After the divorce went final in January, Moore restarted the NBA comeback effort. Iverson declined an offer from the Dallas Mavericks’ NBA Development League team, posting on Twitter that “it is not the route for me.”
Moore called Tim Grover, a personal trainer who worked with Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Grover said he spoke with Iverson, and they discussed a conditioning program. “Just get the muscles to get firing,” Grover said.
In late March, Grover pulled out of the arrangement, telling Moore he couldn’t dedicate the time for training Iverson.
And that was that. It was over.
Brown called Iverson during the following weeks. The coach is still asked often about him, and when he visits college campuses, he sees players with cornrows and a sleeve on one arm – a generation of influence.
“He deserves a better ending than he’s getting,” Brown said.