Jerry Sloan - "most underrated" person in sports?

Jerry Sloan recently did something no other head coach has done in the history of the NBA. Sloan won 1,000 games as coach of the same team: the Utah Jazz. Other coaches have won 1,000 games in their career, but haven't won that many on the same team.

In Sloan's career, he has had only one losing season and one .500 season.

While driving to work this morning, Mike Greenberg from ESPN Radio mentioned that over the past 20 years, there is only 1 NBA franchise with more wins than Utah. The San Antonio Spurs.

I'm not sure that makes Sloan the "most underrated person in sports," but it is very impressive.

Iverson for Billups?

Today, the Denver Nuggets traded Allen Iverson, who ranks 3rd all-time in career scoring average behind Jordan and Chamberlain, to the Detroit Pistons.

The Nuggets get Chauncy "Mr. Big Shot" Billups, Antonio McDyess and Cheikh Samb in return.

The Nuggets will now have a true PG in Billups running the show, which will get JR Smith and Linas Kleiza in the game often. Also, with those shooters and Billups, Carmelo Anthony should face fewer double teams.

"Two teams had one common problem, or challenge," Nuggets executive Mark Warkentien said, according to AP. "I think the Pistons looked at Stuckey and saw him as the point guard of tomorrow, and you have an All-Star in Chauncey who was in his way.

"We're just thrilled with the way J.R. [Smith] is progressing and he had a Hall of Famer in front of him. You understand the motivation of both teams."

On the other hand, I would expect Rodney Stuckey to have more of a prominent role with the Pistons, eventually stepping into the starting line-up. Although initially the starting backcourt will be Iverson and Rip Hamilton.