MS wrote:I really don't know what I am reading here. This team has no heart and is already me first. We need a talent upgrade and someone that is willing to compete. Frankly I don't care about his track record I would rather see him at least drive the land then watch harrington, chandler, duhon miss jump shots.

Worst case scenario we banish the guy and let him go. Duhon is getting 30 minutes a night and iverson can do everything he can but better. Play Iverson-Douglas-Gallo-Lee-Curry I am fine with that with Hill, Nate, Chandler getting the majority of the time off the bench. Harrington in my opinion needs to go asap.

Play Iverson-Douglas-Gallo-Lee-Curry I am fine with that with Hill, Nate, Chandler getting the majority of the time off the bench. Harrington in my opinion needs to go asap.

exactly. Plain as day

Blob, chill baby. Ain't that serious. A.I. has a lot of fans, and this is an all-time lousy start. I don't blame folks for wanting this. I'm just arguing on the side of patience & not complicating an already tricky task of keeping us from being the Clippers East for the next decade.

orangeblobman wrote:^mr uptown:

snow and hill were veterans that probably taught iverson a thing or two about heart and determination.

douglas and gallo already know about all that as rookies, we don't need some washed up malcontent to 'teach' them anything. gimme a break.

Still haven't explained how Iverson is a cancer who has negative affects on rookies. Iverson is about 6'0 170. Heart and determination is what landed him in this league. Highly doubt Snow taught him that.

Who said anything about teaching anyone? You said he didn't make players better. I said, Iversons heart and determination raised the level of play on the court. Never seen Iverson zombie walking on any hardwood floors....

JamaicanJetFan wrote:Anyone have Iverson's wingspan measurement?

I wouldnt consider adding him if it was less than 6'3

Only 6'0 out of shoes

Cosmic wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:

I get that AI certainly is far from the most attractive acquisition. I get it. But in which universe is the status quo more attractive than signing a former mvp/scoring champ/all star? This team sucks and there is no risk here. If he's detrimental to the team, do exactly what Memphis did. I bet AI is better the second time around this season than the first

When the status quo entails:

*Building a winning attitude.
*Developing youth.

Iverson comes here you got a malcontent with a disgraceful attitude, a bad influence, and a guy that will take minutes away from Toney Douglas.

It's a losing scenario for us.

No reason to take on Iverson and I just hope this will be the same as the courtship of Jason Williams, Jamaal Tinsley, etc - and end up being nothing.

Hopefully the Cavs will try to step in and sign him with West gone. Then I can breathe a sigh of relief.

Besides: What on earth is Iverson going to do for our record? NOTHING!

If signing AI buries Douglas on the bench I will not be happy and would not endorse signing him. But if it means Duhon is benched I'm okay with him. Yes, AI is a bit of a malcontent but I don't see how he makes the locker room any worse.... I mean, the young guys are surrounded by high paid lethargic crap. I still maintain the team has nothing to lose by signing him (including the development of our the younger dudes) and might actually become enjoyable to watch with him here.

Not to mention, if he's signed to an awesome contract and averages 20 PPG maybe at the deadline he nets us a pick... which I don't think is an unreasonable possibility

If AI comes here, it has to be with the understanding that Gallo is a FOCAL point of the offense, and he needs to at least attempt to be a distributor.