NBA commissioner David Stern and longtime former Georgetown coach John Thompson have recently expressed concern for troubled guard Allen Iverson, according to his business manager.

Stern telephoned Iverson's manager, Gary Moore, Monday and asked how Iverson was coping with the problems that have come his way.

"David was genuinely concerned for Allen," Moore said. "He asked about his daughter and his wife. He said that if Allen needed him he knows how to get him."

Thompson, Iverson's coach for two years at Georgetown, spoke with Iverson on March 7, the same day the Philadelphia Inquirer suggested Thompson reach out to him.

"Allen's personal life is at the top of his agenda right now and no thoughts about basketball will enter into his mind or thought process until he's satisfied that his personal life is in order," Moore said. "Basketball's not high on his list of priorities right now. But he hasn't mentioned anything about retirement to me."