RULES FOR MAKING SURE IVERSON DOES NOT HURT YOUR TEAM
1. If you don't realize that Iverson plays both guard positions at once regardless of his designated position you will lose out.
2. If you make a summary judgment in advance that Iverson can not be an effective point guard you will lose out.
3. If you are afraid to limit Iverson's minutes or afraid to make him come off the bench if you have to do that, you will lose out.
There are other rules you need to discover and follow to reduce the damage from the Larry Brown caused Iverson combo guard mess but those three are the most important to start with.
Now here is the correct starting lineup for the Detroit Pistons:
PG Rodney Stuckey
SG Richard Hamilton
SF Tayshaun Prince
PF Amir Johnson
C Rasheed Wallace
You bring in Iverson for Hamilton at 8-9 minutes into the game. You want either Stuckey, Iverson, or even Bynum in the game at all times when Hamilton is in the game, since Hamilton can not run the point worth a damn.
If you are going to run Prince at the point, for god's sake, don't ever do it with Hamilton and AI in the game at the same time. In that scheme you have a G-F (Prince)at the point, you have a combo guard designated at SG (Iverson) who doesn't trust or feel comfortable with the designated PG, and you have another SG (Hamilton) who needs a pure PG to excel. You have created total and complete chaos and you have ruined both the offense and the defense at the same time!
In fact, the three player combination of Prince/Iverson/Hamilton is not even among the top 50 three-player combinations for the Pistons.
Generally, Prince at the point is a very bad idea except for a few plays here and there to confuse the defense.
It sounds more complicated than it is, but I admit it's kind of complicated, and, once again, I don't have time at the moment to explain further. Much more later.
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