Disaster may be too strong to describe the Sixers start. Disappointing and underwhelming are certainly accurate. The Sixers are 12-17 and even as poorly as they have played they still are only a game and a half out of the 8th playoff spot.
We are more than a third of the way through this season and I just want to touch on a few things I haven’t had a chance to formally cover.
Coach Mo Was Fired, NOT #10
Every writer on staff at the Inquirer and the Daily News have unleashed their opinion on the Mo cheeks firing and the national media has done there part. Most of my fellow bloggers have done their thing as well. Now it’s my turn.
I’ve been reading a lot of stuff I simply don’t understand or agree with regarding Mo Cheeks dismissal. So this very well may just be my own overreaction to the comments of uninformed, come-and-go Sixers fans and overly nostalgic sports writers and 1983 followers, but I gotta say my peace none the less.
If Mo Cheeks never played for the Sixers or been apart of that ‘82-’83 championship team would anyone have cared that he was canned? Better yet would anyone have been upset about it? I seriously doubt it. I found it amusing all the people who were acting like Stefanski just ripped Mo’s retired number 10 from the rafters and tossed it out the building. That isn’t what happened and Mo wasn’t the fall man. Rather he simply was never Stefanski’s man. The terrible start to the season finally gave Ed a legit reason to make the change we all thought would have come earlier. Frankly I am surprised he lasted that long.
New GM typically means new coaching staff. A guy that is on the same page right from the start. Not a coach that needs to be coached himself by the front office and potentially coerced into playing certain guys and implementing a certain style. That’s essentially what happened last season and the funny part is Mo got much of the credit for Stefanski’s suggested change of style and insistence on playing the younger players. Still he rewarded Mo with two contract extensions for carrying out his directive.
I wrote a post a little while ago about Cheeks and what if anything he could have done to keep his job. The main thing was about how much impact do coaches actually have on player performance and the outcome of games and provide a few opinions. My opinion: coaches have very little impact on individual player performance. The Sixers players individual for the most part sucked to start the season and that was a big, maybe the biggest reason for the Sixers mediocrity and Mo’s dismissal. But Mo and every other coach understands that. It’s simply part of the business.
BUT, there are a few distinct things I believe coaches have a direct and very strong impact on that contribute to wins and loses. (in order)
- Implementing a defensive scheme (think Boston with Thibodeau)
- Who plays, when they play, what position they play, how often they play and the overall combination of players on the floor
- Implementing an offensive system (think past Bulls teams and current Lakers team with Tex Winters)
- Designating and enforcing roles
- Player evaluation and assisting in personnel decisions in terms of targeting talent and determining fit
It is my opinion that Cheeks struggled and ultimately failed in all these areas that as a GM I would be evaluating my coach on. That thought simply adds further justification for firing Cheeks in addition to the lack of wins and never really being Stefanski’s guy. We love retired #10 but coach Maurice Cheeks was at the end of his rope.
Ok now that I finally got that out of my system…
About Last Season
Add it all up and it becomes apparent that the most successful coaching changes are made by former playoff teams with high expectations early enough in the season that the new coach has a chance to make a difference. Sound familiar? That’s exactly what we saw from the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday. Only time will tell if DiLeo can engineer a mid-season turnaround, but the numbers are in Philly’s favor. – Kevin Pelton, Basketball Prospectus
In general I would agree with the above thought. But not necessarily regarding the Sixers. Why? I personally think the Sixers were a fluke playoff team last season. This is something I’ve been wanting to get out for a while now.
I thought the Sixers benefited from an extremely weak conference. The infusion of a new GM and new style of play. And frankly ONE hot streak. I never thought that team from a pure talent standpoint and overall makeup was a legit playoff team. At best they were a team that would need to claw and scratch there way to an 8th spot in a slightly tougher conference and lose in the first round.
What was the real tell-tell sign for me was the end of the season and playoffs. Everyone, including myself got so caught up in the playoff run, the sheer astonishment they actually got in and the two games they played Detroit tough we missed something. We overlooked the fact that the Sixers flat out stunk down the stretch. The facts:
- The Sixers went on a 21-7 over a two month period. Fools gold? I won’t go that far but the overall winning percentage of their opponents over those 28 games was .473. Their opponents winning % in the wins: .440. Their opponents winning % in the loses: .573. Beating bad teams, losing to good teams. That is a sign of a mediocre team.
