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I agree with Mikey's assessment. There is no way AI is okay with coming off the bench whether or not hes playing for a contender.
D'Antoni: Maybe we should've signed Iverson
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Mike D'Antoni provided some more insight Saturday into why the team decided not to offer four-time scoring champion Allen Iverson a contract. And while the Knicks' coach said he's "really comfortable" with the decision, he didn't sound convinced.
"Talk to me 30 games from now," D'Antoni said before the Knicks beat the Nets 98-91. "Maybe we should’ve done it, I don’t know."
The process never got to the point where D'Antoni felt compelled to meet face-to-face with Iverson, who is a free agent after getting waived by the Grizzlies in another ugly parting of ways for the future Hall of Famer. D'Antoni said he didn't need to meet with Iverson to understand what kind of role he would've expected in New York.
"You guys have written enough about him," D'Antoni told a small group of reporters. "I think everybody pretty much knows the deal. He’s been pretty open about the deal. You have to play a certain away (with Iverson). Now, he’s good enough to command that and that’s fine. With Eddy (Curry), with our young guys, that’s not the way we wanted to go. Nothing against Allen."
Asked if he would've been sold on the idea if Iverson were capable of accepting a secondary role, D'Antoni said, "That’s not Allen. You know that, and it’s not even fair to ask him to do that."
D'Antoni then compared Iverson's situation to that of Stephon Marbury -- reluctantly, he said. D'Antoni benched Marbury at the start of last season and ultimately banished him from the team.
"It’s a little bit like Stephon," D'Antoni said. "That’s not right. That’s not right to him. Either you're giving him the keys to the car, or you’re not."
Miami and Charlotte have been mentioned as potential destinations for Iverson, but NBA front office executives expect him to be on the market for a while -- perhaps becoming a contingency option for a team that suffers backcourt injuries. Iverson's agent, Leon Rose, attended Saturday's game between the Knicks and Nets but said there were no developments warranting a comment.
I agree with Mikey's assessment. There is no way AI is okay with coming off the bench whether or not hes playing for a contender.
LOL Knicks
the knicks would benefit from ai.. that's the sad thing, he could really play the sg for their small ball.
Damn its crazy that Iverson's career is gunna end this way...
Iverson to his credit is way better than Starbury though. The pathetic Knicks should have signed his ass.
Pringles is a fraud. It's now been proven. Nothing he says should be taken seriously.
JVG had one quote that I always liked. A great coach, an NBA coach should never shy away from talent. No matter what issues they have. A great coach always feels that they should be able to work with that player.
Know what? Screw D'Antoni and the Knicks!
MSG to D'Antoni
No Sherlock!! When did you buy a clue?
No way is AI a future hall of famer.
the jazz dont agree
They should try to get Manu..... dude is pretty much done but sure can win some games for them... and we don't need him no more....
Allen Iverson is better than Chris Duhon and Nate Robinson. Idiot Knicks.
like it or not, he's already locked in. every eligible candidate who has won a MVP in the NBA has made it into the hall of fame.
not true
see spencer haywood
Hey D'Antoni....(cough)maybe you shoulda signed your system er...Steve Nash.
i believe haywood won the ABA MVP.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_MVP
http://www.nba.com/2009/news/feature...403/index.html
Celtics Admit Iverson Is An Appealing Prospect
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The Knicks recently went through the internal discussions of whether to pursue free-agent SG Allen Iverson, but they apparently weren’t the only ones.
Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge told the Boston Herald that his team also had talks about Iverson — but it never got to the point where he contacted Iverson or his agent.
“We have had internal discussions about (Iverson),” Ainge said, “but a decision like this has to be unanimous, and it wasn’t.”
Ainge said that if the team has an injury, and Iverson is still available, it’d be natural to rethink the idea.
“He’s someone I would definitely consider if I felt we had a need,” Ainge said. “But I like the team we have now, and we don’t have that need.”
Do it Ainge !!
Pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase
What a hate on Dantoni thread. He says maybe later on he'll think they should've signed Iverson. Not right now.
Don't be silly. He's a 100% absolute lock to make the HOF.
I don't understand the Knicks decision really. How AI could hurt this team ??? they are just going nowhere, maybe he could have helped them to take a PO spot and what is best to develop young players than PO ??
On top of that, Nate Robinson is shooting anywhere
there is worse than Nat = Duhon guy is shooting 20% he played 3 or 4 games w/o scoring a single point while playing 30 mn !!! D'Antoni is awful
Duhon is not the greatest, but he wasn't that bad either before D'Anotni took over
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