"What we talkin' 'bout? Practice? I mean, really. All we're talkin' 'bout is practice. Not a game. Not a game. We talkin' 'bout practice? How am I gonna get better by practice?"
Yeah and hes grown up.
Trust me, I used to be one of the biggest Alan Iverson haters on this forum and said I wouldn't want him on the Spurs at all.
He has changed, matured, and showed he can be a team player and just wants to win.
Not wanting Iverson on the Spurs because of something he said 6 or 7 years ago is foolish.
It is pretty classic and
Agreed.
Naw, I'm not holding it against him. I just think his statements were priceless and damn funny.
To your point, I sense that he's matured too. I fully realize he's not been a problem up in Denver. However, his style of play hasn't changed one bit. There's only so many shots to go around. Manu, Tony and Tim must get their shots. Where are the extra touches going to come from to accomodate AI?
The manner in which the Spurs move the ball to whomever has the open shot is a philosophy that is foreign to AI. I cannot see him adjusting to this style - no matter how much he's matured.
I can see Iverson being the main scorer off the bench for the Spurs. That would move Manu to the starting lineup, making your bench and starting squad that much stronger.
Naw, I'm not holding it against him. I just think his statements were priceless and damn funny.
To your point, I sense that he's matured too. I fully realize he's not been a problem up in Denver. However, his style of play hasn't changed one bit. There's only so many shots to go around. Manu, Tony and Tim must get their shots. Where are the extra touches going to come from to accomodate AI?
The manner in which the Spurs move the ball to whomever has the open shot is a philosophy that is foreign to AI. I cannot see him adjusting to this style - no matter how much he's matured.
Manu and Tim aren't gonna play 40 minutes either.
AI and Tony in at the same time provides a gigantic dynamic scoring wise alot of teams can't counter.
AI is not a Michael Finley where he NEEDS 10 or 12 shots a game to have a good stretch of games.
I think If he gets 15, then hes fine. Hes also a great playmaker and can set up other guys, and if you can have two Tony Parkers in at the same time, your pretty damn unbeatable.
AI would start, Ginobili would come off the bench.
Ginobili comes in for Parker, Mason for Bowen.
Then start of the second or end of the first, Parker comes in for AI.
Very easy to do
I like your plan better.AI would start, Ginobili would come off the bench.
Ginobili comes in for Parker, Mason for Bowen.
Then start of the second or end of the first, Parker comes in for AI.
Very easy to do
I'm just assuming thats the way Pop would do it.
It would give a third legit scorer starting, while keeping Manu's minutes down and resting him on the bench.
Also helps out when Ginobili or Parker are having an off night.
Thats another thing, AI can play ALOT of minutes, but you cut down his minutes, and I bet you see a really really really good AI.
Just imagine Manu, Tony, and AI on the floor at the same time, with, say Ian and Watkins as the bigs. That's a dangerous lineup right there(no Tim so he wouldn't get in the way of 3 slashers). I wonder how long AI can keep his game up though, I'd rather get JR.
Nailed it on the head.
When you're already trying to divvy up shots between Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili, there is just not enough to go around to add one of the biggest chuckers in the league. Iverson is a great player, but he requires a lot of shots and a lot of time with the ball to be as effective as he is. Turn him into a deferring role-player, and you take away that which makes him great.
Besides, we gotta make sure we save a good five or ten bricks for Finley.
Nailed it on the head.
When you're already trying to divvy up shots between Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili, there is just not enough to go around to add one of the biggest chuckers in the league. Iverson is a great player, but he requires a lot of shots and a lot of time with the ball to be as effective as he is. Turn him into a deferring role-player, and you take away that which makes him great.
Besides, we gotta make sure we save a good five or ten bricks for Finley.
Boy you Finley haters are gonna be pissed if he has a good year.
He needs to go back to Philly.
That wouldn't be the reason I don't want him. He's always been a chucker, he's still a chucker, and he will always BE a chucker. He may have cleaned up his act off the floor, but he is the exact same player he was the day he came into the league. He's a volume shooter that would choke off the offense of at least one of our All Stars, and replace it with his 40% FG shooting inefficiency.
I no longer dislike AI, but I will never be a fan of his game.
This is crazy talk. I wouldn't want Iverson for the minimum. No D, terrible basketball IQ, turnover waiting to happen, worst shot selection in the league.
AI to SA would never happen even if the Spurs had a chance to put together a worthwhile package, as the team is on a '2010 or Bust' course.
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i like the guy but hes not on the spurs style of play
That's not even clever! What a moronic Canadian...wait-redundancy.
A.I. nickmame is the answer but it's more like THE CANCER. But in saying that im a risk taker and he could help us alot on offensive end, he just needs to stop being selfish and play the team game.
Say what you will about AI but when the next Spurs offensive dry-spell comes around in the 3rd/4th quarters, AI in silver and black would look pretty damn good.
We get along a little bit better now but I wouldn't go THAT farQuit it, you know you like me
He can't help it. That's the only way he knows how to play.
Personally, I love watching the guy play. But for him to play here, he's have to adjust his game to complement the team - and he's not going to that. He doesn't know how. He's a bad fit for the Spurs and I trust Pop, who is smarter than all of us, already knows this.
AI would have to come off the bench with the Spurs. They would be way too undersized with him in the starting unit. The Spurs might not have much to offer for him, but I doubt he'll command a high price in a trade. I know the Blazers won't trade for him.
I've tried to defend Finley over the past few years. If Finley proves me wrong this season, it wouldn't be the first time.
At this point, though, he really needs to show us that he was worth re-signing, especially over Brent Barry.
he is a chucker, but he's still good as a volume scorer and most of you are discounting how much of a compe or he is- there's not many guys like that in the L. very durable too in case of injuries.
unfortunately, he and tony would make a tiny back court and and the only way it could work is if he played the role manu has now with manu starting and finley being the odd man out. it still takes away shots from the big 3, and he'd want to play in crunch time- i'd rather have tony manu and bruce out there in the clutch. very unlikely that he would accept taking such a small role.
but if they could do it like that i'd take him!
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