The Pistons can finally (per NBA regulations) remove Allen Iverson from their roster.
From Adrian Wojnarowski at Yahoo! Sports
“Allen Iverson has agreed to terms with the Memphis Grizzlies and will sign a one-year deal by week’s end, a league source told Yahoo! Sports on Wednesday.
He’s expected to sign a $3.5 million contract, with incentives to make more based on performance.
“God chose Memphis as the place that I will continue my career,” Iverson wrote on his Twitter page on Wednesday morning. “I met with [owner Mike Heisley], [GM] Chris Wallace and my next head coach, Lionel Hollins.”
Iverson, 34, met with team officials on Monday in Atlanta, where they discussed his potential role with the team.
“I feel that they are committed to developing a winner and I know that I can help them to accomplish that,” Iverson wrote on Twitter. “I feel that I can trust them.”
After a turbulent season with the Detroit Pistons, Iverson attracted marginal interest around the NBA this summer. Several teams, including the Los Angeles Clippers and Charlotte Bobcats, made inquiries, but only Memphis presented a serious bid.
No contending teams bothered to court the 10-time All-Star after he seemed unable to accept a complementary role.”
I was asked today on Twitter by a follower “does this give you closure”…my answer: If he comes off the bench for the Grizz.
That would be the definition of closure “Bad Boy” style.
September 9, 2009 at 12:55 pm
I predict another miserable season for Iverson, perhaps retiring mid-season.
September 9, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Ha ha ha ha ha
September 9, 2009 at 1:55 pm
If god was fair he would choose 2nd league polish club for him to play in haha
September 9, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Or and 1 , he’d get schooled by the professor , hahaha
September 9, 2009 at 2:48 pm
ok so Memphis has OJ Mayo. WHY get AI & stunt OJ’s growth, makes NO sense. AI can not coexist with other scorers. It didn’t work in Phi when he teamed with CWebb, it didn’t work in Den with Melo, it didn’t work in Det with Rip & it won’t work in Memphis. AI is DONE
September 9, 2009 at 3:13 pm
I agree,bad move by Memphis,they’ve been messing up since Vancouver.They still have much talent in their team though.
September 9, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Ha. God chose that he would play in Memphis. Iverson had absoloutely no say in the matter. Maybe his god is punishing him for ruining the Pistons’ season.
September 9, 2009 at 5:09 pm
and this loser’s team is the first team we have to play this season!! i hope the pistons crush this CLOWN!!!
September 9, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Finaly, Memphis is goin to the playoffs!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 9, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Champions!!!!!!!
September 9, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Season opener… Wed 28 vs. Memphis… i.e. vs. Iverson
Who woulda thought it would be much see TV?
September 9, 2009 at 7:42 pm
If you sign a 1 yr deal how can you retire mid way through the season?
September 10, 2009 at 2:17 am
Best comment!
September 10, 2009 at 4:23 am
just wait pistons fans wait for comeback of mr excitement mr ALLEN IVERSON, who has joe D, and m curry, made him down.
September 10, 2009 at 7:09 am
You bitch you, Nat. I LOVE it hahahaha
September 10, 2009 at 10:29 am
First game at Memphis. Stuck will have 40 on A.I. so start his Scoring Average off on a good note.
September 10, 2009 at 1:47 pm
lol whut? are super serious?
September 10, 2009 at 2:55 pm
I’m a huge D fan but I really want to see AI stomp all over us this year.. it’s disgusting what Joe D and Curry did with him..
September 10, 2009 at 3:19 pm
What? Brought him into the best team that he will ever be on and tell him to be a team player? Those bastards…
September 10, 2009 at 3:48 pm
You said it.
September 10, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Oh my God, they killed AI
You bastards!
I’m all pumped up for the season, let em Rip!
September 10, 2009 at 4:54 pm
http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/0e/fullj.d2dc53064686ce2ae25901155716ab49/d2dc53064686ce2ae25901155716ab49-getty-90198021jm047_iverson_pc.jpg
September 10, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Marc
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Ricky
RUBIO
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“POW”
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Taaaaahhhhhhhh D ow…….
