Editing Allen Iverson (section)

===Beşiktaş (2010–2011)===
On October 26, 2010, [[Yahoo! Sports]] reported that Iverson agreed in principle to a two-year, $4 million [[net income]] contract with [[Beşiktaş Cola Turka|Beşiktaş]], a [[Turkish Basketball Super League|Turkish Super League]] team competing in the [[European professional club basketball system|second-tier level of pan-European professional basketball]], the [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]], the competition level below the [[EuroLeague]] level.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.freep.com/article/20101026/SPORTS08/10260377/1051/sports03/Iverson-joins-Turkish-team|title=Allen Iverson agrees to two-year deal with Turkish team|work=[[Detroit Free Press]]|date=October 26, 2010|access-date=October 26, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101029031052/http://www.freep.com/article/20101026/SPORTS08/10260377/1051/sports03/Iverson-joins-Turkish-team| archive-date= October 29, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> The club announced the signing at a press conference in New York City, on October 29, 2010.<ref name="Beşiktaş presser">{{cite news|title=Allen Iverson 'Ecstatic' To Go To Turkey|url=http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/sports/local_sports/102910-allen-iverson-ecstatic-to-go-to-turkey|date=October 29, 2010|agency=Associated Press|access-date=October 29, 2010|archive-date=November 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115171721/http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/sports/local_sports/102910-allen-iverson-ecstatic-to-go-to-turkey|url-status=dead}}</ref> Wearing jersey No. 4,<ref>{{cite web|title=NBA MVP Iverson arrives in Istanbul to join Turkish team|url=http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90779/90870/7192305.html|agency=Xinhua|access-date=September 1, 2013|date=November 9, 2010|archive-date=February 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210114206/http://www.people.com.cn/|url-status=live}}</ref> Iverson made his debut for Beşiktaş on November 16, 2010, in a [[2010–11 Eurocup Basketball|EuroCup]] [[Eurocup Basketball 2010–11 Regular Season Group B#Game 1|91–94 loss]] to Serbian side [[KK Hemofarm|Hemofarm]]. Iverson scored 15 points in 23 minutes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/?gamecode=4|title=Beşiktaş ColaTurka – KK Hemofarm Stada Game Report|work=[[EuroCup Basketball|Eurocupbasketball.com]]|date=November 16, 2010|access-date=November 16, 2010|archive-date=April 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403233328/https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/?gamecode=4|url-status=live}}</ref>

Iverson returned to the United States in January 2011 for [[calf (anatomy)|calf]] surgery.<ref>{{cite web|title=Club Announcement about Allen Iverson|url=http://www.bjk.com.tr/en/haberler.php?h_no=3117&k_id=0|publisher=Beşiktaş|access-date=July 16, 2011|date=January 14, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Berger |first=Ken |title=Iverson out 6–8 weeks after leg procedure |url=http://ken-berger.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/11838893/27336883 |work=CBS Sports |access-date=July 16, 2011 |date=February 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124115533/http://ken-berger.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/11838893/27336883 |archive-date=November 24, 2011 }}</ref> He only played ten games for Beşiktaş that season, and did not play professional basketball after that.