Allen Iverson has been out of action for almost two weeks because of a “sore back“, and during that time he hasn’t been around his team much. Is something rotten in the state of Michigan or is it just a bad back?
“His coach said Sunday that the guard’s relative absence is by design: “He doesn’t want to be the story.” Michael Curry said he talks to Iverson every day, or “every other day, maybe,” to get updates. He said Iverson often shows up after the games start to get treatment on his back. “He can’t sit out there. They don’t want him sitting out there that long,” Curry explained. “That’s coming from when he” originally “got evaluated.” Curry reminded reporters Sunday that Iverson comes up in the daily interview sessions frequently, even though he hasn’t played in nearly two weeks. “Allen knows that. He knows that … he is almost in a no-win situation, that he is going to be a distraction,” Curry said.”
Since Iverson is probably the toughest dude in the NBA and regularly plays through pain, I’m not buying the sore back story or the “He doesn’t want to be the story” — story. Whatever it is, at least Joe Dumas isn’t devaluing the worth of Iverson in case he needs to sign and trade him this summer.Â
