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[ ambience ]
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[ children shouting ]
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Man: Tell me
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about Allen Iverson.
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That's my cousin!
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That's my cousin.
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He a good player
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on the court.
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Yeah.
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He got bad behavior.
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- I'll take--
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- He got a bad attitude.
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He got a real bad attitude.
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Sometimes.
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Why do you say that?
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[ talking at once ]
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When he came here to talk,
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he signed no--
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he didn't sign no autographs
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he just walked on the court.
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He think he better
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than everybody.
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He pushed this one boy
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from out of the limo.
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I'll take up for him
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at basketball,
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but I don't think I'll
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take up for him in public.
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[ Nina Simone performing "Don't
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Let Me Be Misunderstood" ]
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♪ Don't you know no one
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alive can always be an angel ♪
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♪ When everything goes wrong
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you seem so bad ♪
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♪ But I'm just a soul
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whose intentions are good ♪
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♪ Oh Lord, please don't
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let me be misunderstood ♪
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♪ I try so hard ♪
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♪ So please, don't let me
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be misunderstood ♪
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Everybody know why we're here.
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Um, I'm formally announcing
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my retirement from basketball.
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I never imagined
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the day coming,
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but I knew it would
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come, and, um...
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I'm happy with the decision
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that I'm making, and, um...
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it was a great ride.
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Man: Allen Iverson
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could've been
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the most popular athlete
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the NBA has ever had.
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Male announcer:
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Raw lightning.
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Iverson all the way. Yes!
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- Take that!
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- I do not believe it!
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You can't take your eyes
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off him.
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Male announcer:
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Iverson in OT.
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Two seconds and open twofer!
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He's just, pound for pound,
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one of the greatest
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that's ever played
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professional sports.
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The steal by Iverson
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posting in!
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- Wow!
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- He won the game!
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He won the game!
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After Michael Jordan,
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he's, like, the biggest
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NBA star in China.
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He's big in France.
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He's big in Europe.
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He crossed race,
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religion, gender.
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Women loved him.
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Guys loved him.
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Some people get scared
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of who you are, man.
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When you got the effect
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on a whole generation,
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then all they want to do
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is dig up some dirt on you.
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We need to get
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to the bottom of this,
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and the league does as well.
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This could ultimately impact
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his big picture legacy.
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We're sitting here.
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I'm supposed to be
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the franchise player,
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and we're in here
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talking about practice.
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He's got the reputation
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for what might diplomatically
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be called
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ungentlemanly behavior,
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and she's talking about
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decorum and everything else.
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Listen.
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We're talking about practice.
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Jalen Rose: When you're
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becoming a cultural icon,
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you're making a lot
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of people upset.
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Man: It suggests that success,
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wealth, all that,
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is tied into this gangster
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prison attitude.
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You get paid to get on that mic
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and talk shit, don't you?
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Man: Yes.
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Don't you get paid?
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Allen Iverson in trouble
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with the law again.
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He could be headed to jail.
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Gangsta rap glorifies
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a violent lifestyle.
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Still calling us hoes.
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It's calling us niggers.
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They're scared to sign the guy
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because of his reputation.
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You're not gonna sign him
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because of all the stuff
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he's bringing in his locker room
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that you don't know about.
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I go through it, man,
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like, I really--
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I really go through it.
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It's like--
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Stephen A. Smith:
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Go through what, exactly?
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Hell.
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Iverson: I wish it didn't
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have to be like that,
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to have to go
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through the things
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that I went through in my life.
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But I can't cry about that.
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This is what it is.
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[ Run DMC performing
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"It's All That" ]
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Huh!
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[ police siren blaring ]
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[ dog barks ]
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♪ Money is the key
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to end all your woes... ♪
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Iverson: It was tough
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being from the projects.
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Sometimes there was no food.
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Most of the time we didn't
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have lights or water,
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and those things were hard,
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but I didn't look at it
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like it was something odd.
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It was natural, like, I felt
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like this is what we come from.
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My mom, she had to do
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what she had to do,
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to try to help us
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get out of the ghetto.
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She had different odd jobs.
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She would stay in bingo,
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thinking she was going
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to win the world.
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She told me
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that I could be anything,
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so whenever I kind of fell down,
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I always got back up.
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[ baby cooing ]
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[ indistinct voices on TV ]
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Iverson: I don't know
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my biological father,
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but I had somebody took care
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of me since I was three months.
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My dad was in and out
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of jail most of my life.
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I actually seen him
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get arrested.
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I was, like, 13 years old,
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and I ran outside
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when I see them arresting him.
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I was hurt because I felt like
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you going back to jail again.
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You just came out, you know.
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We miss you.
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We come visit you.
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We see you.
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And it's tough
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when we gotta walk away,
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when the visiting hours are
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over, and then for you to do it
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all over again, you know,
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it was kind of disappointing.
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[ ♪♪ ]
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It was just tough,
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you know, just trying
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to stay out of trouble and
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just stay on a positive path,
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seeing like most of the negative
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things that were going on
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in my neighborhood
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was the right thing to do.
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I was just running
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in the streets,
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hanging with guys
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that were 12 and 13 years old,
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sniffing cocaine
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right by the dumpster.
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I'll never forget it.
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Then they say to me, like,
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"Here, Chuck.
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Hit that. Hit that."
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And I'd be, like,
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"No, man. I'm gonna be
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an NBA basketball player.
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I'm gonna be
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a professional football player."
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My mom not being there
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all the time,
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and my dad not being there
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all of the time, it was tough,
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but I have friends there,
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you know, and I saw
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a lot of things that made me
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the person that I am now.
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[ dog barking ]
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Jamie Rogers:
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I was seven when we moved
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into Stuart Gardens.
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Bubba-Chuck, he was nine.
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The first time
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I ever met Bubba-Chuck,
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he asked me
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did I play football,
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and I told him I didn't know
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anything about football.
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Then he said, "Put the ball
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like this and just throw it,"
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and I just threw
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a perfect spiral.
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He could teach anybody.
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He just wanted you to be good.
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Iverson: Jamie was cool.
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He was my little man,
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the only white boy
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in an all-black neighborhood.
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He used to get
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picked on a lot,
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or whatever,
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and I used to just
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look out for him,
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make sure he was all right.
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Rogers: Bubba made it
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a lot easier for me,
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'cause me and him,
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we was just best friends.
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Linda Rogers:
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Bubba took Jamie under
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his wing and taught him
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a lot about sports, and Bubba
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spent the night with us a lot.
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Iverson: I remember one time,
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I was getting waves in my hair,
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whatever.
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I was, like,
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"You know, what you do, man,
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"you take--
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You wash your hair in soap,
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"and then you just keep
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brushing it all the time, man,
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and you'll get waves
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or whatever."
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And I remember one day just
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having him in the tub, like,
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had his head down in the tub,
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washing his hair and then,
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you know, put grease in his hair
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and brush his hair trying...
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Trying to get white boy waves.
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[ laughing ]
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That was
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my little partner though.
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They got so used to Jamie being
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one of them after so many years,
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that they'd be playing
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a ball game in the backyard,
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and they'd be calling him
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a nigger, too,
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because that's how the black
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kids talked to each other.
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Iverson: His mom,
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she was the best.
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When my mom wasn't home,
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or I couldn't get in the house,
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something like that, you know,
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she was right there for me.
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Cooked for me
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all the time, you know.
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I fried a lot of fish and
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chicken and pork chops, too.
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He was always a real
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good kid.
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He always cared
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about the younger ones.
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He always looked out for them.
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When I was with Bubba,
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that's what I always saw.
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She loved me to death,
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and vice-versa.
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[ ♪♪ ]
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Gary Moore:
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This is where it all started,
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the back of Aberdeen
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Elementary School.
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This was my father's field.
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My dad was one of the people
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that started the Aberdeen
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Fathers League.
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They were guys
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who dedicated their lives
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to helping young boys grow
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to be responsible young men
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through football.
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A lot of what
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Allen knows today
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was learned on this field.
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Iverson: Mo meant a lot
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in our lives coming up.
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A lot of guys just wanted
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to get off the streets
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and get up under him
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to feel like
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they were doing
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something positive.
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Moore: Allen and some of
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the other kids needed me
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to do things
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that fathers would normally do.
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I never had a biological son,
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but I felt that sort
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of connection with him.
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Pick it up, Bubba-Chuck!
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From the moment I met Al,
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I knew that he was special.
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He was special to me.
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Most kids his age
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would not have been able
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to handle the things
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that he's been able to endure.
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I'm talking about the time
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that he spent on the streets,
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the times that he had
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to feed himself.
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I felt like God sent me
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you know, to him, and when
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I saw that he looked up to me,
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I wanted to use that
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in a positive way.
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I used to tell him,
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"You're going to mean to people
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"what people like Martin
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Luther King meant to people,
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what Malcolm X
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meant to people."
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Iverson: I just respected him
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so much for how he went
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about his life. He went
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to work, had a real job.
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I saw how he treated
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his only daughter.
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I just believed in him,
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and it was easy for me
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to listen to him.
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[ ♪♪ ]
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Moore: From day one,
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he actually wanted
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to jump right in
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and play.
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He wanted
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to be my star player,
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and that aggression
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and that enthusiasm
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is what I admired most
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about him.
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And when I saw him
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dance and move,
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completely reverse his feel
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all the way back around
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and not allow any of
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those kids to touch him,
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that's when I really said,
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"Wow. This boy is somethin'."
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Bob Barefield:
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When he was about six years old,
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I saw him steal an inbound play
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and shoot a shot
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behind his head, and it fell
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right down the basket.
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He kept running.
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He never turned around.
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I said, "This young guy
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has a future in basketball."
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Iverson: Barefield was,
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you know, tough on me at times.
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When I got in the van
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in the morning,
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he always made me
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and my friends comb our hair.
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After not combing it for days.
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Barefield: He was several steps
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ahead of his age group
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at that time,
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and you could tell that.
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Chuck was always a competitor,
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you know, hate to lose.
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When he lost, I had
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to give him that eye,
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you know what I'm talking about,
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and say, "All right now."
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But he never
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was disrespectful.
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Never could you say that
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he was a disrespectful kid.
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Jamie Rogers:
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He'd be at my house
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at 6:30 in the morning,
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knocking on the door.
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"Come on, man. Let's go
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to the basketball court."
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I'm like, "Bubba,
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it's 7:00 in the morning."
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He committed himself to sports.
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He worked at it,
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and he worked at it
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because he knew that was
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going to be his way out.
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Johnson: When he was
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in the 7th grade,
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the high schools had what
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we call a turf war over him.
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Every high school
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in the two cities
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wanted Chuck to come
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to their school.
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Iverson: But then
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I failed the 8th grade.
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I failed the 8th grade, man.
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That was the most
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humiliating thing, ever.
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I just wasn't getting it done,
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not coming to school
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till the last period,
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so I could play
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00:11:46,667 --> 00:11:48,250
in a game that night.
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I didn't like school.
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I especially
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didn't like the hours.
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You know, Mo saw
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the potential that I had,
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and he saw that
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I was ruining my life.
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There were so many dangers
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of being young,
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and being at the wrong place
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at the wrong time
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00:12:01,333 --> 00:12:04,417
could very easily
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cost you your life.
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Iverson: And I was
477
00:12:04,458 --> 00:12:06,375
headed down that path,
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just fighting
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all the time and, you know,
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just doing negative things.
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Moore: I knew that
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it was time for me
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to be more than a coach to him.
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Iverson: And he came and got me,
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took me to Hampton,
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and I lived with him.
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[ ♪♪ ]
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We went from the projects
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to a real house.
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[ chuckles ]
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It was a big difference.
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Moore: I told Al back then,
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"You're gonna always
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have a room in my house."
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That middle window,
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that was Al's room.
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We sat up together all night
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watching football games,
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watching basketball games,
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eating popcorn, watching movies,
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you know, doing stuff together.
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Mo just didn't never have
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no money.
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My dad and my mom
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would give me $100 at a time.
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I asked Mo for some money,
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it would be $5, $10,
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maybe $20 at the most.
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And Christmas time,
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he used to shop for my clothes.
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Oh, man. It was just--
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It was rough.
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But he would feed me.
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He would take me to practice.
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He would take me to school.
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He would talk to my teachers
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when they was talking
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about suspending me.
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He would go to the school
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and talk to the people
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and make sure I got detention
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instead of them suspending me.
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I remember getting hugged,
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and then I remember
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almost getting thrown
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through a car windshield
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when I missed
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69 days at school.
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Moore: He was just about
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to lose it all, academically.
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Mo said, "I'm a show you
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how serious I am about this."
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When he grabbed me and threw me
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on the car, first of all,
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I was just shocked.
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And then you got
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your friends around,
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00:13:36,500 --> 00:13:39,041
and it happened.
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It's embarrassing,
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00:13:39,083 --> 00:13:40,542
and it hurts that much more.
541
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A light went off in my head,
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00:13:42,834 --> 00:13:44,542
and I knew
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how serious he was
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because he never
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got that mad at me.
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Moore:
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He knew that I was willing
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to go through
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that windshield with him,
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00:13:50,208 --> 00:13:52,000
to help him get the message.
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I felt that he loved me,
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and he wasn't my blood.
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I wasn't going
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to allow him to fail.
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[ ♪♪ ]
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Janet Baily:
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Our kids laugh at us
558
00:14:04,583 --> 00:14:06,417
and call this the Allen shrine.
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00:14:06,458 --> 00:14:09,709
We have our own collection
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00:14:06,458 --> 00:14:09,709
of bobbleheads.
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00:14:09,750 --> 00:14:13,625
We were lucky enough to be
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00:14:09,750 --> 00:14:13,625
at his MVP ceremony for the NBA.
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00:14:13,667 --> 00:14:15,542
That was the highlight
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00:14:13,667 --> 00:14:15,542
of our life.
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[ crowd cheering ]
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And Iverson
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00:14:17,166 --> 00:14:19,667
cans both free throws.
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00:14:19,709 --> 00:14:22,250
You see Mike Bailey
569
00:14:19,709 --> 00:14:22,250
coaching from the sideline.
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00:14:22,291 --> 00:14:23,834
Iverson: He was
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00:14:22,291 --> 00:14:23,834
my basketball coach,
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00:14:23,875 --> 00:14:25,625
and she was
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00:14:23,875 --> 00:14:25,625
one of my teachers,
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00:14:25,667 --> 00:14:28,333
so I couldn't escape
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00:14:25,667 --> 00:14:28,333
neither one.
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[ laughing ]
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My name's Allen Iverson.
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I'm a member of
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[ indistinct ] High School.
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00:14:34,583 --> 00:14:37,959
Janet: He was definitely
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the class clown kind of kid.
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00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,041
He was a kid
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00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,041
that would sing on the bus.
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00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,041
He was the kind of--
585
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But not in class.
586
00:14:41,083 --> 00:14:43,583
He was quiet in class.
587
00:14:43,625 --> 00:14:45,000
Respectful.
588
00:14:45,041 --> 00:14:47,041
But you know,
589
00:14:45,041 --> 00:14:47,041
when he got with his peers,
590
00:14:47,083 --> 00:14:48,583
he was a jokester.
591
00:14:48,625 --> 00:14:51,375
He was a singer.
592
00:14:48,625 --> 00:14:51,375
He was... He was Allen.
593
00:14:51,417 --> 00:14:54,834
Most people who really knew him
594
00:14:51,417 --> 00:14:54,834
way back when
595
00:14:54,875 --> 00:14:56,250
call him
596
00:14:54,875 --> 00:14:56,250
Bubba-Chuck or Bubba.
597
00:14:56,291 --> 00:14:58,417
I called him Bubby one time,
598
00:14:58,458 --> 00:14:59,917
and he said,
599
00:14:58,458 --> 00:14:59,917
"Ms. Bailey, now you've got
600
00:14:59,959 --> 00:15:01,917
everybody in the world
601
00:14:59,959 --> 00:15:01,917
calling me Bubby."
602
00:15:06,166 --> 00:15:08,083
"It just won't work."
603
00:15:08,125 --> 00:15:11,542
Iverson: Bethel was one of
604
00:15:08,125 --> 00:15:11,542
the best times in my life.
605
00:15:11,583 --> 00:15:14,375
I met my best friend, my wife.
606
00:15:14,417 --> 00:15:15,792
For me that was, like,
607
00:15:15,834 --> 00:15:17,583
love at first sight.
608
00:15:17,625 --> 00:15:19,375
She was the girl that I always
609
00:15:19,417 --> 00:15:23,417
wanted to meet, and I wanted
610
00:15:19,417 --> 00:15:23,417
to be a part of her life.
611
00:15:23,458 --> 00:15:26,250
Mike: I've said this many,
612
00:15:23,458 --> 00:15:26,250
many times to people that,
613
00:15:26,291 --> 00:15:29,417
when I really realized
614
00:15:26,291 --> 00:15:29,417
how to coach Allen was,
615
00:15:29,458 --> 00:15:31,959
I learned how to coach
616
00:15:29,458 --> 00:15:31,959
with my heart,
617
00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,375
not try to outmaneuver him,
618
00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,375
outsmart him,
619
00:15:34,417 --> 00:15:36,166
because that was
620
00:15:34,417 --> 00:15:36,166
never gonna work.
621
00:15:36,208 --> 00:15:38,917
Good hustle by Iverson.
622
00:15:36,208 --> 00:15:38,917
Boy, he's fast.
623
00:15:38,959 --> 00:15:41,542
Iverson:
624
00:15:38,959 --> 00:15:41,542
I played JV in 8th grade,
625
00:15:38,959 --> 00:15:41,542
and that transition was easy.
626
00:15:41,583 --> 00:15:43,250
I scored a lot.
627
00:15:43,291 --> 00:15:46,917
Janet: I asked Mike if he was
628
00:15:43,291 --> 00:15:46,917
gonna play Allen as a freshman.
629
00:15:46,959 --> 00:15:49,750
He didn't usually do
630
00:15:46,959 --> 00:15:49,750
that kind of thing, and he said,
631
00:15:49,792 --> 00:15:53,041
"I'd play him as an 8th grader
632
00:15:49,792 --> 00:15:53,041
if it were legal."
633
00:15:53,083 --> 00:15:55,417
Iverson: My 9th grade year
634
00:15:53,083 --> 00:15:55,417
going up to the varsity,
635
00:15:55,458 --> 00:15:56,917
I broke my ankle that year,
636
00:15:56,959 --> 00:15:58,750
and I didn't do
637
00:15:56,959 --> 00:15:58,750
what I wanted to do,
638
00:15:58,792 --> 00:16:01,625
but once I got to 10th grade,
639
00:16:01,667 --> 00:16:04,458
that's when everything clicked,
640
00:16:01,667 --> 00:16:04,458
football and basketball.
641
00:16:04,500 --> 00:16:06,250
[ ♪♪ ]
642
00:16:06,291 --> 00:16:08,792
Iverson, always elusive,
643
00:16:08,834 --> 00:16:10,834
gets away from another would-be
644
00:16:08,834 --> 00:16:10,834
tackler, and turns it on!
645
00:16:10,875 --> 00:16:12,834
Still wants to throw, now does,
646
00:16:12,875 --> 00:16:15,208
and he's got Terrell
647
00:16:12,875 --> 00:16:15,208
inside the 10!
648
00:16:15,250 --> 00:16:18,000
He was first team all-state
649
00:16:15,250 --> 00:16:18,000
as a quarterback and safety
650
00:16:18,041 --> 00:16:20,125
and the best player
651
00:16:18,041 --> 00:16:20,125
in the state.
652
00:16:20,166 --> 00:16:21,959
Iverson will take it
653
00:16:20,166 --> 00:16:21,959
on the one hop,
654
00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,417
trying to get a block
655
00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,417
on the sideline, and he does.
656
00:16:24,458 --> 00:16:27,875
He's down the sideline
657
00:16:24,458 --> 00:16:27,875
looking for one block.
658
00:16:27,917 --> 00:16:30,291
- He may go! He will!
659
00:16:27,917 --> 00:16:30,291
- Oh!
660
00:16:30,333 --> 00:16:33,333
Moore: He played quarterback,
661
00:16:30,333 --> 00:16:33,333
ran back punts,
662
00:16:33,375 --> 00:16:36,375
ran back kickoffs and played
663
00:16:33,375 --> 00:16:36,375
in the defensive backfield.
664
00:16:36,417 --> 00:16:38,208
And if it wasn't
665
00:16:36,417 --> 00:16:38,208
for Allen Iverson,
666
00:16:38,250 --> 00:16:39,750
it would've been
667
00:16:38,250 --> 00:16:39,750
a touchdown.
668
00:16:39,792 --> 00:16:41,291
He's the best football player
669
00:16:41,333 --> 00:16:43,166
I've ever seen play the game.
670
00:16:43,208 --> 00:16:45,750
A loose ball inside.
671
00:16:43,208 --> 00:16:45,750
Green has it stolen by Iverson.
672
00:16:45,792 --> 00:16:48,875
Iverson, with nobody there...
673
00:16:48,917 --> 00:16:51,375
[ cheering ]
674
00:16:51,417 --> 00:16:53,291
Look at the crowd!
675
00:16:53,333 --> 00:16:55,375
People would stand
676
00:16:53,333 --> 00:16:55,375
in line for hours
677
00:16:55,417 --> 00:16:57,041
to get to see him play.
678
00:16:58,709 --> 00:17:00,625
Bubba-Chuck, and a trade.
679
00:17:00,667 --> 00:17:02,208
He looks like he's on ice!
680
00:17:02,250 --> 00:17:04,208
He just glides in there. Oh!
681
00:17:05,875 --> 00:17:09,834
Stolen! Look out, Fox!
682
00:17:09,875 --> 00:17:12,917
Oh! Showtime!
683
00:17:12,959 --> 00:17:16,208
Once I started getting
684
00:17:12,959 --> 00:17:16,208
national notoriety,
685
00:17:16,250 --> 00:17:19,083
that felt good too, just,
686
00:17:16,250 --> 00:17:19,083
looking in those magazines
687
00:17:19,125 --> 00:17:21,625
and seeing myself
688
00:17:19,125 --> 00:17:21,625
at number one in the country.
689
00:17:21,667 --> 00:17:24,500
This is Iverson
690
00:17:21,667 --> 00:17:24,500
on the naked bootleg.
691
00:17:24,542 --> 00:17:26,333
Racing for the corner...
692
00:17:26,375 --> 00:17:28,458
Touchdown!
693
00:17:28,500 --> 00:17:30,625
Iverson: My junior year,
694
00:17:28,500 --> 00:17:30,625
we won the state in football
695
00:17:30,667 --> 00:17:32,542
and won it in basketball.
696
00:17:32,583 --> 00:17:33,792
The lob... Slam dunk!
697
00:17:33,834 --> 00:17:36,834
The alley-oop! It's over!
698
00:17:36,875 --> 00:17:39,500
It's over!
699
00:17:39,542 --> 00:17:43,041
Mike: Right after
700
00:17:39,542 --> 00:17:43,041
the state championship in 1993,
701
00:17:43,083 --> 00:17:45,000
Allen comes running,
702
00:17:43,083 --> 00:17:45,000
and I come running.
703
00:17:45,041 --> 00:17:48,208
I say, "I love you, Allen."
704
00:17:45,041 --> 00:17:48,208
He says, "I love you, Coach."
705
00:17:48,250 --> 00:17:52,208
Very special moment
706
00:17:48,250 --> 00:17:52,208
in both of our lives.
707
00:17:52,250 --> 00:17:54,542
We wanted this, man.
708
00:17:52,250 --> 00:17:54,542
First one. Feel good.
709
00:17:54,583 --> 00:17:56,709
Congratulations
710
00:17:54,583 --> 00:17:56,709
on two state championships!
711
00:17:56,750 --> 00:17:58,500
All right.
712
00:17:58,542 --> 00:18:00,417
Iverson: It was a day
713
00:17:58,542 --> 00:18:00,417
that I'll never forget.
714
00:18:00,458 --> 00:18:02,500
It was one of the greatest
715
00:18:00,458 --> 00:18:02,500
times of my life.
716
00:18:02,542 --> 00:18:04,208
The Bruins have done it!
717
00:18:07,250 --> 00:18:09,542
Iverson: And then
718
00:18:07,250 --> 00:18:09,542
they threw me in jail.
719
00:18:09,583 --> 00:18:11,709
Female reporter 1: 18-year-old
720
00:18:09,583 --> 00:18:11,709
Allen Iverson may end up
721
00:18:11,750 --> 00:18:15,000
spending the next
722
00:18:11,750 --> 00:18:15,000
several years behind bars.
723
00:18:15,041 --> 00:18:17,250
Female reporter 2:
724
00:18:15,041 --> 00:18:17,250
Star football and basketball
725
00:18:15,041 --> 00:18:17,250
athlete from Bethel High,
726
00:18:17,291 --> 00:18:19,834
Allen Iverson faced
727
00:18:17,291 --> 00:18:19,834
three felony counts...
728
00:18:19,875 --> 00:18:22,250
Female reporter 3:
729
00:18:19,875 --> 00:18:22,250
One of the top high school
730
00:18:19,875 --> 00:18:22,250
athletes in the country
731
00:18:22,291 --> 00:18:23,709
to go on trial.
732
00:18:25,041 --> 00:18:26,750
A fight started
733
00:18:25,041 --> 00:18:26,750
in a bowling alley.
734
00:18:32,291 --> 00:18:35,083
And it's white people
735
00:18:32,291 --> 00:18:35,083
fighting black people.
736
00:18:35,125 --> 00:18:36,709
Female reporter:
737
00:18:35,125 --> 00:18:36,709
A chair-throwing brawl,
738
00:18:36,750 --> 00:18:39,000
which injured half a dozen
739
00:18:36,750 --> 00:18:39,000
people at this bowling alley...
740
00:18:39,041 --> 00:18:44,208
But it was far more black people
741
00:18:39,041 --> 00:18:44,208
than it was white people.
742
00:18:44,250 --> 00:18:46,000
I had friends hiding
743
00:18:44,250 --> 00:18:46,000
under chairs, you know.
744
00:18:46,041 --> 00:18:47,333
Stuff like that
745
00:18:46,041 --> 00:18:47,333
kind of scares me.
746
00:18:49,583 --> 00:18:51,166
Man 1: Is the green light on?
747
00:18:51,208 --> 00:18:52,417
Man 2: It's on.
748
00:18:52,458 --> 00:18:55,000
Yeah. You're taping me!
749
00:18:55,041 --> 00:18:57,375
Man 1:
750
00:18:55,041 --> 00:18:57,375
I'm taping right now.
751
00:18:57,417 --> 00:18:59,834
February 14th, 1993.
752
00:18:59,875 --> 00:19:02,083
It was approximately
753
00:18:59,875 --> 00:19:02,083
midnight--
754
00:19:02,125 --> 00:19:06,458
myself, Allen,
755
00:19:02,125 --> 00:19:06,458
Michael Simmons
756
00:19:06,500 --> 00:19:09,417
and my cousin
757
00:19:06,500 --> 00:19:09,417
Dwayne Campbell,
758
00:19:09,458 --> 00:19:12,041
we went bowling, and we're
759
00:19:09,458 --> 00:19:12,041
just having a good time.
760
00:19:12,083 --> 00:19:14,208
Mike: All three students
761
00:19:12,083 --> 00:19:14,208
at Bethel,
762
00:19:14,250 --> 00:19:18,083
friends of Allen,
763
00:19:14,250 --> 00:19:18,083
lifetime friends.
764
00:19:18,125 --> 00:19:20,917
Allen had lots of friends,
765
00:19:18,125 --> 00:19:20,917
black and white.
766
00:19:20,959 --> 00:19:23,417
I mean, I taught at Bethel
767
00:19:20,959 --> 00:19:23,417
for a long time,
768
00:19:23,458 --> 00:19:26,709
and he had as many white friends
769
00:19:23,458 --> 00:19:26,709
as he did black friends.
770
00:19:26,750 --> 00:19:28,667
Iverson [ with high voice ]:
771
00:19:26,750 --> 00:19:28,667
How you doing, little guys?
772
00:19:28,709 --> 00:19:30,000
Little buddies?
773
00:19:30,041 --> 00:19:31,625
[ normal voice ]
774
00:19:30,041 --> 00:19:31,625
See you all later.
775
00:19:31,667 --> 00:19:34,166
That's just the type
776
00:19:31,667 --> 00:19:34,166
of person he is,
777
00:19:34,208 --> 00:19:35,500
with a real great
778
00:19:34,208 --> 00:19:35,500
sense of humor.
