The Pistons thought they were getting Thanksgiving day off, but Michael Curry decided that the lack of practice time they've had since acquiring Allen Iverson made that an unaffordable luxury. So he scheduled a 10 a.m. practice and told the team he would keep them only an hour.
They all arrived for work as scheduled - except Iverson. Curry said Iverson would be fined heavily, would not start Friday night's game against Milwaukee and might not play at all.
When Joe Dumars made the trade that sent Chauncey Billups and Antonio McDyess to Denver - McDyess is coming back to the Pistons after sitting on a mandated 30-day period - he said he and Iverson talked at length and Dumars was struck by Iverson's sincerity in proclaiming he was focused only on winning an NBA championship after amassing every individual accolade attainable, from the scoring title to the MVP award.
This won't sit well with Joe D. You can bet that he and Iverson will be having at least one more heart to heart.
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Award-winning journalist Keith Langlois, most recently lead sports columnist at The Oakland Press, joined Pistons.com as the web site editor on October 2, 2006. Langlois, who brings over 27 years of professional sports journalism experience to Palace Sports & Entertainment, serves as Pistons.com's official beat writer and covers the team on a daily basis.