Allen Iverson, NBA icon, struggles with life after basketball

‘He deserves a better ending’

In February 2012, Moore sent Tawanna an e-mail: “THE BLUEPRINT FOR IVERSON RETURN.”

Iverson played in Turkey and briefly joined a team in China, but he believed he belonged in the NBA. One of Moore’s bullet points stood out: “No more drinking!” He also included an article on how to select an intervention leader. A subsequent e-mail suggested Iverson attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

Moore contacted NBA teams, but there was little interest. Besides, Tawanna had filed for divorce, and they spent much of last summer in court. He and Tawanna had been together since they were 16, prom dates and partners through challenges and triumphs.

“I love u,” Iverson wrote to her in a text message submitted in the divorce filing. “I miss your pretty face & I’m sorry! Ppl make mistakes!”

He kept making them. When he met with an investigator to discuss custody of his five children, he “smelled remarkably of alcohol,” according to the investigator’s testimony. Months later, during a scheduled alcohol evaluation, he again arrived with alcohol on his breath.

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