AI/Grizzlies agree to terminate contract

[o_capone]

Re: Guess who already sounds upset in Memphis

AI disagrees with that. He even said so himself. He is only seen negative through the media. I don't think his point gets heard, or at least isn't respected in the media.

they dont have to respect him in order to keep talking about his agenda... the more iverson paints a crystal clear image of the role he wants to play, the less a team can play games with him... they gotta tell him straight up, this is your role, like it or not... in the end, allen iverson don't decide who plays and when...

[J.R. Locke]

Re: Guess who already sounds upset in Memphis

they dont have to respect him in order to keep talking about his agenda... the more iverson paints a crystal clear image of the role he wants to play, the less a team can play games with him... they gotta tell him straight up, this is your role, like it or not... in the end, allen iverson don't decide who plays and when...

Except when he sits out with a "bad back" or some other mysterious injury. Lionell Hollins laid it out to him the other day what Iversons role is. They wanted to slowly bring him back from his hamstring injury which kept him out of camp.

He can paint a picture of whatever he wants but the coach will decide and the media always sides with the coach in these type of player/coach squabbles.

He said it himself the media is going to paint him as a negative figure always....so I don't see how he gains any leverage with the media, even in his own mind.

[Brankles]

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I've always had the attitude that a basketball team is like a family. I wouldn't go selling out my family in public and I wouldn't do it to my team, either.

Maybe it's just a matter of respect and whether or not you have it for other people. Clearly AI has no respect for his coach if after one game he's already dogging him to reporters. Respect is a two way street, as we saw this off-season when nobody wanted AI.

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Re: Guess who already sounds upset in Memphis

Its a shame this is even a conversation... Its the freaking Grizzlies man??

The Grizzlies. The Grizzlies!..... Think about that.... Its the Grizzlies


This guy is having a feud with the Grizzlies.

The truth couldnt be more obvious

[o_capone]

Re: Guess who already sounds upset in Memphis

Its a shame this is even a conversation... Its the freaking Grizzlies man??

The Grizzlies. The Grizzlies!..... Think about that.... Its the Grizzlies


This guy is having a feud with the Grizzlies.

The truth couldnt be more obvious

lol playing for the Pistons and having a feud was just as bad... this is all new man... Iverson was never a player who so many people thought could only play off the bench until last season when fired coach Curry benched him... now all of a sudden people act like it's just common sense that AI is a bench player... had Curry never benched him, this would not be the case...

name one person in the whole world who mentioned iverson as a bench player before the whole detroit disaster...

[Jukeman]

Re: Guess who already sounds upset in Memphis

This is a war that can not be won by neither sides.....Peace

[o_capone]

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"Not a lot of players like to play defense (but) winning teams play defense," Iverson said. "Some nights you're not going to be able to throw a rock in the ocean but if you still play defense you give yourself a chance to win."

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttt?????????? Iverson is that you???????????????

[Stumbleweed]

Re: Guess who already sounds upset in Memphis

Haha, this "AI" is some opposite day doppleganger or something.

[jnofx]

Re: Guess who already sounds upset in Memphis

Perhaps he watched Denver after he left?

[TheGreatOne13]

Re: Guess who already sounds upset in Memphis

Exactly people just like to hate on AI for no reason at all. If anything AI has improved as a basketball player since the trade to Denver.

Watch a Denver Game, look at the amount of ridiculous shots Chauncey takes in the 4th quarter. There not bad shots but he takes them way too early in the shot clock especially when they are leading by a little bit.

[ex carrabba fan]

Re: Guess who already sounds upset in Memphis

If anything AI has improved as a basketball player since the trade to Denver.

[Stumbleweed]

Re: Guess who already sounds upset in Memphis

Disembodied T-Mac head will show us the way.

Is that from 2K10?

[Bornindamecca]

Re: Guess who already sounds upset in Memphis

Great head.


Heh.

Weary Hollins: 'I'm done commenting' on Iverson

By Frank Hughes, for NBA.com
Posted Nov 5 2009 2:26AM

OAKLAND, Calif. (NBA.com exclusive) -- Memphis Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins already sounds weary of Allen Iverson.



Responding to Iverson's assertion two days ago that he should be in the Grizzlies' starting lineup, Hollins put a quick end to the line of questioning in his pregame meeting with reporters before the Grizzlies faced the Golden State Warriors.

"I'm not commenting on Allen anymore," Hollins said. "I'm done commenting on what Allen says. Allen has a right to say whatever he wants to say."

Iverson missed the preseason with a hamstring injury, then came off the bench in his debut Monday night, a 127-116 loss to the Sacramento Kings.

Iverson played just 17 minutes behind starters O.J. Mayo and Mike Conley, after which he told the Memphis Commercial-Appeal: "I had no problems with the hamstring. I had a problem with my butt sitting on that bench for so long."

"I'm not a bench player," Iverson continued. I'm not a sixth man. Look at my resume and that'll show I'm not a sixth man. I don't think it has anything to do with me being selfish. It's just who I am. I don't want to change what gave me all the success that I've had since I've been in this league. I'm not a sixth man. And that's that."

Hollins said before Wednesday's game that Iverson will continue to come off the bench for the 1-3 Grizzlies.

"Man, look, Allen has played 20 minutes in two months," Hollins said. "There is no way we are making a change and going in a different direction. If you want to talk to me about the Memphis Grizzlies as a team, (fine), but there is no way I am standing here and talking about Allen Iverson. Sorry."

Iverson did not speak before the game, walking past a group of reporters eating a clump of grapes on his way to the court to warm up.

Hollins said the topic of Iverson already is stale, even if he knew when the Grizzlies signed the lightning rod for controversy that he would be a regular topic of conversation.

"What my frustration is is that I have to talk about Allen Iverson in every setting," Hollins said. "I want to talk about the Memphis Grizzlies as a team. And even when Allen was out, I was having to talk about Allen. That is my frustration. I want to talk about the Memphis Grizzlies.

"If (Iverson) plays well and you want to ask me about how he played, that is great. If he plays poorly and you want to ask me about that, that is great, too. But I don't want to answer questions about what he says and what he's thinking. My job is to coach the team as a unit. I have to make decisions and all the players in that locker room are not going to be happy about it. But it is my job to try to do the best that I can."

[KENYON06]

Re: Guess who already sounds upset in Memphis

Exactly people just like to hate on AI for no reason at all. If anything AI has improved as a basketball player since the trade to Denver.

Watch a Denver Game, look at the amount of ridiculous shots Chauncey takes in the 4th quarter. There not bad shots but he takes them way too early in the shot clock especially when they are leading by a little bit.

As opposed to Iverson dribbling around for 18 sec and then taking a fadeaway from the freethrow line for 4 quarters? Or how he never passed in a PnR?

[o_capone]

Re: Guess who already sounds upset in Memphis

As opposed to Iverson dribbling around for 18 sec and then taking a fadeaway from the freethrow line for 4 quarters? Or how he never passed in a PnR?

the funny thing is, never in his career has he done this... but the iverson haters believe he has...