Ted Lasso / Allen Iverson Practice Speech Mashup

[@BobbyDrakey]

I like how the same words said by two men, can be both a defence (Iverson) as well as a critique (Lasso). Great show, look forward to season 2.

[@Smith559]

Holy Shit that's bloody brilliant take dude

[@2dudesNdad]

Right!

[@anthonygutierrez1620]

What show is it

[@Smith559]

@@anthonygutierrez1620 the show is Ted Lasso

[@BobbyDrakey]

@@anthonygutierrez1620 the show is called Ted Lasso as well.

[@rizzo1brian]

I knew that he was quoting Iverson, I didn't realize how word for word it was. First time I saw this episode I laughed so much knowing that English footballers would have no idea about Alan Iverson and this press conference.

[@Rudy-oh9wc]

Same here dude. I cocked my head to the side and was thinking to myself, that's Iverson.

[@DunKnoThaMySpace]

English footballers do know. We have the internet too

[@ronnybohack]

*Allen

[@chewbacca4070]

@@ronnybohack I was about to put that

[@blade1873]

Why wouldn't they know about Allen Iverson ?

[@zapp-ht7dv]

Some context for AI's rant: His best friend had been murdered a couple months earlier and the trial for the murderer began just a few days earlier.

[@johnsalem1795]

In what way is that context?

[@heeldylan556]

Actually, the context was that Gary Payton told AI that the way to stay fresh for the playoffs is to not practice (or not practice hard, I forget which haha), but AI took it super literally.

[@boxermccoy]

This is true, thanks for posting

[@KerbyDarius]

@@johnsalem1795 Context being why he wasn't at practice and why he went on that rant when asked about it

[@TheHeadincharge]

Let’s not forget the context of this within all of AI’s career though….he was notorious before this season and through most of his career for skipping practices. This was hardly the first season or time he had received criticism for this and later discussed that it was a mistake of his. We all understand tough times, but that doesn’t remove the fact that he wasn’t communicating that with his teammates or coaches.

[@zbennalley]

I like you can hear the people at the press conference in the end laughing but there's dead silence when Ted is talking. The same words can be spoken by two different people and mean two entirely different things.

[@kingofgrim4761]

Also, the same words AND meaning to people can mean different things to any two different people

[@Bullsrock7]

When I just watched that I thought the whole thing was going to be Ted making a joke but they played it off so well

[@hamig306]

its basically an inside joke. and it also relates to the thing that happened earlier in the episode talkin bout "plans" man

[@midwesterner2023]

The Ted Lasso series won me over…..best feel good show in a long time! Be a goldfish…

[@ethantodd8114]

Same, best show man

[@Me-Dwight]

"Well heaven knows I tried" 🎵

[@RandyMD]

Just caught it few weeks ago... Fully caught up now... It's really good

[@lewisbrazil5485]

I have watched series 4 times, got this within 2 seconds, many other lines I missed, Awesome show, I hope the writers keep it real.

[@josephzakrzewski9520]

Props... I’ve got 3 trips drinking heavily the whole way thru

[@muliwasx3009]

Seeing the practice speech from the coaches perspective is a beautiful thing and one of the best scenes Ted Lasso has to offer.

[@with.the.y]

I legit thought the moment he walked out, “This would be so hilarious if Ted starts talking about practice like AI...” then he did it and I nearly died

[@reneebush2399]

Lol!

[@travisrawlings3552]

I had the same thought, then when he said "if youre hurt youre hurt" i got goosebumps cus i knew they were about to pay tribute to AI's rant. So good

[@wchandler2010]

As a huge AI fan, this is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

[@temery24]

Legendary mashup! Best show of last year for sure

[@andrewlarose3205]

As soon as Jamie said “it’s just practice” I knew this what was gonna happen, still loved every second

[@JoeyjojoShabadoo7]

I love how Jamie Tartt’s character has trouble keepin it together. And Sudeikis is legendary here 👌😆

[@Mauther]

From reading the comments, it's pretty impressive the number of people who don't get this point (besides the comedic repeated reference to practice). It's hitting on the tainted image of Iverson and drawing on the similarities of Tartt and Iverson. Iverson is generally considered one of the greatest pure competitors in the modern NBA, the guy was fearless. And for his size, he was far more successful than he had any right to be. I think he's only third behind Jordan and Chamberlain for scoring average. But despite that, he never comes up in a discussion about the greats (unless someone from Philly is in the conversation). In the Great Modern Shooting Guard debate it's only about Jordan and Bryant, no one mentions Iverson except maybe at a distant 5th. And one thing Jordan and Bryant weren't known for: missing practice, thinking they were already good enough. Something both Bryant and Jordan were known for: mentoring team mates and making their team mates better. The writers took an arrogant privileged rant and made it a scathing indictment on selfishness.

