-- Why Allen Iverson Is The MVP For The Sixers This Year Tyson C Correspondent Written on March 31, 2010 Most of you already know how I feel Allen Iverson's career was sabotaged by David Stern and his media cronies after the conclusion of the 2008 season in which the Nuggets set franchise record in wins and A.I. posting the most efficient stats of his career despite the lack of quality role players, low post presence, and defensive specialists. The reason is to introduce a generation of boring, emotionless players with no authenticity, individuality, originality, and personality as the new so-called stars of the NBA. This is David Stern's vision and the reason many long-time fans are now disillusioned. I'm not gonna waste your time by getting into it again. If you're interested read my old articles http://bleacherreport.com/articles/296409-david-stern-took-this-too-far-the-operation-to-destroy-allen-iverson and http://bleacherreport.com/articles/370281-david-stern-the-reason-the-nba-is-no-longer-worth-watching. Now let's talk about this season and to discredit the lies the media has been spreading about A.I.'s supposed counterproductive impact on a team. A.I. only played 25 games for the Sixers this year. During those 25 games, he had been mostly hobbled by knee arthritis. He is currently out for the season to deal with personal issues, presumably to take care of his ailing daughter and to save his marriage. During A.I.'s second go-around with Philly, his touches on offense has been limited. Obviously, we all know that is not the best way to utilize an immense talent like Allen Iverson. The coaches refuse to let A.I. be A.I. and Iverson couldn't call out the coach or do anything about it due to his "non-guaranteed" contract, a slap in the face to this Hall of Fame talent. However, it is undeniable that despite the trying circumstances, Allen Iverson made the most impact on this Sixers roster out of everybody. They are 5-15 before A.I.'s arrival and 5-14 after he left the team. It is no surprise that the season went down the drain immediately after he left the team. It is entirely possible that without A.I., the Sixers would possibly be the second worst team in the league. They are 10-15 with A.I. in the lineup and competitive in almost every single game (rarely losing by double digit). If you factor in the missed wide open buzzer beaters by Andre Iguodala and Rodney Carney in two of those games, shots Allen Iverson clearly shouldn't had passed up, they easily could be around .500 with A.I. If they had A.I. all season, they could still be in playoff contention with teams such as the Bulls and the Raptors, both have vastly superior roster talents. Even though A.I.'s stats do not exactly stand out this season due to the offense not being built around him (another reason Eddie Jordan is clueless) and injury bugs, contrary to what the media-brainwashed fans think, he is the MVP of this Sixers team. In fact, he has been making a winning impact his entire career. With the Nuggets, he helped them set franchise record in wins despite a flawed roster with a lack of post presence (Nene out due to cancer) and defensive specialists (no Chris Andersen, Dahntay Jones, Arron Affalo, Renaldo Balkman. Anthony Carter, who is the third string point guard, was a starter.) Billups only helped the Nuggets win 3 more games in 2009 with a vastly superior roster. The Pistons' horrible record this year also vindicated A.I. since Rodney Stuckey, not A.I. or Rip Hamilton, was clearly the problem. The Pistons were a darkhorse contender last season in the early going, beating the Magic, Cavs, and Lakers head-to-head with A.I. playing half-court sets and sacrificing his stats until the whole notion of "Rodney Stuckey is the franchise player and has to start" nonsense surfaced and sabotaged the season and A.I.'s career. They spent the cap space on Ben Gordon, Charlie Villanueva, Ben Wallace, and Chris Wilcox. The Pistons