Allen Iverson

Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles

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Comedy, Arts, Sports

5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 111 minutes

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We are back with a certified hoop legend. The Answer, Allen Iverson, joins Q and D on Knuckleheads. The guys chop it up about it all with A.I., including his upbringing in Virginia, dominating football and basketball, the struggles he went through that almost ruined his dreams, and why John Thompson was the only one recruiting him when it came time to go to college. He talks about Big John’s impact at college, deciding to go to the draft and being the No. 1 pick. They discuss the success he had in Philly and his impact on the culture and the future of the NBA. A.I. truly had one of the most iconic careers of all time, so tap in! Allen dual sport in high school, dominating football too (6:33) Getting arrested in high school, not knowing if he could continue with sports (11:30) Georgetown, John Thompson, and freshman year (19:38) A.I. realizing his impact on the culture, influencing today’s game (39:38) In 2001 winning the MVP, taking the sixers to the the NBA Finals (1:16:54) A.I.’s relationship with Kobe (1:22:54) Allen’s biggest purchase (1:38:10) About Our Hosts: NBA veterans Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles are lifelong friends and bona fide truth-tellers. Listen as they invite special guests, high-profile athletes, musicians and entertainers to get brutally honest about everything from current events to untold stories from the golden era of sports and culture. Named for the on-court celebration they made wildly popular, this unfiltered, hilarious and surprising podcast is like playing NBA 2K with no fouls. Other places to find Knuckleheads: Subscribe on Youtube Follow on Instagram Follow on Facebook See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Now first of all you know you want our ghosts bro.
0:04.0	You want the ones that man we came up watching and
0:08.0	wanting to be like dress like, you know what I'm saying?
0:11.0	Look like and man I we appreciate you coming on the show and rocky with long overdue
0:16.3	Long overdue definitely so last time we we interviews you we asked you who's the first person to bust your ass and you said
0:24.4	KJ but this time we're gonna ask you who's the first person to ask you bus that you
0:30.6	remember it's like I got him.
0:33.0	Oh man.
0:35.0	This ain't gonna be too modest.
0:40.0	Yeah, you can't be.
0:41.0	You gotta talk that shit.
0:42.0	I don't remember.
0:43.6	It's been so many hours, I don't never, you know what I mean?
0:47.2	Because my thing is, it's supposed to be everybody.
0:51.0	So when I think back on it, it was pretty much everybody. So when I think back on it it was pretty much everybody. I know I had my bad
0:57.9	shooting nights but it won't too many guys that had something to do with it. You know what I mean?
1:06.5	I pretty much I mean COB was tough you know on me you had to come with everything with him I think
1:14.8	Stefan Marlbury was he was rough
1:20.2	Marcus Banks gave me problems.
1:24.0	Big time problems.
1:26.0	He gave me problems.
1:27.0	But pretty much, man, everybody else,
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