Allen Iverson News

Yahoo! Sports' Marc Spears has an interview with Allen Iverson today and also includes this nugget about why Iverson did not sign with the Los Angeles Clippers this summer: A.I. almost a Clipper? Iverson can ponder what might have been when the Grizzlies visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday.

The Orlando Magic are in Oklahoma City for a game tonight against Kevin Durant and the Thunder.

Denver hopes to rebound from its first loss of the season Saturday when they visit an Atlanta team returning from a four-game road trip.

Memphis Grizzlies guard Allen Iverson has reportedly left the team to deal with a personal issue.

Dever Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony has just marked his promising career with a weekly MVP on Friday as he spearheaded Nuggets to a 5-0 season opening.

The Nuggets have a lot of tattoos, play emotional, crazy and sometimes rough, and yes, harbor individuals who have had legal troubles.

Chauncey Billups says he is "cool" with playing both guard positions, a role he has not played since 2000 when he was with Minnesota.

If anyone predicted that a kinder, gentler Allen Iverson had arrived in Memphis, they were wrong.

Unbeknownst to most, the Denver Nuggets have a $7.4 million dollar trade exception set to expire at midnight tomorrow night from the Allen Iverson trade.

Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony looks to pass while being guarded by Memphis' DeMarre Carroll on Sunday.

Carmelo Anthony has helped the Denver Nuggets close in on their best start in 25 seasons.

Former NBA referee and infamous gambler Tim Donaghy wrote a book titled, "Blowing the Whistle: The Culture of Fraud in the NBA." It was slated for publication later this month, until the NBA threatened to sue the publisher.

In the high-stakes game of Western Conference poker, George Karl likes the hand he is holding.

Allen Iverson, wearing a white T-shirt and baggy blue shorts, sank seven straight set shots from the right elbow, each attempt eliciting cheers from an enthusiastic crowd before an open scrimmage at Memphis University School eight days ago.

By Marc Stein First marquee player to be traded this season? I went with Golden State's Stephen Jackson when they asked me on ESPN2's NBA Fastbreak roundtable show Thursday night, even though Utah's Carlos Boozer is in the final year of his contract and thus theoretically easier to move.

Will Memphis Score with New Grizzlies Allen Iverson and Zach Randolph? Last season, even with Rudy Gay and OJ Mayo, the Memphis Grizzlies had problems scoring points and averaged a dismal 93.9 points per game .

He seemed comfortable to be back at home after spending six full seasons in the Motor City, and directed an offense alongside superstar Carmelo Anthony.

Think back to 2007-08 and look at Allen Iverson's stat line: 26.4 ppg, 7.1 apg, 2.2 spg and 46 percent field-goal percentage.

Editor's note: Page 2's Scoop Jackson spoke with Memphis Grizzlies guard Allen Iverson earlier this week while the team was in Alabama for training camp.

Saying Allen Iverson 's 2008-09 season was a bad one falls short of explaining how many things went wrong for A.I. He got traded, hurt, and exiled.