There will only be one “Question” and one “Answer” in the NBA; Allen Iverson, the 6 foot point guard/shooting guard with the heart of a 6’8 player. “The Answer” officially made his retirement from the game he without a doubt had his hand in revolutionizing. After a sit down interview with Sway to discuss a few things about basketball, sneakers, retirement, his crossover and etc. I then began to ask myself a question as well.
When you come together and remember such a player of A.I’s magnitude where do you begin?
Well that’s what we are for as well as sharing with you guys our top 14 sneakers in A.I’s signature line (14 for the number of seasons he played).
First things first lets start things off with what had the whole world talking and watching the then “Question”.. check it out
Of course we had to revisit that legendary moment (sorry MJ fans). This was a time in the NBA where the crossover wasn’t being utilized the way A.I was when he came into the league. The flashy jewelry, the hip-hop persona, tattoos, the cornrolls and all the outer perceptions people saw of Iverson could not deny how he brought a style of play into the NBA that ultimately led to rule changes (regarding the crossover and “palming” as well the mandatory dress code implemented in 2005). One of the GOATs.
*Iverson RBK ” I am What I am” video*
“A lot of people don’t know I’m just like them… just human. You know, I play with a lot of attitude but they don’t understand when I leave that arena I’m sombody’s husband, I’m somebody’s dad.”
– Allen Iverson
Allen Iverson, with no room for doubts or second guessing is a future Hall of Fame inductee and if you beg to differ lets revisit what does the most talking; numbers.
– 24,368 points over the course of 14 seasons
– 11x All-Star
– League MVP
– 4x NBA Scoring Champion
– 3x Steals Leader
– 3x All NBA First Team, 3x All NBA Second Team & 1x All NBA Third Team
– Rookie of The Year
Also lets not forget the little guy A.I holds a PPG avg. of 26.7
After all the praising is said and done, like all good things they must come to an end though.
Possibly THEE greatest if not ONE of thee greatest but realest interviews ever. Iverson’s take on “practice”. This in fact brings me to my point of all good things must come to end. Out of everything A.I has done for the league this interview alone, for many who watched his career or may not are stuck with this lasting stigma (along with Iverson playing for Memphis and Detroit, Denver wasn’t that bad). It just seems like everything went down hill after this. It sucks the boy A.I *Jay Z voice* (LOL) never got the opportunity to hoist a NBA championship trophy which he most certainly deserves but you can’t win them all.
Sorry, I didn’t bring you guys here to mope and feel all sad about the legacy of Iverson so lets get into the main reason you guys joined us today. The legend of Reebok, their greatest athlete and his signature shoe (Well his top 14 pairs in our opinion). So after the jump I hope you guys enjoy and there’s a few surprises along the way.
*There is no specific order in which these top 14 sneakers were picked*
Reebok Question (White/Pearlized Red)
*Classic Reebok Commercial for Iverson and the Reebok Question*
Reebok Question (White/Pearlized Navy)
*Yet another classic Reebok Commercial*
Reebok Answer XI “All Star”
*Pretty sure not many people knew what number Iverson these were…*
Reebok Answer I (Black/White)
Reebok Answer 1 (Black/Red/Gold)
*These actually are re-releasing since their last release in ’09 this upcoming Friday 11/8*
Reebok Answer IX Pump (White/Red)
Reebok Answer IX Pump (White/Black)
*Check out the video “The Warrior” which shows A.I sporting this signature shoe*
Reebok Answer IV (White/Red)
Reebok Answer IV (White/Black)
