Allen Iverson Opens Up About Why Losing The NBA Finals Affected Him 

AI is like Randy Moss. Living proof that no ring shouldn’t limit you from being considered an ALL TIME great.

Allen Iverson has always been my favorite player. And Shaq is the man!

AI averaged 36-6-4 in that series if only he had more help he’d be a champion… he’s a good example for why championships can be overvalued in debates

Iverson is one of my all time favorite players growing up. Even without a ring, he will always be a legend. No matter what people said, he was always himself. Respect and love always AI

Allen and Shaq. I'm not sure you both realize the affect you had on us, who are now in our 30s and 40s. For those of us from humble beginnings, you provided an avenue for us to own a stylish shoe....UNLIKE MIKE.

2000-2002 Lakers was definitely a juggernaut team indeed. Shaq was literally unstoppable literally! those three years smh That was some great NBA basketball back then unlike today smh.

Yo, having these guys tell thesse stories is huge. Like, hearing all the OGs talking about the game and giving all the background info is just gold. To Philly Chuck is Big Meech, Barack Obama, and King. His game embodied the spirit of our city. Pat Croche and A.I. had us believing we could really do it... and the crazy thing is the Lakers were undefeated until Game 1. I swear after Game 1 in Philly the streets was on fire, like we won the chip. Thanks for supplying the Time Machine, Shaq.

Allen Iverson is my favorite player growing up.

Everybody in Basketball needs help. All the greats needed help. MJ needed help. Lebron needed help Kobe and Shaq had either other and had help when they were not together anymore. It’s a team sport! AI needed help. He had that team on his back..

Dikembe held Shaq to 35 and 15 😂😂

Affect bro wtf

The guy Reggie he talks about, his man, is truly and great friend and was a great point guard in his own right...grew up down the street from him...and credit me being a great pg to him...AI loyalty is unmatched

My one and only game I've ever been to was Sixers vs Bulls and it was the game he crossed up Mike. I walked into that arena with a Stackhouse Jersey and left with a Iverson Jersey. That night he became my all time favorite sports player.

A.I the goat to me , I feel if he had a ring he would be considered a top ten player to everybody … he changed the game, anyone can’t say that

The way AI looked at the camera when Shaq was talking about Matumbo talking smack

Affect is the verb Effect is the noun

The Iverson shoes still fresh as hell. And that step over Lou hoodie Adam got on gangster.

Allen Iverson is MY all time greatest player ever! Love his game

Ai solo carried the sixers just like Kidd. Super rare talent

I remembered that game like yesterday. I'm a Jordan guy but I'm from the 757 just like Allen so it's only natural for me to pull for the hometown kid. Ppl from the 757 are machines we play no matter what thru injury thru pain thru weather it doesn't matter. The rest of the world was in awe at how tough Iverson was but not us because that's just normal behavior for athletes in the 757. The Mike crossover wasn't that bad at all Jordan was still there contesting the jumper so I'm not really sure why ppl even bring that up he didn't break his ankle he didn't make him fall he got a 6 inches of separation that's it. He puts his hand under the ball for every crossover which is a text book carry/travel but the league was and is still allowing it. I love bubba chuck but his crossovers are 100% a carry.

So Iverson finally admitted that he didn’t have a left hand. That makes what he did in the league even more special knowing that he went one way!

00:55-1:13 shaq couldnt even play the humble role 😂 he had to laugh 😂

I'm still mad at Orlando for choosing Brian Hill over Shaq.

MAN I can listen to AI appreciate other players of his era ALL DAY!

That impression of Mutombo was hilarious 😂

Once you try to beat me to the spot, you in trouble. Yes sir. Time to watch some AI crossover highlights. Great show fellas! Made my day.

damn sick hoodie

All I have to say about this as a 76ers fan we had 3 guys playing on one leg (Snow, McKie, Lynch). If those guys were healthy, we could have gotten another game or 2 for sure.

Allen changed a lot in basket, i'm writing from Italy and you can't know how AI was a God for us. He was something different from anybody else and a real gift for this sport.

Yes Shaq the Micheal Jordan one!!! That crossover was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Blessings to Allen and Shaq✊🏾🤲🏾🙌🏾

That crossover on Antonio Daniel’s is one of the best I’ve ever seen. He did him bad lol

Fun fact if you see the AI step over PAY ATTENTION to PHIL JACKSON he hated Iverson and you can see him get mad telling AI to go!

If you guys watched game 1. AI was cooking in the first half, on pace to probably 60 until Tyronn Lue checked in. You guys may have remembered AI stepping over him but before that he gave AI problems, 2 consecutive steals and was face guarding him the entire time he was in the game. AI really defined what heart really means.

I remember watching that game live vs Wizards the way he set up that crossover on Antonio Daniels I couldn't believe it because he dropped him Daniel got back up and got dropped again😅

That 76ers team was almost full of injuries

The AI crossover. Icon basketball move of all time. Has to one of the fastest basketball skills that trended worldwide. If you were a young balla at that time you know it was a must move to have in your balla bag, streetball Everybody was trying to do it. The move was so popular. So eventually you had to know how to defend it. If you had both in ur balla bag, oh man Forget about it.

