Eddie Jordan’s Stupidity is Mind Boggling
Posted by Johnny Goodtimes on December 10th, 2009
In Allen Iverson’s first game back, against the Nuggets, he looked pretty sharp in the first quarter, but by the second half he obviously had no legs. Needless to say, anyone with an IQ over 30 would think to themselves, “In the second game, I should probably play him less in the 1st quarter so that he’s got something left in the 2nd half.” Not Eddie. Nope, Jordan had Iverson play the entire first quarter, then kept him in the game for the first four minutes of the 2nd quarter. 16 straight minutes to start the game. Of the final 32 minutes, AI would play a mere 17. Apparently Jordan’s goal is to exhaust Iverson early, so that he nothing to offer in the 2nd half. I am having a hard time wrapping my head around this strategy. Can someone explain it to me? By the way, it appears I’m not the only one who’s not real crazy about Jordan. Check out the sponsor of his basketballreference page.
December 10th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Do you really think that Mo Cheeks would have this team playing any better? Do you really think Eddie Jordan was the Sixers’ first choice? No to both questions.
The problem is the management—the Sixers went “all in” with Elton Brand, who I correctly predicted at the times on Johnnygoodtimes.com would be a disaster—older guy without much speed who was a good player on a bad team coming off a serious injury. The one thing he had was that he played well against the Sixers when the teams had met. That is the kind of killer logic that led the Sixers to trade a No.1 (turned into Brad Daughtery) for Roy Hinson—a classic good player on a bad team who killed the Sixers (along with the equally, if not worse trade of Moses, Terry Catledge and 2 No.1 picks for Jeff Ruland and Cliff Robinson–quite possible the worst trade of all time. No cap then, so one bad move didn’t guarantee failure. Now it does.
Frankly stated: The Sixers suck. They are horrible and probably will not make the playoffs in a year where it is possible that 3 Eastern playoff teams will be under .500. Coaching is the least of the Sixers’ problems.