While Nash did win two MVPs, that's pretty much the only thing he's done, and in my opinion, half the credit should go to the Italian guy. Seriously, take a look at Nash's stats. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/steve_nash/career_stats.html He's had 4 good seasons, all of them just happen to be playing for D'Antoni. Without him, he was a 15/8 man, and guess what he is now? The same 15/8 man. Nash doesn't even deserve a spot on the bench for the All Decade team. Tony Parker can make a better case than Steve Nash. PG: Kidd SG: Kobe SF: Garnett PF: Duncan C: Shaq
Yea, Nash's current play definitely backs up my statement about him being a system PG. What I mean by that is that his stats were inflated due to the style of system he was in, and this season, as well his previous seasons in Dallas, will show that. However, what he did for those four years was really, really remarkable. He was having career seasons when most people are considered to be over the hill and past their prime. He really defied that logic, because his prime really seemed to be those four years under D'Antoni, and one could argue that if they had the same system, he could be putting up equally as good of numbers this year. Like I said though, it's debatable between him and Kidd, but there's no doubt in my mind that he would at least deserve to be the backup PG on that team. He strung together the most impressive four years out of any PG this decade in my book.
Have to put AI for the all decade team. Most talented guard to play in the last 10 years besides kobe.
Most talented scorer not named Kobe? Maybe, I could see that. But most talented guard not named Kobe? I don't think so. Iverson is a one trick pony. He's a scorer...that's it. And for that matter until his stint in Denver, he wasn't even a very efficient scorer. I would personally take the talents of Steve Nash, Jason Kidd, Tony Parker, Chris Paul, Deron Williams...amongst others, over Iverson in the past decade. It's not that I dislike him, I just find him horribly overrated and, as I said earlier, an absolute one trick pony, because he never really cared about anything aside from scoring.
um maybe chris paul, but he hasn't been in the league that long. I would say the only others that would qualify are nash, kidd, and parker, and they just aren't as good as AI. ESPECIALLY not Nash.
In YOUR opinion, they aren't as good as AI. That, again, is YOUR opinion. Just like in MY opinion, I would take any of them over AI. Why? Because I think they all have better all around games. Iverson is a one dimensional player that only scores. You can argue about him getting assists, but anyone that has the ball in their hands that often should be a good amount of assists. And as I also mentioned, Iverson can score, this is true, but until last year, he had never done so efficiently, as noted by his what, 43% career FG%...something like that. Iverson may be one of the best scorers of our time, but I don't really think he's one of the best all around players, hence why I won't put him on an All Decades team, unless he's a backup.
Moo, you can't really choose Paul/Deron or Parker for All Decades team, because Paul/Deron have only played a few years, and Parker only came into his own in the last two years. Even though I would also pick any of them over AI, when factoring in the whole decade, AI wins hands down. Btw, Answer_AI03, Kidd has always been considered a better player than Allen Iverson. Iverson's always been a mediocre defender at best, and his teams constantly suffered for it.
Well, I could choose them, despite the fact that they've only played a few years in this decade, they've been pretty damn fantastic in those few years. Would it be the most logical thing ever? Maybe not, but it's still potentially feasible. As for Parker, I really don't think it's a stretch to put him on there. He's averaged 16/6...won a few titles, a Finals MVP, and has been super consistent. For that matter, aside from his rookie year (when he was only 19, mind you), his lowest scoring output was 14.7 ppg. For that matter, over the three seasons before this, he averaged over 18ppg in each, shot at least 49% and averaged at least 5.5apg. I think he's a pretty damn good candidate for an All Decade team, especially if you factor in how successful he's been.
