What are some actual Iverson trade rumors?

Question

All I've heard is to the Nuggets for Andre Miller and Nene.

Also, I've heard about the 3 team deal involving the T-Wolves but I don't know the specifics.

Answer 1

To the Celtics for possibly West, Telfair, Jefferson, and maybe Ratliff.
This was said to be high on the list for the 76ers because they're highly interested in all the young talent (minus Ratliff) being offered.

Answer 2

The rumor ought to in all possibility be truly. Iverson and Melo are having problem with the large call position. Nuggets would finally finally end up eliminating Iverson and rebuild the crew round Carmelo. there is an somewhat very vert good risk that Iverson is leaving Denver. Iverson has no crew chemistry with Carmelo and a number of there sport enthusiasts. Nuggets are looking for to get an element preserve or a center/ ability ahead or possibaly all 3. Nuggets are eliminating there massive contract participant to signal different sport enthusiasts( cap sales).

Answer 3

The Kings are reportedly interested by sending Mike Bibby and Kenny Thomas which to me seems the most likely deal because AI will not be in the Eastern conference

Answer 4

I heard kings, golden state, clippers and t-wolves. We'll wait and see.

Answer 5

This was actually supposed to go down but A.I. nixed it. (A.I. to Charlotte).

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/16217972.htm

There's some more rumors in there.

Answer 6

YES, THAT WAS legendary gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi sitting in the front row last night, but even he couldn't help a team tumbling this badly.

And the 76ers are tumbling at an alarming rate. The only things piling up faster than their losses are the rumors surrounding Allen Iverson. We still don't know where or when or for what. All we know is, it will be soon. We do know it's a fait accompli. If there had been the slightest doubt, Iverson's locker-room stall had been emptied out and his nameplate taken down. All that remained were some hangers and a long white robe.

"For so long, the Sixers have been identified with A.I.," Alan Henderson said. "I'm sure it's not only strange to us, it's strange to the league."

For now, Sixerville and Rumorville are adjoining communities, and there is no joy in either. In Sixerville, after last night's 81-79 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, there is an eight-game losing streak, the franchise's longest since 1997, when Iverson was a fresh-faced rookie. There is also a litany of 15 losses in 17 games.

In Rumorville - and, please, there is no hard confirmation of anything here - there is speculation of discussions with the Los Angeles Clippers that could net some combination of Corey Maggette, Sam Cassell, Zeljko Rebraca and a first-round draft choice, and whispers of talks with the Denver Nuggets surrounding something that could include J.R. Smith, Eduardo Najera and Nene.

In the Sacramento Bee, Kings owner Joe Maloof was quoted as saying Iverson and Ron Artest "would be fabulous together because they have the same personalities. They both want to win. They're both warriors. And they both bring it in every game. When you get guys like that together, there's no telling what can happen."

But Maloof never said the Kings were a player in the Iverson sweepstakes. Funny how that works.

In Charlotte, general manager/coach Bernie Bickerstaff told the Charlotte Observer that the Bobcats were not willing to mortgage their future in a deal for Iverson. He did not rule out the possibility of becoming a facilitator in a three-way deal, but said he had not been contacted by anyone in such a scenario.

There was no missive from president/general manager Billy King, who said he would not comment on trades. He kept his word as he, senior vice president Tony DiLeo, player personnel director Courtney Witte and personnel specialist Chris Ford trooped into the postgame locker room. What we did learn, through publicist Michael Preston, was that there was no truth to reports that had circulated that a deal would be done in 24 to 48 hours. Preston also said the team was denying a report that King had set a deadline of yesterday afternoon for all trade proposals.

The Sixers, at 5-15, have two primary missions, officially ending the Iverson Era with a trade and winning a game. The former is likely to come first.

(Since Rumorville is a thriving community, we might as well include some distant speculation that the Sixers - in an unrelated move - at least inquired about the availability of unhappy Seattle guard Earl Watson.)

"The only reason why I'm smiling is, it gets so bad sometimes, all you can do is smile," Chris Webber said. "It hurts, especially with the effort we've put out the last few games and with everything that's going on. It's tough right now. Losing is so frustrating, that takes precedence over everything right now."

About Maloof's comments...

"[Iverson] would love Sacramento," Webber said. "It's like the Indiana high school heartland of pro ball."

