I took my wife to see a Celtics - 76 game. She does not follow basketball. After 20 minutes, she is looking at me, wide eyed, saying, who is that guy. Love his playing. Unbelievable skills.
“I don’t wanna be Jordan, I don’t wanna be Magic, I don’t wanna be Bird or Isiah. I don’t wanna be any of those guys. When my career’s over, I want to look in the mirror and say I did it my way.” -the answer "i truly wanted to be like mike" - allen iverson
A.I. is the greatest ball-handler of all time. Truly nobody compares when it comes to play style and energy. Congrats on the Hall of Fame induction, we all knew it was coming!
Adub Htown at least 37 people disagree with you. And I think YOU just made that up. Skip was called for carrys non-stop because he couldn't leave the and1 mixtape style on the amateur courts where it belongs. White Chocolate was def one of the better passers of all time. The two you named were the flashiest ball handlers, but definitely not better than A.I. They couldn't use their skills to make it actually count like he did.
Colbert is 5"10'....Goes to show how small The Answer was, and how utterly amazing he was. To score and play defense the way he did, at that size. We will never see it again.
Allen Iverson is the most respected NBA player on social media. I see people talk shit about Jordan, Lebron, and Kobe. Iverson always gets the "hes a real nigga" comment.
If the award for the most tenacious player ever exists, I would give it to A.I. I remember watching him on my t.v screen taking beatings from the bigger players but still kept going the extra mile, ran in circles to steal the ball, dove for the ball when it's about to go out of bounds, he is a hustler. For the youngsters who don't understand why he has a lot of respect, it's because he built the roads for future basketball, he changed the game for PGs and SGs.
A.I was amazing. He played unreal ball, hitting 3s over people that are 6-8 inches taller than him. Breaking ankles and fading away, and being extremely short compared to his defender.
Like all people who excel at any endeavor Iverson worked hard at his craft, but he was also by far the most naturally talented athlete ever. To have accomplished what he did from high school to college to the professional ranks in such a short time is amazing.
I agree dude...that comment was kinda out of line. You have to know who you're talking to here and you come out welcoming AI to the show with that kinda comment!? Not too bright.....
As soft as he speaks and low key voice. It's far far different when he's on the basketball court One of the notorious, fearless savage player that ever embrace the floor. I'm honored to be one of that generation.
I didn't agree with his off the court antics all the time, but he is my favorite player of all time and why I am still a Sixers fan to this day despite how hard that might be.
Antbeast23 I don't care about the music he listens to, clothes he wears or the tattoos. I'm talking about the several drug, unlicensed gun and assault charges he had during his NBA career.
Matthew Schell haha i'm just letting u know your favorite player changed the culture of the nba. The off the court stuff happened early In his career so I wouldn't get on him about it. Especially in hs he was falsely accused of being in a brawl with no evidence.
He is a legend. He has 1 of my favorite basketball commercials of all time. Only thing I can say is. There was this other Hall of Faner that had tattoos, and a crazy hair. No not corn rows, but wild none the less. And he was doing that before AI Dennis Rodman
I grew up on the Westside of Chicago during the reign of Jordan saw him play live at the UC and old Chicago stadium, as a kid. Wanted to be just like Mike. But I couldn't fly and wasn't 6'6. But when I first heard of Iverson when I was in HS and saw him play at Georgetown he was the first superstar from my era I could personally relate too so I said forget MJ cus' I could actually do some of the things Bubba Chuck did on the court. In my opinion AI and MJ both equally are the most influential players of all-time.
Man look, I hear you... it's funny to me too, I mean it's strange... it's strange to me too, but we're talking about practice man, we're not even talking about the game... the actual game, when it matters... We're talking about practice
Thank you HOF Allen Iverson. You opened my eyes. You are YOU! There is nothing wrong with you. Thank you for leading the way and being an example of what can happen if you are passionate about what you do. You are passionate about BB and helping kids. Millions of kids around the world look up to you. They are from the projects and hope to be you one day. That is more than what I can do in 10 lives. So, I think you deserve my respect and humble gratitude. BTW-, You are fearless. We can all learn that!
IN MY BOOK: GOAT. No one played with more heart. No one left it all out on the court. No one was more electric and just exciting to watch shooting down the court and 80 mph, get knocked the hell down by Shaq and get up like nothing happened. AI - GOAT!
It hurts me that obviously the crowd didn't give a shit. This is one of the top 4-5 basketball talents of the 20th century. And with all he overcame to achieve that. And by the way, of course he can partly blame himself for that, he never achieved his full potential. HE was goigng to be as big as Jordan.
Happy Birthday to the Player of the Phillips for the Team of NBA, Allen Iverson Represent from Philadelphia, US. Known as the former member of the basketball team. One of the greatest professional Players in Sports Entertainment. He's been recognized to be a great player in the Sport Network Association.
He might not be a Rangers fan , maybe he just likes the hat or maybe he played in Philly but he was always a Rangers fan ... I guess we'll never know... oh yeah one more thing : Let's go Rangers !!
+Chauntrell Wright Yep, he's confirmed to have a little paranoia around this kind of white crowd. As opposed to when he hangs around someone like the Pat Croce type of white guy or goes on the Chris Rock show, where he looked so comfortable
He was that quiet and shy on the Chris Rock show too. I remember and still have a VHS tape of it (lol, I know - I'm old school). I have followed AI's career since 1996 and watched most of his interviews. He was most comfortable on Stephen A. Smith's show, but he generally gets nervous and shy doing public speaking whether it is with white people or black people. I do not think it is only because of the crowd. He was this soft spoken at his own Hall of Fame Induction last week, and I have observed him behave the same way around black people at his own charity events. Even his high school teachers said he is naturally shy and soft spoken. He does have difficulty trusting people because of all the hardship and trauma he faced in his childhood, adult life, and with the media, and I do think he has PTSD (and clinical depression based on a lot of reports I saw), but I do not think that is the main reason for his disposition. He has been through a lot and is more emotional than ever these past few years, and I think he just feels grateful and lucky to be alive. I think he is a very sweet, well-meaning person. I know he's done some bad things in his life, but I always felt he was a genuine, kind man who had just sometimes lost his way due to all the pressure. AI will always be an inspiration to me.
Only people who i've seen say pause are those who are uncomfortable enough with their manhood/sexuality ... let the man say what he wants, or go in a space and go cry about it.
Eden I don’t want to be thirsty but your profile pic made my heart melt like a popsicle on a hot Texas morning LOL the kind of woman that i’d want to sip wine with in central park and eat delicious chicken wraps
