Allen Iverson Headed to Turkey? (UPDATE)

Iverson is a 1st ballot Hall Of Fame basketball player.
Period.

I have a friend that played out in Turkey. He said it was horrible/depressing. I think AI would be happier and more profitable in China

Wow, didn’t know that mental institutes recommended the Slamonline comments section as an emotional outlet to their worst cases. I haven’t reacted to anything the trolling, insulting pathetic excuse for a homo sapiens has written since his foot got planted firmly in his mouth during the World Championships and his merry band of 3pt chuckers shot their way out of the tournament (Bourousis was a revelation, what a center….attempting 5 three’s a game, such fundamental skills, wow) but he still rambles on and on, trying to start online fights, while murdering the english language along the way, making up tournament titles, goading people who have repeatedly proven him wrong on multiple posts. An obvious candidate for human of the year.

Oh and i could give a rat’s ass what Alba is doing, Greeko, just because i speak german doesn’t make me a fan of the Club, i don’t even like Alba Berlin, never have. But nice try, troll. Get back to me when your reds win anything in 10/11 with Matt Nielsen and Super-Milos.

JUST SIGN WITH THE HEAT!

Dark, I was impressed with your argument against the simpleton. Ypu stayed steadfast to facts and showed his continued idiocy. And all it took was just a few comments.

Antonis Fotsis was visiting America one day and walked
into the wrong bowling alley???

So what I have been blessed with learning today is Jukai > Spanny and what I already knew is Iverson > than Eurolague/Eurocup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WupgSwWAL9U

@dARK…….:ANGOLA!!! (JAGLAmaisteir for ever….)

Nice one, BC. But alas, all in vain when directed at the obnoxious one with the mannerisms & spelling of a spoilt child.

Just realized that while my earlier response to the Euro-brat’s taunting doesn’t constitute “flaming or trolling”, giving the fool any more of my attention and then firing back in kind does break some commenting rule here. Then again, 1 impolite, clueless fool who thinks he alone knows what basketball is, calling out commenters names and insulting them over and over again sure violates the commenting rules, too bad Ryne and Co. seem to give his Greekdoucheness carte blanche. oh well, “see no evil”, i guess.

@Brian…..: save my 4:55pm comment for the moment you develop the mental capacities to understand what it says and then everything will be clear…..whatever, keep on with PS3 and don’t bother with ‘complicated’(for your I.Q,education,etc) concepts.

@Darksaber: It’s funny. You’d think Christos has a HOF vote or something… Hey Christos, just because you don’t like a guy or feel he doesn’t deserve recognition as one of the greatest basketball players to ever play, doesn’t mean he won’t be recognized as one of the greatest basketball players to ever play and be immortalized in the HOF. Sorry dude, but fortunately, nobody left the game in your hands. If they did, guys that you love like Scola (who you stupidly rank ahead of guys who are HOF’ers) and other random garbage Euro players would be in the HOF.

Tavoris: naah, i was fine with ignoring his immature ranting the last few months until he tried being cute by calling me out here (on a thread i hadn’t even written and initially had no intention of doing, how dumb is that, really…)

ANTONIS FOTSIS, you do realise that you’re in love with Allen Iverson? Is that why you call him Anna, so it doesn’t feel so wrong?

I skimmed through a good chunk of the posts, so someone may have already touched on this, but I find it very telling that Iverson is attempting to negotiate that only 1% of his salary can be taken away in fines. What regular-thinking person even asks for that? He’s already planning to break team rules and act like an a-hole and he’s not even on the team yet. Alarm bells are ringing.

Greek dude doesn’t like Iverson because he used to be a massive fan and got disappointed. He admitted previously that he was riding Iverson’s sack coming out of college, but felt like AI didn’t do enough to develop his God-given talent. I’m sure the cornrows and tattoos didn’t help either.
So, he’s basically a woman scorned. Are any of you still surprised by his reactions to Iverson?

