Would you be upset? (... if Iverson signed here?)

[nickagneta]

1.) Iverson never accepts a vet min contract.

2.) Iverson nevers accepts a make do contract that basically is a try out.

3.) Iverson never accepts a bench role.

4.) Iverson never accepts an extremely limited amount of minutes.

5.) Iverson never accepts the fact that his primary responsibility will be team defense.

6.) Iverson never accepts the Celtic culture of defense, practice and ubuntu.

7.) Iverson never accepts the role of facilitator instead of shot maker.

8.) Iverson never accepts the fact that he will be 8th to 9th on the pecking order of importance on this team and in the locker room


But if somehow AI could accept ALL of these things and prove over the first couple of months that he actually does accept them. Invite him in and keep him.

[fanofgreen]

I Would do it in a heartbeat. I think Boston is the only team in the league Iverson would be willing to come off the bench for....I think Iverson will understand what his role would be if he came to Boston....I think he would understand how great of a move and how low-risk high reward it be for his career...and most importantly Boston has a very strong locker room...and Iverson would not pass up, and make at least half of the shots Stephon Marbury passed up...........Bringing in iverson for the celtics means that he would serve as the backup point guard, and provide scoring on the 2nd unit, which keeps eddie at his natural 2 position, and Marquis at his natural 3 position.............Iverson will not get distracted, he wont retract to old iverson, because he would be coming off the bench for the CELTICS, where it is already proven that an accumalation of stars sacrificed and won.....so iverson wont have to prove anything to anyone by coming to Boston......I'm all for it!

[Johhny Least]

I think we'd be crazy not to take him for the minimum.  Low risk/high reward scenario.  If he starts chucking and whining you cut him.  If he buys into Ubuntu, we could be a team for the ages next year.  I was never a huge fan of Iverson, but when he played for Team USA a few years back, all I heard were glowing reviews of his team-oriented play.  As others have noted, our locker room strength would be a serious deterrent to the selfish side of AI being manifested.

That being said, if we were ever to bring AI on board, I think it would signal the end of Eddie House's days in green.  The two could never be paired in the backcourt effectively, so I think Eddie would become superfluous.

Definitely an intriguing prospect!

[indeedproceed]

1.) Iverson never accepts a vet min contract.

2.) Iverson nevers accepts a make do contract that basically is a try out.

3.) Iverson never accepts a bench role.

4.) Iverson never accepts an extremely limited amount of minutes.

5.) Iverson never accepts the fact that his primary responsibility will be team defense.

6.) Iverson never accepts the Celtic culture of defense, practice and ubuntu.

7.) Iverson never accepts the role of facilitator instead of shot maker.

8.) Iverson never accepts the fact that he will be 8th to 9th on the pecking order of importance on this team and in the locker room


But if somehow AI could accept ALL of these things and prove over the first couple of months that he actually does accept them. Invite him in and keep him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX5jNnDMfxA

[Neurotic Guy]

For the minimum?  Heck yes.

AI is twice the player Marbury is and about 1/2 as crazy.

[xmuscularghandix]

I Would do it in a heartbeat. I think Boston is the only team in the league Iverson would be willing to come off the bench for....I think Iverson will understand what his role would be if he came to Boston....I think he would understand how great of a move and how low-risk high reward it be for his career...and most importantly Boston has a very strong locker room...and Iverson would not pass up, and make at least half of the shots Stephon Marbury passed up...........Bringing in iverson for the celtics means that he would serve as the backup point guard, and provide scoring on the 2nd unit, which keeps eddie at his natural 2 position, and Marquis at his natural 3 position.............Iverson will not get distracted, he wont retract to old iverson, because he would be coming off the bench for the CELTICS, where it is already proven that an accumalation of stars sacrificed and won.....so iverson wont have to prove anything to anyone by coming to Boston......I'm all for it!

None of this is true becuase you don't understand Iverson.

[priapus81]

ill give it a shot with a non guaranteed contract if only he comes here to win a championship on a one year thing and bounce.

[SCBirdman]

For the minimum?  Heck yes.

AI is twice the player Marbury is and about 1/2 as crazy.

EXACTLY!

[MaxwellSmart86]

HELLLLLLLLLS NO....Team Killer---I think Rasheed would just retire if A.I. came here---he saw what the "Answer" did to Detroit's chemistry......NEVER GONNA HAPPEN.

