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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:06,590 --> 00:00:09,593 [announcer] Seems like exchanging handshakes down there. 2 00:00:13,597 --> 00:00:15,575 [interviewer] The [indistinct] isn't that bad, huh? 3 00:00:15,599 --> 00:00:17,643 Yeah, man. Hell, yeah. 4 00:00:18,978 --> 00:00:21,564 I'm the rookie, and they treat me like it. 5 00:00:22,690 --> 00:00:24,984 It's all right, though, I get some respect. 6 00:00:27,111 --> 00:00:30,431 [interviewer] How does that make you feel when you bring your game up another notch? 7 00:00:30,489 --> 00:00:34,410 With me, it kind of gets exciting, 8 00:00:34,493 --> 00:00:38,956 because I know if I can improve from one year to the next, 9 00:00:39,039 --> 00:00:42,710 I can't wait for the opportunity to be 25 or 26 10 00:00:42,793 --> 00:00:47,631 and really understand the game and know how to go be strong as I'm gonna be, 11 00:00:47,715 --> 00:00:51,552 to be able to compete then. I just wonder how good I can be. 12 00:00:52,428 --> 00:00:53,613 [interviewer] Would you say that's one of your goals, 13 00:00:53,637 --> 00:00:55,181 to figure out how good you can be? 14 00:00:55,264 --> 00:00:56,098 Definitely. 15 00:00:56,182 --> 00:00:57,782 [interviewer] Would you say that for me? 16 00:00:58,642 --> 00:01:00,603 Would you say that for me? For the camera? 17 00:01:00,686 --> 00:01:03,606 Oh, one of my goals, is, um... 18 00:01:05,983 --> 00:01:08,110 I'm not sure I wanna put it. 19 00:01:26,170 --> 00:01:28,190 [reporter 1] He's what I call a thug-light lifestyle... 20 00:01:28,214 --> 00:01:29,733 [reporter 2] He refuses to show up for work and practice... 21 00:01:29,757 --> 00:01:31,610 [reporter 3] It's a constant authority type of thing. 22 00:01:31,634 --> 00:01:32,551 [reporter 4] The bad boy image. 23 00:01:32,634 --> 00:01:34,386 [reporter 5] You score 40? So what? 24 00:01:34,470 --> 00:01:35,387 [reporter 6] A troubling role model. 25 00:01:35,471 --> 00:01:38,933 I've been hearing, "I wanna change and do better" for four years. 26 00:01:39,015 --> 00:01:43,646 Why should we believe you that you're really gonna get along with this guy? 27 00:01:43,729 --> 00:01:46,482 In fact, you two guys, I'd like to see you go one-on-one, actually. 28 00:01:46,565 --> 00:01:48,668 [Larry] You know, somewhere along the line you've got to say, 29 00:01:48,692 --> 00:01:53,155 "Hey, I've gotta be responsible enough or care about the team enough." 30 00:01:53,239 --> 00:01:55,032 It came to a boiling point. 31 00:01:55,115 --> 00:01:57,952 Obviously, it got out of control. 32 00:01:58,035 --> 00:01:59,537 I said, "We'll meet tomorrow. 33 00:02:00,204 --> 00:02:01,831 We'll meet at the training facility." 34 00:02:03,874 --> 00:02:08,503 [Larry] No meeting with Allen was ever appropriate or beneficial 35 00:02:08,586 --> 00:02:10,464 unless it was Allen and I, 36 00:02:10,548 --> 00:02:15,719 because he would always be respectful of whatever I said. 37 00:02:16,303 --> 00:02:18,973 [Pat] Went into this boardroom, and it was ugly. 38 00:02:19,557 --> 00:02:23,269 Larry didn't wanna be called to the same level as his player. 39 00:02:23,352 --> 00:02:24,352 I didn't care. 40 00:02:24,853 --> 00:02:28,691 You're not getting traded, and you're not getting fired. 41 00:02:28,774 --> 00:02:31,110 I've never told either one of you what to do. 42 00:02:31,193 --> 00:02:32,361 I'm telling you right now. 43 00:02:32,444 --> 00:02:33,946 You're both staying. 44 00:02:34,655 --> 00:02:36,490 [Allen] I might say, "Him or me." 45 00:02:36,574 --> 00:02:38,284 I might say some shit like that. 46 00:02:38,367 --> 00:02:41,453 I said to Allen, put yourself in the coach's shoes. 47 00:02:41,537 --> 00:02:44,206 He takes you off the court, and you motherfuck him. 48 00:02:44,290 --> 00:02:47,418 Everyone in the stands knows it, the television cameras catch it, 49 00:02:47,501 --> 00:02:48,418 how would you feel? 50 00:02:48,502 --> 00:02:52,131 He kind of looks, and the coach is sitting up straight, 51 00:02:52,214 --> 00:02:55,091 and I said, "Larry, how about you? 52 00:02:55,175 --> 00:02:56,385 You're his head coach. 53 00:02:56,468 --> 00:03:01,140 Allen has told me that when you take him off the court, you say, 'Sit down.' 54 00:03:01,223 --> 00:03:05,728 It's no different than the white jailer saying, 'Sit down, N-word.'" 55 00:03:05,811 --> 00:03:10,316 And Larry Brown went, "Whoa." 56 00:03:10,399 --> 00:03:13,903 That right there, I get a chill still to this day. 57 00:03:14,445 --> 00:03:18,157 Allen had sat up, put his arms on the table. 58 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:21,785 I said, "Both of you have the same love of basketball. 59 00:03:21,869 --> 00:03:24,829 Both of you have the intention and desire to win. 60 00:03:24,914 --> 00:03:28,292 So you're both looking in the mirror. Drop it!" 61 00:03:28,876 --> 00:03:31,837 [Allen] I had him all wrong. He had the blueprint already. 62 00:03:31,921 --> 00:03:34,089 He knew what he wanted to do. 63 00:03:35,299 --> 00:03:38,385 [Pat] Allen got up, walked around the table, 64 00:03:38,469 --> 00:03:41,764 Larry stood up, and he hugged and hugged 65 00:03:41,847 --> 00:03:44,141 for what seemed like eternity. 66 00:03:45,392 --> 00:03:48,771 [Allen] I remember the effects of it even more. 67 00:03:48,853 --> 00:03:52,024 You could actually feel it on the basketball court. 68 00:03:52,900 --> 00:03:57,363 I could feel it in my game. A big-time weight lifted off of me. 69 00:03:57,446 --> 00:04:02,117 He was able to make everyone else better by making me better. 70 00:04:02,660 --> 00:04:08,332 ["Notorious Thugs" by Notorious B.I.G. plays] 71 00:04:08,415 --> 00:04:14,088 [excited sports announcing] 72 00:04:28,268 --> 00:04:30,854 [reporter] Iverson's move this season from point to off guard 73 00:04:30,938 --> 00:04:32,272 made him even more dangerous. 74 00:04:33,774 --> 00:04:35,001 [announcer] Iverson behind the back. 75 00:04:35,025 --> 00:04:37,987 [Allen] So many advantages playing the two. Two guard gotta kill. 76 00:04:38,070 --> 00:04:39,488 And that was right up my alley. 77 00:04:43,117 --> 00:04:46,620 [announcer] Putting on a show in every way. 78 00:04:46,704 --> 00:04:49,057 [Aaron] You know, it looked like he just rolled the balls out there 79 00:04:49,081 --> 00:04:50,517 and went out and played is how he played. 80 00:04:50,541 --> 00:04:53,085 But he was calculated in everything that he did 81 00:04:53,168 --> 00:04:54,712 and made it look easy. 82 00:04:54,795 --> 00:04:56,797 [announcer] Behind his back. [shouting] 83 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:00,092 [Larry] We'd have a play in, and Allen would break the play. 84 00:05:00,175 --> 00:05:03,262 And all of a sudden, I would look at our staff, and I'd say, 85 00:05:03,345 --> 00:05:04,888 "That's better than what we drew up." 86 00:05:04,972 --> 00:05:07,391 I can't tell you how many times that happened. 87 00:05:07,474 --> 00:05:10,227 [announcer] Good play call by Larry Brown. 88 00:05:10,310 --> 00:05:12,312 [Allen] He just was a masterful coach. 89 00:05:12,396 --> 00:05:15,941 Billy King and Pat, they put them guys around me 90 00:05:16,025 --> 00:05:18,652 that were willing to let me dominate. 91 00:05:18,736 --> 00:05:21,405 [announcer] Cranks his ankles, and he's got it! 92 00:05:21,488 --> 00:05:23,240 [Aaron] He was a giant amongst giants. 93 00:05:23,323 --> 00:05:26,952 The little guy that the big guys back then would dominate. 94 00:05:27,036 --> 00:05:29,705 [announcer] Oh! What a shot by Iverson. 95 00:05:29,788 --> 00:05:32,541 [Aaron] He'd be like, "Get me that motherfucker right there. 96 00:05:32,624 --> 00:05:34,084 I got this motherfucker." 97 00:05:35,002 --> 00:05:37,838 [Allen] It was... [chuckles] 98 00:05:37,921 --> 00:05:41,258 It was basically, "You kill like you kill..." 99 00:05:41,592 --> 00:05:45,429 [announcer] Yes! Oh, yes! 100 00:05:47,389 --> 00:05:51,101 "and your deficiencies and things that you can't do, 101 00:05:51,185 --> 00:05:52,936 we gonna do all of those things." 102 00:05:53,812 --> 00:05:57,691 [announcer] Here's Allen for the tie... Yes! 103 00:06:07,117 --> 00:06:11,747 [David] Congratulations, 2001 NBA MVP 104 00:06:11,830 --> 00:06:13,248 Allen Iverson. 105 00:06:13,332 --> 00:06:16,960 [crowd cheering] 106 00:06:21,048 --> 00:06:23,008 [Allen] Right now, whenever people say 107 00:06:23,092 --> 00:06:25,385 I'm the best player in the world, 108 00:06:25,469 --> 00:06:28,347 that's crazy. I was only 25. 109 00:06:29,056 --> 00:06:32,351 [Brandy] Seeing him hold that trophy up, it was like me holding it up. 110 00:06:32,433 --> 00:06:36,355 The life that we knew once before that, it was gone. 111 00:06:37,898 --> 00:06:40,400 [Ann] I brag on him because I never seen nobody like him. 112 00:06:40,484 --> 00:06:43,320 I've never seen nobody get down like him, you know what I'm saying? 113 00:06:43,403 --> 00:06:48,075 And I get so overwhelmed, because it just was a beautiful thing 114 00:06:48,158 --> 00:06:51,537 to watch the crowd embrace him. 115 00:06:51,620 --> 00:06:54,790 Every time I come in the gym, in this arena, 116 00:06:54,873 --> 00:06:58,627 I hear my favorite song in y'all's voices, 117 00:06:58,710 --> 00:07:01,755 so, it's time for y'all to play that song. 118 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:04,508 Let's make this noise and get this party jumping. 119 00:07:05,884 --> 00:07:09,429 [Tawanna] 2001, it was the most exciting time. 120 00:07:09,513 --> 00:07:12,724 [man] Allen and Stephon, slide back just a little bit, if you could. 121 00:07:12,808 --> 00:07:14,808 - There we go. Thank you. - Take my foot off my mark. 122 00:07:14,852 --> 00:07:16,395 [man] You're perfect. You're perfect. 123 00:07:16,478 --> 00:07:20,315 [Tawanna] Thinking back, it's like, like you remember that feeling. 124 00:07:21,733 --> 00:07:26,989 You remember the feeling of being at an Allen Iverson game, 125 00:07:27,072 --> 00:07:30,033 seeing him play, like, you can't dismiss that. 126 00:07:30,909 --> 00:07:34,163 When you looked at Allen Iverson, he was a culture changer. 127 00:07:35,205 --> 00:07:38,167 People that weren't interested in basketball wanted to see this brother. 128 00:07:38,250 --> 00:07:41,128 I'm Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76ers. 129 00:07:41,211 --> 00:07:42,588 [trills tongue] 130 00:07:42,671 --> 00:07:44,673 [Stephen] It wasn't Michael Jordan, 131 00:07:44,756 --> 00:07:46,717 it wasn't The Beatles, 132 00:07:47,718 --> 00:07:49,094 but it was pretty close. 133 00:07:49,678 --> 00:07:51,698 [reporter] When it comes to selling shoes, Allen Iverson 134 00:07:51,722 --> 00:07:54,016 has proven to be "The Answer" for Reebok. 135 00:07:54,099 --> 00:07:57,519 [Que] We did not have to do anything to make Allen cool. 136 00:07:57,603 --> 00:08:00,272 Like, Allen was gonna come make us cool. 137 00:08:00,355 --> 00:08:02,691 [reporter] The Iversen brand is expected to rake in 138 00:08:02,774 --> 00:08:06,445 up to $150 million for Reebok just this year. 139 00:08:06,528 --> 00:08:08,739 [Que] Because he was number-one pick, 140 00:08:08,822 --> 00:08:10,949 a point guard that had the ball in his hand, 141 00:08:11,033 --> 00:08:14,286 because he could score, had the heart of a warrior. 142 00:08:14,870 --> 00:08:21,168 [commentator] Allen, congratulations. The MVP of the 2001 All-Star game. 143 00:08:22,002 --> 00:08:24,254 [Que] We knew men wanted to be like him, 144 00:08:24,338 --> 00:08:25,714 women wanted to be with him, 145 00:08:25,797 --> 00:08:28,592 the kids wanted to be him at some point. 146 00:08:28,675 --> 00:08:30,260 [Todd] There was nothing like this. 147 00:08:30,344 --> 00:08:32,405 Everybody trying to meet him, every rapper trying to meet him, 148 00:08:32,429 --> 00:08:33,740 every celebrity trying to meet him. 149 00:08:33,764 --> 00:08:37,226 Please welcome The Answer, Allen Iverson! 