all those guys didnt lead there teams to the playoffs like iggy did, with the exception of butler. iggy deserves to get credit for leading his team to where nobody thought they could get, the playoffs.

i also wouldnt call his performance in the playoffs, a big time choke. i would call it a bad series, because that is exactly what it was. think of other young players in tough situations. lebron in the finals a couple years back. he is a young star that ran into one of the best defensive teams in the league, and then had a bad shooting series. excactly like iggy last year.

also, think back to all the past championship teams, and the big men that they all had on them. all these big men are all stars that draw double teams, therefore improving the jumpshooters around them.

duncan-ginobli / garnett-allen-pierce / rasheed-billups
shaq-dwade

my point is that mr elton brand will draw double teams that will easily free up iggy for open jumpshots, and iggy want get triple teamed when he drives in the lane. which happened in the playoffs against the pistons

over the course of the whole year last year, how many double teams did reggie evans and dally draw last year? the answer is not many. with elton brand healthy and hopefully still in his prime, he will draw double teams taking guys off iggy and getting iggy open jumpshots. i guareentee when they sign him back, his ppg will go up, along with his shooting %.

Failed when his contract was on the line.

Failed to be the franchise player for the Sixers when he had the opportunity.

And most importantly, failed to show that he’s worth 12m/year..

See, Iggy averaged 20ppg/5rpg/5apg. I’ve got to admit that averaging that kind of stats is not so easy. But with the addition of Elton, it will certainly drop to an extent. I can project his points dropping by 4-6ppg (similar to Corey’s point different when he played with Elton compared when he played last year with the Clips when Elton was injured), his rebounding will certainly drop because of the addition of a good rebounder like elton. Then his assist will, arguably, (similar to Dre’s stats when he was playing along side AI and C-webb) drop.

I can project a stats like 15ppg/3rpg/4apg. Now I ask you, does a player deserve $12m/year with those kind of stats?