Jason Kidd hit the ground running once he joined the then-New Jersey Nets for the 2001-02 season, guiding the team to back-to-back Finals appearances while leading New Jersey in Win Shares both campaigns. Result of trade request: Traded from New Jersey to Dallas Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-USA TODAY Sports After all, Iverson spent over a decade in Philadelphia by that point and was already a league MVP and multi-time All-NBAer by the time he had asked out.
So although the after-effects of this trade request were largely uneventful – the Nuggets didn’t even get out of the first round of the playoffs either season Iverson was there – this was still a huge trade request.
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Iverson would last one full season in Denver before getting traded again, this time in the 2008-09 campaign to the Detroit Pistons. The 76ers wound up going through with Iverson’s trade request within two weeks, sending him to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Andre Miller, Joe Smith and two 2007 first-round picks. Regardless of what you may think of Cheeks’ coaching acumen, how can be his fault?” As yet another GM points out: “The didn’t make the playoffs last year and didn’t do anything of consequence during the offseason to improve.
The New York Post broke news of the historic trade request, citing Iverson not believing in Cheeks as a head coach as part of the reason why he wanted out:Īccording to the same agent, Iverson told King he likes Cheeks as a person “but not as a coach.” In other words, “either he goes or I go.” Despite numerous people in Philadelphia and Portland (where Cheeks coached for three seasons and 55 games) believing Maurice is overmatched on the sidelines, he has the full support of Chairman Ed Snider and King. The Sixers sat at 5-12 at the time of the trade request and were already coming off a 2005-06 campaign which saw them miss the playoffs in Year 1 of having Maurice Cheeks as head coach. Result of trade request: Traded from Philadelphia to DenverĪfter 10-plus accolade-filled seasons, including one trip all the way to the NBA Finals, Hall-of-Fame guard Allen Iverson requested a trade from the Philadelphia 76ers roughly 25 games into the 2006-07 season.
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