[@edenfesi6517]

No 6 foot player comes up in a discussion of the greats, and Iverson wasn't considered a shooting guard for much of his career, so that plays a big part in why he isn't ranked in that group. As far as teammate relationships, Bryant and Jordan were abusive to many of their teammates, and made a number of them worse, something that Iverson never did. Iverson excelled to the furthest level his body was capable of, and was an icon and an inspiration for a generation. You honing in on "practice" in this manner is exactly as silly as Iverson pointed out in his rant. Absolutely missing the forest for the trees. Trying to pin a bunch of unrelated nonsense onto a ludicrous valuation of practice.

[@thomaspapp104]

@@edenfesi6517 As a 5'10" playground player Iverson is my GOAT, period. What a lot of people miss about this particular rant is that his friend was murdered several months earlier. Here is the poignant part that always gets cut out: "I'm upset for one reason: 'Cause I'm in here. I lost. I lost my best friend," Iverson said. "I lost him, and I lost this year. Everything is just going downhill for me, as far as just that. You know, as far as my life. And then I'm dealing with this. ... My best friend is dead. Dead. And we lost. And this is what I have to go through for the rest of the summer until the season is all over again." Iverson closed out his press conference with the explanation and has reaffirmed the remark since. As he announced his retirement in 2013, Iverson explained the backstory to the rant. “They had no idea my best friend had just got killed," Iverson said. "The press conference wasn’t about practice. It was about me being [possibly] traded from Philadelphia. Nobody ever talked about that, never heard why I was upset or what the conference was about.”

[@C.Chandler_May]

As a sixer's fan, I was under the impression his best friend had died a day or two earlier and the press was getting on him about practice. I never saw this as entitled. His rant was just taken out of context.

[@stephen6272]

Lol sure dude. You can insist that that's "the point" all you want. It's just like whenever anyone talks about some book and claims all of this symbolism in the book, and the writer is like "uhhh yea I didn't intend for any of that but sure that's cool". You have no idea if that's "the point". That they were going anywhere near that deep. It's absurd to say that people that don't agree that your opinion is correct "don't get it". You could easily be wrong, and probably are.

[@C.Chandler_May]

Wrong.

[@acm0045]

I never knew this existed. I’m happy I do now. That’s why Lasso was trying to do his best urban impression there. Makes sense.

[@howard5992]

good observation - Lasso was going a little gangsta' there

[@BenEstes55]

This is the content I'm here for. Love this show

[@MrDannyArroyo]

That was amazing. Excellent show. A.I. should get a partial writing credit for that episode.

[@bartstarr100]

They could be sued for plagiarism. Open and shut case. Seriously.

[@michaelmoyer1647]

@R. Jay stewart, you must be fun at parties 🙄

[@Driver_Eddie]

haha im going to have to start watching Ted Lasso now this was amazing

[@Bethenough]

Yes, you must! You're so lucky to be just starting.

[@Figs3]

It's such a good show. Be careful, you'll feel things that you are not used to.

[@elvelos7936]

@@Figs3 season 2 is kinda meh though

[@Figs3]

@@elvelos7936 I still really enjoy it. It sticks with the theme of the show. Accountability.

[@mikedoja6704]

Both seasons awesome.

[@che3663]

Thanks for this. I didn't know Ted's speech was based on a real speech by a real person.

[@mprice333]

Thank you so much for making this!

[@DavidStauffer]

You're very welcome!

[@ericdane2556]

Thanks for your infinite love and support. I can't get enough of the love you've been showing me which has been an inspiration to my career. I'm grateful. Where are you watching from?

[@kunjiklub]

For someone who still clearly remembered when the famous rant happened, it was by far the funniest moment of season1

[@RicoRides1]

INCREDIBLE! Epic rant that will never. Get. Old!

[@ginad36]

We used to have a horse named Iverson so we watched that clip years ago. Couldn’t believe when I heard it on Ted Lasso! Great job editing them together.

[@Sparkinheart]

Really great work on this edit… watching Ted Lasso I thought it was familiar but I didn’t know how similar it was. Thanks for uploading this.

[@Cipher_X_x]

I’m sold, definitely will give this show a chance

[@balasuar]

Good luck, it's so good.

[@DavidStauffer]

Please do.

[@R0hdkill]

I was watching it and blurted out "he's doing the Iverson speech!!", wife looked at me like I was nuts. Cracked me up.

[@_RT___]

Same exact thing happened for me

[@just.call.me.nolan.twitch]

Same thing for me. “HE’S DOING THE AI PRACTICE SPEECH!!!” Wife looks at me like I’d lost my mind…

[@marywintourable]

Incredible. Had no idea. Thanks for creating this!

[@RobotRockRod]

One of the greatest moments in sports history.

[@camebackcat1487]

Ted Lasso is awesome. It's such a great show.

