Notice now when ESPN or TNT plays national TV games they purposely forget about Iverson when certain records and achievements are brought up, in 2009 when LeBron James won MVP Mike Brown also won Coach of the Year and TNT brought up all the players and coaches that won MVP and Coach Of The Year on the same team in the same year and every name was there except for Allen Iverson and Larry Brown. In a Clippers-Nuggets game on National TV last season Baron Davis had just recorded his 5000th assist, this was on the day Allen Iverson was waived by the Grizzlies. The commentators for that game repeated the following line at least 5 times in about 2 minutes: “With that assist Baron Davis now becomes the 4th active player in the NBA to have 5000 assists for his career he joins Steve Nash, Jason Kidd and Andre Miller”. Allen Iverson’s name was not mentioned and he has over 5000 assists.
In TNT’s player of the decade list Allen Iverson was not included, despite accomplishing more then LeBron James and Steve Nash have in the past decade. Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Jalen Rose all thought Allen Iverson should have been at number four on that list behind Kobe, Tim Duncan and Shaq but sadly Iverson’s name wasn’t even mentioned. David Stern could very well be pulling some string to destroy AI. I know something was up when Allen Iverson’s only supporter in the media Stephen A. Smith revealed that Iverson had drinking and gambling problems; this was a week after Iverson had been released by the Philadelphia 76ers. Stephen A. Smith out of all the people was the first to add insult to injury at that point Iverson’s image was already tarnished enough and the only supporter Iverson has had in the media throughout his career does that to him? Then David Stern the genius he is tried to cover it all up by giving Iverson’s manager Gary Moore a call and showing concern for Iverson, he said Allen can come to him for help. This was all a cover up, Stern does not care for Iverson and never has he put Iverson in this whole and tried covering it up by calling him then telling the media he called him. It’s almost as funny as when he went to that Barber shop in New York with cameras and talked to a couple of guys about the dress code.
Question the End
I find it weird how Iverson still remains a free agent with no interest. Could Stern be calling for this to happen? Is Iverson purposely being ignored? Sadly it is possible. It is a tragic story and before you think Allen Iverson has fell off just remember the NBA itself may have thrown him off as revenge. It would be a very cruel and evil think to do, Iverson made the league millions of dollars and bridged the gap between the Jordan and LeBron era. If Iverson doesn’t get on a team before the season starts it will be evident that someone is keeping him down and preventing it from happening. It maybe the end of “The Answers” era but I am really starting to question the end.
This Article Appeared in The Black Truth News Volume 2 Issue 6 June 2011