View Full Version : Iverson wants back in the NBA
jsandiego
06-09-2011, 02:27 PM
Iverson Eyes NBA Comeback (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110609/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_iverson_s_future)
Thought I'd throw it out there. I don't think he works in our system, but he'd make a great role player for a team if AI was willing to become a role player.
Anyone think he'd be a good fit here for the Spurs?
baseline bum
06-09-2011, 02:29 PM
36 year-old Iverson? I'd rather have Bonner (seriously).
bus driver
06-09-2011, 02:30 PM
+1
the spurs slogan for next year should be "Where NBA players retire"
lefty
06-09-2011, 02:56 PM
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Ross Parrot
06-09-2011, 03:09 PM
Great another player undersized for his position.
SenorSpur
06-09-2011, 03:24 PM
Dude is kryptonite to any team trying to win. Let him go and screw up the chemistry on some Euro league squad or some dysfunctioning NBA team like the Clippers or Knicks.
mariners
06-09-2011, 03:48 PM
Dude is kryptonite to any team trying to win. Let him go and screw up the chemistry on some Euro league squad or some dysfunctioning NBA team like the Clippers or Knicks.
right taking a team with virtually no talent to the finals shows he is kryptonite to winning
mavsfan1000
06-09-2011, 03:54 PM
right taking a team with virtually no talent to the finals shows he is kryptonite to winning
Dude used to be really fast. Once he lost his speed, he was useless. He still thinks of himself as a star and that is the problem. The Sixers with a great coach put a great defensive team around Iverson's scoring. Though Iverson wasn't efficient, the defense made up for it.
cantthinkofanything
06-09-2011, 04:04 PM
Dude used to be really fast. Once he lost his speed, he was useless. He still thinks of himself as a star and that is the problem. The Sixers with a great coach put a great defensive team around Iverson's scoring. Though Iverson wasn't efficient, the defense made up for it.
Wait...isn't there a Spur...
cantthinkofanything
06-09-2011, 04:19 PM
Can he shoot threes?
No. But he's a great passer...wait...no he can't do that either...
SenorSpur
06-09-2011, 04:21 PM
right taking a team with virtually no talent to the finals shows he is kryptonite to winning
He was once one of the greatest scorers and toughest players, the NBA has ever seen. Yes he had a deserved MVP season in 2001 - but only because head coach Larry Brown had the good sense enough to take him off the ball because he realized Iverson wasn't a PG. A decision that AI fought with the coach time and again throughout the season.
The point is AI volume-shooting, me-first, undisiciplined style was great for scoring points in bunches, but was never conducive toward winning.
dunkman
06-09-2011, 04:44 PM
He may need to practice this time and perhaps play from the bench too.
DAF86
06-09-2011, 05:04 PM
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ducks
06-09-2011, 06:00 PM
dude would be better then hill running point
ChuckD
06-09-2011, 06:56 PM
right taking a team with virtually no talent to the finals shows he is kryptonite to winning
LB was also the coach, and he took a Pistons team with NO stars to a LoB trophy, and another Finals, to boot. I'd think it had more to do with him than AI, since AI never came close again.
It was also 10 years ago.
Proxy
06-09-2011, 07:01 PM
If he can sign for dirt cheap, then it's a nothing to lose, something to gain situation.
ManuTastic
06-09-2011, 07:23 PM
Can he play center?
Capt Bringdown
06-09-2011, 08:32 PM
Pop: "mmmm, spread the floor, small ball, over-the-hill player, mmmm."
No Pop NO!
sananspursfan21
06-09-2011, 09:34 PM
If he can sign for dirt cheap, then it's a nothing to lose, something to gain situation.
kind of agree, if he can swallow his texas sized ego
SenorSpur
06-09-2011, 10:06 PM
LB was also the coach, and he took a Pistons team with NO stars to a LoB trophy, and another Finals, to boot. I'd think it had more to do with him than AI, since AI never came close again.
It was also 10 years ago.
That's EXACTLY the point. If LB hadn't finally convinced AI to give up the job of masquerading as a PG, they would've never went anywhere.
AI has amassed a career of great individual success, but very little team success. What the hell makes anyone believe that he's all of a sudden going to start now?
He would be a great part of a rebuilding program. During the two years that the team has to suck anyway. Keep the fans from getting all confused and optimistic-like, but still make a few fun plays along the way.
