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One thing I have noticed though is that Iverson doesn't seem to be getting the calls he used to when driving to the hoop. With Iverson past he was so quick that he's be able to beat his defender/denfenders almost every time taking angles to the hoop where he would force the opposing player to foul him going up. That ability has been toned down somewhat. Dont get me wrong, he is still one of the best in the game at doing it but he isn't as good as he used to be at it. Now a days it seems like he has become more dependant on his manner of simple forcing the ball up and trying to sell the foul. Unfortunately, I think it's the combination of that lack of blazing speed making these foul situations less obvious and Iverson's lessened star power with the onset of the leagues younger and newly prominant faces that are contributing to him having a harder time getting to the stripe. He still gets there, but he has to work at it more than he used to.
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Spot on, I agree with this too... but the past few games he seems to have stopped trying to draw fouls so much. I think at the beginning of the season, he was more focused on getting fouls than making shots, but once he realized it wasn't happening, he started just going for makes more, and that's why he's been more productive the past few games.