On October 30, 2013, Iverson announced his retirement from basketball, citing he lost his desire to play. ... Iverson said he would always be a Sixer "until I die," and that while he always thought the day he retired would be a "tough" day, he instead stated it was rather a "happy" day.

Why did Iverson leave?

The return of the still-popular Iverson led to an upswing in home attendance for the 76ers that proved to be short-lived. He left the team in February 2010 to spend time with his ailing daughter, and the next month the 76ers announced that he would not return for the remainder of the 2009–10 season.

What happened to Alan Iverson?

In a nationally publicized case that touched upon delicate issues of racial tension and the most anticipated athlete in basketball, Iverson ended up being sentenced to three to five years in prison, but had two of the counts he was charged with suspended, meaning he would only have to serve 10 months of that time.