This hadn't been Webber's best day. He missed the morning shootaround and drew a fine, believed to be $2,500, then shot 2-for-9 in 39 minutes, even though he put together eight assists and seven rebounds. And what must chairman Ed Snider have thought, sitting down in his accustomed front-row seat with 2 minutes, 32 seconds on the clock and watching the Blazers reel off 12 of the last 17 points, including a game-winning drive past Henderson with 2.8 seconds remaining?

The Sixers had trailed by as many as 16 points in the second quarter and had gamely scrambled back to lead, 72-65, with 4:41 left. They fell behind, 79-76, only to see Webber drain a three-pointer to tie with 13.9 seconds remaining. They all knew the last play was going to Zach Randolph. They couldn't stop that any more than they had been able to stop the first seven games of this downward spiral.

"We keep finding ways," coach Maurice Cheeks said. "The loss [86-84 Saturday night] in Orlando was an energy game, a hard-fought game. Then we come here and lose that game on a last-second play.

"We're right there. It sounds kind of funny, but we're right there. We just have to take a lot of positives from this game and build on it. It sounds kind of funny. At some point, we're going to finish that game and it's going to turn."

After back-to-back two-point losses, Henderson said, "I wouldn't say [we're] snake-bit, just coming close. That doesn't count for anything in this league."

Including in trade talks.


For a while yesterday, the 76ers were close to solving their Allen Iverson problem.

The Sixers, according to a source, were close to sending Iverson to the Charlotte Bobcats for a package of players yesterday afternoon. But Iverson indicated his displeasure with being sent to the Bobcats - the league's newest team, having begun play in 2004 - and the deal died, the source said.

Iverson asked to be traded last week, and a source indicated that he didn't care where he was sent. But that apparently did not extend to the Bobcats, who are struggling to draw fans, and who would have difficulty bringing someone to Charlotte who didn't want to be there, and who would likely make that unhappiness known to the public.

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With only a little more than $38 million in player salaries - forward Gerald Wallace is the team's highest-paid player, at just $5.5 million this season - Charlotte is about $15 million below the league's salary cap of $53.1 million and could make a major player acquisition easier than any team in the league.

The Bobcats also have players with short contracts, which fits the Sixers' desires. Philadelphia wants to trade Iverson for players whose deals expire either this season or after the 2007-08 season, when Chris Webber's contract ends and the Sixers expect to finally get under the salary cap.

Charlotte has a few players who fill that bill: veteran guard Brevin Knight, who makes $4.4 million this season on a contract that expires in 2008; forward Melvin Ely, whose $3.3 million contract ends after this season; forward Othella Harrington (2008, $2.2 million this season); and underrated center Primoz Brezec (2008, $2.75 million this season).

Dealing any or all of those players would not affect the Bobcats' core group: guard Raymond Felton, guard Adam Morrison, forward Sean May or center Emeka Okafor. The 24-year-old Wallace, who has become a much-improved player in Charlotte, would be attractive to the Sixers, but he's also part of that core.

At least one team believed the Bobcats were in the driver's seat earlier Monday. "It's Michael [Jordan]'s deal to turn down," said an executive of one team that is involved in the trade discussions, referring to Charlotte's new minority owner.

It is uncertain whether the proposed trade can be resurrected.

Meanwhile, Sixers president Billy King continues to sift through other offers. He's keeping those offers extremely close to the vest. One longtime friend of King's, with an NBA team, said King "wasn't telling me a... thing" about which way he was thinking.

Sources indicate that Indiana, Boston and Minnesota continue to express interest in Iverson, with Denver and Sacramento also in the mix. But in some cases, King would likely have to take a player he wouldn't necessarily want in order to get rid of Iverson. The Pacers, for example, want to rid themselves of swingman Stephen Jackson, who has three years left on his deal. The Timberwolves are shopping guard Ricky Davis.

The Kings seem to be stronger players in the bidding for Iverson than one would think at first glance. A source said Sacramento was discussing a package including guard Mike Bibby and forward Kenny Thomas for Iverson. Each has connections to Webber: Bibby and Webber led the Kings to the Western Conference finals in 2002; Thomas was part of the package the Sixers traded to Sacramento for Webber in 2005.

But Thomas' contract, which King negotiated, does not expire until after the 2008-09 season.