October 28, 2009 9:30 am | 55 Comments
Rip Hamilton: Michael Curry’s a Liar
Allen Iverson’s former teammate supports the claim that Michael Curry isn’t the most trustworthy guy in the world: “M.C. lied to us a million times,’ Hamilton said of Curry. ‘He sat me and A.I. down one time and was like, ‘I’m going to lean on both of you the whole year, just don’t go to the media. Say you’ll do whatever for the team and blah blah blah.’ This was a week before he brought me off the bench. He lied. So I feel for what Allen said.’ He added: ‘I think the person that we had didn’t know how to take advantage of (our roster). Instead of taking advantage of it, he killed it.”‘
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But at least Rich Hamilton is still cool.
So, it’s old news? Interesting.
So, what you’re telling me is that you knew Michael Curry was a liar who was alienating his players, and yet you still felt the need to regularly bash Iverson for what happened in Detroit?
That seems….strange.
I mean, you know the coach is effing up, you know he’s lying to a superstar player who has a reputation for flipping out when he’s lied to or disrespected, and yet you still decide to blame said player for the collapse of the team?
That sounds personal, not logical.
Like I said from the jump, Iverson was scapegoated by the media and by Detroit fans. People ran with rumors in order to validate perceptions they had from the jump. Iverson is selfish, me-first and a team killer. These perceptions aren’t based on comments from his former teammates, but based on what folks feel in their guts.
And nobody really wants to admit it.
I couldn’t tell if you were serious. I thought you were being sarcastic….
And I want to stop gloating, but it’s so hard.
Iverson said he and Rip had no problems. But, the idea that they were beefing was all over the next and mainstream media sources. That was the common feeling that Rip was upset about Chauncey leaving and he was unhappy with Iverson. So, while the two of them were cool, everybody else was saying they hated each other.
Now, when exactly did Iverson kill chemistry? Not in Denver where they won 46 and 50 games despite injuries both years he was there. Not in Philly either. So where was he killing chemistry besides in Detroit, where it’s obvious that the coach was the problem.
Finally, saying you would do anything for the team is like saying you’re reading to come in and get right to work at a new job.
Sure you want to work, but that doesn’t mean you don’t surf the net or stretch lunch. It doesn’t meant that you want to work seven days a week. It means that you want to do what you consider to be reasonable.
Iverson changed up his game in Detroit. He took fewer shots, he worked harder on defense, he tried to be a set-up guy for a while. Exactly how was his refusal to come off the bench a betrayal of what he said when he came to the team? People who feel like that was a betrayal are being very unrealistic.
I never understood whats the big problem with coming of the bench?! I mean a “benchplayer” can even play more min than a starter - still ignorant players will act like little girls once they are told. Where are the Starks of today….. One more thing on the “hate” issue. Im gonna introduce a new term here “youre loving on someone”…. So if Im hatin you gotta be loving on him - right? Thats how useless the whole “hate” argument is…
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