- Then the last 16 games of the season, including the playoffs the Sixers were 5-11 (3-7 during the last 10 games of the season including losing 4 straight). Winning percentage of their opponents in those last 10 regular season games: .516.
- The Sixers had a point differential of -3.5 during the last 10 games of the season, -7 in the playoffs and -4.8 over the last 16 games. That number (-4.8) would have been good for 22nd in the NBA last season and 23rd this season. Not very good, yet we were all excited, blinded.
The inconsistency we are seeing now has always been there. What people failed to realize was that winning streaks are also part of the inconsistency of a mediocre team. The Sixers started off horrible, went on a winning steak, then returned to playing losing basketball to finish the season. If they had heat on their asses from the bottom of the conference I think they would have folded and been on the outside looking in and the tone going into the off-season would have been different and less optimistic. But as I said they benefited from an atrocious bottom portion of the Eastern conference.
I am pretty sure a lot of people will disagree with that assessment but it’s my opinion and I’d love to hear a counter argument if anyone has one. But I really believe the signs were there.
There has been a lot of talk about oh what if Brand wasn’t here, they would be playing like last season. Last season they were a sub .500 team, why is that something to shoot for? You can’t simply can’t ignore all the bad basketball last season and focus on a two months period just because it was favorable like that is what the expectation should be. The Sixers are now 17-28 over the last 45 games AND 2-4 WITHOUT Elton Brand. That is a horrible record in over a half season’s worth of games and they aren’t any better without their big off-season addition. The point: they are just bad period, no matter how you look at it. And this was the case last year as well.
About the Coaching Situation
Why Dileo? Why not go with the long-term coach now? It’s more about the timing than anything else for me. Basically its a decision you have to make and Stefanski made it. Do you try and salvage the season or start prepping for next season now? Stefanski said this season isn’t over (and he was right), he wasn’t giving up on the season etc. So he wants to try limit the adjustment mid stream and make it work with a coach the players know and a system they are relatively familiar with. I think in his mind that is the best case scenario to turn it around this year. Not to mention not wanting to pay two head coaches this season.
We thought the adjustment period with Elton has been rough, imagine trying to figure it out with Elton and a completely new system on offense and defense, new roles and new coaches the players aren’t familiar with. I think by bringing in your long-term coach now you are essentially saying the season is over. I say that because I don’t see them making the run they did last season because the conference is slightly better and that is exactly what they would need to do to get in the playoffs again.
That is not 100% of course (nothing is) the team could respond and rebound quickly and fall perfectly into the new coaches system. But I highly doubt it because I just don’t think this team has the smartest players and THAT is a big reason nobody has talked about that the adjustment this season has been slow/non-existent. As well Mo not getting through to them or getting it done on his end and of course just about every player under performing at the start of the season when the schedule was soft and ripe for the taking. It hasn’t clicked for these players. And I think the period of time it would take for the light bulb to come on for this team with a completely new coach and system would take too long to make anything happen this season.
With that said that Indiana and Denver losses hit me pretty hard. As I said in the third paragraph of this post I thought the Sixers could still be in the thick of a playoff race even after this tough stretch but they MUST win all the games against the weaker teams. That Indiana loss gives me no confidence they will. And I have zero confidence they will win a game against the better teams on the road as evidenced by the 19-point Boston loss and collapse in Denver.
So when the 41 game mark hits and Elton is expected (hopefully) back and they are through the rough 16 games their record will say a lot about this team and whether the season is salvageable. If they completely shit the bed (likely) they could realistically have a worse record than they did at the half way point last year. If they JUST beat the 4 terrible teams coming up they will have the exact same record as last season and that would be a MAJOR disappointment and serious cause for change.
At that point, from a pure development standpoint it makes sense to bring in the next head coach. Also, I think you want to have the long-term coach in the door BEFORE you start selling off players and making moves. I really believe the coach MUST be involved in those decisions in order for the paper moves to work out on the court. But I would only do it when there is a strong belief that the season is not salvageable. Even so I still don’t think Stefanski would go back on his assurance that Dileo will coach the remainder of the season. But hopefully Stefanski is really doing his research now in preparation for the next hire.
I actually have an Elton Brand rant partially written up as well but I will save that for a serparate post when he is actually back on the court. But its debilitating as a fan how bleak things look for the Sixers right now. At least we can have fun with trade talk.
