We Talkin’ ‘Bout BOWLING!

Last night, the 76ers held an event for sponsors and premium-seat ticketholders at Lucky Strike Lanes on Chestnut Street. The entire team showed up, chatted with fans, played pool and presumably even bowled a little.

Oh, I’m sorry, one player didn’t show up. Was it Steve Smith? Kyle Korver? Another player with double initials? No, Allen Iverson. Oh, now why would the fans want to see him?

Iverson didn’t just miss the Lucky Strike charity event, though. Phil Jasner writers in the Daily News:

A source said Iverson was upset when he left practice earlier in the day, less than an hour after the 11 a.m. start at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

After practice, Cheeks said Iverson had left early because he “was a little fatigued.” Asked whether Iverson had been upset, Cheeks said, “Whatever happened between him and me, I’d like to keep that private.”

Iverson is going to be fined for missing bowling. I prefer to think of his absence as a protest of Lucky Strike’s high prices. Yeah, that must be it.

A.I. faces fine for skipping team function; leaves practice early, too [Daily News]