NEW YORK — Knicks president Donnie Walsh said it is “logical” that Allen Iverson would return to his first NBA team, the Philadelphia 76ers.
“When Philadelphia opened up, I thought that was a logical place for him to go,” Walsh said before the Knicks faced the Phoenix Suns Tuesday at MSG.
The AP reported that the Sixers offered a one-year, non-guaranteed contract to Iverson on Tuesday.
The Knicks considered signing Iverson after he parted ways with Memphis and those close to the 10-time All-Star said he would’ve liked to come to New York.
“I didn’t see him say that publicly,” Walsh said.
The Knicks opted not to sign Iverson over a concern for chemistry issues, but Walsh thinks he can help the Sixers, who are without injured point guard Louis Williams (broken jaw).
“I think they have a good team and he’s coming in for that little kid [Williams] who was a lot like him, so it’s very similar,” Walsh said.
Asked if it was hard for a player to return to his former team as an older player, Walsh said: “I did that with Mark Jackson [in Indiana] and it worked. I think most players who had great years in a city and then they leave to get more money or the the team doesn’t want them, when they get an opportunity to come back, they usually take it.”
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