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Originally Posted by Thuggishh_E  Sev hahaha
Just see what happened with AI in Detroit how he ended up so selfish in refusing to play off the bench & how that team was miserable with him on the court & in the other hand see what Chauncey did to Denver.
They are on the verge of beating the Lakers & going to the finals
Iverson has a very big big ego & now no team wants him
only the Bobcats maybe bass he might retire after his disastrous season..
in his prime he was great but the best things he did was a EC crown & that's it.
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I have followed AI situation at detroit.
Denver's improvement isnt because of AI leaving. They have got back Nene from cancer ( he didnt play last season). Plus they added billups, dahntay jones, balkman, andersen, petro. So you see they are 6/12 new team.50 % a new team. Its not fair to compare last year team with this one.
And their starting line up 3/5 is new ( jones, billups, nene) over the last year..
Detroit situation is different. AI is not a bench player, so him refusing to come off the bench is reasonable.A player with his status, its an insult to tell him you are bench player. remind you, AI was on his day the most popular player in the league ( 2001). And today he is still top 5 popular player. His jersey sales is always top 5.. ( check the latest top 5, it was kobe/lebron/garnett/paul and then AI )
AI didnt play at the end of the year. Yet how did detroit play better off without him? They lost to the sixers, bulls, INDIANA and miami. all without AI. They could have finished 5th, and ended 8th! what did they do vs cavs in the playoffs?? Not a single match they made a fight, despite during the regular season they won cleveland with AI..
Detroit's problem are more down to the rookie coach they hired. It was his first season coaching, and he made numerous mistakes . Especially changing the starting line up around 12 times ( not because of injuries)...