Sixers Season Hinges On “AI” Getting The Best Out of The “Big Dog”

The Sixers have started the season and with improved pieces. This year Allen Iverson has his best scoring mate yet with Glenn “Big Dog” Robinson coming into to town. They will form one of the best scoring duos in the league if Iverson lets him. The times of “AI” scoring 28-31 points should be over for him and us as well. He needs to think of getting 6-7 assists a game and making his team better by playing better team defense. Like last year he has no shot blocker in the frontcourt so this is important. Robinson needs to take the shots he always took for this to be successful. We don’t need someone who serves to be Iverson’s sidekick we had enough of those in Kukoc, and Van Horn. We need someone who wants to put the ball in the hoop as much as Iverson. Their success together will be key to our success.

Our forwards need to cover a lot of ground on defense and rebound the ball. I like the toughness we have with Derrick Coleman and Marc Jackson. They are not taking any flying elbows or cheap shots by anyone and will fight you. That alone will scare people out of attacking the paint.

Our young players need to get minutes and contribute. We need some life injected in this veteran based team and players like John Salmons with his size and ball handling, Samuel Dalembert with his shot blocking and Willie Green with his explosiveness need to be grow on the job. All looked decent during the summer leagues and if they could do a fourth of that in the real games we will be all right.

Aaron McKie and Eric Snow need to keep being the voices of wisdom on the court. McKie finally healthy after a couple of plagued season and we need his scoring and defense. Snow needs to keep improving his aggressiveness and outside shot. Both defense on the other teams best player is invaluable and should be a factor when facing a guard heavy Eastern Conference.

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