New Nuggets teammates also compare notes on life

0 Comments | USA TODAY, January, 2007 | by Vicki Michaelis

DENVER -- New Denver Nuggets teammates Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson had dinner together soon after Iverson arrived from Philadelphia in the Dec. 19 trade. They talked more about strategies for life than for basketball. "We've kind of been through the same things," Anthony says. "He's a guy who feels my pain more than anybody in the NBA." Anthony's early professional tenure was tainted by incidents ranging from a clash with coach Larry Brown at the 2004 Olympics to Anthony's appearance in a bootleg DVD in which alleged drug dealers celebrate informant intimidation.

His image was on an upswing after he led the USA in scoring and intensity at last summer's world championships. USA Basketball named him male athlete of the year. Then came the Nuggets' brawl Dec. 16 with the...

Read the full article with a Free Trial at MyWire.
Premium Content Partnership | MyWire provides an in-depth online archive library of reference works. MyWire
 

BNET TalkbackShare your ideas and expertise on this topic

Please add your comment:
  1. You are currently: a Guest |
  4.  

Basic HTML tags that work in comments are: bold (<b></b>), italic (<i></i>), underline (<u></u>), and hyperlink (<a href></a)