1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:02,545 --> 00:00:04,504 [ambience] 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 4 00:00:11,554 --> 00:00:15,427 [children shouting] 5 00:00:21,521 --> 00:00:24,175 Man: Tell me about Allen Iverson. 6 00:00:24,219 --> 00:00:25,133 That's my cousin! That's my cousin. 7 00:00:25,176 --> 00:00:26,961 He a good player on the court. 8 00:00:27,004 --> 00:00:28,528 Yeah. He got bad behavior. 9 00:00:28,571 --> 00:00:30,573 - I'll take-- - He got a bad attitude. 10 00:00:30,617 --> 00:00:31,574 He got a real bad attitude. 11 00:00:31,618 --> 00:00:32,575 Sometimes. 12 00:00:32,619 --> 00:00:34,446 Why do you say that? 13 00:00:34,490 --> 00:00:36,013 [talking at once] 14 00:00:36,057 --> 00:00:38,189 When he came here to talk, he signed no-- 15 00:00:38,233 --> 00:00:40,191 he didn't sign no autographs he just walked on the court. 16 00:00:40,235 --> 00:00:41,584 He think he better than everybody. 17 00:00:41,628 --> 00:00:44,065 He pushed this one boy from out of the limo. 18 00:00:45,457 --> 00:00:47,198 I'll take up for him at basketball, 19 00:00:47,242 --> 00:00:50,375 but I don't think I'll take up for him in public. 20 00:00:50,419 --> 00:00:52,377 [Nina Simone performing "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"] 21 00:00:52,421 --> 00:00:58,732 ♪ Don't you know no one alive can always be an angel ♪ 22 00:00:58,775 --> 00:01:03,911 ♪ When everything goes wrong you seem so bad ♪ 23 00:01:03,954 --> 00:01:10,961 ♪ But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good ♪ 24 00:01:11,005 --> 00:01:16,706 ♪ Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood ♪ 25 00:01:18,534 --> 00:01:20,884 ♪ I try so hard 26 00:01:20,928 --> 00:01:25,193 ♪ So please, don't let me be misunderstood ♪ 27 00:01:28,413 --> 00:01:31,547 Everybody know why we're here. 28 00:01:31,591 --> 00:01:34,506 Um, I'm formally announcing 29 00:01:34,550 --> 00:01:38,554 my retirement from basketball. 30 00:01:38,598 --> 00:01:40,643 I never imagined the day coming, 31 00:01:40,687 --> 00:01:44,168 but I knew it would come, and, um... 32 00:01:44,212 --> 00:01:50,784 I'm happy with the decision that I'm making, and, um... 33 00:01:50,827 --> 00:01:53,177 it was a great ride. 34 00:01:55,397 --> 00:01:56,746 Man: Allen Iverson could've been 35 00:01:56,790 --> 00:02:01,664 the most popular athlete the NBA has ever had. 36 00:02:01,708 --> 00:02:03,013 Male announcer: Raw lightning. 37 00:02:03,057 --> 00:02:04,711 Iverson all the way. Yes! 38 00:02:04,754 --> 00:02:08,976 - Take that! - I do not believe it! 39 00:02:09,019 --> 00:02:11,021 You can't take your eyes off him. 40 00:02:11,065 --> 00:02:12,980 Male announcer: Iverson in OT. 41 00:02:13,023 --> 00:02:15,460 Two seconds and open twofer! 42 00:02:17,637 --> 00:02:19,682 He's just, pound for pound, one of the greatest 43 00:02:19,726 --> 00:02:22,903 that's ever played professional sports. 44 00:02:22,946 --> 00:02:26,515 The steal by Iverson posting in! 45 00:02:26,558 --> 00:02:28,952 - Wow! - He won the game! 46 00:02:28,996 --> 00:02:30,258 He won the game! 47 00:02:32,042 --> 00:02:35,263 After Michael Jordan, he's, like, the biggest NBA star in China. 48 00:02:35,306 --> 00:02:37,395 He's big in France. He's big in Europe. 49 00:02:37,439 --> 00:02:41,661 He crossed race, religion, gender. Women loved him. 50 00:02:41,704 --> 00:02:44,315 Guys loved him. 51 00:02:44,359 --> 00:02:46,361 Some people get scared of who you are, man. 52 00:02:46,404 --> 00:02:49,669 When you got the effect on a whole generation, 53 00:02:49,712 --> 00:02:51,540 then all they want to do is dig up some dirt on you. 54 00:02:51,583 --> 00:02:53,194 We need to get to the bottom of this, 55 00:02:53,237 --> 00:02:54,630 and the league does as well. 56 00:02:54,674 --> 00:02:57,720 This could ultimately impact his big picture legacy. 57 00:02:57,764 --> 00:03:00,201 We're sitting here. I'm supposed to be the franchise player, 58 00:03:00,244 --> 00:03:02,203 and we're in here talking about practice. 59 00:03:02,246 --> 00:03:04,553 He's got the reputation for what might diplomatically 60 00:03:04,596 --> 00:03:06,729 be called ungentlemanly behavior, 61 00:03:06,773 --> 00:03:08,296 and she's talking about decorum and everything else. 62 00:03:08,339 --> 00:03:10,167 Listen. We're talking about practice. 63 00:03:10,211 --> 00:03:11,952 Jalen Rose: When you're becoming a cultural icon, 64 00:03:11,995 --> 00:03:13,693 you're making a lot of people upset. 65 00:03:13,736 --> 00:03:16,217 Man: It suggests that success, wealth, all that, 66 00:03:16,260 --> 00:03:19,046 is tied into this gangster prison attitude. 67 00:03:19,089 --> 00:03:21,962 You get paid to get on that mic and talk shit, don't you? 68 00:03:22,005 --> 00:03:23,746 Man: Yes. Don't you get paid? 69 00:03:23,790 --> 00:03:26,227 Allen Iverson in trouble with the law again. 70 00:03:26,270 --> 00:03:27,576 He could be headed to jail. 71 00:03:27,619 --> 00:03:30,666 Gangsta rap glorifies a violent lifestyle. 72 00:03:30,710 --> 00:03:32,973 Still calling us hoes. It's calling us niggers. 73 00:03:33,016 --> 00:03:35,584 It scared the son of God because of his reputation. 74 00:03:35,627 --> 00:03:37,934 You're not gonna sign him because of all the stuff 75 00:03:37,978 --> 00:03:39,980 he's bringing in his locker room that you don't know about. 76 00:03:40,023 --> 00:03:43,418 I go through it, man, like, I really-- 77 00:03:43,461 --> 00:03:44,724 I really go through it. It's like-- 78 00:03:44,767 --> 00:03:45,942 Stephen A. Smith: Go through what, exactly? 79 00:03:45,986 --> 00:03:47,552 Hell. 80 00:03:47,596 --> 00:03:50,773 Iverson: I wish it didn't have to be like that, 81 00:03:50,817 --> 00:03:51,948 to have to go through the things 82 00:03:51,992 --> 00:03:54,646 that I went through in my life. 83 00:03:54,690 --> 00:03:57,519 But I can't cry about that. This is what it is. 84 00:03:57,562 --> 00:03:59,956 [Run DMC performing "It's All That"] Huh! 85 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,480 [police siren blaring] 86 00:04:04,178 --> 00:04:05,570 [dog barks] 87 00:04:05,614 --> 00:04:07,442 ♪ Money is the key to end all your woes... ♪ 88 00:04:07,485 --> 00:04:09,923 Iverson: It was tough being from the projects. 89 00:04:09,966 --> 00:04:12,752 Sometimes there was no food. 90 00:04:12,795 --> 00:04:16,277 Most of the time we didn't have lights or water, 91 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,802 and those things were hard, but I didn't look at it 92 00:04:19,846 --> 00:04:22,239 like it was something odd. 93 00:04:22,283 --> 00:04:25,808 It was natural, like, I felt like this is what we come from. 94 00:04:25,852 --> 00:04:28,419 My mom, she had to do what she had to do, 95 00:04:28,463 --> 00:04:30,030 to try to help us get out of the ghetto. 96 00:04:30,073 --> 00:04:33,250 She had different odd jobs. She would stay in bingo, 97 00:04:33,294 --> 00:04:35,078 thinking she was going to win the world. 98 00:04:35,122 --> 00:04:37,298 She told me that I could be anything, 99 00:04:37,341 --> 00:04:41,432 so whenever I kind of fell down, I always got back up. 100 00:04:43,043 --> 00:04:45,915 [baby cooing] [indistinct voices on TV] 101 00:04:49,832 --> 00:04:52,313 [laughter] 102 00:04:52,356 --> 00:04:54,271 Iverson: I don't know my biological father, 103 00:04:54,315 --> 00:04:58,362 but I had somebody took care of me since I was three months. 104 00:04:58,406 --> 00:05:00,843 My dad was in and out of jail most of my life. 105 00:05:00,887 --> 00:05:03,106 I actually seen him get arrested. 106 00:05:03,150 --> 00:05:05,674 I was, like, 13 years old, and I ran outside 107 00:05:05,717 --> 00:05:09,547 when I see them arresting him. I was hurt because I felt like 108 00:05:09,591 --> 00:05:11,462 you going back to jail again. 109 00:05:11,506 --> 00:05:13,813 You just came out, you know. 110 00:05:13,856 --> 00:05:16,511 We miss you. We come visit you. We see you. 111 00:05:16,554 --> 00:05:18,730 And it's tough when we gotta walk away, 112 00:05:18,774 --> 00:05:22,560 when the visiting hours are over, and then for you to do it 113 00:05:22,604 --> 00:05:26,782 all over again, you know, it was kind of disappointing. 114 00:05:26,826 --> 00:05:30,264 [♪♪] 115 00:05:30,307 --> 00:05:32,614 It was just tough, you know, just trying 116 00:05:32,657 --> 00:05:36,096 to stay out of trouble and just stay on a positive path, 117 00:05:36,139 --> 00:05:39,360 seeing like most of the negative things that were going on 118 00:05:39,403 --> 00:05:41,579 in my neighborhood was the right thing to do. 119 00:05:41,623 --> 00:05:42,972 I was just running in the streets, 120 00:05:43,016 --> 00:05:45,018 hanging with guys that were 12 and 13 years old, 121 00:05:45,061 --> 00:05:47,368 sniffing cocaine right by the dumpster. 122 00:05:47,411 --> 00:05:48,978 I'll never forget it. Then they say to me, like, 123 00:05:49,022 --> 00:05:51,502 "Here, Chuck. Hit that. Hit that." 124 00:05:51,546 --> 00:05:53,287 And I'd be, like, "No, man. I'm gonna be 125 00:05:53,330 --> 00:05:54,723 an NBA basketball player. 126 00:05:54,766 --> 00:05:56,681 I'm gonna be a professional football player." 127 00:05:56,725 --> 00:05:58,770 My mom not being there all the time, 128 00:05:58,814 --> 00:06:01,948 and my dad not being there all of the time, it was tough, 129 00:06:01,991 --> 00:06:04,733 but I have friends there, you know, and I saw 130 00:06:04,776 --> 00:06:08,128 a lot of things that made me the person that I am now. 131 00:06:09,781 --> 00:06:11,827 [dog barking] 132 00:06:13,002 --> 00:06:14,786 Jamie Rogers: I was seven when we moved 133 00:06:14,830 --> 00:06:16,484 into Stuart Gardens. 134 00:06:16,527 --> 00:06:19,835 Bubba-Chuck, he was nine. 135 00:06:19,879 --> 00:06:21,924 The first time I ever met Bubba-Chuck, 136 00:06:21,968 --> 00:06:23,360 he asked me did I play football, 137 00:06:23,404 --> 00:06:25,580 and I told him I didn't know anything about football. 138 00:06:25,623 --> 00:06:28,931 Then he said, "Put the ball like this and just throw it," 139 00:06:28,975 --> 00:06:31,238 and I just threw a perfect spiral. 140 00:06:31,281 --> 00:06:34,894 He could teach anybody. He just wanted you to be good. 141 00:06:34,937 --> 00:06:37,374 Iverson: Jamie was cool. He was my little man, 142 00:06:37,418 --> 00:06:41,944 the only white boy in an all-black neighborhood. 143 00:06:41,988 --> 00:06:43,815 He used to get picked on a lot, or whatever, 144 00:06:43,859 --> 00:06:45,948 and I used to just look out for him, 145 00:06:45,992 --> 00:06:47,515 make sure he was all right. 146 00:06:47,558 --> 00:06:49,473 Rogers: Bubba made it a lot easier for me, 147 00:06:49,517 --> 00:06:51,867 'cause me and him, we was just best friends. 148 00:06:51,911 --> 00:06:53,738 Linda Rogers: Bubba took Jamie under his wing and taught him 149 00:06:53,782 --> 00:06:57,960 a lot about sports, and Bubba spent the night with us a lot. 150 00:06:58,004 --> 00:07:00,963 Iverson: I remember one time, I was getting waves in my hair, whatever. 151 00:07:01,007 --> 00:07:03,226 I was, like, "You know, what you do, man, 152 00:07:03,270 --> 00:07:07,927 "you take-- You wash your hair in soap, 153 00:07:07,970 --> 00:07:10,320 "and then you just keep brushing it all the time, man, 154 00:07:10,364 --> 00:07:12,366 and you'll get waves or whatever." 155 00:07:12,409 --> 00:07:16,152 And I remember one day just having him in the tub, like, 156 00:07:16,196 --> 00:07:19,286 had his head down in the tub, washing his hair and then, 157 00:07:19,329 --> 00:07:23,551 you know, put grease in his hair and brush his hair trying... 158 00:07:23,594 --> 00:07:25,988 Trying to get white boy waves. 159 00:07:26,032 --> 00:07:29,296 [laughing] 160 00:07:29,339 --> 00:07:30,993 That was my little partner though. 161 00:07:31,037 --> 00:07:35,128 They got so used to Jamie being one of them after so many years, 162 00:07:35,171 --> 00:07:38,218 that they'd be playing a ball game in the backyard, 163 00:07:38,261 --> 00:07:39,828 and they'd be calling him a nigger, too, 164 00:07:39,871 --> 00:07:42,570 because that's how the black kids talked to each other. 165 00:07:42,613 --> 00:07:44,746 Iverson: His mom, she was the best. 166 00:07:44,789 --> 00:07:47,096 When my mom wasn't home, or I couldn't get in the house, 167 00:07:47,140 --> 00:07:51,013 something like that, you know, she was right there for me. 168 00:07:51,057 --> 00:07:53,668 Cooked for me all the time, you know. 169 00:07:53,711 --> 00:07:59,152 I fried a lot of fish and chicken and pork chops, too. 170 00:07:59,195 --> 00:08:01,284 He was always a real good kid. 171 00:08:01,328 --> 00:08:03,243 He always cared about the younger ones. 172 00:08:03,286 --> 00:08:05,158 He always looked out for them. 173 00:08:05,201 --> 00:08:09,292 When I was with Bubba, that's what I always saw. 174 00:08:09,336 --> 00:08:12,426 She loved me to death, and vice-versa. 175 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:21,348 [♪♪] 176 00:08:21,391 --> 00:08:23,741 Gary Moore: This is where it all started, 177 00:08:23,785 --> 00:08:27,049 the back of Aberdeen Elementary School. 178 00:08:27,093 --> 00:08:31,053 This was my father's field. 179 00:08:31,097 --> 00:08:32,576 My dad was one of the people 180 00:08:32,620 --> 00:08:34,709 that started the Aberdeen Fathers League. 181 00:08:34,752 --> 00:08:37,016 They were guys who dedicated their lives 182 00:08:37,059 --> 00:08:40,715 to helping young boys grow to be responsible young men 183 00:08:40,758 --> 00:08:42,499 through football. 184 00:08:42,543 --> 00:08:44,588 A lot of what Allen knows today 185 00:08:44,632 --> 00:08:47,591 was learned on this field. 186 00:08:47,635 --> 00:08:50,246 Iverson: Mo meant a lot in our lives coming up. 187 00:08:50,290 --> 00:08:52,814 A lot of guys just wanted to get off the streets 188 00:08:52,857 --> 00:08:54,033 and get up under him to feel like 189 00:08:54,076 --> 00:08:55,991 they were doing something positive. 190 00:08:56,035 --> 00:08:58,515 Moore: Allen and some of the other kids needed me 191 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:01,823 to do things that fathers would normally do. 192 00:09:01,866 --> 00:09:04,130 I never had a biological son, 193 00:09:04,173 --> 00:09:06,610 but I felt that sort of connection with him. 194 00:09:06,654 --> 00:09:08,351 Pick it up, Bubba-Chuck! 195 00:09:08,395 --> 00:09:12,094 From the moment I met Al, I knew that he was special. 196 00:09:12,138 --> 00:09:16,098 He was special to me. Most kids his age would not have been able 197 00:09:16,142 --> 00:09:19,014 to handle the things that he's been able to endure. 198 00:09:19,058 --> 00:09:22,583 I'm talking about the time that he spent on the streets, 199 00:09:22,626 --> 00:09:26,500 the times that he had to feed himself. I felt like God sent me 200 00:09:26,543 --> 00:09:30,199 you know, to him, and when I saw that he looked up to me, 201 00:09:30,243 --> 00:09:33,246 I wanted to use that in a positive way. 202 00:09:33,289 --> 00:09:36,379 I used to tell him, "You're going to mean to people 203 00:09:36,423 --> 00:09:41,167 "what people like Martin Luther King meant to people, 204 00:09:41,210 --> 00:09:44,126 what Malcolm X meant to people." 205 00:09:44,170 --> 00:09:47,782 Iverson: I just respected him so much for how he went 206 00:09:47,825 --> 00:09:50,698 about his life. He went to work, had a real job. 207 00:09:50,741 --> 00:09:53,266 I saw how he treated his only daughter. 208 00:09:53,309 --> 00:09:55,137 I just believed in him, 209 00:09:55,181 --> 00:09:57,183 and it was easy for me to listen to him. 210 00:09:57,226 --> 00:09:58,532 [♪♪] 211 00:09:58,575 --> 00:10:00,490 Moore: From day one, he actually wanted 212 00:10:00,534 --> 00:10:02,318 to jump right in and play. 213 00:10:02,362 --> 00:10:04,538 He wanted to be my star player, 214 00:10:04,581 --> 00:10:07,280 and that aggression and that enthusiasm 215 00:10:07,323 --> 00:10:09,064 is what I admired most about him. 216 00:10:11,110 --> 00:10:14,983 And when I saw him dance and move, 217 00:10:15,026 --> 00:10:18,117 completely reverse his feel all the way back around 218 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:20,989 and not allow any of those kids to touch him, 219 00:10:21,032 --> 00:10:25,950 that's when I really said, "Wow. This boy is somethin'." 220 00:10:28,649 --> 00:10:30,999 Bob Barefield: When he was about six years old, 221 00:10:31,042 --> 00:10:33,132 I saw him steal an inbound play 222 00:10:33,175 --> 00:10:36,047 and shoot a shot behind his head, and it fell 223 00:10:36,091 --> 00:10:38,702 right down the basket. He kept running. He never turned around. 224 00:10:38,746 --> 00:10:42,184 I said, "This young guy has a future in basketball." 225 00:10:42,228 --> 00:10:45,361 Iverson: Barefield was, you know, tough on me at times. 226 00:10:45,405 --> 00:10:47,058 When I got in the van in the morning, 227 00:10:47,102 --> 00:10:49,322 he always made me and my friends comb our hair. 228 00:10:49,365 --> 00:10:51,759 After not combing it for days. 229 00:10:51,802 --> 00:10:54,065 Barefield: He was several steps ahead of his age group 230 00:10:54,109 --> 00:10:56,198 at that time, and you could tell that. 231 00:10:56,242 --> 00:11:00,028 Chuck was always a competitor, you know, hate to lose. 232 00:11:00,071 --> 00:11:02,857 When he lost, I had to give him that eye, 233 00:11:02,900 --> 00:11:04,815 you know what I'm talking about, and say, "All right now." 234 00:11:04,859 --> 00:11:06,948 But he never was disrespectful. 235 00:11:06,991 --> 00:11:09,603 Never could you say that he was a disrespectful kid. 236 00:11:09,646 --> 00:11:11,300 Jamie Rogers: He'd be at my house at 6:30 in the morning, 237 00:11:11,344 --> 00:11:13,172 knocking on the door. 238 00:11:13,215 --> 00:11:15,217 "Come on, man. Let's go to the basketball court." 239 00:11:15,261 --> 00:11:18,089 I'm like, "Bubba, it's 7:00 in the morning." 240 00:11:18,133 --> 00:11:19,874 He committed himself to sports. 