Friday, October 2nd, 2009 at 9:00 am  |  102 responses

Iverson Rehashes the Nightmare in Detroit

The Answer sat down with Scoop for his most candid words yet on the depressing situation in Motown last year: “Once they told me to come off the bench after they told me they would never disrespect me like that, that they would never do that … and then they told me, ‘They lying down on you, Chuck.’ ['Bubba Chuck' is Iverson's nickname, 'Chuck' for short.] I swear to God. I put this on everybody that I love in my life.’”

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  • tavoris

    Jukai, here’s what REALLY happened in Detroit. Take it or leave it…or spin it how you see fit. Dumars traded Billups, and the ENTIRE team was appalled at that. The fact that he was traded for his virtual anthithesis was an even bigger shock. The rookie coach (Curry) never had a chance, because the massive egos on the team had quit from Day 1. Iverson tried to fit in as best he could, but it wasn’t winning games the way the Pistons were used to. Never mind the fact that the other teams in the East had gotten DRAMATICALLY better in recent years, and Detroit had fallen from a clear #1 to a #4 seed at best(even with Billups). In an effort to shake things up, Curry asked Rip to come off the bench when he returned from his injury (which conveniently coincided with the Piston’s biggest win streak of the season). Rip came back and the Pistons started to lose again (coincidence?) Iverson gets hurt, and by the time he’s to return, the team has already given up on the season & him. He plays a couple games off the bench, where Curry clearly has no clue how to get him minute, and after that third game, the braintrusts mutually agree that it’s best if everyone cut their losses. Back injury-being notoriously difficult to prove or disprove-is the perfect alibi.

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    Gotta co-sign that last breakdown Tavoris.
    That back injury thing, the way folks have immediately assumed it was proof of Iverson “quitting” is just crazy to me. That’s a barometer for me on how you view Iverson.
    Dude never quit before despite playing for piss poor teams, but now he’s a quitter? Crazy. He didn’t even pretend to be hurt when Randy Ayers wanted him to come off the bench after an injury, although he pouted and raised hell about the demotion.
    There is no question he hated coming off the bench and playing spot minutes, but anybody who watched the games knows that hte player who let his personal feelings affect his actual play was Rip Hamilton.

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