"I'd Rather Guard Kobe Than Allen Iverson" Gilbert Arenas Explains Why A.I. Is His Toughest Opponent 

No one has answered. So I guess no one. 😆

lol no one.... superstars like AI, KB, Shaq, LBJ etc can't be guarded 1 on 1. But i'd put Kawhi on him if i had to pick

Their is this guy down in okc they call him Luguentz Dort.

Alex Caruso, Avery Bradley, and Patrick Beverley they would get killed in the AI cut but they will make him work for his 50-60 points.

Westbrook and him or watching him and kyrie go at it would be official.

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Indeed

I think it was something like three inches taller.. Ai definitely goated

Hahahaha really! I don't remember that. Gold

@@mrinfinitemonkeycage5668 Yeah he said it. Also said AI was the reason he had to get better after Allen dropped 40 on Kobe.

Damn couldn't have said it better champ

Well said

Well said indeed.

On point assessment

Yeah it seems like Iverson works you crazy but I think thats expected when Iverson is so small and quick.

H.o.f.

LOOOL pretty much and playing pretty much the whole game.

Plus on defense he in yo face for the inbound lol

Yup never stops

The early to mid 2000s was amazing, as far as superstar perimeter players were concerned.

You are %100 correct. That is why the regular season is unwatchable at this point. Nothing is at stake, not even bragging rights.

AI, Kobe, Vince, McGrady, Steve Francis, Shaq, Jason Kidd, ect those were the days right there

Clippers vs Philly games were my favorite games to go to. Couldn't afford laker tickets so we'd buy Clippers vs Philly every year. Unreal to see him live

OPTIMISTPRIME99 the players who were in their prime during the early 2000s era grew up watching Jordan. Man, early 2000s nba was amazing.

Apparently, he wasn't even 6ft. They say now he was 5'10

Facts, and that was the physical era of the N.B.A.

@D T And Sprewell. He was literally known for that (before he choked his coach that is lol)

@D T No disrespect, but I'd also add Rodman in his best years.

Literally no one discredits Iverson. Stop

Facts 😂😂

That putback he had against the raptors is crazy.... Announcer goes "ohhhh nooo"

AI used to bang on big men consistently during his Georgetown days.

You must have never seen college Iverson lol look up his Georgetown dunks

Sneak a dunk? ....iverson was yammin on everybody in college and first year or 2 in the league

BIG FACTS

Didn't know about the shoes

he was quick and was in attack mode

I bought 5 pairs of AI's in just 2 years...and balled in all of them.

THE he got traded to that nuggets team. That was more than enough

Isiah Thomas

We would beat you every game😁

& Paul Peirce said,,I was scared to death.

Charles barkley..my number one pick allen iverson!

I agree. Same with Gilbert Arenas too. Not on that level but Arenas was extremely talented at one point.

Michael Ashton nobody ever had a agent 00 nickname again maybe he took it to far with his license to kill w the gun in locker room

@@rougeone744 Ehh cant compare a stupid life decision to talent in basketball. It might of hurt his career with the nba but just like michael Vick or oj Simpson. Still great athletes. Even if they aren't great people. But Arenas didnt do something to the magnitude of vick or OJ so is it really that bad?

Michael Ashton man you’re to serious Im just joking around. If anything iverson probably took more of a hit on his rep for beating up that kid right? I’m under 30 but from what I understand about arenas everyone knew he was joking.

@@rougeone744 oh lol. Well bro he never even beat up anybody. They falsely accused him on some racist shit back then. I saw the surveillance footage in a A.I documentary. Bro he had a scholarship offer from everyone in the world and that bs happened and nobody in the world would take him. Except Georgetown.

DMV had sum killas A.I. mike vick randy moss💪🏾🔥

@@ilovedwjful they're the pride of virginia! Dc and maryland can't have them! Moss and White Chocolate are from WV though

@@Krowsnose I feel you, even though I be seeing AI at MGM in Maryland ALL THE TIME. Can't deny that we all connected. We still got KD, Ty Law, Oladipo, Elgin Baylor, Adrien Dantley just to name a few.

@@Jah_Kobi haha yea bro. It just sucks in VA cus we never get pro sports teams. We had the ABA Squires with Dr. J in the 70s which was cool. But also AI and vick are from hampton which ain't exactly DMV. That's dope he goes to MGM tho

@@Krowsnose he and boys like to gamble lol. They also bought a house in PG

Serious, so many journalists like "Let me tell you why he's the best player ever..."....I'm like, "What?, man who the fuck are you again?"

