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And the Iverson circus continues.
Sixers considering breaking ties with A.I.
Allen Iverson will not be with the Philadelphia 76ers on their current West Coast road trip, and there’s a strong movement within the organization to permanently break ties with him, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
Iverson is with his family to deal with medical issues concerning his daughter, but his constant in-and-out of the lineup this season has led team officials to believe a permanent break is best for the organization. Sources said Iverson went to team officials over the weekend and said he needed to leave the team again.
Sources say Sixers coach Eddie Jordan addressed the players on Sunday, and told them there’s a chance Iverson may not return to the team. However, Sixers ownership, general manager Ed Stefanski and Jordan haven’t sat down and formally come to that decision, but sources with knowledge of the Sixers plans believe the franchise is leaning in that direction.
Iverson missed five games to be with his daughter from Feb. 3-10. He also didn’t attend the All-Star Game after being voted as a starter for the Eastern Conference. He returned to the Sixers after the break and had played in the team’s past three games, including a 122-90 loss in Chicago.
The Sixers begin their four-game West Coast trip on Tuesday against the Golden State Warriors.
And the Iverson circus continues.
Iverson is such a drama queen.
awww man, poor iverson
Good. The guy is a class A .
this man and his family. terrible, terrible spoiled rotten human being.
Poor poor AI... NOT! I wonder if he will throw a 2year old hissy fit again
When AI dosn't get his way: "IT's my ball and I'm going home!"
At least he's missing the time for a good reason. I'm not sure how many of you have children, but if you have a seriously ill kid it changes priorities and perspectives on things. Putting taking care of a sick kid before work is something that is, IMO, the act of a concerned parent.
Does anyone know what is wrong with his daughter?
I wouldn't be so un-compassionate if he wasn't such a huge D-bag. It's hard to have faith in him how legit this is.
However if it is and his daughter is really that IL my best wishes for her.
Iverson hasn't disclosed anything about her illness. I can't believe he named her Messiah.
I can't believe the ego this guy has, especially for someone who shoots 42.5% for a career.
Kobe will be the same way in a few years. he is bad now, but just wait as is numbers continue to decline. not to mention he is only 30-31 years old and already shoots a pathetic 45% for his career. give it another 5 years and his career field goal percentage will be worse than Iversons. probably in the area of 38-42%.
wtf ? Iverson is maybe a spoiled rotten human being but we can show some respect in that particular situation. As far as I know he was doing decently in the sixers and didn't bring locker room issues, it happens that his daughter is sick and it is pretty serious. Iverson is a father and his priority is taking care of his daughter, I don't understand the " this man and his family"...
I can't stand AI. Haven't liked him since the day he was drafted. I had to watch him replace Chauncey Billups. I enjoy dumping on him when any opportunity presents itself. But seriously, some of you are heartless bas s. His daughter is pretty seriously ill. Doctors still have no idea what is wrong with her. They're not looking at cutting him because he's been a problem. It's simply an issue of him not being able to be around because of his child's health, and at this point it makes more sense to just develop the youth. I'll be glad to see him and his ego out of the league, but some is more serious than basketball.
+10000
really stupid posts in this thread
Allen Iverson's second tour with Philadelphia may be nearing an end.
According to an NBA source, Iverson has left the 76ers indefinitely to deal with a personal issue related to the health of his young daughter and there is no timetable for his return.
"At this time, we feel that it is in the best interest of the Sixers, Allen and his family that he be allowed to deal with a very serious issue that is far greater than the game of basketball," said team president and general manager Ed Stefanski.
Iverson missed five games to be with his daughter earlier this month and her health problems, which have not been revealed publicly -- forced him to miss the NBA All-Star game, which he was voted into as a starter.
Yahoo! Sports reported on Tuesday that Sixers coach Eddie Jordan addressed the team on Sunday, telling players that there was a chance Iverson would not return to the team. Another league source familiar with the situation told SI.com that the team was leaning toward cutting ties with Iverson, who is averaging 13.9 points and 4.1 assists in 25 games with the Sixers this season.
Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...#ixzz0gJDwofXe
Taking care of a child is egotistical??? You guys are idiots.
