“The Detroit Pistons announced today that guard Allen Iverson will miss the next two weeks due to a sore back at the request of doctors at Georgetown University. Iverson’s condition was evaluated at Georgetown today and it was recommended that he suspend basketball related activities for two weeks. He will not travel with the team to prevent stress on his back and will be re-evaluated again by the doctors at Georgetown following the conclusion of the two-week period.
The doctors at Georgetown University have been in contact with the Pistons’ medical staff and Iverson will begin treatment for his sore back upon his return to Detroit on Thursday” Via Pistons.com
One question….
Will Iverson play another game in a Pistons uniform?
Bash me all you want….I smell something fishy.
March 5, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Allen Iverson speaks about back injury, coming off the bench
by A. Sherrod Blakely
Thursday March 05, 2009, 12:48 PM
AUBURN HILLS — Allen Iverson was at The Palace of Auburn Hills this morning receiving treatments for his sore back.
Although he wasn’t available to the media, he did release the following statement:
“I’m disappointed that the soreness I’m feeling in my back is going to force me to miss two weeks of action. After talking with the doctors at Georgetown yesterday they have told me that treatment and rest is the best course of action right now. Hopefully my back (will) heal and I’m ready to go following this two-week period.
“My goal is to help this team win a championship and I’ve said that from the first day I arrived here in Detroit. I’m going to do whatever it takes to help us achieve our goals as a team regardless if I’m starting or coming off the bench.”
March 5, 2009 at 2:54 pm
to Calm Down, AI’s done:
First, I didn’t offend anybody, so there’s no need to offend me.
Second, I didn’t say I expected a ’ship, I just said that playing the Pistons old style with Chauncey wouldn’t get them anywhere (again, see Finals 2005, ECF 2006-2008: Billups got owned by Bruce Bowen on the 4th quarter of game 7 in 2005, teams trapping Billups 2006-2008)
What I’m saying is: the trade didn’t work out as Dumars imagined, but the way things were, the Pistons would NOT win a ’ship again, a change was needed.
The players took for granted their own sucesses and never won anything else.
Man, don’t think I don’t like the Pistons, I’ve been a die-hard fan for more than 20 years, and I’m not even from the USA.
But I was just so pissed off the last years when they lost to inferior teams, that it drove me crazy.
March 5, 2009 at 3:37 pm
i smell a bruised ego.
March 5, 2009 at 4:08 pm
I hope Iverson scores 30+ off the bench to bring the Pistons to 3rd in the East.
Then, I hope he gets the Finals MVP.
March 5, 2009 at 5:37 pm
for all those people who say iverson should be out for the season nd it will help pistons are retards!! when they get their ass kicked in the playoffs by boston or cleveland then youll understand.
March 5, 2009 at 9:00 pm
The same ego that would be bruised by being sent to the bench would have come back quick and do the best that he can off the bench, because he needs that success to feed the ego. And nothing would shut up the critics quite like doing exactly what he’s criticized for not doing: being a team player.
March 5, 2009 at 9:33 pm
I would say we do need Iverson, because the guard play last game made me a little nervous, we have such small guards. And Bynum really didn’t look impressive in the fourth. We may not need him to be “Iverson” but we do need him to contribute. We only have three guards. Though playing Tay or Herrmann at the two does have advantages. It’s like anti-smallball.
March 5, 2009 at 11:59 pm
i hope AI will be better on the bench lineup…
March 6, 2009 at 1:00 am
I agree, that is good news for the Piston’s as a team. But at the same time I don’t blame AI either. I blame Dumars’ and the Pistons organization for messing up the chemistry of the team by bringing him to Detroit to begin with. Hamilton and Billups where the best back court in the league, they liked playing together, and neither wanted to leave. Why would you go and mess that up?? We also got another great guard in Stucky who proved himself last year in the playoffs comming off the bench, we don’t need another guard. We need a big man! Ever since we traded Wallace.
3 Dumb things the Pistons Organization did in 3 years:
1. Trade Big Ben
2. Fire Flip Saunders
3. Trade Chauncy Billups
March 6, 2009 at 1:04 am
Great, professional move by Iverson, whether or not it was forced from somewhere else. I appreciate his comments, and I hope he means them. If he comes off the bench, it’ll be a huge threat to other teams.
March 7, 2009 at 6:25 pm
I hope Joey D. has worked out a deal w/Sheed to stay. He’s too smart not to. 2nd: Why all the hatin’ on AI? He is what he is [great scorer, worker, player]. Yeah, Chauncey’s a tough act to follow but AI’s not Chauncey. Remember, We got AI to score points in May/June when everybody else seems to be unable to. So, provided the P’s MAKE it to May/June, it won’t matter if the Answer’s off the bench or not. PISTONS NEED OFFENSE IN THE PLAYOFFS.