The Godfather of Basketball

Iverson's layoff caused an uproar in the league.

Although Iverson is 35 years old, his strength and status have declined significantly, but after all, he is a super giant in the past, and he was laid off before the contract was fulfilled, which is still embarrassing.

In the NBA, there is no such thing as friendship after all.

Like countless veterans, Iverson's dismissal is at most arousing discussion for a while. Some people want to fight again to see if there is a chance for a second or third spring. If no one wants it, he will almost retire.

But the statement that the Iverson team followed up surprised everyone.

Iverson will not play for any team off the bench!

Tang Tian thought that Iverson's career had been completely changed because of his intervention, but he didn't expect that in the end, the well-known incident of "not playing as a substitute" still appeared in his memory.

The 48h "claim period" has passed, and there is no accident and no one claims it.

(Note: There is a 48h clarification period for NBA players who are waived, which is also known as the "claim period" by many people. During this period of time, the players identified will be paid all the remaining salary of the contract by the new team, and they will not be dismissed. Designated team, it will become an unrestricted free agent.)

Immediately afterwards, no team contacted Iverson.

There are only 60 starting positions in the backcourt in the NBA. Iverson is too old to defend and can't keep up. If this condition is released, no one will want it if you think about it.

Iverson seems to be very unfortunate, so he can only retire sadly.

"Case, ask the people below to buy me a plane ticket to Philadelphia." This day ended the daily routine meeting of the management team, Tang Tian urged Jones.

"Philadelphia? Do you want to find AI?" Jones asked curiously. The most likely way to go to Philadelphia at this point is to go to Iverson.

"We lack a shooting guard." Tang Tian nodded.

"Do you want me to go with you?"

"No, just follow me as Dante."

Jones nodded. He knew Tang Tian's character, so he didn't ask much.

On the next offseason day, Tang Tian and Dante got on the plane to Philadelphia.

The straight-line distance between the two places is only more than 500 kilometers. An hour later, they had already appeared at Iverson's home.

The apartment was a mess, with clothes and beer bottles all over the floor. It was even more messy than Barnes's apartment before.

With dreadlocks and tattoos all over his body, the most striking thing is the word "loyalty" on his neck.

This tattoo is Iverson's life motto, telling himself to be loyal to friends and family.

It's a bit ironic that he chose to return to Philadelphia during the offseason two years ago, but was ruthlessly cut in the end.

Iverson's eyes were hazy, and his mental state was not very good.

Laid off and in the process of divorcing his wife Tawana.

For Iverson, this is the hardest time of his career, maybe even more than when he played in the slums when he was young.

At that time, at least there was hope for him.

Now, there is no ball to play, the future is dark, depravity, bankruptcy, making money, all those things in the previous life may not be far away from him.

"Allen, the Cavaliers still lack a shooting guard. We intend to offer you a one-year veteran's basic salary contract." Tang Tian cut to the chase.

The Cavaliers' shooting guard, Greena Stephenson's combination seemed adequate, but Green's injury gave him a sense of crisis.

I used to rely on Jeremy Lin to swing and play for a while, but Jeremy Lin's confrontation is a problem, and his performance in the first grade is also unstable. He can play in the regular season, but it may not be effective in the playoffs. If there is another injury at that time, it will be troublesome.

At this time, it is imperative to add an immediate shooting guard.

He was looking for a while ago, and Iverson was suddenly cut, which happened to come into his field of vision.

After hearing this, Iverson was a little happy and looked up at Tang Tian.

Because no one claimed during the clarification period, Iverson's salary will be fully paid by the 76ers, so money is not the main issue.

"Can I play the starter?"

"No." Tang Tian answered directly.

It is impossible for Paul not to start, and Green's functionality is now unavailable to the Cavaliers.

Therefore, it is impossible to play the starter.

Iverson lost his eyes when he heard it.

After hesitating for a while, he continued, "I won't be a substitute, I won't be a substitute in my career."

"There is no other place for you to play now!" Dante muttered.

Tang Tian stretched out his hand to signal Dan to speak specially, and put the business card on the table.

"You can consider it and contact me if necessary."

After speaking, he got up and walked out.

"I won't play as a substitute, don't think about it." Iverson stood up and said.

Tang Tian ignored it.

Although Iverson still has some immediate combat power, it is just icing on the cake for the Cavaliers, and there is a potential locker room risk, so if he really doesn't come, there is no loss for him.

Dante went over and opened the door.

Before going out, he remembered some memories from his previous life, turned around and said something more.

"It's the only chance you have to win a championship."

Iverson stood there in a daze.

Before he could respond, Tang Tian left with Dante.

"I won't be a substitute, no." Tang Tian left for a long time before Iverson came back to his senses, sat down and muttered to himself.

After chanting for a while, seeing the business card on the table, I was a little upset, picked it up and wanted to tear it up, and then threw it back on the table.

"I will not."

After speaking, he picked up the beer on the table, poured it into his mouth, and went back to the room.

"Dante, you should pay more attention to the trade information of other teams recently. The deadline is less than a month away, and other teams should also make moves." On the plane back to Cleveland, Tang Tian turned his head and told Dante.

"Iverson?" Dante asked suspiciously.

"We have to be prepared." Tang Tian said.

Dan nodded.

Time entered late January, Green slowly recovered his form, and the Cavaliers started a new round of brutal winning streak.

Throughout the second half of the month, they won all 7 games, and their record came to a terrifying 40 wins and 3 losses.

The team has a high probability of breaking the Bulls' 72-win regular season record.

"We'll win."

"We will work hard to win the game."

"We're going to play with style."

Here are some of the things the Cavaliers opponents said in pre-game interviews before the game.

Clearly, some very interesting changes are taking place.

Fast forward to February.

The NBA regular season has passed halfway, and the signings and layoffs of various teams have become active one after another.

Iverson still hasn't signed with any team, nor has he contacted the Cavaliers.

It seems that there is a high probability that he is going to retire with his unruly look, and then walk on the path of his previous life.

"Tang, I have a trade proposal." That day Tang Tian was in the office when Jones knocked on the door and came in.

"The Eagles."