779
00:19:35,542 --> 00:19:38,375
He was pretty much
780
00:19:35,542 --> 00:19:38,375
trash-talker out of the crew.
781
00:19:38,417 --> 00:19:41,125
Dwayne Campbell:
782
00:19:38,417 --> 00:19:41,125
We was bowling, I mean, before,
783
00:19:41,166 --> 00:19:44,250
hour, hour and a half
784
00:19:41,166 --> 00:19:44,250
before everything happened.
785
00:19:44,291 --> 00:19:47,500
We was on, like, lanes 8 and 9.
786
00:19:47,542 --> 00:19:50,959
The incidents took place
787
00:19:47,542 --> 00:19:50,959
around lane 32, 33,
788
00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,000
totally on the other end
789
00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,000
of the bowling alley,
790
00:19:53,041 --> 00:19:54,333
where the concession
791
00:19:53,041 --> 00:19:54,333
stand was at.
792
00:19:54,375 --> 00:19:57,000
I don't even know
793
00:19:54,375 --> 00:19:57,000
how the incident got started,
794
00:19:57,041 --> 00:19:58,667
'cause at the time,
795
00:19:57,041 --> 00:19:58,667
I was on the lane bowling,
796
00:19:58,709 --> 00:20:02,000
and I just-- I hate to admit it
797
00:19:58,709 --> 00:20:02,000
again, but I threw a gutter ball
798
00:20:02,041 --> 00:20:04,208
and I happened to slip at
799
00:20:02,041 --> 00:20:04,208
the time, and I was getting up
800
00:20:04,250 --> 00:20:05,375
off the ground,
801
00:20:04,250 --> 00:20:05,375
and I hear somebody say,
802
00:20:05,417 --> 00:20:07,166
"Who was that guy
803
00:20:05,417 --> 00:20:07,166
in Allen's face?"
804
00:20:07,208 --> 00:20:09,333
Iverson:
805
00:20:07,208 --> 00:20:09,333
They white guys from Poquoson,
806
00:20:09,375 --> 00:20:11,333
and if you're from Virginia,
807
00:20:11,375 --> 00:20:14,875
you know that
808
00:20:11,375 --> 00:20:14,875
some people from Poquoson
809
00:20:14,917 --> 00:20:16,583
don't like black people.
810
00:20:16,625 --> 00:20:18,333
The guys were trying to--
811
00:20:16,625 --> 00:20:18,333
They were messing with him,
812
00:20:18,375 --> 00:20:20,166
try to get in his head.
813
00:20:20,208 --> 00:20:21,750
I remember at times,
814
00:20:20,208 --> 00:20:21,750
I had to grab him.
815
00:20:21,792 --> 00:20:23,291
I was like, "Look, man.
816
00:20:23,333 --> 00:20:25,083
There ain't gonna be
817
00:20:23,333 --> 00:20:25,083
none of this, man."
818
00:20:26,375 --> 00:20:27,542
Simmons:
819
00:20:26,375 --> 00:20:27,542
That scene was, you know,
820
00:20:27,583 --> 00:20:29,625
guy about my height
821
00:20:27,583 --> 00:20:29,625
at the time, white guy,
822
00:20:29,667 --> 00:20:32,417
so I just started
823
00:20:29,667 --> 00:20:32,417
jogging down there.
824
00:20:34,583 --> 00:20:37,500
We was there among friends,
825
00:20:34,583 --> 00:20:37,500
and friends protect friends
826
00:20:37,542 --> 00:20:39,417
when something go down.
827
00:20:39,458 --> 00:20:41,333
Everybody knew that Allen
828
00:20:39,458 --> 00:20:41,333
had the most potential,
829
00:20:41,375 --> 00:20:42,917
so nobody really wants
830
00:20:41,375 --> 00:20:42,917
to see nothing
831
00:20:41,375 --> 00:20:42,917
happen to him.
832
00:20:42,959 --> 00:20:44,500
You don't need this, man.
833
00:20:44,542 --> 00:20:46,166
These guys wanna
834
00:20:44,542 --> 00:20:46,166
bring you down with them.
835
00:20:46,208 --> 00:20:48,583
I see the chair swinging,
836
00:20:46,208 --> 00:20:48,583
and instincts just took over.
837
00:20:48,625 --> 00:20:50,083
The protection came in.
838
00:20:50,125 --> 00:20:53,250
Iverson: I don't remember
839
00:20:50,125 --> 00:20:53,250
exactly how it started.
840
00:20:53,291 --> 00:20:56,875
All I remember
841
00:20:53,291 --> 00:20:56,875
was just fighting,
842
00:20:56,917 --> 00:20:59,000
like, just everywhere.
843
00:21:00,709 --> 00:21:03,917
[ people shouting ]
844
00:21:03,959 --> 00:21:08,333
Iverson: While it was going on,
845
00:21:03,959 --> 00:21:08,333
I stopped and stood there
846
00:21:08,375 --> 00:21:10,709
and just looked around
847
00:21:08,375 --> 00:21:10,709
everywhere,
848
00:21:10,750 --> 00:21:13,250
and it actually scared me,
849
00:21:10,750 --> 00:21:13,250
like, I actually was, like,
850
00:21:13,291 --> 00:21:15,250
"Man, I'm outta here."
851
00:21:15,291 --> 00:21:17,500
First thing,
852
00:21:15,291 --> 00:21:17,500
I see chairs flying,
853
00:21:17,542 --> 00:21:19,500
bowling alley pins.
854
00:21:19,542 --> 00:21:21,792
My friend Dwayne was like,
855
00:21:19,542 --> 00:21:21,792
"Let's go, let's go!"
856
00:21:21,834 --> 00:21:25,041
And somehow or another,
857
00:21:21,834 --> 00:21:25,041
we end up getting out of there.
858
00:21:25,083 --> 00:21:26,709
We all just got in the car
859
00:21:25,083 --> 00:21:26,709
and just went
860
00:21:26,750 --> 00:21:28,500
and got something to eat
861
00:21:26,750 --> 00:21:28,500
'cause we was hungry.
862
00:21:28,542 --> 00:21:32,875
I remember calling Mo and said,
863
00:21:28,542 --> 00:21:32,875
"Mo, I was at the bowling alley,
864
00:21:32,917 --> 00:21:35,500
and this is what happened."
865
00:21:35,542 --> 00:21:39,417
And right then, he'd tell me
866
00:21:35,542 --> 00:21:39,417
today, he knew I was in trouble.
867
00:21:39,458 --> 00:21:41,458
From the moment
868
00:21:39,458 --> 00:21:41,458
that he told me that,
869
00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:44,583
I knew that there
870
00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:44,583
were going to be problems,
871
00:21:44,625 --> 00:21:47,583
and I knew at that point
872
00:21:44,625 --> 00:21:47,583
that we needed a lawyer.
873
00:21:47,625 --> 00:21:50,166
I didn't have a lot
874
00:21:47,625 --> 00:21:50,166
of money, and number two,
875
00:21:50,208 --> 00:21:53,166
I needed an attorney
876
00:21:50,208 --> 00:21:53,166
that was a household name.
877
00:21:53,208 --> 00:21:56,875
I was working at Hampton
878
00:21:53,208 --> 00:21:56,875
University, and Herb Kelly
879
00:21:56,917 --> 00:22:00,500
was one of the attorneys
880
00:21:56,917 --> 00:22:00,500
that worked for the university.
881
00:22:00,542 --> 00:22:02,917
I thought that
882
00:22:00,542 --> 00:22:02,917
if I could get Herb Kelly,
883
00:22:02,959 --> 00:22:05,458
then this case
884
00:22:02,959 --> 00:22:05,458
could quickly go away.
885
00:22:05,500 --> 00:22:07,083
I was sadly mistaken.
886
00:22:07,125 --> 00:22:09,667
Iverson: One day, he told me
887
00:22:07,125 --> 00:22:09,667
the detective called him
888
00:22:09,709 --> 00:22:11,667
and told him, if I didn't
889
00:22:09,709 --> 00:22:11,667
come down there
890
00:22:11,709 --> 00:22:13,583
and take these pictures
891
00:22:11,709 --> 00:22:13,583
that night,
892
00:22:13,625 --> 00:22:16,083
they was gonna arrest me
893
00:22:13,625 --> 00:22:16,083
off the floor of the coliseum,
894
00:22:16,125 --> 00:22:17,750
'cause we had a game that night.
895
00:22:17,792 --> 00:22:20,083
Moore: That was
896
00:22:17,792 --> 00:22:20,083
a Hampton-Bethel game.
897
00:22:20,125 --> 00:22:23,041
That was a game that was going
898
00:22:20,125 --> 00:22:23,041
to be attended by more people
899
00:22:23,083 --> 00:22:26,625
that had ever come to see
900
00:22:23,083 --> 00:22:26,625
a high school basketball game
901
00:22:26,667 --> 00:22:28,792
in the state of Virginia.
902
00:22:28,834 --> 00:22:30,959
And he was, like, they're gonna
903
00:22:28,834 --> 00:22:30,959
come get me off the floor.
904
00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,417
So I go down there, me and Mo.
905
00:22:33,458 --> 00:22:35,750
I looked at the pictures
906
00:22:33,458 --> 00:22:35,750
of these guys.
907
00:22:35,792 --> 00:22:39,417
I'm 17, these guys
908
00:22:35,792 --> 00:22:39,417
are 25 and 30 years old.
909
00:22:39,458 --> 00:22:42,542
Plus, people know who I am.
910
00:22:39,458 --> 00:22:42,542
I said, "Look, if I don't take
911
00:22:42,583 --> 00:22:44,917
these pictures,
912
00:22:42,583 --> 00:22:44,917
what's gonna happen?"
913
00:22:44,959 --> 00:22:47,875
And they said they was gonna
914
00:22:44,959 --> 00:22:47,875
arrest me and charge me with it.
915
00:22:47,917 --> 00:22:49,417
So, my lawyer, he said,
916
00:22:47,917 --> 00:22:49,417
"They're gonna arrest you.
917
00:22:49,458 --> 00:22:52,125
Just take the picture."
918
00:22:49,458 --> 00:22:52,125
So I took the picture.
919
00:22:52,166 --> 00:22:56,041
They waited, like, I think,
920
00:22:52,166 --> 00:22:56,041
eight months or maybe longer,
921
00:22:56,083 --> 00:22:57,959
just so they could try me
922
00:22:56,083 --> 00:22:57,959
as an adult.
923
00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:01,041
Moore: We were pretty optimistic
924
00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:01,041
that the truth was gonna
925
00:23:01,083 --> 00:23:03,875
come out and
926
00:23:01,083 --> 00:23:03,875
put this thing behind us,
927
00:23:03,917 --> 00:23:07,417
but it was that first day
928
00:23:03,917 --> 00:23:07,417
in court that led me to believe
929
00:23:07,458 --> 00:23:08,959
that this thing
930
00:23:07,458 --> 00:23:08,959
was far from over,
931
00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:10,959
that these white folks
932
00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,417
was not gonna allow this
933
00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,417
to be over.
934
00:23:13,458 --> 00:23:16,458
[ gavel strikes ]
935
00:23:16,500 --> 00:23:18,083
Iverson:
936
00:23:16,500 --> 00:23:18,083
In the preliminary hearing,
937
00:23:18,125 --> 00:23:19,917
my lawyer asked the detective,
938
00:23:19,959 --> 00:23:21,959
"Did you tell him, if he
939
00:23:19,959 --> 00:23:21,959
didn't take these pictures,
940
00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,417
you were going to arrest him?"
941
00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,417
And this is the lead detective.
942
00:23:25,458 --> 00:23:28,417
And the detective said,
943
00:23:25,458 --> 00:23:28,417
"No, he didn't say that."
944
00:23:28,458 --> 00:23:31,041
And right then, me and Mo knew
945
00:23:28,458 --> 00:23:31,041
something was gonna happen.
946
00:23:31,083 --> 00:23:32,542
You know, this is
947
00:23:31,083 --> 00:23:32,542
the lead detective,
948
00:23:32,583 --> 00:23:35,125
and he lied right there
949
00:23:32,583 --> 00:23:35,125
on the stand.
950
00:23:35,166 --> 00:23:38,000
Female reporter 1:
951
00:23:35,166 --> 00:23:38,000
Allen Iverson is charged
952
00:23:35,166 --> 00:23:38,000
with three counts of maiming,
953
00:23:38,041 --> 00:23:40,041
stemming from a brawl
954
00:23:38,041 --> 00:23:40,041
at a bowling alley.
955
00:23:40,083 --> 00:23:42,500
Female reporter 2:
956
00:23:40,083 --> 00:23:42,500
One guy said Iverson
957
00:23:40,083 --> 00:23:42,500
threw a chair at him,
958
00:23:42,542 --> 00:23:45,000
breaking his glasses.
959
00:23:42,542 --> 00:23:45,000
Other people said that Iverson
960
00:23:45,041 --> 00:23:47,208
broke their arm.
961
00:23:45,041 --> 00:23:47,208
One person said
962
00:23:45,041 --> 00:23:47,208
he broke a thumb,
963
00:23:47,250 --> 00:23:49,000
and one Poquoson resident said
964
00:23:49,041 --> 00:23:51,041
she received a gash
965
00:23:49,041 --> 00:23:51,041
in her head.
966
00:23:51,083 --> 00:23:54,083
70-some people
967
00:23:51,083 --> 00:23:54,083
in a bowling alley,
968
00:23:54,125 --> 00:23:55,750
how do you pick
969
00:23:54,125 --> 00:23:55,750
four individuals?
970
00:23:55,792 --> 00:23:58,834
Everyone should've been
971
00:23:55,792 --> 00:23:58,834
charged for their current--
972
00:23:58,875 --> 00:24:01,417
We asked to press charges.
973
00:23:58,875 --> 00:24:01,417
It didn't happen.
974
00:24:01,458 --> 00:24:04,709
I'm the only one
975
00:24:01,458 --> 00:24:04,709
that everybody in there knew.
976
00:24:04,750 --> 00:24:08,000
Had he not been basically
977
00:24:04,750 --> 00:24:08,000
a star at Bethel High,
978
00:24:08,041 --> 00:24:09,917
had he not been
979
00:24:08,041 --> 00:24:09,917
as well-known as him,
980
00:24:09,959 --> 00:24:12,917
then he may not have been
981
00:24:09,959 --> 00:24:12,917
identified by anyone.
982
00:24:12,959 --> 00:24:15,834
He may have been like the other
983
00:24:12,959 --> 00:24:15,834
20 people who were involved
984
00:24:15,875 --> 00:24:17,333
that were not charged.
985
00:24:17,375 --> 00:24:21,000
They found out
986
00:24:17,375 --> 00:24:21,000
from family members
987
00:24:21,041 --> 00:24:23,041
that there was a tape.
988
00:24:23,083 --> 00:24:25,458
And actually,
989
00:24:23,083 --> 00:24:25,458
I think they thought
990
00:24:25,500 --> 00:24:28,417
that would
991
00:24:25,500 --> 00:24:28,417
exonerate because they knew
992
00:24:28,458 --> 00:24:31,625
that Allen hadn't been
993
00:24:28,458 --> 00:24:31,625
directly involved in this.
994
00:24:31,667 --> 00:24:33,208
If you knew what Allen
995
00:24:31,667 --> 00:24:33,208
had on that night,
996
00:24:33,250 --> 00:24:35,208
you saw him leave in that tape.
997
00:24:35,250 --> 00:24:37,083
As everything
998
00:24:35,250 --> 00:24:37,083
was still going on,
999
00:24:37,125 --> 00:24:38,375
and people were
1000
00:24:37,125 --> 00:24:38,375
still fighting, and things
1001
00:24:38,417 --> 00:24:40,375
were still being thrown,
1002
00:24:38,417 --> 00:24:40,375
Allen was on his way
1003
00:24:40,417 --> 00:24:42,667
right out the door,
1004
00:24:40,417 --> 00:24:42,667
right in front of the camera,
1005
00:24:42,709 --> 00:24:44,959
but of course that
1006
00:24:42,709 --> 00:24:44,959
never got brought up.
1007
00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,375
Male reporter:
1008
00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,375
Iverson's on trial
1009
00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,375
for participating in a mob
1010
00:24:47,417 --> 00:24:50,083
that maimed three people
1011
00:24:47,417 --> 00:24:50,083
last February.
1012
00:24:50,125 --> 00:24:53,875
It was portrayed to be like
1013
00:24:50,125 --> 00:24:53,875
we was acting like a mob
1014
00:24:53,917 --> 00:24:56,667
of some sort, like we were
1015
00:24:53,917 --> 00:24:56,667
some organized team that go in
1016
00:24:56,709 --> 00:24:59,500
and just beat up white people
1017
00:24:56,709 --> 00:24:59,500
in a bowling alley that night.
1018
00:24:59,542 --> 00:25:01,291
By definition,
1019
00:24:59,542 --> 00:25:01,291
there was no mob.
1020
00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:03,375
A mob is an assembled group,
1021
00:25:03,417 --> 00:25:05,667
assembled before
1022
00:25:03,417 --> 00:25:05,667
they get to the scene,
1023
00:25:05,709 --> 00:25:07,625
for a specific purpose.
1024
00:25:07,667 --> 00:25:09,959
It was just a fight
1025
00:25:07,667 --> 00:25:09,959
between individuals
1026
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:13,834
that happened to be blown up
1027
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:13,834
into something that it wasn't.
1028
00:25:13,875 --> 00:25:17,000
At 17, to be tried as an adult
1029
00:25:17,041 --> 00:25:19,291
for a fight in a bowling alley,
1030
00:25:19,333 --> 00:25:21,041
you'd have to think
1031
00:25:19,333 --> 00:25:21,041
there was a plan.
1032
00:25:22,667 --> 00:25:24,208
People wanted to make
1033
00:25:22,667 --> 00:25:24,208
an example of Allen.
1034
00:25:26,959 --> 00:25:30,041
Janet: I testified and tried
1035
00:25:26,959 --> 00:25:30,041
to make them understand
1036
00:25:30,083 --> 00:25:33,333
that he was a good kid,
1037
00:25:30,083 --> 00:25:33,333
and he didn't cause us trouble,
1038
00:25:33,375 --> 00:25:36,000
and I didn't think
1039
00:25:33,375 --> 00:25:36,000
anybody listened to me.
1040
00:25:36,041 --> 00:25:39,667
I didn't think anybody cared,
1041
00:25:36,041 --> 00:25:39,667
and I came out of there
1042
00:25:39,709 --> 00:25:41,625
feeling like he doesn't value
1043
00:25:41,667 --> 00:25:43,792
someone who's taught 25 years
1044
00:25:43,834 --> 00:25:46,500
as an expert in this field.
1045
00:25:48,417 --> 00:25:51,667
Moore: I strongly believe
1046
00:25:48,417 --> 00:25:51,667
that there was a conspiracy
1047
00:25:51,709 --> 00:25:58,333
to destroy the future of
1048
00:25:51,709 --> 00:25:58,333
a young, gifted black person.
1049
00:25:58,375 --> 00:26:00,625
This morning, the Bethel
1050
00:25:58,375 --> 00:26:00,625
High School basketball guard
1051
00:26:00,667 --> 00:26:04,375
was found guilty of maiming
1052
00:26:00,667 --> 00:26:04,375
and being a member of a mob.
1053
00:26:04,417 --> 00:26:07,583
The verdict was read, and you
1054
00:26:04,417 --> 00:26:07,583
could just hear a big, "Aw!"
1055
00:26:07,625 --> 00:26:09,792
Just like, "No time left
1056
00:26:07,625 --> 00:26:09,792
on the clock,
1057
00:26:09,834 --> 00:26:12,041
you just missed
1058
00:26:09,834 --> 00:26:12,041
the free throw to win the game."
1059
00:26:12,083 --> 00:26:14,083
We just got, you know,
1060
00:26:12,083 --> 00:26:14,083
the raw end of the stick.
1061
00:26:14,125 --> 00:26:16,083
The question now is,
1062
00:26:16,125 --> 00:26:18,000
how much time could Iverson
1063
00:26:16,125 --> 00:26:18,000
spend in jail?
1064
00:26:18,041 --> 00:26:21,166
He now faces up to 20 years
1065
00:26:18,041 --> 00:26:21,166
on each maiming charge.
1066
00:26:21,208 --> 00:26:24,750
Up to 60 years on three counts
1067
00:26:21,208 --> 00:26:24,750
of maiming by mob.
1068
00:26:24,792 --> 00:26:26,583
Iverson:
1069
00:26:24,792 --> 00:26:26,583
I didn't think I was, you know,
1070
00:26:26,625 --> 00:26:28,333
going to go to jail
1071
00:26:26,625 --> 00:26:28,333
or anything like that.
1072
00:26:28,375 --> 00:26:30,709
I didn't even think
1073
00:26:28,375 --> 00:26:30,709
I would get probation.
1074
00:26:30,750 --> 00:26:32,917
I was in the wrong place
1075
00:26:30,750 --> 00:26:32,917
at the wrong time.
1076
00:26:32,959 --> 00:26:34,542
Simmons: Me and Dwayne,
1077
00:26:32,959 --> 00:26:34,542
we was at Allen's house,
1078
00:26:34,583 --> 00:26:37,000
and we was just talking,
1079
00:26:34,583 --> 00:26:37,000
and I was just, like,
1080
00:26:37,041 --> 00:26:39,000
"Yo, I feel we goin'
1081
00:26:37,041 --> 00:26:39,000
to jail, Chuck."
1082
00:26:39,041 --> 00:26:40,667
He was like,
1083
00:26:39,041 --> 00:26:40,667
"No, we're not going to jail."
1084
00:26:45,875 --> 00:26:47,750
Iverson: We don't deserve
1085
00:26:45,875 --> 00:26:47,750
to go to jail, man.
1086
00:26:47,792 --> 00:26:50,458
I'm tired of worrying
1087
00:26:47,792 --> 00:26:50,458
about what's gonna happen.
1088
00:26:50,500 --> 00:26:53,041
And hearing different people
1089
00:26:50,500 --> 00:26:53,041
tell me what can happen.
1090
00:26:53,083 --> 00:26:54,458
Like, do this
1091
00:26:53,083 --> 00:26:54,458
and that.
1092
00:26:54,500 --> 00:26:56,500
Yeah.
1093
00:26:54,500 --> 00:26:56,500
You shoulda
1094
00:26:54,500 --> 00:26:56,500
this and that.
1095
00:26:56,542 --> 00:26:59,125
All these people trying
1096
00:26:56,542 --> 00:26:59,125
to tell me what to do and shit.
1097
00:26:59,166 --> 00:27:02,333
Those were kids, man.
1098
00:26:59,166 --> 00:27:02,333
They had no idea.
1099
00:27:02,375 --> 00:27:05,333
They didn't know
1100
00:27:02,375 --> 00:27:05,333
racial prejudice.
1101
00:27:05,375 --> 00:27:07,041
They didn't know these bigots.
1102
00:27:07,083 --> 00:27:08,959
If he asks me,
1103
00:27:07,083 --> 00:27:08,959
I'm gonna be, like,
1104
00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,750
I'm like, you know,
1105
00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,750
"First of all, I want to...
1106
00:27:12,792 --> 00:27:15,291
"I want to thank
1107
00:27:12,792 --> 00:27:15,291
my family and friends
1108
00:27:15,333 --> 00:27:18,667
"for sticking behind me,
1109
00:27:15,333 --> 00:27:18,667
people in the [ indistinct ]
1110
00:27:18,709 --> 00:27:22,625
"I want to thank
1111
00:27:18,709 --> 00:27:22,625
all the little kids--"
1112
00:27:22,667 --> 00:27:25,333
No, no. Let me say...
1113
00:27:25,375 --> 00:27:27,083
"Then again,
1114
00:27:25,375 --> 00:27:27,083
I want to apologize
1115
00:27:27,125 --> 00:27:28,875
to my family and friends..."
1116
00:27:28,917 --> 00:27:32,000
Moore: They did not know
1117
00:27:28,917 --> 00:27:32,000
that these people were about
1118
00:27:32,041 --> 00:27:34,709
to lynch their ass.
1119
00:27:32,041 --> 00:27:34,709
These people were about
1120
00:27:32,041 --> 00:27:34,709
to railroad you.
1121
00:27:34,750 --> 00:27:37,375
If I really did all the stuff,
1122
00:27:34,750 --> 00:27:37,375
like they say, you know,
1123
00:27:37,417 --> 00:27:40,083
if I would've came
1124
00:27:37,417 --> 00:27:40,083
with you all, shit like that,
1125
00:27:40,125 --> 00:27:41,959
you know what I'm saying,
1126
00:27:40,125 --> 00:27:41,959
the real deal,
1127
00:27:40,125 --> 00:27:41,959
came with you all,
1128
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,250
hit the girl in the head
1129
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,250
with the chair, hit him,
1130
00:27:44,291 --> 00:27:46,291
I understand
1131
00:27:44,291 --> 00:27:46,291
why that shit happen.
1132
00:27:46,333 --> 00:27:49,792
Well, you know damn well
1133
00:27:46,333 --> 00:27:49,792
I ain't coming with you all...
1134
00:27:49,834 --> 00:27:52,917
You know, I really thought
1135
00:27:49,834 --> 00:27:52,917
that I was being railroaded.
1136
00:27:52,959 --> 00:27:54,709
Man, this shit can ruin
1137
00:27:52,959 --> 00:27:54,709
everybody's lives.
1138
00:27:54,750 --> 00:27:56,542
This could turn us
1139
00:27:54,750 --> 00:27:56,542
to hardcore criminals.
1140
00:27:56,583 --> 00:28:00,542
That judge could tear
1141
00:27:56,583 --> 00:28:00,542
four black people down
1142
00:28:00,583 --> 00:28:02,792
right now, just like that,
1143
00:28:00,583 --> 00:28:02,792
if she want to.
1144
00:28:04,333 --> 00:28:06,458
That white motherfucker
1145
00:28:04,333 --> 00:28:06,458
got some power.
1146
00:28:06,500 --> 00:28:07,959
Female reporter 1:
1147
00:28:06,500 --> 00:28:07,959
Security was very tight here
1148
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,834
this morning
1149
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,834
at Hampton Circuit Court.
1150
00:28:09,875 --> 00:28:12,417
Several deputies
1151
00:28:09,875 --> 00:28:12,417
and police were on guard.
1152
00:28:12,458 --> 00:28:14,542
Simmons:
1153
00:28:12,458 --> 00:28:14,542
We're seeing all the police
1154
00:28:12,458 --> 00:28:14,542
they had in the courtroom,
1155
00:28:14,583 --> 00:28:17,166
and I knew right then
1156
00:28:14,583 --> 00:28:17,166
what was about to happen.
1157
00:28:17,208 --> 00:28:19,750
Female reporter 2:
1158
00:28:17,208 --> 00:28:19,750
Only Iverson had anything
1159
00:28:17,208 --> 00:28:19,750
to say before sentencing.
1160
00:28:19,792 --> 00:28:23,709
I did feel bad for what
1161
00:28:19,792 --> 00:28:23,709
happened to the people
1162
00:28:23,750 --> 00:28:26,166
that night at the bowling alley
1163
00:28:23,750 --> 00:28:26,166
so I wouldn't want that
1164
00:28:26,208 --> 00:28:28,375
to happen to nobody
1165
00:28:26,208 --> 00:28:28,375
in any situation.
1166
00:28:40,750 --> 00:28:44,375
Judge Nelson Overton sentenced
1167
00:28:40,750 --> 00:28:44,375
Iverson to 15 years behind bars
1168
00:28:44,417 --> 00:28:46,291
but suspended all but five.
1169
00:28:46,333 --> 00:28:48,208
His co-defendant
1170
00:28:46,333 --> 00:28:48,208
Michael Simmons
1171
00:28:48,250 --> 00:28:50,667
received 17.5 years,
1172
00:28:48,250 --> 00:28:50,667
and he suspended
1173
00:28:50,709 --> 00:28:52,792
all but five of that as well.
1174
00:28:52,834 --> 00:28:55,667
Fifteen years,
1175
00:28:52,834 --> 00:28:55,667
ten years suspended
1176
00:28:55,709 --> 00:28:57,750
for an incident like that,
1177
00:28:57,792 --> 00:29:00,125
you know,
1178
00:28:57,792 --> 00:29:00,125
when people do a lot worse.
1179
00:29:00,166 --> 00:29:02,875
The air just totally went
1180
00:29:00,166 --> 00:29:02,875
out of the courtroom,
1181
00:29:02,917 --> 00:29:05,041
and then just everyone began
1182
00:29:02,917 --> 00:29:05,041
to look around.