@Allenp: I think we’re all a little disappointed that AI ultimately didn’t end up being the player (or person) that we all thought. Still, nobody should actually hate the guy for it. He was still a talent in the NBA. That goes without saying. But I didn’t know that Christos was an Iverson fan but knowing that, it all makes sense now. AI was his hero and “Chuck” subsequently let him down probably to the ridicule and embarassment at the hands of all his friends. Dude probably has a replica of one of AI’s tats and maybe even tried to braid his hair too. Poor thing… It’s hard out here for a Greek.

This is definitely sad news. I agree with BryanC. A.I. is very talented. Just didn’t
have all the players he needed to help him get his real shine on. Probably had some bad advice along the way as well. I would have loved to see him get an ring while in the NBA, but it is what it is. A.I. is still trying to be out there doing it how he do!! Peace, love and life to A.I and his fam.

@Mike C: When in Philly did he refuse to be a team player? when did he not follow team rules(how do u even know what team rules are for an NBA team?), when did he take terrible shots in Philly? He played the most team oriented basketball of his career and this was after taking a month off…………..One big mistake AI made was adding that weight(20 lbs) after the 07/08 season in Denver, he got thick, lost some quickness and explosiveness, AI didn’t need to carry 20 more pounds around on 33 year old legs… he couldn’t blow by people with ease anymore the same thing happened to Michael Vick when he went to jail and came out he was thick and slow but this off season he and his trainer trained the right way doing plyometric drills and he got that quickness back. I am guessing and hoping AI did that same type of training he is a gifted athlete who can get it back in a month because he was naturally born with that quickness, that quickness has been doormat since he left Detroit and it took a big hit in the month off before Philly, playing in the Princeton Offense didn’t help his stats either. Bottom line is this all comes down to AI’s quickness he no longer has that quickness to blow by anyone he wants and its not all because of age the main reason is the weight gain and the change of training. If he gets it back which I hope he has, AI WILL BE BACK IN THE LEAGUE NEXT YEAR

Iverson is still amazing. he scored 26 ppg in denver 2 years ago. detroit was a team that emphasized team( no star player) which was the wrong environment for him. Memphis was unlucky because he had limited playing time. If i were the knicks, i’d sign him for a year and let him do his thang with amare. They would be amazing to watch, crossovers and facial dunks all day baby

Fotsis you said Besiktas not in top 50 in Europe..
one remind to you Besiktas is a 108 years old club..greeks knows better in history and in all branches in football we signed quaresma and guti and more famous names on the apst not only veterans like greek clubs..and please can you count me 49 stonger and biggest clubs than Besiktas if we are not in top 50..it is right Besiktas not in euroleague but in the uleb and turkish leage is in the top 3 league in the europe and besiktas one of the best teams in Turkish League , also Besiktas arena is very special and only we have this kind of supporter group whom has a decibel records…so It will be great chance for AI , We will see … THANK YOU AI and THANK YOU BESIKTAS !

Only won team can win the NBA championship.
It’s amazing that everybody laments the style of play Iverson used and how it couldn’t “win” while the style of play Steve Nash uses is considered the epitome of team basketball.
Yet, Nash surrounded by far superior talent his entire career has never been able to advance to the NBA finals. True, he’s played in a tougher conference, but he’s still been surrounded by great, Hall of Fame level talent his entire time in the league.
How can Iverson not be a “winner” when he regularly took a Philly team was woefully short on talent to the second round of the playoffs, typically losing to a title contending Pacers team, before he finally had his big breakthrough when the Pacers got old. His Sixers team was the ONLY team to win a single game against the Lakers that playoffs, and for the first three games of hte Finals, it was anybody’s series. And that was despite the fact that Mutombo had dislocated fingers, Eric Snow had a bad ankle and Aaron Mckie fractured his ankle in Game One of the series. Hell, the Sixers were a Robert Horry clutch three pointer away from having a 2-1 lead in that series, in case y’all have forgotten.
It’s amazing how people allow their personal bias to shape reality. I don’t deny that Iverson should have trained harder, or that he could have taken steps to make his game more teammate friendly. But, that’s a byproduct of the current NBA and the failure of most coaches to design offenses that utilize their stars strengths and keep their role players involved. It’s funny how Iverson is seen as a ball hogging chucker for basically playing the same game as DWade and LeBron.
Perception is a motha.