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Disaster is not too strong a word. I love Mo Cheeks. His dunk at the end of Game 7 in 83 was one of the happiest moments of my life and seeing him get told by Ukee Washington that he had been traded a few years later was one of the saddest (class move Mr. Katz). That being said, he didn’t show anything over the past 2+ seasons here that would lead you believe he was a coach that could take a team to a championship. I have no problems with his dismissal (I’m just happy that Ukee was nowhere to bee seen). Cheeks was not the major problem, though. Stefanski has put together a team that cant play together. He went out and invested $70 million in Brand and then INVESTED $80 MILLION IN A PLAYER WHO CANT PLAY WITH BRAND. When I saw the numbers they signed Iguadola for I thought for a minute that Billy King had a clause in his severance agreement that allowed him to do one more really bad big money deal to cement his legacy. Brand commands a double team every time he gets the ball and he has to kick it out to a 2 guard who cant consistently make an open jump shot. So, what happens? You need to move Iguadola to the 3 where he is taking minutes away from a guy who over the long term is going to be a much better player than he is. You are simply retarding the development of Young into the quality small forward he has the capacity to be because of the ridiculous contract you gave Iguadola. For that move alone, Setfanski gets an F. He should have let Iguadola go and invested in an outside shooter who was a better compliment to Brand. Brand and Iguadola will never gel and Iguadola showed at the end of the Pacers and Nuggets game that he will not deliver like a max money player should. This team is going to be bad for years to come. Happy New Year.
Dannie, I can!t argue with your numbers on the “fools gold ” from last year but I would like to touch on another point, these players, as a whole handling change. Adding Elton to what we had last year was difficult enough, but the Iggy to the 2 guard and Thad to the starting 3 position, I believe, tripled the difficulty level. I don!t have numbers to back this up but since we put Willie, Iggy and Thad back in their roles from last year, I have seen major improvement in this team and the Elton injury, I believe, couldn!t have come at a worst time. I personally am happy Mo is gone because if we got fooled again this year [500 or better record] the right coach wouldn!t have been brought in next year even. As I stated on another post, a new coach [opinionated and a set of balls] and an upgrade at 2 guard and the removal of our laid back leader [A.Miller] are the 3 things I want accomplished by the start of training camp next year. I think a playoff birth will come again this year, I just hope they don!t [the organization] read too much into it. Dannie, would love to know more about how Doogie Houser got the Nets coaching job, was E.S. a big part of that hire and what was their thought process because it could give us an idea how he will proceed here.
Suede – I really think it was a similar situation as we saw with Mo. New Jersey fired Byron Scott and Lawrence Frank became the interim. I really am not sure if there was an expectation of him being the long-term coach BUT…
He freakin’ went won 13 straight games, including 6 straight road games which set a new NBA record for the most consecutive wins by a head coach to begin a coaching career. He ended u finishing the season 25-15, while Scott was 22-20 up to the point Frank took over. I really just think he earned the job. Frank got to the playoffs in 4 of 5 seasons and the second round in 3 of 4. he has a .519 winning percentage coming into this season. He has only had 1 losing season and this year the Nets are only 1 game below .500.
Same think happened when Stefanski came here. He told Cheeks to make some changes and guess what the team won some games and got into the playoffs, in Stefanski’s eyes that earned Cheeks an extension. The second extension in my opinion was so Cheeks didn’t have to even think about his contract ending at the end of the season and just coach. The difference, the Sixers didn’t win the next season whereas the Nets did.
Dannie, with all the changes in personnel he keeps on winning. Was he a part of Scott!s staff or brought in from outside.
Suede - Yes, he was an assistant for like 3 years on the Nets.
Didn’t get a chance to post from last nights game. Watched it around 5:00pm this morning. Fun game until the end. Denver games always are.
JJG, that was your best work last night.
Suede, the need for a 2 guard is right on. Also, let’s give Lou ‘5 turnover’ Will a shot at the point. Could be a Devin Harris kind of move.
They have a great tatoo guy in Denver. Hard to watch the game. very distracting. Wouldn’t want to meet Carter in an alley. I think Lou Will & Thad will benefit greatly once they add some more muscle.
Mo obviously wasn’t Ed’s choice. He’s probably better off not on our sidelines. Time to chill and enjoy playing GM for a while and root for Lou, Thad & Maureece. Toss in a little Reggie, Elton when he returns and Andre M while he lasts.
Iggy played a good seemless game until the end. Again, I think he should not be in that position. Let’s give the ball to Lou and live or die with that for the time being.
Go Sixers! Boy that’s hard to say…………
Guys we shouldnt be suprised by what happened last night. I knew it was going to come down to the wire even when we were up by 17.
