Posted: Sunday, November 29, 2009, 3:34 PM | 7 comments |
 

Jordan Noncommital On Iverson
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Eddie Jordan is making it sound as if the 76ers' consideration of free agent guard Allen Iverson isn't as serious as it has been portrayed.

Speaking before this morning's shootaround in San Antonio, Jordan said he has not spoken with Iverson and that the Sixers are not seriously looking at any free agents.

''It's something that's probably more in the media than it actually is,'' the Sixers' coach told reporters. ''We're just going about our daily operation of practicing and trying to win a game. But certainly I have not talked to anybody about Allen Iverson.''

That may be, but the basketball operations department has clearly been considering, among others, Iverson, in the absence of Lou Williams, who is out for two months with a broken jaw bone. The Sixers go in to tonight's game--the start of a four-game trip--having lost five games in succession.

''We have not talked about adding anybody to our team because we still have a good roster,'' Jordan said. ''We have depth, we have flexibility. Elton's coming back, and we have guards.''

That was a reference to power forward Elton Brand, who sat out Friday's loss to Atlanta with a strained hamstring; he was scheduled to also miss tonight's game and return tomorrow night in Dallas. Rookie Jrue Holiday has started the last two games at the point.

 
Posted by Phil Jasner @ 3:34 PM  Permalink | 7 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:24 PM, 11/29/2009
    can we trade eJordan for L Brown?
    — theJOJ
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:28 PM, 11/29/2009
    They need iverson & while they are at it bring back pat croce as well. He seems to have been the only one that could inject some life in this otherwise rogue franchise. Really next to last in attendance in this proud city. Unacceptable. A series of losing coaches including this one & players that play with no passion & no true love for the city of philadelphia. Two words. They suck!!! I'm a native philadelphian living in vegas yet I use to get the league pass every year but I wouldn't even consider. Horribly run & managed. Dispicable.
    — bjones
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:30 PM, 11/29/2009
    "And we have guards." Well, I'm glad they start a full lineup, but that doesn't sound like a vote of confidence.
    — conceptual_bro
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:21 PM, 11/29/2009
    The "Answer" is NO!
    — Nihilist
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:44 PM, 11/29/2009
    LOL on the eJordan for lBrown trade
    — tarik255
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:37 PM, 11/29/2009
    LOL on Jordan saying we "have a good roster". Ai yi yi. The emporer has no clothes.
    — Vituperator
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:35 PM, 11/29/2009
    The only reason there's even any consideration for AI is that Stefanski know he's blown it and he's back pedaling. Five years of Elton Brand cap purgatory is much longer than the tenure of a loosing GM. At this point, anything to save some face, sell some tickets, win a few games and save his job - because on this current course, they'll stink until the cap is free of bloat. Billy King had ridden out his cap failures only to see the sixers hand there cap future to another rookie GM for screwing up. Stefanski blew it right out of the chute by not trading upcoming free cap space last year. I whad been in favor of trading AI and not bringing him back. Now, what the hell. There's nothing to lose anyway.
    — JPV


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