There are many players in the NBA who are masters of excellence, but there is only one master who can remind people of their talents as soon as they mention them, that is, Aaron Iverson. Iverson's shaking is too good, conquering too many fans, countless fans regard him as an idol, to this day, Iverson's signature action "Iverson-style change of direction" is still the object of imitation and learning of fans. Iverson can stand at this height is not easy, his basketball road is very unsmooth, he has encountered a lot of setbacks, suffered a lot of suffering, this article will talk about Arendjeferson.
Born in slums, raised in slums
Iverson's mother, Ann Iverson, was only 15 years old when she gave birth to Iverson, although she was very young, But Ann immediately assumed the responsibility of motherhood, he found the father of the child, hoping that the two would raise Iverson together and let Iverson live a life loved by his parents, but after living together for a while, she found that Iverson's father was not a good man at all, he acted violently, accompanied by contraband, and the family was very badly made by him, which was not conducive to Iverson's growth, so that Iverson could go the right way and not repeat his father's path Ann decides to leave Iverson's father and raise Iverson alone, but because the family has no money, Ann has to take Iverson to live in the slums.
= After moving, An An met a new boyfriend, but the living conditions did not change, and around the home, there were people who were not doing their jobs, engaged in illegal transactions, and occasionally broke out gunfights. Iverson grew up in such a hard life, and when Iverson was able to run around, he formed a partnership with some of the children around him, who were not in good condition at home, but they were all children with dreams, and they looked forward to one day moving out of the slums and living in a good house.
Although the living conditions are not good, the food is not very nutritious, but Iverson in sports is very good, much better than his peers, Iverson loves to play rugby the most, hopes to become the most popular rugby player, Iverson embarked on the rugby road, on this road, Iverson met the noble man of his life.
Stand out on the field
When Iverson was playing football, a man fell in love with this boy, his name was MO, MO learned about Iverson's situation, very much expected him to become a talent, very good to Iverson, although not his father, but like his father, in Iverson's life, MO is a very key person, is Iverson's nobleman.
In the football field, Iverson played better and better, became the brightest man on the field, he led the team to win the rugby state championship, and on the basketball court, Iverson's performance was also very wonderful, although he was not tall and not strong, but no one could prevent him, Iverson led the basketball team to win the state championship. Two state champions, let Iverson have a little fame, became a rising star in the sports world, appeared on TV, many people know Iverson, but this time famous, but it caused Iverson a lot of trouble, so that Iverson almost said goodbye to the field.
Accidentally imprisoned, after being released from prison, he specialized in basketball
On a night that was too ordinary to be normal, Iverson and his friends were playing in the bowling alley, they had a good time, they didn't provoke anyone else, but someone came to their trouble, a group of white boys attacked Iverson's friends, Iverson's friends fought with them, but Iverson did not participate in the fight, he walked away.
But when the police handled the fight, Iverson was also arrested, heard the news, MO immediately moved, to find a lawyer to defend, but the final result was very unexpected, Iverson was sentenced to 15 years in prison, suspended for 5 years, not allowed to release on bail, it is worth mentioning that the sentence Iverson is also a white judge. A white judge sentenced a black man who did not participate in a brawl to 15 years in prison, which had to be considered a discriminatory sentence.
Despite the efforts of Iverson's family, Iverson was sent to prison, where Iverson slowly gave up the struggle and began to learn how to survive in prison to survive the long prison life. While Iverson was serving his sentence, his supporters marched in solidarity with Iverson, and television stations spoke up for Iverson and interviewed him.
In the end, with everyone's efforts, Governor Wilder pardoned Iverson, Iverson served less than a year in prison and was released from prison, after being released from prison, Iverson could not participate in sports events, Iverson first specialized in school, after the lifting of the ban, Iverson decided, give up football, specialize in basketball, he wants to enter the NBA, become the best player in the NBA.
The NBA's shortest champion, the "answer" on the field
In 1996, Iverson's skills were already excellent, he was the best of the american college players, people were looking forward to joining the NBA, and in this year, Iverson's sister Lisa became more ill, in order to earn money to heal her sister, Iverson decided to land in the NBA. In the 1996 NBA Draft, the Philadelphia 76ers, who held the title, selected Iverson, and iverson, who was 1.83 meters, became the shortest champion in NBA history. Before that, people didn't count the 1.83m player as a champion, because people didn't believe that a 1.83-level player could make a big splash in the NBA, and Iverson gave people unprecedented hope, people felt that don't look at him short, he can play a great performance.
