Allen Iverson stepped in front of the cameras looking like himself, wearing a No. 3 jersey, as much a part of his identity as his all-out play, with a headband wrapped snugly around his cornrows, grown longer down the neck.

Iverson, with big diamonds dangling from his ears, was even a tad late, as usual, to Friday's media day press conference.

What was different was his tone.

"It's the same song and dance every year," Iverson said glumly. "I come into this press conference and say the same thing. I'll do anything it will take to win, and I'll play as hard as I can play and I give it everything that I have. I think every year that I've done that."

Allen Iverson, on his 11th media day as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers, reiterated his desire to spend his entire career with the franchise.

"I'd have to be sent out of here," Iverson said. "I don't think there would ever be a day that I'd ask to leave."

"I want to add that championship to my resume," said Iverson, who is only 30 but has a decade of NBA wear on his body. "But when you know that you've been someplace for so long and you've been trying to accomplish the same goal for years and years, you just want to keep going until the wheels fall off.

"I'm a Sixer at heart. That's just the way it is."

After a season of frustration that was brought on not only by the 76ers' dismal season, but also his health, Samuel Dalembert pronounced himself healthy yesterday and eager to live up to the $64 million contract he signed in August of last year.

Dalembert was with his teammates at the Wachovia Center on media day. It was also get-away day, as the Sixers were to take off for Spain, where they will open training camp.

"You know what? The sky's the limit," said the 6-foot-11, 250-pound center, who is entering his fifth year with the Sixers. "I'm not making any excuses. I will push myself to the limit. I am here where I am right now, signed a contract I never expected to sign my whole life, and I'm going to have to work for it."

"My spirit is back up, and I'm happy to be here," he said. "There are going to be some down times, and that's part of life. The frustration builds up. Overall, you have to look at the bright side. You're in a way better situation than anybody could imagine, or could have hoped for."

Philadelphia 76ers President Billy King announced today that the Sixers have exercised the team's fourth-year option on guard/forward Andre Iguodala's contract.

"Andre has shown the fans of Philadelphia his tenacity on the defensive end over the past two years," King said.  "I think he will show them even more of his overall game and consistency this season and for many more to come."

Billy King said he is likely to pick up the fourth-year option on Andre Iguodala's rookie contract before the team leaves on Friday night.

Since Iguodala was the No. 9 overall pick in the 2004 draft, the fourth-year option is worth $2,201,640.

If nothing else, Wayne Kimmel has his foot in the door as a suitor in the potential sale of the 76ers.

The Daily News has confirmed through multiple sources that Kimmel, one of the founders of ETF Venture Funds, met earlier this week with representatives of Comcast Corp., the parent company of Comcast-Spectacor, which oversees the Sixers, Flyers, Phantoms, the Wachovia Center, the Wachovia Spectrum, Comcast SportsNet and various other entities.

A source confirmed that Kimmel was accompanied by a partner in the venture, Andrew Barroway of the law firm of Schiffrin & Barroway, of Radnor.

Sources also indicated that two other groups have been scheduled to meet with Comcast representatives, but that there should be no inference that these are the final three groups involved, or that Comcast is necessarily prepared to sell to one of these groups or any other group.

It is not known whether Comcast has set a deadline of any sort to resolve the situation.

Philadelphia 76ers Head Coach Maurice Cheeks announced today that Moses Malone has been added as an assistant coach. A former Sixers player, NBA Hall of Famer and a three-time league MVP, Malone will primarily work with the team?s big men, after spending time as a team consultant last season.

Selected to the NBA?s 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1997, Malone averaged 20.6 points and 12.2 rebounds in his NBA career and 22.1 points and 13.8 rebounds per game in the postseason. A 12-time NBA All-Star, six-time All-NBA selection and a 2001 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, he still owns the league record for most career offensive rebounds (6,731).

Earlier in the day, they also added Jim Lynam.

Joining Allen Iverson and Chris Webber on the Sixers' roster this season are veterans Samuel Dalembert, Alan Henderson, Willie Green, Steven Hunter, Andre Iguodala, Kyle Korver, Kevin Ollie, Shavlik Randolph, and Louis Williams.  Making their Sixers debuts this year will be Rodney Carney and Bobby Jones, whom the Sixers acquired in the 2006 NBA draft, and off-season acquisitions Rick Brunson, Steven Smith and Ivan McFarlin.  The Sixers roster is rounded out with 16 players.

Philadelphia will open its preseason schedule in Europe on Thursday, Oct. 5, against Winterthur FC Barcelona at 9:00 p.m. The Sixers first preseason contest at home will be on Saturday, Oct. 14, against the New York Knicks at the Wachovia Center with a 7 p.m. tip-off.

Former Philadelphia 76er Lee Nailon was fined $300 and ordered to do community service in a case in which he was charged with elbowing his wife in the face and throwing a picture frame at her.

Marti Nailon was left with a cut lip but did not seek medical care. She had confronted her 6-foot-9 husband after finding numbers of other women in his cell phone, assistant Montgomery County prosecutor Doug Rosenblum said.

Charles Barkley played the comedian Friday during his induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

But, behind the scenes, he also sounded a lot like a role model.

He drew laughs by thanking his financial adviser for protecting his money but threw in a little advice for today's players.

"I tell all these young kids, the money you make, save it, put it in the bank. That money has to last you the rest of your lifetime, don't waste it," he said.