There's no inconsistency. You're just not reading carefully. I never disagreed with you when you said Iverson throws nice alley-oop passes to Igoudala. That doesn't mean he makes Igoudala a better player than a PG who tried to distribute the ball would. I'm sure any PG could throw nice alley-oop passes to Igoudala. I don't think any PG who takes 30 shots a game can also make his teammates better as I've explained in other posts. You're right that other posters "pointed out" that Iverson made Snow and McKie better. However, none of them could provide any response to the criticisms I had of that claim. You can claim anything. You can claim that Howard Eisley is the best PG in the world. If you can't defend the claim, though, the claim is worthless.

You're also right that this year Iverson will be in the playoffs most likely and Marbury, Kobe, and Garnett will be watching. However, just like one good game doesn't make up for three bad games, one season of finally making the playoffs doesn't make up for several consecutive years of missing the playoffs by Iverson and watching Marbury, Kobe, and Garnett make it for several years. Maybe it would even out if those three players missed the playoffs and watched Iverson for the next two or three years as well. Then they would have led their teams to the playoffs and draft lottery about an equal # of times. (It's still a bit of an unfair comparison because Iverson has a better supporting cast than Marbury or Garnett--C Webb is simply better than anyone those players have by a mile.)

[Edited by - Bonn1997 on 03/28/2005 13:56:17]

You're the one who keeps asking me for my opinions. I was willing to just agree to disagree a long time ago.