Contempt Off Court

"Things still linger and I still feel bitter about the way things happened," Iverson said.

[Mae]

I agree with Iverson I feel things were handle bad from the Coach and Billy King. I'm ok with the fact that AI was traded, but like I said before the situation was handle ugly and it left me not feeling the sixers right now. I can't even watch a Sixers game any more in fact I'm done with the team the way I feel right now I will never go to another Sixers home game I will not waste my time or money.

[Trev]

The A.I. situation could have been handled much better by the Sixers, the owner not coming out and making a public statement. My belief is that A.I. had resentment from this past summer for being put on the trading block and then realizing that no one really wanted him. The Sixers had already made the decision to make a change. A.I. did not want to come back to the Sixers at the start of the season. With this season falling apart, the sixers going no where, he forced a trade by his behavior - asking for changes he knew he would not get, screaming at the coach and walking out of pratice, not showing up for a mandatory function with season ticket holders and cooperate sponsors, faking injury. You have to show respect, no matter who you think you are, to the hands that feed you. If you do not, then you find yourself out, which is exacttly what happened and as he had planned - having watch Glenn Robinson situation. After all his little episodes, the sixers did the right thing by keeping him away from the young players who should not be witnessing this . A.I. brought much of this on himself - one time you push to far. A.I needs to move on and quit whinning - but it gets attention which he graves. A.I. gave me a ton of thrills but his time was up. Let the people of Denver put up with his madness which will bound to surface. In a new light it will show, despite his talent, he is not a champion because he does not know how to make the others around him better. This trade will be a turning point for the Sixers.

[Mae]

I agree with some of the things your saying, but the tuth is the Sixers brass made Allen the spoiled brat that he is. They allowed him to do what ever he wanted as long as he put people in the seats and WOW the crowd and he did that for ten years and when his act got old than it was time for them to throw him away and yes you could see by his action that he wanted out. But if they would have not allowed him to do the things that he did from the begining things would have not gotten out of hand. And the part about making other better goes both ways you have to want it to received it and as I see it a lot of players on that team just don't have the heart. So now that Allen is gone and they have a true point guard I'll wait and see how they developed.

[Dr J fan]

@ great posts by Mae