The Heart of Allen iverson 

Same

Same, brotha. Same.

bro hands outta your pants, damn

Literally was about to comment the same thing

If you look at only advanced metrics, and really, efficiency metrics, you’ll probably end up underrating Iverson in some ways. If his team has better spacing, he’d probably have been more efficient (his efficiency was at its best in Denver in 08, and they are said to have shot better than early 2000’s Philly did from three). And as is, there’s one Iverson game that I never see anyone bring up where even people who go off of analytics would also say he played great: In the first game of the first round of the 2003 playoffs, Iverson was playing the Hornets who while not good offensively, were the fifth best defense by points, and seventh best by defensive rating. Against them, he put up 55 points on 65.6% from the field, and 74.6% true shooting with a box plus minus of 21.9 along with eight assists (which led to 17 additional points) and four turnovers in a 98-90 game that his team won in regulation. There are only three other playoff performances of 55+ points on true shooting that is at least as high as he had, and they all occurred in much higher scoring games in eras that are described as having faster paces than the early 2000’s. That game by AI is one of the most impressive playoff statistical games I’ve ever read about, and it came from a player who is often criticized for bad efficiency, and the game isn’t talked about at all because it was a first round game in a year where his team lost in the second round. Iverson’s influence and cultural impact are also huge and deservedly so.

One of the most underrated RU-vidrs I've ever met in my life, you can simply feel the effort in every single one of his videos. He relates to the players, he doesn't excuse their behaviors, it's like he dives deep into their soul. 10 out of fucking 10.

you need to check Ben Taylor's Thinking Basketball.

i love that channel too, a lot of really good content on there for sure!@@chrestiancapuli2221

​@@chrestiancapuli2221thinking basketball is amazing but every one of Clayton's videos feels like a movie/documentary. It's like he's telling a story in the way he narrates. It's different from thinking basketball in that Clayton's videos may feel more impactful to some people.

while going 10000 mph every second and banging into centers like Shaq Mutombo mourning ect...

@@tupacalypse88 i wonder what he thinks about all this load management

Iverson is not overrated at all, and I hate that stupid narrative. It’s all because the modern day obsession of analytics that people are blinded by. Real basketball fans know how legit Iverson was, same with his opponents. He put fear into other players like few others in basketball history were capable of.

Iverson’s the 2nd greatest Sixer of all time… under Embiid of course 🎉

@@beckembrown7002wow AI is still over embiid rn

@@beckembrown7002 love Embiid but…. No not better than AI, not yet anyway

@@beckembrown7002you serious?

If you're born in 2000 like myself you prolly remember a couple or handful of games I remember his last season in Philly 05-06 and his last couple games before his trade in January 07

Indeed. There's lots of others making bball vids out there (...or here? lol), and some do make an exceptional work too in their own merit, but what makes this dude stand out is his very distinct story-telling style. His vids may not be packed with stats and all that - he though does extensive reasearch related to the charcters that his vids are about and presents it in the nicest way. It's like listening to a wise old dud sharing a huge lifetime experience. And the cherry on top is that even though he does state that "this is his personal take" on whatever, it everytime is persuasive enough as if it's a professional documentary we're watching and not some YT channel's content. 🙂

During the first few years of their careers, Kobe was nothing more than a side-note compared to A.I. - I mean no disrespect, I love Kobe. But Iverson was everything back then to us teenagers.

@@martinbuhrer3893 No offense intended, but Kobe puts AI in the ole shit-house. And I love AI. He single-handedly dragged the 76ers into that Finals, where they promptly lost to the vastly superior Lakers. Even young Kobe seemed a little bit intimidated by him.

@@bluegregory6239 None taken, but I was talking about back then. We all wanted to be like Iverson.

These two need to do a collaboration. That would be amazing

Or even 6'3

To be fair… AI played against Kobe and SHAQ

@@n13kpolkthey don’t ever wanna acknowledge that they act like it was a fair 1 on 1 superstar vs superstar type series

to be fair, kobe definitely did what he was accused of.

You're in for a treat then... Enjoy watching the rest of CC's vids.

Clayton’s a good narrator.

*Joseph Vincent