150 00:08:38,434 --> 00:08:41,270 [Que] When I was moving with him at the time at the height of hip hop, 151 00:08:41,355 --> 00:08:45,484 you talk about the Biggies, the Jay-Zs, and all those guys as they're on the rise, 152 00:08:45,567 --> 00:08:47,194 they were all looking up to him. 153 00:08:47,277 --> 00:08:49,821 Jay-Z, Pharrell, and 50 Cent signed with Reebok, 154 00:08:49,905 --> 00:08:50,948 not because it's Reebok, 155 00:08:51,031 --> 00:08:53,992 they signed with Reebok because of what we were doing with Allen Iverson. 156 00:08:54,076 --> 00:08:56,203 [Pharrell] A lot of things going on in your life 157 00:08:56,870 --> 00:08:59,122 and you answer the question, you become The Answer. 158 00:08:59,706 --> 00:09:00,791 Allen Iverson. 159 00:09:00,874 --> 00:09:03,710 You think you get a bad rap just because you got cornrows? 160 00:09:03,794 --> 00:09:06,004 It's unfair, it's unfair, but it's true. 161 00:09:06,088 --> 00:09:09,341 People look at the way I dress, who I hang around, 162 00:09:09,424 --> 00:09:10,676 the jewelry and everything... 163 00:09:10,759 --> 00:09:13,262 I mean, people try to make me 34 years old, 164 00:09:13,345 --> 00:09:15,514 and I'm only 24 years old. I'm growing every day. 165 00:09:16,139 --> 00:09:19,351 [Ann] My son dressed the way he dressed from where he from. 166 00:09:19,434 --> 00:09:21,937 Now he can get the fitted hats. 167 00:09:22,020 --> 00:09:24,690 Now he can get the jewelry that he wanna get. 168 00:09:25,274 --> 00:09:28,485 [Allen] In my life, how you look is how you play. 169 00:09:28,568 --> 00:09:30,612 I look like a superhero. 170 00:09:31,196 --> 00:09:33,949 A skinny one, but a superhero. 171 00:09:34,533 --> 00:09:36,201 Gotta have some style with you. 172 00:09:37,035 --> 00:09:40,580 [Stephen] Covering him was a separate beat in and of itself. 173 00:09:40,664 --> 00:09:43,917 There was the Sixers beat, and then there was the Allen Iverson beat. 174 00:09:44,001 --> 00:09:45,919 Because this brother's a nightcrawler. 175 00:09:46,878 --> 00:09:48,964 And everyone knew where he would be. 176 00:09:49,798 --> 00:09:51,651 [Eric] It was almost the same as Jay-Z walking in the club, 177 00:09:51,675 --> 00:09:54,428 or Tupac walking in the club. Allen Iverson was just as big. 178 00:09:55,053 --> 00:10:00,350 [Todd] But what that led to was a hard, hard journey together. 179 00:10:00,434 --> 00:10:03,145 He used to say back in the day, "It's hard working with Al, huh?" 180 00:10:03,228 --> 00:10:05,188 These people... Man, don't be making me laugh. 181 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,984 [Que] He was going out to LA for one of these award shows, 182 00:10:09,067 --> 00:10:11,069 and Allen wanted the whole crew to be fresh. 183 00:10:11,153 --> 00:10:14,781 I remember Allen buys all this jewelry, whips out a checkbook, 184 00:10:14,865 --> 00:10:19,161 and writes a check for like 900 grand. Something crazy like that. 185 00:10:19,244 --> 00:10:22,122 [Stephen] Allen Iverson going home on time, 186 00:10:22,205 --> 00:10:26,043 and getting a good night's sleep is when he was in a slump. 187 00:10:26,126 --> 00:10:28,920 It was when he was hanging out until three or four in the morning 188 00:10:29,004 --> 00:10:31,715 that he dropped 58 on Steve Francis in Houston. 189 00:10:31,798 --> 00:10:35,260 [announcer] Yes! And a career high! 190 00:10:35,344 --> 00:10:37,429 That's just how his motor worked. 191 00:10:37,512 --> 00:10:39,222 You got a record company, right? 192 00:10:39,306 --> 00:10:41,641 I mean, I'm getting ready to start one right now. 193 00:10:45,896 --> 00:10:47,397 [Que] Allen got into the music thing. 194 00:10:47,481 --> 00:10:50,150 His friends were the ones that were really compelling him 195 00:10:50,233 --> 00:10:52,694 to start ABK Music Group. 196 00:10:53,236 --> 00:10:56,073 [Allen] That was something my homeboys wanted to do. 197 00:10:56,156 --> 00:10:59,534 I want to see them come from nothing to something like I did. 198 00:10:59,618 --> 00:11:01,244 [Que] I went on that journey with him, 199 00:11:01,328 --> 00:11:02,829 I was in the studio with him, 200 00:11:02,913 --> 00:11:05,624 I tried to make sure he wasn't spending too much money. 201 00:11:05,707 --> 00:11:08,085 [Kendrick] Yeah, "Forty Bars." There you go. 202 00:11:08,168 --> 00:11:10,045 It all represent the culture, it just gave me 203 00:11:10,128 --> 00:11:13,382 a little bit more connection with AI. Already loved him on the court. 204 00:11:13,465 --> 00:11:17,469 But now there's a person that I can relate to further than basketball. 205 00:11:18,303 --> 00:11:22,099 If you're a hardcore hip-hop fan, this album is for you. 206 00:11:22,182 --> 00:11:23,785 [show host] Basketball star Allen Iverson, 207 00:11:23,809 --> 00:11:28,271 his attempt to become a rap star is drawing fire for some offensive lyrics. 208 00:11:28,355 --> 00:11:31,149 Allen Iverson, turning into a human can of mace for sponsors 209 00:11:31,233 --> 00:11:32,234 and for this league. 210 00:11:32,818 --> 00:11:35,237 John Thompson better call Allen. 211 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:36,672 I think he needs to speak to the brother. 212 00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:38,591 [Todd] That was one of the only things I think we felt 213 00:11:38,615 --> 00:11:40,242 would be a problem, but he was learning. 214 00:11:40,325 --> 00:11:41,701 You can't satisfy everybody, man. 215 00:11:41,785 --> 00:11:44,496 There's gonna be a billion fans out here that love Allen Iverson, 216 00:11:44,579 --> 00:11:46,219 there's gonna be a billion that hate him. 217 00:11:47,958 --> 00:11:49,644 [reporter] The rap songs that he's out with, 218 00:11:49,668 --> 00:11:51,253 some of the lyrics to those songs, 219 00:11:51,336 --> 00:11:54,798 I mean, this isn't a very good ambassadorship that you've got going here. 220 00:11:55,340 --> 00:11:59,511 Too hard to come out for real? I would say yeah, because... 221 00:12:00,303 --> 00:12:01,763 Stern be the face of the league. 222 00:12:01,888 --> 00:12:05,809 [Allen] I walked in, and David Stern was reading the lyrics. 223 00:12:05,892 --> 00:12:09,521 I was trying not to laugh, because I knew how serious it was. 224 00:12:09,604 --> 00:12:12,190 It was a moment that I'll never forget. 225 00:12:12,274 --> 00:12:15,235 We would like our players to be perfect. 226 00:12:15,318 --> 00:12:19,197 We would like them to exhibit no human characteristics, I suppose, 227 00:12:19,281 --> 00:12:20,657 so that they never get in trouble, 228 00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:22,159 but it's not going to happen. 229 00:12:22,242 --> 00:12:26,288 We must pay the price for failing to meet people's expectations, 230 00:12:26,371 --> 00:12:27,372 and we are. 231 00:12:29,458 --> 00:12:32,669 [Sherri] I remember Chuck and Rahsaan, I think they had signed a deal 232 00:12:32,752 --> 00:12:34,838 with Universal Records and then... 233 00:12:34,921 --> 00:12:38,383 they ain't get to put it out. It was a bunch of BS behind it. 234 00:12:39,926 --> 00:12:42,637 Rahsaan was really hurt behind it. 235 00:12:44,222 --> 00:12:47,476 [Que] One of my conversations with him, he said, 236 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:50,854 "I play basketball, because I'm passionate about basketball. 237 00:12:50,937 --> 00:12:54,566 I'm not playing basketball because I wanna be an athlete. 238 00:12:54,649 --> 00:12:57,527 I'm not playing basketball because I wanna be a rapper. 239 00:12:57,611 --> 00:13:00,411 I'm playing basketball, because I love to play the game of basketball." 240 00:13:00,780 --> 00:13:03,783 If you don't care about hardcore gangsta rap, 241 00:13:03,867 --> 00:13:05,494 just don't buy it. 242 00:13:05,577 --> 00:13:09,789 That's a character. That ain't me. That ain't who I am. 243 00:13:09,873 --> 00:13:13,168 I'm embarrassed by that. 244 00:13:18,507 --> 00:13:20,467 [interviewer] Where do you wanna be in five years? 245 00:13:20,842 --> 00:13:24,888 I wanna have a couple rings on my finger, 246 00:13:28,391 --> 00:13:30,143 hopefully be all-star. 247 00:13:30,685 --> 00:13:32,038 [interviewer] When this is all over, 248 00:13:32,062 --> 00:13:34,540 what do you want them to say about Allen Iverson, the ball player? 249 00:13:34,564 --> 00:13:36,816 That he played every game like it was his last. 250 00:13:38,443 --> 00:13:40,445 [Charlie Rose] The NBA playoffs are in full swing 251 00:13:40,529 --> 00:13:43,907 with the Finals set to begin next Wednesday in Los Angeles. 252 00:13:43,990 --> 00:13:46,201 The Lakers have swept their way through the postseason 253 00:13:46,284 --> 00:13:49,496 with the unstoppable duo of Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal. 254 00:13:49,579 --> 00:13:52,332 [reporter] No city has been hotter over the last month. 255 00:13:52,415 --> 00:13:55,961 The Lakers have dominated three 50-win teams 256 00:13:56,044 --> 00:13:57,546 during their march to the Finals. 257 00:13:58,129 --> 00:14:00,849 [Shaq] We're tired of being compared to all of the other Laker teams. 258 00:14:00,924 --> 00:14:04,469 Let's just set a standard right now of being the best Laker team ever. 259 00:14:08,431 --> 00:14:10,892 Only way we can do that is to go undefeated. 260 00:14:11,476 --> 00:14:13,895 So going into the Finals, we were undefeated. 261 00:14:13,979 --> 00:14:16,147 [announcer] Bryant to Shaq! 262 00:14:20,026 --> 00:14:24,739 Do you believe that the 76ers will meet the Lakers in the Finals? 263 00:14:24,823 --> 00:14:27,075 Well, not yet, I don't. I really don't. 264 00:14:27,576 --> 00:14:29,411 They're so banged up, Charlie. 265 00:14:30,912 --> 00:14:33,641 [man] The Sixers have been playing the role of underdog for a while now. 266 00:14:33,665 --> 00:14:36,960 The Vegas oddsmakers have all got them to bury... 267 00:14:37,043 --> 00:14:39,897 [commentator 1] Indiana knocked Philly out of the playoffs the last two years. 268 00:14:39,921 --> 00:14:43,049 [commentator 2] The Pacers seem to be a bit of a thorn in Philly's side. 269 00:14:43,133 --> 00:14:45,510 [commentator 3] It's all Philadelphia early. 270 00:14:46,511 --> 00:14:49,347 [announcer] Travis Best alone with a shot. He's got 16 points. 271 00:14:49,431 --> 00:14:51,391 The Pacers have their first lead of the game. 272 00:14:51,975 --> 00:14:53,268 Reggie for three. 273 00:14:53,351 --> 00:14:54,519 Miller, a break! 274 00:14:54,603 --> 00:14:57,731 Bang! Miller gives the Pacers a lead! 275 00:14:57,814 --> 00:15:00,191 [Allen] It was bad. We lost that first game. 276 00:15:00,275 --> 00:15:02,819 We never could get past that team. 277 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:04,880 [Reggie] I love this type of atmosphere. 278 00:15:04,904 --> 00:15:06,465 This is what makes the great players great. 279 00:15:06,489 --> 00:15:08,342 And knowing that you've got a bullseye on your back, 280 00:15:08,366 --> 00:15:10,243 and everyone's gunning for 31, 281 00:15:10,327 --> 00:15:13,288 and to come out and still do what we did, 282 00:15:13,371 --> 00:15:16,041 it shows a lot of character for this young team. 283 00:15:16,124 --> 00:15:18,668 [Allen] You know, everybody was down in the locker room. 284 00:15:18,752 --> 00:15:19,794 Forget what just happened. 285 00:15:19,878 --> 00:15:21,338 Let's just go from here on out. 286 00:15:21,838 --> 00:15:24,591 [Allen] But we still had to concentrate on the agenda at hand, 287 00:15:24,674 --> 00:15:26,426 and that was winning the series. 288 00:15:27,218 --> 00:15:30,639 [Larry] In order for him to be as great as he could become, 289 00:15:30,722 --> 00:15:33,141 he had to make everybody around him better. 290 00:15:33,767 --> 00:15:38,480 [announcer] Allen saying, "I have come to learn that I can't do this by myself." 