Veteran guard Allen Iverson left the Memphis Grizzlies for boycotting his back-up role on Saturday following a meeting with the team's owner and Coach Lionel Hollins. "It's a personal issue," Hollins said before the Grizzlies played the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center. "And it's indefinite."

Memphis owner Michael Heisley gave the four-time NBA scoring leader permission to skip the Grizzlies' game Saturday night against the Los Angeles Clippers.

According to a team spokesman, Iverson participated in a walkthrough at the team's hotel in the morning and then hopped a flight in the afternoon after he and personal manager Gary Moore met with Heisley.

Memphis Grizzlies' Allen Iverson watches the FIBA EuroBasket 2009 semi-final game between Greece and Spain in Katowice September 19, 2009

Iverson, a former NBA rookie of the year and league MVP, played Friday night in a 114-98 loss to the Lakers, scoring eight points in 22 minutes. He had come off the bench in the previous two games after sitting out the first three with a hamstring injury.

"I just want to win, I hate losing more than I like winning," Iverson said prior to Friday's game," NBA.com quoted Iverson as saying.

"Its just a frustrating feeling losing. I've never been a loser in my career and I don't want to start now. I'm not trying to be selfish or anything like that, I just want to win."

Iverson, who signed a one-year contract with Memphis in September after a tumultuous stint last season in Detroit, has been open about his displeasure with his reserve role.

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