When Iverson stepped on the field, Iverson met people's expectations of him, in addition to not being tall enough, Iverson's other talents are top-notch, his explosive power is particularly strong, fast, it is difficult to defend him, the historical level of defensive toughster Pippen said: "For me, defending Iverson is indeed a tough challenge, his speed is really too fast! "Iverson has talent, and skill, his dribbling ability is particularly strong, dribbling speed, large amplitude, can do a lot of complex dribbling, to confuse opponents, extremely strong explosiveness plus excellent dribbling ability, so that Iverson's superiority is very powerful, and Iverson's favorite move is to change direction in front of the body."
Iverson fully grasped the main points of the body forward change, and found the action that can amplify his own advantages, forming his own body forward change direction, known as "Iverson crossover". Iverson used this move, passed countless people, defended countless top masters of Jordan, but also Iverson shook off, in the evaluation of Iverson, Jordan said "he is a great player." Iverson's superiority is too strong, too ornamental, so countless fans have fallen in love with Iverson and are imitating Iverson's extraordinary moves, but Iverson is not only this trick.
Iverson's mid-range jump shot is also very powerful, when the opponent hoards heavy troops under the basket to defend his layup, Iverson will stop the jump shot in the middle distance, give the opponent a heavy blow with a fast, concise shooting method, let the opponent's efforts under the basket be wasted, break through strongly, and also be able to shoot, so that Iverson is unstoppable on the offensive end, no one can pat his chest and say, I can prevent Iverson. Iverson's rookie season was brilliant, averaging 23.5 points, 7.5 assists and 2.1 steals per game, and Iverson's performance was worthy of his status. Over the next season, Iverson's performances grew more and more exciting, and more and more people were conquered by him, and people gave Iverson a resounding nickname, "Answer".
Won the MVP and led the team to the finals
After Iverson finished his rookie season, people stopped questioning his personal abilities, and people put their expectations on what level Iverson could take the 76ers to, is it a playoff team, a championship team, or a championship team? Iverson naturally knows what the outside world expects of him, and he really wants to bring a championship trophy to the 76ers. Iverson has great ambitions, the management of the 76ers also has some achievements, since Iverson played famous, they have been looking for helpers for Iverson, but Philadelphia is neither an entertainment capital, nor a big ball city, it is not easy to attract good players, the overall strength is insufficient, and it has become the biggest obstacle on the way for the 76ers to compete for the championship.
In the 00-01 season, the 76 talents barely put together a good lineup, Iverson as the main player, with Ratliff, Snow, Mutombo, Aron McKee and others, this lineup, how far it can go, all depends on How Iverson plays, and Iverson has played really well this season. Against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Iverson exploded 54 points, led the team to a 4-point narrow victory, facing the moderate strength of the Raptors, Iverson scored 51 points, but the team lost to the opponent by 4 points, from which it can be seen that the overall strength of the 76ers is really not strong enough, Iverson's play is super god, but still can not win the ball.
At the end of the season, Iverson averaged 31.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 2.5 steals per game, leading the team of 76ers to achieve a record of 56 wins and 26 losses, ranking first in the East, Iverson led a group of teammates who were not famous enough and not strong enough to ascend to the throne of the first place in the East, which made people admire Iverson, in the MVP selection, Iverson was elected MVP with high votes, and Iverson's ability to lead the team was recognized.
At the beginning of the playoffs, the 76ers faced the strong teams in the East, they all wanted to pull the 76ers off the horse, in the first round, the Pacers first gave the 76ers a blow, Iverson contributed 45 points and 9 assists in the second game, leading the team to a big victory, the next two games, Iverson cut 30+ points, the 76ers won 3 consecutive games, eliminating the Pacers. In the second round, the 76ers met the Raptors led by Carter, two popular stars met, a big war broke out, the first game, Iverson cut 36 points, 4 assists and 8 rebounds, Carter contributed 35 points and 7 assists, 76ers 3 points regretted the loss, the second game, Iverson slashed 54 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Carter 28 points, 76ers 5 points narrowly won, the next two games, both sides won one, the series came to the battle of Tianwangshan.
In the Battle of Tenno Mountain, Iverson contributed 52 points, 7 assists and 4 steals, the game lost suspense early, the 76ers beat the Raptors by 33 points, but this defeat did not beat the Raptors, they won the sixth game, the series entered the seventh, grabbed seven, Iverson contributed 21 points, 16 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals, helped the 76ers win by 1 point, eliminating the Raptors.
