<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">ALLEN IVERSON knew that, because of inflammation in his right elbow, he couldn't play in the NBA Players Hurricane Relief Game Sunday night in Houston. But he also knew that he had to be there for what organizer Kenny Smith, the TNT analyst, termed "the most important basketball game that's ever been played." Yesterday, after videotaping a public-service announcement with the Flyers' Keith Primeau asking the public to keep pitching in for the Gulf Coast victims of Hurricane Katrina, the 76ers' star guard said Sunday's game "was the best game I ever watched, period, because of the magnitude of it all - the cause." "I love Kenny Smith for what he did," Iverson said, meeting with a small group of reporters at the Wachovia Center. "A lot of people could have done that, or tried to attempt to get that done, but he's the one that did it." Every player who played paid a minimum of $10,000 into the relief fund. The Dallas Mavericks' Jerry Stackhouse, a former Sixer, sang the national anthem. The Washington Wizards' Gilbert Arenas got involved in a halftime tumbling exhibition. Rapper Kanye West offered a miniconcert during a timeout. The Mavericks' Avery Johnson coached one team, Iverson helped Phoenix Suns assistant Alvin Gentry coach the other team.</div> <div align="center">Source</div>
Oh, so thats why I couldn't play. Still, its unbelievable that the cheer for him when they introduced him or whatever was so loud.
