CelticFanNC is right on this one. How did signing Shaq work out for us? We are not the 86 Celtics who needs Bill Walton to be the final piece to push us to the title.
36 is old for a PG, that relies on speed. I don't think he could school Delonte or Bradley at practice at this point. IF Michael Finley sat on the pine for us what do you all think Iverson will do?
Shaq actually worked out extremely well- much better than anyone expected, until he got injured.
What injury scares/significant history does Iverson have?
And to cetlicsfan First of all who did I call a punk?
Secondly If he could "score at will" at two positions why exactly is he such an inefficient scorer(.425 career fg%....worse then that recently) who needs the ball in his hands to be effective?
Just his style of play Iverson is a terrible fit in Boston without even considering his considerable baggage. The Celtics thrive on ball movement, making the extra pass. Iverson is a classic ball hog, chucker, gunner, whatever you want to call it. The Celtics score with great efficiency, Iverson does not. The Celtics need to be more athletic on the perimeter if they want to continue to be an elite defensive team, Iverson hurts more then helps here. These Celtics have been at their best when they have had great chemistry, Iverson has been toxic to team chemistry his entire career.
Signing Iverson to ANY contract by the Boston Celtics is a step in the WRONG direction IMO.
All of the guys I mentioned(Marbury, Cassell, Robinson) other then Davis had very little positive impact in their stays in Boston while playing on a Celtics team who's stars were younger and better then they will be the next time we see them on the court. We don't need guys who can make a positive impact "at one time or another" we need guys who can make a positive impact night in and night out because the Big Three cannot dominate games as often or as easily as they could a few years ago. Iverson hasn't made a consistent positive impact in a few years now(I question whether he ever did).
Also Iverson's MVP & Finals appearance were a decade ago. This isn't 2001. The Eastern Conference that Iverson made a run to the Finals in was at an all-time low in terms of competition level. That achievement is really over rated to me. Those 76ers weren't even one of the top 8 teams in the NBA at that time IMO because every playoff team out west was better then any of the teams in the East.
I didn't say you called anyone a punk, but you have classified this group of players as a strain on the team or our chances at a flag.
I don't want to argue about teams from 10 years ago. But it's funny that you think the 76ers weren't a top 8 caliber team back then. Does that mean Iverson had an even harder time carrying them on his own?
NO it means the Eastern Conference was so bad at that point in time that a team as average as those 76ers made it to the NBA finals. The 'chuck and duck" Celtics of Jim O'Brien, Pierce and Walker that went to the conference finals the following year was equally unimpressive. No one in the East was very good and 8 to 10 teams in the West were better then anyone in the East at that point. I'm not overly impressed with a guy leading the NBA in scoring by dominating every offensive possession or leading a team to the Finals representing what was a pathetically bad conference in the early 2000's.
I'm even less impressed with Iverson now after over a decade since that over rated run that has seen almost no playoff success in 4 different NBA stops.
So if he had one decent offensive side kick or two decent contributors then he could have had multiple championships?
It's possible right?
Iverson had NO ONE to help him.
Even Dirk last year had an older Jason Kidd and Jason Terry to help carry the load through tough quarters.
Iverson had to play the LA Lakers with Shaq and Kobe.
He's one of the greatest PG's of all time. His supporting cast at the time was worse than Lebrons in Cleveland.
You're dissing Iverson by saying that his competition was no good yet he single handedly carried that team to play the Lakers.
Unfortunately even someone as talented as him couldn't combat that Lakers squad. Give him some help and it's a completely different story.
It's almost funny that you're calling him overrated because he took his team the to finals- like it's his fault that he had no decent wing men and that the conference was a poor standard.
You obviously hate the guy-which is understandable.
But if you do hate him, please make it for a certain part of his attitude, not his lack of skills or game. He had a passion and desire to go all the way with that 76ers team. Sometimes players don't get lucky like Jordan or Kobe with their Shaq and Pippens and their stories are tarnished.
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