Allen Iverson has recently expressed interest in returning to the NBA, but he rebuffed an offer from the Texas Legends, the Dallas Mavericks' D-League affiliate, stating that it's not the road he wishes to take back into the league.
While it may seem a bit picky for a guy to decline an offer to get back into professional basketball, that is the same route that Antoine Walker attempted, and he never sniffed an NBA court after playing for two years with the Idaho Stampede.
NBA personalities constantly ebb and flow between a state of constant consciousness and relative cluelessness, both of which can be a negative for a growing young star.
If a guy is too constantly aware of how the public perceives him, he's going to end up looking like he's trying too hard to seem like he's trying to please everybody possible.
On the other end of the spectrum are the guys who couldn't care less about their image, and while that gives off a more real, down-to-earth look at times, it's also an attitude that can get a player blacklisted and held out of the league for good.
There are a handful of examples of just that over the course of the past dec ...
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