Iverson was supposed to debut for Istanbul’s Besiktas in Turkey on Friday, bringing his unique brand of American isolation basketball to the backwards, ball-sharing Europeans. Enlightening them.
But not so fast, he’s not ready, according to the Associated Press.
Team manager Murat Murtezaoglu told The Associated Press the 11-time NBA All-Star “did not feel ready” to play Friday and instead watched from the stands as his new team beat Oyak Renault 87-81.
Murtezaoglu said he expects Iverson to make his debut at Besiktas’ European Cup home game against Hemofarm Stada on Tuesday.
Murtezaoglu needs to learn to be careful of expectations.
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- j0esixpack - Nov 12, 2010 at 11:08 PM
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I think November 25th would be a much better day for a Turkey debut
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- thestudiokida - Nov 13, 2010 at 2:15 AM
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Nice. He should do it just for the pun.
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- omniusprime - Nov 13, 2010 at 9:46 AM
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That Turkey team will soon discover they got snookered by the NBA’s biggest turkey player, a self serving ballhog. We all know that AI stands for Arrogant Incompetence! Time for the media to stop paying attention to this perennial loser and whiner!
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- zblott - Nov 13, 2010 at 2:57 PM
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Here’s a recent piece about AI’s legacy with highlights:
http://www.hoopskarma.com/hk/2010/10/22/legacy-friday-allen-iverson.html