1183
00:29:05,083 --> 00:29:07,375
Some people was crying,
1184
00:29:07,417 --> 00:29:11,166
but it was just
1185
00:29:07,417 --> 00:29:11,166
real weird and awkward.
1186
00:29:11,208 --> 00:29:14,291
It just didn't seem like
1187
00:29:11,208 --> 00:29:14,291
a real-life story right then.
1188
00:29:14,333 --> 00:29:15,667
It didn't seem real at all.
1189
00:29:15,709 --> 00:29:18,125
I never thought I'd see the day
1190
00:29:18,166 --> 00:29:25,125
where adults would do something
1191
00:29:18,166 --> 00:29:25,125
so drastically wrong to kids.
1192
00:29:25,166 --> 00:29:26,208
It's pretty sad.
1193
00:29:26,250 --> 00:29:29,291
[ ♪♪ ]
1194
00:29:42,041 --> 00:29:43,583
Woman 1: Do you think
1195
00:29:42,041 --> 00:29:43,583
they treated you differently
1196
00:29:43,625 --> 00:29:45,333
because you're a star?
1197
00:29:43,625 --> 00:29:45,333
How do you feel?
1198
00:29:45,375 --> 00:29:47,792
Woman 2:
1199
00:29:45,375 --> 00:29:47,792
You'll be all right.
1200
00:29:45,375 --> 00:29:47,792
You'll be all right.
1201
00:29:47,834 --> 00:29:49,208
You'll be all right.
1202
00:29:49,250 --> 00:29:51,458
Back up, back up.
1203
00:29:51,500 --> 00:29:53,208
Woman 2:
1204
00:29:51,500 --> 00:29:53,208
That don't make no sense.
1205
00:29:53,250 --> 00:29:56,583
It was a nightmare, you know.
1206
00:29:53,250 --> 00:29:56,583
It was really a nightmare.
1207
00:29:56,625 --> 00:29:58,709
Woman 2: What did he get?
1208
00:29:58,750 --> 00:30:03,709
[ overlapping voices ]
1209
00:30:03,750 --> 00:30:05,208
Female reporter:
1210
00:30:03,750 --> 00:30:05,208
Ann Iverson said she'd like
1211
00:30:05,250 --> 00:30:06,792
to see her son
1212
00:30:05,250 --> 00:30:06,792
finish high school.
1213
00:30:06,834 --> 00:30:08,834
I don't want him
1214
00:30:06,834 --> 00:30:08,834
to be in jail that long.
1215
00:30:08,875 --> 00:30:11,083
I want him to get out,
1216
00:30:08,875 --> 00:30:11,083
and I want him to go to school.
1217
00:30:11,125 --> 00:30:13,750
I think they can be
1218
00:30:11,125 --> 00:30:13,750
rehabilitated in jail also.
1219
00:30:13,792 --> 00:30:15,333
I mean, there are
1220
00:30:13,792 --> 00:30:15,333
programs available.
1221
00:30:15,375 --> 00:30:17,250
There's a GED program there.
1222
00:30:17,291 --> 00:30:19,709
Iverson could finish
1223
00:30:17,291 --> 00:30:19,709
his education.
1224
00:30:19,750 --> 00:30:21,792
They have
1225
00:30:19,750 --> 00:30:21,792
recreational facilities.
1226
00:30:21,834 --> 00:30:23,166
I don't think
1227
00:30:21,834 --> 00:30:23,166
he'd be any worse off.
1228
00:30:23,208 --> 00:30:27,083
I just couldn't believe
1229
00:30:23,208 --> 00:30:27,083
that people were this mean.
1230
00:30:27,125 --> 00:30:29,959
The judge decided that
1231
00:30:27,125 --> 00:30:29,959
he would not grant a bond
1232
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,959
pending the appeal,
1233
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,959
at this point,
1234
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:33,917
because he wanted them,
1235
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:33,917
very frankly,
1236
00:30:33,959 --> 00:30:36,709
to go ahead and to start
1237
00:30:33,959 --> 00:30:36,709
accumulating credit
1238
00:30:36,750 --> 00:30:38,291
for the time that they
1239
00:30:36,750 --> 00:30:38,291
would go ahead and serve.
1240
00:30:38,333 --> 00:30:40,166
In all the years
1241
00:30:38,333 --> 00:30:40,166
that I've been doing this,
1242
00:30:40,208 --> 00:30:44,709
the only defendants
1243
00:30:40,208 --> 00:30:44,709
that are not given a bond
1244
00:30:44,750 --> 00:30:46,917
are capital murderers.
1245
00:30:46,959 --> 00:30:49,458
Uh, capital murderers.
1246
00:30:49,500 --> 00:30:51,166
That's people that are going
1247
00:30:49,500 --> 00:30:51,166
to the electric chair.
1248
00:30:51,208 --> 00:30:54,709
That was true injustice,
1249
00:30:51,208 --> 00:30:54,709
and that's why it hurt so much,
1250
00:30:54,750 --> 00:30:56,917
because it was truly unjust.
1251
00:30:56,959 --> 00:31:01,166
I think the guy
1252
00:30:56,959 --> 00:31:01,166
got what he deserved,
1253
00:30:56,959 --> 00:31:01,166
and I hope he does
1254
00:31:01,208 --> 00:31:03,875
every bit of time
1255
00:31:01,208 --> 00:31:03,875
that he's given.
1256
00:31:03,917 --> 00:31:09,291
Moore: He was unjustly
1257
00:31:03,917 --> 00:31:09,291
tried and convicted
1258
00:31:09,333 --> 00:31:11,750
and sentenced to time
1259
00:31:11,792 --> 00:31:14,625
in a prison facility
1260
00:31:11,792 --> 00:31:14,625
for grown men.
1261
00:31:14,667 --> 00:31:16,291
Iverson: I remember
1262
00:31:14,667 --> 00:31:16,291
telling my grandma, like,
1263
00:31:16,333 --> 00:31:20,917
"Nana, if I didn't do
1264
00:31:16,333 --> 00:31:20,917
what these people said I did,
1265
00:31:20,959 --> 00:31:23,834
why is God letting this
1266
00:31:20,959 --> 00:31:23,834
happen to me?"
1267
00:31:23,875 --> 00:31:27,250
And she told me,
1268
00:31:23,875 --> 00:31:27,250
and I never did it since then,
1269
00:31:27,291 --> 00:31:28,959
"Never question God."
1270
00:31:32,667 --> 00:31:35,166
[ ♪♪ ]
1271
00:31:43,125 --> 00:31:45,709
Iverson:
1272
00:31:43,125 --> 00:31:45,709
I had my life, my family,
1273
00:31:45,750 --> 00:31:48,125
and the game
1274
00:31:45,750 --> 00:31:48,125
that I loved so much
1275
00:31:48,166 --> 00:31:49,625
taken away from me.
1276
00:31:55,792 --> 00:31:58,333
I think I just learned
1277
00:31:55,792 --> 00:31:58,333
so much from it.
1278
00:31:58,375 --> 00:32:00,959
It taught me a lot
1279
00:31:58,375 --> 00:32:00,959
at an early age.
1280
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:06,166
Ted Hudson: Mr. Iverson
1281
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:06,166
would be awakened at 4:00.
1282
00:32:06,208 --> 00:32:09,041
He would shower and shave
1283
00:32:06,208 --> 00:32:09,041
or whatever he needed to do
1284
00:32:09,083 --> 00:32:10,500
to prepare for that day.
1285
00:32:10,542 --> 00:32:12,542
This is a working camp.
1286
00:32:12,583 --> 00:32:14,041
You are here to work.
1287
00:32:14,083 --> 00:32:16,333
We cut all the grass
1288
00:32:14,083 --> 00:32:16,333
for 27 miles.
1289
00:32:16,375 --> 00:32:18,959
Anything green
1290
00:32:16,375 --> 00:32:18,959
and not moving, we cut it.
1291
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,375
Oh, it used to kill me, man.
1292
00:32:21,417 --> 00:32:22,834
[ bird squawks ]
1293
00:32:22,875 --> 00:32:25,125
You know,
1294
00:32:22,875 --> 00:32:25,125
I had to be up at 6:00;
1295
00:32:25,166 --> 00:32:27,959
here he come waking me up
1296
00:32:25,166 --> 00:32:27,959
at 4:00 in the morning.
1297
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,333
Hudson: I would come in, and
1298
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,333
he knew it would irritate me,
1299
00:32:29,375 --> 00:32:30,625
he would sing
1300
00:32:29,375 --> 00:32:30,625
a cop killer song.
1301
00:32:30,667 --> 00:32:33,041
I put my life
1302
00:32:30,667 --> 00:32:33,041
on the line for anybody here,
1303
00:32:33,083 --> 00:32:35,083
and to belittle the killing
1304
00:32:33,083 --> 00:32:35,083
of a police officer,
1305
00:32:35,125 --> 00:32:37,625
it made me think, "Just
1306
00:32:35,125 --> 00:32:37,625
another punk from the streets."
1307
00:32:37,667 --> 00:32:39,834
He made it
1308
00:32:37,667 --> 00:32:39,834
extremely hard for me.
1309
00:32:41,458 --> 00:32:45,417
Moore:
1310
00:32:41,458 --> 00:32:45,417
People would pass notes to him,
1311
00:32:45,458 --> 00:32:47,458
saying that
1312
00:32:45,458 --> 00:32:47,458
"I wish you were dead."
1313
00:32:47,500 --> 00:32:50,250
"I hope your black ass
1314
00:32:47,500 --> 00:32:50,250
rot in prison."
1315
00:32:50,291 --> 00:32:56,250
The jailers would bring him
1316
00:32:50,291 --> 00:32:56,250
a doll with a noose,
1317
00:32:56,291 --> 00:32:59,917
and written on that doll
1318
00:32:56,291 --> 00:32:59,917
was "Allen Iverson."
1319
00:32:59,959 --> 00:33:01,417
Iverson: I had lawyers.
1320
00:33:01,458 --> 00:33:03,709
Every single day that
1321
00:33:01,458 --> 00:33:03,709
I was talking to them,
1322
00:33:03,750 --> 00:33:06,083
they were telling me that
1323
00:33:03,750 --> 00:33:06,083
"You're getting out tomorrow."
1324
00:33:06,125 --> 00:33:07,834
And then tomorrow would come,
1325
00:33:06,125 --> 00:33:07,834
and they'd say,
1326
00:33:07,875 --> 00:33:09,333
"You're getting out tomorrow."
1327
00:33:09,375 --> 00:33:11,667
I remember
1328
00:33:09,375 --> 00:33:11,667
just being frustrated,
1329
00:33:11,709 --> 00:33:14,417
and one of my friends
1330
00:33:11,709 --> 00:33:14,417
came up, and he said
1331
00:33:14,458 --> 00:33:17,542
some of the best advice
1332
00:33:14,458 --> 00:33:17,542
that someone could ever give me:
1333
00:33:19,417 --> 00:33:24,458
"You're not getting out of here,
1334
00:33:19,417 --> 00:33:24,458
so stop thinking about it.
1335
00:33:24,500 --> 00:33:27,750
"And do what you gotta do,
1336
00:33:24,500 --> 00:33:27,750
handle what you gotta handle,
1337
00:33:27,792 --> 00:33:31,083
and get back
1338
00:33:27,792 --> 00:33:31,083
to what you love to do."
1339
00:33:31,125 --> 00:33:35,417
It made it so much easier
1340
00:33:31,125 --> 00:33:35,417
for me to do the time
1341
00:33:35,458 --> 00:33:39,291
because I had in my mind
1342
00:33:35,458 --> 00:33:39,291
that I wasn't going nowhere.
1343
00:33:39,333 --> 00:33:41,125
Female reporter:
1344
00:33:39,333 --> 00:33:41,125
Hampton residents have formed
1345
00:33:41,166 --> 00:33:44,333
what they call
1346
00:33:41,166 --> 00:33:44,333
the Swift Legal Defense Fund.
1347
00:33:44,375 --> 00:33:47,667
There was a very vocal
1348
00:33:44,375 --> 00:33:47,667
support for those kids.
1349
00:33:47,709 --> 00:33:51,250
It didn't do any good,
1350
00:33:47,709 --> 00:33:51,250
but there were marches.
1351
00:33:51,291 --> 00:33:55,792
Mr. Iverson received
1352
00:33:51,291 --> 00:33:55,792
a sackload of mail by himself.
1353
00:33:55,834 --> 00:33:59,542
People, ladies, were sending
1354
00:33:55,834 --> 00:33:59,542
him their unmentionables,
1355
00:33:59,583 --> 00:34:02,792
and they were sending him money.
1356
00:33:59,583 --> 00:34:02,792
They were sending him gifts.
1357
00:34:02,834 --> 00:34:05,458
Interviews were requested.
1358
00:34:05,500 --> 00:34:07,959
I know Mr. Tom Brokaw
1359
00:34:05,500 --> 00:34:07,959
was allowed to interview him.
1360
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,041
Tonight, we have the story
1361
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,041
of what has happened
1362
00:34:10,083 --> 00:34:12,792
to a young man who was headed
1363
00:34:10,083 --> 00:34:12,792
for a million-dollar future,
1364
00:34:12,834 --> 00:34:15,041
but now he's in jail.
1365
00:34:15,083 --> 00:34:17,291
It was one of
1366
00:34:15,083 --> 00:34:17,291
those classic cases.
1367
00:34:17,333 --> 00:34:20,750
Here's a kid with the gift
1368
00:34:17,333 --> 00:34:20,750
of the gods, as an athlete,
1369
00:34:20,792 --> 00:34:24,041
and a community where
1370
00:34:20,792 --> 00:34:24,041
they'd still not worked out
1371
00:34:24,083 --> 00:34:25,709
all the racial issues,
1372
00:34:24,083 --> 00:34:25,709
obviously.
1373
00:34:25,750 --> 00:34:28,750
I've prepared myself
1374
00:34:25,750 --> 00:34:28,750
for the worst.
1375
00:34:28,792 --> 00:34:31,250
If I have to do
1376
00:34:28,792 --> 00:34:31,250
this whole time here,
1377
00:34:31,291 --> 00:34:33,291
I just have to deal with it.
1378
00:34:33,333 --> 00:34:35,458
Brokaw: I thought the sentence
1379
00:34:33,333 --> 00:34:35,458
was surprisingly harsh,
1380
00:34:35,500 --> 00:34:37,917
and I think that our story
1381
00:34:35,500 --> 00:34:37,917
had something to do with people
1382
00:34:37,959 --> 00:34:39,834
looking at the case
1383
00:34:37,959 --> 00:34:39,834
in a slightly different way
1384
00:34:39,875 --> 00:34:41,500
because it got
1385
00:34:39,875 --> 00:34:41,500
national attention.
1386
00:34:41,542 --> 00:34:44,375
Iverson: I got
1387
00:34:41,542 --> 00:34:44,375
a lot of love for NBC.
1388
00:34:44,417 --> 00:34:47,000
Tom Brokaw, I mean,
1389
00:34:44,417 --> 00:34:47,000
he did a lot for me,
1390
00:34:47,041 --> 00:34:49,333
and I appreciate him.
1391
00:34:47,041 --> 00:34:49,333
I owe a lot to him for that.
1392
00:34:49,375 --> 00:34:51,792
Allen Iverson
1393
00:34:49,375 --> 00:34:51,792
is tasting freedom tonight
1394
00:34:51,834 --> 00:34:53,542
for the first time in months.
1395
00:34:53,583 --> 00:34:55,709
Male reporter: The high school
1396
00:34:53,583 --> 00:34:55,709
standout has been handed
1397
00:34:55,750 --> 00:34:58,125
conditional clemency
1398
00:34:55,750 --> 00:34:58,125
by Governor Doug Wilder.
1399
00:34:58,166 --> 00:35:00,458
Our Governor
1400
00:34:58,166 --> 00:35:00,458
pardoned Allen, you know.
1401
00:35:00,500 --> 00:35:02,500
His rule was
1402
00:35:00,500 --> 00:35:02,500
he couldn't play sports.
1403
00:35:02,542 --> 00:35:05,041
Who cared?
1404
00:35:02,542 --> 00:35:05,041
He could go to school.
1405
00:35:05,083 --> 00:35:07,458
I think it was a relief
1406
00:35:05,083 --> 00:35:07,458
for the officers
1407
00:35:07,500 --> 00:35:10,417
because the news media
1408
00:35:07,500 --> 00:35:10,417
would be gone.
1409
00:35:10,458 --> 00:35:13,375
The calls would be gone.
1410
00:35:10,458 --> 00:35:13,375
All the mail that we received
1411
00:35:13,417 --> 00:35:16,208
would be gone, and hopefully
1412
00:35:13,417 --> 00:35:16,208
no more women's underwear.
1413
00:35:16,250 --> 00:35:17,625
[ overlapping voices ]
1414
00:35:17,667 --> 00:35:18,834
Man: Hey, Allen,
1415
00:35:17,667 --> 00:35:18,834
how do you feel?
1416
00:35:18,875 --> 00:35:20,291
How do you feel,
1417
00:35:18,875 --> 00:35:20,291
Allen?
1418
00:35:20,333 --> 00:35:21,625
No comment.
1419
00:35:21,667 --> 00:35:22,917
Are you glad
1420
00:35:21,667 --> 00:35:22,917
it's over?
1421
00:35:22,959 --> 00:35:24,792
Governor Wilder gave me
1422
00:35:22,959 --> 00:35:24,792
another shot at life.
1423
00:35:24,834 --> 00:35:28,500
You know, if it wasn't for his
1424
00:35:24,834 --> 00:35:28,500
signature, I might not be here.
1425
00:35:28,542 --> 00:35:30,250
Female reporter:
1426
00:35:28,542 --> 00:35:30,250
As for the other three
1427
00:35:28,542 --> 00:35:30,250
young men, Governor Wilder
1428
00:35:30,291 --> 00:35:32,709
is considering clemency
1429
00:35:30,291 --> 00:35:32,709
for them as well. Ed?
1430
00:35:32,750 --> 00:35:35,625
[ clamoring ]
1431
00:35:35,667 --> 00:35:38,166
We was out, and there was
1432
00:35:35,667 --> 00:35:38,166
hugs and dapping each other up,
1433
00:35:38,208 --> 00:35:40,917
and, "Let's go to the mall.
1434
00:35:38,208 --> 00:35:40,917
I need some new clothes."
1435
00:35:40,959 --> 00:35:43,375
[ ♪♪ ]
1436
00:35:43,417 --> 00:35:45,625
Iverson:
1437
00:35:43,417 --> 00:35:45,625
After I was incarcerated,
1438
00:35:45,667 --> 00:35:49,417
I never even thought
1439
00:35:45,667 --> 00:35:49,417
about dwelling on that night,
1440
00:35:49,458 --> 00:35:51,875
ever again, honestly,
1441
00:35:51,917 --> 00:35:53,709
because...
1442
00:35:55,875 --> 00:35:59,250
the damage to me
1443
00:35:55,875 --> 00:35:59,250
was already done.
1444
00:35:59,291 --> 00:36:01,792
Moore: I've got
1445
00:35:59,291 --> 00:36:01,792
so many bags of letters,
1446
00:36:01,834 --> 00:36:05,583
from football and basketball
1447
00:36:01,834 --> 00:36:05,583
coaches all over the country,
1448
00:36:05,625 --> 00:36:10,417
but when this happened to him
1449
00:36:05,625 --> 00:36:10,417
they stopped calling.
1450
00:36:10,458 --> 00:36:13,125
Iverson: All I thought about
1451
00:36:10,458 --> 00:36:13,125
was getting a second chance.
1452
00:36:13,166 --> 00:36:15,166
That was it.
1453
00:36:15,208 --> 00:36:17,250
Moore: It was almost like
1454
00:36:15,208 --> 00:36:17,250
no one expected him
1455
00:36:17,291 --> 00:36:19,500
to ever amount to anything.
1456
00:36:19,542 --> 00:36:21,500
I knew that
1457
00:36:19,542 --> 00:36:21,500
there would be somebody.
1458
00:36:21,542 --> 00:36:24,083
There would be some school
1459
00:36:21,542 --> 00:36:24,083
that would come to him,
1460
00:36:24,125 --> 00:36:25,583
and all I needed was one.
1461
00:36:27,542 --> 00:36:29,875
[ ♪♪ ]
1462
00:36:32,458 --> 00:36:36,709
I never recruited Allen at all.
1463
00:36:32,458 --> 00:36:36,709
They recruited me.
1464
00:36:36,750 --> 00:36:38,834
I was a little reluctant
1465
00:36:36,750 --> 00:36:38,834
in the beginning.
1466
00:36:38,875 --> 00:36:41,750
And his mother asked
1467
00:36:38,875 --> 00:36:41,750
the people to leave the room.
1468
00:36:41,792 --> 00:36:43,750
And she and I talked,
1469
00:36:43,792 --> 00:36:46,333
and she was concerned
1470
00:36:43,792 --> 00:36:46,333
for his life, and she said
1471
00:36:46,375 --> 00:36:49,291
that I certainly, being a parent
1472
00:36:46,375 --> 00:36:49,291
myself, could connect with that.
1473
00:36:49,333 --> 00:36:51,250
Being an African-American,
1474
00:36:49,333 --> 00:36:51,250
I could connect with that.
1475
00:36:52,542 --> 00:36:54,000
This is my son.
1476
00:36:52,542 --> 00:36:54,000
They call him--
1477
00:36:54,041 --> 00:36:55,208
What do they
1478
00:36:54,041 --> 00:36:55,208
call you?
1479
00:36:55,250 --> 00:36:56,542
Chuck.
1480
00:36:56,583 --> 00:36:58,500
The other thing.
1481
00:36:56,583 --> 00:36:58,500
Honey Man.
1482
00:36:58,542 --> 00:37:00,709
Honey Man.
1483
00:37:00,750 --> 00:37:03,208
John: She, more than anybody,
1484
00:37:00,750 --> 00:37:03,208
convinced me
1485
00:37:03,250 --> 00:37:05,542
that if there was
1486
00:37:03,250 --> 00:37:05,542
any possibility of getting him
1487
00:37:05,583 --> 00:37:08,208
in school, that I ought
1488
00:37:05,583 --> 00:37:08,208
to take a shot at it.
1489
00:37:08,250 --> 00:37:10,500
Iverson:
1490
00:37:08,250 --> 00:37:10,500
Coach Thompson saved my life.
1491
00:37:10,542 --> 00:37:12,750
I had just came home from jail.
1492
00:37:12,792 --> 00:37:15,625
I had to come home
1493
00:37:12,792 --> 00:37:15,625
and get my school thing together
1494
00:37:15,667 --> 00:37:18,333
and graduate and whatever,
1495
00:37:15,667 --> 00:37:18,333
then I went straight there.
1496
00:37:18,375 --> 00:37:20,291
I was worried.
1497
00:37:18,375 --> 00:37:20,291
Certainly, you worry, you know.
1498
00:37:20,333 --> 00:37:22,667
You have a responsibility
1499
00:37:20,333 --> 00:37:22,667
to protect the university,
1500
00:37:22,709 --> 00:37:25,834
protect your program,
1501
00:37:22,709 --> 00:37:25,834
and you were taking a chance.
1502
00:37:25,875 --> 00:37:29,083
I respected the path
1503
00:37:25,875 --> 00:37:29,083
he's had to take in life,
1504
00:37:29,125 --> 00:37:31,500
which has been
1505
00:37:29,125 --> 00:37:31,500
a very tough path.
1506
00:37:31,542 --> 00:37:34,792
Moore: The Georgetown years,
1507
00:37:31,542 --> 00:37:34,792
I really just took a step back
1508
00:37:34,834 --> 00:37:38,333
because I knew John Thompson
1509
00:37:34,834 --> 00:37:38,333
would come in and take over.
1510
00:37:38,375 --> 00:37:40,542
Where I left off,
1511
00:37:38,375 --> 00:37:40,542
he would come in and take over.
1512
00:37:40,583 --> 00:37:45,417
Iverson: My idol, my hero,
1513
00:37:40,583 --> 00:37:45,417
my father figure away from home.
1514
00:37:45,458 --> 00:37:46,959
He kept people away from me,
1515
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,000
and he let me be
1516
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,000
a college student.
1517
00:37:49,041 --> 00:37:51,959
I didn't necessarily agree
1518
00:37:49,041 --> 00:37:51,959
with everything about him,
1519
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:53,625
and I'm certain
1520
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:53,625
he didn't about me,
1521
00:37:53,667 --> 00:37:56,834
but I like to think that
1522
00:37:53,667 --> 00:37:56,834
we both respected one another.
1523
00:37:56,875 --> 00:37:59,500
Iverson: He never was the type
1524
00:37:56,875 --> 00:37:59,500
of guy to jump on me,
1525
00:37:59,542 --> 00:38:01,917
especially in front
1526
00:37:59,542 --> 00:38:01,917
of people, never did that,
1527
00:38:01,959 --> 00:38:04,709
but when I messed up in school,
1528
00:38:01,959 --> 00:38:04,709
and he put himself on the line
1529
00:38:04,750 --> 00:38:07,917
for me to come there and be
1530
00:38:04,750 --> 00:38:07,917
successful, when we got alone,
1531
00:38:07,959 --> 00:38:11,208
he got in my ass.
1532
00:38:07,959 --> 00:38:11,208
"This what you want
1533
00:38:07,959 --> 00:38:11,208
out of your life, huh?
1534
00:38:11,250 --> 00:38:13,709
"Wanna go back down there
1535
00:38:11,250 --> 00:38:13,709
to that 'hood?
1536
00:38:11,250 --> 00:38:13,709
You want your mom
1537
00:38:13,750 --> 00:38:15,750
"to struggle her whole life,
1538
00:38:13,750 --> 00:38:15,750
don't you? You want your sisters
1539
00:38:15,792 --> 00:38:17,750
"to stay in that sewer,
1540
00:38:15,792 --> 00:38:17,750
that hell hole.
1541
00:38:17,792 --> 00:38:19,291
"That's what you want
1542
00:38:17,792 --> 00:38:19,291
out of your life, huh?"
1543
00:38:19,333 --> 00:38:21,417
[ gunshot ]
1544
00:38:19,333 --> 00:38:21,417
And automatically, man,
1545
00:38:21,458 --> 00:38:23,208
I would just--
1546
00:38:21,458 --> 00:38:23,208
I would shape up.
1547
00:38:23,250 --> 00:38:26,458
[ hip hop music playing ]
1548
00:38:31,041 --> 00:38:34,291
John: Once I saw
1549
00:38:31,041 --> 00:38:34,291
how he acted in school,
1550
00:38:34,333 --> 00:38:36,125
how he acted
1551
00:38:34,333 --> 00:38:36,125
with his teammates,
1552
00:38:36,166 --> 00:38:40,041
I was very, very glad
1553
00:38:36,166 --> 00:38:40,041
that I had rolled the dice.
1554
00:38:40,083 --> 00:38:42,959
Iverson: He was like that
1555
00:38:40,083 --> 00:38:42,959
force field I had around me
1556
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:45,458
when everybody was coming at me
1557
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:45,458
with all the negative things.
1558
00:38:45,500 --> 00:38:47,750
John: People did things.
1559
00:38:45,500 --> 00:38:47,750
Folks said things
1560
00:38:47,792 --> 00:38:50,875
that you wouldn't want to hear
1561
00:38:47,792 --> 00:38:50,875
about his being incarcerated.
1562
00:38:50,917 --> 00:38:54,291
Those weren't things
1563
00:38:50,917 --> 00:38:54,291
that bothered him outwardly.
1564
00:38:54,333 --> 00:38:56,333
I'm certain he heard 'em,
1565
00:38:54,333 --> 00:38:56,333
but I knew that this
1566
00:38:56,375 --> 00:38:58,291
was a tough kid, mentally,
1567
00:38:56,375 --> 00:38:58,291
and that's the same thing
1568
00:38:58,333 --> 00:39:00,375
that happened
1569
00:38:58,333 --> 00:39:00,375
when he played.
1570
00:39:01,750 --> 00:39:03,625
What's my name?
1571
00:39:03,667 --> 00:39:05,542
Michael Jordan.
1572
00:39:05,583 --> 00:39:09,667
It is scout night, as they take
1573
00:39:05,583 --> 00:39:09,667
a look at two of the very best
1574
00:39:09,709 --> 00:39:12,750
in the country,
1575
00:39:09,709 --> 00:39:12,750
in Ray Allen and Allen Iverson.
