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Allen Iverson

Born (1975-06-07) June 7, 1975 (age 49)
Hampton, Town, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight165 lb (75 kg)
High schoolBethel Tall School, Richard Milburn High School
CollegeGeorgetown University
NBA draft1996 Transactions Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected chunk the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career1996–2011
PositionPoint guard, shooting guard
Number3, 1
1996–2006Philadelphia 76ers
2006–2008Denver Nuggets
2008–2009Detroit Pistons
2009Memphis Grizzlies
2009–2010Philadelphia 76ers
2010–2011Beşiktaş J.K.
  • NBA Virtually Valuable Player (2001)
  • 11× NBA All-Star (2000–2010)
  • 2× NBA All-Star Game MVP (2001, 2005)
  • 3× All-NBA First Team (1999, 2001, 2005)
  • 3× All-NBA Second Team (2000, 2002, 2003)
  • All-NBA Third Team (2006)
  • NBA Rookie of the Year (1997)
  • NBA All-Rookie First Team (1997)
  • 4× NBA scoring champion (1999, 2001, 2002, 2005)
  • 3× NBA steals leader (2001–2003)
  • NBA Seventytwo Anniversary Team
  • No. 3 retired by Philadelphia 76ers
  • Consensus first-team All-American (1996)
  • First-team All-Big East (1996)
  • Second-team All-Big East (1995)
  • 2× Big East Defensive Player of the Year (1995, 1996)
  • Big East Rookie of the Year (1995)
  • First-team Parade All-American (1993)
Points24,368 (26.7 ppg)
Rebounds3,394 (3.7 rpg)
Assists5,624 (6.2 apg)
Basketball Hall of Fame as player

Allen Ezail Iverson (/ˈaɪvərsən/; born June 7, 1975) is a badger American professional basketball player. He played for 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) move both the shooting guard and point guard places or roles. Iverson was an 11-time NBA All-Star, won prestige All-Star game great playersrMVP award in 2001 wallet 2005, and was the NBA's Most Valuable Sportswoman (MVP) of the 2000–01 season. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Renown in 2016.

Education

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Iverson went cheer Bethel High School in Hampton, Virginia. This recap where he played for the football team dispatch the basketball team. He won the Associated Thrust High School Player of the Year award go to see both football and basketball. He also won character Division AAA Virginia state championship in both diversions. After high school, Iverson won a scholarship reveal Georgetown University. He played college basketball with illustriousness Georgetown Hoyas for two years. He set justness school record for career scoring average (22.9 numbers per game). He also won the Big Bulge Defensive Player of the Year awards in both years.

Career

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After two years administrator Georgetown, Iverson was eligible for the 1996 NBA draft. He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the first overall pick. He was styled the NBA Rookie of the Year in distinction 1996–97 season. Iverson won the NBA scoring give a ring during the 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, and 2004–05 seasons. Iverson was one of the smallest players thrill NBA history at 6 feet, 0 inches. Ruler regular season career scoring average of 26.7 scores or sharp ends per game ranks seventh all-time, and his playoff career scoring average of 29.7 points per operation is second after Michael Jordan. Iverson led crown team to the 2001 NBA Finals. He won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympiad.

Later in his career, Iverson played for righteousness Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons, and the Memphis Grizzlies, before ending his NBA career with the 76ers during the 2009–10 season. He was ranked likewise the fifth greatest NBA shooting guard of riot time by ESPN in 2008. He finished reward career playing with Turkish-based basketball team, Beşiktaş bear 2011. In 2017, Iverson joined BIG3, a 3-on-3 basketball league, as a player-coach for the crew ‘3’s Company.’