While I was looking through 82games.com player profiles, I happened to notice that the team fares slightly worse (1 pt per 100 possessions, not much) when Iverson is in than when he's out. When double-checking, the same held true for Carmelo. This made me wonder if this was a common event in the NBA that would discredit the stat, but as I looked through the league there wasn't a single star besides the pair of them that did ameliorate the team's circumstances when they were in the game. Does anybody have any clue why this is?
Is the Iverson stat with the Nuggets or the Sixers? If it's with Philadelphia, then the answer would most likely be that the offense was stagnant around him. Everybody expected him to do the scoring, and to create for them as well. When he was out and when he was traded, everybody else was pretty much forced to create and do the things he did.In Denver, I notice that AI is deferring too much to his teammates, but with all the talent he has around him now that is fully understandable. Carmelo Anthony obviously deserves his touches, JR Smith and Linas Kleiza are decent threats from beyond the arc that are benefiting from Iverson's presence. Nene is coming into his own offensively on the low block, etc. Also, during the whole process of everybody getting familiarized with one another's likes, dislikes, tendencies, etc., his turnovers were up to about five a game.As far as Carmelo goes, I have no idea. Sometimes I notice that he doesn't pass out of the double team when he should, and forces shots (for example, the first three quarters of the Dallas game last night), but for the most part he is improving on recognizing when and where the double team is coming from, and hitting the open man.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BigMo763 @ Apr 7 2007, 06:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Is the Iverson stat with the Nuggets or the Sixers? If it's with Philadelphia, then the answer would most likely be that the offense was stagnant around him. Everybody expected him to do the scoring, and to create for them as well. When he was out and when he was traded, everybody else was pretty much forced to create and do the things he did.In Denver, I notice that AI is deferring too much to his teammates, but with all the talent he has around him now that is fully understandable. Carmelo Anthony obviously deserves his touches, JR Smith and Linas Kleiza are decent threats from beyond the arc that are benefiting from Iverson's presence. Nene is coming into his own offensively on the low block, etc. Also, during the whole process of everybody getting familiarized with one another's likes, dislikes, tendencies, etc., his turnovers were up to about five a game.As far as Carmelo goes, I have no idea. Sometimes I notice that he doesn't pass out of the double team when he should, and forces shots (for example, the first three quarters of the Dallas game last night), but for the most part he is improving on recognizing when and where the double team is coming from, and hitting the open man.</div>Yeah in Denver he has has been passing to much I think.Yeah most of the time Melo does not pass out when he get's doubled/tripled teamed. He just forces the shot, and that drives me nuts. And against Dallas in the 4th he passed made some good passes. But before the 4th he was forcing it to much espically in the 1st.I agree with BigMo
