Iverson Ends Retirement and Signs with 76ers Sports Book. Sports books will show some interest in the Philadelphia 76ers now that the team has Allen Iverson. The odds at the Internet sportsbook might be adjusted slightly simply because Iverson is a player who can score. Iverson’s retirement didn’t last long and he is expected to be in the lineup for the 76ers on Monday against Denver when they will be underdogs at the Internet sportsbook.
Sports books have seen the 76ers struggle this season. It hasn’t helped that the team lost starting point guard Lou Williams who was averaging 17.4 points and 5.1 assists per sports books game. Williams is expected to be out for the next two months as sports books stats show so signing Iverson makes some sense. The problem for Philadelphia in sports books results is that Iverson is a ball hog who only wants to score. He will demand to be starting even when Williams returns. The 76ers are going nowhere with or without Iverson in odds at the Internet sportsbook so they are trying to sell tickets.
Philadelphia is saying all the right things about bringing Iverson in. “Without really seeing him on the floor, I would like to compare him to Brett Favre, a guy who people think is too old to play and he’s almost having an MVP year,” head coach Eddie Jordan said. “That’s off the top of my head. When I woke up this morning, I said, ‘Maybe he can be that.’ It’s not a big maybe. I think he can be that.” Iverson was the NBA MVP in 2001 as sports books stats show, when he led Philadelphia to the NBA finals.
Iverson was signed for a very reasonable price as sports books info shows, so Philadelphia didn’t lose much except playing time for their younger players. Internet sportsbook has the signing being all about improving attendance. The Sixers are 29th in the league in attendance as sports books statistics show. They had lost seven in a row before Wednesday’s sports books game against Oklahoma City. Iverson is expected to go into the starting lineup on Monday in sports books action. “I told him I would like for him to start, and that’s where it sort of ended,” Jordan said. “And he was really like a kid at Christmas. That’s how he sort of explained it to me. He’s really excited and we’re looking forward to it.”
Sports books stats show that Iverson has a career average of 27 points per game which is the fifth-highest scoring average in NBA history.