Young AI on this team instead of CP0 would have been in the 'ship talk.
Team is basically a better version of Iversons 01 team with the 7'3 center, white shooter and anonymous combo guards
No he wouldn't....
AI never was capable of leading an offense to any respectable measure..because AI doesn't know how to play in an offensive system...
He basically runs around shooting and telling everybody else to defend and get his rebound...
If CP3 wanted to...he easily could've just averaged 30 4 4 instead of 22 4 11...but he understood that maybe you should pass the ball....
Just like Curry could average 20 4 10...but Curry understands that he's like a top 3 offensive player all the time and he should shoot the ball...
Players like Iverson, Russell Westbrook, Kobe, Carmelo....can only play one way...and will only play one way until they can't play that way anymore...
They aren't portable or adaptable offensive basketball players which limits their effectiveness to play with others...because their styles of play aren't really optimal for winning because they are in skills limited...
Lebron, Magic, and Steve Nash need the ball in their hands but they have skills that makes their style the best option for winning. Lebron can score and ass the ball better than anyone in NBA history at 6'8. Lebron's combo of passing and scoring is ridiculous. NBA history. Magic was a 6'8 to 6'9 PG that pushed the break better than anybody. Steve Nash is like the second best PG shooter and one of the best passers of all time.
Allen Iverson, Kobe, Russell Westbrook, Carmelo aren't really best of all time at anything. They are all time great players...but they aren't the best shooter, the best fukking passer...you know there is always someone that is better than them. Like Lebron or Magic or Larry Bird....there's always a player that is better than them and has a better style of play than them.
Iverson could've been the best point guard of all time...but he rather be the only guy shooting the ball and play 40 mins a game....so he never went anywhere and really wasn't in the running to win anything...besides that one year...which he knew and everybody else knew....they were gonna get that L...moral victories I guess...