Monday, February 6th, 2012 at 3:35 pm  |  66 responses

Report: Allen Iverson Being Recruited By League in Puerto Rico


Allen Iverson’s NBA prospects have been rendered virtually non-existent, but there’s a report out today via Yahoo! Sports indicating that The Answer could possibly end up taking his talents to Puerto Rico: “Iverson’s business manger Gary Moore has talked with Puerto Rico officials, and the league’s teams are discussing a bidding process to woo Iverson. The Puerto Rican league, which starts its 30-game season in March, pays its stars about $20,000 a month, plus living expenses, sources said. The league’s commissioner is selling Iverson on the chance to work his way back to a possible return to the NBA. The league is hoping to convince Iverson to take a trip to the island and look closer at the possibility. Since Iverson returned from an ill-fated stay in Turkey last season, it’s unclear if he has had much, if any, interest among professional leagues outside the NBA. The Puerto Rican league sees Iverson as a potential ticket seller and iconic addition. In recent years, the league has been a landing place for players trying to return to the NBA. The Caciques de Humacao team recently signed former NBA players Rashad McCants and Ike Diogu for the 2012 season.”

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  • JP7

    dudes get blacklisted when they actin right, if you work for a company you gotta get in where you fit in and play ur part.

  • http://www.twitter.com/hurstysyd Hursty

    Wall Ball – uhhh, Rasheed retired. Not blacklisted. Lol.

  • http://theprayingdurantis.wordpress.com/ Nash

    I bet IVerson, Randy Moss, T.O., and John Rocker will be the sickest Joes vs. Pros, Pros we’ve EVER seen!

  • Justin G.

    Anyone who thinks AI is blacklisted is a complete moron

  • G Diesel

    At this point, he should just change his name to Kenny Powers! #Eastboundanddown

  • Jay

    Iverson signs with Puerto Rico, does well, applies for citizenship, plays for PR at the Olympics and plays his tail off almost stunning Team USA—-

    How great would that be.

  • http://espn.go.com/nba/recap/_/id/310203019/miami-heat-vs-orlando-magic Jukai

    Didn’t cause any problems in Phili… like when he took time off to “take care of his sick daughter” and then went to a nightclub in Charlotte?
    Yuh huh..

  • Mo

    Jukai, that was weeks after he left. And not only that it was to raise money for his Camp Crossover camp. Sixers GM and even Doug Collins talked about how well behaved he was that season. Said he was the best positive lockerroom guy they had. Thaddeus Young said AI was the exact opposite of what the media says. Same with Lou Williams. He screwed up Memphis on his own but he was first class in Philly.

  • Mo

    ^^^ and just to note Doug Collins was talking about what management told him. Yes we all know Collins wasnt there yet. Google “Doug Collins Iverson” for some articles.

  • hyperactive

    @Mo thank you for correcting that dude. Too much inaccurate information. Know what you`re talking about.

  • MikeC.

    @hyperactive – almost all of the players you mentioned are on long term guaranteed contracts. Their teams don’t have a choice but to have them on the roster, even though most would be cut in a league with no guaranteed contracts. Most are also BIG dudes, and most are younger than AI. None have his spotty rep. JR and Sheed made it into the conversation because they’re well known headcases who didn’t get “blackballed”.
    If you think my age is relevant, I’m 33 and I’ve been following the NBA since I was 11.
    @Jay- Iverson already played for Team USA. He can’t rep another country in the Olympics.

  • MikeC.

    @nbk 8 years is sticking around in a league that has an average career length of 3.5 years. For a guy with his physical gifts, he should have played longer. 8 years for Rider is actually pretty long.

