NBA Rumors: Allen Iverson, Turkey Basketball Team in Serious Talks?

October 11th, 2010 by Hardcourt Mayhem Leave a reply »
What is the next destination for Allen Iverson? Will he return to the Philadelphia 76ers? Will he join a team in need of a point guard? He’s in serious talks with a team, according the Associated Press.

Which NBA team could it be? Actually, it isn’t an NBA team, nor any team located in the United States. Apparently, the veteran point guard is in serious talks with the Turkey national basketball team.

According to Iverson’s manager, Iverson will be playing for the Turkey Besiktas. Yahoo! Sports reported that the deal would be worth over $2 million for a span of one season.

Iverson was just coming off two short stints with the Sixers and the Memphis Grizzlies last season. He was voted to the All-Star team as well.

“We are in very serious negotiations with [Besiktas],” Iverson’s manager Gary Moore told Yahoo! Sports. “Istanbul is beautiful from everything we’ve learned. It’s not that far from the U.S., and the competition is good, which makes it all attractive.

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