Teams aint gonna learn. All they see is height and then convince themselves with that low risk high reward reasoning that really doesn't apply. If the Heat or Cavs sign him watch Kyrie or LeBron tear their acls too.
Bruh, if you are 18th all time in scoring with 11 asg's, a mvp, one of the highest playoff and finals averages in league history, you don't go to the D Leagueyou either go straight to the NBA or nothing at all. As it should be.
AI that you?
I don't see it that way. I doubt very seriously a team would wait until a guy with the attributes that AI has would wait until he inches closer and closer to 40 and then give him a shot. He wasn't very good in his last stint with Phila. Would a team think he'd get better the older he gets? That doesn't make any sense. Honestly, given the Texas Legends previous moves (i.e Nancy Liberman as a coach, signing Delonte West) I have to believe that their interest in AI was more about publicity than actually feeling like he could help them. I also haven't seen Allen Iverson demanding to be a starter. I think his most recent plea for a job he said that he didn't care what his role was. I'll also disagree with him being called up with the quickness just because of who he is. If a team felt like he was capable of playing well enough in the D-League quickly, why not just bring him in for a workout?
With hopes of getting one last shot in the NBA, former All-Star and league MVP Allen Iversonis contemplating playing minor league basketball, according to a person close to the situation.
Iverson is willing to play in the Caribbean, in South America or even in the D-League if it gives him a chance to return to the NBA, the source said.
"Allen only wants to play if there's a possibility that it leads to the NBA," the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity. "That's the only way he would go to one of these lower leagues. He wants to get back to the NBA and leave the game on his terms."
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Iverson's interest in returning comes as he faces some financial trouble. On Monday, a judge in Georgia garnished funds from Iverson's bank account to repay about $860,000 that he owes a jeweler, according to multiple media reports.
Iverson's representatives have reached out to several NBA teams, but none has shown interest in signing the 36-year-old. The Los Angeles Lakers' D-League affiliate, the Los Angeles Defenders, has contacted Iverson's reps several times, but nothing materialized, according to the source.
A top official from the Puerto Rican Basketball League has reached out to Iverson's group, but no team has offered Iverson a contract. Iverson also has been in contact with Guaros de Lara, a Venezuelan team, but there have been no contract offers, according to the source.
"Nothing is imminent," the source said. "The only thing that's imminent is Allen's desire to show people that he's still got a lot to offer on the basketball court, even if it's just helping young guys learn from the mistakes he made."
If Iverson doesn't sign with a club before the Feb. 26 NBA All-Star Game, he likely will give up his quest and accept retirement, the source said.
In the course of his 14-year career, the 6-foot shooting guard averaged 26.7 points, the sixth-highest NBA all-time scoring average. Iverson last played in the NBA for the Memphis Grizzlies and the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2009-10 season, averaging 13.8 points and 4.0 assists. In 2011 he played only 10 games in an injury-filled stint in Turkey.
Bruh, if you are 18th all time in scoring with 11 asg's, a mvp, one of the highest playoff and finals averages in league history, you don't go to the D League
AI that you?
His contract will be heavily incentive-based, aka non guaranteed. Zero risk in that.
Bruh, if you are 18th all time in scoring with 11 asg's, a mvp, one of the highest playoff and finals averages in league history, you don't go to the D League
AI that you?[/quotehes right tho
if anyone thought he was actually gonna go to the D-league then theres something wrong with you.
If Derek Fisher can get a job then Iverson should get signed, if he plays bad. cut him, easy as thatt
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