Amazing what you can still get for Iverson

Everyone is reporting that Allen Iverson is on the way to Detroit for Chauncey Billups, Antonio McDyess and Cheikh Samb. Both Billups and McDyess have had previous stints with the Nuggets.

Incredible to me that Iverson, at 33 years old and with all the mileage on him (he’s averaged 41 minutes per game during his career!), can still command that kind of talent in a trade. It’s so hard for a player of his size (listed at 6-feet, 180 pounds but looks smaller than that) to last a long time in the league, given the pounding he’s taken.

I’ve always loved how hard he plays and at this point of his career, he’s seemed to accept that he’s never going to average big numbers again. Still, that seems like a lot to give up to bring him to a team that was doing pretty well without him.

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Tags: Allen Iverson, Antonio McDyess, Chauncey Billups, Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons, Dwight Jaynes