241 00:11:19,917 --> 00:11:22,093 He worked at it, and he worked at it 242 00:11:22,137 --> 00:11:24,574 because he knew that was going to be his way out. 243 00:11:24,618 --> 00:11:26,533 Johnson: When he was in the 7th grade, 244 00:11:26,576 --> 00:11:30,450 the high schools had what we call a turf war over him. 245 00:11:30,493 --> 00:11:32,669 Every high school in the two cities 246 00:11:32,713 --> 00:11:35,716 wanted Chuck to come to their school. 247 00:11:35,759 --> 00:11:38,066 Iverson: But then I failed the 8th grade. 248 00:11:38,109 --> 00:11:39,502 I failed the 8th grade, man. 249 00:11:39,546 --> 00:11:42,375 That was the most humiliating thing, ever. 250 00:11:42,418 --> 00:11:45,073 I just wasn't getting it done, not coming to school 251 00:11:45,116 --> 00:11:46,770 till the last period, 252 00:11:46,814 --> 00:11:48,642 so I could play in a game that night. 253 00:11:48,685 --> 00:11:50,383 I didn't like school. 254 00:11:50,426 --> 00:11:52,211 I especially didn't like the hours. 255 00:11:52,254 --> 00:11:54,822 You know, Mo saw the potential that I had, 256 00:11:54,865 --> 00:11:56,345 and he saw that I was ruining my life. 257 00:11:56,389 --> 00:11:59,130 There were so many dangers of being young, 258 00:11:59,174 --> 00:12:01,437 and being at the wrong place at the wrong time 259 00:12:01,481 --> 00:12:04,571 could very easily cost you your life. 260 00:12:04,614 --> 00:12:06,529 Iverson: And I was headed down that path, 261 00:12:06,573 --> 00:12:09,228 just fighting all the time and, you know, 262 00:12:09,271 --> 00:12:11,186 just doing negative things. 263 00:12:11,230 --> 00:12:13,275 Moore: I knew that it was time for me 264 00:12:13,319 --> 00:12:15,843 to be more than a coach to him. 265 00:12:15,886 --> 00:12:17,148 Iverson: And he came and got me, 266 00:12:17,192 --> 00:12:19,281 took me to Hampton, and I lived with him. 267 00:12:19,325 --> 00:12:21,718 [♪♪] 268 00:12:21,762 --> 00:12:25,287 We went from the projects to a real house. 269 00:12:25,331 --> 00:12:27,246 [chuckles] It was a big difference. 270 00:12:27,289 --> 00:12:29,291 Moore: I told Al back then, 271 00:12:29,335 --> 00:12:31,511 "You're gonna always have a room in my house." 272 00:12:31,554 --> 00:12:34,253 That metal window, that was Al's room. 273 00:12:34,296 --> 00:12:37,168 We sat up together all night watching football games, 274 00:12:37,212 --> 00:12:40,215 watching basketball games, eating popcorn, watching movies, 275 00:12:40,259 --> 00:12:43,305 you know, doing stuff together. Mo just didn't never have no money. 276 00:12:43,349 --> 00:12:46,308 My dad and my mom would give me $100 at a time. 277 00:12:46,352 --> 00:12:49,311 I asked Mo for some money, it would be $5, $10, 278 00:12:49,355 --> 00:12:51,182 maybe $20 at the most. 279 00:12:51,226 --> 00:12:56,318 And Christmastime, he used to shop for my clothes. 280 00:12:58,102 --> 00:13:00,801 Oh, man. It was just-- It was rough. 281 00:13:00,844 --> 00:13:03,282 But he would feed me. He would take me to practice. 282 00:13:03,325 --> 00:13:05,675 He would take me to school. He would talk to my teachers 283 00:13:05,719 --> 00:13:07,286 when they was talking about suspending me. 284 00:13:07,329 --> 00:13:09,288 He would go to the school and talk to the people 285 00:13:09,331 --> 00:13:12,595 and make sure I got detention instead of them suspending me. 286 00:13:12,639 --> 00:13:16,904 I remember getting hugged, and then I remember 287 00:13:16,947 --> 00:13:19,428 almost getting thrown through a car windshield 288 00:13:19,472 --> 00:13:23,127 when I missed 69 days at school. 289 00:13:23,171 --> 00:13:27,480 Moore: He was just about to lose it all, academically. 290 00:13:27,523 --> 00:13:30,526 Mo said, "I'm a show you how serious I am about this." 291 00:13:30,570 --> 00:13:33,703 When he grabbed me and threw me on the car, first of all, 292 00:13:33,747 --> 00:13:36,619 I was just shocked. And then you got your friends around, 293 00:13:36,663 --> 00:13:39,187 and it happened. It's embarrassing, 294 00:13:39,230 --> 00:13:40,667 and it hurts that much more. 295 00:13:40,710 --> 00:13:42,930 A light went off in my head, 296 00:13:42,973 --> 00:13:44,671 and I knew how serious he was 297 00:13:44,714 --> 00:13:46,716 because he never got that mad at me. 298 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:48,414 Moore: He knew that I was willing 299 00:13:48,457 --> 00:13:50,329 to go through that windshield with him, 300 00:13:50,372 --> 00:13:52,156 to help him get the message. 301 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:56,335 I felt that he loved me, and he wasn't my blood. 302 00:13:56,378 --> 00:13:59,860 I wasn't going to allow him to fail. 303 00:13:59,903 --> 00:14:03,385 [♪♪] 304 00:14:03,429 --> 00:14:04,691 Janet Baily: Our kids laugh at us 305 00:14:04,734 --> 00:14:06,562 and call this the Allen shrine. 306 00:14:06,606 --> 00:14:09,870 We have our own collection of bobbleheads. 307 00:14:09,913 --> 00:14:13,787 We were lucky enough to be at his MVP ceremony for the NBA. 308 00:14:13,830 --> 00:14:15,963 That was the highlight of our life. 309 00:14:16,006 --> 00:14:17,312 [crowd cheering] 310 00:14:17,356 --> 00:14:19,836 And Iverson cans both free throws. 311 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:22,404 You see Mike Bailey coaching from the sideline. 312 00:14:22,448 --> 00:14:24,232 Iverson: He was my basketball coach, 313 00:14:24,275 --> 00:14:25,755 and she was one of my teachers, 314 00:14:25,799 --> 00:14:28,454 so I couldn't escape neither one. 315 00:14:28,497 --> 00:14:30,281 [laughing] 316 00:14:30,325 --> 00:14:32,240 My name's Allen Iverson. 317 00:14:32,283 --> 00:14:34,677 I'm a member of [indistinct] High School. 318 00:14:34,721 --> 00:14:38,115 Janet: He was definitely the class clown kind of kid. 319 00:14:38,159 --> 00:14:41,423 He was a kid that would sing on the bus. He was the kind of-- 320 00:14:41,467 --> 00:14:43,991 But not in class. He was quiet in class. 321 00:14:44,034 --> 00:14:45,427 Respectful. 322 00:14:45,471 --> 00:14:47,429 But you know, when he got with his peers, 323 00:14:47,473 --> 00:14:48,735 he was a jokester. 324 00:14:48,778 --> 00:14:51,520 He was a singer. He was... He was Allen. 325 00:14:51,564 --> 00:14:55,002 Most people who really knew him way back when 326 00:14:55,045 --> 00:14:56,438 call him Bubba-Chuck or Bubba. 327 00:14:56,482 --> 00:14:58,571 I called him Bubby one time, 328 00:14:58,614 --> 00:15:00,355 and he said, "Ms. Bailey, now you've got 329 00:15:00,399 --> 00:15:02,270 everybody in the world calling me Bubby." 330 00:15:06,492 --> 00:15:08,232 "It just won't work." 331 00:15:08,276 --> 00:15:11,671 Iverson: Bethel was one of the best times in my life. 332 00:15:11,714 --> 00:15:14,500 I met my best friend, my wife. 333 00:15:14,543 --> 00:15:16,197 For me that was, like, 334 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:17,720 love at first sight. 335 00:15:17,764 --> 00:15:19,505 She was the girl that I always 336 00:15:19,548 --> 00:15:23,552 wanted to meet, and I wanted to be a part of her life. 337 00:15:23,596 --> 00:15:26,425 Mike: I've said this many, many times to people that, 338 00:15:26,468 --> 00:15:29,558 when I really realized how to coach Allen was, 339 00:15:29,602 --> 00:15:32,126 I learned how to coach with my heart, 340 00:15:32,169 --> 00:15:34,520 not try to outmaneuver him, outsmart him, 341 00:15:34,563 --> 00:15:36,347 because that was never gonna work. 342 00:15:36,391 --> 00:15:39,089 Good hustle by Iverson. Boy, he's fast. 343 00:15:39,133 --> 00:15:41,962 Iverson: I played JV in 8th grade, and that transition was easy. 344 00:15:42,005 --> 00:15:43,616 I scored a lot. 345 00:15:43,659 --> 00:15:47,054 Janet: I asked Mike if he was gonna play Allen as a freshman. 346 00:15:47,097 --> 00:15:49,883 He didn't usually do that kind of thing, and he said, 347 00:15:49,926 --> 00:15:53,190 "I'd play him as an 8th grader if it were legal." 348 00:15:53,234 --> 00:15:55,541 Iverson: My 9th grade year going up to the varsity, 349 00:15:55,584 --> 00:15:57,064 I broke my ankle that year, 350 00:15:57,107 --> 00:15:59,153 and I didn't do what I wanted to do, 351 00:15:59,196 --> 00:16:01,764 but once I got to 10th grade, 352 00:16:01,808 --> 00:16:04,593 that's when everything clicked, football and basketball. 353 00:16:04,637 --> 00:16:06,421 [♪♪] 354 00:16:06,465 --> 00:16:08,945 Iverson, always elusive, 355 00:16:08,989 --> 00:16:11,252 gets away from another would-be tackler, and turns it on! 356 00:16:11,295 --> 00:16:12,993 Still wants to throw, now does, 357 00:16:13,036 --> 00:16:15,386 and he's got Terrell inside the 10! 358 00:16:15,430 --> 00:16:18,433 He was first team all-state as a quarterback and safety 359 00:16:18,477 --> 00:16:20,522 and the best player in the state. 360 00:16:20,566 --> 00:16:22,132 Iverson will take it all at one hop, 361 00:16:22,176 --> 00:16:24,570 trying to get a block on the sideline, and he does. 362 00:16:24,613 --> 00:16:28,008 He's down the sideline looking for one block. 363 00:16:28,051 --> 00:16:30,445 - He may go! He will! - Oh! 364 00:16:30,489 --> 00:16:33,492 Moore: He played quarterback, ran back punts, 365 00:16:33,535 --> 00:16:36,538 ran back kickoffs and played in the defensive backfield. 366 00:16:36,582 --> 00:16:38,366 And if it wasn't for Allen Iverson, 367 00:16:38,409 --> 00:16:39,889 it would've been a touchdown. 368 00:16:39,933 --> 00:16:41,456 He's the best football player 369 00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:43,327 I've ever seen play the game. 370 00:16:43,371 --> 00:16:46,156 A loose ball inside. Green has it stolen by Iverson. 371 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:49,290 Iverson, with nobody there... 372 00:16:49,333 --> 00:16:51,553 [cheering] 373 00:16:51,597 --> 00:16:53,468 Look at the crowd! 374 00:16:53,512 --> 00:16:55,557 People would stand in line for hours 375 00:16:55,601 --> 00:16:57,385 to get to see him play. 376 00:16:58,778 --> 00:17:01,041 Bubba-Chuck, and a trade. 377 00:17:01,084 --> 00:17:02,390 He looks like he's on ice! 378 00:17:02,433 --> 00:17:04,523 He just glides in there. Oh! 379 00:17:06,220 --> 00:17:10,224 Stolen! Look out, Fox! 380 00:17:10,267 --> 00:17:13,053 Oh! Showtime! 381 00:17:13,096 --> 00:17:16,360 Once I started getting national notoriety, 382 00:17:16,404 --> 00:17:19,233 that felt good to, just, looking in those magazines 383 00:17:19,276 --> 00:17:21,757 and seeing myself at number one in the country. 384 00:17:21,801 --> 00:17:24,630 This is Iverson on the naked bootleg. 385 00:17:24,673 --> 00:17:26,501 Racing for the corner... 386 00:17:26,545 --> 00:17:28,590 Touchdown! 387 00:17:28,634 --> 00:17:31,027 Iverson: My junior year, won in state in football 388 00:17:31,071 --> 00:17:32,681 and won it in basketball. 389 00:17:32,725 --> 00:17:34,204 The lob... Slam dunk! 390 00:17:34,248 --> 00:17:37,251 The alley-oop! It's over! 391 00:17:37,294 --> 00:17:39,645 It's over! 392 00:17:39,688 --> 00:17:43,213 Mike: Right after the state championship in 1993, 393 00:17:43,257 --> 00:17:45,172 Allen comes running, and I come running. 394 00:17:45,215 --> 00:17:48,610 I say, "I love you, Allen." He says, "I love you, Coach." 395 00:17:48,654 --> 00:17:52,353 Very special moment in both of our lives. 396 00:17:52,396 --> 00:17:54,660 We wanted this, man. First one. Feel good. 397 00:17:54,703 --> 00:17:57,097 Congratulations on two state championships! 398 00:17:57,140 --> 00:17:58,620 All right. 399 00:17:58,664 --> 00:18:00,579 Iverson: It was a day that I'll never forget. 400 00:18:00,622 --> 00:18:02,624 It was one of the greatest times of my life. 401 00:18:02,668 --> 00:18:04,539 The Bruins have done it! 402 00:18:07,324 --> 00:18:09,457 Iverson: And then they threw me in jail. 403 00:18:09,500 --> 00:18:11,851 Female reporter 1: 18-year-old Allen Iverson may end up 404 00:18:11,894 --> 00:18:14,897 spending the next several years behind bars. 405 00:18:14,941 --> 00:18:17,639 Female reporter 2: Star football and basketball athlete from Bethel High, 406 00:18:17,683 --> 00:18:19,728 Allen Iverson faces three felony counts... 407 00:18:19,772 --> 00:18:22,644 Female reporter 3: One of the top high school athletes in the country 408 00:18:22,688 --> 00:18:24,037 to go on trial. 409 00:18:25,125 --> 00:18:27,083 A fight started in a bowling alley. 410 00:18:32,611 --> 00:18:35,222 And it's white people fighting black people. 411 00:18:35,265 --> 00:18:36,832 Female reporter: A chair-throwing brawl, 412 00:18:36,876 --> 00:18:39,139 which injured half a dozen people at this bowling alley... 413 00:18:39,182 --> 00:18:44,623 But it was far more black people than it was white people. 414 00:18:44,666 --> 00:18:46,407 I had friends hiding under chairs, you know. 415 00:18:46,450 --> 00:18:47,626 Stuff like that kind of scares me. 416 00:18:49,671 --> 00:18:51,586 Man 1: Is the green light on? 417 00:18:51,630 --> 00:18:52,587 Man 2: It's on. 418 00:18:52,631 --> 00:18:55,155 Yeah. You're taping me! 419 00:18:55,198 --> 00:18:57,548 Man 1: I'm taping right now. 420 00:18:57,592 --> 00:18:59,986 February 14th, 1993. 421 00:19:00,029 --> 00:19:02,510 It was approximately midnight-- 422 00:19:02,553 --> 00:19:06,645 myself, Allen, Michael Simmons 423 00:19:06,688 --> 00:19:09,604 and my cousin Dwayne Campbell, 424 00:19:09,648 --> 00:19:12,476 we went bowling, and we're just having a good time. 425 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:14,348 Mike: All three students at Bethel, 426 00:19:14,391 --> 00:19:18,221 friends of Allen, lifetime friends. 427 00:19:18,265 --> 00:19:21,050 Allen had lots of friends, black and white. 428 00:19:21,094 --> 00:19:23,574 I mean, I taught at Bethel for a long time, 429 00:19:23,618 --> 00:19:26,621 and he had as many white friends as he did black friends. 430 00:19:26,665 --> 00:19:28,797 Iverson [with high voice]: How you doing, little guys? 431 00:19:28,841 --> 00:19:30,146 Little buddies? 432 00:19:30,190 --> 00:19:31,757 [normal voice] See you all later. 433 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,324 That's just the type of person he is, 434 00:19:34,368 --> 00:19:35,717 with a real great sense of humor. 435 00:19:35,761 --> 00:19:38,546 He was pretty much trash-talker out of the crew. 436 00:19:38,589 --> 00:19:41,288 Dwayne Campbell: We was bowling, I mean, before, 437 00:19:41,331 --> 00:19:44,683 hour, hour and a half before everything happened. 438 00:19:44,726 --> 00:19:47,686 We was on, like, lanes 8 and 9. 439 00:19:47,729 --> 00:19:51,124 The incidents took place around lane 32, 33, 440 00:19:51,167 --> 00:19:53,169 totally on the other end of the bowling alley, 441 00:19:53,213 --> 00:19:54,736 where the concession stand was at. 442 00:19:54,780 --> 00:19:57,130 I don't even know how the incident got started, 443 00:19:57,173 --> 00:19:58,784 'cause at the time, I was on the lane bowling, 444 00:19:58,827 --> 00:20:02,135 and I just-- I hate to admit it again, but I threw a gutter ball 445 00:20:02,178 --> 00:20:04,354 and happened to slip at the time, and I was getting up 446 00:20:04,398 --> 00:20:05,747 off the ground, and I hear somebody say, 447 00:20:05,791 --> 00:20:07,314 "Who was that guy in Allen's face?" 448 00:20:07,357 --> 00:20:09,751 Iverson: They white guys from Poquoson, 449 00:20:09,795 --> 00:20:11,492 and if you're from Virginia, 450 00:20:11,535 --> 00:20:15,017 you know that some people from Poquoson 451 00:20:15,061 --> 00:20:16,758 don't like black people. 452 00:20:16,802 --> 00:20:18,760 The guys were trying to-- They were messing with him, 453 00:20:18,804 --> 00:20:20,588 try to get in his head. 454 00:20:20,631 --> 00:20:22,155 I remember at times, I had to grab him. 455 00:20:22,198 --> 00:20:23,722 "All right, look, man. 456 00:20:23,765 --> 00:20:25,419 There ain't gonna be none of this, man." 457 00:20:26,725 --> 00:20:27,943 Simmons: That scene was, you know, 458 00:20:27,987 --> 00:20:29,771 guy about my height at the time, white guy, 459 00:20:29,815 --> 00:20:32,731 so I just started jogging down there. 460 00:20:34,689 --> 00:20:37,648 We was there among friends, and friends protect friends 461 00:20:37,692 --> 00:20:39,563 when something go down. 462 00:20:39,607 --> 00:20:41,478 Everybody knew that Allen had the most potential, 463 00:20:41,522 --> 00:20:43,045 so nobody really wants anything to happen to him. 464 00:20:43,089 --> 00:20:44,655 You don't need this, man. 465 00:20:44,699 --> 00:20:46,309 These guys wanna bring you down with them. 466 00:20:46,353 --> 00:20:48,747 I see the chair swinging, and instincts just took over. 467 00:20:48,790 --> 00:20:50,226 The protection came in. 468 00:20:50,270 --> 00:20:53,664 Iverson: I don't remember exactly how it started. 469 00:20:53,708 --> 00:20:57,277 All I remember was just fighting, 470 00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:59,322 like, just everywhere. 471 00:21:00,802 --> 00:21:04,066 [people shouting] 472 00:21:04,110 --> 00:21:08,505 Iverson: While it was going on, I stopped and stood there 473 00:21:08,549 --> 00:21:10,856 and just looked around everywhere, 474 00:21:10,899 --> 00:21:13,684 and it actually scared me, like, I actually was, like, 475 00:21:13,728 --> 00:21:15,686 "Man, I'm outta here." 476 00:21:15,730 --> 00:21:17,688 First thing, I see chairs flying, 477 00:21:17,732 --> 00:21:19,647 bowling alley pins. 478 00:21:19,690 --> 00:21:21,910 My friend Dwayne was like, "Let's go, let's go!" 479 00:21:21,954 --> 00:21:25,174 And somehow or another, we end up getting out of there. 480 00:21:25,218 --> 00:21:26,828 We all just got in the car and just went 481 00:21:26,872 --> 00:21:28,656 and got something to eat 'cause we was hungry. 482 00:21:28,699 --> 00:21:33,008 I remember calling Mo and said, "Mo, I was at the bowling alley, 483 00:21:33,052 --> 00:21:35,663 and this is what happened." 484 00:21:35,706 --> 00:21:39,580 And right then, he'd tell me today, he knew I was in trouble. 485 00:21:39,623 --> 00:21:41,625 From the moment that he told me that, 486 00:21:41,669 --> 00:21:44,759 I knew that there were going to be problems, 487 00:21:44,803 --> 00:21:47,762 and I knew at that point that we needed a lawyer. 