Allen Iverson is the Answer to the Denver Nuggets' Prayers in NBA Basketball

Allen Iverson. The Philadelphia 76ers and the Denver Nuggets have been talking about him for months now.

Allen Iverson, the king of cornrows and that killer crossover, not to mention an indiscriminate shooter from the hip and the lip, is as good a place as any to start a heated debate, because he's one player guaranteed to ignite countless arguments regarding everything right and wrong about pro hoops.

If the Nuggets want to take a shot at greatness, their immediate trade discussions should begin and end with two words.

Allen Iverson.

Any billionaire owner of an NBA franchise can maintain a team's mediocre status quo by signing young players Carmelo Anthony and Nene to contracts worth $140 million. It's a no-brainer. And, for Nuggets owner Stan Kroenke, it's chump change.

If Kroenke craves a championship as badly as I think he does, then the Nuggets should do whatever it takes to cut a deal for Iverson, the 31-year-old point guard who has worn out his welcome in Philadelphia.

The Sixers and Denver have been linked in trade rumors regarding Iverson for months. There have been billows of smoke, but no fire. It's time to get serious.

Philly desires a stout defense and the measure of sanity that A.I.'s exit could provide. The Nuggets desperately seek a scorer to take the pressure off Melo. So trade Denver center Marcus Camby and point guard Andre Miller for Iverson.

How's that for a blockbuster deal?

Could Philadelphia, undoubtedly open to the possibility of trading Iverson, benefit from the shot-blocking of Camby to anchor its defense and appreciate Miller's steady hand running the Sixers offense? Yes.

Would any NBA team be more fun, sell more tickets throughout the league and have more popular jerseys across the nation than Denver, if Iverson and Anthony were the marquee names? No.

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