291 00:15:39,731 --> 00:15:42,233 [Larry] Because all the eyes were focused on him, 292 00:15:42,317 --> 00:15:44,194 and we all followed his lead, 293 00:15:45,111 --> 00:15:48,740 we would just add in pieces that maybe people wouldn't look at 294 00:15:48,823 --> 00:15:51,284 and think that they were super extraordinary, 295 00:15:51,368 --> 00:15:55,997 but they were in their own right because they allowed Allen to be Allen. 296 00:15:56,081 --> 00:15:58,833 [Allen] We won the next game, we got our confidence back, 297 00:15:58,917 --> 00:16:01,544 we went in there and we won two more games. 298 00:16:01,628 --> 00:16:03,421 [announcer] It is all over! 299 00:16:03,505 --> 00:16:07,967 The Philadelphia 76ers, in a very tough ball game, 300 00:16:08,051 --> 00:16:11,471 have defeated the Indiana Pacers! 301 00:16:11,554 --> 00:16:13,682 [Allen] Beating that team helped us, 302 00:16:13,765 --> 00:16:16,309 because we felt like, if we can beat Indiana, 303 00:16:16,393 --> 00:16:19,479 we can get to the Finals. We felt like we could beat anybody. 304 00:16:24,943 --> 00:16:28,321 I love you with so much heart, I pass it on to you babies. 305 00:16:28,405 --> 00:16:30,156 You did all right. 306 00:16:33,451 --> 00:16:36,996 [Larry] There was nobody bigger or more important than Allen Iverson. 307 00:16:38,665 --> 00:16:43,044 You look at Duncan and Barkley and Shaq and all those guys, 308 00:16:43,837 --> 00:16:47,173 people recognize they're big, they're strong, they're athletic. 309 00:16:48,049 --> 00:16:50,760 You look at Allen, he's like one of us. 310 00:16:50,844 --> 00:16:52,679 He was a hero for everybody. 311 00:16:56,683 --> 00:16:59,227 [announcer] Iverson off a series of moves! 312 00:16:59,310 --> 00:17:02,105 [commentator] If the little guy can do it, hey, I can do it. 313 00:17:02,188 --> 00:17:03,188 [announcer] Iverson! 314 00:17:04,441 --> 00:17:07,944 Carter again for three. Man, he can't miss! 315 00:17:08,528 --> 00:17:10,320 It's all Vince Carter! 316 00:17:10,946 --> 00:17:14,534 And Carter with the shot! Carter with the tip! 317 00:17:16,118 --> 00:17:17,954 The Toronto Raptors, 318 00:17:18,788 --> 00:17:22,666 after stunning the New York Knicks Friday night at Madison Square Garden, 319 00:17:22,751 --> 00:17:26,921 defeat the Philadelphia 76ers in Game One. 320 00:17:27,005 --> 00:17:29,233 [reporter] He was taking you to town and you guys couldn't stop him. 321 00:17:29,257 --> 00:17:32,051 Right. You saw the game just like everybody else. 322 00:17:32,886 --> 00:17:35,263 You right, I mean... ask a question. 323 00:17:35,346 --> 00:17:36,931 You saw that, I saw that... 324 00:17:37,015 --> 00:17:38,367 [interviewer] Is there a way to stop him? 325 00:17:38,391 --> 00:17:40,560 No, man. If there was, we would've did it. 326 00:17:42,312 --> 00:17:45,356 I can tell when somebody is scared of me. Their eyes never lie. 327 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:46,608 You can't teach this. 328 00:17:46,691 --> 00:17:49,277 Before the tip-off, I would look at my opponent. 329 00:17:50,528 --> 00:17:53,656 And as soon as he turned his head, got his ass. 330 00:17:56,826 --> 00:17:58,971 [Allen] That's what killers do. That's what killers do. 331 00:17:58,995 --> 00:18:03,374 [announcer] Iverson against Williams again! Yes! 332 00:18:03,458 --> 00:18:06,211 [Allen] I just knew anybody guarding me was at my mercy. 333 00:18:06,294 --> 00:18:08,797 [announcer] The crowd is yelling MVP. 334 00:18:10,173 --> 00:18:12,133 Iverson now with 20. 335 00:18:12,217 --> 00:18:13,611 [Allen] I wasn't scared of nobody out there. 336 00:18:13,635 --> 00:18:15,220 I'm going by you all day. 337 00:18:16,346 --> 00:18:20,016 [announcer] Allen for the record! Yes! 338 00:18:24,646 --> 00:18:27,315 Fifty-two points for Iverson! 339 00:18:27,398 --> 00:18:30,819 A record for a 76er in a playoff game! 340 00:18:30,902 --> 00:18:34,823 [Allen] Seems like every time I don't play the way I wanna play, 341 00:18:34,906 --> 00:18:37,075 there's always a name that somebody throw out 342 00:18:37,158 --> 00:18:39,077 of this guy that can guard you. 343 00:18:39,828 --> 00:18:43,414 The only person that can stop me is myself. 344 00:18:46,584 --> 00:18:47,937 [Vince] He brought the best out of me. 345 00:18:47,961 --> 00:18:51,130 I figured, if I put up 40, then he puts up 54, 346 00:18:51,214 --> 00:18:52,382 I gotta respond. 347 00:18:53,550 --> 00:18:56,135 [Stephen Smith] It was one after another, one after another, 348 00:18:56,219 --> 00:18:58,221 it was like they were taking turns. 349 00:18:58,304 --> 00:18:59,904 [announcer] Seemed like a bad shot to me. 350 00:18:59,973 --> 00:19:02,809 But Vince is there... Oh, my... Holy mackerel! 351 00:19:02,892 --> 00:19:05,228 With his eighth three-pointer in a row! 352 00:19:05,728 --> 00:19:09,774 Man, if you can't get going in this type of game, there's a problem, man. 353 00:19:12,068 --> 00:19:16,489 [Pat] I think Allen's taught Larry a lot about how to relate to people, 354 00:19:16,573 --> 00:19:19,409 and Larry Brown has taught Allen about responsibility 355 00:19:19,492 --> 00:19:21,911 and how to make your teammates better. 356 00:19:23,079 --> 00:19:26,332 [announcer] Curry did not wanna handle the ball and that cost! 357 00:19:26,416 --> 00:19:30,128 Sixers by one, but the Raptors with the ball, two seconds to go. 358 00:19:30,211 --> 00:19:31,671 Carter trying to get free. 359 00:19:32,088 --> 00:19:35,008 Carter at the buzzer! No go! 360 00:19:35,091 --> 00:19:38,970 And the Sixers hold on and advance to the conference finals! 361 00:19:53,651 --> 00:19:55,612 [reporter] What does it say about this team 362 00:19:55,695 --> 00:19:57,882 that they've been able to come back like this and win this series? 363 00:19:57,906 --> 00:20:00,783 That we're a team! You know, we're a team, as simple as that. 364 00:20:00,867 --> 00:20:03,161 You know, it don't get no better than this, you know? 365 00:20:03,244 --> 00:20:06,372 In the locker room, outside of the locker room, we always a team. 366 00:20:06,456 --> 00:20:07,957 We always look out for each other, 367 00:20:08,041 --> 00:20:09,918 we always do a lot of things with each other, 368 00:20:10,001 --> 00:20:12,712 we're a team! For the first time in my life, I'm on a team. 369 00:20:14,505 --> 00:20:16,507 The Answer's in the building. 370 00:20:17,216 --> 00:20:19,802 - Who the hell is The Answer? - I don't know. 371 00:20:20,970 --> 00:20:26,309 [Pat] After Toronto, the team is beat up, but excited. 372 00:20:27,143 --> 00:20:29,187 [Allen] You know, you can try to bang me around. 373 00:20:29,771 --> 00:20:32,607 I get back up, you still gotta deal with me. 374 00:20:33,066 --> 00:20:38,071 [Pat] He had a quarterback mentality. Knock him down, get up. 375 00:20:38,154 --> 00:20:41,199 Knock him down, get up. He was like a Japanese proverb. 376 00:20:41,282 --> 00:20:42,867 Fall down seven times, get up eight. 377 00:20:48,790 --> 00:20:52,293 [commentator] And Iverson comes crashing to the floor. 378 00:20:52,377 --> 00:20:54,128 And then... 379 00:20:54,212 --> 00:20:56,214 [commentator] Allen Iverson, as Healy mentioned, 380 00:20:56,297 --> 00:20:58,132 you gotta wonder about his health, 381 00:20:58,216 --> 00:21:03,596 as he scores only 16 points on five of 26 from the field. 382 00:21:04,764 --> 00:21:08,851 Pain is inevitable. It was amazing the courage it took for him to get up. 383 00:21:09,519 --> 00:21:11,479 Day after day, game in, game out. 384 00:21:12,897 --> 00:21:14,315 You can talk about him scoring 50, 385 00:21:14,399 --> 00:21:16,484 but who else is getting confidence out there? 386 00:21:16,567 --> 00:21:18,194 [Allen] I can heal up tomorrow, 387 00:21:18,903 --> 00:21:21,155 but today, my dogs need me. 388 00:21:21,239 --> 00:21:24,993 [Sal] A badly bruised tailbone, a sprained hip, a tooth knocked out, 389 00:21:25,076 --> 00:21:27,161 with blood spewing on the floor. 390 00:21:27,245 --> 00:21:32,000 Through it all, Allen Iverson, at 160 pounds, may have proven that 391 00:21:32,083 --> 00:21:36,004 pound for pound, he's the toughest guy in professional sports. 392 00:21:40,591 --> 00:21:43,261 [announcer] The Sixers have found life here in the fourth quarter. 393 00:21:43,344 --> 00:21:47,223 [announcer] Iverson unloads. [shouting] Touchdown! 394 00:21:47,306 --> 00:21:49,183 [announcer] When you come to L.A.... Iverson! 395 00:21:49,267 --> 00:21:51,477 [Ann] He played every day like his last. 396 00:21:52,103 --> 00:21:54,564 [Larry Brown] God gave him an unbelievable heart 397 00:21:54,647 --> 00:21:56,941 and unbelievable threshold for pain. 398 00:21:58,067 --> 00:22:00,707 [Michael] He's trippin', "Dad, I'm hurting like I don't know what." 399 00:22:01,195 --> 00:22:02,405 I said, "Well, man, sit down." 400 00:22:02,488 --> 00:22:04,449 He's like, "I can't. We won't win." 401 00:22:05,616 --> 00:22:06,616 We won't win. 402 00:22:10,580 --> 00:22:12,874 That "fall and get back up" shit, 403 00:22:12,957 --> 00:22:15,293 man, that's been big from School Garden, man. 404 00:22:17,545 --> 00:22:20,882 [commentator] The smallest guy on the court has played the biggest of games. 405 00:22:20,965 --> 00:22:23,885 And that's what the MVP is all about. 406 00:22:24,469 --> 00:22:26,012 What a player. 407 00:22:27,847 --> 00:22:30,016 And for the first time in 18 years, 408 00:22:30,099 --> 00:22:33,311 the Sixers are going back to the NBA Finals! 409 00:22:36,314 --> 00:22:38,733 Hey, yo, man. Y'all boy's ain't no joke! 410 00:22:38,816 --> 00:22:39,859 I love y'all, man! 411 00:22:39,942 --> 00:22:41,778 Yo, yo, yo, yo! 412 00:22:41,861 --> 00:22:43,154 Let's go, first time, man. 413 00:22:43,237 --> 00:22:44,572 Let's make it a good one. 414 00:22:44,655 --> 00:22:47,533 [overlapping chatter] 415 00:22:47,617 --> 00:22:48,618 One, two, three. 416 00:22:48,701 --> 00:22:51,204 Playoffs! [cheering] 417 00:22:51,829 --> 00:22:55,917 [commentator] The Sixers are 20-to-1 underdogs, longshots to win the title. 418 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,628 It's the largest spread ever in an NBA Finals 419 00:22:58,711 --> 00:23:01,798 and one of the biggest in the history of the four major sports. 420 00:23:02,507 --> 00:23:07,678 [Pat?] It was a David versus Goliath, but the whole city's hanging Sixers... 421 00:23:07,762 --> 00:23:10,115 They weren't even basketball fans, some Philadelphia people, 422 00:23:10,139 --> 00:23:11,599 but they had Sixers stuff. 423 00:23:11,682 --> 00:23:14,322 [butcher] All our customers, that's all they talk about is Iverson. 424 00:23:14,602 --> 00:23:17,438 When they talk Sixers, it's A.I., and that's it. 425 00:23:17,939 --> 00:23:20,858 Whenever our energy was low, he always had that. 426 00:23:23,236 --> 00:23:24,654 When he came in that locker room, 427 00:23:24,737 --> 00:23:26,531 when he stepped out on that floor, 428 00:23:26,614 --> 00:23:27,990 everybody just followed. 429 00:23:28,866 --> 00:23:31,410 [reporter] Larry Brown finds his team in these Finals 430 00:23:31,494 --> 00:23:35,081 with a shuffled starting lineup, a dangerous lack of depth, 431 00:23:35,164 --> 00:23:37,667 and just one legitimate scoring threat. 432 00:23:38,209 --> 00:23:41,587 You know, a lot of people felt like I couldn't reach this point. 433 00:23:42,171 --> 00:23:43,881 They would talk about my size... 434 00:23:43,965 --> 00:23:45,633 my game. 435 00:23:45,716 --> 00:23:47,260 That I was selfish... 436 00:23:47,343 --> 00:23:48,943 and I couldn't make it here with the guys 437 00:23:48,970 --> 00:23:50,429 that I'm playing with. 438 00:23:50,513 --> 00:23:52,765 [Allen] And now that we're here, we're gonna get swept. 439 00:23:53,266 --> 00:23:56,894 It just, you know, makes the story that much better at the end. 440 00:23:56,978 --> 00:23:58,580 [commentator] It's a perfect series, because you... 441 00:23:58,604 --> 00:24:00,273 It's David and Goliath in part, 442 00:24:00,356 --> 00:24:03,067 but you also have Allen Iverson, and he's showing more heart... 