by vonkaar » Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:34 am
4 years ago I would have loved to see that experiment in Dallas... but right now I'm pretty freaking happy with the roster. We pretty much have no holes. Iverson and KG would be deadly but it wouldn't be an immediate CHAMPIONSHIP contender, playoffs... yes... and they would be fascinating to watch together... But there is only one player in the past 10 years who could single-handedly make a CHAMPIONSHIP team out of a team, even by scrapping the roster to get him, and Miami got him. They won't get another ring from him, he was only good for one push... and now he's going to ride their bench as a 10/8 guy for $20m a year for the next 4 years.
Iverson is a god, make no mistake of that. I argue for him in ANY debate... I truly believe that he and Magic Johnson are the two most skilled players to have ever played the game. There are very few stories in sports where one player was so completely crippled by his stature like AI. I've seen Iverson sink fade-away 3s, 4 feet outside the line with two freaking 7 foot shot-blockers in front of him. He's freaking 5'10"!! Can you imagine what he would have done in a 6'9" frame? God.
Anyway... he's amazing, but he would never work in Dallas. Nellie might have moved people around to try and get him back in the Toine/Tawn days, but there's no way AJ would pull that. He'll head East... Denver would be a much much scarier team with him because that's really all they are missing, but Melo / AI might be another CWebb/AI powderkeg. Garnett is the rare superstar that doesn't have to have the ball in his hand to make a huge impact in the game. He and Iverson would mesh beautifully, but their supporting cast might look bleak. Fun games to watch though.
Gaazy wrote:Now vonk on the other hand, is one of the most self absorbed know it alls in my memory of this site. Ive always thought so, and I still cant understand why in gods name he is here