Here's hoping a sad end doesn't turn tragic
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03/05/2010 -
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Age guarantees a lot of things.
It's almost a give-and-take process. A lot of physical attributes like speed,
strength and reaction time slow at the same time one's knowledge and wisdom
are expanding.
It's almost a cruel joke, one that Allen Iverson is going through right now.
What "Father Time" doesn't guarantee is maturity, a learned rather than
instinctual behavior that is never determined by one's age.
Iverson was an immature 17-year-old teenager in 1993 when he was convicted for
his part in a Hampton, Virginia bowling alley brawl that left him incarcerated
for four months. The case became a bit of a cause-celebre after he was
convicted as an adult of the felony charge of maiming by mob, a rarely used
Virginia statute that was originally designed to combat lynching.
After Iverson spent four months at a correctional facility in Newport News,
Va., he was granted clemency by then Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder,
and the Virginia Court of Appeals eventually overturned the conviction in 1995
for insufficient evidence. By most accounts, Iverson was railroaded, likely
because of the color of his skin.
Nearly 20 years later, Iverson might as well be that same teenager. People
close to the mercurial guard have pointed to his ordeal in Virginia as the one
that shaped adult years that have been dotted with the same signs of
immaturity.
It didn't have to be like that. Unlike a lot of young African-Americans,
Iverson got a second chance. In fact, calling his career a second chance
is a bit of an understatement considering Iverson has been paid over $153
million dollars to play basketball over the last 15 years.
Evidently, you can't buy maturity.
In 1997, A.I. Was a 22-year-old when he was pinched on misdemeanor charges of
marijuana and gun-possession, resulting in a plea bargain that carried three-
years probation.
At 25, his immaturity resurfaced when he recorded a rap CD with lyrics that
mocked homosexuals and embarrassed his employer.
In 2002, when Iverson was 27, he allegedly broke into a West Philadelphia
apartment and threatened two men with a gun while looking for his estranged
wife Tawanna, resulting in terroristic threats charges.
A year later a member of Cru-Thick, Iverson's posse, was shot in the leg in
the Old City section of Philly and police believed Iverson may have also been
targeted.
In 2005, Iverson was served with a civil lawsuit when two men claimed his
bodyguard beat them in a Washington D.C. nightclub and one of the men was
awarded over a quarter of a million dollars.
Last week, just months after reuniting with his old team, Iverson was sent
home by the Philadelphia 76ers. The cover story this time was Iverson's 4-
year-old daughter, Messiah, who is suffering from a still undisclosed illness,
In his last absence from the team before the release, Iverson was spotted at
the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association tournament in Charlotte,
N.C., reportedly for a fund-raising commitment that included partying with
hip-hop star Jermaine Dupri, far away from his daughter in Atlanta.
The latest blow to A.I. came on Tuesday when Tawanna Iverson filed for divorce
in Fulton County, Ga. Superior Court.
The newspaper also reported that several NBA sources have confirmed Iverson
has been troubled by excessive drinking and has a number of outstanding civil
lawsuits filed against him.
For once I'm not worried about Iverson's legendary selfishness, his stunning
lack of maturity and a reputation as a coach-killer.
His personal life is starting to resemble a runaway train, and I'm hoping a sad
end on the basketball floor doesn't turn into a tragic one off it.
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