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DOO RAGS ARE BACK

Found October 02, 2009 on Free Darko:
PLAYERS: Allen Iverson
TEAMS: Detroit Pistons

If you hadn't noticed yet, the braids are back. I'll leave it to you, the reader, to speculate about what that means for Iverson's game, career, and relationship with the city of Memphis or the South writ large. While you marinate on that, check out Shoals's wild and wooly take on AI and the new look Grizzlies, and enjoy this photo essay dedicated to the career of Allen Iverson.
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