Kobe gave that man props many times over the years too

Rodman tries to take credit for guys getting tattoos in the NBA but it was AI. same for jewellery, baggy clothes. And he made the headband and elbow sleeve fashionable.

@@Xtremeproducts MY BROTHER ON POINT LIKE A SNIPER. A.I. SIMPLY PUT WAS A GAME CHANGER. EVEN KOBE SAID THAT HE HAD TO RESEARCH DEADLY SHARKS IN ORDER TO CONTEND WITH THIS MAN. NUFF SAID!!!!!!

@@harleminthebuildn9234 he even made cornrows cool in the NBA. They need to remember also that it was because of AI why the came up with the dress rule on what you can wear while on the bench

##FACTS THEESE ARE THE REASONS HE IS MY FAV PLAYER OF ALL TIME

I just like erthing bout A.I. Period. His whole get down. He's a survivor and a no-nonsense type of dude who still cool and he was the same on the court as he is off the court. Just real.

except in practice....

Lol. I remember that game !!

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Dang you’re lucky to have been able to see him

Rs ai could clamp

basically ai was too fast and hard to stay with, kobe you could keep up with him but he's still getting his points

khalil williams basically 🤷🏽‍♂️

Shawn Kemp my g ... ai for a few years straight never really practiced at all and managed to keep up wit kobe in the league .... kobe stepped his game up but he wasnt soning ai not at all.

@Shawn Kemp After that game 1 in the finals which was A.I MVP year Kobe said he was watching footage of Sharks A.I was a predator that didn't sleep was non stop

russell westbrook is ai on roids.. only difference is russ shoots bricks LOL

@@hibida651 yeah AI had a much better mid range game...

Right I feel like with Kobe, so long as you accepted that no matter how well you played D hed score, you could do ok. AI would you have fatigued as hell and might cross you up

Westbrook have some heart but he lacks basketball IQ which separate him and AI

We talking about practice ? Not the game , but practice ? C'mon..lol. Westbrook is very talented but AI is is far superior taking mediocre sixers to the finals

Quick story.... My hs team played against AI. The summer before my eighth grade year. Chuck was going into his junior year. We played Bethel in a summer league game. Had no clue who he was at the time (my school was in Norfolk, Bethel was across the water in Hampton). I had never seen a NBA-level talent up close and personal...until that day in summer league. It was like watching Sonic The Hedgehog in person. He was literally the fastest human being I have ever seen on a basketball court. He was sooooo fuckin fast and quick. And could jump out the gym. Swear he had springs for legs. He was doing tomahawk jams off a standing vert....shit was madness. Dude had at least 40 that day...barely even broke a sweat. All kinds of putback dunks and making defenders look silly as he flew past them. I saw him play three games that summer and no one could guard him. Hell they tried to trap him all game and two ppl couldn't guard him. Made a mockery of us and all the other summer league teams. I was actually relieved I was on the JV team at the time so I didn't play. I watched from behind our bench....glad I wasn't a part of the human highlight reel that was Bubba Chuck. That's when I put my NBA hopes to bed lol. To see a athlete like him in person, and you consider yourself an athlete, is demoralizing. Crushed my little middle school dreams 🤣

@@Cevensities sounds about right 😂😂

@@Cevensities he is pound for pound the best player ever. You can take nba players listed heights for a grain of salt because Iverson in my opinion wasn't even 6"0. And prob didnt weigh 180. And dominated in the caliber you said. He was a revolutionary for the game style wise and the pace of play. Just amazing. AND they said he was just as good at football lol! Your league might as well played Kobe or Jordan lol.

@X Man I've seen Allen in person he's 5'10 tops

@X Man yea I met Iverson when I was 6'0 on the dot. ( I'm 6'3 now) it was a difference.

Now that you pointed it out that shit annoying af...yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah all interview

I noticed that too🤣🤣

Tristan Jazz

Yup. We got a White dude here in Philly. Always at the hood courts...holding court, dominating...we love him, doe

Jimmer used to play at a prison

Facts!!!

😂😂. You can’t leave they ass open either, or they torching yo ass.

but was secretly getting information from jordan about the triangle offense... don't forget that.

