Allen Ezail Iverson is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "the Answer" and "AI", he played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association at both the shooting guard and point guard positions. Iverson won NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 1997 and 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 in 2001. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. In October 2021, he was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. Iverson is often regarded as one of the greatest scorers and one of the most influential players in NBA history. Iverson attended Bethel High School in Hampton, Virginia, and was a dual-sport athlete. He earned the Associated Press High School Player of the Year award in both football and basketball, and won the Division 5 AAA Virginia state championship in both sports.
From 1996 until 2006, he was a standout shooting guard with the Philadelphia 76ers. In 2001, he was voted NBA MVP, and from 2000 through 2010, he was selected to 11 consecutive All-Star games. In 2001, he led the 76ers to the NBA Finals, where they were defeated by the Los Angeles Lakers in five games.
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