Daily News | Here’s how Twitter slammed ESPN’s Jay Williams and showed love to Sixers legend Allen Iverson at the same time
How did Allen Iverson get roped into a social media argument that went viral Thursday afternoon involving Jimmy Butler?Williams sent Twitter into a frenzy after his suggestion that there’s perhaps no other player who has put an NBA team on his back and carried it to the brink of a championship as the Miami Heat forward has. Butler is
through 17 playoff games and helped secure a Finals berth against the Denver Nuggets after a Game 7 rout of the Boston Celtics in the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals.Nick Nurse has had an ‘interesting experience’ coaching against Joel Embiid. Now, they’re on the same team.Based on the Heat’s run and Butler’s impact on it, Williams suggested Thursday that he’s “never seen a man carry a team like this to an NBA Finals.
Unsurprisingly, the comments caused a stir on social media, namely on Twitter, where an homage was on full display to Iverson’s exploits in leading the 2000-01 Sixers to the NBA Finals, the subject of a new NBA TV documentary that dropped Wednesday calledOn Thursday afternoon, Williams went on the defensive, saying that Butler’s run was harder, considering that the Heat have seven undrafted players on their roster.Iverson averaged 32.
In the East finals against the Bucks, Iverson led all scorers four times, including a pair of 40-plus-point performances with his 46-point performance in a 108-100 loss and his game-high 44-point effort in
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