Allen Iverson Just Might Have To Retire

Sports Betting News - July 24th, 2009 - Written by Bruce

Allen Iverson said last season after being trade to the Detroit Pistons for point guard Chauncey Billups that he would rather retire form the game of basketball than not be a starter and come off the bench. Well Iverson just might have to retire than, all four teams that are in discussions of acquiring point guard Allen Iverson want him to be a bench player. This doesn't mean Iverson wont see ample playing time on the basketball court and, he will likely play the entire fourth quarter if he does decide to except the role. Think of Lamar Odom last year during the play offs, even though he came off the bench to start the game he averaged the second most minutes on the court just behind shooting guard Kobe Bryant.

The Memphis Grizzles and The Las Angeles Clippers have retracted the offers they recently made to Allen Iverson giving up hope on acquiring the super=star talent. Though Iverson is not known as a pass first type of point guard he is still a very effective NBA player. In over 10 NBA seasons Iverson has averaged over 7 assist on 7 separate seasons, he has a career average of 2.2 steals a game and over 3 rebounds a game in his career. Iverson has never averaged less than 20 points a season until last year and, is the 16th leading scorer all time in the NBA and second leading score all time among active players. Not to mention 10 all-star appearances and 4 scoring champion titles.

At only 34 years of age, that's younger than Jason Kidd and Steve Nash, Allen Iverson can still can't find a job even though all his career stats except assist rank higher than those two for mentioned point guards. Well Kidd averages more rebounds per game than Iverson but, Kidd rebounds like a forward for his size. The Heat and The Bobcats seem to be the only two teams left to actually pull the trigger on signing Iverson. Still nothing has become final and Iverson and his agent are hopeful some team will want his services as the season nears. In an NBA TV phone interview Iverson said "I Just want to play were i can be happy". I hope Iverson does find a team to sign a contract with, If not he will be happy at home watching NBA games with his kids on the big screen.