1576
00:39:12,792 --> 00:39:16,000
John: You don't look at somebody
1577
00:39:12,792 --> 00:39:16,000
that's flyweight like Allen,
1578
00:39:16,041 --> 00:39:17,542
and associate that
1579
00:39:16,041 --> 00:39:17,542
with strength,
1580
00:39:17,583 --> 00:39:19,375
but he's proven that theory
1581
00:39:17,583 --> 00:39:19,375
totally wrong.
1582
00:39:19,417 --> 00:39:21,667
Brad Kessler:
1583
00:39:19,417 --> 00:39:21,667
There's that One-Two,
1584
00:39:19,417 --> 00:39:21,667
One-One pressure.
1585
00:39:21,709 --> 00:39:24,417
Iverson.
1586
00:39:24,458 --> 00:39:26,583
Dick Vitale: Allen Iverson,
1587
00:39:24,458 --> 00:39:26,583
right out of the gate!
1588
00:39:26,625 --> 00:39:29,750
Kessler:
1589
00:39:26,625 --> 00:39:29,750
Here we go. Length of the
1590
00:39:26,625 --> 00:39:29,750
court, drive the other way!
1591
00:39:29,792 --> 00:39:31,917
Vitale: When he gets to
1592
00:39:29,792 --> 00:39:31,917
the basket, he's so explosive.
1593
00:39:31,959 --> 00:39:33,709
Give a little daylight!
1594
00:39:33,750 --> 00:39:36,375
Kessler: Now Iverson around
1595
00:39:33,750 --> 00:39:36,375
the trap, inside now!
1596
00:39:36,417 --> 00:39:38,458
Vitale:
1597
00:39:36,417 --> 00:39:38,458
Oh, what a big-time move!
1598
00:39:38,500 --> 00:39:40,875
Super, scintillating,
1599
00:39:38,500 --> 00:39:40,875
sensational!
1600
00:39:40,917 --> 00:39:42,750
- Thirteen--
1601
00:39:40,917 --> 00:39:42,750
- Vitale:
1602
00:39:40,917 --> 00:39:42,750
Oh, nobody's stopping--
1603
00:39:42,792 --> 00:39:45,625
- Iverson!
1604
00:39:42,792 --> 00:39:45,625
- Vitale: Oh, up, up and away!
1605
00:39:45,667 --> 00:39:49,041
Jam city! Nobody stopped
1606
00:39:45,667 --> 00:39:49,041
the ball, Brad Kessler!
1607
00:39:49,083 --> 00:39:50,417
Nobody stopped the ball!
1608
00:39:50,458 --> 00:39:51,875
Kessler: Again,
1609
00:39:50,458 --> 00:39:51,875
another steal by Iverson.
1610
00:39:51,917 --> 00:39:54,166
Vitale:
1611
00:39:51,917 --> 00:39:54,166
And he throws it away.
1612
00:39:54,208 --> 00:39:55,750
Allen Iverson
1613
00:39:54,208 --> 00:39:55,750
with a one-hander.
1614
00:39:55,792 --> 00:39:57,709
Kessler:
1615
00:39:55,792 --> 00:39:57,709
Now it's Iverson alone.
1616
00:39:57,750 --> 00:40:00,667
Vitale:
1617
00:39:57,750 --> 00:40:00,667
We got a good shot right here.
1618
00:39:57,750 --> 00:40:00,667
We got a good shot right here!
1619
00:40:00,709 --> 00:40:02,834
[ cheering ]
1620
00:40:02,875 --> 00:40:05,500
Vitale: Congratulations, Alec.
1621
00:40:02,875 --> 00:40:05,500
Congratulations John Thompson.
1622
00:40:05,542 --> 00:40:07,333
Great performance tonight.
1623
00:40:07,375 --> 00:40:09,875
Iverson: Coach Thompson
1624
00:40:07,375 --> 00:40:09,875
meant everything to me.
1625
00:40:09,917 --> 00:40:13,625
He's a big-time reason for
1626
00:40:09,917 --> 00:40:13,625
all the success that I've had.
1627
00:40:13,667 --> 00:40:16,750
After carefully weighing
1628
00:40:13,667 --> 00:40:16,750
my options with Coach Thompson,
1629
00:40:16,792 --> 00:40:19,375
my family, I've decided
1630
00:40:16,792 --> 00:40:19,375
to enter the NBA.
1631
00:40:19,417 --> 00:40:21,917
I felt like there was
1632
00:40:19,417 --> 00:40:21,917
no reason for me
1633
00:40:21,959 --> 00:40:25,000
not to be able to take care
1634
00:40:21,959 --> 00:40:25,000
of the people that I love.
1635
00:40:25,041 --> 00:40:27,375
My immediate family
1636
00:40:27,417 --> 00:40:28,959
requires me
1637
00:40:27,417 --> 00:40:28,959
to leave Georgetown.
1638
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,417
No, when he left, I didn't think
1639
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,417
it was a wise decision,
1640
00:40:31,458 --> 00:40:32,917
but I supported him with it.
1641
00:40:32,959 --> 00:40:35,542
I never,
1642
00:40:32,959 --> 00:40:35,542
under any circumstances,
1643
00:40:35,583 --> 00:40:37,583
worried about his ability
1644
00:40:35,583 --> 00:40:37,583
to play basketball.
1645
00:40:37,625 --> 00:40:40,458
I worried about
1646
00:40:37,625 --> 00:40:40,458
the other 22 hours in the day.
1647
00:40:40,500 --> 00:40:43,250
I was in the NBA.
1648
00:40:40,500 --> 00:40:43,250
I know the kinds of things
1649
00:40:43,291 --> 00:40:46,458
you're exposed to.
1650
00:40:43,291 --> 00:40:46,458
I worried for him, in terms
1651
00:40:46,500 --> 00:40:49,083
of whether he was mature
1652
00:40:46,500 --> 00:40:49,083
enough or old enough
1653
00:40:49,125 --> 00:40:50,875
to deal with it
1654
00:40:49,125 --> 00:40:50,875
and to handle it.
1655
00:40:50,917 --> 00:40:54,792
Please welcome
1656
00:40:50,917 --> 00:40:54,792
The Answer, Allen Iverson!
1657
00:40:54,834 --> 00:40:59,375
[ crowd cheering ]
1658
00:40:54,834 --> 00:40:59,375
[ hip hop music playing ]
1659
00:40:59,417 --> 00:41:03,291
You got criticized
1660
00:40:59,417 --> 00:41:03,291
for leaving school early.
1661
00:41:03,333 --> 00:41:07,083
I had to leave. My sister
1662
00:41:03,333 --> 00:41:07,083
was suffering from seizures,
1663
00:41:07,125 --> 00:41:09,000
and she needed a personal
1664
00:41:07,125 --> 00:41:09,000
specialist,
1665
00:41:09,041 --> 00:41:11,583
so I thought about a lot of
1666
00:41:09,041 --> 00:41:11,583
that before I made my decision,
1667
00:41:11,625 --> 00:41:14,000
and my coach stuck with me.
1668
00:41:11,625 --> 00:41:14,000
I mean, he said,
1669
00:41:14,041 --> 00:41:16,291
"Go take care of your family,"
1670
00:41:14,041 --> 00:41:16,291
and that's how I look at
1671
00:41:16,333 --> 00:41:18,417
the thing with this, man.
1672
00:41:18,458 --> 00:41:21,291
You know, I was bugged, too.
1673
00:41:18,458 --> 00:41:21,291
I always think they pick on
1674
00:41:21,333 --> 00:41:23,458
the basketball players
1675
00:41:21,333 --> 00:41:23,458
when they leave school
1676
00:41:23,500 --> 00:41:25,667
'cause they're black,
1677
00:41:23,500 --> 00:41:25,667
'cause Tiger Woods
1678
00:41:25,709 --> 00:41:27,959
ain't going to school,
1679
00:41:25,709 --> 00:41:27,959
nobody gives a fuck about that.
1680
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:29,542
[ laughter ]
1681
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,959
Todd Krinsky: When we had
1682
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,959
the chance to sign Allen in '96,
1683
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:37,959
we thought this could be big.
1684
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:37,959
This could be really
1685
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:37,959
something different.
1686
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,208
I'll never forget the famous
1687
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,208
boardroom meeting we had,
1688
00:41:40,250 --> 00:41:42,959
where the head of the company
1689
00:41:40,250 --> 00:41:42,959
said, "Well, isn't there going
1690
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,834
to be another Allen Iverson
1691
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,834
another five years from now?"
1692
00:41:45,875 --> 00:41:49,291
And I remember a couple of us
1693
00:41:45,875 --> 00:41:49,291
looking at him and saying no.
1694
00:41:49,333 --> 00:41:52,834
He walked in the room, and he
1695
00:41:49,333 --> 00:41:52,834
had this incredible confidence,
1696
00:41:52,875 --> 00:41:55,834
like he knew he could play
1697
00:41:52,875 --> 00:41:55,834
at this level, and he knew
1698
00:41:55,875 --> 00:41:57,333
he was going to be something
1699
00:41:55,875 --> 00:41:57,333
special in the league,
1700
00:41:57,375 --> 00:41:59,083
and you could just feel it
1701
00:41:57,375 --> 00:41:59,083
without him saying anything.
1702
00:41:59,125 --> 00:42:03,834
This is an exciting, exciting
1703
00:41:59,125 --> 00:42:03,834
time for me in my life...
1704
00:42:03,875 --> 00:42:05,834
My birthday.
1705
00:42:05,875 --> 00:42:07,625
[ laughter ]
1706
00:42:08,750 --> 00:42:12,750
The draft is a couple
1707
00:42:08,750 --> 00:42:12,750
of weeks away.
1708
00:42:12,792 --> 00:42:15,125
I've just joined
1709
00:42:12,792 --> 00:42:15,125
the Reebok family.
1710
00:42:15,166 --> 00:42:18,083
[ cheering ]
1711
00:42:18,125 --> 00:42:22,208
But most important, I just feel
1712
00:42:18,125 --> 00:42:22,208
that this is my planet.
1713
00:42:22,250 --> 00:42:23,750
[ cheering ]
1714
00:42:27,625 --> 00:42:30,250
In sports,
1715
00:42:27,625 --> 00:42:30,250
it's D-Day for the NBA.
1716
00:42:30,291 --> 00:42:32,417
The league is holding
1717
00:42:30,291 --> 00:42:32,417
its annual draft tonight,
1718
00:42:32,458 --> 00:42:35,583
with Philadelphia owning
1719
00:42:32,458 --> 00:42:35,583
the #1 pick.
1720
00:42:35,625 --> 00:42:37,667
Pat Croce:
1721
00:42:35,625 --> 00:42:37,667
Everyone in Philadelphia
1722
00:42:35,625 --> 00:42:37,667
wanted me to pick Iverson
1723
00:42:37,709 --> 00:42:41,000
with that #1 pick. Truthfully,
1724
00:42:37,709 --> 00:42:41,000
I wanted A.I. because
1725
00:42:41,041 --> 00:42:44,542
he was a scorer.
1726
00:42:41,041 --> 00:42:44,542
He was just a warrior.
1727
00:42:41,041 --> 00:42:44,542
I love warriors.
1728
00:42:44,583 --> 00:42:47,625
With the first pick
1729
00:42:44,583 --> 00:42:47,625
in the 1996 NBA draft,
1730
00:42:47,667 --> 00:42:52,166
the Philadelphia 76ers
1731
00:42:47,667 --> 00:42:52,166
select Allen Iverson
1732
00:42:52,208 --> 00:42:54,000
from Georgetown University.
1733
00:42:54,041 --> 00:42:57,250
♪ Dreams come true ♪
1734
00:42:57,291 --> 00:42:59,959
Iverson: To be the first pick,
1735
00:42:57,291 --> 00:42:59,959
it meant something to me
1736
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:02,875
because all of them
1737
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:02,875
used to laugh.
1738
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:02,875
Like, whatever, man.
1739
00:43:02,917 --> 00:43:05,834
Ain't nobody make it
1740
00:43:02,917 --> 00:43:05,834
from Newport News to the NBA.
1741
00:43:05,875 --> 00:43:08,333
Draft day, we had
1742
00:43:05,875 --> 00:43:08,333
this party at the Spectrum,
1743
00:43:08,375 --> 00:43:10,375
and it was packed, mobbed,
1744
00:43:10,417 --> 00:43:12,792
And when we made
1745
00:43:10,417 --> 00:43:12,792
the announcement,
1746
00:43:12,834 --> 00:43:15,166
"The 76ers with their #1 pick,
1747
00:43:12,834 --> 00:43:15,166
pick Allen Iverson,"
1748
00:43:15,208 --> 00:43:18,875
the place went berserk.
1749
00:43:18,917 --> 00:43:20,417
It was like someone
1750
00:43:18,917 --> 00:43:20,417
stepped on a detonator,
1751
00:43:20,458 --> 00:43:22,834
and all the explosion
1752
00:43:20,458 --> 00:43:22,834
of energy and pride
1753
00:43:22,875 --> 00:43:25,083
came back into the city
1754
00:43:22,875 --> 00:43:25,083
and into that franchise,
1755
00:43:25,125 --> 00:43:26,834
just with that one pick.
1756
00:43:26,875 --> 00:43:28,083
♪ I can't stop ♪
1757
00:43:28,125 --> 00:43:29,375
♪ Who's gonna stop me? ♪
1758
00:43:29,417 --> 00:43:31,417
♪ Who's gonna stop me now? ♪
1759
00:43:31,458 --> 00:43:33,250
♪ Who's gonna stop me? ♪
1760
00:43:33,291 --> 00:43:37,667
Iverson: Making it to the NBA
1761
00:43:33,291 --> 00:43:37,667
was a dream come true.
1762
00:43:37,709 --> 00:43:42,709
Being from where I come from,
1763
00:43:37,709 --> 00:43:42,709
every day is a good day for me.
1764
00:43:42,750 --> 00:43:45,417
Allen!
1765
00:43:42,750 --> 00:43:45,417
Allen!
1766
00:43:45,458 --> 00:43:47,750
We've gone through so much.
1767
00:43:47,792 --> 00:43:49,625
Time to get down.
1768
00:43:49,667 --> 00:43:51,500
Moore: All of the years,
1769
00:43:49,667 --> 00:43:51,500
and all of the things
1770
00:43:51,542 --> 00:43:55,041
that he had to overcome,
1771
00:43:51,542 --> 00:43:55,041
when I hear:
1772
00:43:55,083 --> 00:43:59,709
"And finally, a 6-foot guard
1773
00:43:55,083 --> 00:43:59,709
from Georgetown, Allen Iverson,"
1774
00:43:59,750 --> 00:44:02,000
it bring tears to my eyes, man,
1775
00:44:02,041 --> 00:44:04,583
because that is the
1776
00:44:02,041 --> 00:44:04,583
culmination of everything.
1777
00:44:04,625 --> 00:44:08,417
I remember saying to him,
1778
00:44:04,625 --> 00:44:08,417
"Allen, this is up to you and I.
1779
00:44:08,458 --> 00:44:10,333
We've got to resurrect
1780
00:44:08,458 --> 00:44:10,333
this franchise."
1781
00:44:10,375 --> 00:44:12,750
Craig Sager:
1782
00:44:10,375 --> 00:44:12,750
Is there anybody that
1783
00:44:10,375 --> 00:44:12,750
can stop you one-on-one?
1784
00:44:12,792 --> 00:44:15,709
I don't know. I hope not.
1785
00:44:12,792 --> 00:44:15,709
I don't think so.
1786
00:44:17,709 --> 00:44:20,291
Iverson. This is going
1787
00:44:17,709 --> 00:44:20,291
to be something!
1788
00:44:20,333 --> 00:44:22,709
He scores for two!
1789
00:44:22,750 --> 00:44:25,500
I do not believe it!
1790
00:44:25,542 --> 00:44:28,709
Behind the back, got
1791
00:44:25,542 --> 00:44:28,709
the layup, and he's fouled!
1792
00:44:28,750 --> 00:44:30,542
Oh, my! Take that!
1793
00:44:30,583 --> 00:44:33,625
Croce: Allen Iverson brought
1794
00:44:30,583 --> 00:44:33,625
a lunch box mentality:
1795
00:44:33,667 --> 00:44:36,542
dive on the floor,
1796
00:44:33,667 --> 00:44:36,542
sweat, cry, bleed.
1797
00:44:36,583 --> 00:44:37,917
Philadelphia loves that.
1798
00:44:37,959 --> 00:44:39,709
I had a bet with
1799
00:44:37,959 --> 00:44:39,709
my cousin how many times
1800
00:44:39,750 --> 00:44:41,000
you were gonna hit
1801
00:44:39,750 --> 00:44:41,000
the floor tonight.
1802
00:44:41,041 --> 00:44:42,417
- That was only one.
1803
00:44:41,041 --> 00:44:42,417
- That was the first time.
1804
00:44:42,458 --> 00:44:44,125
- That's it.
1805
00:44:42,458 --> 00:44:44,125
- I got three.
1806
00:44:47,125 --> 00:44:48,333
God damn.
1807
00:44:50,625 --> 00:44:54,083
[ announcers screaming ]
1808
00:44:54,125 --> 00:44:55,709
Oh, my goodness!
1809
00:44:55,750 --> 00:45:00,750
And you are helpless
1810
00:44:55,750 --> 00:45:00,750
when A.I. has it going on!
1811
00:45:00,792 --> 00:45:02,917
I don't believe
1812
00:45:00,792 --> 00:45:02,917
what I just saw!
1813
00:45:02,959 --> 00:45:05,291
You're The Answer.
1814
00:45:02,959 --> 00:45:05,291
You're The Ankle Breaker.
1815
00:45:05,333 --> 00:45:08,000
Iverson crosses over,
1816
00:45:05,333 --> 00:45:08,000
gets two!
1817
00:45:08,041 --> 00:45:09,667
One time you guys
1818
00:45:08,041 --> 00:45:09,667
played the Knicks,
1819
00:45:09,709 --> 00:45:12,000
and Charlie Ward was
1820
00:45:09,709 --> 00:45:12,000
stapling his sneakers on.
1821
00:45:12,041 --> 00:45:13,500
Chik-chik-chik.
1822
00:45:13,542 --> 00:45:16,625
Iverson: I proved what
1823
00:45:13,542 --> 00:45:16,625
I could do, so I won my respect,
1824
00:45:16,667 --> 00:45:18,500
just like everybody else
1825
00:45:16,667 --> 00:45:18,500
in the league.
1826
00:45:21,834 --> 00:45:24,542
Rock:
1827
00:45:21,834 --> 00:45:24,542
The baddest move you ever made
1828
00:45:21,834 --> 00:45:24,542
was the one against Jordan.
1829
00:45:24,583 --> 00:45:25,917
It was incredible.
1830
00:45:25,959 --> 00:45:28,458
The best crossover
1831
00:45:25,959 --> 00:45:28,458
was against Michael Jordan.
1832
00:45:28,500 --> 00:45:30,291
Did you see when
1833
00:45:28,500 --> 00:45:30,291
he crossed Michael Jordan up?
1834
00:45:30,333 --> 00:45:31,667
He was a rookie that year.
1835
00:45:31,709 --> 00:45:33,500
Iverson: My crossover
1836
00:45:31,709 --> 00:45:33,500
is my patented move,
1837
00:45:33,542 --> 00:45:36,000
a move that's hard
1838
00:45:33,542 --> 00:45:36,000
for people to stop.
1839
00:45:36,041 --> 00:45:39,375
My first step is kinda quick,
1840
00:45:36,041 --> 00:45:39,375
and people respect it,
1841
00:45:39,417 --> 00:45:42,000
so when I take the hard jab
1842
00:45:39,417 --> 00:45:42,000
in one direction,
1843
00:45:42,041 --> 00:45:44,792
either you gotta let me
1844
00:45:42,041 --> 00:45:44,792
get by you, or you gotta try
1845
00:45:44,834 --> 00:45:48,041
to beat me to the spot.
1846
00:45:44,834 --> 00:45:48,041
That's when I take it
1847
00:45:44,834 --> 00:45:48,041
the other way.
1848
00:45:48,083 --> 00:45:49,583
When I grabbed the ball,
1849
00:45:49,625 --> 00:45:51,625
I heard Phil Jackson yell,
1850
00:45:49,625 --> 00:45:51,625
"Michael!"
1851
00:45:51,667 --> 00:45:53,667
Jackson: Michael,
1852
00:45:51,667 --> 00:45:53,667
get up on him.
1853
00:45:53,709 --> 00:45:55,125
Iverson:
1854
00:45:53,709 --> 00:45:55,125
Once he came out there,
1855
00:45:55,166 --> 00:45:57,750
I was gonna
1856
00:45:55,166 --> 00:45:57,750
put my move to the test.
1857
00:45:57,792 --> 00:46:00,959
I gave him my little cross
1858
00:45:57,792 --> 00:46:00,959
to see, would he bite on it?
1859
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:02,500
I let him set his feet,
1860
00:46:02,542 --> 00:46:03,792
and then I stepped it
1861
00:46:02,542 --> 00:46:03,792
back again.
1862
00:46:15,500 --> 00:46:17,291
Oh, my God.
1863
00:46:17,333 --> 00:46:19,875
I lost my shorts
1864
00:46:17,333 --> 00:46:19,875
when he did that.
1865
00:46:17,333 --> 00:46:19,875
I jumped in the air.
1866
00:46:19,917 --> 00:46:23,834
I'm high-five--
1867
00:46:19,917 --> 00:46:23,834
The whole place went wild.
1868
00:46:23,875 --> 00:46:26,917
We said to ourselves,
1869
00:46:23,875 --> 00:46:26,917
"He's here. He's arrived."
1870
00:46:26,959 --> 00:46:29,333
Iverson: The best player I'd
1871
00:46:26,959 --> 00:46:29,333
ever seen was Michael Jordan.
1872
00:46:29,375 --> 00:46:32,250
The best player right now,
1873
00:46:32,291 --> 00:46:35,291
in my eyes, is myself.
1874
00:46:35,333 --> 00:46:37,458
[ laughter ]
1875
00:46:37,500 --> 00:46:39,542
♪ I go to work ♪
1876
00:46:39,583 --> 00:46:42,542
Male reporter:
1877
00:46:39,583 --> 00:46:42,542
Allen Iverson is the 1997
1878
00:46:39,583 --> 00:46:42,542
NBA Rookie of the Year.
1879
00:46:42,583 --> 00:46:45,375
He's the first Philly player
1880
00:46:42,583 --> 00:46:45,375
to win the award.
1881
00:46:45,417 --> 00:46:47,333
Iverson: To be able
1882
00:46:45,417 --> 00:46:47,333
to come in this league
1883
00:46:47,375 --> 00:46:50,166
and do some things that
1884
00:46:47,375 --> 00:46:50,166
not too many people have done,
1885
00:46:50,208 --> 00:46:53,083
it was a great feeling.
1886
00:46:53,125 --> 00:46:55,375
Introducing the head coach
1887
00:46:53,125 --> 00:46:55,375
to the Philadelphia 76ers,
1888
00:46:55,417 --> 00:46:57,208
Larry Brown. Yeah!
1889
00:46:57,250 --> 00:47:00,125
Croce: For the team to win,
1890
00:46:57,250 --> 00:47:00,125
we needed this all-star coach
1891
00:47:00,166 --> 00:47:03,208
and this all-star player,
1892
00:47:00,166 --> 00:47:03,208
both of them highly talented,
1893
00:47:03,250 --> 00:47:06,667
highly sensitive,
1894
00:47:03,250 --> 00:47:06,667
highly headstrong individuals
1895
00:47:06,709 --> 00:47:08,375
that come from
1896
00:47:06,709 --> 00:47:08,375
two different worlds.
1897
00:47:08,417 --> 00:47:10,417
Doo-wop vs. hip-hop.
1898
00:47:10,458 --> 00:47:13,542
[ hip hop beats playing ]
1899
00:47:13,583 --> 00:47:14,959
Man: Here we go.
1900
00:47:13,583 --> 00:47:14,959
Here we go.
1901
00:47:20,208 --> 00:47:22,834
Larry Brown: I'm a white,
1902
00:47:20,208 --> 00:47:22,834
Jewish coach from Brooklyn.
1903
00:47:22,875 --> 00:47:25,500
There's no similarities,
1904
00:47:22,875 --> 00:47:25,500
but I think
1905
00:47:25,542 --> 00:47:27,500
I'm every bit
1906
00:47:25,542 --> 00:47:27,500
as competitive as Allen.
1907
00:47:27,542 --> 00:47:30,125
Iverson: Being with Coach Brown
1908
00:47:27,542 --> 00:47:30,125
and being so young.
1909
00:47:30,166 --> 00:47:32,834
You know, a lot of
1910
00:47:30,166 --> 00:47:32,834
the rifts that we got into,
1911
00:47:32,875 --> 00:47:36,375
99% of them
1912
00:47:32,875 --> 00:47:36,375
were my fault, honestly.
1913
00:47:36,417 --> 00:47:39,750
The first time I met him,
1914
00:47:36,417 --> 00:47:39,750
I saw him acting silly,
1915
00:47:39,792 --> 00:47:42,375
as a player during a game,
1916
00:47:42,417 --> 00:47:45,208
and I said, "You don't need
1917
00:47:42,417 --> 00:47:45,208
to be like that."
1918
00:47:45,250 --> 00:47:47,208
And he kinda looked at me.
1919
00:47:47,250 --> 00:47:50,041
Croce: Allen craved discipline
1920
00:47:47,250 --> 00:47:50,041
because he was brought up
1921
00:47:50,083 --> 00:47:52,667
in a chaotic atmosphere.
1922
00:47:50,083 --> 00:47:52,667
He would stir up chaos
1923
00:47:52,709 --> 00:47:54,959
on the court
1924
00:47:52,709 --> 00:47:54,959
and off the court.
1925
00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:57,333
Being rebellious
1926
00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:57,333
is just trying to fight.
1927
00:47:57,375 --> 00:47:59,041
If you go one way,
1928
00:47:57,375 --> 00:47:59,041
I'm gonna go the other way.
1929
00:47:59,083 --> 00:48:01,000
Brown: I just thought
1930
00:47:59,083 --> 00:48:01,000
he was a young kid
1931
00:48:01,041 --> 00:48:03,125
that had a special gift
1932
00:48:03,166 --> 00:48:05,125
and really didn't know
1933
00:48:03,166 --> 00:48:05,125
how to use it.
1934
00:48:05,166 --> 00:48:06,792
Iverson: Both of us
1935
00:48:05,166 --> 00:48:06,792
wanted the same thing
1936
00:48:06,834 --> 00:48:09,750
as far as winning,
1937
00:48:06,834 --> 00:48:09,750
but he wanted me to do things
1938
00:48:09,792 --> 00:48:12,166
different than I wanted
1939
00:48:09,792 --> 00:48:12,166
to do 'em.
1940
00:48:12,208 --> 00:48:13,959
Brown: Every time I ever
1941
00:48:12,208 --> 00:48:13,959
took him out of the game,
1942
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:15,375
he would walk
1943
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:15,375
by the bench
1944
00:48:15,417 --> 00:48:17,625
and mumble something
1945
00:48:15,417 --> 00:48:17,625
under his breath,
1946
00:48:17,667 --> 00:48:20,583
that if I was in the park
1947
00:48:17,667 --> 00:48:20,583
I'd have to fight him.
1948
00:48:20,625 --> 00:48:22,417
I didn't even put nothing
1949
00:48:20,625 --> 00:48:22,417
over my mouth.
1950
00:48:22,458 --> 00:48:23,667
That's the young immaturity.
1951
00:48:23,709 --> 00:48:25,750
I knew he didn't mean
1952
00:48:23,709 --> 00:48:25,750
anything by it.
1953
00:48:25,792 --> 00:48:28,375
That was just
1954
00:48:25,792 --> 00:48:28,375
his competitive nature.
1955
00:48:28,417 --> 00:48:30,792
Iverson: We clashed at times,
1956
00:48:28,417 --> 00:48:30,792
but the love was always there
1957
00:48:30,834 --> 00:48:32,291
because I knew
1958
00:48:30,834 --> 00:48:32,291
he cared about me.
1959
00:48:32,333 --> 00:48:35,583
Brown: For Allen to trust
1960
00:48:32,333 --> 00:48:35,583
is not as easy as it would be
1961
00:48:35,625 --> 00:48:38,834
for anybody else.
