Posted: Friday, December 11, 2009, 6:46 PM | 9 comments |
 

Iverson's minutes to be "monitored"

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We're a few minutes from tonight's tip off here at the Wachovia Center: 76ers vs. Houston Rockets.

Sixers have lost 11 in a row, are 5-17, and haven't won since Nov. 18.

Here's the latest from the Sixers. First the good, then the bad (although the bad might also be good depending on how you feel).

1.) The good: Talked to Marreese Speights tonight. He said he's seeing the doctor after tonight's game in hopes he's cleared to practice. If he gets cleared, he should be able to practice tomorrow. Not sure exactly the timetable for his return to games, but he seems to be ahead of the timetable initially set. The Sixers were saying 6 weeks from Nov. 14, when Speights partially tore the medial collateral ligament in his left knee.

Also good, rookie Jrue Holiday has been cleared to play tonight. Holiday missed the previous 3 games with a right rotator cuff strain. Sixers coach Eddie Jordan said he'd try to get Holiday in the action as soon as possible.

2.) The bad?: Jordan just said that going forward they'll have to "monitor" Allen Iverson's minutes, play him in 6 to 8 minute bursts, totaling no more than 32 to 35 minutes a game. Jordan said Iverson has a sore shin. He also said "Allen isn't Allen" yet, which I think we could all see from watching the games. The only question is whether Allen can be Allen again, ever.

This second news isn't necessarily bad, especially considering Holiday can play tonight and needs to get some minutes, anyway. Plus, Iverson only played 33 minutes in the loss to the Detroit Pistons and 37 in the loss to the Denver Nuggets. So it's not a huge downgrade.

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--Kate
Posted by Kate Fagan @ 6:46 PM  Permalink | 9 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:41 PM, 12/11/2009
    Kate - why is the bench clueless, I mean scoreless? russ
    — russ4philly
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:48 PM, 12/11/2009
    Maybe adding Lou and Mureese to the new starting 5 would be a good 7 players to go with in the near future.
    — russ4philly
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:24 PM, 12/11/2009
    When do we start talking about firing Jordan?
    — rswknight
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:59 AM, 12/12/2009
    He'll be fired when the Wizards are no longer paying for the majority of his salary :)
    — tktk
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:45 AM, 12/12/2009
    Eddie Jordan coached teams (Sixers+Wiz): 8W and 33L in last 41 games. It is impressive he's only been fired once in that span...
    — tktk
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:11 AM, 12/12/2009
    1st remove coach Jordan.. and try hard in bringing back Tony D. 2nd Don't let Willie "No D" Green play more then 10mins per game. Yes he'll have stretches of good shooting, but of those games, he also got burnt on the man he was guarding for game winners (J TERRY, and R FElTON). Today he was 1-7 in 24mins of play... shouldn't the coach see this? We need a new coach, PLZ and better rotation. AI(IVEY,JRUE), IGGY(CARDNEY,GREEN), YOUNG(KAPONO,CARDNEY), BRAND(SMITH),DBERT(BREZAC).. Still feeling good about our season and chances, I believe we'll get our WIN .. this Monday :)
    — Vsta7
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:29 AM, 12/12/2009
    Sixers need Speights and Lou, big time. Right now, the Sixers are a good example that hard work doesn't necessarily yield results. I admire how they're playing hard, but if they soon don't get off the schnide (as Zumoff says), they may lose that determination in midwinter 2010, maybe in time for a massive multiteam trade that leaves the Sixers ready to reload via free agency and the lottery?
    — Leegles
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:11 AM, 12/13/2009
    Someone correct me if i am wrong, but i dont think Mo Cheeks was shown as much patience - 12 game losing streak. Why is Eddie Jordan still here. I just dont see where this team is responding to him or that his style is having a positive resulted oriented impact. I thought they played better much better defense under Tony Dileo. Offensively, they pushed the ball and well maybe they should go back to that as well.
    — timmel
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:41 PM, 12/13/2009
    KATE, CAN YOU PLEASE ALERT THE SIXERS THAT THE POSTGAMES VIDEOS(LOCATED ON THE SIXERS WEBSITE) ARE NOT SHOWING UP..Once you click on the links , it goes to a blank page .Thanks
    — LuxuryGirl21


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John Mitchell is in his first year covering the 76ers for the Inquirer after joining the paper in November 2011. He covered the Washington Wizards for the Washington Times from 1998 to 2008. He's also worked at the Philadelphia Tribune, the Wilmington News Journal, Courier-Post, Trenton Times and Elmira Star-Gazette.

Born and raised in West Philadelphia - not too far from Will Smith - he graduated from Overbrook High School the same year the 76ers won their last championship. He's a proud graduate of Howard University and the proud father of two sons, Jared and Jordan.

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