The late Friday rumors of an Allen Iverson splashdown in Philadelphia escalated quickly enough that, according to Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 76ers general manager Ed Stefanski and coach Eddie Jordan were engaged in a meeting with Iverson in Dallas as of 3 PM Eastern Monday. (UPDATE: The Sixers confirmed the meeting.)Iverson retired last week after a failed three-game stint with Memphis and a failed attempt to become a New York Knick. That Iverson retired via a statement to Stephen A. Smith seemed to bring on the skepticism; when Smith reported Friday that Iverson would be interested in playing again for the Sixers, The Answer's retirement became a Brett Favre madlib.
As the incisive Matt Watson outlined this weekend, Iverson makes too much sense in Philadelphia. The team is down two guards after watching Andre Miller walk away as a free agent and watching Louis Williams's jaw get busted, an injury which will keep the surprising lead guard out seven more weeks. Jrue Holiday has taken the starting point guard position, but the UCLA product is perhaps the least developed of all the myriad (well, nine, a veritable myriad by NBA standards) rookie PGs. Holiday lacks refinement, but has as much potential (physical and skill-based) as any of them but perhaps Brandon Jennings and Tyreke Evans. Holiday is the future, but he doesn't seem to be at a point at which he can keep the Sixers above water until February.
Enter Iverson, who would immediately add a bombastic scoring dimension the other Sixers (excepting Williams) have struggled with. It will come with drama, but Philadelphia is in such bad shape that drama's a risk that needs to be taken.
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It all makes sense to bring AI back to Phila. The team has been so bad and nobody has cared to watch since he left. He shouldn't have left the way it happened. He deserves to come back.
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It all makes sense to bring AI back. The team has been so bad and nobody even cares to watch them since he left. He shouldn't have left the way he did. He deserves to come back to the Sixers for all he did for them.
A.I COME BACK TO PHILLY PLZZ OUR TEAMS SUCKS RITE NOW
Might as well bring AI back, the team sucks and needs to sell tickets. I'm not an Iverson fan but think he deserves to go out playing for the team that will ultimately retire his number. 1 last season Allen!!
nothing bad can come of this. the team will certainly miss the playoffs with AI chucking up 30 shots per game. that means lottery and chance at #1 pick. see more people than empty seats. no more iggy taking game deciding shots. at least iverson will make 33% of them shots as opposed to iggy's 5%. lou williams, aka poor mans iverson back on the bench after the IR. face it they suck and they are not going to get better with half the cap guaranteed to a has been (brand) and never will be (iguadala). might as well make it exciting. bring back AI, and if not all the more reason steffanski must be fired!
This is how it should happen.Iverson is a sixer.He was never right in Denver or Detroit.And Memphis didnt make sense at all.A young bottom 5 team,for a aging legend.Say what you wanna about his personality,but he just leaves it all out there.How many athletes over the years didnt do things that didnt reach the media.What about baseball and football with steroids.We hear a name here and there,but their all protected.How about that beloved 93 phillies team.That team was a symbol of the steroid era.AI plays the way philadelphians love their players to play.His personal life is none of our business.And he never said that.He took every attack,warranted or not.He still gave us a show,unlike this current sixer roster.If this is the final stage for him,why shouldnt be as a sixer.The sad thing is,this might actually be the best sixer roster he will ever play with.At the very least,they sell another 50,000 seats or so.Whats the worst that can happen,they only go 500,oh wait,thats all they are anyway.HE SHOULD GET TO RETIRE A 76ER.
HE IS A 76ER SO HE SHOULD RETIRE A 76RE. HE MADE A NAME FOR HIS SELF AS A 76ER FOR 10YR. PHILADELPHIANS LOVE IVERSON. HE WAS NEVER TO LEAVE ANY WAY!!!!!!!!!