Malone?

barkley

Yeah,I3 and Sir Charles

Tmac

Nah, that title belonged to grant hill before anybody else

Facts anybody from our generation knows this and AI was better than Kobe. I was a huge Kobe fan but as I grew older n when AI left n even tho Kobe was still around, when AI completely retired I started to look at his career bro dude was at least a notch or two better than Kobe, give AI them Laker teams with Shaq, he’d have 5 chips at least as well. No disrespect to the late great RIP but AI is my goat 🐐

Iverson was just as good he was definitely better early in they’re career. Kobe just stayed in his prime longer then Iverson, MCGRADY, and Carter.

In the open court A.I was a jackrabbit with or without the ball

Exactly

AI would be in the club popping bottles into the wee mornings and then drop 40 on you that same night while playing 40 minutes. Only 4 TRUE killers that I have ever seen in my life....Kobe, Jordan, Bird and AI. Them niggas were sociopaths. Nobody is like that in this game.

EXACTLY... When AI says he was a Killer he means it. He was going to f**k you up and he had 1 mission get the ball in the hoop with some form of streetball attached to it. I'm 37 and can still remember watching them crossovers in slow-mo on VHS. I made so many folks fall thanks to them AI study sessions. AI was going to embarrass you and then act like you weren't even there. Like it was nothing to him at all. A true hitman.

What is talm?

@@JB-qe2ve slang for “talking”

What makes you think Iverson and Kobe in the same backcourt would work? They both take 23-27 shots a game. Kobe + Kevin Garnett would be the best combo possible in the early 2000's. That actually has chemistry.

@E BO Completely agree bro. Well said.

Gilbert played A.I. a lot more in the east.

And Kobe doesn’t? Lol

Mike T. Hahaha yeah

Kriss Kross T when you think of Kobe you don’t think of him breaking ankles.... when I think of Kobe I think of hand all in his face and he still drains the shot.... When I think of AI I think of niggas slippin and slidin across the court and then gettin scored on .... those are my FIRST thoughts that come to mind

Jordinho Charles Have you not watched Kobe play? He could shut you down defensively, put you on a post or give you a easy 40 piece. All are equally embarrassing. Im not understanding you like are you just comparing highlights?

Lmfao

2 inch

If you’re listening to Gilbert...he is the Goat

Yeah, but the refs helped Lebron way too much when they played us back then. lol...dude was traveling more than Southwest Airlines and wasn't getting called.

WizManBallin Man all Bron did was travel. Damn game winning shot he traveled

@Sherron Davis The Wizards did have a chance. The game of basketball is all about match ups. Those years we did very good against teams in the East. Washington stood as much a chance as Cleveland did...but the league was trying to get Lebron there by any means necessary. Stop showing your Lebronship.

​@@tajmoultrie3045 Gil is no joke. I remember that killing spree he was on...he pulled a Kobe and was dropping numbers on just about every team he played against.

brick money I was at that game. He def traveled lol

Banned for carrying the ball.

@@victorortiz6272 good point. Had to ban from carrying. Im a A.I. to death but is crossovers tethered in between carrying and actually legal dribbling

no, AI was like AI period. Little SHAQ!!!

Westbrook is AI without a jumper and ball handles. AI also dragged a garbage Phili team to the champ series. Westbrook will NEVER be that guy

@j Smith what are you talking about lol

AI was a more graceful finisher at the rim. Almost MJ esque with how he could twist his body at times to get a bucket in. Its insane because you gotta contend with that energy of his the entire game and he can come at the rim with tough ass shots that he can will to go in.

Nah harden travels everytime

Jerem Rosario lmfao and you clearly dont play or watch basketball properly 🙄

@@iloveweedle9193 and u clearly blind🤣🤣

Jerem Rosario literally stop being a sheep and do one google search LMFAO done here cya

Iloveweedie..james is similar because he puts up alot of shots and natural scorer give u that..but a.i. was relentless at going to the basket at 6 160!.. james is crafty at picking up fouls..a.i. just came strait at you all game long non stop and played big boy ball in the paint finishing in the lane as the littlest guy on the court over and over again 82 games a year..james is great..but not a.i. closest to a.i. is russ..but russ ain't as talented or a natural scorer

if a.i put in the work like kobe... he would be in the goat discussion.