ALLEN IVERSON APPRECIATION (NBA-related)
yuichi
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If I were living in Philly, he'd be my embattled superhero, much like my favorite ballplayer in LA. The reason why i'm saying this is because he's fuckin' dude. I just saw an interview with Steven A. Smith at Quite Frankly and I like him even more now than before. He was talking about all the negative uptight influences in Philly and how that affects his media image. Mo Cheeks is apparently going to be coach and he's very excited to play for him. Basically, show your appreciation for Allen fuckin' Iverson.You can't buy heart in the NBA.
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Just want to point out that Mo Cheeks was the coach in Philadelphia this season. Maybe this was an old interview.
i am a Philly fan and i am not crying about the rumors. Don't get me wrong, i like watching him play, but after the last four seasons or so it is time (past time actually) for us to try something new. Iverson makes great plays and is tough as hell, but our chemistry as a team just hasn't been there for a while. One thing i like about Philly is that we usually have young guns that are a lot of fun to watch, Iguodala of course, Dalembert sometimes, and i think maybe trading for multiple players that are good and have enough experience under their belt could put us in the position to be a really exciting team to watch. A team without an allstar has nothing to lose really and will be clawing for respect.
i'll miss him, but i think we're definately due for a change.
if they trade AI, look for Billy King to get the boot after next season. there is no reason for trading him. the sixers aren't a "young team", every player is expendable aside from iverson.
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i think we need to rebuild and i swear to you i heard a weird rumor from a reputable sports writer about the name Cuban and the team Sixers. Dont know how serious the interest is there or what kind of timeline, but i was digging at a shop in the Philly burbs and heard talk between a big paper sports guy and a stats guy for the Sixers and Phils and this was mentioned.
I never would have become interested in basketball if it wasn't for the god AI.
Ha. Snore. You get clowned on here?
FOR REAL. And I had high ass hopes for these dudes, too. This past season I expected Iggy, Korver, Sam I Am, Salmons etc. to step up and turn Philly into legit contenders. Dudes got LITTLE right before my eyes like muthafuckin' Shrinky Dinks. I'm really disappointed at Igoudala, though. He has the talent to be if not an all star then definitely a very solid all around player. I don't know if guys get intimidated playing with Iverson or what, but if that's the case it's totally ridiculous. STEP THE FUCK UP AND BALL. Willie Green is the only guy on the Sixers other than AI that I have some measure of respect for. Once he comes back 100% from his knee injury, I expect him to be a player.
But regardless, AI has got to leave Philly. For whatever reason, it's not working with him here. The wheels are spinning and they're not going anywhere. Time to rip it down and start all over again IMO. Let AI go somewhere else where he'll get the appreciation he deserves and hopefully the right situation where his strengths can be utilized and his weaknesses protected (kinda like how Brown did things in that 2001 run to the finals). If he gets into that right situation and tweaks his game just a little bit (play the point and get his teammates more involved, less halfcourt one-on-one stuff) I think AI can still get that championship he wants.
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That's a shame that cats throw that much weight on one dude. Management hasnt been able to sustain a good team since LARRY BROWN broke out.
People don't go to Sixers games with Iverson on the roster.
The best attendance they had last season was on Fan Apprecation night, when AI and Webber showed up after tip-off.
I'm holding out very little hope for next season.
So they're banking on attendance improving when they get Wallyworld as their star attraction?
Or, this dude would definitely pack 'em in:
There is no Sixers w/o AI.
Dwyane Wade.
Dream on......Face it Sixer fans....you need to start building the team from the ground up and AI deserves to get on a team where he can win a title without being the #1 option.....if he goes to the Celtics(he won't win his title) but, I think Paul Pierce and Kendrick Perkins would be a good start for the Sixers to build around.
I love AI, but the Sixers organization is garbage. He needs to leave to get a ring. I knew there was a major crisis coming when Webber arrived. That dude is pure poison.
I look at the Sixers org. like I do the SuperSonics. We need a management shakeup first before anything will be fixed.
Bring me the head of Wally Walker!
The problem is the only coach that could coax him into altering his game was/is Larry Brown. His game is hard to complement, especially w/ some star that wants the ball. I would really like him to let loose on the West Coast, less bangin' involved.
Iverson doesn't have much of a finess game. I think he'd feel like a fish out of water in that conference.
I would take Paul Pierce in a trade, but that still wouldn't get the Sixers anywhere.
no one has suggested a team or system yet where allen would fit in perfectly, though. its hard to imagine him being the second fiddle, ut its equally difficult to build a team around him. when we went to the finals, we had a squad of blue collar role players who had all played together for three years...a rarity in the league.
all that being said, i have the utmost appreciation for AI. easily top 3 favorite athletes ive witnessed play in philly. (who else is there? Dr.J, Moses Malone, Charles, Mo Cheeks, john kruk, gary maddox, pete rose, randall cunningham, reggie white, clyde simmons, jerome brown, bobby clark, jameer nelson...and you have to start considering aaron rowand who crashed into the wall this spring)