Bill Simmons says he'll take Nash ahead of Iverson

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where would dikembe ,larry and mckey rank if they were nash teammates
 

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He made an all nba team in Dallas. :dahell:

Yeah at 27 years old after playing 3 seasons in Dallas and 5 seasons overall. And he was putting up 7 dimes a game. He wasn’t the elite Nash putting up 11 dimes a game until MDA. Nash was not elite his whole career or a superstar. When he was 29/30ish he linked up with MDA and shined. Before that he was a good player who sometimes made the all star team. Allen Iverson was a star
 

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AI got the finals at 25. Steve Nash put up 8.6pts and 4.9 dimes as a 25 year old 4th year player. Y’all really let Steve Nash’s 30 year old MDA years gas his whole resume up. Y’all talking y’all rather start a franchise with Nash a guy who didn’t even make the all star game until he was 27
shyt is fukking weird. If they polled players in that era it’d probably break 90/10 Iverson :wtf:
 

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AI got the finals at 25. Steve Nash put up 8.6pts and 4.9 dimes as a 25 year old 4th year player. Y’all really let Steve Nash’s 30 year old MDA years gas his whole resume up. Y’all talking y’all rather start a franchise with Nash a guy who didn’t even make the all star game until he was 27

who was his competition en route to the NBA Finals. I don't really get why Iverson making the finals is something that reflects solely on his abilities and never the team and the league circumstances at that time.

Nash's early injury struggles were the reason for his slow start. Not ability. If you want to choose Iverson because you think he's more durable, fine. But Nash in his prime has a great case as being a better player than Iverson off the strength of his historically great playmaking and creation efficiency.

People overlook that in Phoenix the medical staff helped to rejuvenate his health. It's not that MDA made him into anything. The situation in general was good for his career.
 

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What 76er team is Nash making the playoffs let alone getting out the 1st round

the 2001 sixers had a 6-5 record without Iverson. :aicmon: So yeah, Nash on the team would at least reach the playoffs

hell, the Sixers went from a sub .500 team to a playoff team taking 2 59-win teams to 6 games after trading Iverson for Ander fukking Milling

there is NO DOUBT that 06 Nash would at least lead that 2006 Sixers to 45 wins.
 
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