Andre Iguodala on How Lessons from Allen Iverson Changed His Entire Perspective on NBA Teams & Media 

The words I was gonna use verbatim.

@@disheemthomas4553 Fasho

Man facts

@S-Tierlguess facts hearing the 76ers never had a training facility was wild smh and people made Allen Iverson the Scapegoat when Iverson was sent up to fail

lol. Real question, what is an nba nerd? Define that one for me. Cause what you’re describing just sounds like a regular fan.

@@RU-vidcensoredme- a casual that never played Basketball

@@malikwilson7387 so a regular fan then. lol. I feel it.

​@@malikwilson7387I don't get how people can enjoy watching basketball without having played lol, even just pickup hoops

Totally off base. That clip is always played completely out of context. Iverson missed practice because he went to a funeral and went off on a rant because he was upset about the loss of his friend.

@@TrevorEMayo Trevor actually you are missing the point totally.

@@ticesevradero If the point isn't to gain clicks and curry the favor of fellow players by distorting the truth then maybe I have missed it. Both of these guys know the truth about Allen because they played with him. You notice how when asked about how it was to play with AI in another portion of the interview they avoided directly answering the question. Answering truthfully and completely wouldn't have been helpful to their branding. They know the real issue with Iverson was not the practice facility situation these two click baiters are trying to spew. Many of the media at the particular infamous press conference were aware of why AI missed that particular practice. The question wasn't really asked because of that miss. The question was asked because AI throughout his career continually missed practices and undermined his coaches authority. This behavior was the reason Larry Brown wanted to trade him the summer before the 2001 Finals and the reason he was eventually unloaded several years later. But fully fleshing out the AI story wouldn't be good for Melo's and Iggy's branding.

Nah fr tho and yeah ​@@TrevorEMayo ​​⁠I just wish more people were aware of the whole situation instead of just that one piece of media gold. Misconstrued how his whole career looks to the youth

They didn’t want him to win. “Image didn’t fit”.

That’s exactly what I always thought. He was blackballed from the jump

@@ChuckTay23 Absolute nonsense. The 76ers during the Iverson years suffered the same fate as Embiid's teams today. The team made many terrible draft choices and therefore had to fill out the roster with higher priced vets who pushed the spending up against the salary cap without providing enough talent. In three consecutive years after Iverson's rookie season Philly did the following - picked Van Horne instead of McGrady, picked Hughes instead of Nowitzki or Pierce, picked MacCulloch instead of Ginobli. You can't win titles if you can't draft. Igoudala had the good fortune of playing on a team with three future HOFers who were all being paid much less than they were worth because they were on cheap contracts early in their careers after being drafted. Most people would have never heard of Iggy if the Warriors had not drafted well.

​@@TrevorEMayo sounds like the front office doesn't want to win.😂

Fast forward to the Ben Simmons era, they still weren’t trying to win. Now Philly is reaping that bad karma from trusting the process. Now they have the players to be in contention and can’t. I doubt Philly will get anywhere with Paul George and I love me some PG.

But he better as a role player

He was solid in Denver too.

@@JQUE94yeah I was gonna say idk he was in his BAG them Denver days

@@LowKey-lh7on He was brotha, he took a lesser role in GS while still having prime years left

@@collider12 Iggy would have been a solid #2 piece at the least if Philly would have built right. He was still putting up numbers in Denver when he left philly.

It's basically all PA teams. I'm from PA. ✌️🏾💪🏾

​@@dvdndsWillnot the Eagles they got their own Facilities yo this is Wild the 76ers didn't have their own training facilities and people blame Allen Iverson when he carried them the front office did nothing for him

Now the Sixers have facilities - but back then it was bad.

Facts . Well said.

Shame on the organization/owners back then. Seems like they didn't care about the players. Was it not a standard to AT LEAST have a training facility?

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Was just about to post this comment! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

ownership ain't SHIT for THAT...these niccas is professionals B!!!! Get em right.

I was interviewing for a Grad program at PCOM - and when I was there I met Iggy as he was practicing. They took us in and he just said hi real quick. It was cool.

That gym is nowhere near the arena in South Philly. A.I. is the reason that TGI Fridays nearby was popular.

Your spot on my brother

Actually it's City Avenue.

George Karl

George Karl and only a year and half together. No time to develop. The league was already undergoing operation blackball AI

Lmao I came here to say exactly this. Karl was dry comedy.

George Karl, but .... really Kobe Bryant and the Lakers. If it wasnt for the Lakers they would've won a ring for sure.

The west was tough. You had spurs, lakers, mavs, suns, who were either winning the west or competing every year. Before the suns and mavs it was kings and Portland.

