The Rule Change that Made Allen Iverson Even More Dominant & Got Ty Lue PAID

[@back2back379]

Some of you don't know your NBA history. Brian Shaw is referring to the rule in 1995 that prohibited hand checking from the backcourt baseline to the opposite foul line. Iverson came into the league in '96. Yes in 2004 hand checking was removed completely, but the rule change in '95 was already prohibiting it much more than before, and that's what Shaw is referring to.

[@blacklightdrew]

Big facts, The NBA had started to ban hand checking back in 1979, however it the rules language wasn't clear, and players were hand checking until 2004.

[@RyanAustinDean]

Amen. Thanks for teaching the young fellas.

[@brandonethereal1084]

Took the words outta my mouth🎯

[@bbkingme8831]

? Huh. They was handcheckn. Pushin. Till the 2000s. What u mean ppl dont kno NBA history. What did u do. Google the year and rule or somethn. U must didnt watch the NBA at all. Brian is wrong and kinda sound like a hater. Sayin it made it easier for Iverson. No. The rule wasnt for Iverson. It was for all. That's some hatin shit. It's like sayin the 3 point arch made it easier for steph curry. As if everybody cant do it.

[@brandonethereal1084]

@@bbkingme8831 🤣🤣

[@lam3422]

I think I have clicked on every Iverson video on KZbin. Since a kid, he has been my favourite all time.

[@theonewhoisbetterthanyou3570]

FACTS.

[@KingBuncombe73]

FIDDDACTZ!!!

[@dotdottheconnector8795]

Ty lue & Derek fisher fouled the shit out of A.I the entire series. I remember a play when iverson got hit in the face, his head band was around his mouth & no call was made. After game Derek fisher ran all the way to the tunnel to give iverson his respect, then went back out to celebrate with his team. The 76ers couldve made the series more competitive if they wouldve made those free throws. Those role players were horrendous.

[@rodneymckinnon9075]

😅😅😅😅😂😂😂 "His Head band was around his mouth " 😂😂😂😂😂

[@dotdottheconnector8795]

His role players were MISSING OPEN SHOTS AND FREE THROWS that entire series. Wric snow had countless midrange shots from the freethrow he missed. Especially in the clutch. Lynch came in the game & attempted a layup that hit the bottom on the rim. I could go on but you dont know whats up..@@lunacy5510

[@ShowtimeDr]

Theo Ratliff gets no love. They sold him out. Iverson got hit because he didn't have Theo's back.

[@dotdottheconnector8795]

@@lunacy5510 the entire year those role players were missing open shots. Nothing changed in the finals. Most of his teammates were known FOR DEFENSE, not putting up points. Easy to blame AI for the teammates not showing up and scoring.

[@charlesjohnson536]

YOU CAN'T STOP GREAT PLAYERS .. YOU CAN ONLY HOPE TO CONTAIN THEM ..

[@cuttycut2324]

You can do a better job if you can play defense as it was intended in basketball

[@cuttycut2324]

@kanajingly8957 this is true

[@mj23goat3]

No one needed to try to stop Iverson. His incredibly bad shot selection did it for them.

[@johnbrownspiers8242]

Always a treat to hear the old-schoolers, PG needs to keep having them on

[@ncncn23]

AI in his prime was a beast

[@Rodrigo4391]

​@kanajingly8957 huh? Wtf yall niggas be talking about?

[@ibrahimkhalif83]

When I tell people the were calling hand checking fouls in the 90s people act like I’m lying. People act like it was only outlawed in 2004. Hand checking fouls were called in the 90s as well. Then they said players couldn’t place their hand on the offensive players’ back or hip it had to be a bent forearm.

[@MrMikelew2929]

Facts.

[@AFROVISIONSMEDIA]

Hand checking wasn’t removed until 2004, due to the pistons defense. But AI was scoring 50 since 1996.

[@dameianjones6641]

Handchecking was totally outlawed in “04” but they started calling fouls for it after the Rockets second title run which ran defensive players like Derrick Harper out the league. Teams like Knicks, Sonics, Pacers and Miami suffered greatly and tried appealing the foul calls to NBA office until it was outlawed completely in “04”. Jordan would’ve averaged 45-50 if it was outlawed before completely “04”.

