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It is well known that Allen Iverson was not one to spend his idle hours in training facilities. «We talk about practice? ». His talent was genuine like few others, but it was also accompanied by an indomitable character and a total allergy to sacrifice away from the spotlight. This led him to kiss the canvas not infrequently during his sporting life and afterwards. But now, with the apparent stability that he shows to have achieved, he is ready to return to the pavilions whose sound is filled by the squeaking of the shoes and not the cheers. Specifically to those of the franchise of his life, Philadelphia.
The Sixers legend has been volunteering for months to be part of the organization. Requests that have been largely ignored by management led by Daryl Morey and Elton Brand. I’ve been retired for eleven years. I do not believe that I am not part of the team in any way »said a clearly frustrated Iverson in A chat with the NBC. A The Answer he does not care so much about his position as the fact of being part of the family sixer officially. He assures that a position as a mere consultant would make him happy and that “I don’t care about the money. It’s just about being a sixer and help ».
Iverson left the team for the first time in 2006 for the Denver Nuggets. But already in his final stretch, he was clear that he was going to retire at home, to which he returned to do the same in 2009. Since then, the commented ups and downs and certain frictions during the first years of retirement, but a regular at Wells The Fargo Center has his No. 3 jersey hanging from the ceiling since 2014. We don’t know if Iverson will end up as part of an NBA team office, but it will be bittersweet if it happens outside of Pennsylvania.
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