Thats heck of rare❤

The BEST THAT DO IT!!

"Killers Respect Killers"-A.I. on Kobe Basically A.I. versus Kobe & Shaq. If it wasn't for that Duo A.I. would've had about 2, 3 Rings/Championships 🏆🏆🏆. Rest in Peace to Kobe "Bean" Bryant 🙏🕊️AKA "The Black Mamba" 🐍#8#24

Dude's got a Blue Jay Cap On .. I love Allen even more now .. but everything Allen says here is almost hilarious because he breaks down the game with honesty and he's absolutely correct about how he would do in today's game .. which makes it hilarious about how far todays game has gone backwards since a certain unnamed somebody has become the face of the NBA .. the NBA players of the 80's and 90's would regulate MOST of the players of today to the WNBA ..

I remember Dikembe talkin trash this series he said Shaq was like elephant back home😂😂

That Sixers team only had Iverson as an offensive threat, AI needed a co star ⭐️ that’s the worst team outside the Cavs to make the finals.

Iverson Ona pause too funny 😭😭

AI was a beast in football. He was Michael Vick before Michael Vick. Real talk! AI is one of my all time greats. I'm taking him over many point or shooting guards who has rings. AI another level 💯

35 15 single coverage is a good job. That’s like a season average when he’s motivated and going against double teams

where can i get that hoodie tho? 🤣

2:59 this line is crazy sus. He couldn’t have phrased that better? 😭

Should say “affected” in the title.

The reason why I think people with simple minds counting championships is disrespectful to sports. Guys like Iverson that made it to the finals basically by himself without other all star caliber players on his team should get a lot more credit than they get. I think they achieved more than some players that have won championships against teams that just weren’t as good.

Iverson repp’in the TDot! Respekkkk!!

Put young 2005 carmelo on that 2001 76ers team with prime Iverson

Just shows how limited the game was, nowadays if a player is focused and studied AI he’d figure out he couldn’t go left and they would lock him up.

I'm 30 and I can tell you AI had a lot bigger influence on me on and off the court than MJ.

Whats crazy 01 Lakers could have broke the 83 Sixers post record but AI took that from Shaq and his unanimous MVP lol i miss ole times

******AFFECTED******

Yal😢 both are goat.973

If Shaq or Kobe had gotten injured, Iverson would've definitely won that series. He just couldn't beat both of them...

I took more from AI ball handling than anyone else. He didn’t waste time with a lot of dribbles…he would just go.

AI owe Antonio Daniels reparations 😂

07:05-07:08 😂😂😂😂😂

Are you telling me this man didn't have a left? Dear God that's terrifying

AFFECTED

The Lakers would have swept the playoffs even with AI's big game 1 if Kobe didn't have such a historically awful game.

ask Iverson what he thinks of Mac Mclung.

Affected

Why isn't Shaq in the goat debate? Isn't what Shaq did on both ends of the court put him there, could anybody stop him? And when it's anything close who going to score? Kinda says you're the 🐐

Damn that 2001 Laker team was pure evil... folks don't remember but the Lakers were undefeated since April 1st... they won their last 8 reg season games and sweeped everyone on their way to the finals ... and they only lost game 1 was because they had too much time off... and thats the truth

You’ll never in your life hear another hooper say “I did dudes worse than I did Mike”

*AFFECTED...

*Affected

AI crossover was one of the craziest things, you know he's gonna go right but you still cant stop him

The only thing stopping Shaq during those 3 years are His free throws & foul trouble.. otherwise its a guaranteed championship.

Trading Theo Ratliff and Kukoc for Mutombo in mid season wasn't really works in Final series

Affected* sorry to be that person. Just frustrates me that someone's making more than me to make simple mistakes 😅

I'm hoping this isn't actually Shaq's channel because he has a MBA & Ed.D in Human Resource Development but doesn't know the difference between AFFECTED & EFFECTED

Ahem... To Shaq's editor: It's "Affected" not "Effected" for the title I don't even wanna know how much more money you make than I do

AI carried that team to the finals single handedly and went toe to toe with Kobe, Dikembe was already too old at that time and they had terrible players like eric snow who just sat on the corner with his head up in the clouds.

Exodus 21:16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

Affected **

Wait A.I. couldn’t go left ? 😮

These dudes need to learn how to interview! He cut iverson off in the middle of stories and iverson wouldn’t go back to it! Got damn man

MJ

Affected. Not effected

Affected*

A i fa best scorring point all time

affected*

God bless you all The Lord Is Our Savior❤❤❤

Affected* Not effected.

AI just say he couldn't go left? 🤔

If they keep Horry they win in 2004

A.I outplayed Kobe but they had no answer for Shaq

effected?

*affected him

We don't judge how you dress or how you lose

iverson got fouled the entire series with no calls…that plus everybody was broken down by the finals. it would’ve at least been close without those

AI is right kobe only avg 25 in that series.

Affected?

😂😂😂 MAJOR TYPO somebody gettin fired fired

It’s all dikembe mutumbo’s fault for looking like a modified 8th grade player against shaq

I still think they should have taken fouls