[@back2back379]

@@dameianjones6641 Yes, this is what people are missing. Handchecking from the backcourt baseline to the opposite foul line became prohibited in 1995, which means that for perimeter players guarding other perimeter players from the foul line out, it became more difficult and more hand check fouls started being called in that area, which is what Brian Shaw is referring to.

[@dameianjones6641]

@@back2back379 Facts Bro! Great Comment! I love coming across people on here that know what the fuck they’re talking about. Now everyone wants to be Skip Bayless (and his talentless ass has no fucking clue) to since stats are on 2K that they know everything about the game.

[@creigiihtondenynis39]

B Shaw always made Oakland proud!!!!! Solid dude!

[@ricsarmiento661]

ALLEN IVERSON is King of Crossover. With his Wicked Crossover, Athleticism, Assorted Ways to Score, Mental Toughness, and Basketball IQ, HE would be UNSTOPPABLE in NBA'S CURRENT ERA 🎯

[@cuttycut2324]

You literally just described Kyrie Irving..... nobody is unstoppable.... TF do y'all be talking about ... video games....I'm 43 I saw AI in highschool on....bad boy for sure.....but no he still would be cold...but he wouldn't be scoring 50 every night just like with all these soft rules catered to offense you still don't see 50 every night.

[@ricsarmiento661]

@@cuttycut2324 CORRECT KYRIE IRVING FANBOY! You would be ABSOLUTELY COLD. You can't even score 50 without anyone defending you coz YOU CAN'T BALL 😂

[@ricsarmiento661]

@@cuttycut2324 NOPE! You're wrong KID. There's a BIG DIFFERENCE. ALLEN IVERSON is way better than KYRIE IRVING. REAL TALK 🗣

[@cuttycut2324]

@@ricsarmiento661 He wasn't... Kyrie can do everything Iverson could.... with a deeper scoring bag. Iverson can't shoot like Kyrie.

[@cuttycut2324]

@@ricsarmiento661 this sounds like a some shit a 12 yr old said at a cpu in his mom's basement... 😂 Dude how old are you making 3rd grade insults cuz someone doesn't agree with you....🤔 😂

[@jamesgilbey8672]

Brian Shaw should be a commentator spot on as a 76ers fan lived that whole 1997-2002 thing like we going to win multi championships Iverson was the show outside of Kobe nothing like it!

[@FreeAgent797]

I watched that series live when I was 12 years old. Allen Iverson was dynamite. Even Kobe in his prime couldn't stay in front of Iverson AT ALL. And Kobe was a great on ball defender back in the day.

[@BrandonSmith-of3np]

AI was a good passing lane thief.

[@UrieMcC]

...iwas 16 watching that Sixers squad didn't stand a chance against that Laker Team no matter who was guarding Iverson

[@Greatone765]

Hand checking rule was changed around 95 to a forearm. U couldn’t use ya hand but u can use ya forearm. Then in 04 in was completely removed

[@Deejay4Real]

It was still hand checking till ‘04 brotha. Tye Lue was LITERALLY holding AI the entire series. Stop the cap 🧢. AI would’ve averaged 47 with no hand checking.

[@KG-mx5ti]

Fax

[@blacklightdrew]

Hand checking has been illegal since 1979 in the NBA. The league tried to enforce the rule in the 94-95 season, but since players were still hand checking due to the ambiguity of the rules language and refs not lacking consistent enforcing, the NBA finally eliminated hand checking in 2004. So B. Shaw ain't capping. It just wasn't enforced consistently.

[@SrTee33]

Ooo scores alot with no rings means zero

[@twobru12]

Frfr

[@robertnolden1641]

Naw, you gotta remember too, they also started allowing zone defense around that time too. Iverson didn’t have the greatest jump shot in the world. All of this played a large part in what looked to be iverson’s sudden decline

[@alonreid]

Basketball became boring when they removed hand checking, then increased touch fouls, eliminated traveling, & moving screens. The league basically allows the ball handler to run around the court freely & shoot threes.

[@bryantjoseph5275]

Funny i was just thinking about this rule and looked it up on KZbin and this was the first vid that pop up and it was posted only a hour ago lol

[@iali00]

Channel is gonna hit a million in no time. Paul George is a pro and finding his post play career.

