Iverson must show up and learn the D
November 29, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Allen Iverson, Detroit Pistons, Michael Curry, NBA Basketball
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Allen Iverson growls, bares his teeth
The story of Allen Iverson the Piston is still unfolding. Sometimes on the floor Allen Iverson is such a relentless player that the Pistons look unstoppable as a team and sometimes you wonder when he will fit in.
Right now he needs to learn the defense.
“Those are all things he can do, but he’s coming from Denver,” Curry said before Wednesday’s win, in which Iverson scored 16. “He’s done it in his career, but they haven’t played defense out there the last couple years.”
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It would be nice if the team had an extended time off period to learn the defense with A.I in it, but they don’t. Oh, and the missed practice was for conditioning, which Allen does not need. In the NBA a lot of veterans are so beat up that an extra practice can be counterproductive.
Nobody can question Iverson’s toughness or professionalism. He has never — repeat, never — dogged it during a game in his career, still the ultimate measure of a player’s character. Performing half-speed at something you love repulses the man. The evidence of that controlled recklessness is a long medical ledger of fractures and contusions.
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Allen is not talking about why he missed practice, but Coach Michael Curry thinks it is no big deal.
But earlier, Curry again emphasized that Iverson’s absence wasn’t a major issue — the coach would get through Friday, Iverson would pay his undisclosed fine and the team would put it in the past.
“He apologized to his teammates, he apologized to all of us. … Really that’s it, we’ve moved forward,” Curry said. “I know the story is going to keep going, but we’ve already moved forward from that.”
And once Iverson does learn the defense…
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Allen Iverson and his team Piston are now going through a very good time. I do not know they need to develop defenseively, but it is for sure that Piston has been in good positino at this moment. Now, let us see if Pistion can really improve thier game in teh weeks to come.