“Either you give in, or you fight. That’s all I know, being where I’m from. You fight for what you want. You go after what you want. They only thing I could do was give up or keep fighting for what I wanted in life.”

And guess what? Allen Iverson fought. When he was growing up they called him “Bubba Chuck” -- a two-sport athlete who dropped jaws on the football field at Bethel High, while becoming a legend on the hardwood. By the time AI went to Georgetown, his crossover was felt like a religious experience. When he got to the pros as the first pick in the draft, his unyielding sense of self-expression gave the NBA an image.

AI is the realest of the real. On