How u like ich
NOW?
Dr. Dre is in OUR haus + PLO(w)
PS: Get yo’sef sum “her”
RELAX
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September 10, 2009 at 8:11 pm
“back injury” perhaps?
September 10, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Go! Pistons!
September 11, 2009 at 1:49 am
allen iverson will be great in memphis… he”ll prove that detriot really sucks…!!!!!!! detriot coach made him fall.. better be ready
September 11, 2009 at 2:48 am
You’ll find that run on sentences aren’t the best way to communicate.
Spelling and punctuation help, too.
Oh and your post made no sense. Detroit is one of the best teams, and one of the best at playing TEAM basketball. Iverson plays ME basketball, which is why he didn’t fit. Anyone who blames the team over Iverson hasn’t faced reality.
AI: “I’ll do whatever the team wants me to do.”
Team: “Play team basketball and be the sixth man.”
AI: “Oh God no, I’m a superstar, give me the ball, put me on the billboards, I want to shine!”
September 11, 2009 at 9:03 am
Ryan is a MOeMOe
September 11, 2009 at 1:46 pm
I vote for now changing the toons on the side. AI is officially gone, and I want to see the new, young faces take over the site. Still waiting for Deron and Wilcox, though…
September 11, 2009 at 4:33 pm
As spectators
September 11, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Stay classy Debevitts.
September 11, 2009 at 8:52 pm
what?
September 11, 2009 at 10:18 pm
the grizzzz will have a better record than the pizzz just wait n see
September 11, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Okay, must see tv.
September 12, 2009 at 11:46 pm
hey nat . . . is there a toon for wilcox ??
September 13, 2009 at 2:24 am
I just talked to God and apparently this is not at all what he had in mind. He said “Dentist” not “Memphis”.
September 13, 2009 at 2:29 am
“BIKE” floooooower+
Sheed is whut u need 2=
Say itz sum
Bam! Flip gipitz
September 13, 2009 at 2:37 am
I like question marks but despise parentheses.
I would prefer to spell phonetically and to occasionally reverse my syntax.
Iverson’s eternal well being is in jeopardy because he totally disregarded (misheard)God’s advice to become a dentist.
Bam!
September 13, 2009 at 2:39 am
How do you spell JTab?
September 13, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Hater!!!!!!
what else can you do @DD3 than compare and hate successful people…..check urself! and ask yourself a a million dollar question…..AM I SO CLEAN WITHOUT A SINGLE STAIN? AI, is a successful player and may God see him through in his career! hater…shup up and find something good to do…
September 13, 2009 at 2:03 pm
it baffles me a lot…to see how these folks bring sentiment to the game of basketball……..@RIP CITY…..u er nothing but a looser…..nobody even knows you and u er talking about future hall of famer….pls, find urself a nice job….hater!!!!
September 13, 2009 at 2:05 pm
yes,,, they will make it to the playoff……Iverson has a heart of a lion…and u should never underestimate the heart of a Lion…
go AI, go MEM……..
September 13, 2009 at 2:07 pm
non of the haters!!!! they waant him on a rockin chair….Thank God he is back in the L
September 13, 2009 at 2:09 pm
SYUCK doesnt know what it is yet in the L…PLS, save urself a valuable speech…….Father is quite different from FAT
September 13, 2009 at 10:45 pm
brought him into the best team he’s been with the worst coach he’s ever been coached by, despite sheed throwing in the towel for the season – benching AI in favor of Stuckey who did absolutely nothing and was shown up by bynum in the playoffs, benching rip in favor of AI and turning the rest of the team against him..
I agree AI should’ve taken the reserve role instead of playing injured but I put that on coaching.. had he been implimented as a reserve from the get-go none of this would have ever happened.. or if he had started and stayed there.. but that’s just my opinion. im just a fan.
September 14, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Yeah, real successful. All those individual awards that he got in Philly and no championships to go with it.
September 14, 2009 at 9:58 pm
I think Beans is an AI fan.
September 14, 2009 at 9:59 pm
I had the heart of a lion once. Then I “hurt my back” and lost it.
September 14, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Awesome!!! Love it.