"THINK ABOUT THIS.

People have seen Andre Iguodala walking down the streets of Philadelphia and altered whatever they were doing to come up to his face and curse at him.

Think about that, really closely, because this isn't a boo during a Sixers game at the Wells Fargo Center.

It isn't someone calling up talk radio to express discontent.

These are people who have made a conscious decision to change a course of action and use some of their valuable time to insult Iguodala. Why?

What has Iguodala done so wrong to invite that?

"Oh, I get that all of the time," Iguodala said with a good-natured smile yesterday after practice. "That's nothing anymore.

"I thought it was normal, because I've seen it so much. I was like, 'All right, I guess this happens to everybody.'

"I was with [former Sixer Reggie Evans] once, and he wanted to get the guy. I was, 'No, Reg, it's just the nature of the city.' The people are really passionate and into the game. It's nothing."

I've seen a lot of dynamics between Philadelphia athletes and Philadelphia fans. I have not always agreed with it, but I generally understood.

I saw both sides of the love/hate relationships with Allen Iverson and Donovan McNabb.

I understood why guys like Eric Lindros and Terrell Owens got free passes, while guys like Eric Snow and Cole Hamels got dumped on for the slightest mistakes.

I can't figure out why Iguodala is so derided.

I get that a lot of people don't think he's a superstar-level player worthy of his big contract, but is that reason enough to curse at him on the street?"