Nicknamed "The Answer," Allen Iverson was an eleven-time NBA All-Star, won the All-Star game MVP award in 2001 and 2005, and was the NBA's MVP in 2001. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.

However, Iverson's rise to prodigious success and influence was a long, winding, complicated road with peaks and valleys. From Hampton, VA to Bethel HS; Circle Lanes Bowling Alley to John Thompson and Georgetown; Prison to #1 Overall Pick; ROY to MVP; The Crossover, The Stepover, The Sleeve, The Finals, The Cornrows, The "Practice" Rant, The Dress Code, The Rap Album, The Marital and Financial Troubles—talking about Iverson's place in basketball history and impact on culture is an incredibly nuanced, complicated undertaking.

Ben Craw joins the pod for our most ambitious deep-dive yet, The Life and Times of Allen Iverson, an on-going series examining the life and impact one of modern sports most influential figures.

CHAPTER 5
AI wins the MVP and the Sixers are the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference (3:20), Iverson's minutes, durability, ability to play through pain (5:00), AI and Larry Brown burying the hatchet (6:30), Iverson debuts the shooting sleeve (7:45), bursitis and the compression sleeve (10:00), Iverson becoming a trendsetter (11:00), Under Armour (13:00), trainers with the Sixers (14:30), Iverson and his affection for Lorry Michel, his former athletic trainer at Georgetown (16:00), AI vs. the fans in Indiana (23:00), beginning of the 2001 playoffs (25:40), Sixers-Raptors, Iverson vs. Vince Carter (26:45), Vince Carter going to his college commencement ceremony on Gm 7 (27:30).

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