Allen Iverson
- Height: 6-0
- Weight: 165
- Born: Jun 7, 1975 - Hampton, Virginia
- College: Georgetown
- Draft: 1996 - 1st round (1st pick) by the Philadelphia 76ers
News and Notes
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Nov 8
G Allen Iverson played in Friday night's 114-98 loss to the Lakers in Los Angeles then left the team for his home in Atlanta to take care of some personal business.
Iverson met with Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley, who granted Iverson permission to leave. Heisley met with Iverson again on Saturday.
It has been an action-packed two-and-a-half weeks to open the season with Iverson. He missed all of the preseason with a partially torn hamstring, opened the season still recovering and then played in the next three games of the current five-game West Coast road trip before missing Saturday's game against the Clippers.
Though he has averaged 12.3 points, 3.7 assists, 2.3 turnovers and 57 percent shooting in 22 minutes per game for the Grizzlies, Iverson earned headlines for complaining about a lack of playing time."I'm not trying to figure out how to contribute to no team," Iverson said. "I contribute to a team by just playing. That's it. I don't have to figure it out. Obviously, they signed me for a reason. They've been watching me play this game for 13 years, and they know what I do on the basketball court, so I don't have to figure out how I'm going to play or anything like that. I just go out and play basketball." |
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Nov 5
Iverson had 18 points (8-for-12 FG, 2-for-6 FT) and seven assists off the bench in a loss to Golden State on Wednesday. Recommendation: Iverson played very well, though 48 minutes of running and gunning with the Warriors will inflate most stat lines. His minutes jumped from 18 in his debut to 28 on Wednesday, and if he keeps playing like this, it's only a matter of time before he spouts off again about not being in the starting lineup. After watching him on Wednesday, it's hard not to agree with him. |
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Nov 3
Iverson is expected to make his season debut for the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night at Sacramento. the Detroit Pistons. Advice: Iverson is recovering from a partial right hamstring tear and missed his third straight game when the Grizzlies played the Nuggets in Denver on Sunday night. Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins said that when Iverson returns, he'll be part of a three-guard rotation with O.J. Mayo and Mike Conley. with Golden State, backed up Conley. |
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