[@chiguy3514]

I just watched this in the show and came to KZbin knowing there was gonna a video like this lmao I love it

[@jprimo767]

Did I miss it. What show is this?

[@thermal_el_jackson]

My mind is absolutely blown. I knew this video by heart, and love every minute of this show, and I NEEEEEEEEVER put two and two together.

[@RangerStranger4Danger]

Thank you thank you!!! I cannot tell your how stupid I looked trying to explain this in the moment to two clueless friends.

[@neildurbin]

One of the greatest omages of one of the greatest speeches.

[@gipsonk2]

Brother I applaud you on this. Simply brilliant.

[@hakim8688]

My wife was so confused just now had to pause it and pull up the Iverson video on KZbin 😂 Told her ITS NOT A GAME! Lol

[@ItsScottJones]

It's funny that the Allen Iverson's original words have a totally different meaning than what Ted Lasso turned it into. Which might explain why I didn't quite get what Ted was saying when I saw the episode.

[@brianc9036]

When I saw this on the show I just stared smiling and it really won me over

[@ryry9262]

this show has made alot of people cry. this is the moment that made me cry from laughing

[@Eats1987]

I never seen or heard of this show...but i just need to watch this episode lol

[@aaronrobbins2026]

There will never be a day I won’t love this video!

[@KartiacKID]

I love coach Lasso and Coach Beard quoting famous players as a nod to sport’s history along with all the dad jokes and positivity…most of the time

[@KartiacKID]

When we’re not talking about practice

[@monodescarado]

I’m in the UK and don’t watch basketball. I had no idea he was quoting someone else in that speech. I will say though that I remember it feeling a little odd, like the words he was saying combined with the anger seemed out of place. Now it makes complete sense .

[@anthonylawrence2094]

Right at this minute, I'm watching the show and remembered the Allen Iverson rant. Great show BTW, you guys need to watch

[@Akaite79]

Omg, I can't believe I didn't put this together until now....

[@jaylenmalone7247]

So basically AI could write tv shows 🐐 that scene sounds so inspirational 😭

[@Skysdalimit247]

So in short they owe Allen Iverson a check!

[@Customk123]

For what it’s satire lol, learn how the world works. Do you think he trademarked the phrase talking about practice or something? Anybody can say it without legal repercussions.

[@krunkformula]

@@Customk123 its a joke genius lighten up

[@Customk123]

@@krunkformula Hows that a joke tho. All he said was this show owes AI money for what he said. Jokes gotta be funny lol, it sounded more like an opinion to me

[@krunkformula]

@@Customk123 ok buddy lol

[@Customk123]

@@krunkformula ok internet tough guy

[@WhiskeyFiend]

When you steal ideas from another show is theft, when you steal ideas from something that really happened its a homage.

[@UrbanSipfly]

PRACTICE, PRACTICE, and more PRACTICE!! Sums up my whole KZbin experience.

[@091696g]

Damn the speech was on point and the perspective on the speech is different. Iverson was defending himself while lasso was critiquing Jamie hahaha

[@robertallen9570]

This is a brilliant example of how delivery can greatly effect the meaning of a speech

[@kenrodriguez9645]

I laughed so hard when this scene played

[@outtenj001]

This was my favorite scene in season one, i watched it like 6 times lmao

[@TheCazflynn]

This is superb! Bring on Season 2!!!

[@ericdane2556]

Thanks for your infinite love and support. I can't get enough of the love you've been showing me which has been an inspiration to my career. I'm grateful. Where are you watching from?

[@regulatorct]

Wow! Ted lasso is sofaking great!! Wild how they inverted the context to make such a powerful script!

[@diggdugg2169]

I think that they both have valuable points. Media was always waiting for a scandal from Iverson. They just wanted to smear Iverson by any means necessary. Instead of asking about strategy playoffs they chose to get on him about practice. I'm talking about practice.

[@Anfmethodjor]

Genius comedy! They need to pay AI for the quote. 🤣🤣🤣

[@joes6241]

Jamie stepped over his teammate and now coach’s response is to give him the practice speech 😂

[@360zm4]

I hope Iverson got a writing credit for season one of Lasso.

[@antonys.scandale9439]

i laughed so hard when I saw this...I'm like...this is strangely familiar. Sure enough! Genius!

[@gordonwaugh2815]

I wish I had been a fly on the wall in the writer’s room when someone said, “Hey, I’ve got a crazy idea.”

[@jeffdekimpe1746]

It would probably be better to wish to be another writer. If you were a fly on the wall you wouldn’t comprehend any of the writer’s meeting. You’d probably want to escape the room. Not to mention, a fly’s life cycle is only 25 days.

[@rangerguy196]

This is pure comic genius! I am rolling! 🤣🤣

[@r4ydify]

Best cover of all time

[@mikedoja6704]

As soon as the first line was out of his mouth I knew he was going to do Iverson.

