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Iverson, James and Amare Stoudemire were suspended for the first exhibition game for Team U.S.A. for being late to a pre-game meeting (link).

While it's not surprising it happened I thought I'd share this as I found the following statement very funny.

Iverson claimed he "couldn't have been more than five minutes late."

"I'm the captain on the team and to be suspended just for being a couple minutes late just doesn't sit well for me," he said. "I'm supposed to be one of the leaders of the team, and this is not a good look."

No kidding, you would think the captain of a team would be the first one there. No idea why Iverson is the captain on a team with Tim Duncan, I guess since Duncan was born outside of the U.S. or that extra year Iverson has over Duncan. Either way Duncan is a much better leader than Iverson ever will be.

Edit: Just saw Duncan and Iverson are co-captains, my last statement still stands though.

Amare normally doesn't get into trouble. It was a good move on Larry Brown's part. I think LeBron James was also benched for the game.

Screw Iverson. It was a good lesson for the other two though.

bwahahaha the Suns are having a bad influence on Amare! Soon he will be a nobody criminal like the rest!

No matter how much AI hates PRACTICE!!..HAY, WERE TALKIN ABOUT PRACTICE...COME ON IT'S PRACTICE!!!!! No =one man can beat the Portland Jailblazers of 2 years ago.