They actually believed him …

Jumping on Allen Iverson is too easy these days — so let’s pick on the Memphis Grizzlies.

What in the name of perpetual disaffection made the Griz think that a player with Iverson’s ego — declining skills or no — would be content coming off the bench?

Yes, yes, I know he said he'd be OK with it. But how could the Memphis brass believe him? He also said he was OK coming off the bench in Detroit, then began bitching about it one game in.

The good news, Memphis fans, is that Iverson — after just three games — is gone. The bad news? The brain surgeons who brought him to your fair city are … still … there.