Grizzlies let Iverson go, retirement next?
Looks like being benched in Memphis is really getting to Iverson now.
A.I. was really hoping for better things coming to the 2009 NBA basketball season. People following him on Twitter know that. But after an auspicious start to the season and realizing that he will still be relegated as a bench player in Memphis like he was in Detroit last year, Iverson ain’t happy with the Grizzlies no more and now, rumors claim that he’s already contemplating on retirement because of it.
Yes, Allen Iverson, the former league MVP and multi-time scoring champion, is on the brink of walking away from his career. Things haven’t been working out as Iverson had hoped in Memphis and since his new head coach Lionel Hollins ain’t budging, rumors claim that Iverson could take the easy way out, retire.
Still, Memphis Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley has shot down the idea that Iverson is already considering retirement. For all ya’ll who didn’t know, Iverson took a leave of absence from the Grizzlies for ”personal reasons,” and as far as Heisley is concerned, retirement is not one of ‘em.
”I expect him to come back,” Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley said. ”If he does retire, I’ll be tremendously disappointed. I feel bad because I don’t think that’s the way he should go out.”
He’s right. Iverson is only averaging 12.3 points and 3.7 assists in 22.3 minutes per game this season and by Iverson’s standards, those are unacceptable numbers. But hey, at least he can go out a lot better than Stephon Marbury and Steve Francis did right?
One thing Iverson had in common with those guys however, is that all of ‘em just had trouble with the idea of coming off the bench.
”It’s something that I never did in my life, so obviously it’s a big adjustment,” Iverson said last week. ”I’m so tired of discussing that, talking about that, every single day. It’s just not something that I want to discuss.”
”When I hear anything about the Memphis Grizzlies, I don’t hear you guys talk about anything other than the situation with me coming off the bench. I mean, there’s got to be something else with this team to talk about besides that.”
”But I guess that sells a lot better than anything else when it comes to this team.”
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