What will become of Allen Iverson?

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The General

Another Day, Another Dollar
Is this guy going to stay in Phily or move on?

<TABLE class=gSGTableStatsGrid cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=677 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=gSGSectionTitleStatsGrid colSpan=17>CAREER AVERAGES

</TD></TR><TR><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid></TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid></TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid></TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid></TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid></TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid></TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid></TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid></TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid noWrap align=middle colSpan=3>REBOUNDS PER GAME </TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid colSpan=6></TD></TR><TR class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid noWrap width=35>YEAR</TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid noWrap width=40>TEAM</TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid noWrap align=right width=35>G</TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid noWrap align=right width=35>GS</TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid noWrap align=right width=35>MPG</TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid noWrap align=right width=35>FG%</TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid noWrap align=right width=35>3P%</TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid noWrap align=right width=35>FT%</TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid noWrap align=right width=45>OFF</TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid noWrap align=right width=45>DEF</TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid noWrap align=right width=45>RPG</TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid noWrap align=right width=35>APG</TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid noWrap align=right width=35>SPG</TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid noWrap align=right width=35>BPG</TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid noWrap align=right width=35>TO</TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid noWrap align=right width=35>PF</TD><TD class=gSGSectionColumnHeadingsStatsGrid noWrap align=right width=35>PPG</TD></TR><TR><!-- year --><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid>96-97 </TD><!-- team --><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid>PHI </TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>76</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>74</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>40.1</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.416</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.341</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.702</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right width=45>1.5</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right width=45>2.6</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right width=45>4.1</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>7.5</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>2.07</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.32</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>4.43</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>3.10</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>23.5</TD></TR><TR><!-- year --><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid>97-98 </TD><!-- team --><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid>PHI </TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>80</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>80</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>39.4</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.461</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.298</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.729</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right width=45>1.1</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right width=45>2.6</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right width=45>3.7</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>6.2</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>2.20</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.31</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>3.05</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>2.50</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>22.0</TD></TR><TR><!-- year --><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid>98-99 </TD><!-- team --><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid>PHI </TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>48</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>48</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>41.5</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.412</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.291</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.751</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right width=45>1.4</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right width=45>3.5</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right width=45>4.9</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>4.6</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>2.29</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.15</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>3.48</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>2.00</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>26.8</TD></TR><TR><!-- year --><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid>99-00 </TD><!-- team --><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid>PHI </TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>70</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>70</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>40.8</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.421</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.341</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.713</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right width=45>1.0</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right width=45>2.8</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right width=45>3.8</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>4.7</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>2.06</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.07</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>3.29</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>2.30</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>28.4</TD></TR><TR><!-- year --><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid>00-01 </TD><!-- team --><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid>PHI </TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>71</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>71</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>42.0</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.420</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.320</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.814</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right width=45>.7</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right width=45>3.1</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right width=45>3.8</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>4.6</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>2.51</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.28</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>3.34</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>2.10</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>31.1</TD></TR><TR><!-- year --><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid>01-02 </TD><!-- team --><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid>PHI </TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>60</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>59</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>43.7</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.398</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.291</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.812</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right width=45>.7</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right width=45>3.8</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right width=45>4.5</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>5.5</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>2.80</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.22</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>3.95</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>1.70</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>31.4</TD></TR><TR><!-- year --><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid>02-03 </TD><!-- team --><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid>PHI </TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>82</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>82</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>42.5</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.414</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.277</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.774</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right width=45>.8</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right width=45>3.4</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right width=45>4.2</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>5.5</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>2.74</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.16</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>3.49</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>1.80</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>27.6</TD></TR><TR><!-- year --><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid>03-04 </TD><!-- team --><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid>PHI </TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>48</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>47</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>42.5</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.387</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.286</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.745</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right width=45>.7</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right width=45>3.0</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right width=45>3.7</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>6.8</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>2.40</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.10</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>4.35</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>1.80</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>26.4</TD></TR><TR><!-- year --><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid>04-05 </TD><!-- team --><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid>PHI </TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>75</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>75</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>42.3</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.424</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.308</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.835</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right width=45>.7</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right width=45>3.3</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right width=45>4.0</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>7.9</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>2.40</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.12</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>4.59</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>1.90</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>30.7</TD></TR><TR><!-- year --><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid>05-06 </TD><!-- team --><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid>PHI </TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>72</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>72</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>43.1</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.447</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.323</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.814</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right width=45>.6</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right width=45>2.6</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right width=45>3.2</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>7.4</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>1.94</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.14</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>3.44</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>1.70</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>33.0</TD></TR><!-- career --><TR style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><!-- year --><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid>Career </TD><!-- team --><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid></TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>682</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>678</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>41.7</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.421</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.310</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.775</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right width=45>.9</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right width=45>3.0</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right width=45>4.0</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>6.1</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>2.34</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.10</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>3.72</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>2.10</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>28.0</TD></TR><!-- play off --><TR><!-- year --><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid>Playoff </TD><!-- team --><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid></TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>62</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>62</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>45.5</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.402</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.333</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.765</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right width=45>.9</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right width=45>3.3</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right width=45>4.2</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>6.1</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>2.19</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>.21</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>3.21</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>2.30</TD><TD class=gSGRowOddStatsGrid align=right>30.6</TD></TR><!-- all star --><TR><!-- year --><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid>All-Star </TD><!-- team --><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid></TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>7</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>7</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>28.9</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.419</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.667</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.784</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right width=45>.9</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right width=45>2.0</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right width=45>2.9</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>6.7</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>2.29</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.00</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>4.43</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>.70</TD><TD class=gSGRowEvenStatsGrid align=right>17.3</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>




