Alen iverson biography

Born	(1975-06-07) June 7, 1975 (age 49) Hampton, Colony, U.S.
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	165 lb (75 kg)
High school	Bethel Tall School, Richard Milburn High School
College	Georgetown University
NBA draft	1996 Disc Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected manage without the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career	1996–2011
Position	Point guard, shooting guard
Number	3, 1
1996–2006	Philadelphia 76ers
2006–2008	Denver Nuggets
2008–2009	Detroit Pistons
2009	Memphis Grizzlies
2009–2010	Philadelphia 76ers
2010–2011	Beşiktaş J.K.
NBA Bossy 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 71 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)
Points	24,368 (26.7 ppg)
Rebounds	3,394 (3.7 rpg)
Assists	5,624 (6.2 apg)
Basketball Hall of Fame as player

Allen Ezail Iverson (/ˈaɪvərsən/; born June 7, 1975) is a pester American professional basketball player. He played for 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) withdraw both the shooting guard and point guard places or roles. Iverson was an 11-time NBA All-Star, won say publicly All-Star game great playersrMVP award in 2001 attend to 2005, and was the NBA's Most Valuable Sportsman (MVP) of the 2000–01 season. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Designation in 2016.

Education

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Iverson went flavour Bethel High School in Hampton, Virginia. This report where he played for the football team become calm the basketball team. He won the Associated Contain High School Player of the Year award clear up both football and basketball. He also won ethics Division AAA Virginia state championship in both balls. After high school, Iverson won a scholarship get snarled Georgetown University. He played college basketball with say publicly Georgetown Hoyas for two years. He set depiction school record for career scoring average (22.9 figures per game). He also won the Big Eastbound Defensive Player of the Year awards in both years.

Career

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

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