How could a 10-time NBA all-star, winning 2 all star MVP awards,netting a MVP plum during the 2000-2001 season and single-handedly carried a team into a championship during his prime, still unemployed at this rate?
Ask Allen Iverson itself.
From a superstar to an outcast, Iverson has yet to join a NBA team with just a month into spring training. Backing his career statistics of 27.1 PPG 3.7 RPG and 6.2 APG, how can 30 teams of the NBA bypassed these kind of stats? Several teams indeed need a scorer, teams like Memphis, Minnesota or even Clippers yet the news of "Iverson joins or Iverson signs contract with" has yet to be seen on news nor the internet. Given his reputation, the guy is a proven scoring machine that could easily help teams with scoring problems a lift.
That's the issue. The reason why the guy remains unsigned is his reputation.
Iverson, who won the NBA scoring title during years 1998,2000,2001 and 2004, remains a bad shot for teams who are hoping to contend for a title. Based from his previous run-ins with previous coaches including Larry Brown and Chris Ford, the guy is like a bomb waiting to explode. His run-ins with Brown are well documented, most notably after the 2002 playoffs wherein they were eliminated. Brown criticized Iverson for missing practice and the former franchise player answered "We're sitting here, and I'm supposed to be the franchise player, and we're talking about practice".
Another problem that made Iverson still jobless is his big ego. The guy refused to be the sixth man. His unwillingness to come off the bench complicates his pursuit of a new team. This was evident during his tenure with Detroit, saying that "He'd rather retire than playing off the bench". The guy is selfish and a ball-hog. He is way past his prime and probably his game also has diminished. Even though there were some diminishing players who was quickly offered a contract, like Rasheed Wallace, brings a lot to the table. Not to say that Iverson would be a liability, he has the ability of changing a team with his offense and he also has the ability to ruin a team and youth development with his ego.
Now, Iverson firmly believes that Memphis would sign him. Grizzlies has 2 young key core guards that I think are just 2 years away from being flourished. OJ Mayo and Mike Conley are franchise backcourt. Inject Iverson into that team is like placing Superman on a field of kryptonite. Previous rumors surround that Clippers are willing to sign Iverson, halting the development of young guard Eric Gordon. The truth is, Clippers needs ticket sales in which they thought Iverson could give them. New York was another possible destination since they lacked a more capable guard than Chris Duhon. Since the Knicks are in self-destruct mode since the era of Isiah Thomas, why not sign Iverson and destroy the whole team itself.
Better yet, he probably need to call Stephon Marbury and join forces in a Greek team called Olympiakos. If Olympiakos remains interested at this point.
Ask Allen Iverson itself.
From a superstar to an outcast, Iverson has yet to join a NBA team with just a month into spring training. Backing his career statistics of 27.1 PPG 3.7 RPG and 6.2 APG, how can 30 teams of the NBA bypassed these kind of stats? Several teams indeed need a scorer, teams like Memphis, Minnesota or even Clippers yet the news of "Iverson joins or Iverson signs contract with" has yet to be seen on news nor the internet. Given his reputation, the guy is a proven scoring machine that could easily help teams with scoring problems a lift.
That's the issue. The reason why the guy remains unsigned is his reputation.
Iverson, who won the NBA scoring title during years 1998,2000,2001 and 2004, remains a bad shot for teams who are hoping to contend for a title. Based from his previous run-ins with previous coaches including Larry Brown and Chris Ford, the guy is like a bomb waiting to explode. His run-ins with Brown are well documented, most notably after the 2002 playoffs wherein they were eliminated. Brown criticized Iverson for missing practice and the former franchise player answered "We're sitting here, and I'm supposed to be the franchise player, and we're talking about practice".
Another problem that made Iverson still jobless is his big ego. The guy refused to be the sixth man. His unwillingness to come off the bench complicates his pursuit of a new team. This was evident during his tenure with Detroit, saying that "He'd rather retire than playing off the bench". The guy is selfish and a ball-hog. He is way past his prime and probably his game also has diminished. Even though there were some diminishing players who was quickly offered a contract, like Rasheed Wallace, brings a lot to the table. Not to say that Iverson would be a liability, he has the ability of changing a team with his offense and he also has the ability to ruin a team and youth development with his ego.
Now, Iverson firmly believes that Memphis would sign him. Grizzlies has 2 young key core guards that I think are just 2 years away from being flourished. OJ Mayo and Mike Conley are franchise backcourt. Inject Iverson into that team is like placing Superman on a field of kryptonite. Previous rumors surround that Clippers are willing to sign Iverson, halting the development of young guard Eric Gordon. The truth is, Clippers needs ticket sales in which they thought Iverson could give them. New York was another possible destination since they lacked a more capable guard than Chris Duhon. Since the Knicks are in self-destruct mode since the era of Isiah Thomas, why not sign Iverson and destroy the whole team itself.
Better yet, he probably need to call Stephon Marbury and join forces in a Greek team called Olympiakos. If Olympiakos remains interested at this point.
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