Not really! Iverson could have helped us, but only in a reserve scorer role off the bench for the Vet. Minimum. Iverson can still play & you can't believe in everything that your earlobes captures.

right, he can play a very selfish scoring game, which is not conducive to winning championships in a team sport.

He could overpower people when he was younger and had role players who defended for him (2001) but not now, and his ego won't let him blend in and just be another piece with a great team.

Good luck converting him to bench scorer when he just said he'd rather retire than come off the bench.

AI was a warrior, a great scorer, and a heck of alot of fun to watch in his heyday, but he never could work his skills into a team game.

Once again Im clearly stating if & only if he was willing to come OFF OF THE BENCH. I don't want him as a starter either. But I still don't believe in everything the media conjures up. We are the media & we can make up stories that can eventually get mainstream attention. I would much rather hear a player talk about AI's selfishness & not being a good teammate than reading it from an unidentified source. How did those sources work out when trading Rondo before the draft was a forgone conclusion?

Once again Im clearly stating if & only if he was willing to come OFF OF THE BENCH. I don't want him as a starter either. But I still don't believe in everything the media conjures up. We are the media & we can make up stories that can eventually get mainstream attention. I would much rather hear a player talk about AI's selfishness & not being a good teammate than reading it from an unidentified source. How did those sources work out when trading Rondo before the draft was a forgone conclusion?

who was it a forgone conclusion with that rondo would be traded? you? other blog posters?

because it was never a forgone conclusion with anyone in the media or a majority of posters that realize any time a young kid has a break out post-season like rajon and has an attractive contract/ upside, you need to see what his value is realitive to the league.

all the media did was put out possible leaks and scenario's. That's thier job.

 Ainge has all but said he was on the block, along with ray, but that they didn't get any "WOW!" offers and thus didn't move them, since it would not have improved the team.

GM's always shop players. you never know when someone will trade you something, like say, one of the top ten PF's of all time for a young kid with potential and bench players.  

but getting back to iverson, he flat out said he would retire rather than come off the bench. What did the media hype/ lie about their?

The OP might be referring to us trading for AI before the KG deal went down.  Which I'm very glad didn't happen.

Yes, that's how I read it too. As in "phew... look at him now, I'm so glad we didn't trade for him before". I don't think anyone (outside of maybe the Gerald Green supporters) wants to sign him now.

Don't act foolish even Bucher was talking about the Celtics dealing Rondo! It was a subject on PTI & numerous other Newspapers around the country even here in Phoenix for Stoudemire, The Grizzlies & The Kings. Once again I say you can't believe every thing your earlobes captures!

Everyone was reporting the C's were talking to other teams about trading Rondo.  The reason why they reported that is because that's what was happening.  Nobody in the national media said "Rondo's definitely gone, the Celtics trading him is a foregone conclusion, the only question is where and for who".  Big difference.

Don't act foolish even Bucher was talking about the Celtics dealing Rondo! It was a subject on PTI & numerous other Newspapers around the country even here in Phoenix for Stoudemire, The Grizzlies & The Kings. Once again I say you can't believe every thing your earlobes captures! All I ever saw from Iverson was a player who was better than 90% of the league & probably still is. I just don't understand why so many people hate on players who they would be IN LOVE WITH IF THAT PLAYER HAD PLAYED FOR THE CELTICS. I am not a homer when it comes to players. I am a Celtic fan, but a all basketball lover. I dont hate on guys because they suit up for the enemies.

come on now. he was reporting they were shopping him, which was and still is true.

but at no time did anyone come out and say that some trade was on the table, or even that it was likely.

Sounds like your projecting agenda's onto people to me, much as you assume I hate allen iverson in this paragraph, when in fact i love allen's game, and have always been a fan of his.

That doesn't make me obligated to pretend he's something he isn't for some misguided sense that he's "my player". It's called being objective, and objectively, allen iverson on this team right now would be a disaster. he provides nothing we need as a starter at his age and has shown zero interest in adapting to a bench role.

Paul pierce got me into basketball when he was drafted when i was 15, but i wouldn't argue he was better than bird out of some sense of "loyalty" paul is a great player, but he isn't bird. He's an all time celtic, but im not blind to his place in Celtics history, and it isn't at the top of the list.

Neither am i going to turn a blind eye to the deterioration of allen's on court game and the lack of acknowledgment on his part about it.

Allen was a great entertainer and game changer when he was young and in his prime, but those days are long gone, and if he has no interest in adapting, then he will finish out his career as a starter for an irrelevant team. That appears to be the path he is going to take, which is his choice.