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UConn Huskies. Consequently, it seems that the only possible reason AI is going to play in Turkey is because of the money, especially following his recent string of personal problems a sick daughter, a divorce, and gambling and drinking issues. His tough demeanor, warrior mentality, lightning quickness, unique ability to score in bunches, and rebellious attitude will always be remembered as a key component of the post-Jordan NBA and popular culture.
It's not that far from the U. Allen wants to play basketball. Besiktas sent a contract to Iverson on Monday and hopes he'll sign it by week's end. Iverson has solicited offers to play in China this season. After tumultuous exits in his last three stops - Detroit, Memphis, and Philadelphia - Iverson has exhausted all interest from NBA teams. Visions of AI billboards sipping a Turkish soda, perhaps? That depiction is distorted. On game night inside BJK Akatlar Arena - home court of Iverson's new team, the Besiktas Cola Turka Black Eagles - the image of Iverson hysteria is pure and true, but the arena seats 3, in a city of about 13 million.
Iverson is not a sensation here, but rather an exciting curiosity for small pockets of basketball fans, playing for a club that doesn't even compete in Euroleague, Europe's most prestigious. The 76ers' former all-everything guard is broke - by all accounts except his own - and playing here in Istanbul for a number of reasons, none of which is to become an ambassador for Turkey's solid, but often overlooked, professional league. The streets are cobblestoned, the newspapers filled with soccer, and the restaurants packed.
It's Istanbul's tourist district, where the waiters know English and the cabbies know every switchback in every road. A waiter, flipping through pictures on his touchscreen phone and singing Usher, tilts his head when asked about Iverson. In some places they'll know him, in some places they don't know him. Greer, pausing to say hello to Iverson as he walked onto the court, did just that.
So using Greer's example, thousands care that Iverson is here - maybe one in every few thousand. Iverson has been selective in granting interviews.
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