<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">PHOENIX (AP) -- Allen Iverson wants to be a part of the U.S. basketball team for the 2006 world championships and 2008 Olympics, USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo said. Colangelo met with Iverson on Wednesday before the Philadelphia 76ers played the Phoenix Suns. "He wants to win a gold medal," said Colangelo, the chairman and CEO of the Suns. "He said that very clearly. He said if asked, he would be honored." Colangelo, solely in charge of developing the pool of players invited to the team's training camp, plans to meet later this week with Shaquille O'Neal, Dwyane Wade and Tim Duncan. The Suns host the Miami Heat on Friday night and the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday. Colangelo said he had never spoken at length with Iverson and wondered how the talk would go. "He looked me right in the eye and said it would be an honor for him," Colangelo said. "It was a very positive experience." Iverson was co-captain and the leading scorer on the U.S. team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. "I want to play," Iverson said after Wednesday's game. "Obviously we didn't get it done the first time I was a part of that team. If God blesses me with another opportunity to try it, it would be an honor. I would have a second shot at fulfilling one of my goals."</div> http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/bask...s.ap/index.html
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">PHOENIX (AP) -- Allen Iverson wants to be a part of the U.S. basketball team for the 2006 world championships and 2008 Olympics, USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo said. Colangelo met with Iverson on Wednesday before the Philadelphia 76ers played the Phoenix Suns. "He wants to win a gold medal," said Colangelo, the chairman and CEO of the Suns. "He said that very clearly. He said if asked, he would be honored." Colangelo, solely in charge of developing the pool of players invited to the team's training camp, plans to meet later this week with Shaquille O'Neal, Dwyane Wade and Tim Duncan. The Suns host the Miami Heat on Friday night and the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday. Colangelo said he had never spoken at length with Iverson and wondered how the talk would go. "He looked me right in the eye and said it would be an honor for him," Colangelo said. "It was a very positive experience." Iverson was co-captain and the leading scorer on the U.S. team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. "I want to play," Iverson said after Wednesday's game. "Obviously we didn't get it done the first time I was a part of that team. If God blesses me with another opportunity to try it, it would be an honor. I would have a second shot at fulfilling one of my goals."</div> http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/bask...s.ap/index.html[/QUOTE]
If they don’t invite Allen Iverson back it will be a total show a disrespect, and lack of class in my opinion. He is one of only two originally select players, Tim Duncan being the other, to actually stay true to his commitment, and play for team USA. I think that as long as he wants to be on the team, and has the talent to be on it, team USA owes it to him to put him on the team.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Best Kept Secret:</div><div class="quote_post">If they don?t invite Allen Iverson back it will be a total show a disrespect, and lack of class in my opinion. He is one of only two originally select players, Tim Duncan being the other, to actually stay true to his commitment, and play for team USA. I think that as long as he wants to be on the team, and has the talent to be on it, team USA owes it to him to put him on the team.</div> Couldn't say it better myself.
