Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson will miss tonight’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves and then tomorrow night in Toronto against the Raptors as he tends to his ill daughter.
We have no clue what his plans are for the All-Star game in Dallas, where he was voted a starter (100% correctly I might add. Very deserving). Iverson has missed the last three games – all Sixers wins – and is scheduled to return to the lineup on Tuesday at home against the Heat.
Here is something that is puzzling to OTR, and we are not claiming that I know the severity of her sickness. We really do hope the poor girl isn’t seriously sick. But, if her illness is so bad that Iverson needs to be with her, how can they possibly know that she’ll be ok in time for Tuesday night’s game against the Heat? And if they know she is going to be ok, why does he need to be there with her now? If she’s going to be fine, let the home front take care of her and you get out and play.
We aren’t saying that parents don’t want to be with their children when they are sick, we completely understand that. But, tons of professional athletes have children and they all get sick to varying degrees from time to time. Why is Allen the only one who continues to miss time because of it?
Our problem is that this isn’t the first time he’s used this excuse. And it’s not the first time he’s had some kind of excuse for why he was or wasn’t somewhere or whatever (like, say, one of his own charity events that he was late too because of traffic on the Walt Whitman Bridge?). It’s shame, his daughter could be truly sick and we hope that isn’t the case. But with Allen, he’s just lost the benefit of the doubt on this stuff.