Someone point out the last time we played 4 COMPLETE QUARTERS?
Ill be amazed if someone points out more than just a couple games.
So just because we played the first 3 quarters well, doesnt mean we would do the same in the fourth. Ill tell you guys something, we have that sort of meltdown every single game, its just its not in the fourth quarter. Look at the boxscores of majority of our games…You will see how in at least one quarter we get hammered where as the other 3 are pretty much even.
The Sixers just arent good enough to put 4 good quarters together. They just aren’t. Play the blame game all you want, but thats a personel problem, not any one individual. Thats defense and free throw shooting. Thats unacceptable.
Can we turn it around? Absolutely. But Dannie…your right….its going to take an extreme amount of mental toughness and determination. Im with SFW…GO SIX….ers
crap why did he have to lay it all like that? now i’m depressed. Where’s Rob when u need him? Rob always has something positive to say. <sigh>
Dannie: agree bout the fool’s gold playoff push but cannot just write them off completely as talent-deficient. we are not that bad at all. we just happen to have guys that are stronger in some areas than others. in effect a bunch of SUPER role-players (sarcastic) as opposed to other teams that have all around players. we just need to (and i dunno how the hell this is gonna happen) add one or two starters, play a winning style and grow.
this lou at the point experiment scares me. he is such a loose cannon offensively, what makes you think putting him at the point will suddenly change his attitude? thats like hoping Sammy gets some solid ball IQ with more game time.
i think iguodala playing point is a better idea. dont look so good on paper but he is more steady. plus maybe it would cut his excessive dribbling, give thad some room and give him an excuse to pass the ball when the game is on the line. (it always come back to his shot… his shot)
Jkay, don’t think lou has an attitude problem. Needs to become stronger. If encouraged/nutured properly by DiLeo he could become a weapon at the point. He should continue to be held accountable for poor performances(sloppy/weak play & shot selection) but I think he’s ready for the responsibility. Rather find out now to help in personnel decisions sooner than later. Iggy still works as a facilitator BUT the ball shouldn’t be in his hands for the last shot at the end of games.
Gary Payton had swagger. Larry Bird had swagger. Walt Frazier had swagger. Lou Williams has impetuosity. (One characteristic implies control, one assumes high risk.) LW has a long way to go, but he’s on the dance floor shimmying and peacocking, which is a start, at least stylewise. Not bad for a high school kid who’s scribbling on the job, thanks to Sixers’ patience. His offensive end decision-making vacillates from strong to horrendous; makes some nice passes but can get lost in pressure. Can shake most individual defenders with his handle and jitterbugging, but sometimes shakes himself in the process. Outside shooting: streaky; when he’s on – look out, when off – a lot of rim, hard. Is a defensive liability due to lack of strength, and a lack of concentration too. Giving him the reins of his team by virtue of point position placement is not advisable. He’d transform Sixers from sluggish/myopic (too much iso) and ineffective to frenetic and ineffective. (What can’t shoot can’t shoot.) His gift is scoring and placing offensive pressure on opponent, not floor generalship. In a perfect basketball world, he’s your second or third guard off the bench.
In this watered-down NBA, he’s a young up-and-comer – to what level remains to be seen.
JJG, It wouldn’t be boring. If he truly can’t handle it then he can’t complain that he wasn’t given a chance. He’s a bright young man. Would be interesting. Is their a downside to trying it?
Jumpin, well said; I would just like to know once and for all whether it is an option, he has been here for a while, inspite of his age. Lightning in a bottle? Confidence is a wonderful thing, Harris was a good defender, okay player at Dallas but given a change of scenerie and different coaching and responsibility and he has taken off. A.Miller has shown we need some offense from the point and most importantly, Elton!s effectiveness depends largely on a pick and pop partner that is a threat from deep. L.Will. as he gains strength should gain consistancy from deep. Jumpin, his work with Spieghts has given me some encouragement that maybe the light goes on.
sfw Downside is further team upheaval, mounting Ls. If this season turns experimental, OK. Would require Williams to undergo a mindset flip; PG (and attendant responsibilties) is not his DNA imo.
Jumpin, I personally would like to see a Sam/Elton/Thad/Iggy/L.Will. lineup when Elton comes back, that way you can kill two birds with one stone. Can Iggy be a facillitator at the 2 and can L.Will. and Thad provide the outside shooting this team needs in the starting lineup. Call me crazy but I think a 10 to 20 game run together [Iggy,L.Will.] answers a lot of questions for this team and allows E.S. to proceed with a plan this offseason, but if A.Miller is part of this teams future than that changes everything. Jumpin, what would you do as a “first” move so to speak ?
suede Pick-and-pop is great if you have a classic, square-up quick release shooter (i.e., Hornacek, Price). LW, not that; is a mover, has a tendency to break high and wide off pick; also drifts on shot.
