Allen Iverson is done

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It is sad the way pro sports athletes can only play for so long and then like an early sunset they go out in a blaze of glory or their sun just goes behind a cloud and it is time to leave. You can like Allen Iverson or you can detest the man, but there is no denying his impact on the NBA mostly for the cause of the little man. Maybe the only regret is that Allen Iverson did not play for a winning franchise, did not get featured often enough in the NBA finals, with the exception of 2001, his MVP season, like he deserved.

Allen Iverson could drive on anyone

Now it is official, the Philadelphia 76ers have announced Allen Iverson’s departure.

In a statement, president and general manager Ed Stefanski said: “After discussing the situation with Allen, we have come to the conclusion that he will not return to the Sixers for the remainder of the season, as he no longer wishes to be a distraction to the organization and teammates that he loves very deeply. It has been very difficult for Allen and the team to maintain any consistency as he tries to balance his career with his personal life.”
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My memories go back to the 76ers playing a few battles with my Detroit Pistons and Allen Iverson dominating the action leading a team with very little talent to impossible heights.

Early in his career Joe Dumars tried to make a trade to put Allen Iverson on the Pistons. This is right when they were accumulating all of those players that would have led them to the multiple conference crowns. An unnamed 76er refused to have his contract altered and the deal was never done. Think of Iverson on all of those powerful Piston teams. It would have been fun.

How could someone so small go in among the trees and time and time again score the basketball? How could someone so short in NBA terms get off his jumper no matter who was guarding him?

Not since Nate Archibald and Isiah Thomas has the NBA seen such a short player with such a tall impact.

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