Allen Iverson

Allen Iverson
Personal information
Born	June 7, 1975 (age 48); Hampton, Virginia, U.S.
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school	Bethel High School, Richard Milburn High School
College	Georgetown University
NBA draft	1996 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
	Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career	1996–2011
Position	Point guard, shooting guard
Number	3, 1
Career history
1996–2006	Philadelphia 76ers
2006–2008	Denver Nuggets
2008–2009	Detroit Pistons
2009	Memphis Grizzlies
2009–2010	Philadelphia 76ers
2010–2011	Beşiktaş J.K.
Career highlights and awards
	NBA Most 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 75th 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);
Career statistics
Points	24,368 (26.7 ppg)
Rebounds	3,394 (3.7 rpg)
Assists	5,624 (6.2 apg)
	Basketball Hall of Fame as player
Men's basketball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
FIBA Americas Championship
Summer Universiade

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

Education change

Iverson went to Bethel High School in Hampton, Virginia. This is where he played for the football team and the basketball team. He won the Associated Press High School Player of the Year award in both football and basketball. He also won the Division AAA Virginia state championship in both sports. After high school, Iverson won a scholarship to Georgetown University. He played college basketball with the Georgetown Hoyas for two years. He set the school record for career scoring average (22.9 points per game). He also won the Big East Defensive Player of the Year awards in both years.

Career change

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

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