I'll say this for Iverson. Pound for pound he was the toughest guy I ever saw play. He used to get the crap beaten out of him on the way to the rim, and he never complained. I don't think I ever once saw him acknowledge a cheap foul against him, except by making the FT's. And for most of his career, he had the most minutes per game in the NBA.
I've seen him roll an ankle so badly that most players would have been out for a month. He went to the bench, laced the shoes up tighter, and came right back in.
Say whatever bad about him, but he was a tough little bastard. And he always gave the Spurs a hard time. (Note: all past tense.)
ChumpDumper
06-10-2011, 04:36 AM
He didn't say he played in Euroleague.
TJastal
06-10-2011, 05:53 AM
He would be a great part of a rebuilding program. During the two years that the team has to suck anyway. Keep the fans from getting all confused and optimistic-like, but still make a few fun plays along the way.
I'll say this for Iverson. Pound for pound he was the toughest guy I ever saw play. He used to get the crap beaten out of him on the way to the rim, and he never complained. I don't think I ever once saw him acknowledge a cheap foul against him, except by making the FT's. And for most of his career, he had the most minutes per game in the NBA.
I've seen him roll an ankle so badly that most players would have been out for a month. He went to the bench, laced the shoes up tighter, and came right back in.
Say whatever bad about him, but he was a tough little bastard. And he always gave the Spurs a hard time. (Note: all past tense.)
Q:
How do you figure "making a few fun plays" and taking away minutes from the guys who need them part of any "rebuilding" program?
Q:
How do you figure "making a few fun plays" and taking away minutes from the guys who need them part of any "rebuilding" program?
I actually started writing a response to that, and then thought, "Who am I fucking kidding?"
The Spurs have a whole lot of fans who have never had to go through the warm and fuzzy process of re-building. The meltdowns are going to be legendary. :toast
Ed Helicopter Jones
06-10-2011, 12:03 PM
He was great in the Olympics, and he's proven over and over again that he's a team player all the way. I approve this signing! :tu
Say whatever bad about him, but he was a tough little bastard. And he always gave the Spurs a hard time. (Note: all past tense.)
I actually thought AI and Melo will beat the Spurs in 07 after they both scored 30 in game 1.
AI just got old....pass.
BlackSwordsMan
06-10-2011, 12:39 PM
half of the spurs are retiring this year can they pick him up
ohmwrecker
06-10-2011, 12:42 PM
I never understood the hate for A.I. Dude is tough as nails, a prolific scorer and is easily a future hall of famer imo. One of my favorite players. Whether or not he would be good for the Spurs (or if his career is over) is irrelevant to his legacy. A.I. is a badass.
36 year-old Iverson? I'd rather have Bonner (seriously).
Woah... lets not get out of hand here...
Wait...isn't there a Spur...
Yup.. we better trade him faster.
easy7
06-12-2011, 01:33 PM
Get him, It's not like the team will do any better without him.
ChuckD
06-12-2011, 02:40 PM
Get him, It's not like the team will do any better without him.
??? Yes they will.
AI was always a super quick dude who could finish at the rim, but who couldn't shoot well and was reluctant to pass. He's now 36 and no longer super quick. That leaves him as a guy who doesn't shoot well, and is reluctant to pass. At this point, AI is a MUCH WORSE option than Neal, and would likely chafe at sitting behind him.
easy7
06-12-2011, 03:19 PM
??? Yes they will.
AI was always a super quick dude who could finish at the rim, but who couldn't shoot well and was reluctant to pass. He's now 36 and no longer super quick. That leaves him as a guy who doesn't shoot well, and is reluctant to pass. At this point, AI is a MUCH WORSE option than Neal, and would likely chafe at sitting behind him.
The chances for the Spur to win a championship in 2012 will not get better or worst if they get AI, even if he rides the pine the whole season. There are more pressing issues that the Spurs need to tackle and address in order to get better.
ChuckD
06-12-2011, 03:52 PM
The chances for the Spur to win a championship in 2012 will not get better or worst if they get AI, even if he rides the pine the whole season. There are more pressing issues that the Spurs need to tackle and address in order to get better.
Exactly. I'm not advocating him, in fact just the opposite, and I disagree that SA's chances won't get worse if he rides the pine. He's been pretty corrosive on teams where he didn't feel he was getting his due in minutes.
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