Allen Iverson at Detroit Pistons Press Conference: “You talkin’ bout practice?”
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November 4, 2008 - Dr. Anklesnap
Every NBA player makes a media relations mistake from time to time. Allen Iverson will never be able to forget his biggest media relations mistake a few years back with the Philadelphia 76ers when he made his now infamous “Practice, we talkin’ about practice man?” statements, followed up by “How the hell can I make my teammates better by practicin?”.
Well Iverson is a lot older, more mature, and certainly more media saavy nowadays but it didn’t stop him from walking into a pretty funny ...
Video: Allen Iverson Still Talkin’ Bout Practice
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Allen Iverson was traded from the Denver Nuggets to the Detroit Pistons for Chauncey Billups and Antonio McDyess after just over a season and a half of disappointment in Denver. At AI’s introductory press conference in Detroit a reporter asked Allen about practice. Fast forward to the last 30 seconds of the video for the Iverson comedy. ...
Allen Iverson Press Conference
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Growth & development in a fine young man
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The player who the Detroit Pistons have acquired from the Denver Nuggets is a far different person today than the subject of this infamous clip …
Practice?
older, wiser … and, more mature in his thinking; about life, in general, and particularly his specific approach to the game he ...
Allen Iverson, manager continue to revise his tenure in Detroit
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Did Richard Iverson and the rest of the Pistons betray Allen Iverson? (Rocky Widner/NBAE/Getty Images)
Allen Iverson lives in his own world.
He practices when he wants. He stays out as late as he wants. He shoots when he wants.
And it’s clear he doesn’t realize it.
Whenever you hear from his inner circle, they share the same delusions he has. They’re “yes” men. And here’s the latest example, from the Memphis Commercial Appeal (Hat tip: Yahoo! Sports):
"He went there, and he couldn’t really trust what people had told him," said Gary Moore, ...