488 00:21:47,806 --> 00:21:50,330 I didn't have a lot of money, and number two, 489 00:21:50,373 --> 00:21:53,333 I needed an attorney that was a household name. 490 00:21:53,376 --> 00:21:57,032 I was working at Hampton University, and Herb Kelly 491 00:21:57,076 --> 00:22:00,862 was one of the attorneys that worked for the university. 492 00:22:00,906 --> 00:22:03,038 I thought that if I could get Herb Kelly, 493 00:22:03,082 --> 00:22:05,867 then this case could quickly go away. 494 00:22:05,911 --> 00:22:07,303 I was sadly mistaken. 495 00:22:07,347 --> 00:22:09,828 Iverson: One day, he told me the detective called him 496 00:22:09,871 --> 00:22:11,830 and told him, if I didn't come down there 497 00:22:11,873 --> 00:22:13,744 and take these pictures that night, 498 00:22:13,788 --> 00:22:16,225 they was gonna arrest me off the floor of the coliseum, 499 00:22:16,269 --> 00:22:17,879 'cause we had a game that night. 500 00:22:17,923 --> 00:22:20,229 Moore: That was a Hampton-Bethel game. 501 00:22:20,273 --> 00:22:23,189 That was a game that was going to be attended by more people 502 00:22:23,232 --> 00:22:26,801 that had ever come to see a high school basketball game 503 00:22:26,845 --> 00:22:28,716 in the state of Virginia. 504 00:22:28,759 --> 00:22:31,110 And he was, like, they're gonna come get me off the floor. 505 00:22:31,153 --> 00:22:33,852 So I go down there, me and Mo. 506 00:22:33,895 --> 00:22:35,897 I looked at the pictures of these guys. 507 00:22:35,941 --> 00:22:39,596 I'm 17, these guys are 25 and 30 years old. 508 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:42,686 Plus, people know who I am. I said, "Look, if I don't take 509 00:22:42,730 --> 00:22:45,037 these pictures, what's gonna happen?" 510 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,996 And they said they was gonna arrest me and charge me with it. 511 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:49,563 So, my lawyer, he said, "They're gonna arrest you. 512 00:22:49,606 --> 00:22:52,261 Just take the picture." So I took the picture. 513 00:22:52,305 --> 00:22:56,178 They waited, like, I think, eight months or maybe longer, 514 00:22:56,222 --> 00:22:58,093 just so they could try me as an adult. 515 00:22:58,137 --> 00:23:01,183 Moore: We were pretty optimistic that the truth was gonna 516 00:23:01,227 --> 00:23:04,012 come out and put this thing behind us, 517 00:23:04,056 --> 00:23:07,581 but it was that first day in court that led me to believe 518 00:23:07,624 --> 00:23:09,104 that this thing was far from over, 519 00:23:09,148 --> 00:23:11,106 that these white folks 520 00:23:11,150 --> 00:23:13,848 was not gonna allow this to be over. 521 00:23:13,892 --> 00:23:16,895 [gavel strikes] 522 00:23:16,938 --> 00:23:18,244 Iverson: In the preliminary hearing, 523 00:23:18,287 --> 00:23:20,072 my lawyer asked the detective, 524 00:23:20,115 --> 00:23:22,117 "Did you tell him, if he didn't take these pictures, 525 00:23:22,161 --> 00:23:25,555 you were going to arrest him?" And this is the lead detective. 526 00:23:25,599 --> 00:23:28,558 And the detective said, "No, he didn't say that." 527 00:23:28,602 --> 00:23:31,170 And right then, me and Mo knew something was gonna happen. 528 00:23:31,213 --> 00:23:32,954 You know, this is the lead detective, 529 00:23:32,998 --> 00:23:35,261 and he lied right there on the stand. 530 00:23:35,304 --> 00:23:38,133 Female reporter 1: Allen Iverson is charged with three counts of maiming, 531 00:23:38,177 --> 00:23:40,179 stemming from a brawl at a bowling alley. 532 00:23:40,222 --> 00:23:42,659 Female reporter 2: One guy said Iverson threw a chair at him, 533 00:23:42,703 --> 00:23:45,140 breaking his glasses. Other people said that Iverson 534 00:23:45,184 --> 00:23:47,621 broke their arm. One person said he broke a thumb, 535 00:23:47,664 --> 00:23:49,144 and one Poquoson resident said 536 00:23:49,188 --> 00:23:51,190 she received a gash in her head. 537 00:23:51,233 --> 00:23:54,236 70-some people in a bowling alley, 538 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:55,934 how do you pick four individuals? 539 00:23:55,977 --> 00:23:58,980 Everyone should've been charged for their current-- 540 00:23:59,024 --> 00:24:01,591 We asked to press charges. It didn't happen. 541 00:24:01,635 --> 00:24:04,899 I'm the only one that everybody in there knew. 542 00:24:04,943 --> 00:24:08,120 Had he not been basically a star at Bethel High, 543 00:24:08,163 --> 00:24:10,035 had he not been as well-known as him, 544 00:24:10,078 --> 00:24:12,820 then he may not have been identified by anyone. 545 00:24:12,863 --> 00:24:15,997 He may have been like the other 20 people who were involved 546 00:24:16,041 --> 00:24:17,477 that were not charged. 547 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:21,133 They found out from family members 548 00:24:21,176 --> 00:24:23,178 that there was a tape. 549 00:24:23,222 --> 00:24:25,615 And actually, I think they thought 550 00:24:25,659 --> 00:24:28,575 that would exonerate because they knew 551 00:24:28,618 --> 00:24:31,795 that Allen hadn't been directly involved in this. 552 00:24:31,839 --> 00:24:33,623 If you knew what Allen had on that night, 553 00:24:33,667 --> 00:24:35,364 you saw him leave in that tape. 554 00:24:35,408 --> 00:24:37,236 As everything was still going on, 555 00:24:37,279 --> 00:24:38,541 and people were still fighting, and things 556 00:24:38,585 --> 00:24:40,543 were still being thrown, Allen was on his way 557 00:24:40,587 --> 00:24:42,850 right out the door, right in front of the camera, 558 00:24:42,893 --> 00:24:45,113 but of course that never got brought up. 559 00:24:45,157 --> 00:24:47,550 Male reporter: Iverson's on trial for participating in a mob 560 00:24:47,594 --> 00:24:50,205 that maimed three people last February. 561 00:24:50,249 --> 00:24:54,035 It was portrayed to be like we was acting like a mob 562 00:24:54,079 --> 00:24:56,820 of some sort, like we were some organized team that go in 563 00:24:56,864 --> 00:24:59,649 and just beat up white people in a bowling alley that night. 564 00:24:59,693 --> 00:25:01,434 By definition, there was no mob. 565 00:25:01,477 --> 00:25:03,523 A mob is an assembled group, 566 00:25:03,566 --> 00:25:06,047 assembled before they get to the scene, 567 00:25:06,091 --> 00:25:08,049 for a specific purpose. 568 00:25:08,093 --> 00:25:10,095 It was just a fight between individuals 569 00:25:10,138 --> 00:25:14,012 that happened to be blown up into something that it wasn't. 570 00:25:14,055 --> 00:25:17,145 At 17, to be tried as an adult 571 00:25:17,189 --> 00:25:19,452 for a fight in a bowling alley, 572 00:25:19,495 --> 00:25:21,367 you'd have to think there was a plan. 573 00:25:22,759 --> 00:25:24,544 People wanted to make an example of Allen. 574 00:25:27,068 --> 00:25:29,940 Janet: I testified and tried to make them understand 575 00:25:29,984 --> 00:25:33,466 that he was a good kid, and he didn't cause us trouble, 576 00:25:33,509 --> 00:25:36,121 and I didn't think anybody listened to me. 577 00:25:36,164 --> 00:25:40,081 I didn't think anybody cared, and I came out of there 578 00:25:40,125 --> 00:25:42,040 feeling like he doesn't value 579 00:25:42,083 --> 00:25:43,954 someone who's taught 25 years 580 00:25:43,998 --> 00:25:46,827 as an expert in this field. 581 00:25:48,481 --> 00:25:51,832 Moore: I strongly believe that there was a conspiracy 582 00:25:51,875 --> 00:25:58,491 to destroy the future of a young, gifted black person. 583 00:25:58,534 --> 00:26:00,797 This morning, the Bethel High School basketball guard 584 00:26:00,841 --> 00:26:04,540 was found guilty of maiming and being a member of a mob. 585 00:26:04,584 --> 00:26:07,761 The verdict was read, and you could just hear a big, "Aw!" 586 00:26:07,804 --> 00:26:09,980 Just like, "No time left on the clock, 587 00:26:10,024 --> 00:26:12,157 you just missed the free throw to win the game." 588 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,463 We just got, you know, the raw end of the stick. 589 00:26:14,507 --> 00:26:16,204 The question now is, 590 00:26:16,248 --> 00:26:18,119 how much time could Iverson spend in jail? 591 00:26:18,163 --> 00:26:21,296 He now faces up to 20 years on each maiming charge. 592 00:26:21,340 --> 00:26:25,126 Up to 60 years on three counts of maiming by mob. 593 00:26:25,170 --> 00:26:26,736 Iverson: I didn't think I was, you know, 594 00:26:26,780 --> 00:26:28,477 going to go to jail or anything like that. 595 00:26:28,521 --> 00:26:30,871 I didn't even think I would get probation. 596 00:26:30,914 --> 00:26:33,091 I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. 597 00:26:33,134 --> 00:26:34,701 Simmons: Me and Dwayne, we was at Allen's house, 598 00:26:34,744 --> 00:26:37,138 and we was just talking, and I was just, like, 599 00:26:37,182 --> 00:26:39,140 "Yo, I feel we goin' to jail, Chuck." 600 00:26:39,184 --> 00:26:41,011 He was like, "No, we're not going to jail." 601 00:26:45,973 --> 00:26:48,149 Iverson: We don't deserve to go to jail, man. 602 00:26:48,193 --> 00:26:50,630 I'm tired of worrying about what's gonna happen. 603 00:26:50,673 --> 00:26:53,198 And hearing different people tell me what can happen. 604 00:26:53,241 --> 00:26:54,590 Like, do this and that. 605 00:26:54,634 --> 00:26:56,636 Yeah. You shoulda this and that. 606 00:26:56,679 --> 00:26:59,247 All these people trying to tell me what to do and shit. 607 00:26:59,291 --> 00:27:02,468 Those were kids, man. They had no idea. 608 00:27:02,511 --> 00:27:05,471 They didn't know racial prejudice. 609 00:27:05,514 --> 00:27:07,168 They didn't know these bigots. 610 00:27:07,212 --> 00:27:09,127 If he asks me, I'm gonna be, like, 611 00:27:09,170 --> 00:27:12,913 I'm like, you know, "First of all, I want to... 612 00:27:12,956 --> 00:27:15,437 "I want to thank my family and friends 613 00:27:15,481 --> 00:27:19,093 "for sticking behind me, people in the [indistinct] 614 00:27:19,137 --> 00:27:23,053 "I want to thank all the little kids--" 615 00:27:23,097 --> 00:27:25,491 No, no. Let me say... 616 00:27:25,534 --> 00:27:27,232 "Then again, I want to apologize 617 00:27:27,275 --> 00:27:29,059 to my family and friends..." 618 00:27:29,103 --> 00:27:32,193 Moore: They did not know that these people were about 619 00:27:32,237 --> 00:27:34,891 to lynch their ass. These people were about to railroad you. 620 00:27:34,935 --> 00:27:37,503 If I really did all the stuff, like they say, you know, 621 00:27:37,546 --> 00:27:40,201 if I would've came with you all, shit like that, 622 00:27:40,245 --> 00:27:42,116 you know what I'm saying, the real deal, came with you all, 623 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,379 hit the girl in the head with the chair, hit him, 624 00:27:44,423 --> 00:27:46,425 I understand why that shit happen. 625 00:27:46,468 --> 00:27:49,950 Well, you know damn well I ain't coming with you all... 626 00:27:49,993 --> 00:27:53,083 You know, I really thought that I was being railroaded. 627 00:27:53,127 --> 00:27:55,129 Man, this shit can ruin everybody's lives. 628 00:27:55,173 --> 00:27:56,696 This could turn us to hardcore criminals. 629 00:27:56,739 --> 00:28:00,700 That judge could tear four black people down 630 00:28:00,743 --> 00:28:03,137 right now, just like that, if she want to. 631 00:28:04,399 --> 00:28:06,619 Don't worry, motherfucker got some pull. 632 00:28:06,662 --> 00:28:08,142 Female reporter 1: Security was very tight here 633 00:28:08,186 --> 00:28:10,231 this morning at Hampton Circuit Court. 634 00:28:10,275 --> 00:28:12,581 Several deputies and police were on guard. 635 00:28:12,625 --> 00:28:14,714 Simmons: We're seeing all the police they had in the courtroom, 636 00:28:14,757 --> 00:28:17,064 and I knew right then what was about to happen. 637 00:28:17,107 --> 00:28:19,893 Female reporter 2: Only Iverson had anything to say before sentencing. 638 00:28:19,936 --> 00:28:23,853 I did feel bad for what happened to the people 639 00:28:23,897 --> 00:28:26,291 that night at the bowling alley so I wouldn't want that 640 00:28:26,334 --> 00:28:28,684 to happen to nobody in any situation. 641 00:28:40,827 --> 00:28:44,787 Judge Nelson Overton sentenced Iverson to 15 years behind bars 642 00:28:44,831 --> 00:28:46,441 but suspended all but five. 643 00:28:46,485 --> 00:28:48,356 His co-defendant Michael Simmons 644 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,098 received 17.5 years, and he suspended 645 00:28:51,141 --> 00:28:52,969 all but five of that as well. 646 00:28:53,013 --> 00:28:56,103 Fifteen years, ten years suspended 647 00:28:56,146 --> 00:28:57,931 for an incident like that, 648 00:28:57,974 --> 00:29:00,281 you know, when people do a lot worse. 649 00:29:00,325 --> 00:29:03,023 The air just totally went out of the courtroom, 650 00:29:03,066 --> 00:29:05,199 and then just everyone began to look around. 651 00:29:05,243 --> 00:29:07,506 Some people was crying, 652 00:29:07,549 --> 00:29:11,292 but it was just real weird and awkward. 653 00:29:11,336 --> 00:29:14,426 It just didn't seem like a real-life story right then. 654 00:29:14,469 --> 00:29:15,818 It didn't seem real at all. 655 00:29:15,862 --> 00:29:18,299 I never thought I'd see the day 656 00:29:18,343 --> 00:29:25,219 where adults would do something so drastically wrong to kids. 657 00:29:25,263 --> 00:29:26,612 It's pretty sad. 658 00:29:26,655 --> 00:29:29,615 [♪♪] 659 00:29:42,105 --> 00:29:43,716 Woman 1: Do you think they treated you differently 660 00:29:43,759 --> 00:29:45,457 because you're a star? How do you feel? 661 00:29:45,500 --> 00:29:48,198 Woman 2: You'll be all right. You'll be all right. 662 00:29:48,242 --> 00:29:49,330 You'll be all right. 663 00:29:49,374 --> 00:29:51,593 Back up, back up. 664 00:29:51,637 --> 00:29:53,334 Woman 2: That don't make no sense. 665 00:29:53,378 --> 00:29:56,990 It was a nightmare, you know. It was really a nightmare. 666 00:29:57,033 --> 00:29:59,122 Woman 2: What did he get? 667 00:29:59,166 --> 00:30:03,866 [overlapping voices] 668 00:30:03,910 --> 00:30:05,346 Female reporter: Ann Iverson said she'd like 669 00:30:05,390 --> 00:30:07,217 to see her son finish high school. 670 00:30:07,261 --> 00:30:09,002 I don't want him to be in jail that long. 671 00:30:09,045 --> 00:30:11,265 I want him to get out, and I want him to go to school. 672 00:30:11,309 --> 00:30:13,920 I think they can be rehabilitated in jail also. 673 00:30:13,963 --> 00:30:15,487 I mean, there are programs available. 674 00:30:15,530 --> 00:30:17,402 There's a GED program there. 675 00:30:17,445 --> 00:30:20,143 Iverson could finish his education. 676 00:30:20,187 --> 00:30:21,971 They have recreational facilities. 677 00:30:22,015 --> 00:30:23,408 I don't think he'd be any worse off. 678 00:30:23,451 --> 00:30:27,237 I just couldn't believe that people were this mean. 679 00:30:27,281 --> 00:30:30,371 The judge decided that he would not grant a bond 680 00:30:30,415 --> 00:30:32,112 pending the appeal, at this point, 681 00:30:32,155 --> 00:30:34,070 because he wanted them, very frankly, 682 00:30:34,114 --> 00:30:36,856 to go ahead and to start accumulating credit 683 00:30:36,899 --> 00:30:38,423 for the time that they would go ahead and serve. 684 00:30:38,466 --> 00:30:40,338 In all the years that I've been doing this, 685 00:30:40,381 --> 00:30:45,125 the only defendants that are not given a bond 686 00:30:45,168 --> 00:30:47,345 are capital murderers. 687 00:30:47,388 --> 00:30:49,608 Uh, capital murderers. 688 00:30:49,651 --> 00:30:51,349 That's people that are going to the electric chair. 689 00:30:51,392 --> 00:30:55,135 That was true injustice, and that's why it hurt so much, 690 00:30:55,178 --> 00:30:57,093 because it was truly unjust. 691 00:30:57,137 --> 00:31:01,359 The guy got what he deserved, and I hope he does 692 00:31:01,402 --> 00:31:04,318 every bit of time that he's given. 693 00:31:04,362 --> 00:31:09,410 Moore: He was unjustly tried and convicted 694 00:31:09,454 --> 00:31:12,152 and sentenced to time 695 00:31:12,195 --> 00:31:14,763 in a prison facility for grown men. 696 00:31:14,807 --> 00:31:16,417 Iverson: I remember telling my grandma, like, 697 00:31:16,461 --> 00:31:21,335 "Nana, if I didn't do what these people said I did, 698 00:31:21,379 --> 00:31:23,990 why is God letting this happen to me?" 699 00:31:24,033 --> 00:31:27,428 And she told me, and I never did it since then, 700 00:31:27,472 --> 00:31:29,299 "Never question God." 701 00:31:32,999 --> 00:31:35,480 [♪♪] 702 00:31:43,488 --> 00:31:45,881 Iverson: I had my life, my family, 703 00:31:45,925 --> 00:31:48,275 and a game that I loved so much 704 00:31:48,318 --> 00:31:49,929 taken away from me. 705 00:31:55,848 --> 00:31:58,459 I think I just learned so much from it. 706 00:31:58,503 --> 00:32:01,288 It taught me a lot at an early age. 707 00:32:03,072 --> 00:32:06,336 Ted Hudson: Mr. Iverson would be awakened at 4:00. 708 00:32:06,380 --> 00:32:09,470 He would shower and shave or whatever he needed to do 709 00:32:09,514 --> 00:32:10,645 to prepare for that day. 710 00:32:10,689 --> 00:32:12,691 This is a working camp. 711 00:32:12,734 --> 00:32:14,475 You are here to work. 712 00:32:14,519 --> 00:32:16,477 We cut all the grass for 27 miles. 713 00:32:16,521 --> 00:32:19,393 Anything green and not moving, we cut it. 714 00:32:19,437 --> 00:32:21,526 Oh, it used to kill me, man. 715 00:32:21,569 --> 00:32:23,266 [bird squawks] 716 00:32:23,310 --> 00:32:25,312 You know, I had to be up at 6:00; 717 00:32:25,355 --> 00:32:28,097 here he come waking me up at 4:00 in the morning. 718 00:32:28,141 --> 00:32:29,490 Hudson: I would come in, and he knew it would irritate me, 719 00:32:29,534 --> 00:32:30,752 he would sing a cop killer song. 720 00:32:30,796 --> 00:32:33,189 I put my life on the line for anybody here, 721 00:32:33,233 --> 00:32:35,235 and to belittle the killing of a police officer, 722 00:32:35,278 --> 00:32:37,759 it made me think, "Just another punk from the streets." 