1962
00:48:35,625 --> 00:48:38,834
That's always
1963
00:48:35,625 --> 00:48:38,834
been an issue with him
1964
00:48:38,875 --> 00:48:41,250
because of who he is
1965
00:48:38,875 --> 00:48:41,250
and where he's from
1966
00:48:41,291 --> 00:48:43,250
and what
1967
00:48:41,291 --> 00:48:43,250
he had to go through.
1968
00:48:43,291 --> 00:48:45,667
Croce: To get into his circle,
1969
00:48:43,291 --> 00:48:45,667
you have to earn that right.
1970
00:48:45,709 --> 00:48:47,709
It probably took me five years
1971
00:48:45,709 --> 00:48:47,709
to earn that right,
1972
00:48:47,750 --> 00:48:49,834
but he has to realize
1973
00:48:47,750 --> 00:48:49,834
that you're telling the truth.
1974
00:48:49,875 --> 00:48:53,291
With Allen, there were
1975
00:48:49,875 --> 00:48:53,291
issues all the time.
1976
00:48:53,333 --> 00:48:55,792
Croce: When he missed practice,
1977
00:48:53,333 --> 00:48:55,792
I was the one that suspended him
1978
00:48:55,834 --> 00:48:58,333
in Miami and in Boston.
1979
00:48:55,834 --> 00:48:58,333
Now Larry Brown doesn't like
1980
00:48:58,375 --> 00:49:00,000
to be the bad guy.
1981
00:48:58,375 --> 00:49:00,000
And I walked in. He goes,
1982
00:49:00,041 --> 00:49:01,792
"Take care of your kid.
1983
00:49:00,041 --> 00:49:01,792
He missed practice."
1984
00:49:01,834 --> 00:49:03,375
I'm thinking, "Oh, no."
1985
00:49:03,417 --> 00:49:05,792
He might break your heart,
1986
00:49:03,417 --> 00:49:05,792
in terms of coming to practice
1987
00:49:05,834 --> 00:49:10,083
every day on time, but when
1988
00:49:05,834 --> 00:49:10,083
you know every single night,
1989
00:49:10,125 --> 00:49:12,500
whether he's hurt or not,
1990
00:49:10,125 --> 00:49:12,500
he's going to lay it on the line
1991
00:49:12,542 --> 00:49:16,041
for you, that's the thing
1992
00:49:12,542 --> 00:49:16,041
that's most special for me.
1993
00:49:17,417 --> 00:49:21,166
Things that happen,
1994
00:49:17,417 --> 00:49:21,166
being involved with him,
1995
00:49:21,208 --> 00:49:23,750
nobody trains you
1996
00:49:21,208 --> 00:49:23,750
for that.
1997
00:49:23,792 --> 00:49:24,959
It's a growing process.
1998
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:26,709
All of us,
1999
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:26,709
we're getting better.
2000
00:49:26,750 --> 00:49:29,166
We've been poor
2001
00:49:26,750 --> 00:49:29,166
for 20 years-plus,
2002
00:49:29,208 --> 00:49:32,000
and I mean, I finally
2003
00:49:29,208 --> 00:49:32,000
came into some money now.
2004
00:49:32,041 --> 00:49:34,083
You know, I want to live
2005
00:49:32,041 --> 00:49:34,083
a little bit now.
2006
00:49:34,125 --> 00:49:35,125
Oh, you're living, baby.
2007
00:49:34,125 --> 00:49:35,125
You're living.
2008
00:49:35,166 --> 00:49:36,333
[ laughs ]
2009
00:49:36,375 --> 00:49:38,041
[ ♪♪ ]
2010
00:49:42,667 --> 00:49:45,583
The whole world
2011
00:49:42,667 --> 00:49:45,583
wondering how much
2012
00:49:42,667 --> 00:49:45,583
Bubba took to the bank.
2013
00:49:45,625 --> 00:49:48,542
The world gonna keep on
2014
00:49:45,625 --> 00:49:48,542
wanting to know
2015
00:49:45,625 --> 00:49:48,542
'cause I ain't telling 'em shit.
2016
00:49:48,583 --> 00:49:51,333
If you oughta know,
2017
00:49:48,583 --> 00:49:51,333
it ain't no joke.
2018
00:49:48,583 --> 00:49:51,333
My pockets ain't playing.
2019
00:49:51,375 --> 00:49:53,667
You believe what I say
2020
00:49:51,375 --> 00:49:53,667
and what I tell you.
2021
00:49:53,709 --> 00:49:55,375
Iverson:
2022
00:50:08,208 --> 00:50:09,667
Thompson: I knew
2023
00:50:08,208 --> 00:50:09,667
that he had been deprived
2024
00:50:09,709 --> 00:50:11,500
of a lot of things
2025
00:50:09,709 --> 00:50:11,500
in his life.
2026
00:50:11,542 --> 00:50:13,875
I just hoped that he would
2027
00:50:11,542 --> 00:50:13,875
mature and get to the point
2028
00:50:13,917 --> 00:50:15,750
that he wouldn't be hurt
2029
00:50:13,917 --> 00:50:15,750
by that.
2030
00:50:15,792 --> 00:50:18,000
We don't train these kids
2031
00:50:15,792 --> 00:50:18,000
to handle
2032
00:50:18,041 --> 00:50:19,875
the responsibilities
2033
00:50:18,041 --> 00:50:19,875
they have.
2034
00:50:19,917 --> 00:50:22,083
You put anybody
2035
00:50:19,917 --> 00:50:22,083
in their position,
2036
00:50:22,125 --> 00:50:24,875
they're not all going
2037
00:50:22,125 --> 00:50:24,875
to handle it the right way,
2038
00:50:22,125 --> 00:50:24,875
right off the bat.
2039
00:50:24,917 --> 00:50:27,291
Female reporter:
2040
00:50:24,917 --> 00:50:27,291
A promising young pro
2041
00:50:24,917 --> 00:50:27,291
basketball player
2042
00:50:27,333 --> 00:50:29,125
is facing legal problems
2043
00:50:27,333 --> 00:50:29,125
this morning.
2044
00:50:29,166 --> 00:50:31,041
Police say
2045
00:50:29,166 --> 00:50:31,041
Philadelphia's Allen Iverson,
2046
00:50:31,083 --> 00:50:33,250
the NBA Rookie of the Year
2047
00:50:31,083 --> 00:50:33,250
last season,
2048
00:50:33,291 --> 00:50:36,250
has been charged with marijuana
2049
00:50:33,291 --> 00:50:36,250
and firearms possession.
2050
00:50:36,291 --> 00:50:39,333
Iverson: There is a lot
2051
00:50:36,291 --> 00:50:39,333
of negative things in my life
2052
00:50:39,375 --> 00:50:42,583
that I tried to get rid of,
2053
00:50:39,375 --> 00:50:42,583
but they always stick around,
2054
00:50:42,625 --> 00:50:47,250
like, it's like
2055
00:50:42,625 --> 00:50:47,250
you can hide from the devil,
2056
00:50:47,291 --> 00:50:49,458
but he gonna always
2057
00:50:47,291 --> 00:50:49,458
find you.
2058
00:50:49,500 --> 00:50:51,875
He was in a car
2059
00:50:49,500 --> 00:50:51,875
that had pot and a gun,
2060
00:50:51,917 --> 00:50:53,333
and the driver was speeding.
2061
00:50:53,375 --> 00:50:54,750
He wasn't speeding.
2062
00:50:53,375 --> 00:50:54,750
He was in shotgun.
2063
00:50:54,792 --> 00:50:57,083
But he got arrested,
2064
00:50:54,792 --> 00:50:57,083
and they put him on probation.
2065
00:50:58,500 --> 00:51:00,792
Todd: Allen is loyal.
2066
00:50:58,500 --> 00:51:00,792
If you're down with him,
2067
00:51:00,834 --> 00:51:03,625
he'll do anything for you, and
2068
00:51:00,834 --> 00:51:03,625
sometimes I think the loyalty
2069
00:51:03,667 --> 00:51:06,166
had him keep people around
2070
00:51:03,667 --> 00:51:06,166
that maybe he shouldn't have.
2071
00:51:06,208 --> 00:51:08,834
Now you just said
2072
00:51:06,208 --> 00:51:08,834
they judge you
2073
00:51:08,875 --> 00:51:10,333
because of who
2074
00:51:08,875 --> 00:51:10,333
you hang around with.
2075
00:51:10,375 --> 00:51:12,208
Is your posse just ill?
2076
00:51:12,250 --> 00:51:14,917
They've been through a lot
2077
00:51:12,250 --> 00:51:14,917
of things in their life.
2078
00:51:14,959 --> 00:51:16,417
I can curse, can't I?
2079
00:51:14,959 --> 00:51:16,417
- Yeah.
2080
00:51:16,458 --> 00:51:19,625
They fucked up just
2081
00:51:16,458 --> 00:51:19,625
like everybody else, you know?
2082
00:51:19,667 --> 00:51:20,959
[ audience cheering ]
2083
00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:22,417
They've made mistakes,
2084
00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:22,417
you know what I'm saying?
2085
00:51:22,458 --> 00:51:24,834
[ ♪♪ ]
2086
00:51:31,500 --> 00:51:33,458
Brown: He didn't come out
2087
00:51:31,500 --> 00:51:33,458
of Georgetown, appealing
2088
00:51:33,500 --> 00:51:36,667
to the hip-hop culture.
2089
00:51:33,500 --> 00:51:36,667
This is just what evolved.
2090
00:51:36,709 --> 00:51:38,750
Croce: He wasn't all
2091
00:51:36,709 --> 00:51:38,750
tattooed up like he is now.
2092
00:51:38,792 --> 00:51:40,375
He didn't have
2093
00:51:38,792 --> 00:51:40,375
the corn rows then.
2094
00:51:40,417 --> 00:51:42,500
Todd: The tattoos,
2095
00:51:40,417 --> 00:51:42,500
the corn rows, were things
2096
00:51:42,542 --> 00:51:44,417
that basketball players
2097
00:51:42,542 --> 00:51:44,417
wanted to do
2098
00:51:44,458 --> 00:51:45,875
but didn't think they could.
2099
00:51:47,959 --> 00:51:50,500
Iverson: To me,
2100
00:51:47,959 --> 00:51:50,500
how you look is how you play.
2101
00:51:50,542 --> 00:51:53,792
I used to make myself up
2102
00:51:50,542 --> 00:51:53,792
to look not only
2103
00:51:53,834 --> 00:51:56,792
just like a basketball player
2104
00:51:53,834 --> 00:51:56,792
but look like a superhero--
2105
00:51:56,834 --> 00:51:58,917
a skinny one, but a superhero.
2106
00:51:58,959 --> 00:52:00,625
You know, nobody would do this.
2107
00:52:00,667 --> 00:52:03,291
Nobody would do that.
2108
00:52:00,667 --> 00:52:03,291
That's how I used to
2109
00:52:00,667 --> 00:52:03,291
come up with it.
2110
00:52:03,333 --> 00:52:06,250
Moore: We were extremely close,
2111
00:52:03,333 --> 00:52:06,250
but there was an extreme
2112
00:52:06,291 --> 00:52:08,834
difference in ages.
2113
00:52:06,291 --> 00:52:08,834
And those were
2114
00:52:06,291 --> 00:52:08,834
some of the things
2115
00:52:08,875 --> 00:52:11,583
that I had to become
2116
00:52:08,875 --> 00:52:11,583
accustomed to.
2117
00:52:11,625 --> 00:52:13,625
Male interviewer:
2118
00:52:11,625 --> 00:52:13,625
You have 21 tattoos.
2119
00:52:13,667 --> 00:52:15,875
Tell us why.
2120
00:52:13,667 --> 00:52:15,875
What do they represent to you?
2121
00:52:15,917 --> 00:52:17,208
Iverson: Everything
2122
00:52:15,917 --> 00:52:17,208
that means something--
2123
00:52:17,250 --> 00:52:19,250
Strength, loyalty,
2124
00:52:19,291 --> 00:52:21,208
prayer hands, my kids.
2125
00:52:21,250 --> 00:52:23,208
It's my life.
2126
00:52:23,250 --> 00:52:25,208
Todd: Back then when he
2127
00:52:23,250 --> 00:52:25,208
was doing it, it was like,
2128
00:52:25,250 --> 00:52:27,417
Oh, my God. What's an NBA player
2129
00:52:25,250 --> 00:52:27,417
going to look like with tattoos
2130
00:52:27,458 --> 00:52:29,458
on the court?
2131
00:52:27,458 --> 00:52:29,458
'Cause it just
2132
00:52:27,458 --> 00:52:29,458
didn't really exist,
2133
00:52:29,500 --> 00:52:32,000
but it's okay to do it now
2134
00:52:29,500 --> 00:52:32,000
because he did it.
2135
00:52:32,041 --> 00:52:34,333
♪ Y'all gonna make me
2136
00:52:32,041 --> 00:52:34,333
lose my mind ♪
2137
00:52:34,375 --> 00:52:36,333
♪ Up in here, up in here ♪
2138
00:52:36,375 --> 00:52:39,125
Brokaw: I think Allen's tats
2139
00:52:36,375 --> 00:52:39,125
are a statement.
2140
00:52:39,166 --> 00:52:41,667
He's a rebel with a cause,
2141
00:52:39,166 --> 00:52:41,667
and the cause is Allen.
2142
00:52:41,709 --> 00:52:44,208
Moore: I used to tell him that
2143
00:52:41,709 --> 00:52:44,208
you're going to influence
2144
00:52:44,250 --> 00:52:47,041
the minds of others,
2145
00:52:44,250 --> 00:52:47,041
like Martin Luther King did,
2146
00:52:47,083 --> 00:52:49,750
and Malcolm X,
2147
00:52:47,083 --> 00:52:49,750
and I lived it, and I saw it.
2148
00:52:49,792 --> 00:52:52,750
Iverson! Right here!
2149
00:52:49,792 --> 00:52:52,750
Right here, right here!
2150
00:52:52,792 --> 00:52:55,500
Hey, I love you, baby.
2151
00:52:52,792 --> 00:52:55,500
You are so fine!
2152
00:52:55,542 --> 00:52:57,583
Scoop Jackson:
2153
00:52:55,542 --> 00:52:57,583
Allen Iverson is one
2154
00:52:55,542 --> 00:52:57,583
of the true representatives
2155
00:52:57,625 --> 00:53:01,500
of what hip-hop stands for and
2156
00:52:57,625 --> 00:53:01,500
what it's about in this country.
2157
00:53:01,542 --> 00:53:04,125
Be unapologetic. Be who you are.
2158
00:53:04,166 --> 00:53:06,709
Iverson: I just express myself,
2159
00:53:04,166 --> 00:53:06,709
and you know, hopefully,
2160
00:53:06,750 --> 00:53:10,333
the generation that comes after
2161
00:53:06,750 --> 00:53:10,333
me can be able to do the same.
2162
00:53:10,375 --> 00:53:13,417
[ humming ]
2163
00:53:10,375 --> 00:53:13,417
♪ Can't you see ♪
2164
00:53:13,458 --> 00:53:16,041
♪ Sometimes your words
2165
00:53:13,458 --> 00:53:16,041
just hypnotize me ♪
2166
00:53:16,083 --> 00:53:19,291
♪ And I just love yo-- ♪
2167
00:53:16,083 --> 00:53:19,291
Daddy, what time is it?
2168
00:53:19,333 --> 00:53:22,041
♪ Biggie, Biggie, Biggie,
2169
00:53:19,333 --> 00:53:22,041
can't you see? ♪
2170
00:53:22,083 --> 00:53:23,959
Carmelo Anthony:
2171
00:53:22,083 --> 00:53:23,959
He came in his style, his way.
2172
00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:27,208
You ain't really gonna
2173
00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:27,208
find nobody like that,
2174
00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:27,208
besides myself.
2175
00:53:27,250 --> 00:53:29,333
Dwyane Wade:
2176
00:53:27,250 --> 00:53:29,333
He made hip-hop and basketball
2177
00:53:29,375 --> 00:53:31,583
really come together.
2178
00:53:29,375 --> 00:53:31,583
He was the bridge.
2179
00:53:31,625 --> 00:53:34,417
Scoop: We take where we're from,
2180
00:53:31,625 --> 00:53:34,417
and now we have outlets.
2181
00:53:34,458 --> 00:53:36,375
The television
2182
00:53:34,458 --> 00:53:36,375
becomes an outlet.
2183
00:53:36,417 --> 00:53:38,875
Magazine covers
2184
00:53:36,417 --> 00:53:38,875
become the outlets,
2185
00:53:36,417 --> 00:53:38,875
and now it's out to the world.
2186
00:53:38,917 --> 00:53:41,208
[ ♪♪ ]
2187
00:53:45,792 --> 00:53:48,417
Iverson:
2188
00:53:45,792 --> 00:53:48,417
Over here just seemed different.
2189
00:53:45,792 --> 00:53:48,417
It seemed like
2190
00:53:48,458 --> 00:53:51,333
everything was so positive.
2191
00:53:48,458 --> 00:53:51,333
I thought it was just
2192
00:53:51,375 --> 00:53:53,875
the basketball part of it,
2193
00:53:51,375 --> 00:53:53,875
but I'm finding out
2194
00:53:53,917 --> 00:53:57,625
people love who I am
2195
00:53:53,917 --> 00:53:57,625
off the basketball court.
2196
00:53:57,667 --> 00:54:00,500
[ cheering ]
2197
00:54:00,542 --> 00:54:03,583
I didn't know I had
2198
00:54:00,542 --> 00:54:03,583
this many fans here.
2199
00:54:03,625 --> 00:54:05,583
I can't explain it.
2200
00:54:05,625 --> 00:54:07,792
[ cheering ]
2201
00:54:07,834 --> 00:54:09,458
Allen Iverson!
2202
00:54:11,458 --> 00:54:13,583
My lovely friends, Yao Ming.
2203
00:54:13,625 --> 00:54:16,333
[ cheering ]
2204
00:54:18,959 --> 00:54:22,250
The people embraced me,
2205
00:54:18,959 --> 00:54:22,250
the way I handle myself,
2206
00:54:22,291 --> 00:54:25,083
my style, and my look.
2207
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:28,792
Man, that was great.
2208
00:54:28,834 --> 00:54:31,750
I just wish my wife and kids
2209
00:54:28,834 --> 00:54:31,750
could've been there to see it,
2210
00:54:31,792 --> 00:54:35,500
but I'm pretty sure we'll have
2211
00:54:31,792 --> 00:54:35,500
some video footage for 'em,
2212
00:54:35,542 --> 00:54:38,250
and I'm pretty sure
2213
00:54:35,542 --> 00:54:38,250
you're gonna hook us up.
2214
00:54:42,291 --> 00:54:45,208
Brown: I've never coached an
2215
00:54:42,291 --> 00:54:45,208
athlete that I think more people
2216
00:54:45,250 --> 00:54:48,792
wanted to know about,
2217
00:54:45,250 --> 00:54:48,792
loved than Allen.
2218
00:54:48,834 --> 00:54:51,417
Little kids all over the place,
2219
00:54:48,834 --> 00:54:51,417
would always come up to me
2220
00:54:51,458 --> 00:54:53,291
and say, "You're
2221
00:54:51,458 --> 00:54:53,291
Allen Iverson's coach,"
2222
00:54:53,333 --> 00:54:56,500
you know.
2223
00:54:53,333 --> 00:54:56,500
"I want to be like Allen."
2224
00:54:56,542 --> 00:54:58,750
Okay. I got all the sneakers
2225
00:54:56,542 --> 00:54:58,750
and everything.
2226
00:54:58,792 --> 00:55:01,792
He's my favorite player, and
2227
00:54:58,792 --> 00:55:01,792
he's the best player ever to me.
2228
00:55:01,834 --> 00:55:04,333
Allen was a role model.
2229
00:55:01,834 --> 00:55:04,333
Good or bad,
2230
00:55:01,834 --> 00:55:04,333
he was a role model.
2231
00:55:04,375 --> 00:55:07,750
Todd: He was a person
2232
00:55:04,375 --> 00:55:07,750
that was so real,
2233
00:55:07,792 --> 00:55:11,792
the tats, the corn rows.
2234
00:55:07,792 --> 00:55:11,792
Like, this whole thing was
2235
00:55:11,834 --> 00:55:15,000
just like, "This is who I am,"
2236
00:55:11,834 --> 00:55:15,000
and people loved him for that.
2237
00:55:15,041 --> 00:55:16,709
But it's a gift
2238
00:55:15,041 --> 00:55:16,709
and a curse.
2239
00:55:16,750 --> 00:55:19,750
Moore: The way Allen carried
2240
00:55:16,750 --> 00:55:19,750
himself, the way he dressed,
2241
00:55:19,792 --> 00:55:21,667
some people liked it,
2242
00:55:19,792 --> 00:55:21,667
some didn't.
2243
00:55:21,709 --> 00:55:24,917
It's important that the players
2244
00:55:21,709 --> 00:55:24,917
take their end of it,
2245
00:55:24,959 --> 00:55:29,625
get out of the prison garb
2246
00:55:24,959 --> 00:55:29,625
and kill the thuggery aspect
2247
00:55:29,667 --> 00:55:33,750
of basketball that has come
2248
00:55:29,667 --> 00:55:33,750
along with the hip-hop music.
2249
00:55:33,792 --> 00:55:36,917
Iverson: When everybody
2250
00:55:33,792 --> 00:55:36,917
started looking like I looked,
2251
00:55:36,959 --> 00:55:39,375
the corn rows and tattoos
2252
00:55:36,959 --> 00:55:39,375
and baggy clothes,
2253
00:55:39,417 --> 00:55:42,875
that was just a great, great
2254
00:55:39,417 --> 00:55:42,875
feeling, but it was bittersweet
2255
00:55:42,917 --> 00:55:45,083
because I had to take
2256
00:55:42,917 --> 00:55:45,083
the whooping for it.
2257
00:55:45,125 --> 00:55:47,542
Robin Givhan writes
2258
00:55:45,125 --> 00:55:47,542
in the "Washington Post" today.
2259
00:55:47,583 --> 00:55:50,000
She said, "That's the body
2260
00:55:47,583 --> 00:55:50,000
language of a thug,
2261
00:55:50,041 --> 00:55:52,375
"and he's got the reputation
2262
00:55:50,041 --> 00:55:52,375
for what might diplomatically
2263
00:55:52,417 --> 00:55:54,458
be called ungentlemanly
2264
00:55:52,417 --> 00:55:54,458
behavior," and she's talking
2265
00:55:54,500 --> 00:55:55,959
about the corn rows
2266
00:55:54,500 --> 00:55:55,959
and everything else.
2267
00:55:56,000 --> 00:55:58,959
It suggests that your
2268
00:55:56,000 --> 00:55:58,959
success, wealth, all that,
2269
00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:01,625
is tied into this
2270
00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:01,625
gangster prison attitude,
2271
00:56:01,667 --> 00:56:03,750
and I just think it's
2272
00:56:01,667 --> 00:56:03,750
a negative, poisonous message.
2273
00:56:03,792 --> 00:56:07,583
If he wants to express himself
2274
00:56:03,792 --> 00:56:07,583
with tattoos or with hairdos
2275
00:56:07,625 --> 00:56:09,792
that are different
2276
00:56:07,625 --> 00:56:09,792
from you would like to wear,
2277
00:56:09,834 --> 00:56:12,375
or wear jewelry that maybe
2278
00:56:09,834 --> 00:56:12,375
you wouldn't wear,
2279
00:56:12,417 --> 00:56:14,542
or wear outfits
2280
00:56:12,417 --> 00:56:14,542
that you wouldn't wear,
2281
00:56:14,583 --> 00:56:16,375
that doesn't make him bad.
2282
00:56:14,583 --> 00:56:16,375
It just makes him different.
2283
00:56:16,417 --> 00:56:18,375
'Cause he's from
2284
00:56:16,417 --> 00:56:18,375
the 'hood.
2285
00:56:18,417 --> 00:56:19,917
Yeah.
2286
00:56:18,417 --> 00:56:19,917
He keep it gangsta, he do.
2287
00:56:18,417 --> 00:56:19,917
He keep it gangsta.
2288
00:56:19,959 --> 00:56:22,917
He's aware. He's truly aware.
2289
00:56:19,959 --> 00:56:22,917
You've got to love him.
2290
00:56:22,959 --> 00:56:23,917
He's awesome.
2291
00:56:22,959 --> 00:56:23,917
He's awesome.
2292
00:56:23,959 --> 00:56:24,917
He's cute!
2293
00:56:24,959 --> 00:56:27,000
'Cause he's cute!
2294
00:56:27,041 --> 00:56:30,166
Moore: I clearly thought
2295
00:56:27,041 --> 00:56:30,166
that they looked at him
2296
00:56:30,208 --> 00:56:33,208
and decided that's not
2297
00:56:30,208 --> 00:56:33,208
where they wanted to be.
2298
00:56:33,250 --> 00:56:35,542
Something had to be done
2299
00:56:35,583 --> 00:56:38,041
if you're looking nine,
2300
00:56:35,583 --> 00:56:38,041
ten years down the road.
2301
00:56:38,083 --> 00:56:41,875
When commissioner David Stern
2302
00:56:38,083 --> 00:56:41,875
instilled that dress code,
2303
00:56:41,917 --> 00:56:44,000
I'm thinking, "Uh-oh.
2304
00:56:41,917 --> 00:56:44,000
This isn't going to fly
2305
00:56:41,917 --> 00:56:44,000
with Bubba."
2306
00:56:44,041 --> 00:56:47,792
Female reporter:
2307
00:56:44,041 --> 00:56:47,792
Under this new policy
2308
00:56:44,041 --> 00:56:47,792
off court, in public,
2309
00:56:47,834 --> 00:56:50,500
the pros are expected
2310
00:56:47,834 --> 00:56:50,500
to wear businesslike attire.
2311
00:56:50,542 --> 00:56:53,166
No more chains,
2312
00:56:50,542 --> 00:56:53,166
pendants, medallions,
2313
00:56:53,208 --> 00:56:56,291
headbands or headgear
2314
00:56:53,208 --> 00:56:56,291
of any kind.
2315
00:56:56,333 --> 00:56:57,792
Iverson: I think
2316
00:56:56,333 --> 00:56:57,792
they're just targeting guys
2317
00:56:57,834 --> 00:57:00,083
that look hip-hop,
2318
00:56:57,834 --> 00:57:00,083
guys that dress like me.
2319
00:57:00,125 --> 00:57:02,417
Brown: Maybe it's unfair,
2320
00:57:00,125 --> 00:57:02,417
but I don't think
2321
00:57:02,458 --> 00:57:05,333
he truly understood the effect
2322
00:57:02,458 --> 00:57:05,333
and the impact he had
2323
00:57:05,375 --> 00:57:07,250
on so many young kids.
2324
00:57:07,291 --> 00:57:09,625
If he knew that, I think
2325
00:57:09,667 --> 00:57:11,959
he would've done things
2326
00:57:09,667 --> 00:57:11,959
differently in a lot of ways.
2327
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:15,208
Todd: He got into a period
2328
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:15,208
where he was larger than life,
2329
00:57:15,250 --> 00:57:18,000
and he was kind of hard
2330
00:57:15,250 --> 00:57:18,000
to control, you know.
2331
00:57:18,041 --> 00:57:21,250
He wasn't showing up for things.
2332
00:57:18,041 --> 00:57:21,250
He was really late for things.
2333
00:57:21,291 --> 00:57:25,166
He wasn't really respecting
2334
00:57:21,291 --> 00:57:25,166
the relationship.
2335
00:57:25,208 --> 00:57:27,083
Man: And action!
2336
00:57:27,125 --> 00:57:29,542
Todd: We were in Coney Island
2337
00:57:27,125 --> 00:57:29,542
one time, shooting this spot.
2338
00:57:29,583 --> 00:57:31,834
We had two scenes left.
2339
00:57:29,583 --> 00:57:31,834
It was kind of chilly out.
2340
00:57:31,875 --> 00:57:33,709
It was around 6:00,
2341
00:57:31,875 --> 00:57:33,709
and then he's like, "Yo."
2342
00:57:36,041 --> 00:57:38,458
And I'm like, "What's up?"
2343
00:57:36,041 --> 00:57:38,458
And he's like, "Yo, I'm out."
2344
00:57:40,667 --> 00:57:42,208
I'm, like, "What the fuck
2345
00:57:40,667 --> 00:57:42,208
you mean you're out?
