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San Jose, Costa Rica, Dec. 9, 2006 -- Once 76ers star guard Allen Iverson said in statement Friday night that "a change may be the best thing for everyone," the Answer pretty much punched his ticket out of Philly.
"We're going to trade him," team chairman Ed Snider said shortly after Iverson's statement. "I think it's time for him to move on, and for us to move on and find out where everything stands."
"He's one of the greatest basketball players of all time," Snider said. "I'm not here to [disrespect] him in any way, shape or form. It's just time for him to go his way and for us to go our way."
Iverson, who is second in the NBA in scoring (31.2 ppg), has nearly been traded twice before, most recently this past offseason when Boston or Denver were his rumored destinations. He was benched for Friday night's game against the Wizards, and GM Billy King said Iverson's status with the team would be addressed after Saturday night's game in Orlando.
Iverson's stay in Philly has been filled with stellar on-court play but also several incidents, from his numerous run-ins with coaches Larry Brown and now Maurice Cheeks, to his infamous "practice. We're talking about practice" speech to reporters who questioned his well-known disdain for attending practices.
However, Iverson is unquestioned as a scorer, and he won the MVP award in the 2000-2001 season, when he led the Sixers to the finals -- where they lost to the Lakers. The No. 1 pick in the 1996 draft has a career scoring average of 28.1 points.
This season, the Sixers are 5-13 and have lost six straight entering Saturday's game.
"This season has been very frustrating for everyone," Iverson said, " ... nothing seems to be working."
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