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NBA HouseCast: LeBron Goes to NYC, Iverson Goes Home

Fanhouse NBA Blog - knicks — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:56:53 +0000

by Brett Pollakoff

Filed under: Bobcats, Cavaliers, Grizzlies, Knicks, Nets, Rockets

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Iverson Wants to Play Again, With Knicks as Possibility

Fanhouse NBA Blog - knicks — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:56:52 +0000

by Tom Ziller

Filed under: Grizzlies, Knicks, NBA Rumors

Yahoo!'s Marc Spears caught up with the personal manager of one Allen Iverson, the surefire Hall-of-Fame guard who earlier Monday agreed to part ways with the Grizzlies after three dramatic regular season appearances. The implication of Monday's event implies that Iverson is done in the NBA -- he didn't exactly have many suitors in the offseason, after all, which required a bit role on the bad Grizzlies in the first place.

You should be unsurprised to learn, however, that Iverson doesn't see it that way. A.I.'s manager told Spears that the guard intends to play again in the NBA ... hopefully this season. How's that gonna happen? Take it away, New York Knicks president Donnie Walsh!

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Iverson Wants to Play Again, With Knicks as Possibility

Tom Ziller — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:20:00 +0000

Filed under: Grizzlies, Knicks, NBA Rumors

"We'll look into it," Walsh told the Daily News. "Right now, I'd say probably not but we'll see."

The Knicks could hardly lose anything by adding Iverson. The team has only three or four youngsters who legitimately need playing time. Danilo Gallinari can play small forward in Mike D'Antoni's system, and while you'd like to see guard Toney Douglas get as many minutes as possible, the Knicks are truly dreadful, and minutes on a 15-win team is more scarring damage than learning experience. If Iverson can help (and he played well enough in his three appearances to make that an honest assessment rather than pie-in-the-sky nostalgia), the Knicks would do well to fit him in.

But of course, Iverson must be willing to compromise, too. And that doesn't sound entirely likely, with Iverson's manager telling Spears that The Answer would come off the bench ... for a championship-contending team. If A.I. really wants to latch on with a team this season, he needs to drop the conditions and be just a touch humbled by his fall from grace. I mean, if Stephon Marbury can get a late-season call (as he did with the Celtics last season), Iverson can. It's just a matter of posturing for public relations' sake.

Iverson Wants to Play Again, With Knicks as Possibility originally appeared on NBA FanHouse on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:20:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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NBA HouseCast: LeBron Goes to NYC, Iverson Goes Home

Brett Pollakoff — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Bobcats, Cavaliers, Grizzlies, Knicks, Nets, Rockets

Welcome to the NBA FanHouse podcast, where our writers get together a few times a week to talk about everything going on in the world of hoops. Want to participate? Leave a comment, or follow us on Twitter @NBAFanHouse.

In this episode, Matt Moore joins me to talk about what went down over the weekend, which included LeBron James' trip to New York on Friday, and Allen Iverson taking a personal leave from the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday.

We discuss LeBron's options in 2010, and wonder whether we've seen the last of A.I. in Memphis. All that, plus a discussion of the Houston Rockets, who have been a pleasant surprise so far this season.

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NBA HouseCast: LeBron Goes to NYC, Iverson Goes Home originally appeared on NBA FanHouse on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Allen Iverson Lists His Options: Knicks, Heat, Bobcats

Tom Ziller — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:36:00 +0000

Filed under: Bobcats, Heat, Knicks

Is Allen Iverson the best August free agent of this decade? Most pantheon players get scooped up by the middle of July -- the cusp of August, if there's an unreasonable contract demand or Bird rights drama. But here's one of the 50 greatest players of all time, a man who was traded for Chauncey Billups less than a year ago, sitting in the cut, waiting for a team to come calling.

And A.I. wants to make sure you know he's waiting. Heck, he wants teams to know he's waiting. Three teams, specifically, as outlined in a tweet this morning: the New York Knicks, the Miami Heat and the Charlotte Bobcats.

Iverson has been attached to Miami (need) and Charlotte (relationships). But the Knicks might be the smoothest transfer. Madison Square Garden embraced Zach Randolph! The Knicks would sell enough Iverson jerseys to cover Eddy Curry's salary. A.I. might not be the right player for Mike D'Antoni's system, or for the development of Danilo Gallinari or Jordan Hill. But the Knicks need a rental who can score (unless we're ready for Al Harrington to contend for the scoring crown) and Iverson needs a proper farewell tour. Do this!

That's all justification, but there's news in this too: Iverson is willing put his own rep on the line to make sure he has a job soon. For a cat who has been portrayed as everything wrong with basketball for more than a decade now, the humility is a bit striking, and frankly a bit heart-heaving. Even if it comes in 140-character doses.

Big hat tip to The Baseline.

Allen Iverson Lists His Options: Knicks, Heat, Bobcats originally appeared on NBA FanHouse on Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:36:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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