Can’t say I didn’t see this coming.
“Detroit Pistons President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars announced today that guard Allen Iverson will miss the remainder of the season. The all-star guard missed 16 games between February 27 and March 28 after exiting a game at New Orleans with a sore back on February 25.
“After talking with Allen and our medical staff, we feel that resting Allen for the remainder of the season is the best course of action at this time,” said Dumars. “While he has played in our last three games, he is still feeling some discomfort and getting him physically ready to compete at the level he is accustomed to playing this late in the season does not seem possible at this point.”
Iverson returned to action on March 29 versus Philadelphia and scored eight points with two assists and two rebounds in 21 minutes. In his three games back since the initial injury, he has averaged 7.7 points, 1.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 18.7 minutes per game.
Acquired by the Pistons from Denver on November 3, the 6-foot-0 guard has appeared in 54 games this season (50 starts) averaging 17.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 4.9 assists in 36.5 minutes per game.” Via Pistons.com
Personally I thought Allen wasn’t going to return on his own after the injury, so when he did I was surprised. I was even a bit more surprised when the Pistons made mention of Iverson’s post game comments after the Sixers game, so the fact that he’s been shut down after his retirement comments is no shock. Say what you will, but my money is not on a medical issue being the reason for AI sitting out the rest of the season.
What the situation has done to what’s left of this season remains to be seen. Everyone has their own AI opinions, but with what has been going on, this might be the best for the team right now.
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WOW LMAO!
This is probably a really stupid question, but does “done for the season” mean the regular season and the playoffs?
Yo MAN! That’s a very Good Question!
I knew this was coming also, but I was hopeful and excited when he came back and thought for a fleeting moment that he was gonna relish his new roll and it would all magically work out..Oh well. We need to come together now and finish this season off!
so thats for sure his last game as a pistons. weep weep. my ass. i hate him now!!!!
cue the collective need4sheed joygasm..
I think this means he’s done as a Piston, playoffs or not.
I can’t say I saw this coming, but I guess I’m an optimist. To be honest, I’m fine with it. My opinion, based on nothing, is that Dumars sat Iverson down and told him what was happening. Through that meeting, they mutually decided that they would go this way. It is really too bad that AI can’t understand that him being on the bench was going to help the team, but now we can just play basketball and not deal with him.
This can’t help his free-agent stock at all.
Thank god for that! Hopefully he’s already on a flight out. He might leave this one out of his “resume”…
So now the second unit can be anchored by Bynum and Sheed, with Herrmann and Afflalo spacing the floor. I think it’s a better mix and Bynum has probably been as good as any other Piston late in the season. Put him and Sheed in pick and pop, with shooters on the wings, and Maxiell or Amir to clean up the boards. It seems like a good mix to me.
Yes, I am happy. Poison Ivy is bad luck, anyways.
YES!!! Hopefully he is the last distraction we have for this season. Everybody’s got to get together now.
It’s too late in the season to suggest,but I think Bynum deserves to start. Stuckey and Sheed would be great off the bench, Sheed would spread the defense with his three, which would give Stuck room to operate to drive to the basket. Oh well.
GO STONES!!!!!
FUC* THE PISTONS THEY THREW ALLEN IVERSON UNDER THE BUS… DUMARS NEVER REALLY LOOKED AT THIS YEAR AS A TITLE YEAR, ONLY A REBUILDING YEAR… I’M SO GLAD THE ECONOMY SUCKS ESPECIALLY FOR DETROIT, THEY DESERVE IT… EVERYONE FROM DETROIT SUCKS AND ARE UNEMPLOYED HAAAAAAAAAAA…
need4sheed.com is the worst website ever haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Sorry Slim, Iverson threw himself under the bus. And if Need4Sheed was the worst ever why do you bother coming here?
to hear what retarded detroit people think
This news doesn’t surprise me ONE bit….
Allen hasn’t been “the answer” for Detroit all season.
