The Answer?
My question is, how can Allen Iverson, with almost no NBA teams wanting him as a starter following his stints in Denver, Detroit, and Memphis, end up being a starter in the NBA All-Star Game?
Ahead of Boston's Rajon Rondo and Chicago's Derrick Rose?
For the record:
Rondo: 39 games. 36 minutes per game. 14.0 points per game. 9.6 assists per game. 2.5 steals per game. 52.7 % from the field. Boston's record: 27-13.
Rose: 40 games. 36 minutes per game. 19.1 points per game. 6.0 assists per game. 0.8 steals per game. 46.3% from the field. Chicago's record: 18-22.
Iverson (with Philadelphia, because I'm not counting the three games at Memphis): 16 games. 33 minutes per game. 14.8 points per game. 4.5 assists per game. 0.7 steals per game. 44.4% from the field. Philadelphia's record: 13-28.
I mean, you be the judge.
Oh, speaking of the Memphis Grizzlies, how have they fared since AI bailed on 'em?
Well, they're sitting at 22-19 after a 1-8 start. Right, they've won 21 of their last 32 games. They've won 7 of their last 10.
The Grizzlies don't miss Iverson one bit. They are a better team without him.
That's the kicker. Denver became a contender in the West once Iverson left for Detroit. Detroit got him and had their worst season in years. He left Detroit, and it remains to be seen whether Detroit is better now that he's gone, but it doesn't look like they're any worse (remember, they also lost Rasheed Wallace to free agency).
Does AI make the Sixers any better? Doesn't look like it.
Yet, he's a starter in the All-Star Game?
Something's very wrong with this picture.
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