George Karl Takes a Shot at Allen Iverson
dimemag.com 11/18/2008 — AI Now that the Nuggets are 4-1 with Chauncey Billups, George Karl is shoveling a chunk of the blame for Denver's past failures on the guy who isn't around to defend himself anymore, Allen Iverson. "There are less bad plays, more solid plays," Karl ...

Point guard praise: Billups over A.I. - The Denver Post
denverpost.com 11/18/2008 — Unquestionably, the Allen Iverson experiment produced some scintillating moments for the Nuggets and their fans. But the more coach George Karl watches Chauncey Billups run his offense and watches Iverson lead the Pistons it has become clearer that ...

Allen Iverson’s first Pistons practice
detroitbadboys.com 11/6/2008 — Yes, we’re talking about practice. AI went through his first full practice with his new teammates earlier today, and afterward had some interesting comments. From the Detroit News : “We went through some stuff today that I ...

Weekend Dime: What the scouts are seeing and saying - NBA
sports.espn.go.com 12/7/2008 — Roughly one-fourth of the regular season is already finished. With teams having played anywhere between 16 and 21 games through Friday, it's an ideal time to survey the NBA's true road warriors -- advance scouts -- for some snapshots of what they've ...

Shoals Unlimited: With Trade to Detroit, AI's Cultural Status Comes Full Circle
sportingnews.com 11/5/2008 — Welcome to Shoals Unlimited, where Bethlehem will post a long-form piece on basketball once a week. It's safe to say that, barring a deadline deal pairing LeBron with Kobe, this Iverson trade will be 2008-09's major storyline. There's been a ...

On the trade
detroitbadboys.com 11/3/2008 — I’m going to let things marinate for a little longer before expounding on my thoughts, but here’s Kevin’s early evaluation. — MW _________________ By Kevin Sawyer Oh, so that happened… Or will happen… Or will have ...

Iverson decides to practice
detroitbadboys.com 11/28/2008 — From A. Sherrod Blakely : “I don’t have no excuses,” Iverson said. “I apologized to my teammates, first and foremost, coaching staff, the organization and definitely our fans. It’s something that shouldn’t have ...

George Karl Talks About Capitalism in the NBA
ballerblogger.com 3/3/2009 — Robert Sanchez penned a great article on Denver Nuggets coach George Karl in the March Issue of 5280 Magazine. I highly recommend you read the piece in its entirety. Here’s one of my favorite passages: George Karl might be a different guy from ...

Is A.I. The Answer In D-Town?
blacksportsonline.com 11/5/2008 — Everyone wants to know what Joe Dumars was thinking by bringing in Allen Iverson. It has already been widely reported the financial implications in regards to pursuing potential free agents like Lebron James, D-Wade or Chris Bosh in the future, so I won't even get into that. I am going to ...

What we've learned so far, or why the NBA regular season matters
fivetooltool.blogspot.com 11/19/2008 — One of the disparaging things that you hear, as an NBA fan (and yes, I know that many of you just grabbed the scroll bar -- hear me out anyway) is that the regular season doesn't matter. You hear this from people who just don't like pro hoop and ...

Billups' 22 help Nuggets cruise by Spurs (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 11/20/2008
Chauncey Billups scored 22 points, Carmelo Anthony added 21 and the surging Denver Nuggets cruised to a 91-81 victory Wednesday night over the injury-riddled San Antonio Spurs. Kenyon Martin added 18 points and Nene had 16 to round out a ...

Court Awareness: Oden, Iverson, Bargnani and The Rest Of Wednesday Night — Bleacher Report - NBA 11/20/2008
It only took about seventeen months from the day he was drafted, but Greg Oden finally played a regular-season game in front of his hometown fans. Oden missed all of last season recuperating from microfracture surgery, then injured his foot on ...

Why Allen Iverson Is "The (Short Term) Answer" to the Pistons' Problems — Bleacher Report - NBA 11/20/2008
Let me start with a disclaimer by saying that I have been a Piston's fan as long as I can remember. I remember when it was Isiah by himself (with apologies to Vinnie and Laimbeer in the early days), and I remember Kelly Tripucka getting traded for ...

LIVE: Iverson, Pistons taking aim at KG, Celtics — FOXSports.com News for NBA 11/21/2008

Suns' Worst Enemy Isn't the Spurs, but the Draft — Bleacher Report - NBA 11/21/2008
Since 2004 the Phoenix Suns have made some questionable moves regarding the draft. This is a team that has been to the playoffs, but the constant for this team was the lack of defense and the need for a backup point guard in case Nash were to be ...