Not the Right Answer

The Associated Press first reported early today, November the 20^th, the New York Knicks won’t pursuit free agent PG Allen Iverson. Iverson, who cleared waivers on Wednesday night and became an unrestricted free agent, was expected to be targeted and maybe even sign with the Knicks as soon as Saturday according to TNT’s David Aldridge.

Maybe this is a bad decision on an entertaining stand point but probably a good decision locker room wise. It’s clear that Donnie Walsh is treating this season as a throwaway, so he might as well do it bringing some excitement. It’s also clear that those guys quit anyway because they know that only few of them will be there next season, so AI would have no problem getting his shots and his minutes however apparently the decision was made because management was concerned exactly about the minutes and the shots that Iverson would take away from Toney Douglas whom for some reason they believe is the future.

With the Knicks officially out of the hunt, yet another door just closed for “the Answer”. On the offseason besides the Grizzlies, only the Clippers showed public interest in Iverson but he can consider that door closed as well because the idea was to bring him off the bench for Eric Gordon and now that AI emphasized once again his feelings about that, they are no longer an option. Off course all this rejection can change on the exact moment that Iverson understands that the sixth man role is the only one he is able to get these days and if that’s the case, contenders should pursuit this guy because even at this stage of his career, he can score however if that’s not the case, Iverson should start packing his bags and move to Europe because on the NBA he would be done by default.

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Done by Default II?: http://basketballoutsider.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/done-by-default-ii/

Leave of Absence: http://basketballoutsider.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/leave-of-absence/

~ by Rafael Uehara on November 20, 2009.