[@Los2817]

Hand checking was removed in 04 they played the sixers in finals 01

[@micaheldey1981]

Right. He usually is on point, but at that time the game was still very physical and had hand checking. It was a very good time in the NBA before all the team ups and crazy 3 jacking. Was a balanced game imo.

[@disheemthomas4553]

Nobody talks about this, but Mark Cuban lobbied 4 an end 2 it after the way Detroit guarded Kobe in the Finals. LA had their run, so there was no pushback, but it was evident 2 me the Pistons got away w lot of fouls while LA wasn't allowed 2 play the same defense. The rules were changed & it would come back 2 haunt Mark in the '06 Finals against D-Wade.

[@215reed_reacts]

I see u

[@Atlas365247]

They might have called fouls more against ai defenders. And changed it later

[@drechillin2154]

He’s talking about the outlaw of hand checking in 95 which yes you couldn’t really hand check on the perimeter

[@2H2521]

It’s amazing that 76ers team made it to the Finals, Iverson really matured that season and gave it his all, he single handedly carried them that entire season. Coach Brown moving him to SG that season was such a brilliant decision. Tyronn Lue on the other hand is a terrible coach and was an even worse player, just a total scrub.

[@ericwren2507]

When they took away defense, they meesed up the nba

[@rodneymckinnon9075]

No, that's NOT defense ! Ex: In Football a tougher sport ,( Linemen can push but NO holding), (wide receivers) can hold each other

[@mizzo_beeto]

Facts

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

Podcast P with Paul George i hope you're next guest is Jaylen Brown 😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤

[@Bromitos0313]

Idk if this is a common comment but I like the caption boxes after a guest says something for context. Reminds me of pop up video on VH1.

[@matthewcortez5164]

Bring back hand check, don't make it easy, make em work, no pain no gain 🗣️🎯💪🏽

[@rodneymckinnon9075]

No ! You can't be holding a player because you can't guard them ! Learn from the LION they most NEVER try to take down a big strong water buffaloe ALONE ! Team work & Schemes !

[@nbarealtalker]

AI is honestly the pound4pound GOAT. He played so hard and had so much god given ability. He’s definitely one of the ringless GOATs.

[@awesomereviews1561]

Offensively yes 100%. But defense is half of the game and he was far from elite on that side.

[@nbarealtalker]

@@awesomereviews1561 I agree but he also made up for it by being a threat in the passing lanes. In an isolation he couldn’t stop anybody but he managed to make himself into a plus defender with his tactics and for a 6 footer who weighed 165 soaking wet, he managed to avoid being a liability.

[@scarfazed]

Na. AI was doing this shit during hand checking. NASH on the other hand became mvp the year they took hand checking out

[@g4lsupreme542]

Lol I always love some ether being served ..

[@mj23goat3]

Iverson doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Steve "Mr. Efficiency" Nash. And Nash didn't win MVP because of his _amazing_ ability to break down his defender one-on-one. He had no skills at doing that so hand checking didn't have much effect on his numbers. He won it because his passing AND shooting made his team much much better.

[@g4lsupreme542]

@@mj23goat3 that team would’ve been fine with any other pass 1st point guard .. Marion and Amare was already who they were add Joe Johnson, Barbosa and Boris diaw and q rich , those already highly skilled players .. if we being honest as good as Nash was for that team he’s also the reason they couldn’t win a chip because he was the worst defender on the team and they had to keep tryna his him on defense against all aggressive guards out west .. you plug Kidd , Andre miller , mike Bibby in there with that talent they win multiple championships.. so if you wanna give credit to Nash for offensively making them a juggernaut you have to accept the fact him not being able to guard his position counterpart the major issue .. they literally had to take a 10 plus rebounder and their best defender in Marion to having him guard the point guards who were torching Nash .. most overrated mvp of all time ..

[@g4lsupreme542]

@@mj23goat3 last but not least they play different positions.. A.i Carried nobody’s to a finals , while Nash failed to get the most talented teams to any finals . No way that dallas team or the suns don’t make the finals .

