Andre Iguodala is the Best Perimeter Defender in the NBA

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Initially I was pretty perturbed by the fact Iggy got no love. After thinking about it, I’m not bummed out at the least. Want to know why – because there’s plenty of GM’s who shouldn’t have a job let alone opine on who the best at anything are. Really, Joe Dumars, Chris Wallace, David Kahn, Rod Higgins, and Billy King, among others, are going tell me Iggy doesn’t at least deserve a vote but a decrepit over the hill on his last legs Shane Battier does? In the words of Tom McGinnis – A-R-E Y-O-U K-I-D-D-I-N-G M-E?!

is severely undervalued. He’ll probably make the Olympic team just because of his defensive prowess, name one other guy you can say that about.

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I rely much more on the judgement of coach K, who made Dre the cornerstone of his defense at world championship, than on such a survey, no matter who responded and how much they cared to accuracy

I read this to mean the Sixers will never receive equal value for Iguodala in a trade.

Well this is f’d up. I mean really, what more does this guy need to do? Jordan put all the numbers up. The best defense in the league and even that doesn’t draw attention? Even from the SIxers’ GM!?

Screw it. NBA GM’s are dumb. It proves this one thing: if you’re competing for a championship, you will be recognized. That’s why Andre will not make the all-star team even though he’s better than quite a few wings that do make the team. I could probably name one player that shouldn’t have made the team instead of Andre for the past 3 years. And then these same GM’s wonder why their stars want to leave and go to a good team or a big market.

Andre’s defense is refreshing in a league filled with “gimme da ball!” players. It’s a real shame Andre didn’t get any love but whatever. As long as he doesn’t let it get to his head, he’ll be fine.

Dre is IMO one of the first player I would pick to assemble a winning basketball team together (not necessarily for Nba though) not only for his defense but also for his all around skills. That’s why I thought was a joke the idea of trading him for Monta Ellis, I mean Monta Ellis!

But would the Sixers be interested in trading for Jason Thompson? Apparently the Kings aren’t interested in signing him to an extension and I feel like they could use the depth a C/PF.

This is disgusting.

Another note.. Pretty cold of Billy King or Stanfski to not even throw Dre a bone.

Marshall Harris got into a twitter war with some fair weather fans about the importance of Iguodala on the team and the fact that he isn’t overpaid. It’s nice to see the analysts see what true Sixers’ fans see. He retweeted two of my points!

Does that mean his defensive ability won’t be on scouting reports (somehow)?

Let them sleep on us.

Just another example of the Sixers getting no respect across the NBA. Of course these are the same GMs who give out mind numbing contracts to the likes of Travis Outlaw, so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.