I found this great article about A.I. at ESPN, written by ESPN columnist Bill Simmons. If I took the time to write on A.I., it would be roughly similar to this, and I agree with just about everything in here. This was written just before the trade. I have made many of the same points about A.I. in my game reports because A.I.'s Denver career has proved that Simmons was right about him, especially about his intuitive understanding of how his style should change in different circumstances. And as I wrote yesterday, A.I. is now "at home," because he is finally on a team that has numerous "scoring fanatics" and that has a front office that supports the idea that basketball is first and foremost an offensive game. I am sitting here right now and thinking about tonight's Mavs-Nuggets game, and I know for a fact if the Nuggets win it will be largely because of A.I., because Melo has a ceiling because of the way he plays and because of the commands of George Karl, and because Kleiza and J.R. can only get so many 3's and Blake is still learning how to make shots under pressure. Who you gonna call if you want to beat the Mavs at home? A.I., of course, and even George Karl will probably never mess with his playing time, because if it ever got to the point where he wanted to, the Nuggets would be in so much difficulty that Mr. Karl would no longer be coaching. The reason why A.I. is a "coach killer" is not that he is too difficult to work with, but because his abilities can backfire on a team that is not well coached and does not have a good front office, because A.I understands basketball so well that he knows the best way to play in particular circumstances whether or not the coaches do or not. And if they don't know, then the coaches and A.I. are not on the same page, which in turn results in A.I.'s style backfiring for that team. If you want to learn more about A.I., check out the following on ESPN: "Don't Question the Answer" by Bill Simmons at ESPN
