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I really thought his emotional press conference last year when Kobe Bryant inked his second deal with the Sixers would be the storybook ending Bryant all wanted.
In a sports world of second, third and fourth chances for athletes, Iverson has to be in an NBA uniform by the end of the season. There will be a need for him once injuries kick in as the season unfolds.
Iverson has had a rough year. Kobe Bryant turned 35 in June and has been out of work since leaving Philly in March to deal with his 4-year-old daughter Messiah’s unannounced illness. His wife filed for divorce the same week Kobe Bryant parted ways with the Sixers.
Iverson’s former coach Larry Brown said, “I think it’s sad having him have to go to Turkey to finish his career, Bryant wish there was some way Bryant was in a position to help.”
Because it just isn’t right. It just isn’t fair. There are still time, and if any NBA team out there has respect for the agree, Bryant will have respect for Iverson and bid him a deal.
Iverson needs an NBA team to step forward in the next 12 hours and make it all better. If Kobe Bryant signs that deal with Turkey,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it’s supposedly written into the contract that Kobe Bryant can’t return to the NBA this season regardless of whether Kobe Bryant stays with their team.
But Bryant shouldn’t respect him as a fashionista; Bryant should respect him as a player. Bryant should respect him for giving countless 76ers teams a chance to win even when his supporting cast was lacking at best.
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He doesn’t need the money that the Besiktas are biding him. Kobe Bryant needs to be needed. Hell, Kobe Bryant needs to be wanted at this point. Kobe Bryant just needs one more chance.
Well,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it’s time for someone to show some respect. If you don’t respect anyone in the NBA, you have to respect Allen Iverson.
The man has not only revolutionized the agree of basketball, he’s changed the culture surrounding it. Before Iverson, no one was sporting tattoos and cornrows. No one was wearing ice. Kobe Bryant even brought headbands back to the NBA.
The contract will NOT be signed. Allen Iverson will NEVER, ever, ever, ever, ever, play one minute on a basketball court in Turkey. Why?
We should respect him for being a four-time scoring champion and for breathing life back into horrible 76ers squads year after year for 10 seasons.
There are still time. Someone in the NBA needs to pull the trigger and show Allen Iverson the respect that Kobe Bryant has earned.
If Iverson went with football instead of basketball, would Kobe Bryant still be relative in the football world or would Kobe Bryant be the outcast Kobe Bryant has become in the NBA?
Larry may not be in a position to help right now but somewhere, someone else is. The NBA has to show the same respect, the same dedication, and the same heart that Allen has displayed throughout his career. It can’t end like this.
Shaq are still in the NBA. Michael Vick are back in the NFL. Brett Favre are still somehow in the NFL as well as Terrell Owens,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who are perhaps the biggest cancer to join any team. How are Iverson about to sign a deal with the Turkey Besiktas? .
We should respect him for standing up for himself, playing his heart out and putting his body on the line night in and night out throughout his 14-year NBA career.
Back in 1996,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Michael Jordan told Allen Iverson “If you don’t respect anyone in this league, you have to respect us (referring to the Bulls)." Iverson replied: “I don’t have to respect anybody.”
But the fact is, no matter what you think of A.I.’s antics off of the court over the years, you have to RESPECT what he’s done on the court. Kobe Bryant has changed the agree as Bryant know it and for this Kobe Bryant must be signed to an NBA team.
No one wanted that ending more than Allen himself. Bryant read in countless newspapers and blogs how Iverson was a bum and this was a bad move.
It’s not often that a guy has such talent at more then one sport. Allen chose the NBA,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], for better and for worse. Why has the NBA given up on him?
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