Oh No.

Former NBA star Allen Iverson plans to have a growth removed from his right leg in the United States and intends to rejoin his Turkish team in time for the playoffs. Iverson, who signed a two-year, $4 million deal with the Turkish team Besiktas this fall after no NBA team showed any interest, had tests on the calf three weeks ago to find the cause of persistent pain, his business manager and longtime friend, Gary Moore said Wednesday. An MRI originally showed a tiny shadow between the two bones in Iverson's lower leg, but he continued to play. When the pain worsened, a second MRI was taken in the last few days and showed the shadow had doubled in size to a half-penny. Moore said the shadow could be anything from a lesion to a cyst to a tumor. Iverson, who was en route back to the U.S. and unavailable for comment, hopes to find out by having surgery within the next few days. "Two things have to happen," Moore said. "First, that lesion has to come out. Second, it has to be tested to see if it is malignant or benign."

The mental red flag starts going up with you mention any type of growth having to be removed. Trust me, it's gross. I had a cyst removed from my neck in the summer and the amount of blood and cheese that came out of that thing smelled like the sweat under the Loch Ness Monster's dick. Filthy, filthy shit. But back to Iverson. This fucking sucks. A.I. was one of my favorite athletes of all time. Forget about his attitude for a second and the past couple seasons. You wouldn't find another player his size who consistently played his balls off every night of the week. He'd go at anybody and everybody and he didn't give a fuck who he pissed along the way. He wasn't about making friends, he was all about getting the W. #3 could play me any day of the week and twice on Sunday. Mainly because I fucking hate practicing and that seems right up his alley.