  • who cares

    ques: how would wade react after avg 26pp & 6ast and still in perfectly good health to being benched in favour of chalmers….pretty much the same

    AI avg that next to melo aka “the black hole” and after allegedly losing a step
    What if Wade was traded to Memphis cuz of his reaction and asked to be a sub for conley

    In Denver he was a model citizen, in philly he was the glue guy per say
    and a big influence on the yung guys

    so much so he was invited to lu will summer lockout game

    where his old slow self was the catalyst for a comeback and also crossed up jef teauge

    so no he’s not a cancer. yes he can be a elder states man
    and in Turkey he played Team ball, not even once did he attempt to score 30 or played selfish

    so yes he can fit in and gel in a team concept, plus his speed has always been over hyped and has been in a weird twist his downfall
    as ppl think his game was based entirely on speed

    Truth is he has a very good jump shot streaky because he had a tendency to take Kobe like shots(difficult) if he plays smart & take easier shots which he did in Denver posting career highs in fg and 3pt % so he was also playing smarter

    Not making excuses he did some dumb stuff made mistakes here and there, but after the games they dont ask kobe about his divorce, colorado or even practice(had to say that)

    but they ask about the game

    Thing is with AI they dwell on the negatives

  • who cares

    BTW I’m not trying to support any conspiracy theories or black ball arguments, just saying give dude a chance already, really is it a chance

  • GiveMeaBreak

    Anonymous is 100% full of BULL. The bottom line is this, AI came in the league not giving a damn about anything or anyone else because of his greatness. And he paid the price. Yeah, he’s healthy, and yeah, he’s able to come back to the league and put up very good numbers, but he’ll prolly never get the chance. When you’re given the opportunity that many people in america don’t get, you can’t assume that you’re gonna be given a second chance. Oh, and yeah, the league executives and big wigs do not like him and are doing what they can to purge the league and the public of his memory. Why you ask…because he came in the league and didn’t conform, and gave them two fingers….middle ones at that. All the while, AI forgot that they own the league, and if you don’t bow down, the force you out. All AI had to do was shut the hell up, and show some humility. He cried about being 6th man and ish. All he had to do was just chill out and play his game. Once the owners finally had enough of the starters not producing, they’d give AI his rightful spot as a starter. Because at the end of the day the owners only care about wins and money, they won’t sit for too long if it aint happening. But if you talking ish….they’ll let the team fail and kill your career in the process. I came from the same kind of life that AI did, but I realized one thing, you don’t have to change yourself to make it, just learn to play the game, and then, you’ll eventually come out on top.

  • Jeremy

    *sigh* The jew-media once again ruining something so precious to me as my childhood hero. Much like they are doing to ron paul right now.

    All 4 major sports commissioners (nba/mlb/nfl/nhl) are all jewish. It is no secret that David Stern, the tyrannical NBA commissioner whos had his job for 25 years already (unusual when commishs usually get 5-10 years) has made it his sole duty to desperately white-wash and “clean up” the NBA’s image for middle america since Iverson brought about the “hip-hop thug” image post-jordan era.

    How can you sit here, watching washed up messes like mike bibby and mike freaking JAMES get signed…and a first ballot HOF’er can’t make a single cut in this weak lockout league this year.

    If that isnt enough to convince let me remind you of something many people have already forgotten…in 2006 when Iverson was averaging 33.0 points and 7.3 assists on 46% percent shooting….arguable his best stats ever….

    HE WAS NOT INVITED TO TRY OUT FOR THE USA OLYMPIC TEAM THAT YEAR. For who? For the likes of LUKE RIDNOUR AND GILBERT ARENAS. Are you f*cking kidding me? Let me repeat that for you.

    Say that again with me….Luke…..Ridnour.

    Take off the ai-hater shades off that have been beaten into you by the media for years, for once. For a guy who is such a huge cancer to team chemistry, you have never once read an interview from any of his former-teamates criticizing him in any way. Even JORDAN had teamates drop a couple quotes about how he could be an asshole due to his super competitiveness and well-known ego. But you have never read one negative quote from another player about ai or his habits, only the media.

    Tupac once said, “Don’t believe the medias tricks.” And I don’t think there’s a better example today than the tarnishing of basketball legend Allen Iverson’s career. Someone who carried the league’s image and earned it millions when everyone was worried where it’d go after Jordan retired. Shown zero respect today.

    You all ought to be ashamed of yourselves for having zero individual thought and spine. Keep just sucking in whatever stern’s BSPN tells you.

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