NEW YORK -- So, the 76ers' fading franchise player and the NBA's all-time inflexible interim coach are at war again. It's a mismatch the prohibitive favorite can't hope to win.
By benching himself in a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Milwaukee retro jersey for Sunday's road wreckage vs. the Pistons -- because Chris Ford irrationally refused to start him -- Allen Iverson disrespected the game, dishonored his teammates, denigrated authority, disgraced his image as a compulsive competitor and devalued Philly's playoff pursuit.
Quick, somebody reach for the makeup kit; things have turned ugly.