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    Allen Iverson describes a miserable season with the Detroit Pistons in a candid and revealing interview with Page 2's Scoop Jackson. Story "They told me, straight up, 'Allen we would never disrespect you or your career like that,' by making me come off the bench ... That's what they told me to my face. And after that, I never thought about it again. I just went back to playing. Then, they came to me saying that they felt it would be in the 'best interest of the team' if I came off of the bench behind Rip [Richard Hamilton]." "... After that, they told me that if I didn't come off the bench -- the team was going to lie down on [not play with] me. Full Article at Hampton Roads Daily Press
    They told me, straight up, 'Allen we would never disrespect you or your career like that,' by making me come off the bench ... That's what they told me to my face. And after that, I never thought about it again. I just went back to playing. Then, they came to me saying that they felt it would be in the 'best interest of the team' if I came off of the bench behind Rip [Richard Hamilton].
    Allen Iverson – Allen Iverson SOURCE: Hampton Roads Daily Press 1 month ago
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Iverson says year as Piston was 'worst' of career
  1. I'm not going to be content and happy with [just making the playoffs] ... And I want them to know that. Yeah, we [can] get into the playoffs -- God forbid somebody knocks us out -- then yeah it'll be a successful season for them , but not for me. I'm going to let guys know that I'm not here to just go t...
    SOURCE: Hampton Roads Daily Press 1 month ago
  2. Especially if you are telling me that they don't want to be around me like that?
    Allen Iverson – Allen Iverson SOURCE: Hampton Roads Daily Press 1 month ago
  3. If you are a head coach and you feel strongly about this, what would make you think that I want to be around these guys?
    SOURCE: Hampton Roads Daily Press 1 month ago
  4. There's nothing that sells good about Allen Iverson if it's something positive about Allen Iverson
    SOURCE: Hampton Roads Daily Press 1 month ago
  5. I gotta win games ... Because if we lose games and I score a lot, they going to say I'm scorin' too much. If we lose games and I don't score a lot, they gonna say I'm not scoring enough. It's a lose-lose, unless we win. So all I can do is huddle up with these guys and try to win basketball games.
    SOURCE: Hampton Roads Daily Press 1 month ago
  6. I talked to Mo [his uncle/manager Gary Moore]. We both felt like it was going to be good situation.
    SOURCE: Hampton Roads Daily Press 1 month ago
  7. I'd never been on a team where a coach told me the guys gave up on me. You know what I mean? And I kept this under wraps the whole time ... because I didn't want to bad-mouth any of those guys.
    Allen Iverson – Allen Iverson SOURCE: Hampton Roads Daily Press 1 month ago
  8. But for [the coach] to tell me these things and for him to go back on his word like that, it was the hardest and the roughest season I've ever had.
    SOURCE: Hampton Roads Daily Press 1 month ago

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