This is just ridiculous. He was literally unguardable. I think his speed and quickness are underrated, as crazy as that sounds. It looks like everyone is moving in slow motion when he's running the fast break.
gotta love marc zumoff on all these comcast calls. Iverson was the best I ever seen growing up, he was my generation's jordan.. in philly at least in the early 2000s. I was at the game where he scored his career high against the Orlando Magic, it was electric
Yes he was my favorite athlete and I was a huge Sixers fan...kids these days just don't get how much of a phenomenon this guy was and just how much faster and quicker he was than every other professional athlete out there on the court...just listen to the announcers calling his games especially his first few years in the league. The excitement is so real.
Had the pleasure of watching Allen's career here in Philly - my favorite athlete to ever play in this town. Every game at least once he did something unbelievable. Fearless, artistic, tough, competitive - the best.
MAN HIS MID RANGE WAS IMPECABBLE HE ACTUALLY WAS A REALLY GOOD SHOOTER. ITS CRAZY SOME 5-11 DUDE THAT NEVER FINISHED WITH HS LEFT HAND IS 7TH ALL TIME IN NBA/ABA HISTORY IN PPG WITH 26.5. GAME HAS ALWAYS BEEN AND WILL ALWAY BE ABOUT BUCKETS
Exacly , the owner was a real cheap ass and that's the real reason the players could get it done . The shame of the cheap bastard , to think that A. I could do it by him self . ☹️☹️
I mean, they did try in spurts. Iverson and Stackhouse, Derrick Coleman, Larry Hughes. The big names they did have, just never worked out. Iverson and Stackhouse looked like it had potential to be nasty. Am I wrong or the year we drafted Stack, we could have had KG? Hindsight is 20/20, but Allen and Garnett for 10 years is pretty sick.
Seriously...his Georgetown highlights are a sight to behold....a 5'10" pg playing above the rim, catching lobs, throwing down put backs, driving the lane and dunking over big men....insane.
What's crazy is attacked Dikembe HARD and layed it up over him a FEW TIMES, Iverson was short but he had large hands and a very wide wing span for his height Also look how EASY he dunked, He is 5-10 155 pounds Super HUMAN
Iverson was special, his athleticism was also 2nd to none in his PRIME. Super athletic. If he was 6'6", i think he would be a top 10 player all time, maybe even top 5.
I love AI but Pistol Pete, Kyrie and JWill have better handles than him. Even AI admitted that Curry and Kyrie have better handles than he does lol. Best crossover though - quite possibly, although I prefer Tim's.
This guy in todays league, with this kind of speed, and the ability to utilize his ballhandling the way they are allowed to now, would easily average 35 points. Nobody is even close to being that quick and fast. Unguardable.
Kobe , once said in a interview that A. I , made he be better because you had to be ready because A.I ,made you play at your best and definitely made him . Because he came from all angles when he played and never gave up Kobe , also said he was one of the hardest players he played against .
The thing the analytics will fail to realize is how much of this man's game came from mid to long range, and the fact this guy was too small to post up, let along dunk as a primary scoring type he's just coming down the court in your face straight up, they knew he was taking the shot and still couldn't stop him.
Man this guy was the goat of p.gs. for some reason i always thought he and steph were similar due to their ball handling but thats it. Watch how he flat out attacks the rim. The nba is so different now. I bet steph shoots more 3s in 5 games then a.i shot in his whole career. The pgs in the league today would be terrified to face Iverson. He would embarrass them
He dropped over 40 on Tim n Robinson he had 2 b only 24-23 most don't reach there prime till 28-30😂the league knew what they were doing as they tried 2 kick him out
Might be the best offensive weapon I’ve ever seen. It’s a shame his career is overlooked by people today simply because he never won a ring. His teammates were never good enough, the Sixers did a terrible job surrounding him with talent.
I remember when the Detroit Pistons traded A I to the Nuggets for Iverson. My buddys (we were playing cards when it was announced) My buddies wrre ooooong and aweing about the trade, saying that the Nuggets were going to be so awesome. Meanwhile, I stated, Detroit just won the N.B.A. title. They got rid of their problem (Iverson) and added a much better player, a player that actually plays both ways and plays team ball! Then i told them that the Nuggets would "NEVER WORK", you have 2 of the biggest guns in NBA history playing together and neither one of them care or even try to play team ball. I was mocked all night long but the rest is history and we all know what happened. Detroit won it all, and I think Chauncey even won finals MVP. Of course the Iverson/ Carmelo pairing was a disaster. Iverson was an INCREDIBLE talent, with TONS AND TONS of God given basketball talent. He may be the quickest player to ever play the game and was practically impossible to guard. However, he never became the player he should have been. He took WAAAY too many poor shots, making him a career, 42% shooter from the field and a 31% shooter from the 3 point line. Those are poor #s, ESPECIALLY for someone eho some call an all time great. Watching him play is what his team mates did, as he often just played 1 on 5 basketball. The list of players who hated playing with him and had poor statistical seasons along side Iverson is long. Jerry Stackhouse and (Vince Carter come to mind) He was a coach killer, who never listened to any coach or player for that matter. Incredible talent, but his "we're talking about practice meme, is classic and describes how Iverson played during his career.
@@premiumduck1470 nope all i do is smoke weed and hangout with my friends but is still love basketball thanks for bringing this comment up to me i love it. it reminds me how much i loved ai.
Talking basketball, scoring first mindset style players that i've watched and would model my game... Iverson is better than Jordan and Kobe... At least more entertaining and more valuable to a franchise... He didn't complain like Jordan and Kobe but he played the same way based on the teams he was on... To me, if you want to learn how to play based on a scorer... I'd study Iverson's game way more than Kobe or Jordan because the way Kobe and Jordan played, it won't leave you with many happy teammates... same talent level...Just not as selfish...Just facts from what i've seen...
Iverson & LeBron only players in NBA history to take team to finals with 2nd options that wudnt have been 5th options on championship teams within first 5 yrs of their career. Let's argue
