First, I don't think AI is coming here, and that's probably good. We will win with or without him this season...
But that's why he might fit off the bench. "Hey, AI, we don't need you, but you can definitely help us off the bench to win #18. It's your choice: You can do for us what Payton did for Miami in '06, or you can end your career like Marbury did. Work it out."
Unlike many teams, AI isn't good enough these days, and our 5 are too strong, for us to tinker with lineups to meet any individual player's fancies. If Larry Brown is right, and I think he is, when he says that dealing with players like AI is easy: all you have to do is be straight with them, then he could fit well here with the team and coach we have, if he chooses to.
Can we not agree that he would be an upgrade to House off the bench? Granted AI is no point guard, but he can at least get the friggen ball over half court.