"It's been a long-running relationship, spanning through good to bad times, from love to angry frustration.

Bobcats Coach Larry Brown clearly still feels a strong bond with his former star 76ers point guard Allen Iverson, and wishes he could do more to help him. Iverson and Brown took the 76ers to the 2001 N.B.A. Finals, the peak of their six-year tenure together.

Iverson, 35, still wants to play basketball, but is without an interested N.B.A. team and even Brown has not been able to offer him a home. His business partner, Gary Moore, revealed this week Iverson is considering a one-year, $2 million contract with Besiktas Cola Turka in Ankara, Turkey.

Cola Turka plays in the A-level of the Turkish league and for the EuroCup, with its current roster made up of Turks, Poles, Russians and an Australian. None of Cola Turka's players has N.B.A. experience.

"Nobody who has done as much as Allen has done for this league should have to be in Turkey playing, to end his career," Brown said Thursday to AOL FanHouse. "We have one of the most special players ever in our sport, who still has something left. I feel terrible about this. That is not how he should be ending his career.""