(EDIT) - ADDED 12/08/06:

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ZZ CREAM

ZZ CREAM

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Pastorsinalot said:
white people always think brothers will head to jail.
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Not just black guys, but also white guys that are covered in tattooes! I expect all -tattooed guys to end up in jail. Isn't that why they get them? To have jail cred?
 
U

UTOPIA

EOG Addicted
Like the Joe J. embarrassment.

Like the Joe J. embarrassment.

.. If so, Then all the owners will try to get rid of that guy, too.....
 
Clip Joint

Clip Joint

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MCP said:
Philly would be smart to move him now for a bunch of young talent.. AI is only going downhill from here.
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No team is going to give up young talent for AI (maybe Atlanta because they are stockpiled at one position with young players). He has very little value.

I am sure Isiah would take him...he needs another scoring point guard.
 
Clip Joint

Clip Joint

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JTGAMBLE said:
HEARD HE MAY GO TO ATLANTA HAWKS
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It would make sense for the Hawks to give up one of their 6'8"-6'9" small forward type players. They have a ton of young talent but all of them are the same size and play the same positions.
 
roach23

roach23

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I highly doubt anything happens with ATL. With the players they have...and from what i understand they don't have many expiring contracts...it would be hard to make salaries match.

the 6ers aren't gonna get a great deal for him. The best they can hope for is acquring an overpaid scrub whose contract is gonna expire soon.

They still gotta pay that stiff Webber for 2 more years. So maybe if they can unload AI in exchange for a big contract guy who'll be gone in 2 years...that's the way they'll go and try and build around Iggy and then sign a big free agent once AI and Webber are off the books.
 
S

SCI

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AI doesn't have much value at the age of 31, but he could really help out a team looking to get over the hump to win a championship, like a Dallas.

If I was Billy King, I would try to get some young talent or try and move up in the draft for this year or next. I would not just dump him off for an expiring contract, I feel he's woryth more than that and also kinda a slap in the face to a man who filled the seats and gave the sixers fans alot of excitement since Dr J.

Philly would be smart to move him now for a bunch of young talent.. AI is only going downhill from here
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I agree, but AI did have his best season of his career just this year and shows no signs of slowing down in my eyes.
 
Bettor days

Bettor days

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he'll be good wherever he goes. he just needs to go to a coach that can handle his attitude. but i still think he has plenty left in the tank sure he gets knocked around ALOT but he seems to be one of the toughest guys out there. that or hell be rapping on the corner for change. orlando could use him.
 
BEANTOWNJIM

BEANTOWNJIM

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IF NOBODY WANTS ALLAN IVERSON IN THE NIGERIAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION I CAN HOOK HIM UP WITH A JANITOR JOB AT OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL.

SERIOUSLY BOYS EVER WONDER WHAT ALLAN IVERSON WOULD BE DOING IF HE COULDNT SHOOT A BASKETBALL.JUST LOOK AT HIM HE HAS PUNK WRITTEN ALL OVER HIM.
 
rainbow

rainbow

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If he goes anywhere I think it will be with Dallas or Cleveland, he DEFINTELY want's a RING before he RETIRES...
 
Lawrence

Lawrence

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Re: What will become of Allen Iverson?

I have respect for AI...anyone that plays with that many injuries has my respect. very easy to sit out games at the profesional level when youre rich
 
Doc Mercer

Doc Mercer

EOG Master
Re: What will become of Allen Iverson?

If he is a 1st time HOF inductee than the HOF indeed has become a
joke ...

Iverson is a joke and a reason folks in this country have a bad image
of African Americans ... guy cant even speak and he dresses like
someone serving 30 yrs for murder
 
JTGAMBLE

JTGAMBLE

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Re: What will become of Allen Iverson?

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Source: Sixers looking to pull off trade by Tuesday


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Allen Iverson's 11-year tenure in Philadelphia is on track to end as soon as Monday night.

