Talkin bout Practice

SkrillaB · Post #1 » by **SkrillaB** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:50 pm

We all know Allen Iverson is a great HOF player. But we also know he was not about that practice. I don't know much about A.I. myself, but I assume he's labeled "selfish". Where do you think he would be if he wasn't as selfish, and practiced with the team every time, thus developing a better chemistry with his team? Basically what I'm asking is, with a better mentality, and I know he brang it 100% every game, where would have his talents placed or took him?

I'm sure this probably has been discussed before, but I also wanted to create a thread. And I must say, its exhilarating.

clips_starter · Post #2 » by **clips_starter** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:52 pm

Top fifteen potential, I think if Allen put it all together he could've been the best player in the league at some point, and might of brought a championship to Philadelphia.

Malinhion · Post #3 » by **Malinhion** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:54 pm

A franchise player owes their team practice.

Wait, wrong thread...

Malinhion · Post #4 » by **Malinhion** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:55 pm

Also, Iverson had five seasons of 7+ assists, and never averaged below 4 APG.

King of Troy · Post #5 » by **King of Troy** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:04 pm

We sittin' here, I sposed to be franchise player, and we in here talkin' bout' practice.

Not a game, not a game, not a game....we talkin' bout' practice

umopapisdn · Post #6 » by **umopapisdn** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 12:02 am

When you dribble the ball for 90% of the time your team has possession you're going to get assists. It's pathetic he didn't get even more, actually.

Ron Harper · Post #7 » by **Ron Harper** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 12:06 am

umopapisdn wrote:When you dribble the ball for 90% of the time your team has possession you're going to get assists. It's pathetic he didn't get even more, actually.

allen iverson hater detected.

NickAnderson · Post #8 » by **NickAnderson** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 12:08 am

ikidunot · Post #9 » by **ikidunot** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 12:13 am

Wilt said it best:

They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds. - Wilt Chamberlain

ikidunot · Post #10 » by **ikidunot** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 12:17 am

Malinhion wrote:Also, Iverson had five seasons of 7+ assists, and never averaged below 4 APG.

He also lead the league in steals for 5 years now.

K1NG · Post #11 » by **K1NG** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 1:11 am

How the hell is he supposed to make his teammates better by practicing?!

Mamba Venom · Post #12 » by **Mamba Venom** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 4:11 am

K1NG wrote:How the hell is he supposed to make his teammates better by practicing?!

By learning to plays together and making sure everyone is in their right spot so they can execute the plays with precision in a game.

By training defensive rotations to compensate for screens

...

Mamba Venom · Post #13 » by **Mamba Venom** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 4:14 am

A part of me loves AI for his fire and heart but its SAD that an MVP ever said that.

Compare that to Hakeem not wanting to take his trophy and wow... what a difference 7 years made.

K1NG · Post #14 » by **K1NG** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 7:29 am

Mamba Venom wrote:
K1NG wrote:How the hell is he supposed to make his teammates better by practicing?!

By learning to plays together and making sure everyone is in their right spot so they can execute the plays with precision in a game.

By training defensive rotations to compensate for screens

...

Clearly, you haven't seen the video.

BadNFluenz · Post #15 » by **BadNFluenz** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 8:12 am

Mamba Venom wrote:
K1NG wrote:How the hell is he supposed to make his teammates better by practicing?!

By learning to plays together and making sure everyone is in their right spot so they can execute the plays with precision in a game.

By training defensive rotations to compensate for screens

...

LMAO

Ugalde · Post #16 » by **Ugalde** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 8:15 am

Mamba Venom wrote:
K1NG wrote:How the hell is he supposed to make his teammates better by practicing?!

By learning to plays together and making sure everyone is in their right spot so they can execute the plays with precision in a game.

By training defensive rotations to compensate for screens

...

Not the game, not the game, were talking bout practice.

RealRip32 · Post #17 » by **RealRip32** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 8:51 am

Mamba Venom wrote:
K1NG wrote:How the hell is he supposed to make his teammates better by practicing?!

By learning to plays together and making sure everyone is in their right spot so they can execute the plays with precision in a game.

By training defensive rotations to compensate for screens

...

Fail

Silverballer · Post #18 » by **Silverballer** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 8:55 am

some people's sarcasm detectors are broken

Mesa · Post #19 » by **Mesa** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:49 am

@OP, if you gonna start a thread on AI & Practice in the same sentence, then you must link it to Press Hop. Not because it hasn't been seen, for it's possible that 99.99% of posters have seen it but just for the entertainment purposes of it. I never gets old to see/hear

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exOxUAntx8I[/youtube]

druggas · Post #20 » by **druggas** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:45 pm

Iverson had talent to do some pretty great things, but he was a "volume" shooter. He had the ball in his hands 90% of the time and that's not good when you shoot a low percentage. Also, at 6' or less, he could be posted up on defense. He had the whole city of Philly as his fandom until they turned on him much like Denver, Detroit, and Memphis did. He played hard and had the whole country pulling for him in his early years but later on something about him changed and so did people's perception of him.