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'Half the League' Has Inquired About Iverson

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 20061211
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While 76ers team president Billy King sorely wants to deal the franchise player, Allen Iverson, he can't just give him away. No one in Philly can forget the Sixers only getting Jeff Hornacek, Andrew Lang and Tim Perry for Charles Barkley in 1992. And the Sixers traded Wilt Chamberlain to the Lakers in 1968 for Jerry Chambers, Archie Clark and Darrall Imhoff.

Still, team chairman Ed Snider said "half the league" had called about Iverson's availability.

While Iverson's maybe a half-step slower than he was 10 years ago, that's still a step quicker than most players in the league. Iverson leads ...

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