My man A.I aka "The Answer" aka the one and only Allen Iverson is apparently out of Philly! What the deal yo? All signs point to him being traded. It's been a long time coming. Philly have been shopping him for years and it looks like this is it. I know the 76ers suck and need a trade to upgrade, but I love seeing star players being associated with one club.
Like Jordan was to the Bulls, The Admiral & the Spurs, Barkley and the land of the rising Suns, Olajuwon to the Rockets, and Reggie to the Pacers. Admittedly, some of these players were traded and joined other teams in the twlight of their careers, but we associate them with the main club they were at. I'm sure in years to come, Iverson & Illadeph will still remain tight. But its a sad trend in the NBA and in other sports that players can't play out their careers with one club.
Due to a range of factors players change teams such as salary cap restrictions, fickle management and fans that demand instant results, rebuilding projects that fail, players wanting a chance at success and the chase for mo' cheddar. Trades are exciting to read about however you kind of lose that connection with the players because they change teams so much these days.
Blog Loyalty? What happened to player loyalty?
Go get'em A.I. You have done everything you could for Philly. Everything you played you gave them 100%. You played hurt, you played injured, you played til winter froze. You carried them when they were down, you led them to the finals in 2001, you won the MVP, you held the scoring titles. You are a legend. It's management's fault that they assembled such a crappy cast to support you. I still can't fatom how they offered these huge contracts to chumps like Dalembert, Aaron Mckie, Eric Snow, Kyle Korver, etc...... that really tied down the team and led them to languish at the bottom of the league tables.
I'm out like A.I in Philly
DJ Ho.
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