443 00:24:03,151 --> 00:24:05,611 I mean, I don't care how rich you are, how successful you are, 444 00:24:05,695 --> 00:24:07,488 you need to look at this young man and say, 445 00:24:07,572 --> 00:24:09,824 "This is what it is to have a warrior's heart. 446 00:24:09,907 --> 00:24:16,080 This is what it is to care about winning in the most positive way." 447 00:24:16,164 --> 00:24:20,251 All I care about is a championship trophy. I just want it so bad, 448 00:24:20,334 --> 00:24:24,922 for myself, for my teammates, for my family, my friends, my coach. 449 00:24:25,006 --> 00:24:26,674 -My coach is... -Are you gonna dethrone 450 00:24:26,757 --> 00:24:27,842 the Los Angeles Lakers? 451 00:24:27,925 --> 00:24:30,011 Hopefully. That's the way I draw it up in my dreams. 452 00:24:30,094 --> 00:24:32,364 - Yeah, you're supposed to do that. - [commentator] I like your dream. 453 00:24:32,388 --> 00:24:33,824 - That's where I draw it up. - [commentator] O'Neal? 454 00:24:33,848 --> 00:24:35,057 But you know what, my dream 455 00:24:35,141 --> 00:24:36,434 - is the same thing, so. - Yeah. 456 00:24:36,517 --> 00:24:39,061 [Allen] Regardless if it's a pick-up game, 457 00:24:39,145 --> 00:24:43,816 pre-season game, if it's regular season, if it's playoffs, if it's Finals, 458 00:24:43,900 --> 00:24:45,401 you know, I play the same way. 459 00:24:45,484 --> 00:24:46,819 [player chatter] 460 00:24:48,529 --> 00:24:50,781 [Allen] I just felt like I was Goliath. 461 00:24:51,991 --> 00:24:55,912 I never felt David. I never felt that. 462 00:25:01,959 --> 00:25:04,045 - Oh, yeah. - [crew person] Sound speed, we good? 463 00:25:04,128 --> 00:25:06,589 I ain't looking at the camera, I'm looking at Shaq. 464 00:25:07,548 --> 00:25:10,051 You're stupid. [snickers] 465 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:12,970 We wanted to go undefeated. 466 00:25:13,054 --> 00:25:16,182 We knew you were gonna get 30, never knew you were gonna get 48. 467 00:25:16,265 --> 00:25:19,435 ["Grindin'" by Clipse plays] 468 00:25:41,749 --> 00:25:44,543 [Ann] The best I ever seem 'em play as a team, 469 00:25:44,627 --> 00:25:46,212 when they played against the Lakers. 470 00:25:46,295 --> 00:25:48,589 They came to fucking play. 471 00:25:48,673 --> 00:25:53,010 When I say the Sixers were eating their ass up, 472 00:25:53,094 --> 00:25:54,804 they were eating their ass up. 473 00:25:54,887 --> 00:25:57,056 [Aaron] Allen was making a name for himself. 474 00:25:57,139 --> 00:25:59,809 [announcer] Here's Iverson. Lue defender. 475 00:25:59,892 --> 00:26:02,728 Stays right with him. Allen wants to go. Watch the baseline. 476 00:26:02,812 --> 00:26:06,274 [announcer 2] He fires two ball... He got it again! He's way too good! 477 00:26:06,357 --> 00:26:08,776 He stumps around Lue! That drilled it! 478 00:26:08,859 --> 00:26:13,990 [announcer] 76ers on their way to pulling off a stump! 479 00:26:16,534 --> 00:26:18,703 [Shaq] The way I figured, they beat us, 480 00:26:18,786 --> 00:26:21,038 said, okay, man, just told us to be quiet. 481 00:26:21,122 --> 00:26:23,165 We could hear y'all jumping up and down happy. 482 00:26:23,249 --> 00:26:25,084 "Ah, yeah! We got Game One." 483 00:26:25,167 --> 00:26:26,877 Now we knew we just had to get refocused. 484 00:26:26,961 --> 00:26:30,506 I ain't let them overreact. I ain't let anybody overreact. 485 00:26:30,589 --> 00:26:32,276 -I know, I mean, but... -[Allen] I ain't let it... 486 00:26:32,300 --> 00:26:33,944 - There was some noise when I walked in. - [Shaq] Yes. 487 00:26:33,968 --> 00:26:35,970 And that shit calmed down once I got in there. 488 00:26:36,053 --> 00:26:38,597 We didn't do nothing yet. We got a long way to go. 489 00:26:38,681 --> 00:26:40,266 We got a long way to go. 490 00:26:40,349 --> 00:26:42,184 They can put their brooms up though. 491 00:26:42,268 --> 00:26:43,978 Ain't gonna be none of that. 492 00:26:44,061 --> 00:26:46,022 That's us, man. We came too far, man. 493 00:26:46,105 --> 00:26:47,023 That's us, baby. 494 00:26:47,106 --> 00:26:50,526 [Allen] 'Cause it ain't... we're playin' against a juggernaut, man. 495 00:26:52,570 --> 00:26:55,448 We ain't win nothing, man. We've got a long ways to go. 496 00:26:55,531 --> 00:27:00,286 These dudes did not lose one fucking game in the playoffs, bruh. 497 00:27:00,369 --> 00:27:03,497 [Shaq] You know, we are not gonna go make excuses for this loss. 498 00:27:03,581 --> 00:27:06,061 Allen Iverson is a great player. You know, he had a great game. 499 00:27:06,125 --> 00:27:08,878 I don't care. I really don't. 500 00:27:08,961 --> 00:27:12,048 You know, I'm... we're here, we're the world champions, 501 00:27:12,131 --> 00:27:15,634 and no matter how inspired your team may be, 502 00:27:16,427 --> 00:27:18,971 the championship has to come through the city of Los Angeles. 503 00:27:19,055 --> 00:27:23,225 After Game One, our secret weapons were 504 00:27:23,309 --> 00:27:26,145 we were pissed off. It's time for you to die. 505 00:27:27,021 --> 00:27:28,689 [announcer] He is a force. 506 00:27:28,773 --> 00:27:31,734 [Shaq] For us to be one of the greatest Laker teams 507 00:27:31,817 --> 00:27:32,818 doesn't sit well with me. 508 00:27:32,902 --> 00:27:35,422 I knew we were gonna win. We just needed to take care of business. 509 00:27:35,446 --> 00:27:37,365 [announcer] Nice shot by Kobe Bryant! 510 00:27:37,448 --> 00:27:40,248 [commentator] Look at Iverson and Kobe talking to each other right now. 511 00:27:40,284 --> 00:27:42,203 [Allen] What killed us was that three 512 00:27:42,286 --> 00:27:45,623 that Derek Fisher hit on me in Game Two. 513 00:27:45,706 --> 00:27:47,833 [announcer] Fisher for three! 514 00:27:48,709 --> 00:27:50,628 [Larry] Calm down, guys. Ball at the wrong man. 515 00:27:50,711 --> 00:27:51,962 They're supposed to win. 516 00:27:52,046 --> 00:27:54,006 We ain't even supposed to be here! 517 00:27:54,090 --> 00:27:57,510 I think if we won Game Two, then we got a better shot. 518 00:27:59,804 --> 00:28:02,807 As great as Kobe was, 519 00:28:02,890 --> 00:28:04,266 one man beat us. 520 00:28:04,350 --> 00:28:09,647 We was trying to play you head up, and that ain't it. 521 00:28:10,147 --> 00:28:14,360 When you played against Shaq, you needed 18 fouls. 522 00:28:15,861 --> 00:28:17,238 And we had Dikembe, 523 00:28:17,863 --> 00:28:20,408 we would've had Geiger, but he wasn't himself, 524 00:28:20,491 --> 00:28:22,493 and we didn't have the 18 fouls. 525 00:28:30,292 --> 00:28:33,462 [announcer] Time has run out on the 76ers. 526 00:28:33,546 --> 00:28:36,966 [announcer 2] Back-to-back titles for the Los Angeles Lakers. 527 00:28:39,510 --> 00:28:42,430 [Allen] It's over, and then when you reminisce, 528 00:28:43,431 --> 00:28:47,476 it's like, the ultimate goal 529 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:49,478 wasn't achieved. 530 00:28:49,562 --> 00:28:52,106 I been in that position, too. Trust me. 531 00:28:53,482 --> 00:28:56,527 That shit was heartbreaking. You ain't shit. 532 00:29:00,030 --> 00:29:04,660 [Larry] That 2001 team will go down in history as the most beloved team 533 00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:05,744 in Philadelphia history. 534 00:29:05,828 --> 00:29:07,288 They didn't win the championship, 535 00:29:07,371 --> 00:29:11,709 but this city was so in love with Iverson, 536 00:29:11,792 --> 00:29:14,420 and so in love with the other players, 537 00:29:14,503 --> 00:29:16,338 that it almost didn't matter. 538 00:29:16,839 --> 00:29:17,923 [Shaq] So as a player, 539 00:29:18,007 --> 00:29:21,218 he's one of the greatest players to ever play the game. 540 00:29:21,802 --> 00:29:24,930 When it comes to a championship, you have to be on a great team. 541 00:29:25,014 --> 00:29:27,975 No disrespect to the Philadelphia 76ers team, 542 00:29:28,058 --> 00:29:30,186 Allen Iverson was by hisself. 543 00:29:30,269 --> 00:29:32,188 So when it comes to status and recognition, 544 00:29:32,271 --> 00:29:35,608 there's a lot of champions that we don't even know who they are. 545 00:29:35,691 --> 00:29:38,694 But I guarantee you know who Allen Iverson is. 546 00:29:38,777 --> 00:29:41,238 Iverson is one of the greatest players to ever play the game. 547 00:29:41,322 --> 00:29:42,656 - He's in the top five. - Ever? 548 00:29:42,740 --> 00:29:45,242 Ever. He's in the top five. 549 00:29:45,326 --> 00:29:47,846 And the reason why I say that is because he's probably the only guy 550 00:29:47,870 --> 00:29:50,080 that takes a beating like I do. 551 00:29:50,539 --> 00:29:52,917 [Allen] 2001. It was a wild summer. 552 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:54,710 It was a great summer. 553 00:29:55,753 --> 00:29:58,631 This my place, man. This, this where I can breathe at. 554 00:29:58,714 --> 00:30:02,510 Get away from the fake superstar life, man. Come on back home. 555 00:30:02,593 --> 00:30:06,514 Around the people, man. Start feeling like Allen Iverson, man. 556 00:30:06,597 --> 00:30:08,724 You know, the real Allen Iverson. 557 00:30:09,725 --> 00:30:13,145 We actually were engaged for two, three years. 558 00:30:13,229 --> 00:30:15,564 [Allen] That's my girl, for life. 559 00:30:15,648 --> 00:30:17,608 [Tawanna] So the proposal was pretty simple. 560 00:30:17,691 --> 00:30:19,568 He asked me in the kitchen. 561 00:30:19,652 --> 00:30:20,754 [interviewer] Did he get down on his knee? 562 00:30:20,778 --> 00:30:22,947 No. [laughs] 563 00:30:23,030 --> 00:30:24,030 No! 564 00:30:24,073 --> 00:30:25,783 I mean, it wasn't... You know what? 565 00:30:25,866 --> 00:30:29,328 You're gonna make me go back and make him do it. [laughs] 566 00:30:29,411 --> 00:30:32,248 [Brandy] He always said from high school, 567 00:30:32,331 --> 00:30:34,833 he wanted to take care of her for the rest of his life. 568 00:30:35,918 --> 00:30:39,505 [Allen] God talking to me, love that I got for her. 569 00:30:40,923 --> 00:30:42,883 A'ight, man, it's time. 570 00:30:45,678 --> 00:30:48,180 [Sherri] Rahsaan was in the wedding. 571 00:30:48,264 --> 00:30:51,934 It was on the dance floor dancing and having their moments. 572 00:30:52,893 --> 00:30:55,080 [Antwuan] I know he was just happy, you know, just happy 573 00:30:55,104 --> 00:30:56,647 to go ahead and get married 574 00:30:56,730 --> 00:30:58,607 in a goddamn beautiful wedding. 575 00:31:03,821 --> 00:31:05,990 [Tawanna] Yeah, we had a great time. [laughs] 576 00:31:07,616 --> 00:31:10,452 [Allen] One of the happiest moments of my life. 577 00:31:13,247 --> 00:31:15,291 [Sherri] We went to the Grand Cayman Island. 578 00:31:15,374 --> 00:31:18,419 It was me, Chuck, Rahsaan, Tawanna, Que, and Que wife. 579 00:31:19,044 --> 00:31:22,423 You cannot get Allen to move out of his comfort zone. 580 00:31:22,506 --> 00:31:25,301 So I felt like, if we take other couples 581 00:31:25,384 --> 00:31:30,014 on our honeymoon, he'd be more open to do things that he's never done. 582 00:31:31,223 --> 00:31:33,517 I was right. It was things he didn't want to do, 583 00:31:33,601 --> 00:31:35,728 like, um, scuba diving. 584 00:31:35,811 --> 00:31:38,856 Then I had Que and Ra there to say, 585 00:31:38,939 --> 00:31:40,983 "Come on, Chuck, let's do it." 586 00:31:41,066 --> 00:31:44,653 I got him to do some things. [laughs] 587 00:31:44,737 --> 00:31:46,864 [Allen] When I come home, I can get my head right. 588 00:31:46,947 --> 00:31:49,992 I can relax and see the people that, you know, I grew up with and everything. 589 00:31:50,075 --> 00:31:51,118 Makes me feel good. 590 00:31:51,201 --> 00:31:52,620 CT, baby, right here. 591 00:31:52,703 --> 00:31:55,015 - CT. How you doing... - Ra, listen, baby. Ra, listen, baby... 592 00:31:55,039 --> 00:31:56,206 [overlapping chatter] 593 00:31:56,290 --> 00:32:00,169 Allen Iverson will be lacing them up with Reebok for the rest of his life. 594 00:32:00,753 --> 00:32:04,465 It's a privilege to give you a gift that we had created for you. 595 00:32:04,548 --> 00:32:06,050 We had it made, and as you can see, 596 00:32:06,133 --> 00:32:08,177 "MVP 2000, 2001." 