There is nothing imminent or anything of real substance to this rumor, but I have been informed by a source of mine that Allen Iverson has some interest in joining the Utah Jazz. According to my source it’s not that Utah is Iverson’s main choice or that he is giddy to play at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains, it’s that Iverson wants to play with a contender and the Jazz are pretty much to only playoff team who has not told Iverson to get lost. Utah infact has had not contact with Allen Iverson’s agent about Iverson since early July when Detroit tried to include Iverson in a package to get forward Carlos Boozer. I am told that the Jazz were not against acquiring Iverson in any such deal, but did want to look at other options.
I pretty much see this as a last ditch attempt by Iverson and his agent at trying to land somewhere. I doubt he nor the Jazz have any interest in each other and I think both parties would be insane to agree to a contract. If they did I doubt either Iverson or Jerry Sloan would still be with the team come the trade deadline. Sloan would beat Iverson with chair for his views on practice.
I only bring this up because I find it funny. Iverson is not exactly the kind of guy the Jazz like to have on their roster, and any discussion with Detroit was likely just to see what they could get out of Boozer.
