Allen Iverson still believes that he should be a starter in Memphis.

Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins disagrees, but the bigger problem might be that the two don't have open lines of communication.

"I think that's probably the worst part of all this," Iverson told the Associated Press. "That while all this is going on, we have never talked to each other. That's probably why it's at this point right now. We've just never had a conversation, so it's probably going to always be hard for me and him to see eye-to-eye, because we've never even talked to each other. Obviously that's what you do if you're trying to accomplish the same goal."

Iverson wants to start and even insisted that no one told him the Grizzlies would be rebuilding. The team won just 28 games last season.

"I'm not trying to figure out how to contribute to no team," Iverson said. "I contribute to a team by just playing. That's it. I don't have to figure it out. Obviously, they signed me for a reason. They've been watching me play this game for 13 years, and they know what I do on the basketball court, so I don't have to figure out how I'm going to play or anything like that. I just go out and play basketball."