2346
00:57:42,250 --> 00:57:44,458
Like, we've got an hour and
2347
00:57:42,250 --> 00:57:44,458
a half left, and we're gonna
2348
00:57:44,500 --> 00:57:47,166
finish this great
2349
00:57:44,500 --> 00:57:47,166
commercial that's gonna
2350
00:57:44,500 --> 00:57:47,166
be a great look for you.
2351
00:57:47,208 --> 00:57:49,291
This product looks great.
2352
00:57:47,208 --> 00:57:49,291
What are we talking about?"
2353
00:57:49,333 --> 00:57:52,250
And he's like, "I'm out,"
2354
00:57:49,333 --> 00:57:52,250
and then he literally calls
2355
00:57:52,291 --> 00:57:54,542
to one of his boys,
2356
00:57:52,291 --> 00:57:54,542
and he leaves.
2357
00:57:54,583 --> 00:57:57,000
And this is not a,
2358
00:57:54,583 --> 00:57:57,000
"Like, okay, everyone.
2359
00:57:54,583 --> 00:57:57,000
Come back tomorrow morning."
2360
00:57:57,041 --> 00:57:58,542
This is permanent.
2361
00:57:57,041 --> 00:57:58,542
This is a crew.
2362
00:57:58,583 --> 00:58:00,583
This is money.
2363
00:57:58,583 --> 00:58:00,583
This is a big problem, right?
2364
00:58:00,625 --> 00:58:03,208
He's got a great soul,
2365
00:58:00,625 --> 00:58:03,208
and he's a great person,
2366
00:58:03,250 --> 00:58:06,250
but he was just
2367
00:58:03,250 --> 00:58:06,250
in the space where, like,
2368
00:58:06,291 --> 00:58:09,125
he didn't give a shit
2369
00:58:06,291 --> 00:58:09,125
about any obligations.
2370
00:58:09,166 --> 00:58:12,250
Magic had a bad TV show.
2371
00:58:12,291 --> 00:58:15,291
Shaq did a genie movie.
2372
00:58:15,333 --> 00:58:17,542
How are you going
2373
00:58:15,333 --> 00:58:17,542
to embarrass yourself?
2374
00:58:17,583 --> 00:58:20,583
[ laughter and applause ]
2375
00:58:28,583 --> 00:58:32,333
You have to be tolerant up to
2376
00:58:28,583 --> 00:58:32,333
a point, then you begin to ask:
2377
00:58:32,375 --> 00:58:34,750
When is it doing
2378
00:58:32,375 --> 00:58:34,750
more harm than good?
2379
00:58:34,792 --> 00:58:37,542
When is it more than just
2380
00:58:34,792 --> 00:58:37,542
a personal statement?
2381
00:58:37,583 --> 00:58:39,959
♪ Man enough to pull a gun,
2382
00:58:37,583 --> 00:58:39,959
be man enough to cheese it... ♪
2383
00:58:43,208 --> 00:58:45,792
Iverson: Somebody could do
2384
00:58:43,208 --> 00:58:45,792
a rap album like the rap album
2385
00:58:45,834 --> 00:58:48,291
that I made, and you wouldn't
2386
00:58:45,834 --> 00:58:48,291
hear nothing about it.
2387
00:58:48,333 --> 00:58:50,125
♪ I'm a bastard case,
2388
00:58:48,333 --> 00:58:50,125
What's up? ♪
2389
00:58:50,166 --> 00:58:52,417
♪ Your fucking hands
2390
00:58:50,166 --> 00:58:52,417
put my gas in your face ♪
2391
00:58:52,458 --> 00:58:54,542
But Allen Iverson can't do it.
2392
00:58:57,166 --> 00:58:59,125
I was disappointed
2393
00:58:57,166 --> 00:58:59,125
in the lyrics
2394
00:58:59,166 --> 00:59:02,375
because of his power
2395
00:58:59,166 --> 00:59:02,375
to promote a positive message.
2396
00:59:02,417 --> 00:59:04,667
I was disgusted with the lyrics
2397
00:59:02,417 --> 00:59:04,667
because they didn't
2398
00:59:04,709 --> 00:59:07,333
look positive to me,
2399
00:59:04,709 --> 00:59:07,333
and we had a conversation,
2400
00:59:07,375 --> 00:59:09,166
and he didn't understand
2401
00:59:07,375 --> 00:59:09,166
exactly what I was saying
2402
00:59:09,208 --> 00:59:11,458
until the backlash from
2403
00:59:09,208 --> 00:59:11,458
everywhere else came upon him.
2404
00:59:11,500 --> 00:59:14,542
This offends me as a black
2405
00:59:11,500 --> 00:59:14,542
woman, still calling us hoes,
2406
00:59:14,583 --> 00:59:16,792
bitches and sluts.
2407
00:59:14,583 --> 00:59:16,792
It's calling us niggers.
2408
00:59:16,834 --> 00:59:20,041
The album is weak.
2409
00:59:16,834 --> 00:59:20,041
The lyrics are just whack.
2410
00:59:20,083 --> 00:59:23,208
He needs to stay in basketball.
2411
00:59:20,083 --> 00:59:23,208
Rap is not his thing.
2412
00:59:23,250 --> 00:59:24,792
I'm not interested
2413
00:59:23,250 --> 00:59:24,792
in legislation.
2414
00:59:24,834 --> 00:59:26,625
I'm not interested
2415
00:59:24,834 --> 00:59:26,625
in regulation.
2416
00:59:26,667 --> 00:59:28,166
I'm not interested
2417
00:59:26,667 --> 00:59:28,166
in starting a boycott.
2418
00:59:28,208 --> 00:59:29,667
I just want them to stop.
2419
00:59:29,709 --> 00:59:34,208
John Thompson better call
2420
00:59:29,709 --> 00:59:34,208
better speak to Allen.
2421
00:59:34,250 --> 00:59:35,792
I think he needs
2422
00:59:34,250 --> 00:59:35,792
to speak to the brother.
2423
00:59:35,834 --> 00:59:37,709
Iverson: I was early 20s.
2424
00:59:37,750 --> 00:59:40,333
I never looked
2425
00:59:37,750 --> 00:59:40,333
at how much of impact
2426
00:59:40,375 --> 00:59:43,291
that I have on people.
2427
00:59:40,375 --> 00:59:43,291
Kids that love everything
2428
00:59:43,333 --> 00:59:45,458
about Allen Iverson
2429
00:59:43,333 --> 00:59:45,458
were going to listen to it,
2430
00:59:45,500 --> 00:59:48,917
but back then, you know,
2431
00:59:45,500 --> 00:59:48,917
I didn't look at it that way.
2432
00:59:48,959 --> 00:59:51,458
If you're a hardcore
2433
00:59:48,959 --> 00:59:51,458
hip-hop fan,
2434
00:59:51,500 --> 00:59:53,875
then this album is for you.
2435
00:59:51,500 --> 00:59:53,875
If you don't care
2436
00:59:53,917 --> 00:59:57,792
about hardcore gangsta rap,
2437
00:59:53,917 --> 00:59:57,792
just don't buy it.
2438
00:59:57,834 --> 01:00:00,750
♪ Yo, yo, yo... ♪
2439
01:00:03,750 --> 01:00:07,500
2001 was a very special season,
2440
01:00:03,750 --> 01:00:07,500
because before,
2441
01:00:07,542 --> 01:00:10,500
in the summertime, he was going
2442
01:00:07,542 --> 01:00:10,500
to get traded, and I called him.
2443
01:00:10,542 --> 01:00:14,458
I said, "Bubba, I got a call
2444
01:00:10,542 --> 01:00:14,458
from Larry Brown and Billy King.
2445
01:00:14,500 --> 01:00:16,250
They're gonna trade you.
2446
01:00:14,500 --> 01:00:16,250
I want to tell you
2447
01:00:16,291 --> 01:00:17,542
you're gonna get traded."
2448
01:00:17,583 --> 01:00:19,333
He's,
2449
01:00:17,583 --> 01:00:19,333
"Pat, no, man. No, listen."
2450
01:00:19,375 --> 01:00:21,917
I said, "Well, listen.
2451
01:00:19,375 --> 01:00:21,917
I can't defend you anymore.
2452
01:00:21,959 --> 01:00:25,834
I can't--
2453
01:00:21,959 --> 01:00:25,834
If you're not gonna live
2454
01:00:21,959 --> 01:00:25,834
the talk, I can't defend you.
2455
01:00:25,875 --> 01:00:27,917
If you're not gonna be
2456
01:00:25,875 --> 01:00:27,917
on practice on time
2457
01:00:27,959 --> 01:00:31,583
and strength train and lead the
2458
01:00:27,959 --> 01:00:31,583
team, and not curse the coach--
2459
01:00:31,625 --> 01:00:33,834
If you're not gonna
2460
01:00:31,625 --> 01:00:33,834
do all this..."
2461
01:00:33,875 --> 01:00:36,500
"Pat, I promise. I promise.
2462
01:00:33,875 --> 01:00:36,500
I want, so much so,
2463
01:00:36,542 --> 01:00:38,375
I want to be captain.
2464
01:00:36,542 --> 01:00:38,375
I want to be captain
2465
01:00:36,542 --> 01:00:38,375
with Eric Snow."
2466
01:00:38,417 --> 01:00:40,333
I said, "Listen, if you do
2467
01:00:38,417 --> 01:00:40,333
half of what you just said,
2468
01:00:40,375 --> 01:00:42,667
we'll be champions."
2469
01:00:40,375 --> 01:00:42,667
I called Larry Brown and said,
2470
01:00:42,709 --> 01:00:45,542
"You're not gonna believe it.
2471
01:00:42,709 --> 01:00:45,542
I want to tell you exactly
2472
01:00:42,709 --> 01:00:45,542
what he just said."
2473
01:00:45,583 --> 01:00:47,667
Now, the trade didn't go down
2474
01:00:45,583 --> 01:00:47,667
for other reasons,
2475
01:00:47,709 --> 01:00:49,875
but thank goodness
2476
01:00:47,709 --> 01:00:49,875
the trade didn't go down.
2477
01:00:49,917 --> 01:00:52,625
Iverson: I always looked
2478
01:00:49,917 --> 01:00:52,625
at basketball as just a game.
2479
01:00:52,667 --> 01:00:54,917
I never looked at it
2480
01:00:52,667 --> 01:00:54,917
as business,
2481
01:00:54,959 --> 01:00:58,125
and I found out the hard way,
2482
01:00:54,959 --> 01:00:58,125
but, you know, at least
2483
01:00:58,166 --> 01:01:00,959
I did recognize it
2484
01:00:58,166 --> 01:01:00,959
before it was too late.
2485
01:01:05,083 --> 01:01:08,166
It started off
2486
01:01:05,083 --> 01:01:08,166
with a 10-0 beginning.
2487
01:01:08,208 --> 01:01:10,917
I think we won
2488
01:01:08,208 --> 01:01:10,917
our first 10 games.
2489
01:01:08,208 --> 01:01:10,917
We were going great.
2490
01:01:10,959 --> 01:01:14,417
Everyone and their mother was
2491
01:01:10,959 --> 01:01:14,417
wearing Allen Iverson jerseys.
2492
01:01:14,458 --> 01:01:17,333
P.A. announcer:
2493
01:01:14,458 --> 01:01:17,333
From the Philadelphia 76ers,
2494
01:01:17,375 --> 01:01:20,166
Allen Iverson!
2495
01:01:20,208 --> 01:01:23,000
Scoop: The all-star game is when
2496
01:01:20,208 --> 01:01:23,000
I lost all my professionalism
2497
01:01:23,041 --> 01:01:24,959
'cause I lost my mind.
2498
01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:28,166
[ indistinct ]
2499
01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:28,166
Intercepted by Iverson.
2500
01:01:29,458 --> 01:01:31,333
Three on two.
2501
01:01:31,375 --> 01:01:33,625
Iverson, to the reverse!
2502
01:01:33,667 --> 01:01:35,625
A little pass to himself.
2503
01:01:33,667 --> 01:01:35,625
[ laughing ]
2504
01:01:35,667 --> 01:01:37,667
We've seen two spectacular
2505
01:01:35,667 --> 01:01:37,667
plays by Allen Iverson,
2506
01:01:37,709 --> 01:01:39,333
already playing off the ball.
2507
01:01:39,375 --> 01:01:42,709
Iverson! Allen Iverson
2508
01:01:39,375 --> 01:01:42,709
beginning to heat up.
2509
01:01:42,750 --> 01:01:45,792
Scoop: They were down like,
2510
01:01:42,750 --> 01:01:45,792
by I think 22
2511
01:01:42,750 --> 01:01:45,792
going into the 4th quarter.
2512
01:01:45,834 --> 01:01:48,000
He willed that victory.
2513
01:01:48,041 --> 01:01:51,417
It's only a 7-point game
2514
01:01:48,041 --> 01:01:51,417
with four and a half to go.
2515
01:01:51,458 --> 01:01:54,709
Iverson, does he get
2516
01:01:51,458 --> 01:01:54,709
the continuation?
2517
01:01:51,458 --> 01:01:54,709
Yes, he does!
2518
01:01:54,750 --> 01:01:58,417
He never gave up hustling,
2519
01:01:54,750 --> 01:01:58,417
stealing and making people work.
2520
01:01:58,458 --> 01:02:00,667
Iverson for three!
2521
01:02:00,709 --> 01:02:03,125
And I'm up there, yelling,
2522
01:02:00,709 --> 01:02:03,125
"That's what I'm talking about!"
2523
01:02:03,166 --> 01:02:04,750
Down to three...
2524
01:02:04,792 --> 01:02:07,041
Marbury. Trying
2525
01:02:04,792 --> 01:02:07,041
to get to Bryant.
2526
01:02:07,083 --> 01:02:12,000
Duncan came up short,
2527
01:02:07,083 --> 01:02:12,000
and it's over!
2528
01:02:12,041 --> 01:02:15,792
The East comes from 21 down!
2529
01:02:15,834 --> 01:02:18,125
This is why you love
2530
01:02:15,834 --> 01:02:18,125
this cat, 'cause he can
2531
01:02:15,834 --> 01:02:18,125
do stuff like this.
2532
01:02:18,166 --> 01:02:20,375
Marv, that's one of the best
2533
01:02:18,166 --> 01:02:20,375
all-star games I've ever seen,
2534
01:02:20,417 --> 01:02:23,834
just the big plays,
2535
01:02:20,417 --> 01:02:23,834
getting back in the game.
2536
01:02:23,875 --> 01:02:27,125
Every time I come
2537
01:02:23,875 --> 01:02:27,125
in this gym, in this arena,
2538
01:02:27,166 --> 01:02:30,875
I hear my favorite song,
2539
01:02:27,166 --> 01:02:30,875
you know, y'all voices.
2540
01:02:37,375 --> 01:02:41,250
Brown: I can't imagine a player
2541
01:02:37,375 --> 01:02:41,250
having a better year than Allen.
2542
01:02:41,291 --> 01:02:44,250
It just seemed like everything
2543
01:02:41,291 --> 01:02:44,250
was just going the right way.
2544
01:02:44,291 --> 01:02:46,250
Female reporter:
2545
01:02:44,291 --> 01:02:46,250
The NBA had to wait
2546
01:02:44,291 --> 01:02:46,250
for the final night
2547
01:02:46,291 --> 01:02:49,000
of the regular season
2548
01:02:46,291 --> 01:02:49,000
to crown a scoring champion.
2549
01:02:49,041 --> 01:02:52,000
Philadelphia's Allen Iverson
2550
01:02:49,041 --> 01:02:52,000
scored the season's average
2551
01:02:52,041 --> 01:02:56,166
of 26.8, a half point more
2552
01:02:52,041 --> 01:02:56,166
than Shaquille O'Neal.
2553
01:02:56,208 --> 01:02:58,417
Everybody says to me, "Well,
2554
01:02:56,208 --> 01:02:58,417
Allen took a lot of shots,
2555
01:02:58,458 --> 01:03:02,000
and he was selfish."
2556
01:02:58,458 --> 01:03:02,000
I wanted him to shoot
2557
01:02:58,458 --> 01:03:02,000
40 times a game.
2558
01:03:02,041 --> 01:03:03,709
That's the only way
2559
01:03:02,041 --> 01:03:03,709
we could win.
2560
01:03:03,750 --> 01:03:06,041
Croce:
2561
01:03:03,750 --> 01:03:06,041
It is my pride and pleasure
2562
01:03:06,083 --> 01:03:10,083
to introduce to you
2563
01:03:06,083 --> 01:03:10,083
the NBA's Most Valuable Player,
2564
01:03:10,125 --> 01:03:14,291
our answer and now
2565
01:03:10,125 --> 01:03:14,291
the world's, Allen Iverson.
2566
01:03:14,333 --> 01:03:16,333
[ applause ]
2567
01:03:16,375 --> 01:03:19,417
I wanted the relationship
2568
01:03:16,375 --> 01:03:19,417
that Michael Jackson--
2569
01:03:19,458 --> 01:03:21,166
Michael Jordan, I'm sorry.
2570
01:03:21,208 --> 01:03:22,500
[ laughter ]
2571
01:03:27,834 --> 01:03:30,667
So I'll let you all know I've
2572
01:03:27,834 --> 01:03:30,667
been talking for 10 minutes,
2573
01:03:30,709 --> 01:03:32,792
and I'm still a bit nervous.
2574
01:03:32,834 --> 01:03:37,542
I wanted the same
2575
01:03:32,834 --> 01:03:37,542
relationship with him, like,
2576
01:03:37,583 --> 01:03:40,792
with Phil Jackson
2577
01:03:37,583 --> 01:03:40,792
and Michael Jordan had.
2578
01:03:40,834 --> 01:03:44,959
Croce: Allen Iverson proves to
2579
01:03:40,834 --> 01:03:44,959
people that dreams do come true.
2580
01:03:45,000 --> 01:03:49,333
Here's a guy who was in prison,
2581
01:03:45,000 --> 01:03:49,333
who ends up the MVP of the NBA,
2582
01:03:49,375 --> 01:03:52,333
the best player on the
2583
01:03:49,375 --> 01:03:52,333
basketball court in the world.
2584
01:03:52,375 --> 01:03:54,959
Tell me dreams don't come true.
2585
01:03:55,000 --> 01:03:58,834
Now, you know, my goal
2586
01:03:55,000 --> 01:03:58,834
every day is just working
2587
01:03:58,875 --> 01:04:02,166
to get what he got, what he's
2588
01:03:58,875 --> 01:04:02,166
holding right now, you know.
2589
01:04:02,208 --> 01:04:04,250
All I care about
2590
01:04:02,208 --> 01:04:04,250
is the championship trophy.
2591
01:04:04,291 --> 01:04:06,125
Are you going to dethrone
2592
01:04:04,291 --> 01:04:06,125
to the Los Angeles Lakers?
2593
01:04:06,166 --> 01:04:09,083
Hopefully. That's the way
2594
01:04:06,166 --> 01:04:09,083
I draw it up in my dreams.
2595
01:04:09,125 --> 01:04:11,417
Croce: It was wonderful. It was
2596
01:04:09,125 --> 01:04:11,417
wonderful to see and believe
2597
01:04:11,458 --> 01:04:14,041
and expect that
2598
01:04:11,458 --> 01:04:14,041
we were going to win it all.
2599
01:04:14,083 --> 01:04:16,166
That's marketing.
2600
01:04:14,083 --> 01:04:16,166
That's perfect marketing.
2601
01:04:16,208 --> 01:04:18,417
He's talking smack,
2602
01:04:16,208 --> 01:04:18,417
I'm talking smack.
2603
01:04:16,208 --> 01:04:18,417
They market that.
2604
01:04:18,458 --> 01:04:20,166
[ humming NBA theme ]
2605
01:04:20,208 --> 01:04:22,041
[ laughter ]
2606
01:04:22,083 --> 01:04:26,125
Albert: They are ready for
2607
01:04:22,083 --> 01:04:26,125
the start of the NBA Finals.
2608
01:04:26,166 --> 01:04:29,542
The Lakers coming in
2609
01:04:26,166 --> 01:04:29,542
with 19 straight wins,
2610
01:04:29,583 --> 01:04:31,542
going against a Sixer team
2611
01:04:31,583 --> 01:04:33,583
that was taken to the limit
2612
01:04:31,583 --> 01:04:33,583
by the Bucks.
2613
01:04:33,625 --> 01:04:35,542
Iverson: You know, everybody
2614
01:04:33,625 --> 01:04:35,542
already counted us out.
2615
01:04:35,583 --> 01:04:37,333
We're just gonna keep
2616
01:04:35,583 --> 01:04:37,333
playing hard,
2617
01:04:37,375 --> 01:04:39,000
and whatever happens happens.
2618
01:04:44,500 --> 01:04:46,542
Look at Shaq,
2619
01:04:44,500 --> 01:04:46,542
just towering!
2620
01:04:46,583 --> 01:04:49,375
Kobe for three!
2621
01:04:46,583 --> 01:04:49,375
[ cheering ]
2622
01:04:49,417 --> 01:04:52,583
The Lakers in the midst
2623
01:04:49,417 --> 01:04:52,583
of a 14-0 run.
2624
01:04:52,625 --> 01:04:55,709
Shaquille O'Neal
2625
01:04:52,625 --> 01:04:55,709
is possessed right now.
2626
01:04:55,750 --> 01:04:58,250
Kobe Bryant is
2627
01:04:55,750 --> 01:04:58,250
an all-league defender,
2628
01:04:58,291 --> 01:05:00,083
knocks that ball loose.
2629
01:05:00,125 --> 01:05:02,667
Terrific defense that time
2630
01:05:00,125 --> 01:05:02,667
by the Lakers.
2631
01:05:04,500 --> 01:05:08,542
Iverson: All the things
2632
01:05:04,500 --> 01:05:08,542
that I had to endure in my life,
2633
01:05:08,583 --> 01:05:12,709
all the obstacles
2634
01:05:08,583 --> 01:05:12,709
I was faced with,
2635
01:05:12,750 --> 01:05:15,959
whatever it is,
2636
01:05:12,750 --> 01:05:15,959
I fight through it.
2637
01:05:17,917 --> 01:05:21,250
A weak person would break.
2638
01:05:17,917 --> 01:05:21,250
They'd give up.
2639
01:05:21,291 --> 01:05:24,250
That's just not me.
2640
01:05:24,291 --> 01:05:28,125
Where I'm from,
2641
01:05:24,291 --> 01:05:28,125
only the strong survive.
2642
01:05:28,166 --> 01:05:29,417
♪ Get along! ♪
2643
01:05:29,458 --> 01:05:31,041
♪ Get along! ♪
2644
01:05:31,083 --> 01:05:32,625
♪ Get along! ♪
2645
01:05:32,667 --> 01:05:35,875
♪ Get along!
2646
01:05:32,667 --> 01:05:35,875
I said I feel... ♪
2647
01:05:35,917 --> 01:05:38,375
Two-hander by Iverson,
2648
01:05:35,917 --> 01:05:38,375
behind the back.
2649
01:05:38,417 --> 01:05:40,417
And the finish!
2650
01:05:40,458 --> 01:05:42,750
Iverson. Yes!
2651
01:05:42,792 --> 01:05:45,417
This guy has such courage.
2652
01:05:45,458 --> 01:05:47,375
Iverson... again!
2653
01:05:47,417 --> 01:05:49,458
He is fearless.
2654
01:05:49,500 --> 01:05:51,500
Allen Iverson!
2655
01:05:51,542 --> 01:05:54,375
He is so fast
2656
01:05:51,542 --> 01:05:54,375
out in the open court.
2657
01:05:54,417 --> 01:05:56,875
He just turned on the burners
2658
01:05:54,417 --> 01:05:56,875
and ran right past him.
2659
01:05:56,917 --> 01:05:58,917
Allen Iverson on fire!
2660
01:05:58,959 --> 01:06:00,542
Amazing!
2661
01:06:00,583 --> 01:06:03,583
The 76ers with the ball,
2662
01:06:00,583 --> 01:06:03,583
down by one.
2663
01:06:00,583 --> 01:06:03,583
Iverson for three.
2664
01:06:03,625 --> 01:06:05,083
Yes!
2665
01:06:05,125 --> 01:06:08,083
Iverson, bothered by Lue.
2666
01:06:08,125 --> 01:06:11,083
Iverson. Yes!
2667
01:06:11,125 --> 01:06:12,542
How about that?
2668
01:06:12,583 --> 01:06:14,417
He just steps over Tyronn Lue!
2669
01:06:14,458 --> 01:06:16,208
♪ Get along!
2670
01:06:14,458 --> 01:06:16,208
I said I feel... ♪
2671
01:06:16,250 --> 01:06:20,625
And the 76ers pulling off
2672
01:06:16,250 --> 01:06:20,625
a stunner in Game 1 here.
2673
01:06:20,667 --> 01:06:24,041
Iverson finished with 48...
2674
01:06:24,083 --> 01:06:26,917
I believed we were going
2675
01:06:24,083 --> 01:06:26,917
to have that parade.
2676
01:06:26,959 --> 01:06:30,083
Well, when we didn't win it all,
2677
01:06:26,959 --> 01:06:30,083
obviously it was disappointing.
2678
01:06:30,125 --> 01:06:31,583
Brown: We never would've
2679
01:06:30,125 --> 01:06:31,583
had a chance,
2680
01:06:31,625 --> 01:06:33,083
had it not been for Allen.
2681
01:06:33,125 --> 01:06:36,041
Nobody had a better year
2682
01:06:33,125 --> 01:06:36,041
than that kid that year.
2683
01:06:36,083 --> 01:06:39,250
A negative story about
2684
01:06:36,083 --> 01:06:39,250
Allen Iverson is going
2685
01:06:36,083 --> 01:06:39,250
to sell, regardless.
2686
01:06:39,291 --> 01:06:42,041
I hear those things,
2687
01:06:39,291 --> 01:06:42,041
and I will be lying to you
2688
01:06:42,083 --> 01:06:44,417
if I tell you it doesn't
2689
01:06:42,083 --> 01:06:44,417
bother me.
2690
01:06:44,458 --> 01:06:47,000
But if I know, and the people
2691
01:06:44,458 --> 01:06:47,000
that's close to me know,
2692
01:06:47,041 --> 01:06:49,166
why do I have to explain myself?
2693
01:06:49,208 --> 01:06:51,125
[ ♪♪ ]
2694
01:06:51,166 --> 01:06:54,500
Moore: Allen Iverson's life
2695
01:06:51,166 --> 01:06:54,500
is a book that he has always
2696
01:06:54,542 --> 01:06:59,750
refused to open, and by
2697
01:06:54,542 --> 01:06:59,750
refusing to open that book,
2698
01:06:59,792 --> 01:07:01,792
I think people just say,
2699
01:06:59,792 --> 01:07:01,792
"How dare you?"
2700
01:07:01,834 --> 01:07:05,875
And as crazy as it may sound,
2701
01:07:01,834 --> 01:07:05,875
and as untrue as it might be,
2702
01:07:05,917 --> 01:07:08,583
as long as it sells newspapers
2703
01:07:05,917 --> 01:07:08,583
and gets people to look
2704
01:07:08,625 --> 01:07:11,125
at my television station,
2705
01:07:08,625 --> 01:07:11,125
we're going to say
2706
01:07:11,166 --> 01:07:14,041
just about what the hell
2707
01:07:11,166 --> 01:07:14,041
we want to say about you.
2708
01:07:14,083 --> 01:07:17,000
Trouble of a different sort
2709
01:07:14,083 --> 01:07:17,000
tonight for one of
2710
01:07:17,041 --> 01:07:20,083
the National Basketball
2711
01:07:17,041 --> 01:07:20,083
Association's biggest stars.
2712
01:07:20,125 --> 01:07:22,583
Male reporter 1:
2713
01:07:20,125 --> 01:07:22,583
Allen Iverson in trouble
2714
01:07:20,125 --> 01:07:22,583
with the law again.
2715
01:07:22,625 --> 01:07:24,083
Male reporter 2:
2716
01:07:22,625 --> 01:07:24,083
He could be headed to jail.
2717
01:07:24,125 --> 01:07:26,834
Facing the possibility
2718
01:07:24,125 --> 01:07:26,834
of some years behind bars.
2719
01:07:26,875 --> 01:07:30,125
I got in an argument with my
2720
01:07:26,875 --> 01:07:30,125
wife, cussing each other out,
2721
01:07:30,166 --> 01:07:31,875
all kinds of stuff that
2722
01:07:30,166 --> 01:07:31,875
ain't none of y'all business,
2723
01:07:31,917 --> 01:07:34,125
but you know what it is
2724
01:07:31,917 --> 01:07:34,125
if you're in a relationship
2725
01:07:31,917 --> 01:07:34,125
with somebody.
