Monday, February 22nd, 2010 at 2:48 pm  |  65 responses

76ers Cutting Iverson Loose?

Looking at the Sixers’ situation from the outside, a clean separation might be the best possibility: “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.”

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  • tavoris

    ^you’ve been defending the circumstances, not the man. It’s all good tho

  • Brian

    AI missed practice in Detroit last year on Thanksgiving because of a “family issue”.

  • tavoris

    much more important fact:Andris Biedrins is shooting THIRTEEN PERCENT from the free-throw line this season.

  • tavoris

    @Brian-that’s called “preplanned Thanksgiving plans”, not a sick child. Good try, tho

  • http://fjkld.com Jukai

    Of course I’m not defending the man. I’ve read enough and seen enough to think that, personally, I wouldn’t like Allen Iverson.
    That doesn’t mean that ANY decent human being deserves the benefit of the doubt when their family is sick. People need to put their hatred of the PLAYER Allen Iverson aside and be f*cking respectful. None of this “ha glad he’s gone, he’s faking it anyway” bullsh*t.
    People think this should be publicized like Fisher’s incident to give it validity? Would you want YOUR critically ill daughter’s condition plastered all over the news? Iverson is keeping it under wraps and I’d do the exact same damn thing. If it turns out it’s a lie, or even becomes DEBATABLE, fine, then people can start bashing AI. Until then, have some damn respect, the same respect you’d show to anyone.

  • Candice

    @Brian it’s been stated that she’s been back and forth to the hospital.

  • Brian

    Pre-planned Thanksgiving plans at 9 or 10 in the morning? Yup………

  • tavoris

    @Jukai: re-read ur earlier comment, where u clearly said you were defending HIM. It’s not that important tho.
    @Brian-whatever man…not feeding into it

  • http://fjkld.com Jukai

    Tavoris: You’re arguing semantics. I’m defending Iverson in his situation.

  • tavoris

    @Jukai-I’m not arguing at all.

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    Brian
    He skipped practice. I don’t remember him offering any excuse about a family situation.
    Now, you could raise the family situation thing in Memphis, where he had a family issue and then never came back to the team. But, even there, the organization said they believed him and he didn’t claim to be injured or anything.
    If people’s dislike of Iverson seemed rooted in some logical, consistent reasons, it would be more understandable for me. But, it seems like cats hate Iverson for the same things they like in other players, or they hate him for stuff like his clothes, tats and cornrows.
    It’s just weird.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Pardeep

    Agreed with AllenP. What if they agree to waive AI and his daughter gets better by playoff time and Iverson signs with a contender and gets a ring. Imagine that.

  • http://fjkld.com Jukai

    Pardeep: then people would probaby say Iverson was lying through his teeth about his daughter’s problems and didn’t want to play with the sixers. C’mon bro…

  • tavoris

    @Pardeep-not gonna happen. The deadline for signees to become playoff-eligible is Monday.

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