Allen Iverson
Allen Iverson
Allen Ezail Iversonis an American retired professional basketball player who played for 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association. He played both the shooting guard and point guard positions. Iverson was an eleven-time NBA All-Star, won the All-Star game MVP award in 2001 and 2005, and was the NBA's Most Valuable Playerin 2001...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth7 June 1975
CityHampton, VA
CountryUnited States of America
average ball both call certain coach coming easy finding five four guess job learning plays points season tells time together vice wants work
I guess it's just having time to play with each other and learning each other, just finding out how he wants to play and vice versa. He told me coming into the season that he wasn't doing his job if I didn't average four or five more points than I had been, and he was right because I am. ... We work together. We find out what plays we want to run. When we call plays for him, he tells me things he can do to get me an easy basket. And when a play is called for me, I let him know, if they take certain things away from me, what I can get for him. So it's just having some chemistry, being together and having a coach that understands that both of us need the ball and understands how both of us want to play.
appearance breaking declining fans game guess hard hear negative night point recognize special
The first appearance is always going to be the most memorable. This one is special because I'm 30 years old and you hear all the negative things about your game declining and at this point you should be breaking down. I still go out and play hard every night and give it my all. I guess the fans recognize that because they put me in the All-Star game.
eighth games half high seed settle team win
We're going to need team efforts, we're going to need each other down the stretch. With 29 games to go, we've got to win more than half of those to give us a better seed in the playoffs. We don't want to settle for the eighth spot. We want to try and get as high as we can.
efforts team
We're going to need team efforts and we need each other down the stretch.
game hat picked played win
We're just happy, ... We wanted to win this game so bad. I've got to take my hat off to my teammates. They played big. They really picked me up tonight.
excuse
We have to get it done, that's no excuse.
confidence forward looking matter playoffs trying
We are looking forward to trying to get in the playoffs and make something happen. It's all a matter of confidence and we have that now. We can still make the playoffs, it's all up to us.
both easy shots stopped
We stopped doing the things that got us the lead, both offensively and defensively. You can feel it. You're not getting easy shots anymore.
chris guys knew played stepped
We knew we were going to be short-handed, being that Chris wasn't playing, and other guys stepped up and played big for us.
cheeks half season tried wants ways
We tried it different ways in the first half of the season and now we just have to do it the way Mo Cheeks wants it done every night.
care handling struggled
We didn't take care of it. We just struggled handling the ball.
happened looking lost percent time understand
Looking back on everything that happened with me and coach, 99 percent of the time it was my fault. I see that now, definitely. ... Now that he's gone, you understand you lost a lot.
bad felt glad halftime played sit terrible
It felt terrible but I was glad I played all the way through so I didn't have to sit down and have it stiffen up. It stiffened up real bad at halftime but I managed to get through it.
environment felt fun game playing team trying
It felt like it was the first game of the season. It was just fun to be back out there and be in the environment and playing with my team and trying to help.