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Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson has left the team in order to be with his ill daughter. Iverson will be out indefinitely.

At minimum, Iverson will miss the 76ers remaining three road games. Earlier this month, Iverson was forced to miss five games and the All-Star game in order to be with his family after the issue with his daughter’s heath first surfaced.

Although it is not yet known what exact illness Iverson’s daughter has, it is reported to be a serious issue.

If you had an old Allen Iverson jersey from when he played in Philadelphia, well get it out of the attic because Iverson just signed with the 76ers, the NBA franchise that drafted him No.1 overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft out of Georgetown.

The 76ers president Ed Stefanski announced the signing on the team’s website on Wednesday as the 10-time All-Star is expected to make his debut with his first team at home against the Denver Nuggets the team he was traded to on Monday.

The New Jersey Nets have not only matched the current winless record in the NBA going 0-17, they just moved Kiki Vandeweghe to their head coach position for the rest of the regular season.

According to Yahoo! Sports who had first reported that Vandeweghe was leaning toward accepting the position, the GM’s coaching staff would include Del Harris who has held some key head coaching and assistant positions in the NBA.

The Philadelphia 76ers have met with their former superstar guard Allen Iverson to discuss the possibility of a return to the NBA for the 10-time All-Star who recently announced he was retiring from the NBA.

Apparently both parties met in Dallas for nearly two hours where the 76ers will face the Dallas Mavericks. Team president Ed Stefanski said in a statement released that no commitment has been made yet since both parties are still deciding on the best option.

According to ESPN.com, NBA guard and All-Star player Allen Iverson is planning to retire from the game of basketball since on suitor has come out to sign him when he cleared waivers.

ESPN is reporting per Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and nationally syndicated radio host Stephen A. Smith that Iverson, through his representatives have informed him [Smith] of the former Philadelphia, Denver, Detroit and Memphis guard’s intentions to retire from the NBA.

Though the Commercial Appeal reported on Monday that Memphis Grizzlies guard Allen Iverson is contemplating retiring from the NBA, the Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley has mentioned that he is not sure of what Iverson’s future plans are; it might not include retirement.

For Iverson to retire from basketball when he can still play for some teams in the league would be an injustice to arguably the toughest smallest man to single-handedly carry a team to an NBA Finals in the history of the league.

“I’m not in Allen’s head. I don’t know what he’s thinking,” Heisley mentioned to AP.

ESPN.com is reporting that the Portland Trail Blazers have offered point guard Andre Miller a three-year, $21 million deal.

The Blazers made this move after they failed to obtain the services of New York Knicks’ forward and restricted free agent, David Lee.

Though Miller’s agent confirmed the deal, he refused to offer the details, which ESPN reports that the $21 million deal comes with $14 million guaranteed and his third-year option includes $7 million left.

To most July 1 is just the date three days before that wonderful Independence Day celebrations where we get to drink beer, barbeque burgers, hotdogs and chicken and we get to cap off the day with a fireworks show. But July 1 has a very different feel to NBA fans and franchises.

The 2009 NBA Draft is in the books, and just as expected the Los Angeles Clippers spent their No. 1 pick on power forward Blake Griffin from the University of Oklahoma. Given the weak draft class this year, the biggest acquisitions were made via trades before the draft even started.

The NBA Finals have arrived and the battle for the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy is set to begin. The Los Angeles Lakers and the Orlando Magic may not have been the fans or the NBA’s dream matchup, but it still will prove to be an epic battle of will power and talent.