Allen Iverson Retires, and Good Riddance
Don’t let the door hit ya…
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So Allen Iverson has announced his retirement. A stunning announcement, isn’t it? Especially in light of the fact that not one NBA team wants him. It must be humbling; this is, after all, a former NBA MVP. He has scored more than 20,000 points in his career. As far as pure, raw ability, he may be as good as any small guard the league has ever seen.
And now… he is unloved. To whit I can only say… It serves the spoiled brat right. Iverson was born with a gift. He was, at one time, one of the most dynamic scorers the league has ever had. A six foot guard hanging up 50 points on any given night; he was a matchup nightmare.
But through his career, he has been, at various points, a thug, a punk, a whiner, and a flat out arrogant jerk. He was good, but never as good as he thought he was. He shunned practice; someone with his superior skills didn’t need to practice!
This couldn’t have happened to a better guy. The reality is that he is still probably in the top 30 or 40 percent of the guards in the league ability wise. And yet no one… even teams that could desperately use a guard of his caliber… want him. Many players come into the league selfish. A certain guy named Michael didn’t even realize he had team mates until his third year or so. Kobe was every bit the brat Iverson is. But eventually, they all grew up, and as a result, they’ve got jewelry.
Iverson will never see a ring, unless it’s on someone else’s hand. It’s my hope that he never has another basketball related job. Not in coaching, not on TV. He has taken far more from the game than he has given. Let’s hope he isn’t able to take any more.
So true. Good job.I laughed when I heard this over the wire yesterday.
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great article
I’m not to familiar with sports figures, but thanks for enlightening me.
Good write on a wrong guy.
Yeah, were talking about practice maan! Good ridence!
Sad end to an otherwise stellar individual career, with emphasis on individual. For all his innate talent the knock on AI will always be his stubborness not to give his best in practice and his inability to operate consistently within the team concept.
The great ones know the importance of practice, that’s why players like Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant have monopolized the Larry O’Brien trophy in the last three decades (about 70% combined) as there are numerous reports claiming that they not only monsters in actual games but more importantly also in practice.
Individually, AI may be as talented as these aforementioned other basketball greats only that he was not willing to go that extra mile in practice and lead his team in embracing the team concept, which pretty much explains his lack of championship hardware as compared to them.
As our very own Pacman also professes, “You train hard, the fight is easy”
Anyway, thanks AI and goodbye…
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