2726
01:07:34,166 --> 01:07:37,417
According to police 911 tapes,
2727
01:07:34,166 --> 01:07:37,417
Iverson threw her
2728
01:07:37,458 --> 01:07:39,709
out of their suburban home
2729
01:07:37,458 --> 01:07:39,709
the night of July 3rd.
2730
01:07:39,750 --> 01:07:41,417
Man, they even said
2731
01:07:39,750 --> 01:07:41,417
I threw my wife out naked.
2732
01:07:41,458 --> 01:07:43,709
She was not dressed
2733
01:07:41,458 --> 01:07:43,709
at the time.
2734
01:07:43,750 --> 01:07:46,125
Why would I expect somebody
2735
01:07:43,750 --> 01:07:46,125
to look at me as a man
2736
01:07:46,166 --> 01:07:47,709
if I did that to my wife?
2737
01:07:47,750 --> 01:07:50,709
Philadelphia police say the
2738
01:07:47,750 --> 01:07:50,709
27-year-old basketball player
2739
01:07:50,750 --> 01:07:53,166
burst into
2740
01:07:50,750 --> 01:07:53,166
his cousin's apartment.
2741
01:07:53,208 --> 01:07:55,250
Pulling out guns and stuff.
2742
01:07:53,208 --> 01:07:55,250
Uh-uh. Can't have that.
2743
01:07:55,291 --> 01:07:58,291
He did have a gun.
2744
01:07:55,291 --> 01:07:58,291
They said it on the news.
2745
01:07:58,333 --> 01:08:00,250
Both: He was armed with a gun.
2746
01:08:00,291 --> 01:08:02,792
Iverson: They come looking
2747
01:08:00,291 --> 01:08:02,792
for a gun, five days later,
2748
01:08:02,834 --> 01:08:04,959
like the gun still gonna be
2749
01:08:02,834 --> 01:08:04,959
in the house if I had one.
2750
01:08:05,000 --> 01:08:07,917
Man: Were guns found or guns
2751
01:08:05,000 --> 01:08:07,917
used in this alleged crime?
2752
01:08:07,959 --> 01:08:10,834
No, I don't first-hand--
2753
01:08:07,959 --> 01:08:10,834
I don't have that information.
2754
01:08:10,875 --> 01:08:13,083
Male reporter:
2755
01:08:10,875 --> 01:08:13,083
It seems as though
2756
01:08:10,875 --> 01:08:13,083
Iverson didn't necessarily
2757
01:08:13,125 --> 01:08:15,667
brandish the gun,
2758
01:08:13,125 --> 01:08:15,667
but he perhaps
2759
01:08:15,709 --> 01:08:17,291
had a gun in his waistband.
2760
01:08:17,333 --> 01:08:20,291
They got helicopters
2761
01:08:17,333 --> 01:08:20,291
flying over my house all day.
2762
01:08:20,333 --> 01:08:21,834
They got media people
2763
01:08:20,333 --> 01:08:21,834
in front of my house,
2764
01:08:21,875 --> 01:08:25,542
with lawn chairs,
2765
01:08:21,875 --> 01:08:25,542
and cooking out with cameras.
2766
01:08:25,583 --> 01:08:27,959
Girl, get out of my face
2767
01:08:25,583 --> 01:08:27,959
with that crazy stuff!
2768
01:08:28,000 --> 01:08:29,375
That's only hearsay!
2769
01:08:29,417 --> 01:08:30,875
That's rumors.
2770
01:08:29,417 --> 01:08:30,875
Where'd you get that from?
2771
01:08:30,917 --> 01:08:33,375
'Cause somebody told it to you?
2772
01:08:30,917 --> 01:08:33,375
Did Tawanna tell you that?
2773
01:08:33,417 --> 01:08:34,834
Woman: I'm asking you.
2774
01:08:34,875 --> 01:08:37,709
Don't ask me nothing.
2775
01:08:34,875 --> 01:08:37,709
Did Tawanna tell you that?
2776
01:08:37,750 --> 01:08:39,208
I haven't spoken
2777
01:08:37,750 --> 01:08:39,208
with Tawanna.
2778
01:08:39,250 --> 01:08:41,834
All right then.
2779
01:08:39,250 --> 01:08:41,834
Don't go there with me.
2780
01:08:41,875 --> 01:08:43,709
Don't go there with me.
2781
01:08:41,875 --> 01:08:43,709
You want to keep it real,
2782
01:08:43,750 --> 01:08:47,625
you keep it real with me 'cause
2783
01:08:43,750 --> 01:08:47,625
I ain't playing no games, okay?
2784
01:08:47,667 --> 01:08:49,500
Well, okay.
2785
01:08:49,542 --> 01:08:52,208
Dog, they love you right now.
2786
01:08:49,542 --> 01:08:52,208
they love you right now,
2787
01:08:52,250 --> 01:08:55,417
but please believe me,
2788
01:08:52,250 --> 01:08:55,417
the first incident,
2789
01:08:55,458 --> 01:08:58,041
the first time
2790
01:08:55,458 --> 01:08:58,041
something happen,
2791
01:08:55,458 --> 01:08:58,041
they are waiting, man.
2792
01:08:58,083 --> 01:09:01,125
They're waiting, man.
2793
01:08:58,083 --> 01:09:01,125
They're waiting.
2794
01:08:58,083 --> 01:09:01,125
They're waiting, man.
2795
01:09:01,166 --> 01:09:04,041
We're sitting here,
2796
01:09:01,166 --> 01:09:04,041
I'm supposed to be
2797
01:09:01,166 --> 01:09:04,041
the franchise player,
2798
01:09:04,083 --> 01:09:05,917
and we're in here
2799
01:09:04,083 --> 01:09:05,917
talking about practice.
2800
01:09:05,959 --> 01:09:08,417
The media builds you up
2801
01:09:05,959 --> 01:09:08,417
to break you down.
2802
01:09:08,458 --> 01:09:11,375
Bottom-line, that's
2803
01:09:08,458 --> 01:09:11,375
the nature of the game.
2804
01:09:11,417 --> 01:09:13,083
If anybody tells you
2805
01:09:11,417 --> 01:09:13,083
any different, they're lying.
2806
01:09:13,125 --> 01:09:16,542
We're talking
2807
01:09:13,125 --> 01:09:16,542
about practice, man.
2808
01:09:13,125 --> 01:09:16,542
I mean, how silly is that?
2809
01:09:16,583 --> 01:09:19,792
I've never heard anybody
2810
01:09:16,583 --> 01:09:19,792
interpret that honestly.
2811
01:09:19,834 --> 01:09:23,125
I know it's important.
2812
01:09:19,834 --> 01:09:23,125
I do, I honestly do,
2813
01:09:23,166 --> 01:09:25,166
but we're talking about
2814
01:09:23,166 --> 01:09:25,166
practice, man.
2815
01:09:25,208 --> 01:09:27,500
What are we talking about?
2816
01:09:25,208 --> 01:09:27,500
Practice?
2817
01:09:27,542 --> 01:09:30,917
That's that sound bite
2818
01:09:27,542 --> 01:09:30,917
that's going to define him.
2819
01:09:30,959 --> 01:09:33,458
That, for Allen Iverson,
2820
01:09:30,959 --> 01:09:33,458
was his "I Have a Dream"
2821
01:09:30,959 --> 01:09:33,458
speech with Dr. King.
2822
01:09:33,500 --> 01:09:36,542
They used that
2823
01:09:33,500 --> 01:09:36,542
to portray him as a person
2824
01:09:36,583 --> 01:09:39,417
who didn't like practice.
2825
01:09:36,583 --> 01:09:39,417
That was not what he was saying.
2826
01:09:39,458 --> 01:09:42,375
Your entire being now,
2827
01:09:39,458 --> 01:09:42,375
your whole character,
2828
01:09:42,417 --> 01:09:43,291
is going to be this.
2829
01:09:43,333 --> 01:09:44,542
[ people chattering ]
2830
01:09:47,417 --> 01:09:49,250
Man: Hang on a second.
2831
01:09:47,417 --> 01:09:49,250
He's starting right now.
2832
01:09:49,291 --> 01:09:51,917
Iverson: I fight
2833
01:09:49,291 --> 01:09:51,917
to represent Philadelphia.
2834
01:09:51,959 --> 01:09:54,875
That's how I became a household
2835
01:09:51,959 --> 01:09:54,875
name, and every single year,
2836
01:09:54,917 --> 01:09:58,291
after every season, you know,
2837
01:09:54,917 --> 01:09:58,291
I've got to hear trade rumors,
2838
01:09:58,333 --> 01:10:00,792
stuff like that
2839
01:09:58,333 --> 01:10:00,792
about getting me out of there.
2840
01:10:00,834 --> 01:10:04,083
I just came from a meeting with
2841
01:10:00,834 --> 01:10:04,083
those people, and I was upset.
2842
01:10:04,125 --> 01:10:08,500
It was bad advice, and it was
2843
01:10:04,125 --> 01:10:08,500
a stupid decision that I made.
2844
01:10:08,542 --> 01:10:11,417
This is what happens
2845
01:10:08,542 --> 01:10:11,417
when you lose, you know.
2846
01:10:11,458 --> 01:10:14,417
You go to the finals,
2847
01:10:11,458 --> 01:10:14,417
and then the next year
2848
01:10:14,458 --> 01:10:16,834
you're out in the first round.
2849
01:10:16,875 --> 01:10:18,834
This is what happens, you know.
2850
01:10:18,875 --> 01:10:20,417
I went in and talked to Coach,
2851
01:10:20,458 --> 01:10:23,000
and I wasn't going anywhere.
2852
01:10:23,041 --> 01:10:25,208
That's what I thought
2853
01:10:23,041 --> 01:10:25,208
the press conference
2854
01:10:23,041 --> 01:10:25,208
was going to be about.
2855
01:10:25,250 --> 01:10:27,917
Man: Allen, could you
2856
01:10:25,250 --> 01:10:27,917
address what Coach
2857
01:10:27,959 --> 01:10:29,500
is concerned about,
2858
01:10:27,959 --> 01:10:29,500
your practicing habits.
2859
01:10:29,542 --> 01:10:31,458
We don't get a chance
2860
01:10:29,542 --> 01:10:31,458
to see you practicing.
2861
01:10:31,500 --> 01:10:34,250
Can you clear the air
2862
01:10:31,500 --> 01:10:34,250
about all that?
2863
01:10:34,291 --> 01:10:37,041
Anybody tell you
2864
01:10:34,291 --> 01:10:37,041
that I missed practice,
2865
01:10:37,083 --> 01:10:40,667
if Coach say I missed practice,
2866
01:10:37,083 --> 01:10:40,667
and you all hear it,
2867
01:10:40,709 --> 01:10:42,542
then that's that.
2868
01:10:42,583 --> 01:10:44,250
Every question came,
2869
01:10:44,291 --> 01:10:46,959
they were talking
2870
01:10:44,291 --> 01:10:46,959
about missing practice,
2871
01:10:47,000 --> 01:10:50,417
or not missing practice,
2872
01:10:47,000 --> 01:10:50,417
how many practices did I miss.
2873
01:10:50,458 --> 01:10:52,542
Man: So you and Coach Brown
2874
01:10:50,458 --> 01:10:52,542
then settled the issue
2875
01:10:52,583 --> 01:10:54,583
that he brought up
2876
01:10:52,583 --> 01:10:54,583
on Saturday about practicing?
2877
01:10:54,625 --> 01:10:58,291
And my response was,
2878
01:10:54,625 --> 01:10:58,291
"We're talking about practice.
2879
01:10:58,333 --> 01:10:59,375
Why are we talking
2880
01:10:58,333 --> 01:10:59,375
about practice?"
2881
01:10:59,417 --> 01:11:02,333
Listen. We're talking
2882
01:10:59,417 --> 01:11:02,333
about practice.
2883
01:11:02,375 --> 01:11:04,834
Not a game, not a game,
2884
01:11:02,375 --> 01:11:04,834
not a game.
2885
01:11:04,875 --> 01:11:07,125
We're talking about practice.
2886
01:11:07,166 --> 01:11:10,208
What, in fact,
2887
01:11:07,166 --> 01:11:10,208
he was saying is,
2888
01:11:10,250 --> 01:11:14,375
"We're spending the time in this
2889
01:11:10,250 --> 01:11:14,375
interview to discuss practice."
2890
01:11:14,417 --> 01:11:17,500
He was not saying that
2891
01:11:14,417 --> 01:11:17,500
practice is unimportant.
2892
01:11:17,542 --> 01:11:20,875
There's no way I could be
2893
01:11:17,542 --> 01:11:20,875
an all-star, I could be an MVP,
2894
01:11:20,917 --> 01:11:23,250
you know, if I didn't practice.
2895
01:11:23,291 --> 01:11:25,375
You see me play,
2896
01:11:23,291 --> 01:11:25,375
don't you?
2897
01:11:23,291 --> 01:11:25,375
Man: Absolutely.
2898
01:11:25,417 --> 01:11:27,291
- You see me give
2899
01:11:25,417 --> 01:11:27,291
everything I got, right?
2900
01:11:25,417 --> 01:11:27,291
- Absolutely.
2901
01:11:27,333 --> 01:11:29,458
But we're talking about
2902
01:11:27,333 --> 01:11:29,458
practice right now.
2903
01:11:29,500 --> 01:11:31,917
But it's an issue
2904
01:11:29,500 --> 01:11:31,917
that your coach felt
2905
01:11:29,500 --> 01:11:31,917
the need to raise!
2906
01:11:31,959 --> 01:11:34,417
I was already gone,
2907
01:11:31,959 --> 01:11:34,417
but I happened to be watching
2908
01:11:34,458 --> 01:11:37,417
the news, and I see him
2909
01:11:34,458 --> 01:11:37,417
saying, "Practice! Practice!"
2910
01:11:37,458 --> 01:11:40,417
And you kept saying,
2911
01:11:37,458 --> 01:11:40,417
like it's only practice.
2912
01:11:40,458 --> 01:11:42,625
I ain't saying that.
2913
01:11:40,458 --> 01:11:42,625
I'm not saying that.
2914
01:11:42,667 --> 01:11:45,291
I'm saying that's why we're
2915
01:11:42,667 --> 01:11:45,291
in here having this talk,
2916
01:11:45,333 --> 01:11:46,917
because of practice.
2917
01:11:46,959 --> 01:11:49,291
They knew what he meant.
2918
01:11:46,959 --> 01:11:49,291
You're getting all over me
2919
01:11:49,333 --> 01:11:51,041
for practice,
2920
01:11:49,333 --> 01:11:51,041
and how about the game?
2921
01:11:51,083 --> 01:11:52,250
But I would've grabbed him
2922
01:11:52,291 --> 01:11:53,959
and took
2923
01:11:52,291 --> 01:11:53,959
the hook right off there,
2924
01:11:54,000 --> 01:11:55,625
and made sure he got
2925
01:11:54,000 --> 01:11:55,625
right off that dais.
2926
01:11:55,667 --> 01:11:57,500
Woman: Okay, guys...
2927
01:11:57,542 --> 01:11:59,792
You know, I ain't going nowhere.
2928
01:11:57,542 --> 01:11:59,792
I'm not going nowhere.
2929
01:11:59,834 --> 01:12:03,583
Yes, it was great for the press,
2930
01:11:59,834 --> 01:12:03,583
but no, it wasn't good for him.
2931
01:12:03,625 --> 01:12:06,417
Nobody looks at the whole
2932
01:12:03,625 --> 01:12:06,417
comment that Allen made
2933
01:12:06,458 --> 01:12:09,834
and what he was talking about
2934
01:12:06,458 --> 01:12:09,834
when he made that comment.
2935
01:12:09,875 --> 01:12:13,417
I'm upset. I'm upset
2936
01:12:09,875 --> 01:12:13,417
for one reason, man.
2937
01:12:13,458 --> 01:12:14,709
'Cause I'm in here.
2938
01:12:14,750 --> 01:12:16,959
I lost.
2939
01:12:17,000 --> 01:12:18,875
I lost my best friend.
2940
01:12:19,959 --> 01:12:22,291
He was talking
2941
01:12:19,959 --> 01:12:22,291
about his boy dying.
2942
01:12:23,667 --> 01:12:26,291
Moore: Rah was a very close
2943
01:12:23,667 --> 01:12:26,291
friend of Al's,
2944
01:12:26,333 --> 01:12:29,417
who died a very vicious
2945
01:12:26,333 --> 01:12:29,417
and violent death.
2946
01:12:29,458 --> 01:12:32,583
Of all of the people
2947
01:12:29,458 --> 01:12:32,583
that died in Allen's life,
2948
01:12:32,625 --> 01:12:35,709
I think it hit him
2949
01:12:32,625 --> 01:12:35,709
hardest with Rah.
2950
01:12:35,750 --> 01:12:39,500
I lost him,
2951
01:12:35,750 --> 01:12:39,500
and I lost this year.
2952
01:12:39,542 --> 01:12:43,291
Everything's going downhill
2953
01:12:39,542 --> 01:12:43,291
for me, as far as just that,
2954
01:12:43,333 --> 01:12:46,667
as far as my life,
2955
01:12:43,333 --> 01:12:46,667
and then I'm dealing with this
2956
01:12:46,709 --> 01:12:48,375
right here.
2957
01:12:48,417 --> 01:12:49,875
I don't want
2958
01:12:48,417 --> 01:12:49,875
to deal with this, man.
2959
01:12:49,917 --> 01:12:51,375
I don't want to go
2960
01:12:49,917 --> 01:12:51,375
through this shit.
2961
01:12:51,417 --> 01:12:54,542
"My boy just died
2962
01:12:51,417 --> 01:12:54,542
the other day,
2963
01:12:54,583 --> 01:12:57,333
and you all are talking
2964
01:12:54,583 --> 01:12:57,333
to me about practice."
2965
01:12:57,375 --> 01:12:59,208
That's the whole comment.
2966
01:12:57,375 --> 01:12:59,208
Go back and listen
2967
01:12:59,250 --> 01:13:00,583
to the press conference.
2968
01:13:00,625 --> 01:13:01,834
That's what he's talking about.
2969
01:13:01,875 --> 01:13:05,083
Try to deal with what
2970
01:13:01,875 --> 01:13:05,083
I go through in my life.
2971
01:13:05,125 --> 01:13:09,417
My best friend, dead.
2972
01:13:09,458 --> 01:13:12,458
Dead, and we lost.
2973
01:13:12,500 --> 01:13:15,375
That's the entire--
2974
01:13:12,500 --> 01:13:15,375
But did anybody? No.
2975
01:13:15,417 --> 01:13:18,583
No, not at all,
2976
01:13:15,417 --> 01:13:18,583
and that's the crest
2977
01:13:18,625 --> 01:13:20,333
of how the media looks at
2978
01:13:18,625 --> 01:13:20,333
and treats Allen Iverson.
2979
01:13:20,375 --> 01:13:24,083
Thompson: Because of his candor,
2980
01:13:20,375 --> 01:13:24,083
because of the aggressive way
2981
01:13:24,125 --> 01:13:25,750
in which he will
2982
01:13:24,125 --> 01:13:25,750
really express himself,
2983
01:13:25,792 --> 01:13:30,041
people can conveniently turn.
2984
01:13:25,792 --> 01:13:30,041
That's what I worried about.
2985
01:13:30,083 --> 01:13:31,834
You're all talking about
2986
01:13:30,083 --> 01:13:31,834
what's going to make me
2987
01:13:31,875 --> 01:13:35,417
a better basketball player?
2988
01:13:31,875 --> 01:13:35,417
When you understand that,
2989
01:13:35,458 --> 01:13:38,834
that people are human just like
2990
01:13:35,458 --> 01:13:38,834
you, then that would make you
2991
01:13:35,458 --> 01:13:38,834
a better person.
2992
01:13:38,875 --> 01:13:42,500
I'm trying to get better.
2993
01:13:38,875 --> 01:13:42,500
You need to also.
2994
01:13:42,542 --> 01:13:44,917
It's something that
2995
01:13:42,542 --> 01:13:44,917
my teammates joke with me now,
2996
01:13:44,959 --> 01:13:47,500
and other guys on other teams,
2997
01:13:44,959 --> 01:13:47,500
soon as you're missing practice,
2998
01:13:47,542 --> 01:13:49,000
the first thing
2999
01:13:47,542 --> 01:13:49,000
a guy would say is,
3000
01:13:49,041 --> 01:13:50,667
"We're talking
3001
01:13:49,041 --> 01:13:50,667
about practice?"
3002
01:13:50,709 --> 01:13:52,875
"We're talking about practice,"
3003
01:13:52,917 --> 01:13:56,500
to quote the great
3004
01:13:52,917 --> 01:13:56,500
Allen Iverson. "Practice."
3005
01:13:56,542 --> 01:13:58,959
If somebody else, you know,
3006
01:13:56,542 --> 01:13:58,959
one of the quote, unquote,
3007
01:13:59,000 --> 01:14:01,083
"good guys" would've said
3008
01:13:59,000 --> 01:14:01,083
something like that,
3009
01:14:01,125 --> 01:14:02,875
it wouldn't have been
3010
01:14:01,125 --> 01:14:02,875
a big thing, but it's me.
3011
01:14:02,917 --> 01:14:06,417
We're talking about practice.
3012
01:14:06,458 --> 01:14:08,583
They will not play
3013
01:14:06,458 --> 01:14:08,583
that full track.
3014
01:14:08,625 --> 01:14:10,792
They'll play the sound bite.
3015
01:14:10,834 --> 01:14:15,792
Allen Iverson could've been
3016
01:14:10,834 --> 01:14:15,792
the most popular athlete
3017
01:14:15,834 --> 01:14:18,792
the NBA has ever had.
3018
01:14:15,834 --> 01:14:18,792
And I think sometimes
3019
01:14:18,834 --> 01:14:21,834
his pride got
3020
01:14:18,834 --> 01:14:21,834
in the way of that.
3021
01:14:21,875 --> 01:14:24,583
If you don't want to go through
3022
01:14:21,875 --> 01:14:24,583
what I go through right now,
3023
01:14:24,625 --> 01:14:28,166
as far as being the bad guy
3024
01:14:24,625 --> 01:14:28,166
in the NBA and all that,
3025
01:14:28,208 --> 01:14:31,125
be fake then-- basically,
3026
01:14:28,208 --> 01:14:31,125
that's all I'm telling you.
3027
01:14:31,166 --> 01:14:33,458
Just be fake.
3028
01:14:31,166 --> 01:14:33,458
- But you're not fake!
3029
01:14:33,500 --> 01:14:36,625
And I'm not going to do it.
3030
01:14:33,500 --> 01:14:36,625
I'd rather not be in the NBA.
3031
01:14:38,375 --> 01:14:42,875
Moore: Before you can have true
3032
01:14:38,375 --> 01:14:42,875
honor, there must be humility.
3033
01:14:42,917 --> 01:14:46,834
Allen played the game with
3034
01:14:42,917 --> 01:14:46,834
a tremendous amount of honor
3035
01:14:46,875 --> 01:14:50,667
and loyalty, but you haven't
3036
01:14:46,875 --> 01:14:50,667
seen all of the humility.
3037
01:14:50,709 --> 01:14:52,750
Male reporter: Allen Iverson
3038
01:14:50,709 --> 01:14:52,750
has worn out his welcome
3039
01:14:52,792 --> 01:14:55,125
in the city of brotherly love.
3040
01:14:52,792 --> 01:14:55,125
The Sixers decided
3041
01:14:55,166 --> 01:14:57,709
they're better off without
3042
01:14:55,166 --> 01:14:57,709
the #2 scorer in the league.
3043
01:14:57,750 --> 01:15:01,834
I want to be a Sixer.
3044
01:14:57,750 --> 01:15:01,834
I've said that since day one,
3045
01:15:01,875 --> 01:15:05,583
but, you know,
3046
01:15:01,875 --> 01:15:05,583
if I'm not wanted,
3047
01:15:05,625 --> 01:15:08,041
then I definitely
3048
01:15:05,625 --> 01:15:08,041
don't want to be a Sixer.
3049
01:15:08,083 --> 01:15:13,125
And I'm willing
3050
01:15:08,083 --> 01:15:13,125
to start my career all over.
3051
01:15:13,166 --> 01:15:17,083
I just wanted to go somewhere,
3052
01:15:13,166 --> 01:15:17,083
where I could feel appreciated
3053
01:15:17,125 --> 01:15:19,208
for what I do out there
3054
01:15:17,125 --> 01:15:19,208
on the basketball court.
3055
01:15:19,250 --> 01:15:20,959
Man: Happy to be to Denver?
3056
01:15:21,000 --> 01:15:23,125
Definitely happy.
3057
01:15:21,000 --> 01:15:23,125
It took a while, but I'm happy.
3058
01:15:23,166 --> 01:15:24,542
- Happy to be here, huh?
3059
01:15:23,166 --> 01:15:24,542
- Definitely.
3060
01:15:26,834 --> 01:15:30,041
He is a passionate kid
3061
01:15:26,834 --> 01:15:30,041
that wants to win,
3062
01:15:30,083 --> 01:15:32,458
understands team,
3063
01:15:30,083 --> 01:15:32,458
has good leadership skills.
3064
01:15:32,500 --> 01:15:33,959
One, two, three.
3065
01:15:32,500 --> 01:15:33,959
All: Nuggets!
3066
01:15:34,000 --> 01:15:35,583
Get down, baby.
3067
01:15:35,625 --> 01:15:38,208
Iverson:
3068
01:15:35,625 --> 01:15:38,208
I'm just looking forward
3069
01:15:35,625 --> 01:15:38,208
to be able to just concentrate
3070
01:15:38,250 --> 01:15:41,500
solely on trying
3071
01:15:38,250 --> 01:15:41,500
to win a championship,
3072
01:15:41,542 --> 01:15:43,000
and I want to win right now.
3073
01:15:43,041 --> 01:15:45,166
[ cheering ]
3074
01:15:45,208 --> 01:15:49,834
P.A. announcer: Number three,
3075
01:15:45,208 --> 01:15:49,834
The Answer, Allen Iverson!
3076
01:15:49,875 --> 01:15:53,709
Moore: I clearly felt Denver
3077
01:15:49,875 --> 01:15:53,709
would be the place
3078
01:15:53,750 --> 01:15:57,917
that it would all conclude.
3079
01:15:57,959 --> 01:16:01,917
Allen would win a world
3080
01:15:57,959 --> 01:16:01,917
championship, one day retire,
3081
01:16:01,959 --> 01:16:05,208
raise his family
3082
01:16:01,959 --> 01:16:05,208
and live happily ever after,
3083
01:16:05,250 --> 01:16:08,125
but that wasn't the case.
3084
01:16:08,166 --> 01:16:10,375
Denver had decided
3085
01:16:10,417 --> 01:16:13,041
that they would not offer
3086
01:16:10,417 --> 01:16:13,041
Allen an extension.
3087
01:16:13,083 --> 01:16:14,709
Does that make the team bad?
3088
01:16:14,750 --> 01:16:18,500
No, that's business,
3089
01:16:14,750 --> 01:16:18,500
but had we known more
3090
01:16:18,542 --> 01:16:21,125
about the business part
3091
01:16:18,542 --> 01:16:21,125
of the game, I think that
3092
01:16:21,166 --> 01:16:23,750
this story would have turned out
3093
01:16:21,166 --> 01:16:23,750
a whole lot differently.
3094
01:16:26,125 --> 01:16:30,125
Allen Iverson, one of the
3095
01:16:26,125 --> 01:16:30,125
game's best scorers in history,
3096
01:16:30,166 --> 01:16:32,750
is headed to Detroit.
3097
01:16:32,792 --> 01:16:34,625
Moore: He goes to Detroit.
3098
01:16:34,667 --> 01:16:37,291
He was told that
3099
01:16:34,667 --> 01:16:37,291
he would never be asked
3100
01:16:37,333 --> 01:16:40,500
to come off the bench
3101
01:16:37,333 --> 01:16:40,500
because of who he was.
3102
01:16:40,542 --> 01:16:43,125
They didn't go there
3103
01:16:40,542 --> 01:16:43,125
suggesting that.
3104
01:16:40,542 --> 01:16:43,125
He was told that.