have a more complete roster than the year before, yet are one of the worst teams in the league by building the team around Stuckey. He led the Sixers to the finals in only his 5th season in the league. And people think Chris Bosh, in his 7th year in the league, is a bonafide superstar and deserves the max contract this summer. What has this sorry excuse for a franchise player ever done in 7 years? Has he even made a first round series at least interesting/competitive? At least T-Mac forced a game 7 with a vastly superior Pistons squad with the Magic with no help whatsoever. They tried to surround Bosh with talents such as Turkoglu, Bargnani, Calderon, Jarrett Jack, etc and he never takes advantage of it. When did A.I. have the "supporting cast" and "help" and "top 5 league payrolls 5 seasons in a row" LeBron James and Kobe Bryant are getting? If Allen Iverson wants to play next year, the Sixers should make every effort to bring him back. And forget about dissing the man with a "non-guaranteed" deal, A.I. deserves at least the mid-level exception strictly by the impact he made this season alone. Forget about rebuilding. Elton Brand, Sam Dalembert and Andre Iguodala's contracts are pretty much untradeable. Throw in a bunch of overpaid useless stat stuffers like Lou Williams, Willie Green, and Thaddeus Young (tweener), this team is going nowhere fast. Jrue Holiday is alright, but he will never be a legit starting point guard in this league (why did we take him ahead of Darren Collison when Collison was starting ahead of him at UCLA?) And forget about building through the bust-galore drafts http://bleacherreport.com/articles/348507-rebuilding-through-the-draft-doesnt-work http://bleacherreport.com/articles/288575-this-years-rookie-class-is-draft-busts-galore and forget about John Hall being the savior, he's gonna be a bust http://bleacherreport.com/articles/353658-you-heard-it-here-first-john-hall-from-kentucky-will-be-a-bust. Let's put it this way, if the Sixers has a hobbled (arthritis) A.I. all year, they will be contending the last playoff spot with the stat stuffing Chris Bosh's Raptors and the overrated, overhyped, undeserved all-star Derrick Rose's Bulls. Not to mention both teams have higher payrolls and more complete rosters than the Sixers. Yet the media still wouldn't leave A.I. alone by bombarding us with hate-filled articles during the all-star voting process (going as far as calling the "fans", us who pay their paychecks, stupid) and subsequently articles about how A.I. is supposedly "gambling and drinking his life away". Iverson, like many other NBA players, enjoys clubbing, drinking, partying, and going to casinos. How is that news? Why bring it up again? Like Iverson always says, he's not perfect, but I fail to see how he is any worse than the hypocrites they media loves. Haven't we learn that what you see is not necessarily what you get from the Tiger Woods episode? ------------------------------------------------ 有些人已经知道我对於屎疼的评价，我认为屎疼和他那群媒体党羽，操控联盟以摧毁 Allen Iverson等球员的运动生涯，只为了捧那些缺乏真实感、个性、和创意的所谓明星 球员。对於这点，我不再浪费篇幅，如果对於我的看法有兴趣的话，去读我发表过的两篇 文章： http://tinyurl.com/y95hdk6 http://tinyurl.com/yevrrnc 现在让我们谈谈AI这个赛季加入七六人後的贡献，戳破这那些媒体所散拨的谎言。在这个 赛季中，AI被被膝盖伤病所苦，步履蹒跚为76人效力了25场比赛。之後为了处理个人问题 （大概是为了照顾他生病的女儿，以及挽救他的婚姻）被76人释出。 AI这次加盟七六人，他进攻持球的时间被限制了。虽然我们都知道这完全不是让他发挥天 份的好方式。但由於AI的「非保证约」，他对此不能什麽意见。 但不能否认的是，即使在如此的艰难状态下，AI还是对七六人队发挥最大的贡献（影响 力）。七六人在AI来之前的战绩是5胜15败、在AI离队之後是5胜14败，而AI打的25场比 赛中，战绩却是10胜15败（而且几乎不曾落後到两位数）。况且其中有两场比赛 Andre Iguodala 和 Rodney Carney大空档buzzer beater没进。如果AI能够在七六人参 与整个赛季的话，七六人进入季後赛大有可能。 （中间不太好翻....大致说七六人整队摆烂 达叔蠢透等...） 可以这麽说，如果AI在七六人，拖着步履蹒跚的步伐打完整季，七六人将可以和 Chris Bosh（他带领有着完整阵容的暴龙）和不配称为全明星的那个Rose带领的公牛 队争夺季後赛最後一个席位。 尽管如此，媒体还是不会忘记用充满仇恨的文章评论攻击Iverson。例如嘲笑AI在明星 赛的高得票「谁给那些Fans薪水投票？」「愚蠢」等。又例如发表「赌博和酗酒击垮AI」 的新闻。 AI确实像许多NBA球员一样，喜欢聚会、饮酒，并且会去赌场。但那又如何？ Iverson对此总是说「我并不完美」，但我却看不出来他那些媒体宠爱的球员比较起来， 究竟是哪里「不完美」。就像我们从老虎伍兹事件中学会的，媒体塑造出来的形象不一 定真实。 --

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