Fast Break: A Message to George Karl and the Nuggets: Stop Blaming Your Mistakes on Allen Iverson

George Karl and the Nuggets gave Allen Iverson 100% freedom to continue to put up as many shots as he wanted. One way we know this for sure is that his position was shooting guard for the whole time he was on the Nuggets. Another way we know for certain is that Karl in interviews said that an ultra great, "special" player such as Iverson should not be and does not need to be coached to any extent and does not have to be instructed to change much of anything. During the few times he was technically assigned to point guard, it was only because all or at least all remotely competitive point guards were unavailable, so it was only by default and by accident in other words.

Whether or not the Nuggets are secretly crying the blues about their failed Iverson pure shooting guard strategy, they are certainly not going to look weak or incompetent by even hinting any regrets in public. Rather, they are trying to fool the public by blaming the problems that occurred with their strategy using a cheap bait and switch type of ploy. They are trying to argue that the problems were Allen Iverson's fault because he was not a very good point guard!

Sorry, but it was thanks to you Nuggets, that Iverson was not given the opportunity to adjust his game for the point guard role in a situation that cried out for that strategy. It was your choice and your mistake, not his. So live with it, and stop lying to the public about Iverson being the point guard while with the Nuggets. Let me emphasize because this is historically important: the blame for the Nuggets not reaching their potential while Iverson was on their team with no doubt whatsoever lies with George Karl and the other coaches and managers of this team, not with Allen Iverson.

Editorial Note: Please be aware that a "Fast Break" is a short and quick preview of some of the topics that will be explored and proved in more detail in upcoming regular reports. Fast Breaks will often reappear in full reports with only minor reediting, but there will be more important details, more evidence, and more implications and explanations in the full reports. Moreover, there will be topics that never appear in any Fast Break in a full Report.

Fast Breaks are especially useful for the first few days after major news breaks. They are also very useful for people who will seldom or never have enough time to read a full Game/Team/League Report. Fast Breaks are the type of article that more typical web logs feature almost all or all of the time.