the league and he's finally pissed off enough that he's sitting on the bench and taking the rest of the year off. Fuck the Sixers. Truer words have never been spoken. The sixers would constantly break up successful teams until they ended up with what they have this year. Iverson Loved Larry Hughes...traded him. He was started to like Toni Kukoc, traded him. He liked Tim Thomas...traded him, He like Van Horn to some extent...traded him. They have good second scorer, they trade him every year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 I agree with the Iverson supporters here. He may be an asshole personally, but I don't really care. He plays hard all of the time in game situations. I find nothing wrong with him. Players like Randy Moss is what is wrong with professional sports. All the talent in the world and he only tries half the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shanghai Kid 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Iverson needs to play point guard. Iverson/Larry Hughes would be a good backcourt right bout now. Hughes has developed into a 19ppg/5 rebound player. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ghost of bps21 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 He's a great player...but it's a team sport. I wouldn't want him on my team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steviekick 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Iverson needs to play point guard. Iverson/Larry Hughes would be a good backcourt right bout now. Hughes has developed into a 19ppg/5 rebound player. He kind of plays the point right now. Eric Snow and him switch off constantly depending on how the match up is going, especially when the opposing team's PG is bigger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ant_7000 0 Report post Posted April 1, 2004 I know he whines and doesn't like practice, AI does bust his ass off when its game time no matter how injured. Ford should've let AI start and if Ford felt like AI wasn't playing well he could've benched him. Sixers don't even have a consistent second scorer to compliment AI. Big Dog was supposed to fill that void but he's been injured too and he's one dimensinial (sp?) anyway. I laugh at the arguement that the team is better without AI. It was same thing in Toronto and Vince Carter, when Carter got hurt and Raptors made it to the playoffs w/o him, people said same thing. Carter missed alot of games since then and the Raptors basically had the same team that made playoffs w/o Carter and a year later they went into the draft lottery. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
