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Allen Iverson

American basketball player

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Allen Iverson is an American professional basketball player who was one of the most talented and dynamic scorers in NBA history. He matters because he was a cultural icon who transformed the game with his explosive style of play and influenced basketball fashion and hip-hop culture during his era.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1975-06-07
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Misunderstood

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Film & TV

Acting · Hampton, Virginia, USA

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Mount Mutombo — Self2025
Power Moves with Shaquille O'Neal — Self2025
Allen Iv3rson — Self2025
Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul — Self (archive footage)2022
The Redeem Team — Self (archive footage)2022
Hustle — Allen Iverson2022
Kevin Garnett: Anything Is Possible — Self2021
Vince Carter: Legacy2021
Ready or Not: The 96 NBA Draft2021
The Golden Generation — Self (archive footage)2018

Article

Allen Ezail Iverson (/ˈaɪvərsən/ EYE-vər-sən; born June 7, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "the Answer", he played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as both a shooting guard and point guard. As an NBA rookie with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1997, Iverson was named NBA Rookie of the Year. He was an 11-time NBA All-Star, won the All-Star Game MVP Award in 2001 and 2005, and was the NBA's Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2001. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. In October 2021, he was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. Iverson is regarded as one of the game's greatest scorers, ball handlers, guards, and among the most influential athletes in all of American sports.

Iverson attended Bethel High School in Hampton, Virginia, and was a dual-sport athlete. He earned the Associated Press High School Player of the Year award in both football and basketball, and won the Division 5 AAA Virginia state championship in both sports. After high school, Iverson played college basketball with the Georgetown Hoyas for two years, where he set the school record for career scoring average (23.0 points per game) and won the Big East Defensive Player of the Year award both years.