ALL-TIME BIG EAST TOP 50 PLAYERS, Georgetown News, Ray Mernagh
IVERSON DID THIS — NOBODY ELSE
December 2, 2009 by NBE Blogger · Leave a Comment
by RAY MERNAGH
First of all I need each and every one of you to understand something — I never wanted to write this column.
I was riding with Allen Iverson until the end, ready to debate/yell at anyone — including friends and family — with the audacity to knock the best small guard since Zeke.
Why?
Because you, his critics, didn’t understand.
You couldn’t get past the noise around him. The press conference performances and sound bites that, classic as they were, covered up the only sound that ever should have mattered when it came to AI’s game: The squeak his sneakers made when he stepped on the hardwood to ball. Distinct and different, Iverson’s wheels were Perelli’s in a race with Sears and Roebucks. Each time I saw Iverson play in person I kept waiting for his shoes to blow out, that’s how violent the dude’s cuts and stops sounded.
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