Chauncey and Melo would take the Nuggets to the Western Finals, narrowly losing to the Los Angeles Lakers. Iverson was traded at the start of the 2008/09 season to the Detroit Pistons for Chauncey Billups. This paring would never reach the heights expected of it. In Denver he would pair up with the number one scorer, a young and hungry Carmelo Anthony. Iverson hadn’t lost a step at the time of the trade he was the number 2 scorer in the NBA. His Georgetown Jersey isn’t as iconic as those of his next stop, but the true fans still wear them to show how deep their love goes.Īfter some disappointing seasons for the team, Iverson was traded in 2006 to the Denver Nuggets. In his second year he would reach the Elite Eight. He set school scoring records and won Big East Rookie of the year. His time at Georgetown was relatively controversy free. A bad boy that would take on the man and win. This wrongful conviction would form one of the cornerstones of his legacy. It says something about how good Iverson was, that a school like Georgetown would take a risk on a 6ft0 guard with a prison conviction hanging over him. He was released after 4 months and this conviction was later overturned in 1995 while he was at Georgetown. He was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison. At the age of 17, before he graduated, he was involved in an incident at a bowling alley, that led to a mass brawl. Iverson’s transition from High School to College didn’t go as most future Superstars would expect it to. Let’s be clear, Iverson was a big game performer, he wasn’t talking about practice.
He tapped into something pure about basketball, 1on1 best player wins, no fear, no backing down, “roll em’ out and let us play”. His whole attitude, demeanour and style spoke to Basketball fans from all over the world. Nor was it simply his explosive play on the court. Iverson didn’t stand out because of his ability to height ratio. In 2016, despite never winning a NCAA or NBA title he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. He would go on to transform the style of the NBA so much that his number 3 Jersey’s would go on to become a mainstay of any Basketball gathering all over the world, to this day. Listed at 6ft0 he was the shortest player ever to be taken with the first draft pick. Iverson played 2 years for Georgetown before being taken 1st in the 1996 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. In 2001 Allen Iverson won his first and only NBA MVP title. He made the Allstar Game 11 times, winning MVP twice (2001,2005).
Averaging 27 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists. Why are Allen Iverson’s Jerseys so iconic? Allen Ezail Iverson played for 17 seasons in the NBA. It’s this universal approval, his style that went against NBA protocol and his ability to flat out put the ball in the hole that makes Allen Iverson’s Jersey so iconic. As long as you had him, you had a chance at winning any game. If he was on your team, well, he was the only player that mattered. If he was coming to town with the Sixers or Nuggets, it was a must watch game, as much as you wanted to see him lose, you secretly hoped he’d explode for 50. His edgy personality, cloudy past and aggressive game play made him the guy people loved to hate. Allen Iverson is one of the most universally liked NBA super stars.
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