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  • AI3
    Rookie
    • Jul 2008
    • 164

    #601
    Re: The Allen Iverson Saga

    Iverson hopes to add 10Lbs of muscle to his frame.

    "Training with my friend and former teammate E. Snow. I want at least 10lbs.of working muscle added to my frame. I'll keep you posted."


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    • Rocky
      All Star
      • Jul 2002
      • 6896

      #602
      Re: The Allen Iverson Saga

      Originally posted by DEFTFUNDAMENTALZ
      More like thanks Bob. Since the team is up for sale, MJ's hands are tied for the most part.
      I believe that if MJ wanted to make this happen, he could. There just hasn't been any real effort to push the luxury tax on anybody's part.

      This team is in desperate need of a face, a go to guy, and somebody who can sell jerseys. You make whatever trades necessary to bring in a Hall of Famer who can still put up 25 an 7 a night.
      "Maybe I can't win. But to beat me, he's going to have to kill me. And to kill me, he's gonna have to have the heart to stand in front of me. And to do that, he's got to be willing to die himself. I don't know if he's ready to do that."
      -Rocky Balboa

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      • Dalsanto0026
        Banned
        • Aug 2007
        • 729

        #603
        Re: The Allen Iverson Saga

        The grizzlies should be fun to watch with Iverson in the starting five. I think he'd be a good fit there.

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        • LingeringRegime
          Hall Of Fame
          • Jun 2007
          • 17089

          #604
          Re: The Allen Iverson Saga

          Originally posted by Rocky
          I believe that if MJ wanted to make this happen, he could. There just hasn't been any real effort to push the luxury tax on anybody's part.

          This team is in desperate need of a face, a go to guy, and somebody who can sell jerseys. You make whatever trades necessary to bring in a Hall of Famer who can still put up 25 an 7 a night.
          I agree. They have never had a bonafide scorer since the franchise came into existence.

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          • Stumbleweed
            Livin' the dream
            • Oct 2006
            • 6279

            #605
            Re: The Allen Iverson Saga

            The nightclubs in Memphis are praying that he comes there ha.
            Send your Midnight Release weirdo pics/videos to my new website: http://www.peopleofmidnightreleases.com!

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            • Muzyk23
              MVP
              • Feb 2003
              • 4192

              #606
              Re: The Allen Iverson Saga

              Here is a short sneak peak video of me working out with E Snow. More to come! http://bit.ly/Up0OR

              about 2 hours ago from web
              NBA

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              • Muzyk23
                MVP
                • Feb 2003
                • 4192

                #607
                Re: The Allen Iverson Saga




                NBA / Aug 28, 2009 / 12:21 pm
                Billy King: “Allen never made the people around him better”

                By Aron Phillips

                While I can understand after spending 10 seasons in the front office that former Sixers GM Billy King has a thing or two to say about Allen Iverson, but this just seems to be putting the future first ballot Hall of Famer on blast. Definitely not the kind of endorsement you want from your former boss when you’re currently unemployed:
                “Allen never made the people around him better in the first place, because it’s always about Allen,” King told the Observer. “Everything is about Allen, and it can’t all be about Allen at this point in his career. He’s no longer that intimidating figure who can just blow by everybody. So he’s got to do other things, and I’m not sure he will.”
                King believes Iverson is so conditioned to a certain mindset that it’s too late, at 34, for him to re-invent himself.
                “(Iverson’s) personality is to say, ‘I can still do this. I can take all the shots and stay out late and do everything I did in my 20s,’” King described. “He needs to get to the foul line (to be effective) and if that doesn’t work, he’ll be very quick to yell at the referees for not giving him calls.”
                I would have to disagree with King though, and say that Iverson would make the people around him better. While it might not show up in the stat sheet quite the same way as playing alongside Steve Nash or Jason Kidd, Iverson was able to make Eric Snow look like a legit NBA starting point guard for years.
                Regardless of what team he ends up on, do you think Iverson will be a positive impact on the team?
                Source: The Charlotte Observer

                Tags: Allen Iverson, Billy King, Eric Snow, Philadelphia 76ers
                Posted in NBA |<SCRIPT type=text/javascript>SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Billy King: “Allen never made the people around him better”", url: "http://dimemag.com/2009/08/billy-king-allen-never-made-the-people-around-him-better/" });</SCRIPT> ShareThis
                Last edited by Muzyk23; 08-28-2009, 02:12 PM.
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                • DTX3
                  Hall Of Fame
                  • Jun 2003
                  • 13022

                  #608
                  Re: The Allen Iverson Saga

                  Mr. King knows what's up.
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                  • ex carrabba fan
                    I'll thank him for you
                    • Oct 2004
                    • 32744

                    #609
                    Re: The Allen Iverson Saga

                    King believes Iverson is so conditioned to a certain mindset that it’s too late, at 34, for him to re-invent himself.

