Comments on: Iverson out for season, hopefully forever

By: avenus

avenus — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:51:06 +0000

I agree completely with article.

Iverson is a great player. Hard Working. Among the worlds best. However he does not understand that there are other players that are also at his level,yes yes slightly below.

Imagine Iverson was able to adapt his game and play more Like Steve Nash. Iverson’s legend would grow huge. Just imagine man.

By: jas

jas — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:43:29 +0000

im a IVERSON fan. You dont know what your talking about he played his heart out for every team especially the 76ers. the pistons was a bad team for iverson it wouldnt have fit his style of play so he shouldnt be blamed for there bad season. hes a future hall of famer and one of the best basketball players ever! he shouldnt be blamed for no teams bad season. look what he did with the 76ers led them to the championship all by himself. no team and coach no how to use him as a player. and i bet if you were a basketball superstar and future hall of famer you wouldnt want to come of the bench to. so stop talking crap about allen iverson!

By: allen

allen — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:28:14 +0000

I am guessing you aren’t a real writer. I am also guessing your article about Iverson is sensationalism in its most pathetic sense. I will rip your idiotic piece point by point. First, you claim Iverson never made anyone better. It would be tough to make the NBA Finals, one of the two best teams in the world, without making anyone better. The fact that it was a third string PG in Eric Snow (screw in ankle), Aaron McKie, Matt Geiger, Dikembe Mutombo, Raja Bell (before anyone knew him),Jumaine Jones (not in league anymore) and Tyrone Hill, that Iverson lead to the Finals speaks for itself. If he didn’t make any of those players better, they wouldn’t have made it past the first round. Not to mention, players like Kleiza (Denver) and J.R. Smith (Denver) scored 40+ points for the first time in their careers last year simply because of the double teams Iverson saw. He intelligently passed out of the double. Trust me, Kleiza won’t score 40 points, let alone 30 points again in his career. I think when somebody passes out of a double team and makes plays for other players is when you consider them ‘making somebody better’. Judging by your article, you know absolutely nothing about basketball. Eric Snow was picked up by the Cavs only because of the recognition he had playing with Iverson. Raja Bell got a contract only because of what he did playing along side Allen Iverson. Your argument is pathetic and weak. And you say they weren’t successful because of Iverson and only because of Larry Brown? Larry Brown even has said, on record, that Shaq wouldn’t have done anything that Iverson did that season to help advance them to the Finals. But forget 2001. It was obvious Iverson was the best player in the world by far that year. No player, not Shaq, Jordan or Wilt could have done what he did that year. No player was as offensively dominant as Iverson during that time. Then you rip his defense. By the way, Iverson holds the record for steals in a playoff game (10). It’s also known to most half intelligent basketball fans, that teams actually coach against Iverson’s defense because of his ability to play the passing lanes. And everyone knows his shooting percentage was lower in Philly because he had to take the majority of shots to win. He shot 45% his last year with Denver, 27 ppg and 7 assists. You’re a total idiot. You obviously dislike Iverson as a person and I feel bad for you because it gets in the way of your common sense. Good luck moron.

By: bobby

bobby — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:16:10 +0000

perry if i see u i will kick your ### im not an allen iverson fan but he is the most hard-working b-ball player he played with a broken hand!!! through the 2000-2001 playoffs and finals ai had a total 9 injuries and played through them. thats 120% thank you and have a nice day

By: aaron

aaron — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:02:07 +0000

Hi Perry

Being an avid Iverson fan, as you can imagine i have a few issues with this article.

I agree in that he was selfish and wasnt a team player and so on which was and still is very evident.

I dis-agree that the NBA will be a better place without Iverson though.

Just have a look at any highlight video of iverson and youll agree that he has the skill to make unbeleivable plays, which inturn, sell tickets, which means more seats, more money into the nba which then goes into making sure the NBA has the funds to operate.
Now tell me that that isnt in the best interest in the NBA, to sell seats and keep making money to put back into the game that we both love, basketball.

And to “the answer” please go to school and fix your grammar so that we dont have to take an hour to understand your point.

If anything please take away from this that not all Iverson fans are dumb or incapable of having a civilised debate.

By: Perry

Perry — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:48:10 +0000

I wouldn’t be surprised if the real Answer just wrote that. Not only is he selfish, he’s illiterate. These are the types of people Iverson’s fan base consists of.

By: The answer

The answer — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:19:26 +0000

Hey you Perry or whatever you are, as you know how the basketball game is and how to be a team player, why you aren’t in the place that AI is? why you don’t do what AI did in his entire career? Hey men you maybe have to close you mouth when you’re gonna talk bullshit. Maybe AI is selfish or whatelse people says, but one think is real Micah Warren: he’s a player who gave 100% every day on the floor, if you don’t believe it, ask it to Larry Brown. If you take out AI when he was at the 76ers club, they weren’t go anywhere, they weren’t be the team that battle with the Lakers for a championship. Maybe is you Perry who have to retire, because NBA without Allen Iverson is a cake without birthday party. I ask you to read the career or Allen Iverson and the numbers in his books…ah and his name is around the greatest names of players in NBA history like: JORDAN, BRYANT and others; now the question is: Where are you? Att. NBA’s Fan. MMG

By: Micah Warren

Micah Warren — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:59:17 +0000

J, I’m actually an Iverson guy and loved him with the Sixers. But…gave 100% to every team? Game time, yes. Every other time? Not so much.

By: J

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:35:42 +0000

Obviously the writer of this article needs to be noticed using such a disrespectful headline.
Allen Iverson has given 100% to every team he has played for, especially the 76ers! He recently returned to Philly with the Nuggets and actually KISSED the 76ers LOGO on the COURT FLOOR and showed respect to his fans and former coach,CHEEKS.Larry Brown thinks the world of AI and George Karl, in an interview said IVERSON was GREAT to coach! DETROIT was not a good team last season, have not been good since the LARRY BROWN/ BEN WALLACE days, YET, AI is being blamed for their weakness.
IVERSON is a future Hall Of Famer, determined, fearless, hard working, hungry player, he has fans WORLDWIDE and has been very good to alot of his young fans. I was at a game years ago when AI was a Sixer, watched him play with broken teeth and blood in his mouth until he was forced off the floor so I find it so rude for the 76ers and Philly to DISRESPECT ALLEN IVERSON!