He is and always has been one of my favorite players in this league. His selfish at ude has put a hard ending to his hall of fame career, but this situation is NOT SELFISH at all!
For all you guys hoping crap happens to him and his family....Karma is a .
Sounds more like the tent is being packed up for the last time. Time to try Europe!!!
Feb. 16, 2010
Allen Iverson, having missed the last five games and what would have been his 11th straight appearance in the NBA All-Star Game, was back from his home in Atlanta, where he had been helping care for his ill daughter. Messiah Iverson is 4 years old. Listening to her father, doctors have been unable to determine specifically what is wrong. It wrenches at Allen Iverson; it almost hurts to hear him talk about the delicacy and uncertainty of the situation.
Messiah has been in and out of the hospital; she might have to go in again. Iverson, listening to people who know more than he - or any layman - would, has decided to bring her here, to Children's Hospital.
"From what I'm hearing, they're the best at it," he said.
She had a doctor's appointment yesterday in Atlanta, bringing him to say, "If they find out it's pneumonia, which they hope it's not, they're going to have to admit her again."
"A lot of the tests, things they checked for, came back negative," he said. "There are a couple more tests they want to take, and see where it goes from there."
He said the doctors "assured me they would get to the bottom of it. You look at them eye to eye and you can tell they truly believe that. You kind of feel comfortable about it."
He thought about not coming back at all. He thought about how much fun it would have been to play in the All-Star Game, where more than 1.2 million votes from the fans had landed him a starting position in the Eastern Conference, where a record crowd of more than 108,000 attended in Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, Texas. But he knew, he said, that he had made the right decision.
"I have five kids," he said. "None of them have ever been this sick. It's a first-time thing for me. I like to look at myself as a strong person, especially dealing with everything in my life. But this is a totally different situation; you find out you're not as tough as you thought you were when it's one of your kids. All I do is just pray on it; everyone that cares anything about me and my family, I wish them to do the same, 'cause that's all that can be done right now, 'cause they don't know exactly what's wrong with her."
A big part of him didn't want to come back, but he knew it might be helpful to live in the bubble of his profession.
"I do have a commitment and an obligation to be with my team and to do my job," he said. "I think this is the only thing I do in life where it's for a couple hours during a game [that] I don't think about [anything] but that. I think, in some type of way, that'll help me deal with my [family] situation a little better."
In the past, he has fought mightily against coaches who wanted to bring him off the bench, regardless of cir stances. Not now.
"That is so far from my mind right now, that's the last thing that I'm thinking about," he said. "And we've got to do what's best for the team. Everybody understands that I can run all day, [but] this is a mental game as well. If I'm not in it mentally, I wouldn't risk hurting the team.
"I don't think I will be a problem being mentally strong and able . . . [but] I'd be lying if I said it's not going to be tough."
Jordan said he was leaning toward not starting Iverson, but would wait until today to decide. Whether Jordan has ever had a philosophy about starters returning from injuries or whatever also was not a factor.
"No, he's different," Jordan said. "To me, he's different. He's so many years in the league, he's an 11-time All-Star, he's had a personal issue to deal with. I just want to make sure that physically he was in some type of rhythm and he had his legs under him, and we have to see [today] how he responds."
Jordan said Iverson "will be with the rotation guys for sure."
"Part of it is him," Jordan said. "He's been through it. He's a good player. I think we understand we want to keep the negative out of all of our conversation and mindset and be positive, [knowing] that he helped us. They [teammates] like him. He's a good teammate. We'll see how it goes . . . It's sort of a 'feel' thing."
Iverson said he told Jordan that "whatever decisions he makes regarding me, I'm all in.
"I'm going to support him regardless of what it is, whether I'm happy with it or not. I'm happy with the situation of being back in Philadelphia; I don't want to mess that up for [anything]."
He said his heart was with his team, but it was just as easy to see where it really was, with a 4-year-old daughter with an undetermined illness.
"The strongest man in the world," Allen Iverson said, "I don't think they could deal with it if something happened to one of their kids. I just love my kids."
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/...n_concern.html
he needs his ass whipped is what he needs. just one good vicious beat down.
Do you mean it wasn't practice?
No that's what you need my friend.
That really sucks for AI and all, but Messiah? seriously?..
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