Philadelphia Inquirer sports columnist Stephen A. Smith is citing various sources who claim that ousted hiladelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson is an alcoholic with a serious gambling addiction — having already been banned from casinos in Detroit, Memphis, and Denver.

“If numerous NBA sources are telling the truth — and there’s no reason to believe they’d do otherwise in a situation of this magnitude — Iverson will either drink himself into oblivion or gamble his life away,” Smith wrote in his Sunday column.