597 00:32:08,260 --> 00:32:10,804 [Que] There had been some conversations amongst the media, 598 00:32:10,888 --> 00:32:13,807 where they talk about Black athletes going broke. 599 00:32:14,391 --> 00:32:16,727 Having conversations with Paul Fireman, 600 00:32:16,810 --> 00:32:19,313 in order for us to protect him from himself, 601 00:32:19,396 --> 00:32:22,191 we should find ways to help defer some of that money. 602 00:32:22,274 --> 00:32:24,735 I said, maybe we should set up a trust. 603 00:32:24,818 --> 00:32:28,113 I kind of didn't expect it, but I was hoping for it to go this way. 604 00:32:28,197 --> 00:32:30,491 You know, I'm just... I'm satisfied. 605 00:32:30,574 --> 00:32:33,744 All these kids that feel like if things not going right for 'em, 606 00:32:33,827 --> 00:32:34,912 not to give up. 607 00:32:36,121 --> 00:32:38,999 Just keep going. Whatever happens, you just keep fighting, man. 608 00:32:39,083 --> 00:32:39,958 Only the strong survive. 609 00:32:40,042 --> 00:32:41,794 [gunshots] 610 00:32:52,054 --> 00:32:53,990 [Sherri] The last time he got in a car was with me, 611 00:32:54,014 --> 00:32:57,351 and I dropped him off at a bar over town on 28th Street. 612 00:32:57,434 --> 00:33:00,896 [Allen] We were supposed to go to a... I think it was Hampton University 613 00:33:00,979 --> 00:33:04,650 against Norfolk State, for some reason, I didn't go. 614 00:33:04,733 --> 00:33:06,586 [Sherri] And my little sister answered the phone. 615 00:33:06,610 --> 00:33:08,672 I was like, "Where Mama at?" And she was like, "She left." 616 00:33:08,696 --> 00:33:10,656 I said, "What happened? What's wrong?" 617 00:33:10,739 --> 00:33:13,158 She was like, "I think Ra got killed." 618 00:33:14,952 --> 00:33:19,998 And I threw a basketball against the wall, and I just started crying. 619 00:33:24,378 --> 00:33:27,464 [Jabar] I was staying with my coach, and my mom called me. 620 00:33:27,923 --> 00:33:29,243 It was like three in the morning. 621 00:33:29,299 --> 00:33:30,634 She said... 622 00:33:34,847 --> 00:33:36,265 She said, "Your brother gone." 623 00:33:36,348 --> 00:33:40,853 So like I said, automatically I thought, did he kill somebody and get locked up? 624 00:33:42,479 --> 00:33:43,897 Or did something happen to him? 625 00:33:45,232 --> 00:33:46,232 And then... 626 00:33:50,362 --> 00:33:52,740 [Tawanna] I will never forget that morning. 627 00:33:52,823 --> 00:33:57,035 Like, his manager at the time called me... 628 00:33:57,828 --> 00:34:00,122 and, um... told me... 629 00:34:00,831 --> 00:34:02,916 "Tell Chuck Ra's dead." 630 00:34:03,625 --> 00:34:05,002 And I... 631 00:34:06,420 --> 00:34:09,590 I said, "I'm not telling him no shit like that." 632 00:34:09,672 --> 00:34:11,675 I just handed him the phone, you know, 633 00:34:11,759 --> 00:34:13,719 I just... I just handed him the phone, 634 00:34:13,802 --> 00:34:16,388 because I couldn't bring myself to just... to let him know, 635 00:34:16,472 --> 00:34:17,889 to... I couldn't say it. 636 00:34:20,768 --> 00:34:22,811 [Allen] That was a wake-up call for me. 637 00:34:22,895 --> 00:34:23,895 It was... 638 00:34:25,731 --> 00:34:28,609 if not the worst pain that I've been through 639 00:34:28,692 --> 00:34:31,945 in my life losing somebody, it was right up there at the top. 640 00:34:32,946 --> 00:34:34,364 Allen's heart was hurt 641 00:34:34,947 --> 00:34:37,074 by the loss of Ra. Uh... 642 00:34:39,036 --> 00:34:40,704 [sighs] 643 00:34:40,788 --> 00:34:41,789 He... 644 00:34:44,416 --> 00:34:46,668 Like at his funeral, like he lost... 645 00:34:48,837 --> 00:34:50,255 his... [sighs] 646 00:34:51,005 --> 00:34:52,299 Like he, um... 647 00:34:52,382 --> 00:34:55,010 Like, his legs went out from under him, like you know... 648 00:34:55,092 --> 00:34:57,596 he had to be held up. 649 00:35:00,265 --> 00:35:01,785 [Allen] I mean, that was my buddy, you know? 650 00:35:01,809 --> 00:35:04,686 I mean, we slept on the same floor together. 651 00:35:06,563 --> 00:35:09,149 He was my man. He meant so much, 652 00:35:09,233 --> 00:35:13,529 and then for that to happen, I counted Sherri's life 653 00:35:13,612 --> 00:35:15,072 a little bit more. 654 00:35:15,155 --> 00:35:20,369 Like, I concentrated on things that I didn't concentrate on as much. 655 00:35:20,452 --> 00:35:25,374 Just valuing anything that's mine, you know? Anything that I loved. 656 00:35:25,457 --> 00:35:27,459 I remember when all people could talk about 657 00:35:27,543 --> 00:35:29,753 is my friend and how they were bringing me down. 658 00:35:29,837 --> 00:35:33,590 And now, I just wish he could be around for people to talk about him, 659 00:35:33,674 --> 00:35:36,510 and talk about him bringing me down, you know? 660 00:35:36,593 --> 00:35:39,763 But he never did, you know? Somebody brought him down. 661 00:35:39,847 --> 00:35:42,307 My man Ra Boogie Fresh, rest in peace, baby. 662 00:35:42,891 --> 00:35:45,185 [Allen] Myself and everybody that loved him, 663 00:35:45,269 --> 00:35:46,603 we're scarred for life. 664 00:35:55,028 --> 00:35:57,508 [reporter] Allen Iverson won his second straight scoring title, 665 00:35:57,573 --> 00:35:58,907 his third in four seasons. 666 00:35:58,991 --> 00:36:01,034 He averaged 31.4 points a game. 667 00:36:01,118 --> 00:36:03,537 Iverson's just the 7th player in NBA history 668 00:36:03,620 --> 00:36:06,290 to win the scoring title three times in his career. 669 00:36:07,749 --> 00:36:10,794 - [whistle blows] - [cheering] 670 00:36:16,508 --> 00:36:20,512 [Allen] The next season, my family and I had been going through 671 00:36:20,596 --> 00:36:23,724 a whole bunch of shit about me being traded. 672 00:36:23,807 --> 00:36:25,726 I wanna be right here where I'm at, 673 00:36:25,809 --> 00:36:28,312 where people love me, and I love these people. 674 00:36:28,395 --> 00:36:32,357 [Tawanna] I think he felt offended, like, "This is what I do for you, 675 00:36:32,941 --> 00:36:35,694 and now, you wanna get rid of me." 676 00:36:35,777 --> 00:36:40,824 [Allen] So, Coach and General Manager called me. 677 00:36:40,908 --> 00:36:45,203 [Larry Brown] I met Allen, you know, at the practice facility, 678 00:36:45,287 --> 00:36:47,664 and all he wanted to talk to me about was, 679 00:36:48,373 --> 00:36:52,210 "Please make sure you keep me here. I wanna be here, 680 00:36:52,294 --> 00:36:56,381 I wanna play in Philly, I love Philly, I don't wanna play anywhere else." 681 00:36:56,465 --> 00:36:58,926 My conversation with him is, 682 00:36:59,384 --> 00:37:02,387 "You know, Allen, you gotta change." 683 00:37:03,347 --> 00:37:07,684 If you could just spend more time working on your craft, 684 00:37:07,768 --> 00:37:11,688 you could help us maybe take it to the next level. 685 00:37:12,648 --> 00:37:15,484 [Allen] We discussed the fact that I wasn't gonna get traded, 686 00:37:15,567 --> 00:37:21,865 so I was happy I was able to go tell my kids, tell my wife, 687 00:37:21,949 --> 00:37:25,702 tell my friends, tell my fans, that it wasn't gonna happen. 688 00:37:25,786 --> 00:37:27,245 Got to the press conference, 689 00:37:27,329 --> 00:37:31,041 thought that was all it was gonna be about, was announcing it. 690 00:37:31,124 --> 00:37:35,504 And they got talking about practice, and the legendary shit happened. 691 00:37:35,587 --> 00:37:37,756 [reporter] So you and Coach Brown settled the issue 692 00:37:37,839 --> 00:37:40,217 that he brought up on Saturday about practice? 693 00:37:40,884 --> 00:37:42,678 If I can't practice, I can't practice, man. 694 00:37:42,761 --> 00:37:44,137 If I'm hurt, I'm hurt. 695 00:37:46,139 --> 00:37:49,142 I mean, simple as that. 696 00:37:49,559 --> 00:37:51,228 It ain't about that. 697 00:37:52,312 --> 00:37:53,312 It isn't... 698 00:37:53,772 --> 00:37:56,233 It's not about that at all, you know what I'm saying? 699 00:37:56,316 --> 00:37:57,316 I mean... 700 00:37:58,110 --> 00:38:03,198 But it's easy to talk about, it's easy to sum it up 701 00:38:03,281 --> 00:38:04,641 when you just talk about practice. 702 00:38:04,700 --> 00:38:07,327 We sitting here, I'm supposed to be the franchise player, 703 00:38:07,411 --> 00:38:09,287 and we in here talking about practice. 704 00:38:10,205 --> 00:38:13,083 I mean, listen, we talking about practice. 705 00:38:13,166 --> 00:38:16,044 Not a game, not a game, not a game, 706 00:38:16,128 --> 00:38:18,213 we talking about practice. 707 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:24,928 I felt sadness for him, like how the world was making him out to be. 708 00:38:25,012 --> 00:38:27,180 I knew it was so much more going on. 709 00:38:27,264 --> 00:38:28,724 I lost my best friend. 710 00:38:29,599 --> 00:38:33,020 I lost him, and I lost this year. 711 00:38:33,103 --> 00:38:37,399 Everything's going downhill for me, as far as just that, you know? 712 00:38:37,482 --> 00:38:38,650 As far as my life. 713 00:38:38,734 --> 00:38:40,819 And then I'm dealing with this right here. 714 00:38:41,403 --> 00:38:45,032 [Stephen] He was sickened, but you still got a job to do. 715 00:38:45,115 --> 00:38:48,076 To Allen Iverson, the job was the games. 716 00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:50,704 The job didn't always entail practice, 717 00:38:50,787 --> 00:38:52,706 it didn't entail some of the minutia 718 00:38:52,789 --> 00:38:55,917 that comes along with your professional responsibilities. 719 00:38:56,001 --> 00:38:57,919 I can't win 'em all. I'm human. 720 00:38:58,003 --> 00:39:00,756 I'm just like y'all, man. I'm just like you. 721 00:39:02,132 --> 00:39:04,009 [Jabar] My brother was the glue. 722 00:39:04,092 --> 00:39:06,428 So now, it was like unorganized, 723 00:39:06,511 --> 00:39:09,097 like, you know what I mean? Nobody's setting the tone no more. 724 00:39:09,181 --> 00:39:11,058 Something was about to start for him. 725 00:39:11,141 --> 00:39:15,062 So, you know, he used to hanging out with my brother. 726 00:39:15,145 --> 00:39:17,189 So probably all that was hitting him. 727 00:39:18,315 --> 00:39:21,485 You bleed, just like I bleed. You cry just like I cry. 728 00:39:21,568 --> 00:39:25,113 You hurt just like I hurt. I ain't no different than you. 729 00:39:25,906 --> 00:39:28,241 [Stephen] Ra was a special brother, man. 730 00:39:28,325 --> 00:39:33,371 When he passed away, he wasn't himself. You could see that a part of him had died. 731 00:39:33,455 --> 00:39:36,917 The ferve, the enthusiasm, 732 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,795 that you have towards life 733 00:39:39,878 --> 00:39:41,546 is compromised. 734 00:39:46,384 --> 00:39:49,137 [Larry] In 2003, right after Jordan retired, 735 00:39:50,222 --> 00:39:53,225 the ratings tanked, and the league was going through changes. 736 00:39:54,392 --> 00:39:59,773 A new anti-hero generation was inheriting the league. 737 00:39:59,856 --> 00:40:01,918 [David] As a group, they're a pretty good group of guys. 738 00:40:01,942 --> 00:40:05,403 They may not conform to the notion that we all have 739 00:40:05,487 --> 00:40:07,239 of the heroes of yesteryear, 740 00:40:07,322 --> 00:40:11,701 but to that extent, sports becomes a harbinger of things to come. 741 00:40:12,285 --> 00:40:14,764 [reporter] Are you "The Answer," or at least one of the answers 742 00:40:14,788 --> 00:40:17,541 to the question, "Who's gonna carry the NBA torch?" 743 00:40:17,624 --> 00:40:18,917 [Allen] I want to be. 744 00:40:19,793 --> 00:40:22,295 I want that. I want to take on that responsibility. 745 00:40:22,879 --> 00:40:26,133 [J.A.] I think the NBA feared that Allen Iverson represented 746 00:40:26,216 --> 00:40:28,301 something that they didn't want the league to be. 747 00:40:28,718 --> 00:40:31,656 [reporter] Do you feel the NBA has lost ground and popularity to other sports 748 00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:35,392 because it has become too synonymous with hip-hop ostentation? 