Allen Iverson and Jeremy Lin Were Nearly Lakers
by Michael Levin on Feb 12, 2012 3:25 PM PST
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PrintWith Linsanity reaching a Tebow-high, news of his actions are practically TMZ-level. It's no surprise that, according to everyone's 2nd least favorite ESPN personality, Stephen A. Smith (Skip Bayless is the first) is reporting that Jeremy Lin was going to have a waiver claim put on him by the Los Angeles Lakers. And who else were they targeting? The hologram of what was formerly known as Allen Iverson.
Per Stephen A, via Scott Schroeder:
He apparently wasn't willing to meet their demands. Not only would he have had to practice, according to Smith, he would've had to do it while wearing the jersey of their D-League affiliate L.A. D-Fenders.
Raise your hand if you were surprised that former Sixers squeeze Iverson didn't want to go to the D-League in order to play for the Lakers. While Lin is now gaining much fanfare for his extremely impressive (and unsustainable) play with the Knicks, AI is still waiting for a call from somebody, anybody, who will give him a contract. So long as he doesn't have to prove himself in a lesser league. There's nobody outside of Terrell Owens who has a less accurate sense of their own abilities than he does. Maybe Brett Favre.
Anyway, LINtlemania is en vogue. Overreact accordingly.
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"There's nobody outside of Terrell Owens who has a less accurate sense of their own abilities than [Iverson] does"
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by Justin F. on Feb 12, 2012 3:36 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
Outstanding!
I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, there will be no trade for Monta!
I might have stop watching TV , going on the internet, and making public contact in order to stop hearing about the Giants, Whitney Houston and Jeremy Lin.
Formerly known as The Pied Piper
Anyway, I hope NYK goes on a losing streak as soon as Melo returns- expose him for what he his.
Formerly known as The Pied Piper
I’m rooting for the Knicks to win just so that it can all crumble when Melo/Amare get back. It will be fantastic.
Though if they actually put it all together and Lin is the distributor they so desperately need…that would really suck.
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everyone continues to pile on on iverson. i am relatively fond of stephen a. smith and have reason to believe his sources are decently reliable but also this doesn’t add up with regards to iverson as he has played in turkey and is almost set to play in puerto rico just to play basketball and hopefully earn a spot in a franchise so i doubt that he would turn down any offer to be apart of a franchise in a playing capacity. even iverson knows the d-league is greater than turkey and rico if your plans are once again being in the nba.
his situation is pretty much identical to terrell owens: still serviceable when we last saw him but by far too many bridges burned via ego to get a job at this point. and just like t.o. if a team offered him a job as a janitor, i’m sure he’d be all over it.
ok, now re-read in Doug Collins' voice...
by J.Michael Woodson on Feb 12, 2012 4:45 PM PST reply actions
i am relatively fond of stephen a. smith
Really? I wanted to put a bullet through my monitor two years ago when he would label Eddie Jordan as a victim and would say that Iguodala was hurting Willie Green’s development. I’m actually happy that he stopped writing for the Inquirer. However he is MUCH MORE tolerable that Skip Bayless.
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FREE BILL GREEN!!!!
I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, there will be no trade for Monta!
yea often times his material and points are very out there. in general i think he has a decent overall perception of things but when he hits you with those things sometimes that make you say “okay… this guy is just talking”
ok, now re-read in Doug Collins' voice...
by J.Michael Woodson on Feb 12, 2012 9:08 PM PST up reply actions
I understand AI's
refusal to do that. I mean, I know his skills aren’t what they used to be, but it is the D-league…as in D for development. What is he going to develop at this point?
by DeuceisLoose926 on Feb 12, 2012 4:57 PM PST reply actions
Come on, AI is not overrating his “abilities.” He’s certainly better than Derek Fisher and Steve Blake, and they don’t have to go to the D-League. The Lakers’ offer was a slap in the face and I would’ve turned it down if I were him too.
Yea, I thought a 34 year old Iverson was a decent PG a few years ago when he signed with the Sixers. Maybe not a starter but definitely a decent guy to have off the bench.
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he gave you 14 points and 4 assists on 11 shots in 30 minutes while he was allegedly beer-swilling and causing casino ruckus. some of these 24 year old point guards in the league cant even do that while living a healthy lifestyle. if iverson is so washed up, it says alot about them! give the man a job.
ok, now re-read in Doug Collins' voice...
by J.Michael Woodson on Feb 12, 2012 9:14 PM PST up reply actions
i bet he has a huge chip on his shoulder
I would love for the Sixers to take him back. As a reserve
Those who do not learn from history’s mistakes are bound to repeat them. I’ll never forget going to AI’s first game back with the Sixers. It was like a dream come true. But in the end, it was all just a dream. I believe AI honestly meant to reform and recommit himself to basketball. But the spring was no longer in his step. An AI without quickness is like a dog without teeth. No matter how hard he may have wanted it, he no longer had the physical ability to play at a level that he was willing to accept. Now he’s even older. It saddens me to say it. His time has passed. Maybe tomorrow I’ll dig it XBOX and NBA Live 2001. After all, AI deserves a 40 point performance once in a while.
by Blunt Philly Guy on Feb 12, 2012 8:49 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
he doesn’t need to score 40. he was efficient even in his last “stint” outdoing what MOST reserve guards do in the league, at 10 years their senior.
ok, now re-read in Doug Collins' voice...
by J.Michael Woodson on Feb 12, 2012 9:15 PM PST up reply actions
This is absolutely not an opinion that will be tolerated.
by Michael Levin on Feb 13, 2012 12:15 AM PST up reply actions
No way
He might be a good fit as a reserve on another team that lacks guards, i.e LA, NY, etc. If he came back to the Sixers, he wouldn’t be better than Jrue, Turner, Iguodala, Meeks, or Lou. Eventually you’d have to take away playing time for one of those players to get AI on the court.
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Oh Jeremy Lin, enjoy your hot streak now because once Melo comes back the offense will go down the crapper. Unless Melo somehow finally realizes that he is where offensive flow goes to die.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
His usage rate right now is almost as much as Melo’s one Knick fan I know said that Melo won’t have the ball in his hands as much when he gets back because of Lin I laughed hysterically.
The Legend
But isn’t a high usage rate common for a PG? Or am I totally wrong there?
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
Not sure.
Rondo, Williams, and Paul have a usage rate at around 24%. Lin’s usage rate in the past 5 games has been around 32%
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Well if I understand Usage Rate enough, and I may not, I would expect Lin’s rate to go down once he has guys to actually distribute the ball to.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
True.
The question is whether or not he can be as effective. I don’t know how its going to work out, but I hope it fails miserably when Melo comes back. Failure to the point that Knicks fans start bitching about Melo.
Formerly known as The Pied Piper
I agree. I hope it does as well. I think he can work perfectly fine with STAT. Nash-STAT was deadly. I actually know a few fans who would rather have Lin over Melo. Which I find hilarious.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
Don’t blame them. NYK has two talented bigs and Melo doesn’t run the PnR. Melo takes too many jumpers and too many shots off isos. Chandler and Amare are more effective with Lin than Melo. The Knicks could be a championship team if they simulated the Celtics.
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Oh I don’t blame them per say. What I find hilarious is that they were all about Melo when he was traded there. So was I for that matter but for completely different reasons.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
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