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Originally Posted by pgardn
omg...
the only thing they have in common is neither play defense.
One cant, and one wont.
He was trying to point out that Iverson opens up the offense for other players as well as Nash does. And that... is absolutely ridiculous.
Jackson may have just been trying to disagree with Van Gundy's assertion
that Iverson dribbles around and does not use screens properly,
no one on his team really knows what to do except watch.
One is a point the other is a 2. One sees the whole floor, the other sees
the rim. One is/was a fantastic athlete that does not understand the team game. The other is a mediocre athlete with a great feel for the team game.
So the skill sets are very different.
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Allen Iverson is NEVER given any credit for what he is and does, just gets knocked for what he isn't. He is a 5' 10" 170 guy who can score 30 a game in the NBA. Name one other player in history that is like him? Nash was always overrated simply because he was white. If Iverson had played on the Suns they would have had the same playoff results as they have had with Nash and he probably would have led the league in scoring every year. He may not have any rings but he carried a team on his back to the NBA finals which is far more than Nash has ever accomplished in that respect. For a guy who is universally loved he has a dismal playoff record and has never had an allstar season when not coached by D'Antoni who has somehow made Chris Duhon into a pretty respectable NBA point guard. Nash is and never has been near the player that Chris Paul now is or Jason Kidd was yet those guys have never and probably will never win an MVP. I am not saying that Nash isnt a very good player but he gets far more respect and is thought a better player than Iverson when that absolutely is not true.