Allen Iverson on cover of new SLAM Magazine

[Rowe]

Some things will never change.

AI is one of them.

[tikay0]

AI lookin like a boss. Hopefully he still has some bread.

[Bucket_Nakedz]

allen iverson is a victim. he has been constantly scrutinized, but continues to shine. he is a mans man

[Rowe]

allen iverson is a victim. he has been constantly scrutinized, but continues to shine. he is a mans man

I think the media decided awhile ago that they were going to permanently hate him. Every news story about him is negative, even irrelevant things like what is being said in his divorce hearing. They even find a way to criticize him for turning down playing in the D-League.

[red1]

AI

[flipogb]

hes just a victim of Stern's power trip

[LongLiveTheKing]

AI how I miss you.....

[Solid Snake]

What are you guys talking about? He REFUSED to adjust his role and play in the system his team wanted, you know, back when he WAS in the NBA?

Or did you forget that?

You guys act like he was somehow outcast for no reason, as if a player averaging 25ppg was ruthlessly quarantined out of some personal agenda.

Get a ****ing clue, as his skills changed from what they once were, he was asked to adjust. Why do you choose to forget that he outright REFUSED to come off the bench (Pistons). And then in his final stint in Philadelphia, he exited using a "saving face" strategy, in which he used some reason about his daughter being sick. Make no mistake, that's an excuse. If your daughter is sick, you NOT playing basketball is not helping her, whatever phantom illness she had, the DOCTORS would've been the ones to help her. Unless it's literally life or death (in which case you could argue he'd want to be there at her bedside for her final moments), there's no reason to stop playing basketball. But that's a moot point, since it turned out there was no verified illness or anything medically wrong with her anyway. Let's also not forget the flyers advertising some club he was gonna be at on that game night...

Iverson was great. But just like Kobe now, he's refused to adjust. Only difference is Kobe's skills are still so good that his selfish refusal to adjust to his teammates, STILL allows him to play at god-like levels. Because when your skill set converges on infinity, "diminishment" is a mortal term.

[willds09]

Well deserved except Rick Ross and tyga get them fake ass niguhs outta here

[longtime lurker]

I think the media decided awhile ago that they were going to permanently hate him. Every news story about him is negative, even irrelevant things like what is being said in his divorce hearing. They even find a way to criticize him for turning down playing in the D-League.

You bring up an interesting point. I remember a news story about Iverson saving a man from a car wreck, but it hardly makes any news.

[luckylucy]

Iverson was great. But just like Kobe now, he's refused to adjust. Only difference is Kobe's skills are still so good that his selfish refusal to adjust to his teammates, STILL allows him to play at god-like levels. Because when your skill set converges on infinity, "diminishment" is a mortal term.

You could have had a great post if you didn

[Patrick Chewing]

Iverson still living in the 90's apparently

[Shepseskaf]

hes just a victim of Stern's power trip

Stern was mad because he embraced AI and the hip-hop generation, then got burned by public perception.

[Real Men Wear Green]

hes just a victim of Stern's power trip

This makes no sense. He played until he was 34 and then left the Grizzlies because he didn't want to come off the bench. As he's only going to get older, what team wants to deal with a 35, 36 year-old guard that won't be satisfied with coming off the bench? This has nothing to do with Stern.

[kurple]

AI was forced out of the league. He was brilliant up to the Pistons trade, and that franchise + the league ****ed him over

you are still loved AI

i dont give a shit what the haters say. you were the NBA in the early 00's