723 00:32:37,803 --> 00:32:40,153 He made it extremely hard for me. 724 00:32:41,546 --> 00:32:45,550 Moore: People would pass notes to him, 725 00:32:45,593 --> 00:32:47,595 saying that "I wish you were dead." 726 00:32:47,639 --> 00:32:50,424 "I hope your black ass rot in prison." 727 00:32:50,468 --> 00:32:56,430 The jailers would bring him a doll with a noose, 728 00:32:56,474 --> 00:33:00,347 and written on that doll was "Allen Iverson." 729 00:33:00,390 --> 00:33:01,653 Iverson: I had lawyers. 730 00:33:01,696 --> 00:33:03,872 Every single day that I was talking to them, 731 00:33:03,916 --> 00:33:06,266 they were telling me that "You're getting out tomorrow." 732 00:33:06,309 --> 00:33:08,007 And then tomorrow would come, and they'd say, 733 00:33:08,050 --> 00:33:09,530 "You're getting out tomorrow." 734 00:33:09,574 --> 00:33:11,793 I remember just being frustrated, 735 00:33:11,837 --> 00:33:14,535 and one of my friends came up, and he said 736 00:33:14,579 --> 00:33:17,843 some of the best advice that someone could ever give me: 737 00:33:19,497 --> 00:33:24,371 "You're not getting out of here, so stop thinking about it. 738 00:33:24,414 --> 00:33:27,896 "And do what you gotta do, handle what you gotta handle, 739 00:33:27,940 --> 00:33:31,247 and get back to what you love to do." 740 00:33:31,291 --> 00:33:35,556 It made it so much easier for me to do the time 741 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:39,473 because I had in my mind that I wasn't going nowhere. 742 00:33:39,517 --> 00:33:41,562 Female reporter: Hampton residents have formed 743 00:33:41,606 --> 00:33:44,522 what they call the Swift Legal Defense Fund. 744 00:33:44,565 --> 00:33:47,829 There was a very vocal support for those kids. 745 00:33:47,873 --> 00:33:51,441 It didn't do any good, but there were marches. 746 00:33:51,485 --> 00:33:55,924 Mr. Iverson received a sackload of mail by himself. 747 00:33:55,968 --> 00:33:59,667 People, ladies, were sending him their unmentionables, 748 00:33:59,711 --> 00:34:02,931 and they were sending him money. They were sending him gifts. 749 00:34:02,975 --> 00:34:05,586 Interviews were requested. 750 00:34:05,630 --> 00:34:08,110 I know Mr. Tom Brokaw was allowed to interview him. 751 00:34:08,154 --> 00:34:10,199 Tonight, we have the story of what has happened 752 00:34:10,243 --> 00:34:13,202 to a young man who was headed for a million-dollar future, 753 00:34:13,246 --> 00:34:15,204 but now he's in jail. 754 00:34:15,248 --> 00:34:17,467 It was one of those classic cases. 755 00:34:17,511 --> 00:34:20,906 Here's a kid with the gift of the gods, as an athlete, 756 00:34:20,949 --> 00:34:24,213 and a community where they'd still not worked out 757 00:34:24,257 --> 00:34:25,867 all the racial issues, obviously. 758 00:34:25,911 --> 00:34:28,914 I'm preparing myself for the worst. 759 00:34:28,957 --> 00:34:31,438 If I have to do this whole time here, 760 00:34:31,481 --> 00:34:33,483 I just have to deal with it. 761 00:34:33,527 --> 00:34:35,616 Brokaw: I thought the sentence was surprisingly harsh, 762 00:34:35,660 --> 00:34:38,053 and I think that our story had something to do with people 763 00:34:38,097 --> 00:34:39,968 looking at the case in a slightly different way 764 00:34:40,012 --> 00:34:41,622 because it got national attention. 765 00:34:41,666 --> 00:34:44,538 Iverson: I got a lot of love for NBC. 766 00:34:44,582 --> 00:34:47,149 Tom Brokaw, I mean, he did a lot for me, 767 00:34:47,193 --> 00:34:49,499 and I appreciate him. I owe a lot to him for that. 768 00:34:49,543 --> 00:34:51,937 Allen Iverson is tasting freedom tonight 769 00:34:51,980 --> 00:34:53,678 for the first time in months. 770 00:34:53,721 --> 00:34:55,854 Male reporter: The high school standout has been handed 771 00:34:55,897 --> 00:34:58,291 conditional clemency by Governor Doug Wilder. 772 00:34:58,334 --> 00:35:00,641 Our Governor pardoned Allen, you know. 773 00:35:00,685 --> 00:35:02,643 His rule was he couldn't play sports. 774 00:35:02,687 --> 00:35:05,472 Who cared? He could go to school. 775 00:35:05,515 --> 00:35:07,648 I think it was a relief for the officers 776 00:35:07,692 --> 00:35:10,608 because the news media would be gone. 777 00:35:10,651 --> 00:35:13,567 The calls would be gone. All the mail that we received 778 00:35:13,611 --> 00:35:16,614 would be gone, and hopefully no more women's underwear. 779 00:35:16,657 --> 00:35:17,745 [overlapping voices] 780 00:35:17,789 --> 00:35:18,964 Man: Hey, Allen, how do you feel? 781 00:35:19,007 --> 00:35:20,661 How do you feel, Allen? 782 00:35:20,705 --> 00:35:21,749 No comment. 783 00:35:21,793 --> 00:35:23,055 Are you glad it's over? 784 00:35:23,098 --> 00:35:24,926 Governor Wilder gave me another shot at life. 785 00:35:24,970 --> 00:35:28,669 You know, if it wasn't for his signature, I might not be here. 786 00:35:28,713 --> 00:35:30,671 Female reporter: As for the other three young men, Governor Wilder 787 00:35:30,715 --> 00:35:33,108 is considering clemency for them as well. Ed? 788 00:35:33,152 --> 00:35:35,763 [clamoring] 789 00:35:35,807 --> 00:35:38,331 We was out, and there was was hugs and dapping each other up, 790 00:35:38,374 --> 00:35:41,334 and, "Let's go to the mall. I need some new clothes." 791 00:35:41,377 --> 00:35:43,553 [♪♪] 792 00:35:43,597 --> 00:35:45,773 Iverson: After I was incarcerated, 793 00:35:45,817 --> 00:35:49,603 I never even thought about dwelling on that night, 794 00:35:49,647 --> 00:35:52,301 ever again, honestly, 795 00:35:52,345 --> 00:35:54,042 because... 796 00:35:55,957 --> 00:35:59,395 the damage to me was already done. 797 00:35:59,439 --> 00:36:01,920 Moore: I've got so many bags of letters, 798 00:36:01,963 --> 00:36:05,706 from football and basketball coaches all over the country, 799 00:36:05,750 --> 00:36:10,580 but when this happened to him they stopped calling. 800 00:36:10,624 --> 00:36:13,540 Iverson: All I thought about was getting a second chance. 801 00:36:13,583 --> 00:36:15,324 That was it. 802 00:36:15,368 --> 00:36:17,675 Moore: It was almost like no one expected him 803 00:36:17,718 --> 00:36:19,677 to ever amount to anything. 804 00:36:19,720 --> 00:36:21,679 I knew that there would be somebody. 805 00:36:21,722 --> 00:36:24,507 There would be some school that would come to him, 806 00:36:24,551 --> 00:36:25,900 and all I needed was one. 807 00:36:27,641 --> 00:36:30,209 [♪♪] 808 00:36:32,559 --> 00:36:36,868 I never recruited Allen at all. They recruited me. 809 00:36:36,911 --> 00:36:39,000 I was a little reluctant in the beginning. 810 00:36:39,044 --> 00:36:42,134 And his mother asked the people to leave the room. 811 00:36:42,177 --> 00:36:43,875 And she and I talked, 812 00:36:43,918 --> 00:36:46,486 and she was concerned for his life, and she said 813 00:36:46,529 --> 00:36:49,445 that I certainly, being a parent myself, could connect with that. 814 00:36:49,489 --> 00:36:51,578 Being an African-American, I could connect with that. 815 00:36:52,622 --> 00:36:54,407 This is my son. They call him-- 816 00:36:54,450 --> 00:36:55,625 What do they call you? 817 00:36:55,669 --> 00:36:56,714 Chuck. 818 00:36:56,757 --> 00:36:58,672 The other thing. Honey Man. 819 00:36:58,716 --> 00:37:00,848 Honey Man. 820 00:37:00,892 --> 00:37:03,372 John: She, more than anybody, convinced me 821 00:37:03,416 --> 00:37:05,723 that if there was any possibility of getting him 822 00:37:05,766 --> 00:37:08,377 in school, that I ought to take a shot at it. 823 00:37:08,421 --> 00:37:10,684 Iverson: Coach Thompson saved my life. 824 00:37:10,728 --> 00:37:12,904 I just came home from jail. 825 00:37:12,947 --> 00:37:15,776 I had to come home and get my school thing together 826 00:37:15,820 --> 00:37:18,518 and graduate and whatever, then I went straight there. 827 00:37:18,561 --> 00:37:20,476 'Cause I was worried. Certainly, you worry, you know. 828 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:22,783 You have a responsibility to protect the university, 829 00:37:22,827 --> 00:37:25,960 protect your program, and you were taking a chance. 830 00:37:26,004 --> 00:37:29,224 I respected the path he's had to take in life, 831 00:37:29,268 --> 00:37:31,661 which has been a very tough path. 832 00:37:31,705 --> 00:37:34,708 Moore: The Georgetown years, I really just took a step back 833 00:37:34,752 --> 00:37:38,494 because I knew John Thompson would come in and take over. 834 00:37:38,538 --> 00:37:40,714 Where I left off, he would come in and take over. 835 00:37:40,758 --> 00:37:45,806 Iverson: My idol, my hero, my father figure away from home. 836 00:37:45,850 --> 00:37:47,112 He kept people away from me, 837 00:37:47,155 --> 00:37:49,157 and he let me be a college student. 838 00:37:49,201 --> 00:37:52,117 I didn't necessarily agree with everything about him, 839 00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:53,814 and I'm certain he didn't about me, 840 00:37:53,858 --> 00:37:56,991 but I like to think that we both respected one another. 841 00:37:57,035 --> 00:37:59,689 Iverson: He never was the type of guy to jump on me, 842 00:37:59,733 --> 00:38:01,822 especially in front of people, never did that, 843 00:38:01,866 --> 00:38:04,825 but when I messed up in school, and he put himself on the line 844 00:38:04,869 --> 00:38:07,828 for me to come there and be successful, when we got alone, 845 00:38:07,872 --> 00:38:11,353 he got in my ass. "This what you want out of your life, huh? 846 00:38:11,397 --> 00:38:13,834 "Wanna go back down down there to that 'hood? You want your mom 847 00:38:13,878 --> 00:38:15,880 "to struggle her whole life, don't you? You want your sisters 848 00:38:15,923 --> 00:38:17,882 "to stay in that sewer, that hell hole. 849 00:38:17,925 --> 00:38:19,709 "That's what you want out of your life, huh?" 850 00:38:19,753 --> 00:38:21,842 [gunshot] And automatically, man, 851 00:38:21,886 --> 00:38:23,626 I would just-- I would shape up. 852 00:38:23,670 --> 00:38:26,804 [hip hop music playing] 853 00:38:31,112 --> 00:38:34,463 John: Once I saw how he acted in school, 854 00:38:34,507 --> 00:38:36,291 how he acted with his teammates, 855 00:38:36,335 --> 00:38:40,208 I was very, very glad that I had rolled the dice. 856 00:38:40,252 --> 00:38:42,863 Iverson: He was like that force field I had around me 857 00:38:42,907 --> 00:38:45,866 when everybody was coming at me with all the negative things. 858 00:38:45,910 --> 00:38:47,868 John: People did things. Folks said things 859 00:38:47,912 --> 00:38:51,002 that you wouldn't want to hear about his being incarcerated. 860 00:38:51,045 --> 00:38:54,440 Those weren't things that bothered him outwardly. 861 00:38:54,483 --> 00:38:56,485 I'm certain he heard 'em, but I knew that this 862 00:38:56,529 --> 00:38:58,444 was a tough kid, mentally, and that's the same thing 863 00:38:58,487 --> 00:39:00,707 that happened when he played. 864 00:39:01,839 --> 00:39:03,797 What's my name? 865 00:39:03,841 --> 00:39:05,712 Michael Jordan. 866 00:39:05,755 --> 00:39:09,847 It is scout night, as they take a look at two of the very best 867 00:39:09,890 --> 00:39:12,893 in the country, in Ray Allen and Allen Iverson. 868 00:39:12,937 --> 00:39:16,157 John: You don't look at somebody that's flyweight like Allen, 869 00:39:16,201 --> 00:39:17,724 and associate that with strength, 870 00:39:17,767 --> 00:39:19,552 but he's proven that theory totally wrong. 871 00:39:19,595 --> 00:39:21,859 Brad Kessler: There's that One-Two, One-One pressure. 872 00:39:21,902 --> 00:39:24,600 Iverson. 873 00:39:24,644 --> 00:39:26,733 Dick Vitale: Allen Iverson, right out of the gate! 874 00:39:26,776 --> 00:39:29,910 Kessler: Here we go. Length of the court, right the other way! 875 00:39:29,954 --> 00:39:32,043 Vitale: When he gets to the basket, he's so explosive. 876 00:39:32,086 --> 00:39:33,871 Give a little daylight! 877 00:39:33,914 --> 00:39:36,786 Kessler: Now Iverson around the trap, inside now! 878 00:39:36,830 --> 00:39:38,614 Vitale: Oh, what a big-time move! 879 00:39:38,658 --> 00:39:41,008 Super, scintillating, sensational! 880 00:39:41,052 --> 00:39:42,923 - Thirteen-- - Vitale: Oh, nobody's stopping-- 881 00:39:42,967 --> 00:39:45,795 - Iverson! - Vitale: Oh, up, up and away! 882 00:39:45,839 --> 00:39:49,190 Jam city! Nobody stopped the ball, Brad Kessler! 883 00:39:49,234 --> 00:39:50,583 Nobody stopped the ball! 884 00:39:50,626 --> 00:39:52,019 Kessler: Again, another steal by Iverson. 885 00:39:52,063 --> 00:39:54,326 Vitale: And he throws it away. 886 00:39:54,369 --> 00:39:55,936 Allen Iverson with a one-hander. 887 00:39:55,980 --> 00:39:57,895 Kessler: Now it's Iverson alone. 888 00:39:57,938 --> 00:40:00,854 Vitale: We got a good shot right here. We got a good shot right here! 889 00:40:00,898 --> 00:40:02,769 [cheering] 890 00:40:02,812 --> 00:40:05,946 Vitale: Congratulations, Alec. Congratulations John Thompson. 891 00:40:05,990 --> 00:40:07,513 Great performance tonight. 892 00:40:07,556 --> 00:40:09,994 Iverson: Coach Thompson meant everything to me. 893 00:40:10,037 --> 00:40:13,780 He's a big-time reason for all the success that I've had. 894 00:40:13,823 --> 00:40:16,914 After carefully weighing my options with Coach Thompson, 895 00:40:16,957 --> 00:40:19,525 my family, I've decided to enter the NBA. 896 00:40:19,568 --> 00:40:22,049 I felt like there was no reason for me 897 00:40:22,093 --> 00:40:25,400 not to be able to take care of the people that I love. 898 00:40:25,444 --> 00:40:27,533 My immediate family 899 00:40:27,576 --> 00:40:29,100 requires me to leave Georgetown. 900 00:40:29,143 --> 00:40:31,841 No, when he left, I didn't think it was a wise decision, 901 00:40:31,885 --> 00:40:33,060 but I supported him with it. 902 00:40:33,104 --> 00:40:35,715 I never, under any circumstances, 903 00:40:35,758 --> 00:40:37,760 worried about his ability to play basketball. 904 00:40:37,804 --> 00:40:40,633 I worried about the other 22 hours in the day. 905 00:40:40,676 --> 00:40:43,418 I was in the NBA. I know the kinds of things 906 00:40:43,462 --> 00:40:46,639 you're exposed to. I worried for him, in terms 907 00:40:46,682 --> 00:40:49,250 of whether he was mature enough or old enough 908 00:40:49,294 --> 00:40:50,991 to deal with it and to handle it. 909 00:40:51,035 --> 00:40:54,952 Please welcome The Answer, Allen Iverson! 910 00:40:54,995 --> 00:40:59,521 [crowd cheering] [hip hop music playing] 911 00:40:59,565 --> 00:41:03,438 You got criticized for leaving school early. 912 00:41:03,482 --> 00:41:07,225 I had to leave. My sister was suffering from seizures, 913 00:41:07,268 --> 00:41:08,922 and she needed a personal specialist, 914 00:41:08,966 --> 00:41:12,012 so I thought about a lot of that before I made my decision, 915 00:41:12,056 --> 00:41:14,145 and my coach stuck with me. I mean, he said, 916 00:41:14,188 --> 00:41:16,712 "Go take care of your family," and that's how I look at 917 00:41:16,756 --> 00:41:18,584 the thing with this, man. 918 00:41:18,627 --> 00:41:21,456 You know, I was bugged, too. I always think they pick on 919 00:41:21,500 --> 00:41:23,632 the basketball players when they leave school 920 00:41:23,676 --> 00:41:25,852 'cause they're black, 'cause Tiger Woods 921 00:41:25,895 --> 00:41:28,376 ain't going to school, nobody gives a fuck about that. 922 00:41:28,420 --> 00:41:29,899 [laughter] 923 00:41:33,077 --> 00:41:35,862 Todd Krinsky: When we had the chance to sign Allen in '96, 924 00:41:35,905 --> 00:41:37,864 we thought this could be big. This could be really something different. 925 00:41:37,907 --> 00:41:40,345 I'll never forget the famous boardroom meeting we had, 926 00:41:40,388 --> 00:41:43,087 where the head of the company said, "Well, isn't there going 927 00:41:43,130 --> 00:41:46,003 to be another Allen Iverson another five years from now?" 928 00:41:46,046 --> 00:41:49,441 And I remember a couple of us looking at him and saying no. 929 00:41:49,484 --> 00:41:53,010 He walked in the room, and he had this incredible confidence, 930 00:41:53,053 --> 00:41:56,013 like he knew he could play at this level, and he knew 931 00:41:56,056 --> 00:41:57,492 he was going to be something special in the league, 932 00:41:57,536 --> 00:41:59,233 and you could just feel it without him saying anything. 933 00:41:59,277 --> 00:42:04,238 This is an exciting, exciting time for me in my life... 934 00:42:04,282 --> 00:42:06,023 My birthday. 935 00:42:06,066 --> 00:42:07,981 [laughter] 936 00:42:09,113 --> 00:42:12,942 The draft is a couple of weeks away. 937 00:42:12,986 --> 00:42:15,510 I've just joined the Reebok family. 938 00:42:15,554 --> 00:42:18,209 [cheering] 939 00:42:18,252 --> 00:42:22,604 But most important, I just feel that this is my planet. 940 00:42:22,648 --> 00:42:24,041 [cheering] 941 00:42:27,957 --> 00:42:30,395 In sports, it's D-Day for the NBA. 942 00:42:30,438 --> 00:42:32,571 The league is holding its annual draft tonight, 943 00:42:32,614 --> 00:42:35,748 with Philadelphia owning the #1 pick. 944 00:42:35,791 --> 00:42:37,837 Pat Croce: Everyone in Philadelphia wanted me to pick Iverson 945 00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:40,927 with that #1 pick. Truthfully, I wanted A.I. because 946 00:42:40,970 --> 00:42:44,713 he was a scorer. He was just a warrior. I love warriors. 947 00:42:44,757 --> 00:42:48,065 With the first pick in the 1996 NBA draft, 948 00:42:48,108 --> 00:42:52,330 the Philadelphia 76ers select Allen Iverson 949 00:42:52,373 --> 00:42:54,158 from Georgetown University. 950 00:42:54,201 --> 00:42:57,378 ♪ Dreams come true 951 00:42:57,422 --> 00:43:00,120 Iverson: To be the first pick, it meant something to me 952 00:43:00,164 --> 00:43:03,036 because all of them used to laugh. Like, whatever, man. 953 00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:05,995 Ain't nobody make it from Newport News to the NBA. 954 00:43:06,039 --> 00:43:08,476 Draft day, we had this party at the Spectrum, 955 00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:10,522 and it was packed, mobbed, 956 00:43:10,565 --> 00:43:12,959 And when we made the announcement, 957 00:43:13,002 --> 00:43:15,570 "The 76ers with their #1 pick, pick Allen Iverson," 958 00:43:15,614 --> 00:43:19,052 the place went berserk. 