A. Miller has shown he loves to pound the ball and take things into his own hands. Knows a lot of tricks, but not playoff-bound tricks (check his history). I don’t see him helping Sixers’ development that much, though some rave about him. He’s interesting to watch at times, but I’m not a fan of his game or his complaining attitude.
jjg, agreed. Management is being very careful with his development. They see him in practice and should know him best. We’ll see. DiLeo is increasing his minutes a bit. So, his growth into a larger role may have begun. Next step is the ball in his hand at games end.
suede ‘First move’ question, I’ll think on that. Gotta go. Have a great day!
sfw Agree, LW (and potential) beats the ‘Iggy shuffle.’
Jumpin, I think footspeed hurts A.Miller on the pick and pop as much as his shooting touch. Stockton seemed to get a lot of layups because of his quick burst towards the hoop and until he learns the quick release jumper a foray to the hoop could be his best option. I have a vision of Iggy at the top with Thad and L.Will. on the wings and Sam, who by the way has attempted to screen a little lately, getting out of the way, so to speak. Parker is a better comparison for L.Will. as far as how he tends to attack the rim off of a Duncan screen rather than shoot the outside shot. Every player has to go to his strength in that situation anyway.
JJG I agree with SFW, your post in the last article was tremendous. Fellas we are once again getting shit by our beloved 76′ers. The only thing that excites me about watching this team is;
Thad Young
and Mo Speights
What kills me about watching this team is,
1 Sam, as Dannie would say “I am Pussy” Dalembert. Sammy shit brick is in my opinion the dumbest player in the history of the NBA. Career LOSER
2 Iguodala aka kate fagans boy, the worst thing about this 4th quarter choker is that his lack of an outside shot has taken away most if not all of Thad’s time at the SF position. I love close games when we can give the ball to our star player Stinakadala. That’s when he unleashes his head high dribble, kick ball trick. Your terrible, just terrible. Career LOSER
3 Andre Miller complimenting Iggy on the wing with his long distance range. For fuk sakes, the only 2 people that take 3 pt set shots on earth are me and Andre Miller. No surprise that we both suck at it. I like the player a lot, but he doesn’t fit our team. Now if we had a SG that could actually shoot then that would be a different story. Iggys general stink brings down the team on so many levels sort of the opposite of the MJ effect.
4 Willie Beamon Greene, what sort of shit does this guy have on Snider? Does he have pics of Snider doing coke and getting laid at studio 54 back in the 70’s?
5 Tony DiLeo, what the fuck is this girl doing in our bed?
Ed, make this right or you and your shiny freakin head will be next!
Greek, Willie as a third guard isn!t bad [45 % f.g.,36 % 3pt.] this year. Just tallied L.Wills.! #!s over 10 game stretch: 25 min.per; 18 ppg.,3 ass.,2 turn., 50 % fg., 36 % 3pt. Greek, sorry, just trying to find a brightside !!!
Yeah he was actually decent coming off the bench this season but as a starter no one should be spending any money to go and watch these sixers play. At what point do we start talking up the draft again?
I don’t think footspeed has anything to do with Andre Miller on the pick and roll/pop. He has proven he can get to the basket for layups. He is crafty, and uses a lot of deception and changing of speeds. But when all a defender has to do is easily slip under the screen every time there is NO lane to drive for Miller because the defender is always square with him. The pick and roll is designed so that you get an angle, a shoulder on the defender or create a switch and mismatch. But that only happens if the defenders have to go over to protect against the jump shot.
Stockton got to the hole because you MUST go over the screen against him because like Steve Nash they can knock down that shot at an extremely high rate if you go under.
The reason Brand and Miller doesn’t work is because you need the defensive big man to help and show high in order to create the advantage. We don’t have that on this team because no one respects our players as perimeter shooters. If Miller/Iguodala could shoot a pull up jumper off the dribble consistently that would force guys to go over the screen, they would get to the basket with no problem – footspeed aside.
It’s not about footspeed its the fact that no advantage is being created through the Sixers ball screening.