[@mj23goat3]

"that team would’ve been fine with any other pass 1st point guard..." Wait, so now JKidd isn't a pass first PG? Someone should probably inform the league office of this since the NBA website has Kidd at second all-time in assists. JK was there droppin' 10 apg with Marion by his side and they only made it to the semifinals one season and didn't even get out the first round the next. After Kidd left Marbury was there droppin' damn near 9 dimes a game alongside Marion _and_ Stoudemire and they still couldn't get out the first round of the playoffs. Starting to sense a pattern here? But the _very first year_ Steve runs the show they make it all the way to the Western Conference Finals. Then, just to show it wasn't a fluke, he leads them back to the WCF again the next year. Pretty obvious who the difference maker was. "...if we being honest as good as Nash was for that team he’s also the reason they couldn’t win a chip because he was the worst defender on the team..." Do you really want to rep zero-defense-playin' no-chip-havin' Iverson and then talk smack on Nash for having the same flaws in his resume? And if you actually go back and look at those series (I was watching them live) Nash outplayed the other team's PG in pretty much every one of them, including Tony Parker. So, his marginal defense definitely wasn't the reason for them not winning a chip. In conclusion, Nash is absolutely deserving of _both_ of his MVP's. In fact, he should have won it a third year in a row because the season they gave it to Nowitzki, Dirk promptly punked out in the first round of the playoffs whereas at least Steve got his team to the semis.

[@ejomena808]

4:00 describes why the NBA resembles foreign leagues today. The NBA wanted more of an entertainment value, version of basketball. The hand check had to go so more points could be scored, and understandingly so

[@BrandonMonoletoDacus]

Iverson gave the entire NBA that work.

[@phillybul215]

It was still hand checking back then …they got rid of it later on

[@MegaJusWright]

The thing that helped smaller players like guards become more dominant was loosening the rules on carrying. Allowing players to hesitate and then continue dribbling. Also calling more fouls on body contact while shooting. Not Iverson in particular. Just all quicker players.

[@mistersippiburning]

Yep, the LEAGUE wanted the game to evolve into higher scoring contests. The players just adapted.

[@troylee4196]

I would say the NBA was made better and was great until around 2014 when every team started driving and kicking out every possession to take away the Center and slower players The problem was there were playera who definitely couldn't shoot shooting and teams who built their team around having a big man that because unbearable to watch (except Memphis)

[@mistersippiburning]

@@troylee4196 I’m not mad at that take. I’ll add, in the next 5-10 years the game will be completely position-less. Then it will evolve again.

[@xDreMack]

​@@mistersippiburning no such thing as position less when it comes to basketball. Stop repeating things you hear from the media and think for yourself. There will always be Embiid, Jokic, Giannis type players and there's will always be Curry, Dame, CP3 type players who cannot guard them and have to play another position.

[@mistersippiburning]

@@xDreMack use your context clues. I don’t need media to tell me anything. Watch the game evolve for yourself. In the 90’s NBA you would’ve never seen a big man bring the ball up the court. Even Scottie Pippen was an anomaly as a stretch 4. That’s what I mean by position-less. Traditional roles have changed and will continue to change.

[@xDreMack]

@@mistersippiburning bro what're you talking about? Wilt, Hakeem, Sabonis and Orlando Shaq would always bring the ball up and Pippen wasn't a stretch 4 he was a point forward, like Magic was his first few years. The style of play has changed but the positions and the roles of those positions are never going to go away.

[@-XKHAN-]

I remember how that hand check rule messed my NYK team up, Derek Harper was one of the best hand checkers in the league!! Took an angle of his game away

[@lultre5508]

Please drop the podcast for a while and lock in so we can get this chip….then come back and drop the hardest episode ever🙏🏾

[@colewon6172]

Shaw is correct. It was all due to my Knicks style of defense back then. We had stifling defense. However, it was only one player that caused this rule to change because he was so effective as a defender using the hand check. Derek Harper of the Knicks. Look it up.

[@mandlatube]

The best thing LB did was to move AI to 2, then AI flourished to MVP.

[@trell_money7789]

Facts....

[@GB88-bp9st]

Danny Granger Vs Paul George

[@MichaelLoves2024]

Does this fool Paul George have on a Paul George shirt😂

[@Evan-gi1hs]

the fact refs stopped calling ball carries on smaller guards also helped AI. dude's signature crossover was against the rules.

[@samoso6979]

Most nba fans want to see a balanced game of basketball.

