| Just after announcing his retirement seven days ago | | | | with both hands. He has the full the support of the fans |
| through an open letter addressed to his fans, Allen | | | | who have treated him with nothing but love and |
| Iverson has made a comeback. He has been signed | | | | respect, no wander Iverson refers to the Sixers as his |
| by the Philadelphia 76ers, the franchise he begun his | | | | home. |
| NBA career way back in 1996 and heard a very | | | | The issue of a player coming back from retirement is |
| successful decade that made him one of the best | | | | not a new thing in the NBA. Many players have come |
| guards the game has ever produced. Rubber-stamping | | | | back even after publicly announcing that their time was |
| his exemplary success, he led the Sixers to the NBA | | | | over. When a player is out he feels an emptiness that |
| finals in 2001. | | | | is constantly telling him to go back. The passion of not |
| After Lou Williams suffered an injury on his jaw last | | | | being in the game is what drives a player back to the |
| month, the 76ers management felt they had no option | | | | court. |
| of filling that void other than making a quick move to | | | | It was this kind of passion that Michael Jordan |
| their former player, who was the best free agent | | | | couldn’t resist the temptation of submitting to, when |
| available. The signing came as a surprise to many due | | | | he came back from retirement, not once but twice. |
| to how both parties acrimoniously fell out. | | | | With Iverson’s case its not that different also, the |
| Iverson returns to the 76ers at a point, which they | | | | passion for the game has made him put aside the |
| have gone seven games without a win and will need | | | | differences he had with the Sixers. Lastly, for all those |
| tremendous improvement if they are to make it to the | | | | people who had Iverson’s No 3 Sixers jersey, time |
| playoffs. Although the challenge his has ahead of him | | | | has come for it to get out of the closet. |
| is quite phenomenal, he has courageously embraced it | | | | |