Sixers, Nuggets reach agreement for Iverson

[Cara De Dedão]

Alex English (28.4) and Kiki Vanderweghe (26.7) '82-'83. Scoring champ and runner up... Guess for what team?

And in '83-'84 the we're 3rd and 4th in scoring. Kiki (29.4) and English (26.4)

[Kamnik]

I am willing to bet that the 76ers will challenge for the 8th spot in the Eastern Conference.

i dont think they can win 20 games to get the 8th seed in the east

[baseline bum]

That's scary if Cotton Camby can stay healthy. What a trade for Denver. It's not a sure thing, but what do they have to lose? They're not battling for a le without that trade, and they're not going to build around Andre Miller. If you can add a top 10 NBA player for crap, you do it. This is a great draft, but two mid 20s have a pretty low probability of being anywhere near as good as 4-5 years of Allen Iverson.

Billy King should be hung from his balls off the Liberty Bell. This trade is way worse than the freaking Barkley deal. At least Hornacek was an all-star with unlimited range. WTF does Miller do well?

[Phenomanul]

How many times will the Spurs face the Nuggets this season with both AI and Melo on the floor?

[T Park]

Damn the Sonics of the mid 90s have returned.

.

Just when the Spurs were looking at "Just the Mavericks stand in their way for a ring"

This happens.


Bowen guards who?

Lord, hope Ginobili starts taking some energy bars to be able to guard Melo.

[timvp]

WTF does Miller do well?

He gets paid rather well.

[T Park]

WTF does Miller do well?

Kicks ass in pie eating contests.

[baseline bum]

Bowen guards who?

Bowen guards Anthony, because there's no way in I want to see Manu trying to keep Carmello off the block.

[timvp]

How do you not trade Randy Foye for Allen Iverson? Someone answer me that.

Foye is already 23 years old. He's an undersized shooting guard. Yeah, he might be good. Maybe. He's averaging 6, 1 and 1 while shooting 40%.

Not making that trade puts McHale even lower on the food chain than Billy King.

[Spurminator]

Miller-to-Iguodala should be good for a few highlight reels...

[Cara De Dedão]

That's scary if Cotton Camby can stay healthy. What a trade for Denver. It's not a sure thing, but what do they have to lose? They're not battling for a le without that trade, and they're not going to build around Andre Miller. If you can add a top 10 NBA player for crap, you do it. This is a great draft, but two mid 20s have a pretty low probability of being anywhere near as good as 4-5 years of Allen Iverson.

Billy King should be hung from his balls off the Liberty Bell. This trade is way worse than the freaking Barkley deal. At least Hornacek was an all-star with unlimited range. WTF does Miller do well?

Premier lob passer... Sets oops gallore.

[T Park]

because there's no way in I want to see Manu trying to keep Carmello off the block.

Then I guess youll see Ginobili running around goofy trying to guard AI.

[Spurminator]

Why not put Parker on AI? It's not like he could guard Smith...

[sickdsm]

If you're Billy King and the best offer you're getting is Andre Miller's bad contract and two late first rounders, you sit on Iverson until a team gets desperate.

Actually, Kevin McHale is the one who came out of this the worst. It looks like all they had to give up was Randy Foye and salary fillers to get AI. How the don't you make that happen?

KG and AI make the T'Wolves a very good team. Foye might be good someday ... but by that time KG will be traded or out of his prime.

Don't I know that........

[ShoogarBear]

That isn't 28 and 28

You would be great if you ever decided to go work for the federal government.

28, 25, 20, what's the difference?

[Bruno]

How do you not trade Randy Foye for Allen Iverson? Someone answer me that.

According to what I've read from a guy with insider infos on another board :
Wolves have proposed a package with Randy Foye but Sixers have turned it down because :
- They didn't want to have players like Jaric, Hudson or Hassel with a bad contract. Wolves had to include a player with a bad contracts to match AI salary.
- Sixers really wanted a 07 first round pick and Minny hasn't a first round pick this year.

[Cara De Dedão]

LOL

"I didn't want to go to Minnesota, didn't want to go to Boston, didn't want to go to LA. I wanted to be in Denver with MY BOY Melo, and I'm gonna tear this s**t up."


-- A.I., Today on the phone to Rex Chapman.

From a trustworthy inside source.

[boutons_]

Allen I-verson is a greedy balla where "I" is the the most important. I think the Nuggets are better but the Karl-balla combo will be unstable.

[timvp]

According to what I've read from a guy with insider infos on another board :
Wolves have proposed a package with Randy Foye but Sixers have turned it down because :
- They didn't want to have players like Jaric, Hudson or Hassel with a bad contract. Wolves had to include a player with a bad contracts to match AI salary.
- Sixers really wanted a 07 first round pick and Minny hasn't a first round pick this year.

I find it hard to believe the T'Wolves had no player they could trade for an expiring contract and then work a three team trade. No one would take Ricky Davis, Mike James or anyone on that team for an ending contract? They could have used Craig Smith to entice a team to take a multi-year contract and trade Foye as part of a package for AI.

Then again, McHale deserves the blame either way for having that many trash players with big contracts on the same team.

[Spurminator]

I think the Nuggets are better but the Karl-balla combo will be unstable.

Karl-balla? Isn't that what Madonna's been practicing lately?


Alternate punchline phrasing: What does Jewish Mysticism have to do with Allen Iverson?

[T Park]

Why Mchale is still employed is beyond me.

Good though, one less suitor for Sam Presti.

[edwaudo]

Whose picks are those? If they're getting a extra chance or two at Oden that's the only way this makes any sense, even then though...

edit: Wait, they're projected to be in the 20s? W...T...F...?

One pick belongs to goldenState I think they will be a late lottery team.

[Bruno]

I find it hard to believe the T'Wolves had no player they could trade for an expiring contract and then work a three team trade. No one would take Ricky Davis, Mike James or anyone on that team for an ending contract? They could have used Craig Smith to entice a team to take a multi-year contract and trade Foye as part of a package for AI.

I don't know if they were ready to trade both James and Davis for Iverson or if they were ready to trade Smith too.
Maybe something could have be done with some creativity but you ask a lot to McHale.

Then again, McHale deserves the blame either way for having that many trash players with big contracts on the same team.

Agree.
When you look at Wolves roster and players' contract, it's quite pathetic.
BTW, I still haven't understood the overpayed Jaric for Cassel+first round pick trade.

[Bruno]

With JR Smith suspended, iverson will play a lot with Boykins : it will be fun to watch.

[boutons_]

PHX @ DEN Wed night, will AI break the PHX 14W streak?