[@lw1391]

I keep filling in the DJ Steve Porter beats in my head

[@TheWildGiraffe]

If he looked at the other players in the locker room and laughed I would’ve lost it lol… so good

[@alecnethercott]

Whoever posted this is an absolute genius

[@DavidStauffer]

😮😮😮 hahaha was this on your KZbin homepage? Or did you search for it? 😂

[@billfinn4030]

I met an older gentleman on an Amtrak train to NY wearing an AI jersey. I asked him if he thought Iverson was worth the baggage he brought with him. He immediately defended Iverson 11 time all star, MVP in 2001, played point and shooting guard over 14 seasons.

[@kingofgrim4761]

Well… duh?

[@kingofgrim4761]

I’m confused as to what the point of this comment was 😭 obviously AI was worth it he was a generational talent and changed the game as we knew it

[@LC-ht7sg]

Great vid. Love both these characters.

[@bigpharmasports9120]

Man i am willing to bet my new car in my garage that this scene took at least 10 takes of laughter and outakes before they came up with this final cut. And even this one is questionable lolol

[@DavidStauffer]

What kind of car?

[@gregg.9420]

Brilliant.

[@barneycockburn]

I KNEW I'd heard this before... Wow

[@boatwrightfamily7632]

This was so funny! Just now watching the show, absolutely love it! I was thinking the commercial with AI, Kevin Hart & Steph Curry was taken from this scene. My husband said no, the scene was from the AI press release. When I saw that it made the scene even funnier. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@alexnelson4904]

I'm glad somebody else realized this

[@jasons4948]

Good research, we can see where some of these script writers get there inspiration from

[@dgodinho]

Everyone always misses the part about his best friend dying (Iverson’s)

[@JugOnBlast]

OMG!! Now I really have to watch this show!! Lol

[@csrb338]

Well done everyone involved in this. Now get out there n practice some mo.

[@pimpsuphoesdown9819]

MY FAVORITE COMEDIC ACTOR LMAO JASON SUDEKIS (SPELL CHECK) WHO I GREW UP THINKING WAS ED HELMS' STUNT DOUBLE LMAO I THOUGHT THEY WERE THE SAME FOR SO LONG 😂😂🤦🏾‍♂️

[@mrknowall2849]

I think A.I. should a writing credit from the Ted Lasso show, that's word for word

[@davidmckesey7119]

The sad part in the documentary for Iverson was that he missed the practice cause someone close to him died.

[@dataphoenix8004]

thats a lie he has a history of doing that shit

[@gracelandtoo6240]

The trial for the murder of a close friend of his started shortly before this press conference

[@JonnyCakesFCB]

Lmfao that makes that scene that much greater!

[@JohnDoe-yi9rm]

This has to be one of the all-time greatest moments in Fictional TV History. Right up there with some scenes from "Married With Children," "The Simpsons," etc.

[@billallingham5217]

Gold. Gold. Gold.

[@leanmobileapps9015]

At that moment they earned the Emmy

[@mrmiller7442]

Great idea by the writers

[@latergator9622]

We talkin bout PRACTICE.

[@mannyfestoINS]

Ok I officially need to start this show

[@DavidStauffer]

you really do

[@alexandrascott313]

Genious!!!!!! That caught me so off guard. Died laughing

[@ericdane2556]

Thanks for your unending love and support. I can't get enough of the love you've been showing me which has been an inspiration to my career. I'm grateful. Where are you watching from?

[@darthtater493]

I worked at the Palace when Iverson was on the Pistons. Every game this dude had a reason he wouldn't go out on the floor so people had to scramble to fulfill his requests. He was such a douche.

[@big_drip_6460]

This is soo effin great!!

[@frostedflakes55]

Literally the only guy besides Shaq who can say this and have it be true. GOAT

[@harveythepooka]

I hope he got a writing credit.

[@chicagobob]

Too funny--great video work

[@miaeba]

I have to start watching this show

[@Mudboy44]

Bro there’s literally no shot I just heard this tonight

[@bobclunt4933]

I immediately knew who he was quoting the moment I heard this speech, fellow english people who watch this probably dont even know the context behind it

[@robrick9361]

So Allen Iverson plagiarized his speech from Ted Lasso. Allen Iverson time traveller confirmed.

[@bryggreen77]

Thank you for this!! Had me rolling. Generation Z has no idea about this. Which means once that generation is in charge of making TV and movies completely, I won’t be watching anything but something from my generation. This is the end for us 80’s-200O’s generation. Sad because all you gen Z’s think all the new stuff has come out original when it’s all just crappy remakes of classics. You really aren’t ready for the coming storm (China)

[@PhillyReese215]

This is great.

[@anthonyconway667]

Great Job!