959 00:43:19,096 --> 00:43:20,575 It was like someone stepped on a detonator, 960 00:43:20,619 --> 00:43:23,012 and all the explosion of energy and pride 961 00:43:23,056 --> 00:43:25,232 came back into the city and into that franchise, 962 00:43:25,276 --> 00:43:27,016 just with that one pick. 963 00:43:27,060 --> 00:43:28,235 ♪ I can't stop 964 00:43:28,279 --> 00:43:29,802 ♪ Who's gonna stop me? 965 00:43:29,845 --> 00:43:31,847 ♪ Who's gonna stop me now? 966 00:43:31,891 --> 00:43:33,414 ♪ Who's gonna stop me? 967 00:43:33,458 --> 00:43:37,810 Iverson: Making it to the NBA was a dream come true. 968 00:43:37,853 --> 00:43:43,120 Being from where I come from, every day is a good day for me. 969 00:43:43,163 --> 00:43:45,818 Allen! Allen! 970 00:43:45,861 --> 00:43:48,168 We've gone through so much. 971 00:43:48,212 --> 00:43:49,778 Time to get down. 972 00:43:49,822 --> 00:43:51,650 Moore: All through the years, and all of the things 973 00:43:51,693 --> 00:43:55,175 that he had to overcome, when I hear: 974 00:43:55,219 --> 00:44:00,137 "And finally, a 6-foot guard from Georgetown, Allen Iverson," 975 00:44:00,180 --> 00:44:02,182 it bring tears to my eyes, man, 976 00:44:02,226 --> 00:44:04,750 because that is the culmination of everything. 977 00:44:04,793 --> 00:44:08,580 I remember saying to him, "Allen, this is up to you and I. 978 00:44:08,623 --> 00:44:10,495 We've got to resurrect this franchise." 979 00:44:10,538 --> 00:44:12,932 Craig Sager: Is there anybody that can stop you one-on-one? 980 00:44:12,975 --> 00:44:16,065 I don't know. I hope not. I don't think so. 981 00:44:17,806 --> 00:44:20,679 Iverson. This is going to be something! 982 00:44:20,722 --> 00:44:23,116 He scores for two! 983 00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:25,640 I do not believe it! 984 00:44:25,684 --> 00:44:29,122 Behind the back, got the layup, and he's fouled! 985 00:44:29,166 --> 00:44:30,689 Oh, my! Take that! 986 00:44:30,732 --> 00:44:33,779 Croce: Allen Iverson brought a lunch box mentality: 987 00:44:33,822 --> 00:44:36,956 dive on the floor, sweat, cry, bleed. 988 00:44:36,999 --> 00:44:38,087 Philadelphia loves that. 989 00:44:38,131 --> 00:44:39,872 I had a bet with my cousin how many times 990 00:44:39,915 --> 00:44:41,221 you were gonna hit the floor tonight. 991 00:44:41,265 --> 00:44:42,570 - That was only one. - That was the first time. 992 00:44:42,614 --> 00:44:44,442 - That's it. - I got three. 993 00:44:50,970 --> 00:44:54,234 [announcers screaming] 994 00:44:54,278 --> 00:44:56,149 Oh, my goodness! 995 00:44:56,193 --> 00:45:01,198 And you are helpless when AI has it going on! 996 00:45:01,241 --> 00:45:03,069 I don't believe what I just saw! 997 00:45:03,112 --> 00:45:05,419 You're The Answer. You're The Ankle Breaker. 998 00:45:05,463 --> 00:45:08,161 Iverson crosses over, gets two! 999 00:45:08,205 --> 00:45:09,815 One time you guys played the Knicks, 1000 00:45:09,858 --> 00:45:12,165 and Charlie Ward was stapling his sneakers on. 1001 00:45:12,209 --> 00:45:13,645 Chik-chik-chik. 1002 00:45:13,688 --> 00:45:16,778 Iverson: I proved what I could do, so I won my respect, 1003 00:45:16,822 --> 00:45:19,085 just like everybody else in the league. 1004 00:45:21,914 --> 00:45:24,960 Rock: The baddest move you ever made was the one against Jordan. 1005 00:45:25,004 --> 00:45:26,310 That was incredible. 1006 00:45:26,353 --> 00:45:28,616 The best crossover was against Michael Jordan. 1007 00:45:28,660 --> 00:45:30,444 Did you see when he crossed Michael Jordan up? 1008 00:45:30,488 --> 00:45:31,837 He was a rookie that year. 1009 00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:33,665 Iverson: My crossover is my patented move, 1010 00:45:33,708 --> 00:45:36,189 a move that's hard for people to stop. 1011 00:45:36,233 --> 00:45:39,540 My first step is kinda quick, and people respect it, 1012 00:45:39,584 --> 00:45:42,195 so when I take the hard jab in one direction, 1013 00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:44,937 either you gotta let me get by you, or you gotta try 1014 00:45:44,980 --> 00:45:48,201 to beat me to the spot. That's when I take it out of the way. 1015 00:45:48,245 --> 00:45:49,724 When I grabbed the ball, 1016 00:45:49,768 --> 00:45:51,770 I heard Phil Jackson yell, "Michael!" 1017 00:45:51,813 --> 00:45:54,076 Jackson: Michael, get up on him. 1018 00:45:54,120 --> 00:45:55,295 Iverson: Once he came out there, 1019 00:45:55,339 --> 00:45:57,906 I was gonna put my move to the test. 1020 00:45:57,950 --> 00:46:01,127 I gave my little cross to see, would he bite on it? 1021 00:46:01,170 --> 00:46:02,650 I let him stay on his feet, 1022 00:46:02,694 --> 00:46:04,130 and then I stepped it back again. 1023 00:46:15,837 --> 00:46:17,448 Oh, my God. 1024 00:46:17,491 --> 00:46:20,320 I lost my shorts when he did that. I jumped in the air. 1025 00:46:20,364 --> 00:46:24,019 I'm high-five-- The whole place went wild. 1026 00:46:24,063 --> 00:46:27,066 We said to ourselves, "He's here. He's arrived." 1027 00:46:27,109 --> 00:46:29,460 Iverson: The best player I'd ever seen was Michael Jordan. 1028 00:46:29,503 --> 00:46:32,376 The best player right now, 1029 00:46:32,419 --> 00:46:35,683 in my eyes, is myself. 1030 00:46:35,727 --> 00:46:37,859 [laughter] 1031 00:46:37,903 --> 00:46:39,644 ♪ I go to work 1032 00:46:39,687 --> 00:46:42,690 Male reporter: Allen Iverson is the 1997 NBA Rookie of the Year. 1033 00:46:42,734 --> 00:46:45,519 He's the first Philly player to win the award. 1034 00:46:45,563 --> 00:46:47,478 Iverson: To be able to come in this league 1035 00:46:47,521 --> 00:46:50,350 and do some things that not too many people have done, 1036 00:46:50,394 --> 00:46:53,266 it was a great feeling. 1037 00:46:53,310 --> 00:46:55,790 Introducing the head coach to the Philadelphia 76ers, 1038 00:46:55,834 --> 00:46:57,357 Larry Brown. Yeah! 1039 00:46:57,401 --> 00:47:00,317 Croce: For the team to win, we needed this all-star coach 1040 00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:03,363 and this all-star player, both of them highly talented, 1041 00:47:03,407 --> 00:47:06,801 highly sensitive, highly headstrong individuals 1042 00:47:06,845 --> 00:47:08,499 that come from two different worlds. 1043 00:47:08,542 --> 00:47:10,544 Doo-wop vs. hip-hop. 1044 00:47:10,588 --> 00:47:13,678 [hip hop beats playing] 1045 00:47:13,721 --> 00:47:15,288 Man: Here we go. Here we go. 1046 00:47:20,293 --> 00:47:22,991 Larry Brown: I'm a white, Jewish coach from Brooklyn. 1047 00:47:23,035 --> 00:47:25,646 There's no similarities, but I think 1048 00:47:25,690 --> 00:47:27,648 I'm every bit as competitive as Allen. 1049 00:47:27,692 --> 00:47:30,303 Iverson: Being with Coach Brown and being so young. 1050 00:47:30,347 --> 00:47:33,262 You know, a lot of the rifts that we got into, 1051 00:47:33,306 --> 00:47:36,527 99% of them were my fault, honestly. 1052 00:47:36,570 --> 00:47:40,182 The first time I met him, I saw him acting silly, 1053 00:47:40,226 --> 00:47:42,533 as a player during a game, 1054 00:47:42,576 --> 00:47:45,405 and I said, "You don't need to be like that." 1055 00:47:45,449 --> 00:47:47,407 And he kinda looked at me. 1056 00:47:47,451 --> 00:47:50,192 Croce: Allen craved discipline because he was brought up 1057 00:47:50,236 --> 00:47:53,065 in a chaotic atmosphere. He would stir up chaos 1058 00:47:53,108 --> 00:47:55,372 on the court and off the court. 1059 00:47:55,415 --> 00:47:57,461 Being rebellious is just trying to fight. 1060 00:47:57,504 --> 00:47:59,419 If you go one way, I'm gonna go the other way. 1061 00:47:59,463 --> 00:48:01,421 Brown: I just thought he was a young kid 1062 00:48:01,465 --> 00:48:03,292 that had a special gift 1063 00:48:03,336 --> 00:48:05,294 and really didn't know how to use it. 1064 00:48:05,338 --> 00:48:06,948 Iverson: Both of us wanted the same thing 1065 00:48:06,992 --> 00:48:09,908 as far as winning, but he wanted me to do things 1066 00:48:09,951 --> 00:48:12,345 different than I wanted to do 'em. 1067 00:48:12,389 --> 00:48:14,391 Brown: Every time I ever took him out of the game, 1068 00:48:14,434 --> 00:48:15,522 he would walk by the bench 1069 00:48:15,566 --> 00:48:17,785 and mumble something under his breath, 1070 00:48:17,829 --> 00:48:20,745 that if I was in the park I'd have to fight him. 1071 00:48:20,788 --> 00:48:22,573 I didn't even put nothing over my mouth. 1072 00:48:22,616 --> 00:48:23,835 That's the young immaturity. 1073 00:48:23,878 --> 00:48:25,924 I knew he didn't mean anything by it. 1074 00:48:25,967 --> 00:48:28,535 That was just his competitive nature. 1075 00:48:28,579 --> 00:48:31,190 Iverson: We clashed at times, but the love was always there 1076 00:48:31,233 --> 00:48:32,757 because I knew he cared about me. 1077 00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:35,716 Brown: For Allen to trust is not as easy as it would be 1078 00:48:35,760 --> 00:48:38,980 for anybody else. That's always been an issue with him 1079 00:48:39,024 --> 00:48:41,418 because of who he is and where he's from 1080 00:48:41,461 --> 00:48:43,420 and what he had to go through. 1081 00:48:43,463 --> 00:48:45,813 Croce: To get into his circle, you have to earn that right. 1082 00:48:45,857 --> 00:48:47,859 It probably took me five years to earn that right, 1083 00:48:47,902 --> 00:48:49,991 but he has to realize that you're telling the truth. 1084 00:48:50,035 --> 00:48:53,473 With Allen, there were issues all the time. 1085 00:48:53,517 --> 00:48:55,954 Croce: When he missed practice, I was the one that suspended him 1086 00:48:55,997 --> 00:48:58,478 in Miami and in Boston. Now Larry Brown doesn't like 1087 00:48:58,522 --> 00:49:00,437 to be the bad guy. And I walked in. He goes, 1088 00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:02,221 "Take care of your kid. He missed practice." 1089 00:49:02,264 --> 00:49:03,788 I'm thinking, "Oh, no." 1090 00:49:03,831 --> 00:49:05,964 He might break your heart, in terms of coming to practice 1091 00:49:06,007 --> 00:49:10,272 every day on time, but when you know every single night, 1092 00:49:10,316 --> 00:49:12,623 whether he's hurt or not, he's going to lay it on the line 1093 00:49:12,666 --> 00:49:16,365 for you, that's the thing that's most special for me. 1094 00:49:17,497 --> 00:49:21,327 Things that happen, being involved with him, 1095 00:49:21,370 --> 00:49:24,156 nobody trains you for that. 1096 00:49:24,199 --> 00:49:25,200 It's a growing process. 1097 00:49:25,244 --> 00:49:26,854 All of us, we're getting better. 1098 00:49:26,898 --> 00:49:29,335 We've been poor for 20 years-plus, 1099 00:49:29,378 --> 00:49:32,164 and I mean, I finally came into some money now. 1100 00:49:32,207 --> 00:49:34,514 You know, I want to live a little bit now. 1101 00:49:34,558 --> 00:49:35,515 Oh, you're living, baby. You're living. 1102 00:49:35,559 --> 00:49:36,516 [laughs] 1103 00:49:36,560 --> 00:49:38,387 [♪♪] 1104 00:49:42,740 --> 00:49:45,525 The whole world wondering how much Bubba took to the bank. 1105 00:49:45,569 --> 00:49:48,702 The world will keep on wondering 'cause I ain't telling 'em shit. 1106 00:49:48,746 --> 00:49:51,531 If you oughta know, it ain't no joke. My pockets ain't playing. 1107 00:49:51,575 --> 00:49:54,099 You believe what I say and what I tell you. 1108 00:49:54,142 --> 00:49:55,709 Iverson: 1109 00:50:08,287 --> 00:50:09,810 Thompson: I knew that he had been deprived 1110 00:50:09,854 --> 00:50:11,638 of a lot of things in his life. 1111 00:50:11,682 --> 00:50:14,293 I just hoped that he would mature and get to the point 1112 00:50:14,336 --> 00:50:15,903 that he wouldn't be hurt by that. 1113 00:50:15,947 --> 00:50:18,427 We don't train these kids to handle 1114 00:50:18,471 --> 00:50:20,038 the responsibilities they have. 1115 00:50:20,081 --> 00:50:22,257 You put anybody in their position, 1116 00:50:22,301 --> 00:50:25,043 they're not all going to handle it the right way, right off the bat. 1117 00:50:25,086 --> 00:50:27,480 Female reporter: A promising young pro basketball player 1118 00:50:27,524 --> 00:50:29,569 is facing legal problems this morning. 1119 00:50:29,613 --> 00:50:31,484 Police say Philadelphia's Allen Iverson, 1120 00:50:31,528 --> 00:50:33,442 the NBA Rookie of the Year last season, 1121 00:50:33,486 --> 00:50:36,402 has been charged with marijuana and firearms possession. 1122 00:50:36,445 --> 00:50:39,492 Iverson: There is a lot of negative things in my life 1123 00:50:39,536 --> 00:50:42,713 that I tried to get rid of, but they always stick around, 1124 00:50:42,756 --> 00:50:47,413 like, it's like you can hide from the devil, 1125 00:50:47,456 --> 00:50:49,589 but he gonna always find you. 1126 00:50:49,633 --> 00:50:52,026 He was in a car that had pot and a gun, 1127 00:50:52,070 --> 00:50:53,506 and the driver was speeding. 1128 00:50:53,550 --> 00:50:54,899 He wasn't speeding. He was in shotgun. 1129 00:50:54,942 --> 00:50:57,423 But he got arrested, and they put him on probation. 1130 00:50:58,598 --> 00:51:00,948 Todd: Allen is loyal. If you're down with him, 1131 00:51:00,992 --> 00:51:03,777 he'll do anything for you, and sometimes I think the loyalty 1132 00:51:03,821 --> 00:51:06,606 had him keep people around that maybe he shouldn't have. 1133 00:51:06,650 --> 00:51:09,000 Now you just said they judge you 1134 00:51:09,043 --> 00:51:10,523 because of who you hang around with. 1135 00:51:10,567 --> 00:51:12,394 Is it your posse that's ill? 1136 00:51:12,438 --> 00:51:15,093 They've been through a lot of things in their life. 1137 00:51:15,136 --> 00:51:16,616 I can curse, can't I? - Yeah. 1138 00:51:16,660 --> 00:51:19,750 They fucked up just like everybody else, you know? 1139 00:51:19,793 --> 00:51:21,490 [audience cheering] 1140 00:51:21,534 --> 00:51:22,796 They've made mistakes, you know what I'm saying? 1141 00:51:22,840 --> 00:51:25,146 [♪♪] 1142 00:51:31,588 --> 00:51:33,633 Brown: He didn't come out of Georgetown, appealing 1143 00:51:33,677 --> 00:51:36,810 to the hip-hop culture. This is just what evolved. 1144 00:51:36,854 --> 00:51:38,899 Croce: He wasn't all tattooed up like he is now. 1145 00:51:38,943 --> 00:51:40,553 He didn't have the corn rows then. 1146 00:51:40,597 --> 00:51:42,642 Todd: The tattoos, the corn rows, were things 1147 00:51:42,686 --> 00:51:44,601 that basketball players wanted to do 1148 00:51:44,644 --> 00:51:46,211 but didn't think they could. 1149 00:51:48,039 --> 00:51:50,650 Iverson: To me, how you look is how you play. 1150 00:51:50,694 --> 00:51:53,958 I used to make myself up to look not only 1151 00:51:54,001 --> 00:51:56,961 just like a basketball player but look like a superhero-- 1152 00:51:57,004 --> 00:51:59,354 a skinny one, but a superhero. 1153 00:51:59,398 --> 00:52:01,008 You know, nobody would do this. 1154 00:52:01,052 --> 00:52:03,445 Nobody would do that. That's how I used to come up with it. 1155 00:52:03,489 --> 00:52:06,405 Moore: We were extremely close, but there was an extreme 1156 00:52:06,448 --> 00:52:08,973 difference in ages. And those were some of the things 1157 00:52:09,016 --> 00:52:11,715 that I had to become accustomed to. 1158 00:52:11,758 --> 00:52:13,760 Male interviewer: You have 21 tattoos. 1159 00:52:13,804 --> 00:52:16,023 Tell us why. What do they represent to you? 1160 00:52:16,067 --> 00:52:17,634 Iverson: Everything that means something-- 1161 00:52:17,677 --> 00:52:19,679 Strength, loyalty, 1162 00:52:19,723 --> 00:52:21,638 prayer hands, my kids. 1163 00:52:21,681 --> 00:52:23,378 It's my life. 1164 00:52:23,422 --> 00:52:25,380 Todd: Back then when he was doing it, it was like, 1165 00:52:25,424 --> 00:52:27,600 Oh, my God. What's an NBA player going to look like with tattoos 1166 00:52:27,644 --> 00:52:29,646 on the court? 'Cause it just didn't really exist, 1167 00:52:29,689 --> 00:52:32,170 but it's okay to do it now because he did it. 1168 00:52:32,213 --> 00:52:34,520 ♪ Y'all gonna make me lose my mind ♪ 1169 00:52:34,563 --> 00:52:36,522 ♪ Up in here, up in here 1170 00:52:36,565 --> 00:52:39,307 Brokaw: I think Allen's tats are a statement. 1171 00:52:39,351 --> 00:52:41,788 He's a rebel with a cause, and the cause is Allen. 1172 00:52:41,832 --> 00:52:44,356 Moore: I used to tell him that you're going to influence 1173 00:52:44,399 --> 00:52:47,185 the minds of others, like Martin Luther King did, 1174 00:52:47,228 --> 00:52:49,883 and Malcolm X, and I lived it, and I saw it. 1175 00:52:49,927 --> 00:52:52,886 Iverson! Right here! Right here, right here! 1176 00:52:52,930 --> 00:52:55,672 Hey, I love you, baby. You are so fine! 1177 00:52:55,715 --> 00:52:57,717 Scoop Jackson: Allen Iverson is one of the true representatives 1178 00:52:57,761 --> 00:53:01,678 of what hip-hop stands for and what it's about in this country. 1179 00:53:01,721 --> 00:53:04,289 Be unapologetic. Be who you are. 1180 00:53:04,332 --> 00:53:06,857 Iverson: I just express myself, and you know, hopefully, 1181 00:53:06,900 --> 00:53:10,730 the generation that comes after me can be able to do the same. 1182 00:53:10,774 --> 00:53:13,602 [humming] ♪ Can't you see 1183 00:53:13,646 --> 00:53:16,214 ♪ Sometimes your words just hypnotize me ♪ 1184 00:53:16,257 --> 00:53:19,739 ♪ And I just love yo-- Daddy, what time is it? 1185 00:53:19,783 --> 00:53:22,220 ♪ Biggie, Biggie, Biggie, can't you see? ♪ 1186 00:53:22,263 --> 00:53:24,091 Carmelo Anthony: He came in his style, his way. 1187 00:53:24,135 --> 00:53:27,355 Anybody won't find nobody like that, besides myself. 1188 00:53:27,399 --> 00:53:29,749 Dwyane Wade: He made hip-hop and basketball 1189 00:53:29,793 --> 00:53:31,751 really come together. He was the bridge. 1190 00:53:31,795 --> 00:53:34,580 Scoop: We take where we're from, and now we have outlets. 1191 00:53:34,623 --> 00:53:36,538 The television becomes an outlet. 1192 00:53:36,582 --> 00:53:39,280 Magazine covers become the outlets, and now it's out to the world. 