Comments on: Is it Over for the Answer? http://isportacus.com/2009/11/09/is-it-over-for-the-answer/ Philadelphia Sports - More Than Just Booing Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:34:57 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Johnny Goodtimes http://isportacus.com/2009/11/09/is-it-over-for-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-1765 Johnny Goodtimes Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:04:15 +0000 http://isportacus.com/?p=4014#comment-1765 Well, move past that to the guys Iverson tried to play with elsewhere. Carmelo Anthony, Kenyon Martin, Tayshaun Prince, Rip Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace. How many did he blend with nicely and form a solid 1-2 combination? Zero. Well, move past that to the guys Iverson tried to play with elsewhere. Carmelo Anthony, Kenyon Martin, Tayshaun Prince, Rip Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace. How many did he blend with nicely and form a solid 1-2 combination? Zero.

]]> By: PalestraJon http://isportacus.com/2009/11/09/is-it-over-for-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-1762 PalestraJon Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:01:47 +0000 http://isportacus.com/?p=4014#comment-1762 I just wanted to follow that up with a list of guys who could not play with Iverson and soon were "otta here," to quote the dear departed Harry: Jerry Stackhouse Clarence Weatherspoon Larry Hughes Speedy Claxton Keith Van Horn Matt Harpring Chris Webber and...although Iguodala is still there, he was the guy who Iverson bitched about his last year, imploring the Sixers to get him someone who could play with him. Pretty good team of guys---and I'm not even including the dogs, especially the Big Dog. The Sixers have had a lot of talent during the Iverson era. What they all have in common is that none of them could play with him. I just wanted to follow that up with a list of guys who could not play with Iverson and soon were “otta here,” to quote the dear departed Harry:

Jerry Stackhouse
Clarence Weatherspoon
Larry Hughes
Speedy Claxton
Keith Van Horn
Matt Harpring
Chris Webber

and…although Iguodala is still there, he was the guy who Iverson bitched about his last year, imploring the Sixers to get him someone who could play with him. Pretty good team of guys—and I’m not even including the dogs, especially the Big Dog. The Sixers have had a lot of talent during the Iverson era. What they all have in common is that none of them could play with him.

]]> By: PalestraJon http://isportacus.com/2009/11/09/is-it-over-for-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-1759 PalestraJon Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:56:31 +0000 http://isportacus.com/?p=4014#comment-1759 While I admit that you (JGT) were never the biggest AI fan, I do recall you admonishing people who (correctly) pointed out that Iverson was ALWAYS for himself, not the team, and that the Sixers could have been great had he not forced out every other No.1 pick who needed to touch the ball. Even toward the end, you asked people to appreciate what they had in Iverson: http://johnnygoodtimes.com/2006/11/goodtimes-prediction-sixers-win-it-all/ Now while Bubbachuck made it to the Finals, because Larry Brown saw how to put an entire team around him that would play the defense he would not, his career must be deemed a disappointment from any kind of critical analysis based on his contribution to team success. I can't see much of a future in basketball for Iverson if he goes out this way, either. While I admit that you (JGT) were never the biggest AI fan, I do recall you admonishing people who (correctly) pointed out that Iverson was ALWAYS for himself, not the team, and that the Sixers could have been great had he not forced out every other No.1 pick who needed to touch the ball. Even toward the end, you asked people to appreciate what they had in Iverson:

http://johnnygoodtimes.com/2006/11/goodtimes-prediction-sixers-win-it-all/

Now while Bubbachuck made it to the Finals, because Larry Brown saw how to put an entire team around him that would play the defense he would not, his career must be deemed a disappointment from any kind of critical analysis based on his contribution to team success. I can’t see much of a future in basketball for Iverson if he goes out this way, either.

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