He won't. He's had a single un-terrible season at the plate, and that was last year. He's 34 years old. He's a complete bust waiting to happen and will only serve as the latest installment to our circus of mediocrity at shortstop.
Sign Beltre to complement it (for defensive purposes, obviously), and that's one f*** of a left side of the infield. I agree with Dipre that SAFECO killed Beltre and putting him in Fenway could spike his numbers.
I love how ESPN has come to a total standstill over this. Its understandable when it first happens, but he's been released from the hospital, he appears to be okay, the police say drugs aren't involved, yet they carry on.
The potential reward is enormous. I might favor bringing him in if he was on a deal where he could be easily discarded if he started acting up. We're not a young team that will be scarred for the season if Iverson was signed, turned out to be a cancer, and was canned.
My marketing teacher claims to have some inside info and thinks the Celtics will look long and hard at Iverson.
I don't think bringing him on board would be a catastrophe or anything - maybe the chance to be on a leading title contender will set him straight - but I don't like the odds. What a bench if it happens and works out well, though.
1) Very few of their players have contracts running past this season.
2) If they added James to today's team and did nothing else, they'd be a 45 win team. And I have a feeling that the Knicks wouldn't leave it at that.