Insane talent just not much for practice THE rant ... [video=youtube;d29VsG35DQM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d29VsG35DQM[/video]
My brother saw him with his entourage in a music store in Wolfchase mall during his brief Grizzlies cameo
The soundbite being a total distortion of what that press conference was about and the point Iverson was making. Of course, the media was good at distorting the picture where The Answer was concerned.
And he kept the Lakers from going undefeated in the playoffs that year. That counts for a lot in my book.
When the answer to "Who was the second best player on your team?" is a multiple choice scenario of A. A vastly over the hill Diekembe Muotombo, B. Aaron McKie, C. George Lynch, or D. Eric Snow, your team should be lucky to win 35 games. That season is the testament to the transcendent greatness of Allen Iverson and Larry Brown.
Him stepping over Tyronn Lue after knocking down the shot in the corner is one of my favorite Finals moments.
I watched that game at Card's apartment who was a Lakers fan at that point in time, so I turned heel and pulled for the 6ers
My favorite thing about Iverson? He scared the ever loving hell out of the crotchety old white bastards covering sports and brought their previously thinly veiled racism into the light for all but the blind or the like minded to see.