We will be lucky to get into the playoffs, and hopefully we don’t got to face up against Boston or Cleveland in round 1!!!!!
Thank God….I don’t have to sit through anymore Detroit games. Can’t wait for next season, when I might get my League Pass worth watching AI play for a decent team. Good riddance, suckas! Go Bulls & Bobcats
lol not surprised at all.
Iverson is just a big idiot. Get him out of Detroit.
He kills everything around him.
But without AI coming off the bench and working in the way he has to be, Detroit has no chance in winning anything. You can’t let Chauncey go away, get nothing in countermove and expecting to win a championship.
Dumars screwed AI and now AI screwed the Pistons playoff chances, yesssss….
Because the Pistons playoff chances hinged on Iverson….
Well, I guess that’s the right move. Regardless whether it is because of his injury or his stupid comments, it is better if he sits out, after all. He was disturbing the team chemistry on and off the court. It’s very unfortunate that Allen couldnt get himself together and work for the team, but I guess he still is and always will be A.I. I feel bad for him, though. Everybody surely had hoped that the AI poject would pay off. As we could see throughout the season it did not.
Now it’s very important that other people step up. Bynum has been playing great. But we cant put him in the starting lineup. not now, towards the end of the season.
Stuckey, Afflalo, Amir and Max have to step up their game. We need the best out of everyone and the four of them haven’t been playing the best ball the last months.
Give Herman more minutes. When hes on the court, hes been very solid on both ends of the floor.
Kwame has improved and should keep it up.
Rip is slowly warming up after his injury.
Dice seemed to be tired the last couple of games. His jumpshot wouldnt fall. Consequently Sheed has to take some of the weight off of Dice’s shoulders. Sheed has to focus and stop with his goddamn whining on the court. We cant afford any more technicals from him.
If we can do that, Im pretty optimistic, that we can get an first round upset this year. We’ll see..
Oh forgot Tay. Is it just me, or is he lately holding the ball too long? Well, anyways. He still is a reliable force botch offensively and defensively. Should get more rest by giving Hermann more minutes, though.
AI is done as a Piston. Thank you for messing up our team chemistry.
it’s for the rest of the season and the playoffs
http://www.detnews.com/article/20090403/SPORTS0102/904030445/1127/sports0102/Pistons++Allen+Iverson+won+t+play+for+rest+of+season
“The Allen Iverson project in Detroit is over”
OUT FO PLAYOFFS TOO; ok bitchass slim shady prolly from cleveland, WAT THE HELL DOES THAT CITY HAVE….nothing, bye and shut up
the exposure of allen iverson is complete. and yes, he is what we always thought he was.
kind of wish they wouldve cut him before the deadline so he couldve signed with cleavland and stomped us in the playoffs.
Allen Iverson is a great player, one of the most electrifying players of his generation, however the harsh truth is that NBA players are too strong and too fast for a small 160 pound guy to dominate today. Nate Robinson is 4 inches shorter, yet 20 pounds more. This has hurt him so much more in the last couple of years.
It’s too late in his career in which he could start some weightlifting program and still maintain his speed.
Given all this Detroit has a mixed future, their owner has been playing Russian roulette for a long time and it’s finally beginning to catch up. Could Iverson have been a success in Detroit, Yes! Unfortunately, a Rookie coach who is also being forced to play Stuckey, who is not ready to be a starting PG in the NBA who’s his lack of experience has made it difficult to manage a very talented roster, has left the team where it is today.
Wow….
Natalie, I believe what you did you Allen Iverson’s pic to the left was, how can I say this, it was Un-called for…. I mean just take him out of the whole thing. Really… Im a bit disappointment…
Hope Mcdyess still gets his ring
And if any of you want to rant on me, bitch towards me, I could care less
. See what the NBA has to say about this, they bashed on the Pistons so hard, I started to laugh 
.
http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/david_aldridge/04/02/iverson.20090402/index.html
I wish this waited till Monday… My weekend is ruined…
Yeah, im a big Ai fan =\, shoot me…
Pat
Tay always holds the ball too long, that’s one of my biggest problems with him.
