Many NBA stars have gangster backgrounds, which is no secret in the NBA. As for why NBA stars, so many have gangster backgrounds, which has a lot to do with their living environment since childhood. Many of the stars grew up in slums, grew up in poor environments, and some even had to be associated with gangs in order to survive. Even if many of them play in the NBA and are already stars, they still have a relationship with the gang.
Although the NBA has many stars with gangster backgrounds, but if you really want to say that you don't dare to mess with them, it seems that there are 2 people at present, and everyone else is still almost there.
You want to say that Anthony did not dare to provoke, that is absolutely not the case, Anthony is a cruel person, but definitely not to the point of not daring to provoke. In the NBA, there are still many people who are not afraid of Anthony, he is only in close contact with the gang, but it has not reached the point of being afraid, if not 1 meter 75 Robinson, how dare to beat Anthony?
As for Iverson, he also has a gangster background, but he is more just connected. He was willing to spend money for people's righteousness, which is why he had so many so-called "friends". He has a position in the NBA, but he is not afraid to provoke, he just has a little anger in him.
As for JR, Pierce, Caron Butler, that was only a jerk at first, they knew some gangsters, and then they had connections with gangsters, and their status in the NBA was not high.
To say that I really dare not provoke 2 people, one is Rose, one is Pekovic. Rose himself is not a gang member, but his own brother, that is the big brother of the famous Chicago gang, Rose grew up in such a family, no one really dares to mess with. It is because of this relationship that Rose almost did not enter the NBA, and the league is a little jealous of Rose's gangster background.
Another one is even more exaggerated, he is the former Timberwolves player Pekovic. Nicknamed the "Great White Bear", Pekovic is strong enough to be strong and was once one of the league's high-quality interior lines. After he retired from the army, he directly took over the family's arms business, and now he is a real big man. Whoever dares to provoke him will be in danger!