[@jus3278]

Every generation trying to act like the younger generation didn't play during the hand check era. Hand checking is so grossly overrated. Was hardly done and was even called a foul a lot of times. Players have become more skilled each generation

[@TougeMonSter3]

Offense wise yes. But not defense in any shape or form.

[@jus3278]

@VtecTougeMonster33 absolutely better defensively as well. Love Dumars but a 6'2 guard isn't stopping any of these perimeter scorers now. These guys are quicker, longer, more athletic and more skilled on defense. It's just that stopping today's scorers is hard

[@peerlessbeard8914]

Those playoffs games in the 70s and 80s caused the rule change

[@The-Dom]

if they'd changed the carry rule in AI's time he'd have broke the entire league's ankles.

[@edadedeji6490]

It was guys like Derek Harper and GP that mastered hand checking

[@ayejay2the]

I think Derek Harper manhandling Kenny Smith in the finals was a big factor in ruling handchecking out

[@unfltrdpassion]

All I heard was put some respeck on the OG's name who were able to dominate in the hand check era

[@JohnSmith-nm4zd]

The NBA needs to bring back hand checking

[@LeafararrabiDos09]

If u get crossed it means your playing defense same if u get dunked on I’d rather have my teammate get crossed and dunked on then playing lazy defense

[@annunakian8054]

Imagine Dikembe chucking up 3s off the dribble 😂

[@michaeljohnson8353]

For the record AI never crossed me up and I’m proud of that 🤣😂🤣

[@rickydean6826]

AI was different! Ty lue was holding AI very well. AI had crazy numbers, but his FG% was my good because he had to do everything. AI was just AI and had made tough shots, nothing was easy from T Lue. Keep that shit 💯

[@AlldatJazz-rw9wy]

Iverson was a banger, and that's for a lil dude. He didn't fear contact, and thrived off it. They cheated the 76s, and they cheated again for LA, when they played the Kings. AI was built different.

[@ono3869]

NBA needs to bring back hand checking to a certain degree because today's scoring is out of hand.

[@eezzzybucketz3855]

Saying he was unstoppable then saying he couldn’t get a shot off in practice ddnt sit right with me. Sound like it’s cap somewhere

[@chongpooka2769]

Didn’t the ‘83 Sixers win in all sweeps?

[@parsons79]

They lost 1 game to Milwaukee

[@andraeartis27]

They were still hand checking when AI came

[@IronMan_thno]

Hand checking left in 03/04

[@Demik.]

I remember when I got the pg 1s in 2017 and thought I was the Shit!! 😂 Thanks pg13 for those great unique shoes #PG1

[@Demik.]

Yo !! Back in the day for some reason I'd always would mix up Brian Shaw with Eric snow!😂 Idk why either! Both good players but did anyone else have this issue growing up? 🏀

[@KingBuncombe73]

All I kno iz my manz played DIAMOND EARRINGS in. .

[@VitaminJay]

If you really play ball you know hand checking still exists today. Today’s athletes have evolved however.

[@joeldriver-sp2rg]

Iverson shot only 42% for his career and 31% on 3s. Both of these stats confirm that he was just a guy who chucked it up a million times and I believe he's the reason they came up with the term "volume shooter". I don't know how many games I looked at his boxscore and he was 7-29 or 9-33...numbers like that and yeah he would score 30 but they were horrible shooting games. He had a TERRIBLE shot selection. There have been hundreds of players that if they would have shot that many times would have averaged what he did.

[@Rodrigo4391]

This comment oozes your lack of ball knowledge. Shooting 43 percent at barely 6ft while being double and tripled every night cause your the sole source of offense for your team for over a decade playing in the league before hand checking and floor spacing is not bad AT ALL! Stats never tell the whole story

[@joeldriver-sp2rg]

@@Rodrigo4391 He NEVER got double or triple teamed. Why the hell would they do that on 6 foot point guard who was quick? That would never work. 42.5% is what he shot and 31.3% on 3s. Those are TERRIBLE percentages. He just chucked it up a million times per game.