All of that is totally ridiculous. Iverson's shooting percentage went up because in Denver he was actually playing with other players the opponents had to guard. His percentages were down in Philly because for most of his time there he was playing with no one who could create their own shot (Iggy was one of those offensively deficient players), and so AI forced shots. A lot of bad shots.

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​@@kiingphresh9328 facts 😂

Every,single,game.

Cause this what the fans will say when you lose

Ppl say AI fell off when he averaged 27 on the nuggets but he was sharing the offense with Melo and the team, and he was more efficient. So it’s true.

Facts, I'd argue a personality forms a superstar over their talent, you can do every trick in the book but it doesn't matter if you don't have the tenacity and confidence to impose what you can do

Why don't you go and do some research on the practice situation instead of taking the words of these podcasters begging for clicks? Iverson missed the famous practice because he went to a funeral. In fact he lived closer to the practice facility than almost everyone else on the team.

⁠​⁠@@TrevorEMayodude tone it down. Everybody knows the actual AI story. Doesn’t take away from the fact that it is a massive difference being able to just go to your arena and practice there. Have some respect for Iggy and Melo, these two have never lacked when it comes to getting views.

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Think he meant as far as FG %. I wanted to look into it an sure enough he shot hella better in Denver than in Philly

@@ciinco3182 it was under Larry brown.. even in his rookie year Ai had a better % than those 7 years with brown who forced him into shooting 30 times a night

@@GetBackRy3x for sure you right bout that I’m big on AI I honestly think they should of played more through him in Denver especially with him having higher percentages across the board

@@ciinco3182yeah but then you got dumb shit like George Karl taking him out the game after him dropping an efficient 51. Just traded one poorly offensive coach for an awful one. That plus Denver’s defense couldn’t cover Iverson’s weakness on d like Philly could, even if that’s all they could do.

@@GetBackRy3x facts. Yeah def not gonna win nothing if your best players can’t stand the coach.

That trade was Matty Goukas's idea not Harold's.

@@TrevorEMayo Matt Goukas was a coach, for a short time with the Sixers & not a G.M. but I suppose he allegedly forced the owner to trade Malone...SMH

I'm someone knows their stuff. Harold Katz didn't care. Ed Snider was just a hockey guy at heart.

Big facts #GemCity💪🏽💪🏽

Not even close

@@jaranameer28824 time champ 1 finals mvp

@@noahisuku5338 Olympic gold medals

@@noahisuku5338 several all defensive teams

@@noahisuku5338 6th man award

They are friends with AI and don't want to incur his wrath. You really have to listen to some of the ex players with a grain of salt or maybe a shovel full.

@@boomshakalaka8567 yeah but the difference is all dahntay jones does is say AI was lazy so it makes him sound less credible, like he got something personal on him. Like damn dawg you don’t got nothing positive to speak on?

I'm 52 years old... NBA fan... It's arguable between Steph Curry and Allen Iverson... Either or... Steph Curry's resume is clearly better than Allen Iverson

@@dantemackey7471 curry team way better than Philadelphia

@@grindtodayenjoytomorrow4644 Allen Iverson played with Jerry Stackhouse... Chris Webber... Carmelo Anthony... Dikembe Mutumbo... Larry Hughes... Lou Williams Andre Iguadala...among others... So he's played with some All Stars... For whatever reason, just no championship.

Igoudala is lying his ass off about Philly not trying to win. Philly was incompetent yes, but they did not start to lose on purpose till he left. Management incompetence led to the team being filled with high priced players who had little left in the tank during much both Iverson's and Igoudala's years.

What year?

They are sidestepping the question because if they said what they really thought AI would be pissed.

It's his second career best FG % at 45.8... said most efficient.

So niggas cant eat at fridays now or some? God damn! 😂

Pat Croce did not control the money. Ed Snider controlled the money for the Sixers and the Flyers who were both owned by Comcast. The Sixers were Ed's red-headed stepchildren. The Flyers were his pride and joy. Snider didn't begin to pay attention to the Sixers until Croce quit after not being given Snider's job. By that time Iverson's career in Philly was almost over.

Probably why they canned him behind the scenes because he was trying to build a championship caliber organization and they was being Cheap

@@TeddyMccrayArtist NOT TRUE!! He was not canned. He QUIT because they would not give him the job he wanted. There are so many folks listening to the nonsense being spewed by Iggy and Melo on this topic and believing it. Philly had and continues to have a 2nd tier team because they have been INCOMPETENT at talent evaluation. PERIOD.

Melo can’t block Reggie Miller like Tayshaun Primce did.

@@DwellsSouthern True but we would have had both of them

@@DwellsSouthernhe can score better than melo