Hooped Up

The Detroit Pistons might as well go ahead and sell us shares of Enron while their at it with this story.

“Allen Iverson’s season is over. The Detroit Pistons said Friday the All-Star guard will miss the rest of the season because of a sore back.

Iverson missed 16 games from Feb. 27 to March 28. He returned for the past three games and averaged 7.7 points and 2.7 assists in nearly 19 minutes. He complained about his role as a reserve.

The Pistons began Friday as the seventh-seeded team in the Eastern Conference. They lead Chicago by a half game and Charlotte by two with less than two weeks left in the regular season.

Detroit plays Saturday in Philadelphia, where Iverson was an MVP. The 76ers traded him two years ago to Denver. The Nuggets then dealt him to the Pistons for Chauncey Billups in November.”

I get it, Joe Dumars doesn’t want to hurt the value of Iverson in the event he has to pull a sign and trade in the summer, but come on man! If I was Iverson I would be pissed too! Would you trade for Jerry Rice and expect him to throw passes with his new club? No. So why would you trade for Allen Iverson and expect him to bolster your bench?

What a mess.

Via Press Release