Well first off, that is actually the picture he uses in his columns, but i digress. In a recent article he threw more than a couple of jabs towards Allen Iverson and I really couldn't disagree more with any of it.
PointsWhitlock accuses A.I. of having no excuse for never winning a championship, then admits that his best team was made up of "Aaron McKie, Eric Snow, Tyrone Hill and 34-year-old Dikembe Mutombo providing support". Did he listen to himself.
- Whitlock claims "Iverson gave up on Chocolate City, a chocolate coach (Michael Curry), a chocolate general manager (Joe Dumars) and an all-chocolate, one-Argentine roster." But doesn't mention that that chocolate coach is in his first year as a coach, and is unproven to say the least. It was his job to make Iverson blend, not Iversons.
Dumars picked Darko Millichic over Carmello Anthony, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh, but that doesnt bother me at all, the fact that he has 3 of the same starters from the 2004 but has failed to really be in any championship contention since Lebron and only Lebron beat them in the Easten conference finals in 2007. Detriots answer to fill the center position this season: Kwame Brown.
-Iverson average 18pts 5 assist in 50 games with Detroit Can anybody tell me what lineup he was supposed to be playing with? Can anybody tell me what position he was playing? Is Rodney Stuckey
really a point guard?
-Averaging 18 points was never Iversons problem, he was just confused in the system. He should be applauded for sacrificing his game because if he continued at that pace he would no longer have the 3rd highest scoring average of any player in NBA history.
Iverson's complaints to begin the season were that the Pistons weren't winning and he "wasn't used to not leading the league in minutes per game". He certainly tried to adjust, Detroit just couldn't get it together, or they did, and they weren't good enough.
-Iverson did not quit on Detriot, they didn't want him back after three terrible return games. Iverson is undeniably a future hall of famer, even Whitlock acknowledges that. So he should be coming off the Bench????
Whitlock says to anybody that thinks AI will resurrect his career "Much like the death of his role model, rapper Tupac Shakur (Iverson is actually a Biggie fan), Iverson's supporters will reject the news of his demise and predict a Machiavellian return, a Dr. J-like finish to Iverson's career.
Picture me rolling on the floor laughing my ass off"
I would Jason, but I would feel to bad that you couldn't get up after you were done.
here's the link: http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/9436532/No-question,-Iverson-was-never-the-Answer
Iversons FG %FG% 3P%
.425 .313