3105
01:16:43,166 --> 01:16:45,500
Male reporter 1:
3106
01:16:43,166 --> 01:16:45,500
Allen Iverson not playing
3107
01:16:43,166 --> 01:16:45,500
for the third straight game
3108
01:16:45,542 --> 01:16:48,375
because of a back issue.
3109
01:16:45,542 --> 01:16:48,375
When, if he comes back,
3110
01:16:48,417 --> 01:16:50,083
he's coming off the bench.
3111
01:16:50,125 --> 01:16:53,709
How well can he handle
3112
01:16:50,125 --> 01:16:53,709
that role?
3113
01:16:53,750 --> 01:16:56,166
I don't know
3114
01:16:53,750 --> 01:16:56,166
any franchise players
3115
01:16:56,208 --> 01:16:58,083
that come off
3116
01:16:56,208 --> 01:16:58,083
their own bench.
3117
01:16:58,125 --> 01:17:00,875
I don't know of any Olympian
3118
01:16:58,125 --> 01:17:00,875
that come off the bench.
3119
01:17:00,917 --> 01:17:03,166
I don't know any all-star
3120
01:17:00,917 --> 01:17:03,166
that come off the bench.
3121
01:17:03,208 --> 01:17:06,083
I don't know any former MVP
3122
01:17:03,208 --> 01:17:06,083
that come off the bench.
3123
01:17:06,125 --> 01:17:08,959
I don't know any 3-time scoring
3124
01:17:06,125 --> 01:17:08,959
champion come off the bench.
3125
01:17:09,000 --> 01:17:11,875
I mean, I don't know
3126
01:17:09,000 --> 01:17:11,875
any first team All-NBA
3127
01:17:11,917 --> 01:17:14,125
that come off the bench.
3128
01:17:11,917 --> 01:17:14,125
Why Allen Iverson?
3129
01:17:17,500 --> 01:17:20,750
Male reporter 2:
3130
01:17:17,500 --> 01:17:20,750
It was a hero's welcome
3131
01:17:17,500 --> 01:17:20,750
for Allen Iverson in Memphis.
3132
01:17:20,792 --> 01:17:22,166
Iverson: I just felt
3133
01:17:20,792 --> 01:17:22,166
that this would be
3134
01:17:22,208 --> 01:17:26,709
the best situation for me
3135
01:17:22,208 --> 01:17:26,709
in my career.
3136
01:17:26,750 --> 01:17:28,667
Just three games
3137
01:17:26,750 --> 01:17:28,667
into the season,
3138
01:17:28,709 --> 01:17:30,792
unhappy coming off the bench
3139
01:17:28,709 --> 01:17:30,792
for the lowly Grizzlies.
3140
01:17:30,834 --> 01:17:34,542
Iverson asks for and is
3141
01:17:30,834 --> 01:17:34,542
granted a leave of absence.
3142
01:17:34,583 --> 01:17:36,917
Waived by the Grizzlies,
3143
01:17:34,583 --> 01:17:36,917
the league's 6th all-time
3144
01:17:36,959 --> 01:17:40,250
leading scorer in points per
3145
01:17:36,959 --> 01:17:40,250
game is left looking for work.
3146
01:17:45,250 --> 01:17:48,041
[ babbling ]
3147
01:17:49,291 --> 01:17:50,375
Man: Everybody this way.
3148
01:17:50,417 --> 01:17:51,667
Turn around,
3149
01:17:50,417 --> 01:17:51,667
little man.
3150
01:17:51,709 --> 01:17:54,417
That's great right there.
3151
01:17:51,709 --> 01:17:54,417
I love that.
3152
01:17:54,458 --> 01:17:56,875
Iverson: Basketball
3153
01:17:54,458 --> 01:17:56,875
has done so much for me.
3154
01:17:56,917 --> 01:17:58,792
It helped me provide
3155
01:17:56,917 --> 01:17:58,792
for my family,
3156
01:17:58,834 --> 01:18:02,542
made me a household name,
3157
01:17:58,834 --> 01:18:02,542
but I got frustrated
3158
01:18:02,583 --> 01:18:05,500
with the process
3159
01:18:02,583 --> 01:18:05,500
of being a free agent.
3160
01:18:05,542 --> 01:18:09,417
Every time God opened my eyes,
3161
01:18:05,542 --> 01:18:09,417
I was waking up and asking,
3162
01:18:09,458 --> 01:18:11,792
like, what's going on?
3163
01:18:11,834 --> 01:18:14,542
Like, you know,
3164
01:18:11,834 --> 01:18:14,542
"We get any calls?"
3165
01:18:14,583 --> 01:18:18,333
"No, no calls today," you know,
3166
01:18:14,583 --> 01:18:18,333
and it was wearing at me,
3167
01:18:18,375 --> 01:18:20,458
like, it was
3168
01:18:18,375 --> 01:18:20,458
actually killing me
3169
01:18:20,500 --> 01:18:23,917
'cause I'm waking up
3170
01:18:20,500 --> 01:18:23,917
every morning, you know,
3171
01:18:23,959 --> 01:18:26,166
thinking about that,
3172
01:18:23,959 --> 01:18:26,166
like, every single morning.
3173
01:18:26,208 --> 01:18:30,709
There was virtually zero market
3174
01:18:26,208 --> 01:18:30,709
for Iverson this off-season.
3175
01:18:30,750 --> 01:18:33,750
The corn rows, the do-rags,
3176
01:18:30,750 --> 01:18:33,750
the tattoos.
3177
01:18:33,792 --> 01:18:35,667
When you're becoming
3178
01:18:33,792 --> 01:18:35,667
a cultural icon,
3179
01:18:35,709 --> 01:18:37,625
you're making
3180
01:18:35,709 --> 01:18:37,625
a lot of people upset,
3181
01:18:37,667 --> 01:18:39,709
and a lot of people can't wait
3182
01:18:37,667 --> 01:18:39,709
for you to fall down,
3183
01:18:39,750 --> 01:18:41,333
so now they can step over you.
3184
01:18:41,375 --> 01:18:43,583
I'm frustrated,
3185
01:18:41,375 --> 01:18:43,583
so if I'm frustrated,
3186
01:18:43,625 --> 01:18:45,542
then obviously
3187
01:18:43,625 --> 01:18:45,542
my wife is frustrated
3188
01:18:45,583 --> 01:18:47,333
because
3189
01:18:45,583 --> 01:18:47,333
she have to deal with me
3190
01:18:47,375 --> 01:18:52,125
being frustrated, you know.
3191
01:18:47,375 --> 01:18:52,125
My kids frustrated because,
3192
01:18:47,375 --> 01:18:52,125
you know,
3193
01:18:52,166 --> 01:18:54,750
the things that
3194
01:18:52,166 --> 01:18:54,750
they usually get away with,
3195
01:18:54,792 --> 01:18:56,166
can't get away
3196
01:18:54,792 --> 01:18:56,166
with them no more.
3197
01:18:56,208 --> 01:18:58,709
I just snap
3198
01:18:56,208 --> 01:18:58,709
automatically, you know.
3199
01:18:58,750 --> 01:19:01,417
"Daddy, why you so mad?
3200
01:18:58,750 --> 01:19:01,417
Why you so mad?" I'm not mad,
3201
01:19:01,458 --> 01:19:04,542
you know, but this is
3202
01:19:01,458 --> 01:19:04,542
the situation, whatever.
3203
01:19:04,583 --> 01:19:07,458
And I wasn't being fair
3204
01:19:04,583 --> 01:19:07,458
to them, 'cause I was taking
3205
01:19:07,500 --> 01:19:09,083
my frustrations out
3206
01:19:09,125 --> 01:19:12,750
on the people that love me
3207
01:19:09,125 --> 01:19:12,750
more than anybody.
3208
01:19:12,792 --> 01:19:17,417
So, that frustration led me
3209
01:19:12,792 --> 01:19:17,417
to the retirement thing.
3210
01:19:17,458 --> 01:19:19,417
Male reporter: Nationally
3211
01:19:17,458 --> 01:19:19,417
syndicated radio host
3212
01:19:19,458 --> 01:19:21,625
and "Philadelphia Inquirer"
3213
01:19:19,458 --> 01:19:21,625
columnist Stephen A. Smith
3214
01:19:21,667 --> 01:19:24,208
reporting he's been told by
3215
01:19:21,667 --> 01:19:24,208
Allen Iverson's representatives
3216
01:19:24,250 --> 01:19:27,417
that Iverson intends
3217
01:19:24,250 --> 01:19:27,417
to retire from the NBA.
3218
01:19:27,458 --> 01:19:29,959
I gotta kiss you.
3219
01:19:27,458 --> 01:19:29,959
I gotta kiss you.
3220
01:19:30,000 --> 01:19:31,625
I gotta kiss you.
3221
01:19:30,000 --> 01:19:31,625
I've got to.
3222
01:19:31,667 --> 01:19:35,375
I thought to myself, "Man,
3223
01:19:31,667 --> 01:19:35,375
I can do anything that I want
3224
01:19:35,417 --> 01:19:38,625
"to do with my kids every
3225
01:19:35,417 --> 01:19:38,625
single day, not leave
3226
01:19:38,667 --> 01:19:41,375
"for weeks at a time
3227
01:19:38,667 --> 01:19:41,375
and be frustrated
3228
01:19:41,417 --> 01:19:43,125
because I miss them
3229
01:19:41,417 --> 01:19:43,125
so much."
3230
01:19:43,166 --> 01:19:44,417
Man, look. I need
3231
01:19:43,166 --> 01:19:44,417
to take him to get him
3232
01:19:44,458 --> 01:19:46,083
a basketball, 'cause
3233
01:19:44,458 --> 01:19:46,083
he's driving me crazy.
3234
01:19:48,208 --> 01:19:49,959
How much are they?
3235
01:19:48,208 --> 01:19:49,959
Man: Twelve bucks.
3236
01:19:50,000 --> 01:19:52,291
- Twelve dollars?
3237
01:19:50,000 --> 01:19:52,291
- Yep.
3238
01:19:52,333 --> 01:19:53,542
I need some money.
3239
01:19:53,583 --> 01:19:56,041
[ laughter ]
3240
01:19:56,083 --> 01:19:58,792
I'm thinking to myself,
3241
01:19:56,083 --> 01:19:58,792
I can be happy as hell
3242
01:19:58,834 --> 01:20:01,792
If I just leave this alone
3243
01:19:58,834 --> 01:20:01,792
and be a full-time,
3244
01:20:01,834 --> 01:20:04,500
24/7 husband and father.
3245
01:20:04,542 --> 01:20:05,583
I'd like to kiss you.
3246
01:20:07,875 --> 01:20:11,500
But then, when this opportunity
3247
01:20:07,875 --> 01:20:11,500
came, the first one was my wife,
3248
01:20:11,542 --> 01:20:13,959
and she said, "You gotta
3249
01:20:11,542 --> 01:20:13,959
take that opportunity."
3250
01:20:14,000 --> 01:20:16,000
[ ♪♪ ]
3251
01:20:16,041 --> 01:20:18,458
Man: Allen Iverson has spent
3252
01:20:16,041 --> 01:20:18,458
the bulk of his career--
3253
01:20:18,500 --> 01:20:21,000
His identity
3254
01:20:18,500 --> 01:20:21,000
was Philadelphia 76ers.
3255
01:20:21,041 --> 01:20:24,375
They need Allen Iverson,
3256
01:20:21,041 --> 01:20:24,375
and Allen Iverson needs them.
3257
01:20:24,417 --> 01:20:28,917
Moore: He goes back to Philly,
3258
01:20:24,417 --> 01:20:28,917
trying to recover,
3259
01:20:28,959 --> 01:20:32,208
and the only tools that he had
3260
01:20:28,959 --> 01:20:32,208
was his passion for the game.
3261
01:20:32,250 --> 01:20:35,250
You know,
3262
01:20:32,250 --> 01:20:35,250
when I had the opportunity to...
3263
01:20:37,000 --> 01:20:40,792
When I had the opportunity
3264
01:20:37,000 --> 01:20:40,792
to come back here,
3265
01:20:40,834 --> 01:20:47,208
you know, it's just something
3266
01:20:40,834 --> 01:20:47,208
I couldn't turn down.
3267
01:20:47,250 --> 01:20:48,500
I'm just...
3268
01:20:48,542 --> 01:20:50,208
I'm just ha...
3269
01:20:50,250 --> 01:20:52,500
I'm just happy.
3270
01:20:52,542 --> 01:20:56,583
The last couple of years
3271
01:20:52,542 --> 01:20:56,583
have been hell because,
3272
01:20:56,625 --> 01:21:01,083
you know, all I want to do
3273
01:20:56,625 --> 01:21:01,083
is play basketball,
3274
01:21:01,125 --> 01:21:05,000
and, you know, help
3275
01:21:01,125 --> 01:21:05,000
the guys that I play with.
3276
01:21:06,542 --> 01:21:09,500
[ ♪♪ ]
3277
01:21:09,542 --> 01:21:12,917
With the mistakes that I made
3278
01:21:09,542 --> 01:21:12,917
in my life, you know,
3279
01:21:12,959 --> 01:21:18,792
I created a picture of me
3280
01:21:12,959 --> 01:21:18,792
that is not me.
3281
01:21:18,834 --> 01:21:23,291
You know, I did a lot
3282
01:21:18,834 --> 01:21:23,291
of things when I was young
3283
01:21:23,333 --> 01:21:28,875
that I'm not proud of,
3284
01:21:23,333 --> 01:21:28,875
but I think, you know,
3285
01:21:28,917 --> 01:21:32,750
those things helped me
3286
01:21:28,917 --> 01:21:32,750
to be the man that I am now.
3287
01:21:32,792 --> 01:21:37,834
P.A. announcer:
3288
01:21:32,792 --> 01:21:37,834
Allen Iverson!
3289
01:21:37,875 --> 01:21:41,667
I always dreamed about
3290
01:21:37,875 --> 01:21:41,667
coming back to Philadelphia.
3291
01:21:41,709 --> 01:21:44,667
It was a blessing
3292
01:21:41,709 --> 01:21:44,667
from God, you know,
3293
01:21:44,709 --> 01:21:47,208
being able
3294
01:21:44,709 --> 01:21:47,208
to come back here
3295
01:21:47,250 --> 01:21:51,125
and see that people wanted me
3296
01:21:47,250 --> 01:21:51,125
as bad as they did.
3297
01:21:53,750 --> 01:21:57,291
Male reporter:
3298
01:21:53,750 --> 01:21:57,291
Allen Iverson will not be back
3299
01:21:53,750 --> 01:21:57,291
with the 76ers this season.
3300
01:21:57,333 --> 01:21:59,375
The 4-time NBA scoring champ
3301
01:21:57,333 --> 01:21:59,375
and his family
3302
01:21:59,417 --> 01:22:01,291
are dealing with
3303
01:21:59,417 --> 01:22:01,291
an undisclosed illness
3304
01:22:01,333 --> 01:22:03,250
of his 4-year-old
3305
01:22:01,333 --> 01:22:03,250
daughter, Messiah.
3306
01:22:03,291 --> 01:22:05,709
Team President Ed Stefanski
3307
01:22:03,291 --> 01:22:05,709
said Tuesday that Iverson
3308
01:22:05,750 --> 01:22:08,792
no longer wanted to be
3309
01:22:05,750 --> 01:22:08,792
a distraction to his teammates.
3310
01:22:15,583 --> 01:22:18,375
Female reporter:
3311
01:22:15,583 --> 01:22:18,375
According to a report
3312
01:22:15,583 --> 01:22:18,375
from "Basket Magazine,"
3313
01:22:18,417 --> 01:22:21,291
Turkey may possibly
3314
01:22:18,417 --> 01:22:21,291
be Iverson's next home.
3315
01:22:21,333 --> 01:22:23,083
Iverson:
3316
01:22:21,333 --> 01:22:23,083
I never would've thought
3317
01:22:23,125 --> 01:22:25,208
that this situation would occur,
3318
01:22:25,250 --> 01:22:26,959
but it is here.
3319
01:22:27,000 --> 01:22:28,917
I had a great time
3320
01:22:27,000 --> 01:22:28,917
playing in the NBA,
3321
01:22:28,959 --> 01:22:34,083
and who knows if I ever will
3322
01:22:28,959 --> 01:22:34,083
again, but I'm looking forward
3323
01:22:34,125 --> 01:22:37,375
to making the best
3324
01:22:34,125 --> 01:22:37,375
out of this situation.
3325
01:22:37,417 --> 01:22:40,917
[ team singing
3326
01:22:37,417 --> 01:22:40,917
in foreign language ]
3327
01:22:57,375 --> 01:23:01,333
I promise you,
3328
01:22:57,375 --> 01:23:01,333
it is a happy day for me.
3329
01:23:01,375 --> 01:23:03,458
You know, I really thought
3330
01:23:03,500 --> 01:23:06,500
that this day
3331
01:23:03,500 --> 01:23:06,500
would be a tough day for me,
3332
01:23:06,542 --> 01:23:09,792
but it's a happy day.
3333
01:23:09,834 --> 01:23:13,125
I gave everything I had
3334
01:23:09,834 --> 01:23:13,125
to basketball.
3335
01:23:13,166 --> 01:23:16,291
Iverson: Every time I come
3336
01:23:13,166 --> 01:23:16,291
in this gym, in this arena,
3337
01:23:16,333 --> 01:23:20,250
I hear my favorite song,
3338
01:23:16,333 --> 01:23:20,250
you know, y'all voices.
3339
01:23:20,291 --> 01:23:22,792
You know, the passion
3340
01:23:20,291 --> 01:23:22,792
is still there.
3341
01:23:22,834 --> 01:23:27,291
The desire to play
3342
01:23:22,834 --> 01:23:27,291
is just not.
3343
01:23:27,333 --> 01:23:31,166
People ask me all the time,
3344
01:23:27,333 --> 01:23:31,166
do I have any regrets?
3345
01:23:31,208 --> 01:23:33,834
I don't have any, you know.
3346
01:23:31,208 --> 01:23:33,834
If I can go back
3347
01:23:33,875 --> 01:23:36,458
and do it all over again,
3348
01:23:33,875 --> 01:23:36,458
would I change anything?
3349
01:23:36,500 --> 01:23:41,959
No. I'm proud to be able
3350
01:23:36,500 --> 01:23:41,959
to say that I changed a lot
3351
01:23:42,000 --> 01:23:45,166
in this culture
3352
01:23:42,000 --> 01:23:45,166
and in this game,
3353
01:23:45,208 --> 01:23:49,208
looking the way I looked
3354
01:23:45,208 --> 01:23:49,208
and dressing the way I dressed.
3355
01:23:49,250 --> 01:23:52,333
It was a blessing just to play
3356
01:23:49,250 --> 01:23:52,333
one NBA basketball game.
3357
01:23:52,375 --> 01:23:54,625
I've done a lot in this league,
3358
01:23:54,667 --> 01:23:58,125
being 160 pounds coming
3359
01:23:54,667 --> 01:23:58,125
from Newport News, Virginia,
3360
01:23:58,166 --> 01:24:01,333
and my family is taken care of
3361
01:23:58,166 --> 01:24:01,333
for the rest of their life.
3362
01:24:01,375 --> 01:24:03,458
I mean,
3363
01:24:01,375 --> 01:24:03,458
what do you mean, regrets?
3364
01:24:03,500 --> 01:24:05,583
What more can you ask for?
3365
01:24:05,625 --> 01:24:07,625
[ cheering ]
3366
01:24:07,667 --> 01:24:09,542
I'm going to always
3367
01:24:07,667 --> 01:24:09,542
be a Sixer, till I die.
3368
01:24:09,583 --> 01:24:11,792
When you think of
3369
01:24:09,583 --> 01:24:11,792
Philadelphia basketball,
3370
01:24:11,834 --> 01:24:15,500
you think of Allen Iverson,
3371
01:24:11,834 --> 01:24:15,500
and I fought for that.
3372
01:24:15,542 --> 01:24:16,834
I earned that.
3373
01:24:16,875 --> 01:24:20,333
P.A. announcer:
3374
01:24:16,875 --> 01:24:20,333
Finally, the 6-foot guard
3375
01:24:20,375 --> 01:24:22,458
from Georgetown,
3376
01:24:22,500 --> 01:24:29,291
number 3, Allen Iverson!
3377
01:24:29,333 --> 01:24:31,166
[ cheering ]
3378
01:24:36,458 --> 01:24:38,792
I love you, Philadelphia...
3379
01:24:38,834 --> 01:24:41,625
[ cheering ]
3380
01:24:41,667 --> 01:24:46,458
For accepting me
3381
01:24:41,667 --> 01:24:46,458
and letting me be me,
3382
01:24:46,500 --> 01:24:48,750
letting me make my mistakes,
3383
01:24:46,500 --> 01:24:48,750
letting me be human,
3384
01:24:48,792 --> 01:24:53,750
let me learn from 'em,
3385
01:24:48,792 --> 01:24:53,750
just embracing me
3386
01:24:53,792 --> 01:24:57,333
and making this
3387
01:24:53,792 --> 01:24:57,333
my home forever.
3388
01:24:57,375 --> 01:24:59,792
[ cheering ]
3389
01:24:59,834 --> 01:25:03,750
I love you, Philadelphia,
3390
01:24:59,834 --> 01:25:03,750
the best fans in the world.
3391
01:25:03,792 --> 01:25:05,917
The best fans
3392
01:25:03,792 --> 01:25:05,917
in the world.
3393
01:25:05,959 --> 01:25:07,250
[ cheering ]
3394
01:25:12,959 --> 01:25:18,792
Moore: I saw a kid grow up
3395
01:25:12,959 --> 01:25:18,792
from absolutely nothing
3396
01:25:18,834 --> 01:25:20,625
to just about everything.
3397
01:25:20,667 --> 01:25:22,834
Took all the bumps
3398
01:25:22,875 --> 01:25:28,000
and the bruises and achieved
3399
01:25:22,875 --> 01:25:28,000
even with the mistakes,
3400
01:25:28,041 --> 01:25:31,917
and to go through it
3401
01:25:28,041 --> 01:25:31,917
with him, it gives you
3402
01:25:31,959 --> 01:25:37,041
a bit of gratification
3403
01:25:31,959 --> 01:25:37,041
and satisfaction
3404
01:25:37,083 --> 01:25:40,500
that God did not have
3405
01:25:37,083 --> 01:25:40,500
to allow us to have.
3406
01:25:44,792 --> 01:25:48,250
Iverson:
3407
01:25:44,792 --> 01:25:48,250
I don't care about being
3408
01:25:44,792 --> 01:25:48,250
misunderstood by the media,
3409
01:25:48,291 --> 01:25:51,125
but, hopefully, you know,
3410
01:25:48,291 --> 01:25:51,125
my people, hopefully,
3411
01:25:51,166 --> 01:25:54,000
I'm not misunderstood by them.
3412
01:25:54,041 --> 01:25:55,834
I just want them to say
3413
01:25:55,875 --> 01:25:59,208
I was a fighter, man,
3414
01:25:55,875 --> 01:25:59,208
that's it, and a survivor,
3415
01:25:59,250 --> 01:26:03,875
and willing to get knocked down
3416
01:26:03,917 --> 01:26:06,250
to be able to get back up.
3417
01:26:09,208 --> 01:26:11,834
[ Jay-Z performing
3418
01:26:09,208 --> 01:26:11,834
"I Made It" ]
3419
01:26:11,875 --> 01:26:13,291
Jay-Z:
3420
01:26:11,875 --> 01:26:13,291
Told you, Miss Carter.
3421
01:26:16,083 --> 01:26:17,333
Here we are.
3422
01:26:20,083 --> 01:26:21,583
♪ Momma, I made it ♪
3423
01:26:21,625 --> 01:26:23,417
♪ Ya'll know how I do
3424
01:26:21,625 --> 01:26:23,417
when the Doc do it ♪
3425
01:26:23,458 --> 01:26:24,834
♪ I fly thru it ♪
3426
01:26:24,875 --> 01:26:27,375
♪ That's how I operated
3427
01:26:24,875 --> 01:26:27,375
Momma, I made it ♪
3428
01:26:27,417 --> 01:26:30,166
♪ Ghetto like the grease when
3429
01:26:27,417 --> 01:26:30,166
you gettin' your hair braided ♪
3430
01:26:30,208 --> 01:26:32,083
♪ Sweeter than
3431
01:26:30,208 --> 01:26:32,083
your sister Kool Aid is ♪
3432
01:26:32,125 --> 01:26:33,583
♪ Hooray is the underdog ♪
3433
01:26:33,625 --> 01:26:35,333
♪ Now my feet under desk ♪
3434
01:26:35,375 --> 01:26:36,875
♪ It's
3435
01:26:35,375 --> 01:26:36,875
the presidential favorite ♪
3436
01:26:36,917 --> 01:26:39,333
♪ Can't believe I got away
3437
01:26:36,917 --> 01:26:39,333
with my earlier stages ♪
3438
01:26:39,375 --> 01:26:40,792
♪ Being on stages... ♪
3439
01:26:42,750 --> 01:26:45,375
You ever seen a--
3440
01:26:42,750 --> 01:26:45,375
What does it say?
3441
01:26:45,417 --> 01:26:47,291
Man: "You ever watch."
3442
01:26:45,417 --> 01:26:47,291
- Ah, you ever watch, okay.
3443
01:26:47,333 --> 01:26:50,041
You ever watch a big game
3444
01:26:47,333 --> 01:26:50,041
and say to yourself,
3445
01:26:50,083 --> 01:26:52,709
No, no.
3446
01:26:50,083 --> 01:26:52,709
"Can I see some ID?" Okay.
3447
01:26:54,000 --> 01:26:56,250
You ever watch a big game
3448
01:26:54,000 --> 01:26:56,250
and see--
3449
01:26:56,291 --> 01:26:58,125
[ groans ]
3450
01:26:58,166 --> 01:26:59,542
What does it say?
3451
01:26:59,583 --> 01:27:01,792
Ah, okay, okay.
3452
01:26:59,583 --> 01:27:01,792
Come on, Al.
3453
01:27:01,834 --> 01:27:04,291
You ever watch a big game,
3454
01:27:01,834 --> 01:27:04,291
and see somebody
3455
01:27:04,333 --> 01:27:06,250
do a nice move
3456
01:27:04,333 --> 01:27:06,250
and say to yourself,
3457
01:27:06,291 --> 01:27:08,583
I wish I could do that?
3458
01:27:06,291 --> 01:27:08,583
It all boils down
3459
01:27:08,625 --> 01:27:12,291
to one word: Practice.
3460
01:27:08,625 --> 01:27:12,291
Practice. Practice.
3461
01:27:12,333 --> 01:27:13,709
[ ♪♪ ]
3462
01:27:13,750 --> 01:27:19,083
♪ Dreams come true
3463
01:27:13,750 --> 01:27:19,083
yesterday, now ♪
3464
01:27:19,125 --> 01:27:20,417
♪ Yes, they do,
3465
01:27:19,125 --> 01:27:20,417
yes, they do... ♪
3466
01:27:23,542 --> 01:27:27,041
♪ Don't you ever
3467
01:27:23,542 --> 01:27:27,041
stop dreamin' ♪
3468
01:27:27,083 --> 01:27:30,917
♪ Just keep believing... ♪
3469
01:27:30,959 --> 01:27:32,041
Iverson:
3470
01:27:30,959 --> 01:27:32,041
Let me say about dreamin'.
3471
01:27:32,083 --> 01:27:33,458
Let me say about dreamin'.
3472
01:27:33,500 --> 01:27:37,917
David Stern: 2001 NBA MVP,
3473
01:27:33,500 --> 01:27:37,917
Allen Iverson!
3474
01:27:37,959 --> 01:27:39,333
Iverson:
3475
01:27:37,959 --> 01:27:39,333
Let me say about dreamin'.
3476
01:27:39,375 --> 01:27:40,625
Let me say about dreamin'.
3477
01:27:40,667 --> 01:27:42,625
[ ♪♪ ]
3478
01:27:42,667 --> 01:27:44,208
Let me say about dreamin'.
3479
01:27:46,542 --> 01:27:48,625
♪ Just keep believing ♪
3480
01:27:48,667 --> 01:27:50,166
♪ Mm-mmm ♪
3481
01:27:50,208 --> 01:27:51,166
Iverson:
3482
01:27:50,208 --> 01:27:51,166
Let me say about dreamin'.
3483
01:27:51,208 --> 01:27:52,375
Let me say about dreamin'.
3484
01:27:52,417 --> 01:27:54,291
Man: Now is... time to party.
3485
01:27:54,333 --> 01:27:56,125
[ crowd cheering ]
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