749 00:40:35,475 --> 00:40:39,521 The reality is that sports, fashion, music, they're global trends. 750 00:40:40,188 --> 00:40:43,483 And we go with the flow 751 00:40:43,567 --> 00:40:47,279 and do not have a particularly hip-hop agenda. 752 00:40:48,446 --> 00:40:51,533 People started dressing like me, 'cause they wanted to feel confident. 753 00:40:51,616 --> 00:40:53,785 Well, shit, he can do it. Why can't I? 754 00:40:54,369 --> 00:40:56,371 Then, everybody started doing it. 755 00:40:56,454 --> 00:40:59,040 Everybody came with the chains, everybody came with the earrings, 756 00:40:59,124 --> 00:41:01,793 everybody was wearing baggy clothes. 757 00:41:01,877 --> 00:41:06,256 [J.A.] It was this fear that Iverson would alienate the customer base, 758 00:41:06,339 --> 00:41:10,635 when, meanwhile, what he was doing was enthralling young people 759 00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:12,137 who looked up to him, 760 00:41:12,220 --> 00:41:15,265 and so, it gave the NBA cachet. 761 00:41:15,348 --> 00:41:20,020 [Larry] And it was a process to get this corporate behemoth, the NBA, 762 00:41:20,103 --> 00:41:24,608 to realize that they had marketing gold on their hands. 763 00:41:24,691 --> 00:41:27,378 [reporter 1] The NBA has announced it's changing its dress code for players. 764 00:41:27,402 --> 00:41:29,922 - [reporter 2] Off-court dress code to... - [reporter 3] Pro athletes associate 765 00:41:29,946 --> 00:41:31,364 themselves with the thug life... 766 00:41:31,448 --> 00:41:34,242 [Matt] Think it was getting a little too hip hop 767 00:41:34,326 --> 00:41:35,911 for David Stern's liking. 768 00:41:35,994 --> 00:41:40,207 This is nothing less than having a $3 billion business. 769 00:41:40,290 --> 00:41:43,668 And each additional dollar, the players get 57 cents of. 770 00:41:43,752 --> 00:41:46,880 And we are doing here what our teams want us to do. 771 00:41:46,963 --> 00:41:49,150 [Allen] I was like, oh, my God, man, that's a shot at me. 772 00:41:49,174 --> 00:41:50,217 'Cause I started this. 773 00:41:51,009 --> 00:41:53,470 If I put on a suit, I'm gonna be the same person. 774 00:41:53,553 --> 00:41:58,141 When you think of mobsters and gangsters and Al Capone and all these people, 775 00:41:58,225 --> 00:42:01,436 they wore suits. John Gotti wore $2,000 suits. 776 00:42:01,937 --> 00:42:05,982 [Larry Platt] The NBA airbrushed out his tats and his earring. 777 00:42:06,066 --> 00:42:08,693 [Allen] Broke my heart. Like, my tattoos mean something. 778 00:42:08,777 --> 00:42:10,612 My family, my babies, my girl. 779 00:42:10,695 --> 00:42:13,615 You should've fucking blurred my face. 780 00:42:14,950 --> 00:42:18,328 [Larry] And it turns out, they were ready to embrace Allen Iverson, 781 00:42:18,411 --> 00:42:20,163 because he played his ass off. 782 00:42:20,247 --> 00:42:23,541 They didn't care that he was tatted up or wore his hair in cornrows. 783 00:42:23,625 --> 00:42:25,228 [Allen] I listened to Charles Barkley say, 784 00:42:25,252 --> 00:42:27,003 you know, he's not a role model or whatever, 785 00:42:27,087 --> 00:42:28,797 and I understood what he was saying. 786 00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:31,216 It's not his job to raise your kids. 787 00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:34,427 But the responsibility is there, 788 00:42:34,511 --> 00:42:38,223 'cause there's a lot of little dudes and little women 789 00:42:38,306 --> 00:42:41,101 that look up to Allen Iverson. 790 00:42:41,184 --> 00:42:43,895 You know, you signed up for this. 791 00:42:43,979 --> 00:42:47,941 [Larry] It's a more authentic cultural presence 792 00:42:48,024 --> 00:42:50,068 that Allen's at the forefront of. 793 00:42:50,151 --> 00:42:53,405 At first, no. No hip hop. No rappers. 794 00:42:53,488 --> 00:42:55,782 Now, who doing all the promos? 795 00:42:55,865 --> 00:42:57,145 - What? - Who doing all the promos? 796 00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:59,327 - Rappers. - You did that. 797 00:42:59,911 --> 00:43:03,665 [Larry] And actually, when they were cheering for Allen Iverson, 798 00:43:03,748 --> 00:43:05,667 they were actually cheering the American Dream. 799 00:43:06,251 --> 00:43:10,046 I ain't know I was doing it. I did it, but I didn't know I was doing it. 800 00:43:10,130 --> 00:43:14,843 I didn't know I was securing a way for these guys today 801 00:43:14,926 --> 00:43:16,553 to be themselves. 802 00:43:16,636 --> 00:43:20,098 I didn't know I was doing it, 'cause I was stuck on, 803 00:43:20,181 --> 00:43:23,018 "I ain't doing nothing wrong. I'm being myself." 804 00:43:23,101 --> 00:43:25,395 This many years later, 805 00:43:25,478 --> 00:43:28,773 taking an ass-whooping for it is a blessing, 806 00:43:28,857 --> 00:43:32,110 because now you see you can do your shit. 807 00:43:32,193 --> 00:43:34,904 But Chuck took that ass-whooping for it. 808 00:43:35,905 --> 00:43:37,782 I just thought it was unfair, 809 00:43:37,866 --> 00:43:40,618 and the best part about my God, 810 00:43:40,702 --> 00:43:43,538 I just knew I was gonna get through it all without folding. 811 00:43:44,039 --> 00:43:46,041 Because I had some nights where I cried. 812 00:43:46,124 --> 00:43:49,336 I had some nights where I couldn't believe it. 813 00:43:49,419 --> 00:43:51,129 But you do wonder, like, 814 00:43:51,212 --> 00:43:55,258 why did he want me to go through this pain? 815 00:43:56,384 --> 00:43:58,970 [reporter] Allen Iverson is facing legal battles 816 00:43:59,054 --> 00:44:01,222 about the right to his nickname, "The Answer." 817 00:44:01,306 --> 00:44:02,349 Them wolves coming. 818 00:44:02,432 --> 00:44:05,352 [Que] And that was one of the first early indications for us, too. 819 00:44:05,435 --> 00:44:07,270 They're not coming looking as wolves. 820 00:44:07,354 --> 00:44:10,774 [Que] We really gotta make sure we find ways to try to protect him. 821 00:44:10,857 --> 00:44:12,192 They're coming as sheep. 822 00:44:12,275 --> 00:44:13,985 [reporter] 76ers star Allen Iverson 823 00:44:14,069 --> 00:44:17,280 is at the center of a Philadelphia police investigation. 824 00:44:17,364 --> 00:44:19,199 Apparently, he had a fight with his wife. 825 00:44:19,282 --> 00:44:22,619 Sources say he came looking for her at his cousin's apartment. 826 00:44:22,702 --> 00:44:26,664 [reporter 2] If convicted, he could spend up to 61 years in jail. 827 00:44:26,748 --> 00:44:30,377 [Allen] The biggest problem was, everybody got involved with it. 828 00:44:30,460 --> 00:44:32,104 - Excuse me? - [reporter] Do ups and downs include 829 00:44:32,128 --> 00:44:32,962 throwing your wife out... 830 00:44:33,046 --> 00:44:34,732 Girl, get out of my face with that crazy stuff. 831 00:44:34,756 --> 00:44:36,508 - That's only hearsay. - That's some rumors. 832 00:44:36,591 --> 00:44:37,591 Where you get that from? 833 00:44:37,634 --> 00:44:39,278 - That's hearsay, that's not true. - 'Cause somebody told it to you? 834 00:44:39,302 --> 00:44:40,762 Did Tawanna tell you that? 835 00:44:40,845 --> 00:44:43,014 [Gregory] I'm the driver. I'm his uncle. 836 00:44:43,098 --> 00:44:46,518 I drove him around looking for my niece, which is his wife, 837 00:44:46,601 --> 00:44:48,311 and my nephew, which is his cousin. 838 00:44:48,895 --> 00:44:53,191 The building we went to, Allen paid the rent on that for his cousin. 839 00:44:53,274 --> 00:44:56,027 We ain't kicking no doors. We ain't waving no .44s. 840 00:44:56,111 --> 00:44:59,614 [Allen] If you've ever been in a relationship, you have fights, man. 841 00:44:59,697 --> 00:45:03,118 To make a big deal... The big deal is 'cause it's Allen Iverson. 842 00:45:03,201 --> 00:45:05,638 [Gregory] You think I'm gonna let my nephew run around with heat? 843 00:45:05,662 --> 00:45:07,205 The king dog of the family, 844 00:45:07,288 --> 00:45:10,083 where he take care of everybody? With a weapon? 845 00:45:10,166 --> 00:45:12,669 I gotta have a weapon, 'cause he's Allen Iverson. 846 00:45:12,752 --> 00:45:15,380 To protect us, just in case somebody run up on us. 847 00:45:16,381 --> 00:45:20,760 [reporter] A Philadelphia judge dropped 12 of the 14 charges against Iverson. 848 00:45:20,844 --> 00:45:24,472 I think it's time to get somebody else in here, 849 00:45:24,556 --> 00:45:26,599 maybe give a fresh look. 850 00:45:26,683 --> 00:45:28,643 [reporter 1] It was Brown's decision 851 00:45:28,726 --> 00:45:29,936 to step down as Sixers' coach. 852 00:45:30,019 --> 00:45:33,231 [reporter 2] The Sixers and Allen Iverson have reached an agreement 853 00:45:33,314 --> 00:45:37,610 that'll keep A.I. in Philadelphia through the 2008-2009 season. 854 00:45:37,694 --> 00:45:41,114 [announcer] Allen for the win! Yes! 855 00:45:43,116 --> 00:45:45,368 Do you love this game? 856 00:45:45,618 --> 00:45:49,038 [Allen] Me being in Philadelphia, me being myself, 857 00:45:49,122 --> 00:45:51,749 it's hard for me to maneuver the way I want to. 858 00:45:51,833 --> 00:45:53,978 [reporter] The shooting at Iverson and a group of his friends 859 00:45:54,002 --> 00:45:54,919 earlier this month. 860 00:45:55,003 --> 00:45:56,004 [man] He fired two shots. 861 00:45:56,087 --> 00:45:57,647 [Allen] As soon as I looked up at him... 862 00:45:58,756 --> 00:46:01,718 Pow, pow. I mean, I saw the fire come from the gun. 863 00:46:01,801 --> 00:46:03,887 I don't know how he missed me. 864 00:46:03,970 --> 00:46:06,431 And then, you know, I just took off running. 865 00:46:06,514 --> 00:46:10,268 [reporter] Iverson was not injured, but his longtime friend Larry Robinson 866 00:46:10,351 --> 00:46:11,561 was struck once in the leg. 867 00:46:11,644 --> 00:46:12,562 [Larry Robinson] I was hit. 868 00:46:12,645 --> 00:46:16,357 Allen wasn't that type, so they tried to make it 869 00:46:16,441 --> 00:46:18,276 like it was more than what it was. 870 00:46:18,776 --> 00:46:21,821 [reporter 1] After the Sixers fired Randy Ayers in February... 871 00:46:21,905 --> 00:46:24,385 [reporter 2] But now on his third coach in less than one year... 872 00:46:24,449 --> 00:46:25,551 [reporter 1] ...because he wasn't consulted beforehand. 873 00:46:25,575 --> 00:46:27,136 [reporter 2]...difficulties are never too far from the surface... 874 00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:29,096 [reporter 3]...told A.I. he would come off the bench... 875 00:46:29,120 --> 00:46:31,474 [reporter 2] And is it too hard to imagine Iverson someplace else? 876 00:46:31,498 --> 00:46:32,916 [reporter 4] A humiliating loss... 877 00:46:32,999 --> 00:46:33,833 I was a failure. 878 00:46:33,917 --> 00:46:38,004 [reporter 5] ...first team to beat a US squad since 1992. 879 00:46:38,087 --> 00:46:41,132 Philly with no A.I. is like Philly with no City Hall! 880 00:46:41,216 --> 00:46:44,135 [Allen] I wanna win a championship right here in Philadelphia. 881 00:46:44,219 --> 00:46:45,321 Philadelphia not having cheese steaks 882 00:46:45,345 --> 00:46:46,947 - and soft pretzels. - [man 1] Philly with no crack in the bell! 883 00:46:46,971 --> 00:46:49,265 [reporter 6] Iverson, traded to the Denver Nuggets. 884 00:46:49,349 --> 00:46:50,701 [reporter 7] We say goodbye to A.I. 885 00:46:50,725 --> 00:46:54,062 [reporter 8] Does A.I. make Denver a legitimate contender in the west? 886 00:46:54,145 --> 00:46:56,564 I did not want to go. 887 00:46:56,648 --> 00:46:58,274 Tiaura and Deuce were in school. 888 00:46:58,358 --> 00:47:00,902 [reporter 9] Denver becomes the first 50-win team in NBA history 889 00:47:00,985 --> 00:47:02,529 to get swept. 890 00:47:02,612 --> 00:47:04,798 [reporter 10] A.I. traded back to the east to the Pistons. 891 00:47:04,822 --> 00:47:06,467 [reporter 11] The first time as an NBA player 892 00:47:06,491 --> 00:47:08,159 be coming off the bench. 