Comments on: Ode to Iggy

By: 83SixersRocked

83SixersRocked — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:30:10 +0000

Reb, I'm sure a lot of things "occurred" to him. I think your post would be taken more seriously if you posed another candidate rather than just sour grapes and superlative adjectives, or if you paid the attention that you suggest was lacking; the article never said he was a star.

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:57:31 +0000

Gee, that must be why he makes the 76ers so much better when he's on the floor. Because when he was in the lineup, Philly played like a 47-win team (despite sharing 1542 MP with the hideous Willie Green), and when he rode pine they played like a 22-win one, including a defensive mark as bad as Sacramento's (the Kings had the league's worst D). Simply put, he consistently makes Philadelphia a much stronger team when he's on the court. I agree that he's a lot better as a SF than a SG, but his 16.3 PER when manning the 2 hardly screams "total failure". He's an elite player, plain and simple, and the only folks who don't recognize it are people who don't pay attention to defense and other finer points of the game of basketball.

By: rebcalale

rebcalale — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:37:32 +0000

It's not hard to find good things about Igoudala's game but it isn't hard to find his shortcomings as well. Did it occur to you that maybe Igoudala isn't recognized as a star because he isn't one? In today's NBA where everyone is desperately looking for the next superstar how is it that your the only one who sees Igoudala as one? To write "Iguodala is one of the top overall shooting guards in the league" is ridiculous to the point it is laughable. If you were paying attention, Igoudala's time last year as the starting SG was as close to being considered a total failure as you get. He simply could not play the position. Did it occur to you that your first point "Lack of Team Success" is as much Igoudala's fault as anyone else, especially if your think he is the team's star. Great players have a habit of making the players around them better and this simply hasn't happend in Philly. Your point about following Iverson almost made me think you were writing this sarcastically. Philly fans would love to have an NBA team with a legitimate star they could get behind. As much as Iverson was loved by some he was not embraced by everyone. Igoudala needs to have team success to validate whether he is a great player or not. At this point he is vastly overpaid and hasn't come close to proving he is worth the big contract.

By: Jason J

Jason J — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:10:20 +0000

Joe are you only considering retired players? Kobe, Pierce, Dirk, & Duncan are still trucking for their teams with more than 10 seasons under their belts.

By: Eddie D

Eddie D — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:39:05 +0000

Nah, then you'd have to include individual stats like points, boards, or assists.

By: .

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:55:46 +0000

Nah, to REALLY see who has played the most minutes in the last 5 years I would think you'd have to include the playoffs and the regular season, not just the regular season.

By: Djin

Djin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:45:06 +0000

Yes do such a thing!!

By: Joe Schaller

Joe Schaller — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:13:40 +0000

Minutes played is often overlooked and increases a players value substantially.

I would like to see a blog on players who played their entire career of at least 10 seasons with just one team, a truly great achievement when you really think about it and very rare. I think Reggie Miller was the last to do it.

By: Jason J

Jason J — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:23:18 +0000

It's funny that you wrote this today. I was hemming and hawing over where to rank Iggie for my fantasy draft earlier. I think there's another point to be made about Iggie's lack of a jumper. A lot of fans really admire precision moves and skilled shooting. I've heard people argue that Kobe's better than LeBron on the sole grounds that Kobe's game looks smoother. Iggie is sort of like a mini-Bron. He's a phenom athlete who does a lot of things well, but he doesn't do very much pretty.