[fanofgreen]

I Would do it in a heartbeat. I think Boston is the only team in the league Iverson would be willing to come off the bench for....I think Iverson will understand what his role would be if he came to Boston....I think he would understand how great of a move and how low-risk high reward it be for his career...and most importantly Boston has a very strong locker room...and Iverson would not pass up, and make at least half of the shots Stephon Marbury passed up...........Bringing in iverson for the celtics means that he would serve as the backup point guard, and provide scoring on the 2nd unit, which keeps eddie at his natural 2 position, and Marquis at his natural 3 position.............Iverson will not get distracted, he wont retract to old iverson, because he would be coming off the bench for the CELTICS, where it is already proven that an accumalation of stars sacrificed and won.....so iverson wont have to prove anything to anyone by coming to Boston......I'm all for it!

None of this is true becuase you don't understand Iverson.

How are you gonna tell me what i do and don't understand??  No...I don't know Iverson thats true, but I do understand he wants to play basketball, and win a championship. And i know that he would play a lot better than Steph did. And i  know there aren't a plethora of teams looking for his services, and i understand that there aren't many teams Iverson is willing to come off the bench for, and i'd be hard pressed to believe the Celtics are one of those teams.

[pearljammer10]

For the Vet min? Sure...But he aint coming to beantown so dont worry.

[SamuelAdams]

Wouldn't mind at all. 

[nickagneta]

I Would do it in a heartbeat. I think Boston is the only team in the league Iverson would be willing to come off the bench for....I think Iverson will understand what his role would be if he came to Boston....I think he would understand how great of a move and how low-risk high reward it be for his career...and most importantly Boston has a very strong locker room...and Iverson would not pass up, and make at least half of the shots Stephon Marbury passed up...........Bringing in iverson for the celtics means that he would serve as the backup point guard, and provide scoring on the 2nd unit, which keeps eddie at his natural 2 position, and Marquis at his natural 3 position.............Iverson will not get distracted, he wont retract to old iverson, because he would be coming off the bench for the CELTICS, where it is already proven that an accumalation of stars sacrificed and won.....so iverson wont have to prove anything to anyone by coming to Boston......I'm all for it!

None of this is true becuase you don't understand Iverson.

How are you gonna tell me what i do and don't understand??  No...I don't know Iverson thats true, but I do understand he wants to play basketball, and win a championship. And i know that he would play a lot better than Steph did. And i  know there aren't a plethora of teams looking for his services, and i understand that there aren't many teams Iverson is willing to come off the bench for, and i'd be hard pressed to believe the Celtics are one of those teams.

Plethora of teams interested in Iverson?

That might be the funniest thing I've read on CB in a long, long time!!

Last I checked he was looking at European offers because there was almost no one in the NBA that will sign him. Hence, he's still a free agent and we are having a discussion about bringing him in for the minimum.

[TripleOT]

A properly motivated Iverson on Boston could be the best team in NBA history, if we get the Denver Iverson, and he play the good soldier here. 

A rotation of RR, RA, PP, KG, Perk,'Sheed, AI, Daniels and BBD is sick.  How about AI, RA, PP, KG, and 'Sheed when the Cs need a last second score? 

If Ainge can get the S+T done with Indy for Daniels, why not bring AI in for the BAE?  Or give Detroit Giddens, TA, and a couple million bucks and bring AI here in a S+T for $4m a year.  That scenario is even cheaper net than signing AI to the BAE.

(BTW, comments about "practice" seven years after the famous press conference seem to be pretty lame to me.  If one wants to write negative things about AI, maybe something about his disastrous time on a dysfunction Detroit team might be more fitting.)     

[Edgar]

A properly motivated Iverson on Boston could be the best team in NBA history, if we get the Denver Iverson, and he play the good soldier here. 

A rotation of RR, RA, PP, KG, Perk,'Sheed, AI, Daniels and BBD is sick.  How about AI, RA, PP, KG, and 'Sheed when the Cs need a last second score? 

If Ainge can get the S+T done with Indy for Daniels, why not bring AI in for the BAE?  Or give Detroit Giddens, TA, and a couple million bucks and bring AI here in a S+T for $4m a year.  That scenario is even cheaper net than signing AI to the BAE.

(BTW, comments about "practice" seven years after the famous press conference seem to be pretty lame to me.  If one wants to write negative things about AI, maybe something about his disastrous time on a dysfunction Detroit team might be more fitting.)     

I agree