893 00:47:08,243 --> 00:47:11,120 [sighs] It's a bigger deal than just... 894 00:47:11,204 --> 00:47:13,015 packing up and moving from one team to the next. 895 00:47:13,039 --> 00:47:15,792 [reporter 12] Hey, it happens to all of us. We get older sometimes. 896 00:47:15,875 --> 00:47:18,419 It's hard when the kids are involved, 897 00:47:18,503 --> 00:47:19,546 and just, um... 898 00:47:19,629 --> 00:47:22,131 I'm turning into a journeyman. [laughs] 899 00:47:22,215 --> 00:47:24,634 [commentator] He's probably at home thinking about my future 900 00:47:24,717 --> 00:47:28,221 and how it's gonna affect me for Detroit, but also long-term. 901 00:47:28,304 --> 00:47:30,223 [Allen] When you get traded, obviously, 902 00:47:30,306 --> 00:47:31,784 the team that traded for you, they want you. 903 00:47:31,808 --> 00:47:35,853 When he got traded to Memphis, we did not go to Memphis. 904 00:47:37,063 --> 00:47:39,357 [Allen] They wanna welcome you to their city. 905 00:47:42,485 --> 00:47:45,464 [reporter] The Sixers lost starting point guard Lou Williams for eight weeks 906 00:47:45,488 --> 00:47:46,488 with a fractured jaw. 907 00:47:46,531 --> 00:47:48,783 That is what prompted talks with A.I. 908 00:47:48,866 --> 00:47:51,828 [Allen] You know, when I had the opportunity... 909 00:47:53,538 --> 00:47:55,957 When I had the opportunity to come back here, 910 00:47:57,083 --> 00:47:59,711 you know, it was something... 911 00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:02,505 I couldn't turn it down. 912 00:48:03,548 --> 00:48:04,548 And I'm just... 913 00:48:04,591 --> 00:48:08,261 I'm just... I'm just happy. 914 00:48:12,056 --> 00:48:15,143 [interviewer] When you first decided to retire, what led up to that decision? 915 00:48:19,188 --> 00:48:22,609 You know, I just wanted to be wanted. 916 00:48:22,942 --> 00:48:27,155 You know, want somebody that really wants you. For you. 917 00:48:27,238 --> 00:48:28,489 And what you can bring. 918 00:48:28,573 --> 00:48:32,785 You know, once that started to fade, it was like okay, it's time to go. 919 00:48:36,039 --> 00:48:37,915 Everybody know why we're here. 920 00:48:37,999 --> 00:48:43,671 I'm formally announcing my retirement from basketball. 921 00:48:43,755 --> 00:48:47,342 And I think ultimately, the icing on the cake 922 00:48:47,425 --> 00:48:50,219 was when my daughter got sick. 923 00:48:52,513 --> 00:48:55,141 I'm happy with my decision. 924 00:48:55,224 --> 00:48:59,937 And I feel great. I'm in a great mindset. 925 00:49:00,688 --> 00:49:05,068 When I'm on the dance floor, all I think about is what's going on out there. 926 00:49:05,151 --> 00:49:07,278 I remember somebody was shooting a free throw, 927 00:49:07,362 --> 00:49:08,696 and I was thinking about her. 928 00:49:08,780 --> 00:49:13,409 And that's when I knew. That's when I knew it was over. 929 00:49:14,160 --> 00:49:16,263 [reporter] You said you don't know what you're going to do. 930 00:49:16,287 --> 00:49:17,955 You don't have a plan for... 931 00:49:18,039 --> 00:49:20,208 I mean, I have ideas, you know? 932 00:49:21,292 --> 00:49:24,128 I wanna do a lot of things, you know what I mean? But right now... 933 00:49:26,339 --> 00:49:29,050 You know, I just wanna fish and enjoy my family. 934 00:49:31,177 --> 00:49:34,055 You know what I mean? Spending time that I never had. 935 00:49:35,682 --> 00:49:39,060 You know, because of ripping and running, you know, being in the NBA, 936 00:49:39,143 --> 00:49:42,522 and just, just enjoy the rest of my life. 937 00:49:44,649 --> 00:49:49,195 And assure myself that basketball is not my whole life. 938 00:49:49,278 --> 00:49:50,697 You know, there's another chapter. 939 00:49:52,115 --> 00:49:53,533 - Hey. - Good to see you. 940 00:49:53,616 --> 00:49:55,618 Good to see you, yep, yep, yep. What's up, man? 941 00:49:55,702 --> 00:49:56,720 Good to see you. Yep, yep, yep 942 00:49:56,744 --> 00:49:58,705 - There's gonna be three questions. - Yep. 943 00:50:01,124 --> 00:50:03,876 [Que] One of the things I quickly noticed, 944 00:50:03,960 --> 00:50:06,087 Allen wasn't gonna be the type of athlete 945 00:50:06,170 --> 00:50:08,965 that was gonna run out of money because of bad investments. 946 00:50:10,174 --> 00:50:12,885 He was gonna run out of money because his heart was so big. 947 00:50:12,969 --> 00:50:14,011 My man. 948 00:50:14,887 --> 00:50:17,515 [Que] I remember there was a night at the Iversons' 949 00:50:17,598 --> 00:50:18,718 with his friends and family. 950 00:50:18,766 --> 00:50:20,852 And we started having an argument. 951 00:50:22,103 --> 00:50:23,604 One side of the group felt like 952 00:50:23,688 --> 00:50:26,232 you couldn't spend $100 million in a lifetime. 953 00:50:26,315 --> 00:50:28,317 And there was another side of the group, like me, 954 00:50:28,401 --> 00:50:30,027 that was like, you're buggin'. 955 00:50:30,111 --> 00:50:32,447 Like, not only can you spend $100 million in a lifetime, 956 00:50:32,530 --> 00:50:33,632 you can spend that shit in a day. 957 00:50:33,656 --> 00:50:35,718 [reporter] Stephen A. Smith says that Iverson has serious 958 00:50:35,742 --> 00:50:37,118 alcohol and gambling issues. 959 00:50:37,201 --> 00:50:41,038 The problem is so severe, that Iverson will drink himself into oblivion 960 00:50:41,122 --> 00:50:42,498 or gamble his life away. 961 00:50:43,458 --> 00:50:44,917 [Brandy] When things hurt him, 962 00:50:45,001 --> 00:50:48,171 the first thing he might do is go have a drink. 963 00:50:49,714 --> 00:50:51,525 - [commentator 1] Look at Allen Iverson. - [commentator 2] He's broke. 964 00:50:51,549 --> 00:50:54,594 [reporter] A.I. has been banned already from casinos in both Detroit 965 00:50:54,677 --> 00:50:55,677 and Atlantic City. 966 00:50:55,720 --> 00:50:58,222 [commentator 2] He's got no money. Allen Iverson has no money. 967 00:50:58,306 --> 00:51:00,224 The hardest part of managing money... 968 00:51:01,434 --> 00:51:03,686 not having the word "no" in your vocabulary. 969 00:51:04,854 --> 00:51:06,522 Thinking you can take care of everybody. 970 00:51:08,024 --> 00:51:09,734 And that's something you can't do. 971 00:51:13,863 --> 00:51:16,365 [reporter] According to TMZ, Tawanna Iverson filed for divorce 972 00:51:16,449 --> 00:51:17,742 back in March of 2010. 973 00:51:17,825 --> 00:51:19,619 The couple then attempted to reconcile, 974 00:51:19,702 --> 00:51:21,245 she dropped the divorce petition, 975 00:51:21,329 --> 00:51:23,331 but then filed again last June. 976 00:51:24,874 --> 00:51:26,751 [Tawanna] We got divorced, um... 977 00:51:27,960 --> 00:51:31,380 I don't even know where to start with it. Um... 978 00:51:31,464 --> 00:51:34,967 So, maybe around 2010... 979 00:51:35,635 --> 00:51:38,930 um, I think, was like the beginning of like... [clears throat] 980 00:51:39,013 --> 00:51:42,308 the hard... the hardest part of our marriage. 981 00:51:42,391 --> 00:51:44,852 And it was more of... um... 982 00:51:45,394 --> 00:51:48,272 he didn't have, like, routine. 983 00:51:50,107 --> 00:51:54,362 [Allen] If you ain't doing your part in a relationship, then... 984 00:51:55,363 --> 00:51:58,115 obviously, it's gonna break, you know what I mean? 985 00:51:58,199 --> 00:52:02,328 And I was fucking up to the highest level. 986 00:52:02,411 --> 00:52:04,705 Fucking up fast and picking up speed. 987 00:52:05,540 --> 00:52:06,540 And she was sick of it. 988 00:52:08,334 --> 00:52:10,795 I did try to, like, step away, 989 00:52:10,878 --> 00:52:14,048 hoping that he would, "Oh, she... 990 00:52:15,216 --> 00:52:17,468 she left, look, let me get my shit together." 991 00:52:19,971 --> 00:52:23,724 It didn't happen the way I would have liked for it to happen, 992 00:52:23,808 --> 00:52:26,894 but yeah, we ended up, um... 993 00:52:27,478 --> 00:52:30,273 [Stephen] I would hear about drinking. I would hear about gambling. 994 00:52:30,356 --> 00:52:32,358 I would hear about money issues. 995 00:52:32,441 --> 00:52:35,444 And while everybody was just talking about this, chronicling it, 996 00:52:35,528 --> 00:52:38,281 I was saying, "Where's Tawanna?" 997 00:52:39,115 --> 00:52:41,826 We ended up getting a divorce, uh... 998 00:52:41,909 --> 00:52:45,329 It was finalized 2013. 999 00:52:46,622 --> 00:52:48,542 [Allen] The worst thing that I ever went through. 1000 00:52:49,375 --> 00:52:51,794 One of the worst nightmares that I ever been through 1001 00:52:51,878 --> 00:52:53,355 in my life, going through that divorce. 1002 00:52:53,379 --> 00:52:54,690 [Stephen] It is not an exaggeration. 1003 00:52:54,714 --> 00:52:56,358 [Brandy] He said he just wanted the pain to go away. 1004 00:52:56,382 --> 00:52:57,422 [Stephen] He is nothing... 1005 00:52:57,466 --> 00:52:59,194 [Brandy] "The next day, when I woke up, it was still there." 1006 00:52:59,218 --> 00:53:00,678 [Stephen] ...without heart. 1007 00:53:00,761 --> 00:53:02,930 [Allen] I was losing what God gave me. 1008 00:53:03,014 --> 00:53:05,308 - I threw it away. - [static] 1009 00:53:08,686 --> 00:53:10,146 [Allen] I used to clam out there. 1010 00:53:11,898 --> 00:53:15,526 You walk out there at low tide, and you just do the shit with your feet. 1011 00:53:18,362 --> 00:53:23,034 I was getting them big-ass clams, and then Mommy used to steam them bitches, 1012 00:53:23,117 --> 00:53:25,244 put that Texas Pete on the motherfuckers. 1013 00:53:26,996 --> 00:53:28,456 It was paradise to me. 1014 00:53:30,541 --> 00:53:33,085 Man, the devil's always in second place. 1015 00:53:33,669 --> 00:53:36,172 That motherfucker's in second place all the time. 1016 00:53:36,881 --> 00:53:38,674 And, he... it's a tight race. 1017 00:53:38,758 --> 00:53:42,345 But, the way I look at it, he always in second. 1018 00:53:42,428 --> 00:53:45,556 Either you gonna fall, or you gonna stand up. 1019 00:53:45,640 --> 00:53:47,266 I'd rather stand up. 1020 00:53:47,350 --> 00:53:48,267 Hi! 1021 00:53:48,351 --> 00:53:51,354 [Brandy] He fired the management team that he had before. 1022 00:53:51,437 --> 00:53:54,482 He's at point where he's ready to be more in tune 1023 00:53:54,565 --> 00:53:57,693 taking responsibility for his personal life 1024 00:53:57,777 --> 00:53:59,153 as well as his business life. 1025 00:54:00,947 --> 00:54:06,077 [Allen] I look at it like... I'm getting the respect that I earned. 1026 00:54:06,953 --> 00:54:10,122 [Michael] People want to know more about him just 'cause it's him. 1027 00:54:10,206 --> 00:54:12,541 The push is just 'cause of who he is. 1028 00:54:13,084 --> 00:54:15,795 [reporter] Reebok just announced that Shaq and A.I. 1029 00:54:15,878 --> 00:54:19,215 will serve as President and Vice President of basketball. 1030 00:54:19,298 --> 00:54:21,425 [Shaq] It's easy for me to talk to a big man. 1031 00:54:21,509 --> 00:54:24,136 Can't talk to a guard, but he can. 1032 00:54:24,220 --> 00:54:26,681 And the President and Vice President working together, so, 1033 00:54:26,764 --> 00:54:29,284 it's just a challenge for us to just try to get back in the game. 1034 00:54:29,308 --> 00:54:31,978 - Later, ya'll! See you. - All right. God bless ya'll. 1035 00:54:32,061 --> 00:54:34,563 [Tawanna] The way we got back together was like... 1036 00:54:34,647 --> 00:54:36,857 what was the point in getting a divorce? 1037 00:54:37,942 --> 00:54:40,861 Our relationship... just... 1038 00:54:40,945 --> 00:54:44,490 withstands... any and everything 1039 00:54:44,573 --> 00:54:48,035 that has presented itself because... 1040 00:54:48,703 --> 00:54:52,456 there's just a love that... I... I ca... we can't explain it. 1041 00:54:52,540 --> 00:54:55,668 [Allen] I ain't been the greatest... partner. 1042 00:54:55,751 --> 00:54:58,462 So, for somebody to stick with me... 1043 00:54:59,130 --> 00:55:00,423 for this long... 1044 00:55:01,048 --> 00:55:03,259 is a blessing that it happened the way it happened. 