Last Updated: November 04. 2009 5:32PM

Same old story from Allen Iverson with Grizzlies

Detroit News wire services and staff reports

Haven't we heard this before?

Allen Iverson, who believes there isan "I" in team, is unhappy after playing his first game with the Memphis Grizzlies.

Iverson, who sat out the first week of the season with a hamstring problem, was the first player off the bench Monday in the Grizzlies' overtime loss to Sacramento. He played 17 minutes and 39 seconds and scored 11 points.

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"I had no problems with the hamstring. I had a problem with my butt sitting on that bench for so long," Iverson told The Commercial-Appeal.

"I'm not a sixth man. Look at my resume and that'll show I'm not a sixth man. I don't think it has anything to do with me being selfish. It's just who I am. I don't want to change what gave me all the success that I've had since I've been in this league. I'm not a sixth man. And that's that."

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