No Answ3rs L3ft?!!

Hey everybody, I'm sorry that I haven't blogged in a while I've been a little out of it. But now I'm back with plenty to speak on including; LeBron, Tiger, The Phillies and most important the NFL.

But first there is something that caught my attention that I just had to speak on. Allen Iverson!

Arguably the greatest player in NBA history under 6'0''.  Iverson for his career has averaged 26.7 points per game (PPG) ranking him 6th all time, placing him above names such as Oscar Robertson, George Gervin, Kobe Bryant, Karl Malone and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He was labeled as a ball hog his entire career but what most people don't realize is that he ranks 36 in NBA history for total assist, averaging 6.2 APG for his career to go along with 2.3 SPG(steals per game), ranking 8th.

His awards and accomplishments run longer than his statistics -

• 95 Big East Rookie of the year, Big East Defensive player of the year, and Big East all rookie team.
• 96 Big East Defensive player of the year, First Team All-American, First Team Big East and selected 1st overall in the 1996 NBA Draft.
• 97 NBA Rookie of The Year and All Rookie First Team.
• 99 First team all NBA and NBA scoring champ with a 26.8 ppg average.
• 00 Second team all NBA
• 01 NBA All-Star MVP, NBA MVP, First team all NBA, NBA scoring champ averaging 31.1 ppg
• 02 NBA scoring champ with a 31.4 average, NBA steals leader averaging 2.80 SPG, Second team All NBA.
• 05 NBA All-Star MVP

The one question that the "Answer" can't seem to figure out is, why does a man with these accolades and game still to speak for can't find his way onto a team?

Well the answer is simple, Allen Iverson is NOT a team player. As great of a player he is he has always been a head case. He has clashed with every coach he has ever had with the exception of Larry Brown and John Thompson, he has always been lazy as evident with the historic "we talking bout' practice. Not a game but practice" quote. Now his lack of championship success can't be blamed entirely on him because the Sixers never put a valuable team around him, and the one year that they did they just ran into a better team in the NBA finals in the Lakers. But then again Iverson never really worked well with others, he publicly stated his disapproval in Philadelphia's decision to try and build the team around him and former guard Jerry Stackhouse, he never really was comfortable in the idea to help make now Sixers guard Andre Iguodala a better player by working with him in practice. And in the later years as he hit the trading block he publicly addressed wanting to play for a "contender" with no superstar.... That simply Doesn't exist.

Iverson is the clear case of the star that just doesn't understand that sometimes you can't go into battle alone, think of every Champion ever in any sport and you will always find the sidekick next to them. Jordan had Pippen, Magic had Kareem, Bird had Parrish, Shaq had Kobe and then D-Wade. Think of different sports aswell Montana/Young had Rice, Aikman had Irvin and Emmit, even in boxing where people say that its the "ultimate me sport" not true! Ali had  Angelo Dundee, Tyson had Cusdmato, Point being when you pair people with one common goal of success then failure is almost impossible. 

I love Iverson as a player, he is my favorite all time because of what he could do at his size. But his attitude is what keeps him from being the superstar that everyone wishes that they had instead of being the player no one wants to take a chance on. It's sad to see such a great talent waste away in the purgatory of his own selfishness, One thing for sure is that Allen will always be loved in the hearts of the people of Philadelphia but it is clear that what we as a city saw in him the rest of the league doesn't see with the same vision.

Every superstars looks to leave the game on their own terms, Allen is basically being pushed out against his will. But what he must understand is that if you don't want to work with the league the league will definitely not work with you. If he doesn't ant to change his stance on his position in the NBA it's sad to say that we have seen the last of the answer.