1045 00:55:04,301 --> 00:55:07,430 [Tawanna] Allen is definitely more of a family man now. 1046 00:55:08,389 --> 00:55:10,016 [Allen] My... my time... 1047 00:55:10,099 --> 00:55:11,809 is where I wanted to be. 1048 00:55:13,185 --> 00:55:16,689 My two older kids, they never really had... 1049 00:55:17,606 --> 00:55:20,818 a father that was there, I was always rippin' and runnin' 1050 00:55:20,901 --> 00:55:22,361 through their childhood. 1051 00:55:23,195 --> 00:55:26,240 Now I'm there, I'm there, I'm... I'm in their life. 1052 00:55:26,323 --> 00:55:28,743 I'm talking to them when they don't understand things. 1053 00:55:28,826 --> 00:55:32,455 When things are hard for them, like, I'm there, I'm their voice. 1054 00:55:33,164 --> 00:55:36,042 I think he's more accepting of... 1055 00:55:36,917 --> 00:55:38,919 "My family loves me, 1056 00:55:39,003 --> 00:55:41,839 my household loves me, and... 1057 00:55:41,922 --> 00:55:43,632 my friends are over there." 1058 00:55:43,716 --> 00:55:46,677 Thirty-two years, I wanna go 32 more, 1059 00:55:46,761 --> 00:55:49,180 and beyond it, you know what I mean? 1060 00:55:50,431 --> 00:55:52,308 That's my... that's my partner. 1061 00:55:54,894 --> 00:55:58,230 I just have a respect for him because I can, um... 1062 00:55:59,774 --> 00:56:01,275 I know who he is. 1063 00:56:02,068 --> 00:56:04,653 I've seen where he comes from. 1064 00:56:04,737 --> 00:56:06,530 Who he's grown into. 1065 00:56:07,281 --> 00:56:10,493 [reporter] Newport News is naming a street after Hampton Roads' native 1066 00:56:10,576 --> 00:56:12,161 Allen Iverson today. 1067 00:56:12,244 --> 00:56:15,706 The city will add Allen Iverson Way to 16th Street. 1068 00:56:15,790 --> 00:56:18,584 [Allen] So many things in life, you're trying so hard 1069 00:56:18,667 --> 00:56:20,211 to do the right thing... 1070 00:56:21,003 --> 00:56:25,633 but trying to do the right thing leads you into doing the wrong thing. 1071 00:56:26,759 --> 00:56:30,346 But at the same time, there's a lot of things that I wish 1072 00:56:30,429 --> 00:56:34,183 I could've changed, but I wouldn't be me. 1073 00:56:34,767 --> 00:56:39,605 You know what I mean? And that's like the beauty of my life. 1074 00:56:41,816 --> 00:56:43,609 Coming from where I've come from, 1075 00:56:43,692 --> 00:56:46,278 people like that don't make it this far. 1076 00:56:47,613 --> 00:56:50,950 [Stephen] What if his definition of being rich and wealthy 1077 00:56:51,033 --> 00:56:54,078 is being free to be who he was? 1078 00:56:54,787 --> 00:56:56,789 [Allen] Be happy, man. Laugh! 1079 00:56:56,872 --> 00:56:59,959 Hug your friends. Hug your friends, man. Love your friends. 1080 00:57:00,042 --> 00:57:02,628 Enjoy the time that you with them. 1081 00:57:02,711 --> 00:57:05,381 [Brandy] The most important thing Bub did for me, 1082 00:57:05,464 --> 00:57:07,383 he always had my back. 1083 00:57:07,466 --> 00:57:11,178 There's never been a time in 45 years that he wasn't there. 1084 00:57:12,179 --> 00:57:15,724 [Stephen] He was truly unapologetic about who he was. 1085 00:57:15,808 --> 00:57:18,936 And spearheaded a cultural movement 1086 00:57:19,019 --> 00:57:22,940 that has been undeniably favorable to the Black athlete. 1087 00:57:23,023 --> 00:57:24,942 - [man 1] Biggest influence. - [man 2] Cultural... 1088 00:57:25,025 --> 00:57:26,503 - [man 3] So relatable... - [man 4] An icon... 1089 00:57:26,527 --> 00:57:27,671 - [man 5] A legend. - [man 6] Pantheon. 1090 00:57:27,695 --> 00:57:31,991 [Kevin] A.I. was your favorite basketball player's favorite basketball player. 1091 00:57:32,074 --> 00:57:34,827 [Tawanna] To see big-name players act like little kids 1092 00:57:34,910 --> 00:57:37,204 when they see him, like, that's amazing to me. 1093 00:57:37,288 --> 00:57:39,039 I started playing basketball because of him. 1094 00:57:39,123 --> 00:57:42,209 [Kevin] We all was long crossing, double-crossing... 1095 00:57:42,293 --> 00:57:44,479 One of those guys that I emulated every time I went outside 1096 00:57:44,503 --> 00:57:45,963 to play with my friends. 1097 00:57:47,006 --> 00:57:51,343 [Dwyane] You inspired a generation to believe that coming from nothing 1098 00:57:51,427 --> 00:57:53,554 was not a limitation, 1099 00:57:53,637 --> 00:57:55,055 but motivation. 1100 00:57:55,848 --> 00:57:57,641 [Kobe] A.I. is a competitor. 1101 00:57:57,725 --> 00:58:00,477 He drove me to be more obsessive about the game. 1102 00:58:00,561 --> 00:58:03,415 I had a bet with my cousin how many times you gonna hit the floor tonight. 1103 00:58:03,439 --> 00:58:05,333 - That was only one. That's it. - That's the first time. 1104 00:58:05,357 --> 00:58:07,477 I said, "Man, you don't realize how much you push me." 1105 00:58:08,068 --> 00:58:10,779 [Stephen] He's been subjected to a level of scrutiny 1106 00:58:10,863 --> 00:58:13,991 in ways that most athletes couldn't even fathom. 1107 00:58:14,074 --> 00:58:17,203 - [woman] He was him all the time. - [Stephen] He did it his way. 1108 00:58:17,286 --> 00:58:18,162 He never conformed. 1109 00:58:18,245 --> 00:58:20,140 [man 1] The utmost confidence in his fashion and swag. 1110 00:58:20,164 --> 00:58:21,391 - [woman] Durag... - [man 2] Cornrows... 1111 00:58:21,415 --> 00:58:22,249 [woman] He was Iverson. 1112 00:58:22,333 --> 00:58:24,060 [man 4] I always called him Tupac of basketball. 1113 00:58:24,084 --> 00:58:26,688 [Stephen Curry] He represented culture on the basketball court and off, 1114 00:58:26,712 --> 00:58:28,964 even when the rules were set up for him to fail. 1115 00:58:29,048 --> 00:58:32,426 [Stephen] There is no way, in my mind, I would be sitting here today 1116 00:58:32,509 --> 00:58:33,749 if it wasn't for Allen Iverson. 1117 00:58:34,428 --> 00:58:38,307 Man, you are the forefather of allowing people to be themselves. 1118 00:58:38,390 --> 00:58:41,268 ♪ And you can try to change but that's just the top layer ♪ 1119 00:58:41,352 --> 00:58:43,604 ♪ Man, you was who you was 'fore you got here... ♪ 1120 00:58:43,687 --> 00:58:45,231 No question! 1121 00:58:46,065 --> 00:58:48,025 ♪ Either love me or leave me alone ♪ 1122 00:58:49,818 --> 00:58:52,696 [Allen] Yes, man, I want some more money. I ain't got enough. 1123 00:58:52,780 --> 00:58:56,450 I want more accomplishments. I want more in life. 1124 00:58:56,533 --> 00:58:58,744 Not in a selfish way. I wanna be happy. 1125 00:58:58,827 --> 00:59:00,871 I want my family to be happy. 1126 00:59:00,955 --> 00:59:02,414 I want my friends to be happy. 1127 00:59:03,916 --> 00:59:06,835 [Stephen] He's been to hell and back. And he's still standing. 1128 00:59:06,919 --> 00:59:09,880 So that, in and of itself, at the end of the day, 1129 00:59:10,547 --> 00:59:12,258 is a source of inspiration. 1130 00:59:12,341 --> 00:59:17,805 [announcer] And finally, a six-foot guard from Georgetown... 1131 00:59:17,888 --> 00:59:20,557 ♪ Allow me to reintroduce myself, my name is ♪ 1132 00:59:20,641 --> 00:59:25,980 [announcer] Allen Iverson! 1133 00:59:26,063 --> 00:59:28,440 ♪ I got a hustler's spirit, nigga, period ♪ 1134 00:59:28,524 --> 00:59:31,443 ♪ Check out my hat, yo, peep the way I wear it... ♪ 1135 00:59:31,527 --> 00:59:35,406 [Adam] You define the city of Philadelphia more than any other athlete. 1136 00:59:36,115 --> 00:59:39,410 You left everything on the court every single night. 1137 00:59:39,493 --> 00:59:42,162 On behalf of every NBA fan, thank you. 1138 00:59:43,706 --> 00:59:46,500 [announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, Allen Iverson! 1139 00:59:51,755 --> 00:59:54,008 [Allen] I'm 48. That ain't gonna change up. 1140 00:59:54,466 --> 00:59:56,135 I ain't gonna turn into nobody else. 1141 00:59:57,261 --> 00:59:59,596 Swear to God, I hope I get smarter tomorrow. 1142 01:00:00,306 --> 01:00:03,767 And I did a good job, 'cause there's a lot of motherfuckers that love me. 1143 01:00:03,851 --> 01:00:07,021 The man of the hour, Allen Iverson. 1144 01:00:07,104 --> 01:00:08,814 [cheering and applause] 1145 01:00:08,897 --> 01:00:10,817 [Allen] This is who I am. I'm the people's champ. 1146 01:00:14,445 --> 01:00:17,364 My God, my God be showing off, man. 1147 01:00:19,116 --> 01:00:20,284 I know... 1148 01:00:22,119 --> 01:00:23,162 I know... 1149 01:00:24,997 --> 01:00:25,997 My man... 1150 01:00:28,834 --> 01:00:32,212 [voice quavering] I know my man, Ra, is up there, 1151 01:00:32,296 --> 01:00:35,341 and he... and he looking down on me 1152 01:00:35,924 --> 01:00:39,720 and I know everything I go through in my life... 1153 01:00:42,014 --> 01:00:43,515 I know he help me with it. 1154 01:00:46,352 --> 01:00:49,438 The ones that stuck by me throughout my journey, 1155 01:00:49,521 --> 01:00:53,734 I love y'all, and I love the fact that now y'all can walk around 1156 01:00:53,817 --> 01:00:56,904 and stick y'all chest out and say y'all are Hall of Famers. 1157 01:01:01,325 --> 01:01:03,827 I just love representing Virginia. 1158 01:01:03,911 --> 01:01:07,039 I love who I am. If I died, you know, today, 1159 01:01:07,122 --> 01:01:09,225 and was able to come back tomorrow, I would wanna come back Chuck. 1160 01:01:09,249 --> 01:01:11,877 [cheering and applause] 1161 01:01:14,380 --> 01:01:17,633 My mom told me when I was eight years old, 1162 01:01:17,716 --> 01:01:19,635 that I could be anything I wanted to be. 1163 01:01:19,718 --> 01:01:22,679 And I actually believed her, you know what I mean? 1164 01:01:22,763 --> 01:01:26,725 'Cause she... she told me that I could be who I am today. 1165 01:01:27,601 --> 01:01:29,853 People were placed in his life 1166 01:01:29,937 --> 01:01:34,024 the whole way through, to get him to where he is. 1167 01:01:35,609 --> 01:01:38,695 And they've all served a purpose. 1168 01:01:39,947 --> 01:01:43,951 And he's served a purpose in our lives as well. 1169 01:01:44,785 --> 01:01:46,620 [Allen] I'm so lucky, I'm so blessed, 1170 01:01:46,703 --> 01:01:49,498 to have my family, my friends around me that support me 1171 01:01:49,581 --> 01:01:51,458 or encourage me to do better. 1172 01:01:51,792 --> 01:01:55,170 Do everything to help me live this dream life. 1173 01:01:56,713 --> 01:02:01,009 And it's hard, but I do it the Allen Iverson way. 1174 01:02:01,093 --> 01:02:02,177 You know what I mean? 1175 01:02:03,846 --> 01:02:05,222 And I thank y'all, 1176 01:02:06,223 --> 01:02:08,976 and I love y'all for coming out and supporting me. 1177 01:02:09,810 --> 01:02:12,729 Please keep supporting me. Thank you. Love you all. 1178 01:02:18,444 --> 01:02:20,028 The people that love me 1179 01:02:20,821 --> 01:02:22,239 is what matter to me. 1180 01:02:23,574 --> 01:02:27,411 The people that love Allen Iverson that knew him before all this shit. 1181 01:02:27,494 --> 01:02:30,414 If I was to ask myself, "What am I here for?" 1182 01:02:31,248 --> 01:02:33,959 Just continue to take care of my family. 1183 01:02:34,042 --> 01:02:39,381 Take care of my daughter, my mom, my sisters, my aunts, my uncles. 1184 01:02:39,465 --> 01:02:42,509 That word, "family," is one of the biggest words 1185 01:02:42,593 --> 01:02:44,845 you can let come out your mouth, 1186 01:02:44,928 --> 01:02:48,724 and that means a lot to me, where I'm from. 1187 01:02:48,807 --> 01:02:52,394 You know, family's supposed to stick together no matter what. 1188 01:02:55,063 --> 01:02:59,818 I'd go broke for my family. I'd die for my family. 1189 01:03:01,778 --> 01:03:04,781 [dramatic music playing] 1190 01:03:24,218 --> 01:03:25,344 Bet. 1191 01:03:26,845 --> 01:03:28,388 Man, thank you, dawg. 1192 01:03:28,472 --> 01:03:29,806 [groaning] 1193 01:03:29,890 --> 01:03:32,351 [cheers, applause, and whooping] 1194 01:03:32,434 --> 01:03:34,478 Oh, shit! 1195 01:03:34,561 --> 01:03:37,022 Yo, do you hear them bitches pop like that, man? 1196 01:03:37,856 --> 01:03:39,399 Yo, man. 1197 01:03:41,193 --> 01:03:44,238 [closing theme playing] 101370

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