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Chris Webber, Grey Anthony and Rick Fox talk about the amazing career of NBA great Allen Iverson.
Allen Iverson took questions from the media following the official announcement of his retirement.
How would you like to be coached? Iverson: How would I like to be coached? I'd like to be coached like I was coached with coach (Larry) Brown. Like I was with coach (John) Thompson. I would like somebody who let me just play basketball. Let me be free out there, not play like a robot. But I need somebody on my ass. I need somebody that is going to bring the best out of me. That is going to get on me when I do wrong. Without that, I would never get any better. Is it simply a case you don't know how good you have it until you don't have it anymore? And is that the case with coach Brown? Iverson: (long pause) It got to be the case. So do you wish now, in retrospect, that you would have done more to figure out a relationship where you could have co-existed? Iverson: No because I'm human, and I kind of went with the flow. I was learning and I'm still learning. I don't get on myself for that situation. I always look at it as it was time for coach (Brown) to move on, and it's time for me to move on and hopefully his situation is better than it was here. Hopefully, he's happier than he was here, and the same thing for me. I just wish him well. But I know I lost something great. But I don't have any problems playing with Chris Ford. No problem at all. I don't have no problem at all. I can go out there and do the same thing that I did for coach Brown for coach Ford. I mean the same exact thing. I play the same way and I play hard and I respect him as a coach. Was there a problem initially? (Because) when he fined you after the All-Star game, you said that you resented the fact that you've been bustin' your butt for eight years and this guy's been here one game and he did that to you. Iverson: I didn't like what he did. I had a problem with it and I voiced my opinion with the thing. We started with ... I'm giving you a reason why I didn't show up and you didn't take it that way. You didn't accept it and that's the way our relationship started off. But I mean, that's just the way it went. I mean it happened and it's done with. I mean we've got to move on. We trying to make the playoffs; I'm trying to get healthy. And that's all I'm concentrating on, for something positive to come out of all of this and it can. Allen, how difficult is it for you to call your boss if you don't want to go to practice or if you don't show up for a game like last Sunday? People at home all have a boss and if they can't go to work, they get in contact with the person they are told to get in contact with. Iverson: You are right. You right. That was something that I really could have avoided. But I didn't even think of it that way. I was just thinking about getting in contact with our doctor and our trainer. I was at home throwing up blood. So that was the first thing I could think of ... let's get in contact with the doctor. I spoke with the doctor. I thought I did everything that it took for me to be excused but obviously it wasn't enough. I can respect him wanting me to call him and deal with him. It's something (I'll) learn from and something I have to move on. I accept what happened to me and that's it. Do you practice hard? And do you participate in as many practices as you should? Iverson: I practice hard. I practice hard because I try to get a lot out of my teammates. I try and make sure they get a lot out of me going right back at them. (But) I'd be lying to you if I said I come in after a back-to-back and practice hard for two hours or practice everyday because I don't. When I have an injury I feel like -- my past speaks for itself. When I'm banged up and I say, "Coach, I'm banged up man and I can't give you nothing but 30 minutes of shooting today. I can't go up and down today." That should be enough I feel because of the wars I've been through. The injuries I've played through. And how I come every night. Do you feel as though you will be here next year? Or do you feel you will be traded? Iverson: I'm always going to feel like I'll be here. And if the day come that I'm not a Sixer, I'll thank them for everything they've done for me and the person that the city helped raise, and I'll go on about my life and about my profession. Might it be better to go elsewhere at this point, Allen? Iverson: It might. It might not. Only God knows. I always felt this was the best situation for me. At times I didn't feel it was the situation for me. But I have more happy times than sad times here. I think I've done a lot for the city of Philadelphia as far as playing basketball here. And I think the city has done a lot for me just letting me be who I am and letting me showcase my talent all over the world and represent Philadelphia. I have some good times and bad times but I think the good times outweigh the bad times.
Original Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsgLmMoyhAA This is footage of a recent Chinese exhibition tour that BallUp did in collaboration with Allen Iverson. The tour was 3 games over a span of 10 days. NBA legend Allen Iverson shared the backcourt with streetball player 'The Professor' and made for some entertaining footage..