A source close to Iverson has told ESPN.com that Sixers brass met Sunday to go over the various trade proposals that have come in over the past few days. One or two three-team trade proposals were expected to be explored Monday, and the source said the Sixers were inclined to pull the trigger shortly thereafter -- either Monday night or Tuesday. <!-- PULL-PARAGRAPH (BEGIN) -->
Allen Iverson's steep contract is one reason why a trade for him is not for everyone. But the Celtics, Mavs and Knicks may have the assets to get a deal done.
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While the Sixers are apparently looking to pull the plug on the trade quickly, Iverson will be inactive for Monday's game against Portland.

The source indicated the Minnesota Timberwolves were not seriously in the running, and the attention being paid to Denver and Boston was being overblown.

"The offers are better than what was out there last summer," the source said.

The source said the Sixers seemed determined to avoid having the Iverson divorce linger anywhere near as long as last year's protracted Ron Artest trade saga in Indiana, which dragged on for nearly seven weeks before he was dealt to Sacramento for Peja Stojakovic.

"The best offers are the ones that come at the beginning," a well-placed Pacers source told ESPN.com on Saturday, looking back on that drama and comparing it to what's happening in Philadelphia with Iverson.

Sixers chairman Ed Snider has already said definitively that Iverson will be granted his wish and be traded, something Iverson asked for last Monday -- a day after the Sixers lost by 11 at home to Minnesota as Ricky Davis jawed with front-row spectators while scoring 14 fourth-quarter points to lock up the win.

Amid speculation that Davis, or Mike James, and rookie Randy Foye might be the centerpieces of a deal that would send Iverson to Minnesota, Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor on Friday night told the St. Paul Pioneer-Press: "There's no trade. It isn't that I don't like him, just money-wise it wouldn't work out."

And although Taylor backed off those comments somewhat on Saturday, ESPN.com's source, who because of his closeness to Iverson was being kept abreast of all developments, indicated the 76ers weren't enamored of either Davis or the additional pieces they'd have to take back from Minnesota to make the salaries match.

Unlike last year's Artest saga, when his relatively small salary ($6.8 million) gave the Pacers a myriad of options to consider, the Sixers have a limited number of proposals to sift through due to the number of players it would take, in most cases, to have salaries that add up within the range ($13.75 million to $21.5 million) of what is needed to match Iverson's salary (he makes $17.2 million this season, $19.1M in 2007-08 and $21.1M in 2008-9) for the trade to work under NBA rules.

The Celtics have the advantage of being able to add Theo Ratliff's $11.7 million contract into the mix, while the Memphis Grizzlies would be one of the few teams able to offer Philadelphia cap relief for next summer through Eddie Jones' expiring $15.7 million contract -- if not for the inconvenient fact that team president Jerry West's hands are tied because of the pending sale of the team, precluding him from making trades.

Dallas also could offer a package starting with two expiring contracts (Jerry Stackhouse and Austin Croshere), as could New Orleans (Desmond Mason and Mark Jackson add up to almost $13 million), while the Charlotte Bobcats are far enough under the salary cap to take back Iverson in a trade in which the salaries would not have to even come close to matching.

Another team that can't be totally dismissed is the New York Knicks, who are in the unique position of being able to take back both Iverson and Chris Webber in a trade. Because the salaries of Iverson and Webber add up to nearly $38 million, the Knicks would have to offer at least $30.4 million worth of contracts back -- a total that could be reached with a package of Steve Francis, Quentin Richardson, Malik Rose and Channing Frye.
And although the Sixers would prefer to trade Iverson to a Western Conference team, they're going to take the best offer that's out there, East or West, even in their own division -- and they're going to do it soon.
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Doc Mercer

Doc Mercer

EOG Master
Re: What will become of Allen Iverson?

Jack:

and he looked great in the Prison Orange jump suit after that bowling lane
gig ...

you would think that someone making this much money could decide
to learn how to speak english and buy something beside gang colors for
his clothing attire
 
dirty

dirty

EOG Master
Re: What will become of Allen Iverson?

Wish My Hawks could get him...we desparately need a Point Guard....Speedy Claxton just don't get it. As Much as I don't like AI....he is in the top 10 players in the league...and #2 PG behind Nash IMO
 
Doc Mercer

Doc Mercer

EOG Master
Re: What will become of Allen Iverson?

Dirty:

forget it ... the Hawks are the NBA's version of the Tx Strangers
 
dirty

dirty

EOG Master
Re: What will become of Allen Iverson?

You got that right Doc...we don't have enough High salaries to trade...No way we get rid of Johnson, smith, Childress, Williams....and the rest of the teams salaries don't add up to 10 million bucks prolly.....You think they would take a 8 for one deal
 
CHALKbreaker

CHALKbreaker

EOG Dedicated
Re: What will become of Allen Iverson?

Really would be funny if the Lakers landed him. The big question would be if AI and Kobe could play together? Two "go to" guys often is NOT a good thing to have...Sure would be a scary backcourt though, if it happened!
 
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