That team want winning SHYT without AI taking 30 shotsAI was really off in that series before the final 2 games.
I’ve mentioned this before but the rest of the Sixers team gets knocked too much to prop up AI. And it’s really not necessary to praise AI.
AI did a great job, his role was to shoot a lot and draw attention from the defense. Defenses would key in on him so much. The 76ers were an okay offensive team thanks to him…otherwise they would be poor.
But the rest of the team shouldn’t get knocked as much as they often do. The roster really wasn’t bad by Eastern Conference standards. Take a look at the roster of the Raptors team that they went 7 with.
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2001 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals - Raptors vs. 76ers | Basketball-Reference.com
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Milwaukee was the opposite of Philly in having more offensive firepower but not as good defensively.
Despite AI shooting terribly through 5 games, Philly was still up 3-2 thanks in large part to the defense
The issue is when we shyt on current players for poor performances (Russ/Harden/Mitchell) or for only having a one-off playoff run (Trae Young) then cape for the Iversons, Melos, and TMacs like they weren’t on the same shyt -if not often times worse.
in other words, celebrate Iverson leading his team to the finals, but if you going to weaponize it against players 2-decades in the future… then yea ppl will pick apart that fabled finals run with harsh realities. That’s typically how it goes.

Bubba Chuck....One of the Greatest to EVER DO IT....FCK THESE CASUAL ASS "EFFICIENCY" Experts like @Gil Scott-HeroinIverson was mid outside a few seasons![]()
To be a 4x scoring champ period is phenomenal . But at that height especially. One of the greatestThird highest playoff career avg
4x scoring champ at 5'11
"He was mid outside a few seasons"
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Is a decade a few seasons?Iverson was mid outside a few seasons![]()

Hakeem Olajuwon

Allen Iverson single handedly kept the Lakers from going undefeated in the playoffs.
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A lot of folks that hated Allen and Kobe back in the day, was because of stats like this. Good or bad, they was some chuckers.He was 5-27
Stop it