Papabear Says

Allen Iverson is eager to make a comeback to the NBA.

“I’ll play for anybody,” Iverson told Yahoo! Sports.

Iverson is 36-years-old and played only briefly last season in Turkey for Besiktas.

Iverson said his final stint in the NBA with the Sixers ended badly due to his distractions with his daughter's health
and divorce proceedings.

“That wasn’t me at all,” Iverson said. “Obviously, I was dealing with the situation with my daughter and going through a divorce, and I wasn’t there mentally. In my career those last couple years were so hard for me because I wasn’t there. Mentally, I wasn’t there.

“During those 48 minutes on the basketball court, all I [ever] cared about was that time right there. Nothing else distracted me. But at times, I felt myself standing on the court just thinking about my daughter, thinking about the situation with me and my wife. I wasn’t giving [the teams] everything I had mentally.”

Multiple reports within the past couple years said Iverson has been troubled by financial, alcohol and gambling issues. He admitted there was some truth to his personal problems but declined to go into detail.

“There are going to be people out there that say things,” Iverson said. “But it’s the same thing I teach my kids: ‘If it’s not true, why do you worry about it?’ It bothers me at times because I do have a heart, and my kids do have to hear some of those things. But that’s the only time it bothers me. I’m used to people saying a bunch of things about me that are not true.”

Iverson is willing to play a reserve role for a team.

"I’m just willing to help any squad in any capacity.

“Hopefully, one squad will believe in me and we will go from there. That would be a lot better than having to go overseas.”

Read more: http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/216206/Iverson_Eager_For_NBA_Comeback#ixzz1c0CFHeFw

Now he needs money?

NBA players sure know how to say the right things. He has said them before.

I don't think he'll be a problem but for a guy who relied on being athletic over fundamentals I don't think his BB IQ had increased the last few years (distracted)nor is he any younger. At his age, he has lost a step or two.

Iverson is not Iverson anymore. Billups might be old but he is fundamentally sound and brings intangables to the floor and the locker room.

I'd pass.

I didn't like him even in his prime. I definitely don't want him now.

Before we got Shumpert, I might have been interested, but it is going to hard enough getting minutes for Douglas, Shumpert, Fields, and Billups at the 1 and 2. Iverson would just hold back the development of Shumpert and Fields. Plus, we already have one player that loves to jack up shots (Melo), we don't need another one.

China time for Iverson!

Didn't Melo have a problem with AI back in Denver?

T feel sorry for him and hope he gets a chance to play if he needs the money, but bringing him to the Knicks would be a major step backwards in what Walsh and D'Antoni have been trying to build here.

Iverson is Tiki Barber --- old, lots and lots of mileage, has missed way too much time and nobody wants him anymore.

They are both basically yesterdays news or 4-years ago news.

A I..really...I mean really...Aside from bret favre..I have never since a NBA or NFL player make a successful comeback at 36+ years..Jordan being the exception, and he didn't even get the wiz to the playoffs

Sure he wants to play...but will he practice?

Iverson, 27, is facing court time after he and uncle Gregory Iverson allegedly barged into the West Philly apartment of his cousin, Shaun Bowman, and his roommate, Charles Jones, in the middle of the night on July 3. Police say the NBA's high scorer and 2001 MVP was hunting for his wife, Tawanna, who had been in hiding for two days--allegedly after he tossed her out on the street, naked, following a two-day argument.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_5_102/ai_90114085/

Nate just shot at the wrong basket.