1193 00:53:39,324 --> 00:53:41,543 [♪♪] 1194 00:53:45,852 --> 00:53:48,594 Iverson: Over here just seemed different. It seemed like 1195 00:53:48,637 --> 00:53:51,510 everything was so positive. I thought it was just 1196 00:53:51,553 --> 00:53:54,034 the basketball part of it, but I'm finding out 1197 00:53:54,078 --> 00:53:58,038 people love who I am off the basketball court. 1198 00:53:58,082 --> 00:54:00,693 [cheering] 1199 00:54:00,737 --> 00:54:03,783 I didn't know I had this many fans here. 1200 00:54:03,827 --> 00:54:05,959 I can't explain it. 1201 00:54:06,003 --> 00:54:07,918 [cheering] 1202 00:54:07,961 --> 00:54:09,746 Allen Iverson! 1203 00:54:11,791 --> 00:54:13,967 My lovely friends, Yao Ming. 1204 00:54:14,011 --> 00:54:16,665 [cheering] 1205 00:54:19,016 --> 00:54:22,671 The people embraced me, the way I handle myself, 1206 00:54:22,715 --> 00:54:25,413 my style, and my look. 1207 00:54:27,328 --> 00:54:28,895 Man, that was great. 1208 00:54:28,939 --> 00:54:31,898 I just wish my wife and kids could've been there to see it, 1209 00:54:31,942 --> 00:54:35,684 but I'm pretty sure we have some video footage for 'em, 1210 00:54:35,728 --> 00:54:38,600 and I'm pretty sure you're gonna hook us up. 1211 00:54:42,387 --> 00:54:45,390 Brown: I've never coached an athlete that I think more people 1212 00:54:45,433 --> 00:54:48,915 wanted to know about, loved than Allen. 1213 00:54:48,959 --> 00:54:51,831 Little kids all over the place, would always come up to me 1214 00:54:51,875 --> 00:54:53,702 and say, "You're Allen Iverson's coach," 1215 00:54:53,746 --> 00:54:56,662 you know. "I want to be like Allen." 1216 00:54:56,705 --> 00:54:58,664 Okay. I got all the sneakers and everything. 1217 00:54:58,707 --> 00:55:01,928 He's my favorite player, and he's the best player ever to me. 1218 00:55:01,972 --> 00:55:04,757 Allen was a role model. Good or bad, he was a role model. 1219 00:55:04,801 --> 00:55:07,891 Todd: He was a person that was so real, 1220 00:55:07,934 --> 00:55:11,938 the tats, the corn rows. Like, this whole thing was 1221 00:55:11,982 --> 00:55:15,159 just like, "This is who I am," and people loved him for that. 1222 00:55:15,202 --> 00:55:16,856 But it's a gift and a curse. 1223 00:55:16,900 --> 00:55:19,903 Moore: The way Allen carried himself, the way he dressed, 1224 00:55:19,946 --> 00:55:21,861 some people liked it, some didn't. 1225 00:55:21,905 --> 00:55:25,082 It's important that the players take their end of it, 1226 00:55:25,125 --> 00:55:29,782 get out of the prison garb and kill the thuggery aspect 1227 00:55:29,826 --> 00:55:33,873 of basketball that has come along with the hip-hop music. 1228 00:55:33,917 --> 00:55:37,050 Iverson: When everybody started looking like I looked, 1229 00:55:37,094 --> 00:55:39,531 the corn rows and tattoos and baggy clothes, 1230 00:55:39,574 --> 00:55:43,013 that was just a great, great feeling, but it was bittersweet 1231 00:55:43,056 --> 00:55:45,232 because I had to take the whooping for it. 1232 00:55:45,276 --> 00:55:47,713 Robin Givhan writes in the "Washington Post" today. 1233 00:55:47,756 --> 00:55:50,150 She said, "That's the body language of a thug, 1234 00:55:50,194 --> 00:55:52,544 "and he's got the reputation for what might diplomatically 1235 00:55:52,587 --> 00:55:54,633 be called ungentlemanly behavior," and she's talking 1236 00:55:54,676 --> 00:55:56,113 about the corn rows and everything else. 1237 00:55:56,156 --> 00:55:59,116 It suggests that your success, wealth, all that, 1238 00:55:59,159 --> 00:56:01,814 is tied into this gangster prison attitude, 1239 00:56:01,858 --> 00:56:03,903 and I just think it's a negative, poisonous message. 1240 00:56:03,947 --> 00:56:07,776 If he wants to express himself with tattoos or with hairdos 1241 00:56:07,820 --> 00:56:09,953 that are different from you would like to wear, 1242 00:56:09,996 --> 00:56:12,520 or wear jewelry that maybe you wouldn't wear, 1243 00:56:12,564 --> 00:56:14,696 or wear outfits that you wouldn't wear, 1244 00:56:14,740 --> 00:56:16,785 that doesn't make him bad. It just makes him different. 1245 00:56:16,829 --> 00:56:18,526 'Cause he's from the 'hood. 1246 00:56:18,570 --> 00:56:20,877 Yeah. He keep it gangsta, he do. He keep it gangsta. 1247 00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:23,314 He's aware. He's truly aware. You've got to love him. 1248 00:56:23,357 --> 00:56:24,315 He's awesome. He's awesome. 1249 00:56:24,358 --> 00:56:25,316 He's cute! 1250 00:56:25,359 --> 00:56:27,144 'Cause he's cute! 1251 00:56:27,187 --> 00:56:30,321 Moore: I clearly thought that they looked at him 1252 00:56:30,364 --> 00:56:33,628 and decided that's not where they wanted to be. 1253 00:56:33,672 --> 00:56:35,717 Something had to be done 1254 00:56:35,761 --> 00:56:38,198 if you're looking nine, ten years down the road. 1255 00:56:38,242 --> 00:56:41,810 When commissioner David Stern instilled that dress code, 1256 00:56:41,854 --> 00:56:44,161 I'm thinking, "Uh-oh. This isn't going to fly with Bubba." 1257 00:56:44,204 --> 00:56:47,947 Female reporter: Under this new policy off court, in public, 1258 00:56:47,991 --> 00:56:50,950 the pros are expected to wear businesslike attire. 1259 00:56:50,994 --> 00:56:53,300 No more chains, pendants, medallions, 1260 00:56:53,344 --> 00:56:56,434 headbands or headgear of any kind. 1261 00:56:56,477 --> 00:56:57,957 Iverson: I think they're just targeting guys 1262 00:56:58,001 --> 00:57:00,220 that look hip-hop, guys that dress like me. 1263 00:57:00,264 --> 00:57:02,570 Brown: Maybe it's unfair, but I don't think 1264 00:57:02,614 --> 00:57:05,747 he truly understood the effect and the impact he had 1265 00:57:05,791 --> 00:57:07,662 on so many young kids. 1266 00:57:07,706 --> 00:57:09,795 If he knew that, I think 1267 00:57:09,838 --> 00:57:12,102 he would've done things differently in a lot of ways. 1268 00:57:12,145 --> 00:57:15,366 Todd: He got into a period where he was larger than life, 1269 00:57:15,409 --> 00:57:17,934 and he was kind of hard to control, you know. 1270 00:57:17,977 --> 00:57:21,415 He wasn't showing up for things. He was really late for things. 1271 00:57:21,459 --> 00:57:25,593 He wasn't really respecting the relationship. 1272 00:57:25,637 --> 00:57:27,247 Man: And action! 1273 00:57:27,291 --> 00:57:29,728 Todd: We were in Coney Island one time, shooting this spot. 1274 00:57:29,771 --> 00:57:31,991 We had two scenes left. It was kind of chilly out. 1275 00:57:32,035 --> 00:57:34,037 It was around 6:00, and then he's like, "Yo." 1276 00:57:35,864 --> 00:57:38,780 And I'm like, "What's up?" And he's like, "Yo, I'm out." 1277 00:57:40,739 --> 00:57:42,349 I'm, like, what the fuck you mean you're out? 1278 00:57:42,393 --> 00:57:44,612 Like, we've got an hour and a half left, and we're gonna 1279 00:57:44,656 --> 00:57:47,311 finish this great commercial that's gonna be a great look for you. 1280 00:57:47,354 --> 00:57:49,443 This product looks great. What are we talking about? 1281 00:57:49,487 --> 00:57:52,403 And he's like, "I'm out," and then he literally calls 1282 00:57:52,446 --> 00:57:54,709 to one of his boys, and he leaves. 1283 00:57:54,753 --> 00:57:57,147 And this is not a, "Like, okay, everyone. Come back tomorrow morning." 1284 00:57:57,190 --> 00:57:58,713 This is permanent. This is a crew. 1285 00:57:58,757 --> 00:58:01,020 This is money. This is a big problem, right? 1286 00:58:01,064 --> 00:58:03,370 He's got a great soul, and he's a great person, 1287 00:58:03,414 --> 00:58:06,417 but he was just in the space where, like, 1288 00:58:06,460 --> 00:58:09,289 he didn't give a shit about any obligations. 1289 00:58:09,333 --> 00:58:12,684 Magic had a bad TV show. 1290 00:58:12,727 --> 00:58:15,469 Shaq did a genie movie. 1291 00:58:15,513 --> 00:58:17,950 How are you going to embarrass yourself? 1292 00:58:17,994 --> 00:58:20,909 [laughter and applause] 1293 00:58:28,656 --> 00:58:32,486 You have to be tolerant up to a point, then you begin to ask: 1294 00:58:32,530 --> 00:58:34,923 When is it doing more harm than good? 1295 00:58:34,967 --> 00:58:37,709 When is more than just a personal statement? 1296 00:58:37,752 --> 00:58:40,277 ♪ Man enough to pull a gun, be man enough to cheese it... ♪ 1297 00:58:43,280 --> 00:58:45,978 Iverson: Somebody could do a rap album like the rap album 1298 00:58:46,022 --> 00:58:48,459 that I made, and you wouldn't hear nothing about it. 1299 00:58:48,502 --> 00:58:50,287 ♪ I'm a bastard case, What's up? ♪ 1300 00:58:50,330 --> 00:58:52,593 ♪ Your fucking hands put my gas in your face ♪ 1301 00:58:52,637 --> 00:58:54,900 But Allen Iverson can't do it. 1302 00:58:57,250 --> 00:58:59,252 I was disappointed in the lyrics 1303 00:58:59,296 --> 00:59:02,516 because of his power to promote a positive message. 1304 00:59:02,560 --> 00:59:05,084 I was disgusted with the lyrics because they didn't 1305 00:59:05,128 --> 00:59:07,478 look positive to me, and we had a conversation, 1306 00:59:07,521 --> 00:59:09,306 and he didn't understand exactly what I was saying 1307 00:59:09,349 --> 00:59:11,612 until the backlash from everywhere else came upon him. 1308 00:59:11,656 --> 00:59:14,963 This offends me as a black woman, still calling us hoes, 1309 00:59:15,007 --> 00:59:16,965 bitches and sluts. It's calling us niggers. 1310 00:59:17,009 --> 00:59:19,968 The album is weak. The lyrics are just whack. 1311 00:59:20,012 --> 00:59:23,363 He needs to stay in basketball. Rap is not his thing. 1312 00:59:23,407 --> 00:59:24,973 I'm not interested in legislation. 1313 00:59:25,017 --> 00:59:27,063 I'm not interested in regulation. 1314 00:59:27,106 --> 00:59:28,586 I'm not interested in starting a boycott. 1315 00:59:28,629 --> 00:59:30,109 I just want them to stop. 1316 00:59:30,153 --> 00:59:34,374 John Thompson better call but speak to Allen. 1317 00:59:34,418 --> 00:59:35,984 I think he needs to speak to him, brother. 1318 00:59:36,028 --> 00:59:38,117 Iverson: I was early 20s. 1319 00:59:38,161 --> 00:59:40,467 I never looked at how much of impact 1320 00:59:40,511 --> 00:59:43,427 that I have on people. Kids that love everything 1321 00:59:43,470 --> 00:59:45,603 about Allen Iverson were going to listen to it, 1322 00:59:45,646 --> 00:59:49,085 but back then, you know, I didn't look at it that way. 1323 00:59:49,128 --> 00:59:51,609 If you're a hardcore hip-hop fan, 1324 00:59:51,652 --> 00:59:54,046 then this album is for you. If you don't care 1325 00:59:54,090 --> 00:59:57,963 about hardcore gangsta rap, just don't buy it. 1326 00:59:58,006 --> 01:00:01,097 ♪ Yo, yo, yo... 1327 01:00:03,838 --> 01:00:07,668 2001 was a very special season, because before, 1328 01:00:07,712 --> 01:00:10,671 in the summertime, he was going to get traded, and I called him. 1329 01:00:10,715 --> 01:00:14,632 I said, "Bubba, I got a call from Larry Brown and Billy King. 1330 01:00:14,675 --> 01:00:16,416 They're gonna trade you. I want to tell you 1331 01:00:16,460 --> 01:00:17,983 you're gonna get traded." 1332 01:00:18,026 --> 01:00:19,506 He's, "Pat, no, man. No, listen." 1333 01:00:19,550 --> 01:00:22,074 I said, "Well, listen. I can't defend you anymore. 1334 01:00:22,118 --> 01:00:25,991 I can't-- If you're not gonna live the talk, I can't defend you. 1335 01:00:26,034 --> 01:00:28,080 If you're not gonna be on practice on time 1336 01:00:28,124 --> 01:00:31,997 and strength train and lead the team, and not curse the coach-- 1337 01:00:32,040 --> 01:00:33,999 If you're not gonna do all this..." 1338 01:00:34,042 --> 01:00:36,654 "Pat, I promise. I promise. I want, so much so, 1339 01:00:36,697 --> 01:00:38,525 I want to be captain. I want to be captain with Eric Snow." 1340 01:00:38,569 --> 01:00:40,484 I said, "Listen, if you do half of what you just said, 1341 01:00:40,527 --> 01:00:42,834 we'll be champions." I called Larry Brown and said, 1342 01:00:42,877 --> 01:00:45,706 "You're not gonna believe it. I want to tell you exactly what he just said." 1343 01:00:45,750 --> 01:00:47,839 Now, the trade didn't go down for other reasons, 1344 01:00:47,882 --> 01:00:50,058 but thank goodness the trade didn't go down. 1345 01:00:50,102 --> 01:00:53,061 Iverson: I always looked at basketball as just a game. 1346 01:00:53,105 --> 01:00:55,107 I never looked at it as business, 1347 01:00:55,151 --> 01:00:58,284 and I found out the hard way, but, you know, at least 1348 01:00:58,328 --> 01:01:01,331 I did recognize it before it was too late. 1349 01:01:05,161 --> 01:01:08,076 It started off with a 10-0 beginning. 1350 01:01:08,120 --> 01:01:11,079 I think we won our first 10 games. We were going great. 1351 01:01:11,123 --> 01:01:14,561 Everyone and their mother was wearing Allen Iverson jerseys. 1352 01:01:14,605 --> 01:01:17,738 P.A. announcer: From the Philadelphia 76ers, 1353 01:01:17,782 --> 01:01:20,088 Allen Iverson! 1354 01:01:20,132 --> 01:01:23,179 Scoop: The all-star game is when I lost all my professionalism 1355 01:01:23,222 --> 01:01:25,137 'cause I lost my mind. 1356 01:01:25,181 --> 01:01:28,488 [indistinct] Intercepted by Iverson. 1357 01:01:29,794 --> 01:01:31,491 Three on two. 1358 01:01:31,535 --> 01:01:33,798 Iverson, to the reverse! 1359 01:01:33,841 --> 01:01:35,800 A little pass to himself. [laughing] 1360 01:01:35,843 --> 01:01:38,106 We've seen two spectacular plays by Allen Iverson, 1361 01:01:38,150 --> 01:01:39,499 already playing off the ball. 1362 01:01:39,543 --> 01:01:42,894 Iverson! Allen Iverson beginning to heat up. 1363 01:01:42,937 --> 01:01:46,202 Scoop: They were down like, by I think 22 going into the 4th quarter. 1364 01:01:46,245 --> 01:01:48,160 He willed that victory. 1365 01:01:48,204 --> 01:01:51,555 It's only a 7-point game with four and a half to go. 1366 01:01:51,598 --> 01:01:54,862 Iverson, does he get the continuation? Yes, he does! 1367 01:01:54,906 --> 01:01:58,823 He never gave up, constantly stealing and making people work. 1368 01:01:58,866 --> 01:02:00,825 Iverson for three! 1369 01:02:00,868 --> 01:02:03,262 And I'm up there, yelling, "That's what I'm talking about!" 1370 01:02:03,306 --> 01:02:04,916 Down to three... 1371 01:02:04,959 --> 01:02:07,223 Marbury. Trying to get to Bryant. 1372 01:02:07,266 --> 01:02:12,184 Duncan came up short, and it's over! 1373 01:02:12,228 --> 01:02:15,970 The East comes from 21 down! 1374 01:02:16,014 --> 01:02:18,277 This is why you love this cat, 'cause he can do stuff like this. 1375 01:02:18,321 --> 01:02:20,540 Marv, that's one of the best all-star games I've ever seen, 1376 01:02:20,584 --> 01:02:24,022 just the big plays, getting back in the game. 1377 01:02:24,065 --> 01:02:27,286 Every time I come in this gym, in this arena, 1378 01:02:27,330 --> 01:02:31,203 I hear my favorite song, you know, all your voices. 1379 01:02:37,209 --> 01:02:41,169 Brown: I can't imagine a player having a better year than Allen. 1380 01:02:41,213 --> 01:02:44,172 It just seemed like everything was just going the right way. 1381 01:02:44,216 --> 01:02:46,392 Female reporter: The NBA had to wait for the final night 1382 01:02:46,436 --> 01:02:49,177 of the regular season to crown a scoring champion. 1383 01:02:49,221 --> 01:02:52,180 Philadelphia's Allen Iverson scored the season's average 1384 01:02:52,224 --> 01:02:56,315 of 26.8, a half point more than Shaquille O'Neal. 1385 01:02:56,359 --> 01:02:58,578 Everybody says to me, "Well, Allen took a lot of shots, 1386 01:02:58,622 --> 01:03:02,190 and he was selfish." I want him to shoot 40 times a game. 1387 01:03:02,234 --> 01:03:04,149 That's the only way we could win. 1388 01:03:04,192 --> 01:03:06,238 Croce: It is my pride and pleasure 1389 01:03:06,282 --> 01:03:10,242 to introduce to you the NBA's Most Valuable Player, 1390 01:03:10,286 --> 01:03:14,420 our answer and now the world's, Allen Iverson. 1391 01:03:14,464 --> 01:03:16,466 [applause] 1392 01:03:16,509 --> 01:03:19,556 I wanted the relationship that Michael Jackson-- 1393 01:03:19,599 --> 01:03:21,340 Michael Jordan, I'm sorry. 1394 01:03:21,384 --> 01:03:22,820 [laughter] 1395 01:03:27,912 --> 01:03:30,828 So I'll let you all know I've been talking for 10 minutes, 1396 01:03:30,871 --> 01:03:32,960 and I'm still a bit nervous. 1397 01:03:33,004 --> 01:03:37,704 I wanted the same relationship with him, like, 1398 01:03:37,748 --> 01:03:40,968 with Phil Jackson and Michael Jordan had. 1399 01:03:41,012 --> 01:03:45,146 Croce: Allen Iverson proves to people that dreams do come true. 1400 01:03:45,190 --> 01:03:49,499 Here's a guy who was in prison, who ends up the MVP of the NBA, 1401 01:03:49,542 --> 01:03:52,458 the best player on the basketball court in the world. 1402 01:03:52,502 --> 01:03:55,113 Tell me dreams don't come true. 1403 01:03:55,156 --> 01:03:58,986 Now, you know, my goal every day is just working 1404 01:03:59,030 --> 01:04:02,338 to get what he got, what he's holding right now, you know. 1405 01:04:02,381 --> 01:04:04,383 All I care about is the championship trophy. 1406 01:04:04,427 --> 01:04:06,298 Are you going to dethrone to the Los Angeles Lakers? 1407 01:04:06,342 --> 01:04:09,257 Hopefully. That's the way I draw it up in my dreams. 1408 01:04:09,301 --> 01:04:11,564 Croce: It was wonderful. It was wonderful to see and believe 1409 01:04:11,608 --> 01:04:14,219 and expect that we were going to win it all. 1410 01:04:14,262 --> 01:04:16,352 That's marketing. That's perfect marketing. 1411 01:04:16,395 --> 01:04:18,832 He's talking smack, I'm talking smack. They market that. 1412 01:04:18,876 --> 01:04:20,573 [humming NBA theme] 1413 01:04:20,617 --> 01:04:22,227 [laughter] 1414 01:04:22,270 --> 01:04:26,318 Albert: They are ready for the start of the NBA Finals. 1415 01:04:26,362 --> 01:04:29,713 The Lakers coming in with 19 straight wins, 1416 01:04:29,756 --> 01:04:31,715 going against a Sixer team 1417 01:04:31,758 --> 01:04:33,717 that was taken to the limit by the Bucks. 1418 01:04:33,760 --> 01:04:35,675 Iverson: You know, everybody already counted us out. 1419 01:04:35,719 --> 01:04:37,460 We're just gonna keep playing hard, 1420 01:04:37,503 --> 01:04:39,331 and whatever happens happens. 