Iverson's Inner Fire -- Will It Forge a Winner or Scorch a Franchise?
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › October 05, 2009
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BIRMINGHAM - He talked and talked, to anyone and everyone, that unmistakable baritone, that scratchy growl, ricocheting from one end of the court to the other, filling the entire space.
"Young guys now, they still got my picture up in their lockers," Allen Iverson was telling his teammates - young guys, themselves - as he tossed up a 3-pointer during an otherwise quiet moment following Tuesday morning's workout at Birmingham Southern College. "Know what I'm saying?"See the full content of this document
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Iverson's Inner Fire -- Will It Forge a Winner or Scorch a Franchise?
Iverson was at one end of Bill Battle Coliseum, shooting with teammates Rudy Gay, O.J. Mayo and Zach Randolph. All three are rising stars with endorsement deals and swollen financial portfolios of their own, but there was little doubt that Iverson, three practices into his tenure with the Grizzlies and the smallest man in the gym, was the alpha male. It was just understood. And con...
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