After leading the Iowa Energy to the 2011 D-League title, head coach Nick Nurse headed to the team he beat in the league finals – Rio Grande Valley.
The Vipers open the season tonight (8 p.m.) against the Erie BayHawks at State Farm Arena. Earlier this week, Duane Rankin caught Nurse on the phone and talked to him about why he left Iowa, being part of hybrid partnership and the change in weather.
In 16 games with Idaho, former Erie BayHawk guard Donell Taylor is averaging 23.1 points for the Stampede.
Nice.
It’s a word former Erie BayHawks guard Donell Taylor uses quite a bit.
As Taylor road a bus from Houston to Dallas earlier Friday, he felt a little better than nice because he had been selected to participate in the D-League All-Star Weekend festivities at the Dallas Convention Center.
Taylor was selected as a replacement in Friday’s Shooting Stars competition.
He's not an All-Star anymore, but Allen Iverson is still one of the game's most popular players.
19 games. 1.4 ppg and 4.4 assists per game.
Those don’t look like All-Star type numbers, but that’s what Allen Iverson has delivered this season.
Isn’t startling, but the fans love him. So much so that they voted Iverson a starter for the upcoming All-Star game next month in Dallas.
I go back and forth on this.
Iverson is a future Hall of Famer, but he’s on the down end of his career and seemingly quit on Memphis before rejoining the 76ers this season.
However, he isn’t playing too bad for Philly and other than Rajon Rondo of Boston, what other guard in the East is worthy of being a starter in the All-Star game?
I’m waiting.
