Why yes, now that you mention it, I WAS this close to Allen Iverson:

This is Kyle Korver; he's tall. He can shoot the long three just like he's ringin' a bell:

Here's a really good shot of Allen that I think he should endeavour to purchase from me for millions, what with me having a copyright on it:

Actually, I'm not sure of the legality of copyrighting something like that, since I took the picture within the boundaries of the Sixers game. The Sixers probably own the picture, the camera, and my testes. So forget I said anything.

Matt's thoughts on Monday night's game against the Utah Jazz:

• Allen Iverson has the skinniest set of chicken legs I've ever seen. I mean, even skinnier than Kyle. They're like drumsticks, and not chicken or turkey drumsticks, but actual wooden sticks that one uses to bang a drum.
• Allen Iverson tends to be a LITTLE greedy with the ball. I'm no professional, but I'm just saying, I swear I watched the team run down the court probably 75 times, and he personally took 374 shots. Or something close to that, anyway.
• Aaron McKie needs to tuck his shooting elbow in on foul shots. (I learned that from a Tim Allen movie!)
• During the third quarter, Corliss Williamson got ejected because he and Matt Harpring got into an argument that ended with Williamson pushing Harpring into the expensive seats. Matt Harpring strikes me as a rather unassuming character, not the one that would incite violence from another player. Just a weird scene. It was like watching me pick a fight with a bouncer at the Stone Balloon.
• Allen Iverson became the 7th player in league history and the first in Sixers history to score 50 points on consecutive nights. Now if we could get him to pass the ball, that'd be so righteous.
• Kyle Korver hit a bomb from, I swear, Miami-Dade Airport for 3 points to close out the third period. It was the most incredible shot I've ever seen, and I've watched Rick Smith hit nothing but twine, shot after shot, from like halfway down his driveway.
• I also watched Kyle Korver drive to the basket, and he was remarkably unawkward in doing so. I'm surprised they don't let him do that more; he's a big guy, seems coordinated, he can dribble without looking at the ball, and he can hit outside shots from, apparently, anywhere on the floor. His passing could use some work, but then, the Sixers as a team had roughly 4,983 (give or take a few thousand) turnovers in the first quarter alone, so I think it might be time for Coach Jim O'Brien to arrange for some passing drills in this week's practices.
• Mad props to Milo for hooking us up with hell of good tix: Section 106, row 21. I'd never even been out on the concourse level seats before, and of course Milo then dragged us down to courtside to watch the shoot-around. I enjoyed that. Also big ups to Mikey for driving and buying me several glasses of fine hoppy beers.
• Oh, the Sixers lost by like 2 points. It was hell of annoying, but a great game to watch. I bet you wish you were there. HA.