Return of the King: Allen Iverson likely to start, cry for Sixers tonight

According to the Inky's Kate Fagan, prodigal son Allen Iverson has been practicing with the starting lineup and is expected to start this evening against the Nuggets.

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Return of the King: Allen Iverson likely to start, cry for Sixers tonight

POSTED: Monday, December 7, 2009, 6:25 PM
Filed Under: Sporting Life | Sixers

According to the Inky's Kate Fagan, prodigal son Allen Iverson has been practicing with the starting lineup and is expected to start this evening against the Nuggets.

AI admits that he's not in the shape he wants to be in yet and that his first appearance is "probably more for the fans than anything else," though, as our own E. James Beale pointed out in this week's Sports Complex, the fans are pretty much what this whole AI redux endeavor is all about in the first place.

Given that — thanks to the injuries already sustained by Marreese Speights and Lou Williams — the Sixers are essentially already playing for next year, bringing the circus into town for three quarters of a season hardly seems like a bad move if it helps sell some peanuts.

But will No. 3 cry when he's announced, when he takes the ball up the floor for the first time, or will he save it for the post game presser?

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