I am gonna upset a lot of people here, but I think there is a really good chance he does. I think if there is one thing that Allen Iverson loves to do it is prove his haters wrong. He always talks about it. For the beginning of his career the people would say he was too small, could not score consistently at the nba level etc (just first few years, quickly proved wrong). Then people started saying he wouldn't be able to stay healthy because of his body size and style of play. Then people started saying he would slow down his scoring, prolly around the time traded to denver, and couldn't co-exist with another elite player. Finally, over the last 6 months to a year it has really gone about people questioning his ability to play, or put in points. To his ability to play for a winning team, for his ability to come off a bench, and his ability to change his team. I know there are people that have questioned this all along. Lets remember though, until his detroit stint the average fan thought he was doing ok and a good adddition to a team.
Now with everyone hating on the same thing, will Iverson want to prove the new kind of hate wrong? Will he be willing to play sixth fiddle just so he can win a championship, come off the bench and say "y'all had me wrong i just wanted to win." I actually think there is a chance this is exactly what he wants to do. If this is the case, I think Boston ends up with him. I'm sure a lot of people will disagree and say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, he is a poison, he lasted three games in memphis etc.
Let us remember a few players.
1) Stephon Marbury: One of his biggest problems here was his being too passive! I know his shooting percentage was low, but still he seemed scared to shoot and didn't say a peep about his minutes. There were definitely some posts about his lack of aggression last year. He even tried to play a little defense, though the best he could really do was moving around a lot. We all know that guy is crazy, what can a semi sane person do in this system?
2) Randy Moss: Guy moons the crowd, runs over a parking attendent, quits on players and his team. He becomes so lowly valued we get him for a 4th round pick (somehow jay cutler is worth three first rounders). Now, he is training the practice squad rookies and is all about winning. He even helped Brady's backup and sprinted all over field when it became apparent we were no longer a super bowl threat.
3) Manny Ramirez: Yes this guy is a little different from my previous two examples. I also know he was a lot better player in his sport at the Red Sox time then Iverson is now. However, even at the time the guy was lazy, didn't run out ground balls, was extremely mediocre on defense, made yearly trade demands. Faked injuries. Anything you look up under clubhouse cancer or poison and you can probably find an example of a guy doing it. Yet, the sox won two world series with the guy (I know the championships were coming frequently before his arrival, but still). He filled a need, a huge need. It will be a bigger need then the celtics would need from Iverson, but it is still a need. Basically though, if you have a strong clubhouse and a player is giving your team something it needs, most "cancer" behaviors can be overcome by strong management and player personalities. Which I think we have of both. I also realize Ramirez is the weakest comparison cause of how great he was, but I wanted to remphasize the cancer issue and I also wanted to include all three boston sports team I follow (Sorry Bruins fans, I still root for you in the paper, but I know nothing about hockey.)
So what is myy point. Perhaps, sometimes a spade is a spade. However, other times its a mud covered diamond. There is a small semi logical argument that Iverson would want to come here, and it would work out. I did my best to make that argument. Happy thanksgiving everyone. PS I am pretty sure this is my longest of my 800+ posts.
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