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Updated: July 14, 2009, 8:06 PM ET / By Marc Stein

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LAS VEGAS -- You will inevitably question why the Clippers are chasing Allen
Iverson and how they plan to fit him into their backcourt rotation when they
already have Baron Davis and Eric Gordon.

Answer: Selling tickets is a huge part of it, just like in Memphis with the
Grizzlies' interest in A.I.

Turns out winning the draft lottery and the right to select Blake Griffin
with the No. 1 overall pick didn't exactly cause lines -- or even one line --
to form outside the Clippers' ticket offices. Factor in the decline in
season-ticket renewals that the Clippers, like so many other teams, are
facing, and the benefits of a one-year stimulus package -- before L.A. comes
into a mess of salary-cap space thanks to Memphis' willingness to trade for
Zach Randolph -- start to get clearer.

It's also true that the Clips, presumably at the behest of star-craving owner
Donald Sterling, have flirted with trading for Iverson for years. So if
Memphis owner Michael Heisley was right when he told ESPN.com on Sunday that
Iverson is "only looking for a one-year contract," Clipperland would appear
to be Iverson's most enticing option, given its big-market stage and the fact
that Sterling apparently is willing to offer most or all of the $5.9 million
midlevel exception, compared with Miami's interest at a much lower number.

Yet it remains to be seen whether Iverson, who famously threatened to retire
at the end of his lost season in Detroit if asked to come off the bench
again, can really accept a reserve role from the Clips or Grizz even if
they're the only teams willing to offer something in the $5 million range.
Skepticism is, shall we say, tangible.

"I have inquired," Clippers coach/general manager Mike Dunleavy said of
Iverson, stopping the conversation there.

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