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Originally posted by A Pennsylvania Coach
I was at the First Union Center in Philadelphia last night. I was lucky enough to see Iverson's 54-point playoff game against the Raptors two years ago, but last night was amazing. He couldn't miss. 55 points and 8 assists, which could've been 13-15 if his teammates weren't having such terrible games.
Given that he's adjusted his game to score like that only when needed, and that he does this all at less than 6 feet and 160 pounds, and that I just saw him play in person, I'm ready to make an argument for him!
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Call back when he's won 4 or 6 or 8 championships.
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Originally posted by wizard
I understand your point. But being considered the greatest player of all requires more than individual stats. Does he make the others around him better? I heard many coaches say that the best players nedd to be the hardest worker on the team. Does he fit this? I don't think so.
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No, he doesn't. He hates practice, remember?
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Originally posted by Joe
As far as hard working, "many coaches" look at steals
for hussle stats:
While Iverson's steals PG stats may go down as he gets older and slower, right now he's still ahead of some of the most legendary "hard workers" in the history of the game.
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Jordan led the league is steals the first few years he was in the league. He averaged close to 3 steals per game early in his career. I think you're correct that AI's steal total will diminish as he gets older.
In fact, I bet he won't have 2500 after 1072 games.
BTW, notice where Magic is on the list. Supports my contention that he wasn't as good defensively. Also, Michael blocked 893 shots in his career, compared to only 374 for Magic.