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Allen Iverson arguably had his best season in 2001 — he led his team to win their first ten games, he started and won All-Star MVP honors at the All Star Game. The Sixers also posted a 56-26 record, which was best in the Eastern Conference that season. He also averaged a then-career high 31.1 points, winning his second NBA scoring title in the process. Iverson won the NBA steals title at 2.5 a game. Iverson was named NBA Most Valuable Player for his accomplishments. In addition, coach Larry Brown, Dikembe Mutombo won his fourth NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, and Aaron McKie won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award. In the playoffs, Iverson and the Sixers defeated the Indiana Pacers in the first round, before meeting Vince Carter-led Toronto Raptors in the Eastern Semifinals. The series went the full seven games. In the next round, the Sixers defeated the Milwaukee Bucks, also in seven games, to advance to the 2001 NBA Finals against the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers. Iverson scored 48 in Game 1, which the Sixers won. However, the Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant led Lakers would win the next 4 games and the title. It was the high point of Iverson's tenure in Philadelphia. NBA finals Game 1 - June 6, Wednesday, 9:00pm et @Los Angeles, Philadelphia 107, Los Angeles 101 (OT): Philadelphia leads series 1-0 Game 2 - June 8, Friday, 9:00pm et @Los Angeles, Los Angeles 98, Philadelphia 89: Series tied 1-1 Game 3 - June 10, Sunday, 8:30pm et @Philadelphia, Los Angeles 96, Philadelphia 91: Los Angeles leads series 2-1 Game 4 - June 13, Wednesday, 8:30pm et @Philadelphia, Los Angeles 100, Philadelphia 86: Los Angeles leads series 3-1 Game 5 - June 15, Friday, 8:30pm et @Philadelphia, Los Angeles 108, Philadelphia 96: Los Angeles wins series 4-1 The Finals were played using a 2-3-2 site format, where the first two and last two games are held at the team with home court advantage. The NBA, after experimenting in the early years, restored this original format for the Finals in 1985. So far, the other playoff series are still running on a 2-2-1-1-1 site format. Awards and records Allen Iverson, NBA Most Valuable Player Award Dikembe Mutombo, NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award Aaron McKie, NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award Larry Brown, NBA Coach of the Year Award Allen Iverson, All-NBA First Team Dikembe Mutombo, All-NBA Second Team Dikembe Mutombo, NBA All-Defensive First Team
Stephen Curry rose for another jumper, and by then even the Knicks probably figured it would go in. Curry had hardly missed in a scintillating second half of the NBA's most electric performance this season, the crowd cheering even before the ball left his hands. This time, Raymond Felton jumped with him, making the play New York needed to finally withstand Curry. Felton's blocked shot led to J.R. Smith's tiebreaking basket with 1:10 left, and the Knicks overcame Curry's NBA season-high 54 points to beat the Golden State Warriors 109-105 on Wednesday night. Curry was 18 of 28 from the field, finishing one 3-pointer shy of the NBA record with 11 in 13 attempts, in a performance that had the crowd hanging on his every shot. But the Knicks and Felton finally stopped him with 1:28 to play and the score tied at 105. "My main thing is to keep playing. Like I said, once a guy gets it going like that, there's nothing I can really do. I've still got to stay in my mindset, still play my game, and I was still able to come up with some big plays at the end," Felton said. "We all came up with some big plays to get that win." Carmelo Anthony followed Smith's basket with another one and the Knicks hung on to spoil former Knicks star and Warriors coach Mark Jackson's homecoming. Anthony finished with 35 points and Smith had 26. "We made the defensive stops we needed to make down the stretch," Knicks coach Mike Woodson said. Playing all 48 minutes, Curry finished with seven assists and six rebounds while passing his previous career best of 42 points, and Kevin Durant's 52-point performance that had been the best in the NBA this season. "I felt good all night. Obviously played the whole game, so was just trying to keep my legs underneath me on the offensive end, and you know, just stick to the game on the defensive end," Curry said. "Once I started seeing that 3-ball go down in transition, all sorts of spots on the floor, I knew it was going to be a good night." But he had little help without All-Star forward David Lee, who was suspended one game for his role in an altercation Tuesday night in Indiana. Tyson Chandler had 16 points and a career-best 28 rebounds for the Knicks, who won their second straight after a season-high, four-game losing streak. Amare Stoudemire had 14 points and Anthony added eight assists on the day the Knicks learned they could be without reserve forward Rasheed Wallace for the rest of the season because he needs surgery to repair a broken bone in his left foot. Strutting all over the court whenever one of his 3s swished easily through the nets, Curry easily blew past the 38 points he scored Tuesday in Indiana, which had been his best of the season. That was spoiled when he was fined $35,000 for his role in the skirmish, which was essentially getting thrown to the ground by Roy Hibbert when he tried to intervene. This performance -- the most points by an NBA player in a loss since Kobe Bryant had 58 in a loss to Charlotte on Dec. 29, 2006 -- was spoiled along with Jackson's trip back to his old home because of a few mistakes down the stretch. Curry threw away a pass on the break with 3:13 left, and Jarrett Jack was called for a travel following Smith's go-ahead basket. Plus, Klay Thompson finished 3 of 13 from the field, missing two straight from deep in the final minute. Jackson, who grew up in Brooklyn and starred at St. John's before being drafted by the Knicks in 1987, didn't get a chance to coach here last season as an NBA rookie on the bench because of the lockout. He brought his wife, Desiree, to a road game for the first time this season, had his mother in the stands, and got a chance to see people he remembered from playing here years earlier. He said he hadn't gotten to look ahead much to the game because of the schedule, but clearly enjoyed being back in Madison Square Garden once the day did arrive. "This is a special place and it was part of my dreams as a kid," he said. His night turned into Curry's, fans cheering even before the ball left his hand in the second half. "We were short-handed and we needed a performance like that to have a chance," Jackson said. "He put on a clinic. Knocked down shots. Made plays. Carried us. Led us in rebounding. He did it all. I've seen a lot of great performances in this building and his goes up there. I've seen a lot. I've seen a lot, but that shooting performance was a thing of beauty." "He's a special young player with a very unique talent," Chandler said. "We ran everything at him. He just got hot. There was some shots that he couldn't have seen the rim."