Feel bad for iverson a little but not a lot, that’s what he gets for not developing his game. You get what you put in. He never learned d and now look at him. He was always a glorified role player
I loved what you did on the side nat, really funny, and true now.
Hopefully more shots go around and we pass the ball more, cause we are being selfish.
And now if Curry could somehow be incapacitated we’d be in business
Agree, how is what she did to the AI cartoon uncalled for. It’s the symbol for NO…NO smoking…NO AI. It’s classic.
We may not win a championship this season but the Drama could be over.
We can still win!!!!!
Trade AI for Bosh!!!!!!!!
Ken…seriously. There are a handful of games left and the trade deadline has long since passed. Just because you have a keyboard doesn’t mean you should comment.
I’m still an optimistic Piston fan mofofs!!
We’ve beat every division leader this year, and strong team except Utah who we just can’t beat.
What I would love to see now is the boys get a ring and AI is exposed for the fagot ass coward he is, when he does not even play a minute in the finals… I hope he’s not even in attendance when this happens. I would pay and will wait for that moment!!!
Can’t wait, LB is gong to be crying soon! Just watch!
Bring it don’t sing it!
This is the best thing ever for the Pistons!
We just need Sheed to shine and play smart please! and we got a the title.
i agree completely: this is the best thing for teh Pistons and i won’t be too shocked if other pistons players are happy. i still think they have great potential to shock people come playoff time.
Fuck AI i thought this was going to work at first but hell fuck him. Sorry but im just ranting on how im so upset how poorly this season has went. Oh well
DETROIT BASKETBALLLLLL
Fuck AI hes 100 percent scum. I cant see him even getting a contract next year. Think about it Contending teams only would like him as a back up, cause he ruins team Chemistry, and we know he would rather retire. And horrible teams probably have young high potential guards they’d like to develop.
I hope the pistons use this as fuel, now that they rid them selves of that fungus. Well have Sheed back hell solidify the D. while bring more O. The old pistons would love this, they would love to show the world how much better they are with out a star.
Damn it, My on going study of the minds of those crazy dilutional AI fans has to end now.
I really don’t hate AI, but those AI fans are just fascinating. I will sure follow those fans next season when AI gets signed and probably come off the bench after what happened th
Can we break MC’s back now?
Orlando is dismantling the Cavs. They were up 39 a minute ago.
yeh and the pistons were going fine without iverson?
all u did without him was beat garnett less celtics.
Detroit bet a full strength lakers in LA LA land.
rememer the days when stuckey wasnt starting……
What a f*#&king mess this season has become. It can all be forgiven if they get better next season.
I don’t hate AI but I knew the way he plays would never work in the D. The pistons are a team and that’s how they function. People that need the ball all the time don’t work here.
Remember at the beginning of all of this how he said that he just wanted to win and help the “team”. Well it didn’t take long for him to show his true colors did it. Just by his comments the last couple of days you can tell that he just doesn’t get it. He can’t conjure up in his brain what a team is and he just ends up thinking about himself and what’s best for him.
Good bye Allen Iverson, don’t worry about us, we’ll be just fine without you!!!
I almost forgot.
PLEASE FIRE MICHAEL CURRY AFTER THIS SEASON!!!!!!!!
What were you thinking Joe Dumars??????
If you’re going to the game on Sunday boycott the Pistons by wearing green.
(lol just kidding they want you to wear green as part of Green Week!)
http://www.nba.com/2009/news/04/01/green.week.release/index.html
once a jig always a jig. the same ish he pulled back in philly. i hate his whiny ass. i hope he never sees a ring. when we win won this year, he can’t even feel good about having one when he gave up.
Kris – you can suck on my basketball. This is America, I can comment as I will.
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