In the Eastern Conference Finals, the 76ers played against the Bucks, in the first game, Iverson had 34 points and 6 assists, the 76ers won the opponent, the second game 76ers lost, the third game, Iverson was absent, the fourth game, Iverson contributed 28 points and 8 assists, the 76ers won the game, they won the fifth game, but the Bucks won back the sixth game, the series once again entered the grab seven, grabbed the seven, Iverson contributed 44 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds and 2 steals, helped the 76ers win the opponent and advance to the Finals.
The opponent of the 76ers is the Lakers, this Lakers can be described as very powerful, they came to the Finals with a game without losing, from the paper strength, the 76ers are difficult to win, but the paper strength is not the game itself after all, the first game of the Finals, Iverson opened the ring, the Lakers sent Kobe, Fisher and others to defend him, there is no effect, Iverson can still play the ball in, the end of regular time, the two sides draw, into overtime, at this time, people feel that the 76ers may win a game?
Overtime whistle blew, Iverson led the team to fight back, he first forced the score closer, then a three-point shot to overtake the score, then another jump shot difference to 4 points, Iverson completed his task, his teammates also came to help, in the end, they held the score advantage, won the game, the Lakers' undefeated golden body was broken by Iverson, the whole game, Iverson contributed 48 points, 6 assists and 5 steals, this game is Iverson's god battle, he told people, facing a strong enemy, in addition to being crushed, There is another possibility.
The 76ers made a good start, so that the Lakers began to come up with targeted methods, in this case, the overall shortage of the 76ers was exposed, although Iverson played well, but the 76ers still lost 4 consecutive games, eliminated by the Lakers, no chance of the championship.
Iverson failed to bring the championship back, but it was also a good result, and he had the 76ers on the stage of the Finals again after 1983.
The "Golden Double Gun" turned out
Iverson's performance in the 2001 Finals was exciting, people's expectations were higher, but after this, the 76ers stagnated, at the same time, Iverson and coach Larry Brown relationship deteriorated, Brown left, but the 76ers' situation did not improve, although the 76ers also made some efforts, Iverson is also trying to play, but the 76ers' achievements are not good. In 2005-06, Iverson's scoring average set a career high, but the 76ers did not make the playoffs, and the management saw that he lost hope in him, and they sent Iverson to the Nuggets.
At this time, the Nuggets, led by Anthony, After Iverson came, people called the two "golden double guns", on the scoring ability, "golden double guns" are indeed strong, the two cut 50 points without any problem, in the regular season, "golden double guns" led the Nuggets also achieved some results, from the 04-05 season to the 07-08 season, the Nuggets are ranked in the top eight, 07-08 season, the Nuggets also achieved a record of 50 wins and 32 losses, but the Nuggets' goal is to achieve some results in the playoffs, and under the leadership of the "golden double gun" The Nuggets did not make a difference in the playoffs, Iverson's style of play wandered outside the team's original system, and after trying for three seasons, the Nuggets decided to send Iverson away and send him to the Pistons.
After going from team to team, he left suddenly
After coming to the Pistons, Iverson did not integrate with the Pistons, and the Pistons did not look favorably on Iverson, and after the two sides made a big red face, they parted ways. The Grizzlies signed Iverson, but the Grizzlies didn't play long before the Grizzlies decided to terminate their contract with Iverson, who became a free agent.
After free agency, Iverson didn't get a lot of attention and he didn't seem to be able to play, but just then, the 76ers gave Iverson a chance, and Iverson returned to Philadelphia. At the press conference, Iverson was very excited, he burst into tears, this return, Iverson's performance is not bad, he can still play in the NBA, but when Iverson is focusing on the court, Iverson's young daughter has a strange disease, Iverson in order to take care of his daughter, and the 76ers terminated the contract and left the NBA.
This time, Iverson could not come back, seeing that he could not play in the NBA, Iverson, who still wanted to play, went to Europe, played in Europe for a while, Iverson was injured and returned to the United States. After injury, Iverson knew he would be hard to play, and he announced his retirement in 2013, ending his basketball career.
Write at the end
After retiring from the army, Iverson's life is not smooth, and his wife fell out, the money in his pocket is also less, the quality of life is not as good as before, but fortunately, Iverson has a thick foundation, can not live a rich life, live an ordinary life or no problem, in recent years, Iverson has been blessed, it does not look as energetic as before, Bless Iverson all the best.