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Originally Posted by tremaine
Thanks so much, my friend. We are thinking in Nuggets land that Iverson never should have been moved away from the PG position, which was done mostly by Brown.
Once again, good luck in tonight's Nuggets-76'ers game. You will most likely win it and one reason for that is that, in effect, the Nuggets are largely relying on Iverson to play both guard positions well at the same time in order to win a game like this. Since Iverson is not a machine, it doesn't work often enough to make that sensible.
Since you obviously know the facts about this, could you also confirm that Iverson was the PG most of the time in 1996-97, his rookie year, with Coach Johnny Davis?
I am 90% certain he was, but I'd like to get a confirmation.
Also, I think it is common knowledge that Iverson was the 2-guard in all the Brown years, but if that is not actually true, please correct me on that.
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yes, he was (mostly a pg in his rookie year, he was moved to sg when they traded for Eric Snow. Even in his rookie year, though, they got that he was a scoring guard.
However, you're wrong about Iverson. He's not a good PG because it stalls the offense. when you begin the play with somebody who dominates the ball as much as he does, it really stagnates the movement. It inflates his numbers, but offenses run smoother with him at sg. The combo guard role suits him.