A.) For the 100th time..Coach Karls comments were taken out of context about Iverson. There has been an entire article about it. Karl has been on record in saying that out of all his players, he had the least problems with Iverson and has nothing but respect for him. Never did he say you can’t win with Iverson. You folks just be putting words in peoples mouths. And people kill me with the continuous “you can’t win with Iverson” garbage…when its been done before as far as his teams competing in the playoffs. I could see if he had never been out the first round and people say something like that.

B.) Denver has played one team with a winning record with Chauncey in the line-up, they have been winning, but they’ve also been winning ugly..so I wouldn’t exactly say “Denver is ballin”. They are a more balanced team with Chauncey..he’s a PG, Iverson is not…he barely even in Denver, so I still don’t understand the comparisons Just like people thought it was okay to compare AI to Andre Miller with the Sixers…the Sixers are barely even decent right now, yet people feel the need to claim they are sooo much better without Iverson. Give me a break. The Nuggets needed a true PG because that team is filled with a bunch of chuckers. They never had one with Iverson, its really that simple. Iverson is better when he is off the wall and running around free like how he is in Detroit. Not trying to control the offense.

Now as far as Rip is concerned…I think out of everyone he was effected the most. Both mentally and physically. I think Rasheed was in shock at first but is now on the “I don’t really give a sh*t waggon”…T-Prince was shocked as well but now is getting used to it. Those two have benefited the most from Iversons trade. Rip on the other hand in my opinion is doing the most. I agree with whoever said he needs to be a professional and get over it. I understand him and Chauncey are friends and he was so used to playing with Chauncy..but he is just starting to act a little too sensitive to me. As a fan, i’ll give him a month to get it all out…but if this continues on then i’m going to start calling him “Steve Francis”, because he is starting to look just as sesitive when it comes to friends being traded.

In the meantime, they need to start AI at the point and Rip at the 2, Tayshawn at the 3. Sheed and Maxiell.

OR

Start Stuckey, AI, Rip, Prince, and Sheed at center.

Detroit knew what kind of player Iverson was before he got here. They must have looked at the lineup possibilities before pulling the trigger. I believe with time they will get it together.

My only point is that its easy to say now that Rip can’t play outside of the Detroit system of the past 5 or so years, but hes adjusted before. Come playoff time Rip will be on top of his game

Nice point.

What I’m trying to say is his talent doesn’t dazzle you like, say, Carter’s jumping ability, Bron’s strength and Kidd’s court vision. Those are natural talent; IMO, Rip doesn’t have those kind of talent level. He certainly can ball, but if we’re talking bout extraordinary talent that dazzles you the first time you see it, he’s lacking in that department.

He’s blessed to be part of a system where his strengths are magnified, but if people are expecting him to carry his team based on his talent alone (on the way I objectively defined it) like Dwyane Wade or some other cat, people will be disappointed.

Rip has fitted his game to the Pistons system and whether he can adjust after 6 years of playing the same way remains to be seen, but to claim that he isn’t talented is ridiculous.