The Boston Celtics are offering Wally Szczerbiak and the No. 7 pick for
Allen Iverson, according to the New York Daily News ...

*Mavs* wrote:

And in other news...John F. Kennedy was shot. Stay tuned for all the
latest.

"smacdo" <not_your_grandfathers_email@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I am sorry. I just read this on hoops hype. I didnt bother to check out the
celtics group to see if it had been talked about.

"*Mavs*" <gomavs@gomavz.com> wrote in message
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I'm surprised there mixed feelings on this. I thought for sure this would
be a hated thought here. I think he's overrated, but even if you take that
aside, he is getting old and hurt and we aren't exactly poised for a
championship run... so where could this possibly get us... especially by
giving up a #7 pick for????

"Skeptic" <bcs002b@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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People think of Iverson as a me-me player. Some say even if you put a
supporting cast around him that he still wouldnt championship worthy. Has he
ever really had a good supporting cast around him? A player with that
ability is bound to have some kind of cast that could work.

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:59:41 GMT, "*Mavs*" <gomavs@gomavz.com> wrote:

Iverson is a me-me player, but he also knows how to play. The Sixers
dont really have a lot of guys that know what to do when AI is driving
around with the ball. If they're open they get the ball, but they
dont always know what to do with it, and sometimes they dont want it.

IMO if he has the right cast he can win and be a key part, but that
probably can be said about a lot of players. Not sure that he would
put the Celts over the top or what their thinking is, especially in
light of the Telfair deal.

Swyck

*Mavs* wrote:

The Sixers did this in 2001, when Larry Brown surround Iverson
with defensive-minded, scrappy, solid players and they got to
the finals. Eric Snow ran the point, George Lynch on the wing,
Tyrone Hill played power forward, and Mutombo played center.
Aaron McKie was a rock-solid 6th man. This was a very, very
good team. They clamped teams down but had little offense
outside of Iverson. Brown knew that the only way to win WITH
Iverson was to let AI be AI and let him play the passing lanes,
shoot at will, get double-teamed, shoot anyway, and have
guys that can rebound well. It took Shaq in his prime, Kobe,
Horry in playoffs form, and an equally solid supporting cast
to take the team down. They played the right way, and that's
the last time Philadelphia saw that.

Dennis

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It'd be better than giving up a #7 for Telfair....