AI can’t win
March 16, 2009 by James Edwards
Filed under Allen Iverson, Detroit Pistons, NBA Basketball
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AI can't hide underneath the basketball
Allen Iverson a loser? Oh, please, don’t say that. The man tries, he really does. What is he supposed to do? Allen Iverson comes to a tired Piston team with aging veterans that don’t produce and maybe only one really exciting young guy in Stuckey.
Now AI gets hurt and it becomes a circus.
In the meantime, Iverson has spent little time around the team.
His coach said Sunday that the guard’s relative absence is by design: “He doesn’t want to be the story.”
Michael Curry said he talks to Iverson every day, or “every other day, maybe,” to get updates.
He said Iverson often shows up after the games start to get treatment on his back.
“He can’t sit out there. They don’t want him sitting out there that long,” Curry explained. “That’s coming from when he” originally “got evaluated.”
Curry reminded reporters Sunday that Iverson comes up in the daily interview sessions frequently, even though he hasn’t played in nearly two weeks.
“Allen knows that. He knows that … he is almost in a no-win situation, that he is going to be a distraction,” Curry said.
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Is AI a great player? Yes.
Can he play defense? No.
Will he save the Pistons? Well, when he leaves they pick up some big time salary cap money, so maybe he helps them by leaving.
Is it AI’s fault? No. Joe D. knew what he was doing when he took AI. He hoped for more, but it did not happen. Now AI is a Piston and we should enjoy what we get before he is gone forever.
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