[@akhendo8581]

Derek Harper was the hand check king

[@Rellbronjames9]

Hand checking was definitely around during that time B Shaw stop smoking nice try😂😂😂😂😂 AI just gave yall 48 hush y'all still won wtf cares now?😂😂😂😂

[@descepticon9213]

Not hand checking the forearm was still around

[@Rellbronjames9]

@descepticon9213 We need to know when this rule went into effect bro 💯

[@rafikz77]

No it wasn’t Harper was called for hand heckling regularly after the rule change Just watch the 94 Finals

[@Rellbronjames9]

Sports illustrated said the NBA got rid of hand checking in 2004, so this whole take is cap

[@back2back379]

Some of you just don't know your NBA history. In '95, they began to prohibit hand checking, by implementing a rule that said you couldn't hand check from the backcourt baseline to the opposite foul line. That's the rule that Shaw is referring to here. He should've been more specific, but to clearly to him it felt like that that rule change made it so that hand checking was not being allowed nearly as much. Then in 2004, hand checking was removed completely.

[@lonniebaines1720]

BRING HAND- CHECKING BACK.....PLEASE

[@marqueslabbe1105]

Let's not forget that Iverson didn't play after game one! Not say Philly would have won, but I'm just saying!

[@michaelsummons3305]

FYI Ty Lue ended up with the Wizards 😂😂😂

[@christiansamaroo]

Duh. I always said that if Steph played decades ago, he would be on the bench.

[@dmosisover9000]

Yall stop it. Jordan nor Iverson wouldnt score 40-50 a night in this era if KD, one of the most efficient scoring machine ever, cant do it now. Yes KD, Jordan, Kobe, Iverson can score 40-50 a night if they took 30-40 shots a night and got 10-15 foul calls.

[@raheballentine6925]

He said made it tough for him. He had 48 lol

[@boh4l772]

Is no one on the show gonna address how shitty Paul George has been playing after starting the season hot ? 😂 like he ain’t even avg 20 in his last 20 games this shit is deplorable at this point

[@ralph3330]

He capping he don't know basketball sad cuz he played hand checking ain't end that earlier pal but nice spin to make it seem ivo wasn't clutch

[@jessemiller4970]

i disagree as a fan i dont care about high scoring i care about the quality of the game. i miss watching defense

[@williamtyler727]

NOBODY COULD FUCK WITH AI PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@matthewcortez5164]

I also think Brain is mistaken. Iverson played along with all those other great players in that generation they played in the most defensive era in basketball. All those games if you were a teenager or in your early 20s and we're watching basketball, all those games were in the 70s 60s and '80s scoring wise. So no, they were still hand checking in 2001. I recall seen Derek Fisher do it on Iverson and Ty lue kept holdn him.

[@stocksgoupward5922]

Iverson could stop himself. he sometimes could not hit an outside shot many times. so many times 6 for 27 nights. many many nights.

[@demigodt34]

Hand checking was cut out in 2004 2005 season dont come with that mess a.i just killed everyone simple as that

[@KH-no7ph]

Career .425 FG%, but he was unstoppable? Yeah ok. You WANT guys like that to take as many shots as possible. smh

[@blacklightdrew]

AI was the only offensive option in Philly. So he was taking a lot of contested shots. His field goal percentage improved when he got to Denver, since defenses couldn't key in on him with Melo being there.

[@KH-no7ph]

@@blacklightdrew Yes it came all the way up to 45%. Do you think that's a good percentage?

[@KH-no7ph]

@@blacklightdrew Also, career .313 from three. Basically, AI had no conscience. Not saying he wasn't a very good player, but unstoppable? He was stopped a whole lot.

[@blacklightdrew]

@@KH-no7ph I wouldn’t say stopped, since he the defensive strategy was to turn him into a volume shooter, for the opposing team to win. So AI’s percentages suffered, also smaller guards that weren’t great shooters had lower field goal percentages.

[@blacklightdrew]

@@KH-no7ph Yes 45% is a good field goal percentage for a smaller guard. There’s a reason why Kobe said why the league should be grateful that Allen Iverson is not 6’5”.

[@daronosborne7383]

The derek harper rule

[@unnaturalselection8330]

AI= great individual player, poor team player

[@rudemaestas105]

Lebron made. A whole career out of dribbling the clock down and through people grenades to his team mates and if they don’t shoot 40% from 3 he has them traded

[@jalendashaun3352]

yooooooooooooooo

[@blackduel]

Iverson is a waste of talent just like melo

[@DeRozan_bullzz487]

First