Different team, different system, different players. We have a VERY tough defense this year compared to that team, don't you agree?
not really this year: 91.9 ppg on 42.8 fg% 2 years ago: 92.3 ppg on 43.3% and in terms of how we actually play right now, both of those would be worse for this year b/c they were quite low at the beginning but have been going down as we've shifted a little more towards offense.
we were the worse defensive team 3 years ago when AI dropped 58 on us also we didn't have Yao clogging up the middle and I drives down the line ALOT
It would be nice if those numbers were actually relevant, but Iverson put up his 58 point game in 2001-2002, when the defense gave up 97.2 ppg on 46.4% percent shooting. Now do you agree this year's defense is better? I would venture to guess scoring in the NBA is up this year in comparison, actually inflating those defensive numbers.
Kaiser and Nikestrad answered pretty well. So you honestly think this year's D isn't as good as during the Cat/Steve/Rudy era? Wow.
let anybody who stands a shade below six feet, and weighs 165 lbs jack up more than 30 shots and let see if he can score 60 points. Against any team. Then we talk.
Very well put. You have to look beyond his shooting % to evaluate his impact as a basketball player. Remember he also lead his team to the NBA finals only to get beat by a juggerant Laker squad, can't say the guy isn't a winner either. He has his flaws, but you are talking a HoFer who lays it all out there.
Larry Brown did what he did best, deflect blame. Allen Iverson, like many, many great players of the past and present are bad practice players, the difference was that their coached didn't or don't complain about it to the media. He took offence to it, couldn't believe that his coach would talk about that after playing harder than any other player in the NBA for him, so he went on that little rant. What he should have said was that practice wasn't going to bring back Tyrone Hill, George Lynch, and Jumaine Jones, major contributors to the team that went to the Finals. Larry Brown decided to screw up a good thing instead of adding to it and brought in a loser like Derrick Coleman, also Matt Harping who wasn't nearly as good as Lynch. It's funny how Larry Brown always talked great about AI as long as the Sixers were winning, but when they struggled and people pointed fingers at him he started to complain about AI. How convenient.
