Allen Iverson is done as a player with the Detroit Pistons, his season and tenure cut short by a combination of injury, ineffectiveness and insufferable whining. And now, the man on the wrong end of one of the worst trades in sports history will not even be able to console his broken-down self by losing tons of money at Detroit’s downtown casinos anymore, because the casinos have thrown him out for being such a complete bastard.
Chris McCosky of the Detroit News says Iverson – and this is not really that shocking frankly – frustrated owners of at least two Detroit gambling spots by throwing his chips and cards at dealers when he lost (which was often), behaving like a raging dick toward other players and the wait staff, and, on at least one occasion, getting involved in a situation that ended with his bodyguard and another man fighting. The last incident was serious enough that the NBA is reportedly investigating it. McCosky points out that Mr. Iverson was also involved in an incident at a Minneapolis casino earlier this year, and has “earned a bad reputation” in Atlantic City.
Okay Allen, here’s what we’ve learned: you and gambling don’t mix. So you’ll either have to give up gambling or stop being you. Or move some place where losing lots of money and being an absolute unbearable boor go hand-in-hand. I’ve got it: Wall Street! At least then you could count on some nice bailout money to replace all your squandered riches. Gonna have to buy some new suits though.
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