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#2 Posted on 9.12.06 0059.30 Reposted on: 9.12.13 0059.43
This is exactly why I picked Iverson as the MVP in our predictions thread. I think wherever he ends up he'll play his butt off to A) stick it to Philly and B) because he's (hopefully) on a playoff team. He probably improves whatever team he ends up on, they go to the playoffs or advance far and a lot of people will take notice that AI was the difference. Plus he already has good enough stats to be a MVP candidate regardless of how his team does.
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#3 Posted on 9.12.06 0242.46 Reposted on: 9.12.13 0245.21
Send him to New York. Cuz it'd be funnier than anything else I could think of.
Otherwise, send him to Atlanta, which would make no sense at all, but I'm a homer.
But like It's False said, I'll believe it when I see it. I've heard this story too many times before, although it is getting a whole lot more play now than in the past.
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#4 Posted on 9.12.06 0630.50 Reposted on: 9.12.13 0631.49
Originally posted by StingArmyBut like It's False said, I'll believe it when I see it. I've heard this story too many times before, although it is getting a whole lot more play now than in the past.
The comments from the team owner pretty much summed it up. They will do their best to trade him. The owner was as forthright as any person I've seen in that situation.
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#5 Posted on 10.12.06 0730.00 Reposted on: 10.12.13 0730.02
ESPN reporter: Has Allen Iverson played his last game for Philadelphia?
Sixers owner: ... Probably.
Yup, that sounds pretty definite to me ... I'm just not too keen on him joining the Celtics (the big trade-that-almost-was of the summer); it certainly would give the C's some much-needed buzz in the national media again, but I don't want them to sacrifice Al Jefferson or Gerald Green just for a chance at a couple of meaningless playoff appearances for the next couple of seasons before AI retires.
Now, trading those players for Kevin Garnett, on the other hand ...
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#6 Posted on 11.12.06 0157.23 Reposted on: 11.12.13 0157.23
I caught the tail end of the AI trade speculation segment on SportsCenter tonight. They said that the Knicks are, in fact, one of the main teams in the mix. They also noted that Phil Jackson said not to rule out the Lakers. If he goes to LA and is playing beside Kobe Bryant, I'll have no choice but to kill myself.
A trade that would have sent disgruntled guard Allen Iverson to the Charlotte Bobcats died Monday when Iverson indicated his displeasure with the deal, a source told the Philadelphia Inquirer on Tuesday.
The Inquirer reported that a source indicated Iverson's trade demand did not include limitations on where he was sent. But that apparently did not include the Bobcats (5-15), who have struggled on the floor and at the box office since joining the NBA in 2004.
Can you blame him? At his age, and with the kind of talent he has and the levels of success he has seen, why on earth would he want to go to a team that has yet to shake itself of the "expansion" label? That's probably the only team in the league he could go to where he would be WORSE off than if he stayed in Philly.
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