1421 01:04:44,554 --> 01:04:46,686 Look at Shaq, just towering! 1422 01:04:46,730 --> 01:04:49,515 Kobe for three! [cheering] 1423 01:04:49,559 --> 01:04:52,736 The Lakers in the midst of a 14-0 run. 1424 01:04:52,779 --> 01:04:55,869 Shaquille O'Neal is possessed right now. 1425 01:04:55,913 --> 01:04:58,437 Kobe Bryant is an all-league defender, 1426 01:04:58,481 --> 01:05:00,221 knocks that ball loose. 1427 01:05:00,265 --> 01:05:03,007 Terrific defense that time by the Lakers. 1428 01:05:04,574 --> 01:05:08,708 Iverson: All the things that I had to endure in my life, 1429 01:05:08,752 --> 01:05:12,886 all the obstacles I was faced with, 1430 01:05:12,930 --> 01:05:16,324 whatever it is, I fight through it. 1431 01:05:17,978 --> 01:05:21,417 A weak person would break. They'd give up. 1432 01:05:21,460 --> 01:05:24,420 That's just not me. 1433 01:05:24,463 --> 01:05:28,293 Where I'm from, only the strong survive. 1434 01:05:28,336 --> 01:05:29,816 ♪ Get along! 1435 01:05:29,860 --> 01:05:31,470 ♪ Get along! 1436 01:05:31,514 --> 01:05:32,776 ♪ Get along! 1437 01:05:32,819 --> 01:05:36,301 ♪ Get along! I said I feel... ♪ 1438 01:05:36,344 --> 01:05:38,521 Two-hander by Iverson, behind the back. 1439 01:05:38,564 --> 01:05:40,827 And the finish! 1440 01:05:40,871 --> 01:05:43,177 Iverson. Yes! 1441 01:05:43,221 --> 01:05:45,832 This guy has such courage. 1442 01:05:45,876 --> 01:05:47,791 Iverson... again! 1443 01:05:47,834 --> 01:05:49,880 He is fearless. 1444 01:05:49,923 --> 01:05:51,664 Allen Iverson! 1445 01:05:51,708 --> 01:05:54,537 He is so fast out in the open court. 1446 01:05:54,580 --> 01:05:57,278 He just turned on the burners and ran right past him. 1447 01:05:57,322 --> 01:05:59,324 Allen Iverson on fire! 1448 01:05:59,367 --> 01:06:00,891 Amazing! 1449 01:06:00,934 --> 01:06:03,981 The 76ers with the ball, down by one. Iverson for three. 1450 01:06:04,024 --> 01:06:05,504 Yes! 1451 01:06:05,548 --> 01:06:08,507 Iverson, bothered by Lue. 1452 01:06:08,551 --> 01:06:11,510 Iverson. Yes! 1453 01:06:11,554 --> 01:06:12,685 How about that? 1454 01:06:12,729 --> 01:06:14,557 He just steps over Tyronn Lue! 1455 01:06:14,600 --> 01:06:16,384 ♪ Get along! I said I feel... ♪ 1456 01:06:16,428 --> 01:06:21,041 And the 76ers pulling off a stunner in Game 1 here. 1457 01:06:21,085 --> 01:06:24,436 Iverson finished with 48... 1458 01:06:24,480 --> 01:06:27,091 I believed we were going to have that parade. 1459 01:06:27,134 --> 01:06:30,529 Well, when we didn't win it all, obviously it was disappointing. 1460 01:06:30,573 --> 01:06:31,748 Brown: We never would've had a chance, 1461 01:06:31,791 --> 01:06:33,271 had it not been for Allen. 1462 01:06:33,314 --> 01:06:36,230 Nobody had a better year than that kid that year. 1463 01:06:36,274 --> 01:06:39,407 A negative story about Allen Iverson is going to sell, regardless. 1464 01:06:39,451 --> 01:06:42,454 I hear those things, and I will be lying to you 1465 01:06:42,498 --> 01:06:44,543 if I tell you it doesn't bother me. 1466 01:06:44,587 --> 01:06:47,415 But if I know, and the people that's close to me know, 1467 01:06:47,459 --> 01:06:49,548 why do I have to explain myself? 1468 01:06:49,592 --> 01:06:51,289 [♪♪] 1469 01:06:51,332 --> 01:06:54,640 Moore: Allen Iverson's life is a book that he has always 1470 01:06:54,684 --> 01:06:59,906 refused to open, and by refusing to open that book, 1471 01:06:59,950 --> 01:07:01,952 I think people just say, "How dare you?" 1472 01:07:01,995 --> 01:07:06,043 And as crazy as it may sound, and as untrue as it might be, 1473 01:07:06,086 --> 01:07:08,741 as long as it sells newspapers and gets people to look 1474 01:07:08,785 --> 01:07:11,570 at my television station, we're going to say 1475 01:07:11,614 --> 01:07:14,225 just about what the hell we want to say about you. 1476 01:07:14,268 --> 01:07:17,184 Trouble of a different sort tonight for one of 1477 01:07:17,228 --> 01:07:20,231 the National Basketball Association's biggest stars. 1478 01:07:20,274 --> 01:07:22,712 Male reporter 1: Allen Iverson in trouble with the law again. 1479 01:07:22,755 --> 01:07:24,235 Male reporter 2: He could be headed to jail. 1480 01:07:24,278 --> 01:07:26,977 Facing the possibility of some years behind bars. 1481 01:07:27,020 --> 01:07:30,284 I got in an argument with my wife, cussing each other out, 1482 01:07:30,328 --> 01:07:32,112 all kinds of stuff that ain't none of y'all business, 1483 01:07:32,156 --> 01:07:34,288 but you know what it is if you're in a relationship with somebody. 1484 01:07:34,332 --> 01:07:37,596 According to police 911 tapes, Iverson threw her 1485 01:07:37,640 --> 01:07:39,859 out of their suburban home the night of July 3rd. 1486 01:07:39,903 --> 01:07:41,600 Man, they even said I threw my wife out naked. 1487 01:07:41,644 --> 01:07:43,863 She was not dressed at the time. 1488 01:07:43,907 --> 01:07:46,562 Why would I expect somebody to look at me as a man 1489 01:07:46,605 --> 01:07:48,172 if I did that to my wife? 1490 01:07:48,215 --> 01:07:50,870 Philadelphia police say the 27-year-old basketball player 1491 01:07:50,914 --> 01:07:53,351 burst into his cousin's apartment. 1492 01:07:53,394 --> 01:07:55,440 Pulling out guns and stuff. Uh-uh. Can't have that. 1493 01:07:55,483 --> 01:07:58,486 He did have a gun. They said it on the news. 1494 01:07:58,530 --> 01:08:00,445 Both: He was armed with a gun. 1495 01:08:00,488 --> 01:08:02,926 Iverson: They come looking for a gun, five days later, 1496 01:08:02,969 --> 01:08:05,102 like the gun still gonna be in the house if I had one. 1497 01:08:05,145 --> 01:08:08,061 Man: Were guns found or guns used in this alleged crime? 1498 01:08:08,105 --> 01:08:10,977 No, I don't first-hand-- I don't have that information. 1499 01:08:11,021 --> 01:08:13,240 Male reporter: It seems as though Iverson didn't necessarily 1500 01:08:13,284 --> 01:08:15,808 brandish the gun, but he perhaps 1501 01:08:15,852 --> 01:08:17,462 had a gun in his waistband. 1502 01:08:17,505 --> 01:08:20,465 They got helicopters flying over my house all day. 1503 01:08:20,508 --> 01:08:21,988 They got media people in front of my house, 1504 01:08:22,032 --> 01:08:25,688 with lawn chairs, and cooking out with cameras. 1505 01:08:25,731 --> 01:08:28,386 Girl, get out of my face with that crazy stuff! 1506 01:08:28,429 --> 01:08:29,605 That's only hearsay! 1507 01:08:29,648 --> 01:08:31,171 That's rumors. Where'd you get that from? 1508 01:08:31,215 --> 01:08:33,565 'Cause somebody told it to you? Did Tawanna tell you that? 1509 01:08:33,609 --> 01:08:35,001 Woman: I'm asking you. 1510 01:08:35,045 --> 01:08:37,874 Don't ask me nothing. Did Tawanna tell you that? 1511 01:08:37,917 --> 01:08:39,397 I haven't spoken with Tawanna. 1512 01:08:39,440 --> 01:08:42,008 All right then. Don't go there with me. 1513 01:08:42,052 --> 01:08:43,836 Don't go there with me. You want to keep it real, 1514 01:08:43,880 --> 01:08:47,753 you keep it real with me 'cause I ain't playing no games, okay? 1515 01:08:47,797 --> 01:08:49,668 Well, okay. 1516 01:08:49,712 --> 01:08:52,628 Dog, they love you right now. they love you right now, 1517 01:08:52,671 --> 01:08:55,587 but please believe me, the first incident, 1518 01:08:55,631 --> 01:08:58,198 the first time something happen, they are waiting, man. 1519 01:08:58,242 --> 01:09:01,288 They're waiting, man. They're waiting. They're waiting, man. 1520 01:09:01,332 --> 01:09:04,204 We're sitting here, I'm supposed to be the franchise player, 1521 01:09:04,248 --> 01:09:06,076 and we're in here talking about practice. 1522 01:09:06,119 --> 01:09:08,600 The media builds you up to break you down. 1523 01:09:08,644 --> 01:09:11,559 Bottom-line, that's the nature of the game. 1524 01:09:11,603 --> 01:09:13,257 If anybody tells you any different, they're lying. 1525 01:09:13,300 --> 01:09:16,695 We're talking about practice, man. I mean, how silly is that? 1526 01:09:16,739 --> 01:09:19,959 I've never heard anybody interpret that honestly. 1527 01:09:20,003 --> 01:09:23,310 I know it's important. I do, I honestly do, 1528 01:09:23,354 --> 01:09:25,356 but we're talking about practice, man. 1529 01:09:25,399 --> 01:09:27,663 What are we talking about? Practice? 1530 01:09:27,706 --> 01:09:30,796 That's that sound bite that's going to define him. 1531 01:09:30,840 --> 01:09:33,625 That, for Allen Iverson, was his "I Have a Dream" speech with Dr. King. 1532 01:09:33,669 --> 01:09:36,715 They used that to portray him as a person 1533 01:09:36,759 --> 01:09:39,587 who didn't like practice. That was not what he was saying. 1534 01:09:39,631 --> 01:09:42,547 You're entire being now, your whole character, 1535 01:09:42,590 --> 01:09:43,722 is going to be this. 1536 01:09:43,766 --> 01:09:44,854 [people chattering] 1537 01:09:47,508 --> 01:09:49,423 Man: Hang on a second. He's starting right now. 1538 01:09:49,467 --> 01:09:52,078 Iverson: I fight to represent Philadelphia. 1539 01:09:52,122 --> 01:09:55,038 That's how I became a household name, and every single year, 1540 01:09:55,081 --> 01:09:58,737 after every season, you know, I've got to hear trade rumors, 1541 01:09:58,781 --> 01:10:00,739 stuff like that about getting me out of there. 1542 01:10:00,783 --> 01:10:04,264 I just came from a meeting with those people, and I was upset. 1543 01:10:04,308 --> 01:10:08,660 It was bad advice, and it was a stupid decision that I made. 1544 01:10:08,704 --> 01:10:11,576 This is what happens when you lose, you know. 1545 01:10:11,619 --> 01:10:14,579 You go to the finals, and then the next year 1546 01:10:14,622 --> 01:10:16,973 you're out in the first round. 1547 01:10:17,016 --> 01:10:18,975 This is what happens, you know. 1548 01:10:19,018 --> 01:10:20,585 I went in and talked to Coach, 1549 01:10:20,628 --> 01:10:23,153 and I wasn't going anywhere. 1550 01:10:23,196 --> 01:10:25,633 That's what I thought the press conference was going to be about. 1551 01:10:25,677 --> 01:10:28,071 Man: Allen, could you address what Coach 1552 01:10:28,114 --> 01:10:29,681 is concerned about, your practicing habits. 1553 01:10:29,725 --> 01:10:31,639 We don't get a chance to see you practicing. 1554 01:10:31,683 --> 01:10:34,425 Can you clear the air about all that? 1555 01:10:34,468 --> 01:10:37,210 Anybody tell you that I missed practice, 1556 01:10:37,254 --> 01:10:41,084 if Coach say I missed practice, and you all hear it, 1557 01:10:41,127 --> 01:10:42,738 then that's that. 1558 01:10:42,781 --> 01:10:44,696 Every question came, 1559 01:10:44,740 --> 01:10:47,133 they were talking about missing practice, 1560 01:10:47,177 --> 01:10:50,571 or not missing practice, how many practices did I miss. 1561 01:10:50,615 --> 01:10:52,704 Man: So you and Coach Brown then settled the issue 1562 01:10:52,748 --> 01:10:54,750 that he brought up on Saturday about practicing? 1563 01:10:54,793 --> 01:10:58,449 And my response was, "We're talking about practice. 1564 01:10:58,492 --> 01:10:59,798 Why are we talking about practice?" 1565 01:10:59,842 --> 01:11:02,758 Listen. We're talking about practice. 1566 01:11:02,801 --> 01:11:04,977 Not a game, not a game, not a game. 1567 01:11:05,021 --> 01:11:07,284 We're talking about practice. 1568 01:11:07,327 --> 01:11:10,374 What, in fact, he was saying is, 1569 01:11:10,417 --> 01:11:14,552 "We're spending the time in this interview to discuss practice." 1570 01:11:14,595 --> 01:11:17,685 He was not saying that practice is unimportant. 1571 01:11:17,729 --> 01:11:21,037 There's no way I could be an all-star, I could be an MVP, 1572 01:11:21,080 --> 01:11:23,430 you know, if I didn't practice. 1573 01:11:23,474 --> 01:11:25,563 You see me play, don't you? Man: Absolutely. 1574 01:11:25,606 --> 01:11:27,478 You see me give everything I got, right? Absolutely. 1575 01:11:27,521 --> 01:11:29,654 But we're talking about practice right now. 1576 01:11:29,697 --> 01:11:32,048 But it's an issue that your coach felt the need to raise! 1577 01:11:32,091 --> 01:11:34,572 I was already gone, but I happened to be watching 1578 01:11:34,615 --> 01:11:37,575 the news, and I see him saying, "Practice! Practice!" 1579 01:11:37,618 --> 01:11:40,839 And you kept saying, like it's only practice. 1580 01:11:40,883 --> 01:11:42,798 I ain't saying that. I'm not saying that. 1581 01:11:42,841 --> 01:11:45,713 I'm saying that's why we're in here having this talk, 1582 01:11:45,757 --> 01:11:47,063 because of practice. 1583 01:11:47,106 --> 01:11:49,456 They knew what he meant. You're getting all over me 1584 01:11:49,500 --> 01:11:51,458 for practice, and how about the game? 1585 01:11:51,502 --> 01:11:52,677 But I would've grabbed him 1586 01:11:52,720 --> 01:11:54,113 and took the hook right off there, 1587 01:11:54,157 --> 01:11:55,811 and made sure he got right off that dais. 1588 01:11:55,854 --> 01:11:57,682 Woman: Okay, guys... 1589 01:11:57,725 --> 01:11:59,945 You know, I ain't going nowhere. I'm not going nowhere. 1590 01:11:59,989 --> 01:12:03,775 Yes, it was great for the press, but no, it wasn't good for him. 1591 01:12:03,819 --> 01:12:06,604 Nobody looks at the whole comment that Allen made 1592 01:12:06,647 --> 01:12:09,999 and what he was talking about when he made that comment. 1593 01:12:10,042 --> 01:12:13,829 I'm upset. I'm upset for one reason, man. 1594 01:12:13,872 --> 01:12:15,091 'Cause I'm in here. 1595 01:12:15,134 --> 01:12:17,093 I lost. 1596 01:12:17,136 --> 01:12:19,182 I lost my best friend. 1597 01:12:20,009 --> 01:12:22,620 He was talking about his boy dying. 1598 01:12:23,751 --> 01:12:26,450 Moore: Rah was a very close friend of Al's, 1599 01:12:26,493 --> 01:12:29,583 who died a very vicious and violent death. 1600 01:12:29,627 --> 01:12:32,760 Of all of the people that died in Allen's life, 1601 01:12:32,804 --> 01:12:35,894 I think it hit him hardest with Rah. 1602 01:12:35,938 --> 01:12:39,680 I lost him, and I lost this year. 1603 01:12:39,724 --> 01:12:43,467 Everything's going downhill for me, as far as just that, 1604 01:12:43,510 --> 01:12:46,862 as far as my life, and then I'm dealing with this 1605 01:12:46,905 --> 01:12:48,559 right here. 1606 01:12:48,602 --> 01:12:50,039 I don't want to deal with this, man. 1607 01:12:50,082 --> 01:12:51,823 I don't want to go through this shit. 1608 01:12:51,867 --> 01:12:54,739 "My boy just died the other day, 1609 01:12:54,782 --> 01:12:57,481 and you all are talking to me about practice." 1610 01:12:57,524 --> 01:12:59,613 That's the whole comment. Go back and listen 1611 01:12:59,657 --> 01:13:00,745 to the press conference. 1612 01:13:00,788 --> 01:13:02,051 That's what he's talking about. 1613 01:13:02,094 --> 01:13:05,489 Try to deal with what I go through in my life. 1614 01:13:05,532 --> 01:13:09,841 My best friend, dead. 1615 01:13:09,885 --> 01:13:12,888 Dead, and we lost. 1616 01:13:12,931 --> 01:13:15,803 That's the entire-- But did anybody? No. 1617 01:13:15,847 --> 01:13:18,763 No, not at all, and that's the crest 1618 01:13:18,806 --> 01:13:20,504 of how the media looks at and treats Allen Iverson. 1619 01:13:20,547 --> 01:13:24,247 Thompson: Because of his candor, because of the aggressive way 1620 01:13:24,290 --> 01:13:25,944 in which he will really express himself, 1621 01:13:25,988 --> 01:13:30,209 people can conveniently turn. That's what I worried about. 1622 01:13:30,253 --> 01:13:31,994 You're all talking about what's going to make me 1623 01:13:32,037 --> 01:13:35,345 a better basketball player? When you understand that, 1624 01:13:35,388 --> 01:13:38,957 that people are human just like you, then that would make you a better person. 1625 01:13:39,001 --> 01:13:42,656 I'm trying to get better. You need to also. 1626 01:13:42,700 --> 01:13:44,832 It's something that my teammates joke with me now, 1627 01:13:44,876 --> 01:13:47,661 and other guys on other teams, soon as you're missing practice, 1628 01:13:47,705 --> 01:13:49,141 the first thing a guy would say is, 1629 01:13:49,185 --> 01:13:50,838 "We're talking about practice?" 1630 01:13:50,882 --> 01:13:53,015 "We're talking about practice," 1631 01:13:53,058 --> 01:13:56,670 to quote the great Allen Iverson. "Practice." 1632 01:13:56,714 --> 01:13:59,108 If somebody else, you know, one of the quote, unquote, 1633 01:13:59,151 --> 01:14:01,240 "good guys" would've said something like that, 1634 01:14:01,284 --> 01:14:03,025 it wouldn't have been a big thing, but it's me. 1635 01:14:03,068 --> 01:14:06,593 We're talking about practice. 1636 01:14:06,637 --> 01:14:08,987 They will not play that full track. 1637 01:14:09,031 --> 01:14:10,989 They'll play the sound bite. 1638 01:14:11,033 --> 01:14:15,994 Allen Iverson could've been the most popular athlete 1639 01:14:16,038 --> 01:14:18,954 the NBA has ever had. And I think sometimes 1640 01:14:18,997 --> 01:14:22,000 his pride got in the way of that. 1641 01:14:22,044 --> 01:14:24,742 If you don't want to go through what I go through right now, 1642 01:14:24,785 --> 01:14:28,311 as far as being the bad guy in the NBA and all that, 1643 01:14:28,354 --> 01:14:31,270 be fake then-- basically, that's all I'm telling you. 1644 01:14:31,314 --> 01:14:33,620 Just be fake. - But you're not fake! 1645 01:14:33,664 --> 01:14:36,972 And I'm not going to do it. I'd rather not be in the NBA. 1646 01:14:38,451 --> 01:14:43,021 Moore: Before you can have true honor, there must be humility. 1647 01:14:43,065 --> 01:14:47,025 Allen played the game with a tremendous amount of honor 1648 01:14:47,069 --> 01:14:50,855 and loyalty, but you haven't seen all of the humility. 1649 01:14:50,898 --> 01:14:52,944 Male reporter: Allen Iverson has worn out his welcome 1650 01:14:52,988 --> 01:14:55,294 in the city of brotherly love. The Sixers decided 1651 01:14:55,338 --> 01:14:57,905 they're better off without the #2 scorer in the league. 1652 01:14:57,949 --> 01:15:01,997 I want to be a Sixer. I've said that since day one, 1653 01:15:02,040 --> 01:15:05,739 but, you know, if I'm not wanted, 1654 01:15:05,783 --> 01:15:08,177 then I definitely don't want to be a Sixer. 