Why allen iverson is not in the nba

After the season in Detroit, Allen was more motivated then ever and worked very hard over the off season. The only got interest he got was from the Memphis Grizzlies and even they thought he was a 6th man. Iverson did not want to waste a summer of hard work sitting on the bench for a team full of youngsters in a year where he was supposed to prove to everybody that he is still one of the leagues best stars.

When Lou Williams went out with a broken jaw the Sixers needed a replacement and at that point just sell tickets and jerseys so they brought back their legend Allen Iverson. Allen came to Philadelphia after a month off from basketball, in that month off Allen must have gambled, drank and partied excessively.

He was free to do whatever he wanted, no longer did he have to follow diet plans or workout because for him basketball was over. He took a month off and it wasn't just any month off it was an Allen Iverson month off and that is what hurt him.

When he got to Philly he was rusty, a bit fatter, slower, weaker and he wasn't in game shape. A 34 year old taking a month off and eating and drinking whatever for a month without working out is not going to be ready to play NBA basketball. It showed in Philly, all of AI's points came off of jumpers, he was still getting to the line but he couldn't finish through traffic like he once could, his first step took a small hit, his conditioning was bad and his jumper wasn't as wet as usual.

The league was all of a sudden brain washed into thinking Allen Iverson is a bench player, the NBA didn't help Iverson either all the writers wrote Iverson off and supported the theory that he was a bench player. These articles that ran on NBA. ESPN who has a history of bashing Iverson did their part, every week Iverson was given negative press and labelled as a washed up superstar who's ego is too big.

Everyone that has followed basketball for the past decade knows Iverson and NBA Commissioner David Stern don't have such a good relationship. As a matter of fact one can argue that Stern has hated Iverson ever since he entered the league.

Allen Iverson changed the league by turning it hip-hop. Before Iverson you did not see players with cornrows, tattoos and hip hop clothing on. Iverson was the first to do it and the rest of the league now thought it was okay as well. Michael Jordan had retired and Allen Iverson was the face of the league but he was intimidating to a lot of people.

As the years went by Iverson became one of the most popular athletes in the world and now all over the world kids were wearing Iverson jerseys and sleeves. David Stern did not like this, the best player in the league looked like a criminal and the rest of the league was following his lead. Iverson made his style mainstream and the world loved him, he made the league a lot of money.

Stern realized that Iverson was the face of the league and there was nothing he could do about it. Stern wanted Iverson to become an angle, he wanted Iverson to be the clean cut superstar that doesn't make any mistakes.

Iverson found this fake and wasn't changing for anybody, he valued his identity and always spoke his mind. When Stern enforced a dress code in which was mainly because of Iverson players across the league weren't to happy and Iverson was the first to speak his mind about it. We talking about practice, man. He did have a sparkling career, however, and helped the Sixers compete amongst the NBA's top teams. Don't get it twisted. It's all love and it ain't never going nowhere.

But it's just something I don't understand. Iverson is one of the best players in team history, but the past several years haven't exactly been a stable time for the organization.

Philadelphia has employed four different heads of basketball operations since , and that has led to quite a bit of staff shakeup. Former Iverson teammate Elton Brand is still Philadelphia's general manager, but he no longer leads the team's basketball operations as he was replaced in that position by Daryl Morey. Retired legends frequently hold ceremonial positions with their former teams in which they serve as ambassadors, recruiters, and, when their schedule permits, instructors for young players.

Whether or not such a low-impact role is or ever has been available to Iverson is not fully clear, but Iverson appears open to any position the 76ers might be willing to give him. It was also the year that saw the greatest NBA Draft emerged. Their aura resonated with the brand and thus, Slam 15 decided to do a cover photo that had all these superstars flaunting their confidence and charisma. Being that young, and not as mature as I am now or should have been, I might have blew it off.

When Iverson retired, there was news surrounding his financial irresponsibility and how he was in debt and was broke. Controversies around the legend never seemed to stop, but that is probably why fans and young generation players like him; he is imperfect and real.