Published 3/19/2008
at NBA.com: News
In the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Phil Sheridan writes "When he is introduced before tonight's game, the crowd should and almost certainly will give Iverson a warm welcome. He was a once-a-generation talent, a gritty, fearless gamer who threw his tiny body around among the NBA giants and carried an overachieving Sixers team to the NBA Finals. And that's the lesson. Few professional athletes have created such extreme reactions as Iverson among Philadelphia's fevered sports fans. Charles Barkley, maybe. Mike Schmidt, sort of. Terrell Owens, definitely. Donovan McNabb, at times
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