Sixers/Iverson

I don't know what Stephanski, (whom i've come to believe is mildly retarded) and the sixers were thinking when they signed Iverson. The illusion that a couple of thousand more ticket sales by the team is going to make up for many more years of mediocre basketball is ridiculous. Iverson being here is nothing more than a marketing ploy to get more people at the sixers games.

I don't like the signing because it's going to take away playing time from Drew Holiday who is a very promising player. The sixers are a terrible team right now so playing and developing the young guys while positioning themselves for a top 5 lottery pick, possibly a franchise-type player should be their first priority. A competitive team always sells tickets.

In my opinion, if Iverson stays here for the duration of the season, he might help the sixers win 5-10 more games which will land them right around the 8th playoff spot. If they do get into the playoffs they are going to get destroyed in the first round, leaving them right where they've been in the past couple of years - NOT getting a lottery pick. They've got to break the cycle of bad management signings and build through the draft...this is the year to do it simply because there are no expectations.