Dannie, I think if you have 2 players [Parker and M.Price] as an example, that both can hit the jumper than speed [Parker] becomes a factor on whether a defender hedges a little more on defense or not, unfortunately like you say we don!t have that with A.Miller. Dannie, Minnesota has started K.Ollie next to Foye the last 2 games and also have been giving Carney and McCants more floor time, do you think there is anyway possible they would do a Miller for Miller swap and would you consider it if your E.S.
Certainly a consideration of sixers since Miller has just one more year on his contract BUT don’t know why Minny would do it if AMiller wouldn’t resign. I think it would make Minnesota much better immediately. Would address weaknesses on both teams. The Sixers would have to be sure that Lou is ready to step up. Not sure right now.
Since it no longer makes sense to do this at a Phillies game, I’m gonna do it here on a 76ers forum:
E-A-G-L-E-S!!
But seriously, I really had something to say before the Eagles went on and gave the Cowboys a butt-whooping like no other (I freaking love it!).
Thought you all would like to know that my buddies are now arguing about AI. The Original AI, Allen Iverson. Basically it’s:
1) He was a ballhog who wouldn’t play the right way, and therefore had to go so we could build a real team.
vs.
2) He was a warrior who not only would have made the game winning shot against Denver, he probably never would have allowed his teammates to piss away a 17-point lead in the first place.
I don’t know the answer. I’m just an average fan. But I do know Iverson had a star quality and thrived in game-on-the-line situations. We do have some flashes of potential from our younger guys right now but we don’t have that take-over-the-game superstar who slams the door shut on other teams. (Yes, it’s a team game, but it still helps to have an MJ, a Kobe, a LeBron, etc, to stop the bleeding when all hell is breaking loose.)
Your thoughts?
Drolz, Also thrilled about the eagle’s miracle day.
I seem to remember that during most of AI’s career, he used to monopolize the ball at the end of game situations and force bad shots since he had no confidence in his teammates. I don’t think he hit to many end of game shots. I do believe he prevented offensive slumps due to his offensive prowess. Maybe, I’m wrong but that’s how I remember it.
I may just be a disgruntled NY Knicks fan but what are you guys bitcen about ?
although I will say a few things…. Iggy = Allan Houston
both 6 foot 6
both shooting guards
Allan averaged 20 points per game for his 6 best seasons and scored every single one of those points in periods 1, 2 and 3
both overpaid and therefore untradeable
Mike, different styles but can’t dispute the results. Could use Houston in his prime on this sixers team. Need an outside threat.
Mike, Allan at least could catch and shoot where as Iggy has to drive through 3 guys to score at the end of a game, do you hear me E.S. ? Let Iggy drive and kick it at least.
About the AI debate:
First off what is a “real team?” I’m sorry I don’t know what that means. I am pretty sure he was on a team that got to the finals winning 56 games. Was that not a “real” team?
Second he was a ballhog, but so was MJ, Kobe, Wade, LeBron. I was just watching the Cavs/Heat game last night and every possession down the stretch Wade and LeBron demanded the ball. AI was no different. If he thought he had a shot he took it if he was trapped he still would try to shoot it because he was that sure in his ability, but he also passed it as well. I’ve seen all these guys take bad shots. They do it because no matter the situation they think they are good enough.
I don’t know if he would have made the game winning shot against Denver. But what I do know for sure is HE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A SHOT for himself or a teammate.
For those of you that for some crazy reason think AI didn’t make game winning or tying shots did miss the one he JUST HIT against OKC to win the game for Detroit. And his reaction was perfect. Simply acted like he been there before, something other players should learn.
More data – check this out. The most interesting part is the % at which he hits it and the fact that none of those other guys have very many assists either do they. And that is JUST a 3 year period of time. How quickly we forget!
Allan Houston – a career 40% three point shooter would be a much better fit along side Thad or Iguodala at the small forward in the starting.
By the way Houston was a professional shooter, the type of player the Sixers are really missing. He only shot under 38% from three once (his rookie season). That’s pretty damn good.
He he is 23rd all-time in three-point and free throw percentage. Oh and his numbers are slightly better in the playoffs than regular season.
Allen Iverson is by far my favorite athlete I have ever watched. We were lucky to have him on our team for as long as we did.
As far as him in the clutch…take a look at this if your intrested. It’s the AI highlights in one of my favorite games played by him. It was against T-Mac and the Magic in 2001. You remember…the And 1 shot he hit at the buzzer and then sunk the free throw.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqvDuPWa1jY
Watching that makes me want Allen Iverson back with the Sixers.
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