1655 01:15:08,220 --> 01:15:13,269 And I'm willing to start my career all over. 1656 01:15:13,312 --> 01:15:17,229 I just wanted to go somewhere, where I could feel appreciated 1657 01:15:17,273 --> 01:15:19,623 for what I do out there on the basketball court. 1658 01:15:19,666 --> 01:15:21,103 Man: Happy to be to Denver? 1659 01:15:21,146 --> 01:15:23,279 Definitely happy. It took a while, but I'm happy. 1660 01:15:23,322 --> 01:15:24,889 - Happy to be here, huh? - Definitely. 1661 01:15:26,934 --> 01:15:30,199 He is a passionate kid that wants to win, 1662 01:15:30,242 --> 01:15:32,897 understands team, has good leadership skills. 1663 01:15:32,940 --> 01:15:34,116 One, two, three. All: Nuggets! 1664 01:15:34,159 --> 01:15:35,813 Get down, baby. 1665 01:15:35,856 --> 01:15:38,381 Iverson: I'm just looking forward to be able to just concentrate 1666 01:15:38,424 --> 01:15:41,949 solely on trying to win a championship, 1667 01:15:41,993 --> 01:15:43,386 and I want to win right now. 1668 01:15:43,429 --> 01:15:45,301 [cheering] 1669 01:15:45,344 --> 01:15:50,001 P.A. announcer: Number three, The Answer, Allen Iverson! 1670 01:15:50,045 --> 01:15:54,092 Moore: I clearly felt Denver would be the place 1671 01:15:54,136 --> 01:15:58,096 that it would all conclude. 1672 01:15:58,140 --> 01:16:02,100 Allen would win a world championship, one day retire, 1673 01:16:02,144 --> 01:16:05,364 raise his family and live happily ever after, 1674 01:16:05,408 --> 01:16:08,280 but that wasn't the case. 1675 01:16:08,324 --> 01:16:10,543 Denver had decided 1676 01:16:10,587 --> 01:16:13,198 that they would not offer Allen an extension. 1677 01:16:13,242 --> 01:16:15,113 Does that make the team bad? 1678 01:16:15,157 --> 01:16:18,682 No, that's business, but had we known more 1679 01:16:18,725 --> 01:16:21,293 about the business part of the game, I think that 1680 01:16:21,337 --> 01:16:24,079 this story would have turned out a whole lot differently. 1681 01:16:26,168 --> 01:16:30,520 Allen Iverson, one of the game's best scorers in history, 1682 01:16:30,563 --> 01:16:33,131 is headed to Detroit. 1683 01:16:33,175 --> 01:16:35,046 Moore: He goes to Detroit. 1684 01:16:35,090 --> 01:16:37,440 He was told that he would never be asked 1685 01:16:37,483 --> 01:16:40,660 to come off the bench because of who he was. 1686 01:16:40,704 --> 01:16:43,054 They didn't go there suggesting that. He was told that. 1687 01:16:43,098 --> 01:16:45,665 Male reporter 1: Allen Iverson not playing for the third straight game 1688 01:16:45,709 --> 01:16:48,799 because of a back issue. When, if he comes back, 1689 01:16:48,842 --> 01:16:50,235 he's coming off the bench. 1690 01:16:50,279 --> 01:16:54,152 How well can he handle that role? 1691 01:16:54,196 --> 01:16:56,328 I don't know any franchise players 1692 01:16:56,372 --> 01:16:58,243 that come off their own bench. 1693 01:16:58,287 --> 01:17:01,072 I don't know of any Olympian that come off the bench. 1694 01:17:01,116 --> 01:17:03,335 I don't know any all-star that come off the bench. 1695 01:17:03,379 --> 01:17:06,208 I don't know any former MVP that come off the bench. 1696 01:17:06,251 --> 01:17:09,124 I don't know any 3-time scoring champion come off the bench. 1697 01:17:09,167 --> 01:17:12,039 I mean, I don't know any first team All-NBA 1698 01:17:12,083 --> 01:17:14,433 that come off the bench. Why Allen Iverson? 1699 01:17:17,567 --> 01:17:20,918 Male reporter 2: It was a hero's welcome for Allen Iverson in Memphis. 1700 01:17:20,961 --> 01:17:22,311 Iverson: I just felt that this would be 1701 01:17:22,354 --> 01:17:27,142 the best situation for me in my career. 1702 01:17:27,185 --> 01:17:28,839 Just three games into the season, 1703 01:17:28,882 --> 01:17:30,971 unhappy coming off the bench for the lowly Grizzlies. 1704 01:17:31,015 --> 01:17:34,714 Iverson asks for and is granted a leave of absence. 1705 01:17:34,758 --> 01:17:37,108 Waived by the Grizzlies, the league's 6th all-time 1706 01:17:37,152 --> 01:17:40,590 leading scorer in points per game is left looking for work. 1707 01:17:45,595 --> 01:17:48,380 [babbling] 1708 01:17:49,338 --> 01:17:50,774 Man: Everybody this way. 1709 01:17:50,817 --> 01:17:52,079 Turn around, little man. 1710 01:17:52,123 --> 01:17:54,560 That's great right there. I love that. 1711 01:17:54,604 --> 01:17:57,041 Iverson: Basketball has done so much for me. 1712 01:17:57,084 --> 01:17:59,217 It helped me provide for my family, 1713 01:17:59,261 --> 01:18:02,699 made me a household name, but I got frustrated 1714 01:18:02,742 --> 01:18:05,658 with the process of being a free agent. 1715 01:18:05,702 --> 01:18:09,575 Every time God opened my eyes, I was waking up and asking, 1716 01:18:09,619 --> 01:18:12,230 like, what's going on? 1717 01:18:12,274 --> 01:18:14,711 Like, you know, "We get any calls?" 1718 01:18:14,754 --> 01:18:18,497 "No, no calls today," you know, and it was wearing at me, 1719 01:18:18,541 --> 01:18:20,630 like, it was actually killing me 1720 01:18:20,673 --> 01:18:24,111 'cause I'm waking up every morning, you know, 1721 01:18:24,155 --> 01:18:26,113 thinking about that, like, every single morning. 1722 01:18:26,157 --> 01:18:31,118 There was virtually zero market for Iverson this off-season. 1723 01:18:31,162 --> 01:18:34,165 The corn rows, the do-rags, the tattoos. 1724 01:18:34,209 --> 01:18:35,819 When you're becoming a cultural icon, 1725 01:18:35,862 --> 01:18:37,777 you're making a lot of people upset, 1726 01:18:37,821 --> 01:18:40,127 and a lot of people can't wait for you to fall down, 1727 01:18:40,171 --> 01:18:41,477 so now they can step over you. 1728 01:18:41,520 --> 01:18:43,740 I'm frustrated, so if I'm frustrated, 1729 01:18:43,783 --> 01:18:45,698 then obviously my wife is frustrated 1730 01:18:45,742 --> 01:18:47,178 because she have to deal with me 1731 01:18:49,049 --> 01:18:52,270 being frustrated, you know. My kids frustrated because, you know, 1732 01:18:52,314 --> 01:18:55,186 the things that they usually get away with, 1733 01:18:55,230 --> 01:18:56,318 can't get away with them no more. 1734 01:18:56,361 --> 01:18:58,885 I just snap automatically, you know. 1735 01:18:58,929 --> 01:19:01,584 "Daddy, why you so mad? Why you so mad?" I'm not mad, 1736 01:19:01,627 --> 01:19:04,717 you know, but this is the situation, whatever. 1737 01:19:04,761 --> 01:19:07,894 And I wasn't being fair to them, 'cause I was taking 1738 01:19:07,938 --> 01:19:09,287 my frustrations out 1739 01:19:09,331 --> 01:19:12,899 on the people that love me more than anybody. 1740 01:19:12,943 --> 01:19:17,556 So, that frustration led me to the retirement thing. 1741 01:19:17,600 --> 01:19:19,558 Male reporter: Nationally syndicated radio host 1742 01:19:19,602 --> 01:19:21,778 and "Philadelphia Inquirer" columnist Stephen A. Smith 1743 01:19:21,821 --> 01:19:24,346 reporting he's been told by Allen Iverson's representatives 1744 01:19:24,389 --> 01:19:27,566 that Iverson intends to retire from the NBA. 1745 01:19:27,610 --> 01:19:30,134 I gotta kiss you. I gotta kiss you. 1746 01:19:30,177 --> 01:19:31,788 I gotta kiss you. I've got to. 1747 01:19:31,831 --> 01:19:35,531 I thought to myself, "Man, I can do anything that I want 1748 01:19:35,574 --> 01:19:38,795 "to do with my kids every single day, not leave 1749 01:19:38,838 --> 01:19:41,537 "for weeks at a time and be frustrated 1750 01:19:41,580 --> 01:19:43,321 because I miss them so much." 1751 01:19:43,365 --> 01:19:44,583 Man, look. I need to take him to get him 1752 01:19:44,627 --> 01:19:46,411 a basketball, 'cause he's driving me crazy. 1753 01:19:48,326 --> 01:19:50,154 How much are they? Man: Twelve bucks. 1754 01:19:50,197 --> 01:19:52,722 - Twelve dollars? - Yep. 1755 01:19:52,765 --> 01:19:53,940 I need some money. 1756 01:19:53,984 --> 01:19:56,203 [laughter] 1757 01:19:56,247 --> 01:19:58,945 I'm thinking to myself, I can be happy as hell 1758 01:19:58,989 --> 01:20:02,209 If I just leave this alone and be a full-time, 1759 01:20:02,253 --> 01:20:04,908 24/7 husband and father. 1760 01:20:04,951 --> 01:20:05,909 I'd like to kiss you. 1761 01:20:07,954 --> 01:20:11,654 But then, when this opportunity came, the first one was my wife, 1762 01:20:11,697 --> 01:20:14,352 and she said, "You gotta take that opportunity." 1763 01:20:14,396 --> 01:20:16,180 [♪♪] 1764 01:20:16,223 --> 01:20:18,617 Man: Allen Iverson has spent the bulk of his career-- 1765 01:20:18,661 --> 01:20:21,185 His identity was Philadelphia 76ers. 1766 01:20:21,228 --> 01:20:24,536 They need Allen Iverson, and Allen Iverson needs them. 1767 01:20:24,580 --> 01:20:29,106 Moore: He goes back to Philly, trying to recover, 1768 01:20:29,149 --> 01:20:32,370 and the only tools that he had was his passion for the game. 1769 01:20:32,414 --> 01:20:35,591 You know, when I had the opportunity to... 1770 01:20:37,332 --> 01:20:40,944 When I had the opportunity to come back here, 1771 01:20:40,987 --> 01:20:47,385 you know, it's just something I couldn't turn down. 1772 01:20:47,429 --> 01:20:48,908 I'm just... 1773 01:20:48,952 --> 01:20:50,388 I'm just ha... 1774 01:20:50,432 --> 01:20:52,651 I'm just happy. 1775 01:20:52,695 --> 01:20:56,742 The last couple of years have been hell because, 1776 01:20:56,786 --> 01:21:01,268 you know, all I want to do is play basketball, 1777 01:21:01,312 --> 01:21:05,360 and, you know, help the guys that I play with. 1778 01:21:06,883 --> 01:21:09,668 [♪♪] 1779 01:21:09,712 --> 01:21:13,106 With the mistakes that I made in my life, you know, 1780 01:21:13,150 --> 01:21:18,938 I created a picture of me that is not me. 1781 01:21:18,982 --> 01:21:23,421 You know, I did a lot of things when I was young 1782 01:21:23,465 --> 01:21:29,035 that I'm not proud of, but I think, you know, 1783 01:21:29,079 --> 01:21:32,909 those things helped me to be the man that I am now. 1784 01:21:32,952 --> 01:21:38,001 P.A. announcer: Allen Iverson! 1785 01:21:38,044 --> 01:21:41,831 I always dreamed about coming back to Philadelphia. 1786 01:21:41,874 --> 01:21:44,834 It was a blessing from God, you know, 1787 01:21:44,877 --> 01:21:47,402 being able to come back here 1788 01:21:47,445 --> 01:21:51,449 and see that people wanted me as bad as they did. 1789 01:21:53,582 --> 01:21:57,455 Male reporter: Allen Iverson will not be back with the 76ers this season. 1790 01:21:57,499 --> 01:21:59,501 The 4-time NBA scoring champ and his family 1791 01:21:59,544 --> 01:22:01,459 are dealing with an undisclosed illness 1792 01:22:01,503 --> 01:22:03,418 of his 4-year-old daughter, Messiah. 1793 01:22:03,461 --> 01:22:05,855 Team President Ed Stefanski said Tuesday that Iverson 1794 01:22:05,898 --> 01:22:09,119 no longer wanted to be a distraction to his teammates. 1795 01:22:15,647 --> 01:22:18,520 Female reporter: According to a report from "Basket Magazine," 1796 01:22:18,563 --> 01:22:21,479 Turkey may possibly be Iverson's next home. 1797 01:22:21,523 --> 01:22:23,481 Iverson: I never would've thought 1798 01:22:23,525 --> 01:22:25,396 that this situation would occur, 1799 01:22:25,440 --> 01:22:27,137 but it is here. 1800 01:22:27,180 --> 01:22:29,095 I had a great time playing in the NBA, 1801 01:22:29,139 --> 01:22:34,492 and who knows if I ever will again, but I'm looking forward 1802 01:22:34,536 --> 01:22:37,539 to making the best out of this situation. 1803 01:22:37,582 --> 01:22:41,281 [team singing in foreign language] 1804 01:22:57,472 --> 01:23:01,519 I promise you, it is a happy day for me. 1805 01:23:01,563 --> 01:23:03,608 You know, I really thought 1806 01:23:03,652 --> 01:23:06,916 that this day would be a tough day for me, 1807 01:23:06,959 --> 01:23:09,962 but it's a happy day. 1808 01:23:10,006 --> 01:23:13,313 I gave everything I had to basketball. 1809 01:23:13,357 --> 01:23:16,491 Iverson: Every time I come in this gym, in this arena, 1810 01:23:16,534 --> 01:23:20,451 I hear my favorite song, you know, all your voices. 1811 01:23:20,495 --> 01:23:23,193 You know, the passion is still there. 1812 01:23:23,236 --> 01:23:27,458 The desire to play is just not. 1813 01:23:27,502 --> 01:23:31,549 People ask me all the time, do I have any regrets? 1814 01:23:31,593 --> 01:23:33,986 I don't have any, you know. If I can go back 1815 01:23:34,030 --> 01:23:36,598 and do it all over again, would I change anything? 1816 01:23:36,641 --> 01:23:42,386 No. I'm proud to be able to say that I changed a lot 1817 01:23:42,429 --> 01:23:45,345 in this culture and in this game, 1818 01:23:45,389 --> 01:23:49,393 looking the way I looked and dressing the way I dressed. 1819 01:23:49,436 --> 01:23:52,527 It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game. 1820 01:23:52,570 --> 01:23:54,790 I've done a lot in this league, 1821 01:23:54,833 --> 01:23:58,315 being 160 pounds coming from Newport News, Virginia, 1822 01:23:58,358 --> 01:24:01,536 and my family is taken care of for the rest of their life. 1823 01:24:01,579 --> 01:24:03,625 I mean, what do you mean, regrets? 1824 01:24:03,668 --> 01:24:05,714 What more can you ask for? 1825 01:24:05,757 --> 01:24:07,759 [cheering] 1826 01:24:07,803 --> 01:24:09,674 I'm going to always be a Sixer, till I die. 1827 01:24:09,718 --> 01:24:11,937 When you think of Philadelphia basketball, 1828 01:24:11,981 --> 01:24:15,898 you think of Allen Iverson, and I fought for that. 1829 01:24:15,941 --> 01:24:17,116 I earned that. 1830 01:24:17,160 --> 01:24:20,511 P.A. announcer: Finally, the 6-foot guard 1831 01:24:20,555 --> 01:24:22,600 from Georgetown, 1832 01:24:22,644 --> 01:24:29,476 number 3, Allen Iverson! 1833 01:24:29,520 --> 01:24:31,522 [cheering] 1834 01:24:36,571 --> 01:24:39,225 I love you, Philadelphia... 1835 01:24:39,269 --> 01:24:41,793 [cheering] 1836 01:24:41,837 --> 01:24:46,624 For accepting me and letting me be me, 1837 01:24:46,668 --> 01:24:48,887 letting me make my mistakes, letting me be human, 1838 01:24:48,931 --> 01:24:53,892 let me learn from 'em, just embracing me 1839 01:24:53,936 --> 01:24:57,504 and making this my home forever. 1840 01:24:57,548 --> 01:24:59,942 [cheering] 1841 01:24:59,985 --> 01:25:03,902 I love you, Philadelphia, the best fans in the world. 1842 01:25:03,946 --> 01:25:06,339 The best fans in the world. 1843 01:25:06,383 --> 01:25:07,602 [cheering] 1844 01:25:13,042 --> 01:25:18,961 Moore: I saw a kid grow up from absolutely nothing 1845 01:25:19,004 --> 01:25:20,789 to just about everything. 1846 01:25:20,832 --> 01:25:23,008 Took all the bumps 1847 01:25:23,052 --> 01:25:28,144 and the bruises and achieved even with the mistakes, 1848 01:25:28,187 --> 01:25:32,061 and to go through it with him, it gives you 1849 01:25:32,104 --> 01:25:37,196 a bit of gratification and satisfaction 1850 01:25:37,240 --> 01:25:40,809 that God did not have to allow us to have. 1851 01:25:44,856 --> 01:25:48,686 Iverson: I don't care about being misunderstood by the media, 1852 01:25:48,730 --> 01:25:51,558 but, hopefully, you know, my people, hopefully, 1853 01:25:51,602 --> 01:25:54,431 I'm not misunderstood by them. 1854 01:25:54,474 --> 01:25:55,998 I just want them to say 1855 01:25:56,041 --> 01:25:59,654 I was a fighter, man, that's it, and a survivor, 1856 01:25:59,697 --> 01:26:04,049 and willing to get knocked down 1857 01:26:04,093 --> 01:26:06,617 to be able to get back up. 1858 01:26:09,315 --> 01:26:11,970 [Jay-Z performing "I Made It"] 1859 01:26:12,014 --> 01:26:13,624 Jay-Z: Told you, Miss Carter. 1860 01:26:16,409 --> 01:26:17,672 Here we are. 1861 01:26:20,413 --> 01:26:21,719 ♪ Momma, I made it 1862 01:26:21,763 --> 01:26:23,590 ♪ Ya'll know how I do when the Doc do it ♪ 1863 01:26:23,634 --> 01:26:24,983 ♪ I fly thru it 1864 01:26:25,027 --> 01:26:27,551 ♪ That's how I operated Momma, I made it ♪ 1865 01:26:27,594 --> 01:26:30,336 ♪ Ghetto like the grease when you gettin' your hair braided ♪ 1866 01:26:30,380 --> 01:26:32,251 ♪ Sweeter than your sister Kool Aid is ♪ 1867 01:26:32,295 --> 01:26:33,731 ♪ Hooray is the underdog 1868 01:26:33,775 --> 01:26:35,515 ♪ Now my feet under desk 1869 01:26:35,559 --> 01:26:37,039 ♪ It's the presidential favorite ♪ 1870 01:26:37,082 --> 01:26:39,737 ♪ Can't believe I got away with my earlier stages ♪ 1871 01:26:39,781 --> 01:26:41,130 ♪ Being on stages... 1872 01:26:42,827 --> 01:26:45,569 You ever seen a-- What does it say? 1873 01:26:45,612 --> 01:26:47,745 Man: "You ever watch." - Ah, you ever watch, okay. 1874 01:26:47,789 --> 01:26:50,487 You ever watch a big game and say to yourself, 1875 01:26:50,530 --> 01:26:53,055 No, no. "Can I see some ID?" Okay. 1876 01:26:54,056 --> 01:26:56,667 You ever watch a big game and see-- 1877 01:26:56,711 --> 01:26:58,538 [groans] 1878 01:26:58,582 --> 01:26:59,714 What does it say? 1879 01:26:59,757 --> 01:27:01,933 Ah, okay, okay. Come on, Al. 1880 01:27:01,977 --> 01:27:04,457 You ever watch a big game, and see somebody 1881 01:27:04,501 --> 01:27:06,416 do a nice move and say to yourself, 1882 01:27:06,459 --> 01:27:08,766 I wish I could do that? It all boils down 1883 01:27:08,810 --> 01:27:12,727 to one word: Practice. Practice. Practice. 1884 01:27:12,770 --> 01:27:13,858 [♪♪] 1885 01:27:13,902 --> 01:27:19,255 ♪ Dreams come true yesterday, now ♪ 1886 01:27:19,298 --> 01:27:20,735 ♪ Yes, they do, yes, they do... ♪ 1887 01:27:23,650 --> 01:27:27,480 ♪ Don't you ever stop dreamin' ♪ 1888 01:27:27,524 --> 01:27:31,093 ♪ Just keep believing... 1889 01:27:31,136 --> 01:27:32,224 Iverson: Let me say about dreamin'. 1890 01:27:32,268 --> 01:27:33,617 Let me say about dreamin'. 1891 01:27:33,660 --> 01:27:38,056 David Stern: 2001 NBA MVP, Allen Iverson! 1892 01:27:38,100 --> 01:27:39,754 Iverson: Let me say about dreamin'. 1893 01:27:39,797 --> 01:27:41,016 Let me say about dreamin'. 1894 01:27:41,059 --> 01:27:42,800 [♪♪] 1895 01:27:42,844 --> 01:27:44,541 Let me say about dreamin'. 1896 01:27:46,630 --> 01:27:48,806 ♪ Just keep believing 1897 01:27:48,850 --> 01:27:50,329 ♪ Mm-mmm 1898 01:27:50,373 --> 01:27:51,591 Iverson: Let me say about dreamin'. 1899 01:27:51,635 --> 01:27:52,810 Let me say about dreamin'. 1900 01:27:52,854 --> 01:27:54,725 Man: Now is... time to party. 1901 01:27:54,769 --> 01:27:56,466 [crowd cheering]