Allen Iverson: Franchise player no more

I always like Allen Iverson's effort in the basketball court, one of the few guys in the league who sacrificed and risked his body and gave his 100% to win. But since his disastrous pronouncements last season with the Detroit Pistons, you know the "rather retire, than come out of the bench thing" plus the fact that he is already 34 years old, his market value downward spiraled from there. In fact yesterday he signed a contract with the Memphis Grizzlies for only 3.1 Million US$, yes it's still a big money for us starving mortals, but not so for NBA Superstars and it's way too low from the 21 Million US$ he made last year.

Iverson relies on his speed to be effective on the floor, but with father time catching up he may have lost a few steps in terms of quickness than say Tony Parker or Devin Harris. Can you imagine a slower Iverson doing his famous crossover moves against these quick guys? I can't, I can't also imagine him fitting with O.J. Mayo in the back court. But Iverson says this year will be so personal that he will prove his critics wrong, I just hope that he is right, kinda like Iverson's final glory before he finally hang up his jersey.