In the least surprising story of the year, the Sixers have discovered that trading Allen Iverson isn't as easy as it used to be.
Iverson has made it clear he will refuse to report to any rebuilding or struggling club hoping to use him as a short-term ATM to fill up the seats and, somewhat less importantly, the basket. The 31-year-old Iverson doesn't have a no-trade clause in his contract, but has the power to scotch any deal because no one doubts that he would sit out rather than lose control of his fate.
Iverson, understandably, wants to go to a contender. Certain contenders, understandably, have interest, but few of them have sufficient cap room to take Iverson's contract. And fewer still would be willing to part with their core players to trade for him. They are already contenders, drawing decent crowds and unsure of the chemical reaction that would take place by adding Iverson to the formula.
So the list of compatible teams is a short one, and the packages of players that would be coming back to the Sixers are, thus far, not very attractive. At some point, Billy King is going to have to decide that picking at this situation isn't going to make it better. He will have to take the best of a bad lot and move on.