Yahoo! Sports‘ Adrian Wojnarowski has a great piece up about the Allen Iverson situation. It’s mostly about the Clippers, but Wojnarowski’s deservedly sour commentary on the situation applies to the Grizzlies even when he isn’t directly addressing the franchise.
Choice bits:
Why would the Los Angeles Clippers want to thrust Allen Iverson(notes) into the life of gifted young guard Eric Gordon(notes)? The answer is as simple as it’s flawed: box office over basketball. The worst owner in sports, Donald T. Sterling, believes A.I. can do what No. 1 pick Blake Griffin has been thus far unable — sell tickets. Perhaps the Clippers could give winning a chance, but Sterling is hell-bent on dysfunction.
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Iverson is a bad investment for the Clippers. Iverson is a shell of himself now, and worst of all, he’s the last to know.
