“If you want to win ballgames, you have to be able to defend the best player. I think we both took on the challenge.”
ESPN - Weekend Dime: Evaluating the last five blockbusters - NBA Quote: The one-year anniversary of Allen Iverson’s first game as a Nugget is Saturday. via InfiniteHoops.com
“I want to try to be one of the consistent All-Stars that everybody always picks”
Boston’s 90-78 victory over Sacramento on Wednesday was the fourth time this season the Celtics have held an opponent to a scoring season low. via Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Kyle’s a shooter, and there are gonna be times when the the ball goes in and other times when it doesn’t”
A year ago today the Sixers rebuilding project officially got underway with the trade of eight-time all-star Allen Iverson to Denver. via CourierPostOnline
“Last year, as coaches, we feel we moved him around better than we’ve done this year”
Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony said he has a tendency to “beat myself up” when things aren’t going his way. via Rocky Mountain News
“I showed it to Andre, and he was like, ‘Really?’ “
The Daily News ‘ Phil Jasner reminds us today it’s been a year since the 76ers traded Allen Iverson , making both the 76ers’ current fans feel just so much better about Andre Iguodala and Samuel Dalembert . via Philadelphia Will Do
“Adding a superstar of the popularity of Allen Iverson has had a significant positive impact on the financial performance of the Denver Nuggets”
Denver, Philadelphia remodeled by Iverson deal Has Allen Iverson been a financial boon to the Nuggets? It depends on whom you ask. via Rocky Mountain News
“I’m more calm now. My teammates have confidence in me, and whenever I have those open shots, they’re supposed to go it.”
Filed under: Author: Patrick , Fantasy Basketball - Patrick @ 10:22 am Line of the Night : Allen Iverson . via Give Me The Rock
Brandon Roy had 26 points and 11 assists and Channing Frye scored 20 points as the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Denver Nuggets 116-105 on Sunday night. Allen Iverson had 38 points for Denver, which has lost two straight after a three-game winning streak.
Carmelo Anthony struggled from the field again and finished with 19 points on 6-of-17 shooting, and Kenyon Martin had 14 for the Nuggets.
Travis Outlaw had 17 points for the Blazers, who got their first win in Denver since Feb. 26, 2003, to snap the Nuggets nine-game home winning streak against Portland. Denver had won 15 of the last 17 meetings at home dating back to the 1999-2000 season. Read more
Michael Finley and Fabricio Oberto each scored a season-high 21 points Saturday night in the San Antonio Spurs’ 102-91 victory over the Denver Nuggets. The Spurs had lost two in a row, but remained perfect at home. They also saw the return of Tim Duncan, who missed four games with a sprained right ankle.
Allen Iverson led the Nuggets with 30 points and Linas Kleiza had 16 points. Carmelo Anthony added 15 points and nine rebounds.
The Nuggets were without starter Kenyon Martin, who was suspended for one game after he was assessed a flagrant foul in the Nuggets’ win Wednesday over New Orleans. Read more
San Antonio looks to avoid a three game losing streak when it hosts the Denver Nuggets tonight. via MVN - Recent Articles
“He [Iverson] hasn’t been this aggressive since he was in Philadelphia”
Allen Iverson scoffed at the notion last week. At age 32, after 12 seasons and 768 NBA games, after being bounced around by bigger, stronger players since he came into the league, he is not slowing down very … via The Orlando Sentinel
“Just by seeing that (he leads all West forwards) goes to show I’ve just been working hard and the fans out there are really supporting me right now”
TOMASSON: Sloan slip-up bedevils ESPN With all due respect to NBA commissioner David Stern, Carmelo Anthony prefers to be a man of the people. via Rocky Mountain News
“We’ve got guys, I think, that have talent we need to have intact and develop”
When Randy Wittman became Minnesota’s head coach on Jan. 23, perennial all-star Kevin Garnett was the team’s best player. via PhillyBurbs.com
A pair of teams riding two-game winning streaks square off tonight, as the New Orleans Hornets visit the Denver Nuggets at the Pepsi Center. via Fort Worth Star-Telegram
If George W. Bush ran an NBA team, Col. Kurtz wouldn’t be able to articulate the horror. via Philadelphia Weekly