What Philly wants... (or "On Being a Gangsta...")

[jozersky at optonline.net]

I've thought about it a lot, and I am hoping the Iverson trade
doesn't happen.  I don't care about his character, his love of
the nightlife, his aversion to practice, the example he might
set for impressionable youth, or the fact that he has a hip-hop
style.  I don't mind how old he is or how fragile or how big
his deal is.  His talent and game more than make up for all of these
flaws, and a few others that haven't been mentioned.  (He stopped 
playing defense a long time ago.) But
we've already added another great one-on-one scorer to the
team in Ricky Davis, and the result was painfully constipated
and predictable offense.  Wally was a great find because he's
one of the few prime-time scorers in the league whose game
really complements Paul's.  Iverson's doesn't.  He needs the
ball a lot to succeed, and on this team, that can't happen.  How
would Iverson be different than Ricky in terms of offensive 
chemistry?  

Keep telfair and ratliff, and start the season with a healthy
Tony Allen and Al Jefferson.  It's not like we are anemic
offensively, even with last year's train wreck.  Let's build
the D and turn up the tempo with Telfair.  That's all we really
need right now.  

Josh



----- Original Message -----
From: Andy <andy at rockwell-stockbridge.com>
Date: Sunday, July 2, 2006 6:30 pm
Subject: What Philly wants... (or "On Being a Gangsta...")

> It's hard to know if it will add salary or not.  I suspect if you  
> take on Iverson who has three years remaining at an average of 20  
> million per year, you probably are adding some millions to your  
> payroll.  But they just did clear some wallet space by dumping  
> Lafrentz (thank you).  There's no way to know until the details 
> are  
> settled on.
> 
> I think that's right, Philly does not want Szczerbiak.  They do 
> want  
> an power forward though.  So a third team has to be involved for 
> that  
> reason too, especially as a fairly reliable buzz says, they asked 
> for  
> Jefferson and were rebuffed.  Generally in this league if you take 
> on  
> a 20 million a year salary in a situation like this for you don't  
> have to give up a whole lot else.
> 
> Philly's not in a good position.  They have sent word out they're  
> moving Iverson.  Now they have to move him or pay the consequences 
> in  
> a somewhat difficult interpersonal interaction during the coming 
> season.
> The price is going to go down on Iverson the longer it doesn't  
> happen.  They're aren't that many shoppers for him.
> 
> The deal may well die, which might not be the worst thing.
> 
> --Andy
> 
> 
> >
> > > 1) Ainge must not be offering the house, otherwise the deal would
> > > have already been done. > -Andy
> > >
> > Here's my .02 -
> >
> > 1) Wyc et al are not stupid.   They figured if they could bring 
> in a
> > major drawing card like Iverson without adding a penny to their  
> > payroll,
> > our team would instantly be improved. Then the fans would be
> > scrambling for tickets, souvenirs, etc., with juicy additional
> > playoff and TV revenue also a huge consideration.
> >
> > 2) Philly never really wanted Wally as the major player in any 
> Iverson> deal unless the pot was sweetened to the point of being 
> ridiculous> (Wally, Jeff, Gerald, Delonte, a draft pick).   So the 
> two teams began
> > a search for a third party to make the deal fly by giving Philly a
> > major player they were happy with.
> >
> > 3) While all this was going on, I suspect the Iverson trade was 
> leaked> so that our BT could test the fan and media reaction. 
> Judging from
> > the negative feedback of fans who did not want to destroy four 
> (or is
> > it ten) years of rebuilding, I presume the deal has now reached the
> > cemetery gate.
> >
> > Egg
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