                    I said the same exact thing prolly 30 or so pages back

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                    • 23
                      yellow
                      • Sep 2002
                      • 66469

                      #610
                      Re: The Allen Iverson Saga

                      For his sake, I hope that's not true

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                      • P2K
                        Banned
                        • Aug 2006
                        • 8845

                        #611
                        Re: The Allen Iverson Saga

                        Originally posted by Muzyk23


                        NBA / Aug 28, 2009 / 12:21 pm
                        Billy King: “Allen never made the people around him better”

                        By Aron Phillips

                        While I can understand after spending 10 seasons in the front office that former Sixers GM Billy King has a thing or two to say about Allen Iverson, but this just seems to be putting the future first ballot Hall of Famer on blast. Definitely not the kind of endorsement you want from your former boss when you’re currently unemployed:
                        “Allen never made the people around him better in the first place, because it’s always about Allen,” King told the Observer. “Everything is about Allen, and it can’t all be about Allen at this point in his career. He’s no longer that intimidating figure who can just blow by everybody. So he’s got to do other things, and I’m not sure he will.”
                        King believes Iverson is so conditioned to a certain mindset that it’s too late, at 34, for him to re-invent himself.
                        “(Iverson’s) personality is to say, ‘I can still do this. I can take all the shots and stay out late and do everything I did in my 20s,’” King described. “He needs to get to the foul line (to be effective) and if that doesn’t work, he’ll be very quick to yell at the referees for not giving him calls.”
                        I would have to disagree with King though, and say that Iverson would make the people around him better. While it might not show up in the stat sheet quite the same way as playing alongside Steve Nash or Jason Kidd, Iverson was able to make Eric Snow look like a legit NBA starting point guard for years.
                        Regardless of what team he ends up on, do you think Iverson will be a positive impact on the team?
                        Source: The Charlotte Observer

                        Tags: Allen Iverson, Billy King, Eric Snow, Philadelphia 76ers
                        Posted in NBA |<SCRIPT type=text/javascript>SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Billy King: ?Allen never made the people around him better?", url: "http://dimemag.com/2009/08/billy-king-allen-never-made-the-people-around-him-better/" });</SCRIPT> ShareThis
                        Eric Snow was the best he could do? Snow was a defensive whiz and that was it. He was LB's starter at the point because AI couldn't play there defensively or offensively.

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                        • fluent2332
                          MVP
                          • Aug 2005
                          • 1735

                          #612
                          Re: The Allen Iverson Saga

                          Originally posted by ex carrabba fan
                          King believes Iverson is so conditioned to a certain mindset that it’s too late, at 34, for him to re-invent himself.

                          I said the same exact thing prolly 30 or so pages back
                          And King knows a lot about basketball. Just look at all those great contracts he inked (Dalembert, Kenny Thomas, Korver, the list goes on). Don't forget that great trade for knee-less Webber.

                          Billy King is just bitter that he could never build a good team around A.I. When an old Glenn Robinson is the best 2nd option you can get, you suck as a GM.

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                          • ex carrabba fan
                            I'll thank him for you
                            • Oct 2004
                            • 32744

                            #613
                            Re: The Allen Iverson Saga

                            Originally posted by fluent2332
                            And King knows a lot about basketball. Just look at all those great contracts he inked (Dalembert, Kenny Thomas, Korver, the list goes on). Don't forget that great trade for knee-less Webber.

                            Billy King is just bitter that he could never build a good team around A.I. When an old Glenn Robinson is the best 2nd option you can get, you suck as a GM.
                            And him sucking as a GM has nothing to do with the fact that AI has not effectively adjusted his approach to the game with his diminishing skill and advancing in age.

                            There's a reason AI isn't signed yet.

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                            • P2K
                              Banned
                              • Aug 2006
                              • 8845

                              #614
                              Re: The Allen Iverson Saga

                              Originally posted by fluent2332
                              And King knows a lot about basketball. Just look at all those great contracts he inked (Dalembert, Kenny Thomas, Korver, the list goes on). Don't forget that great trade for knee-less Webber.

                              Billy King is just bitter that he could never build a good team around A.I. When an old Glenn Robinson is the best 2nd option you can get, you suck as a GM.
                              Sans bad contracts, Billy wasn't terrible. Nose for talent. But he knew from Larry Brown that it was incredibly hard to build around AI. Bitter? Hardly.

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                              • fluent2332
                                MVP
                                • Aug 2005
                                • 1735

                                #615
                                Re: The Allen Iverson Saga

                                Originally posted by P2K
                                Sans bad contracts, Billy wasn't terrible. Nose for talent. But he knew from Larry Brown that it was incredibly hard to build around AI. Bitter? Hardly.
                                that was stretching it , i know. why does he feel the need to say that though. i also agree he had a good eye for talent. he drafted well. but bad contracts are most of the reason the 6ers were crippled so often during AIs prime.

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