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How dare you question what we find heroic ?Some of you dudes kill me with the slick comments.
The Tragedy of Allen Iverson.
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How dare you question what we find heroic ?Some of you dudes kill me with the slick comments.
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AI never grew up.
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Originally Posted by ai3mac1
Manfavorite basketball player ever. I'm always gonna root for him.
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--Great basketball player but too defiant.
--I can kinda feel for dude but he did it to himself. He's not like a victim of the system or somethin.
--I can kinda feel for dude but he did it to himself. He's not like a victim of the system or somethin.
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Man I remember watching this dude in the league like it was yesterday, cat was a crazy ball player.. Although it's his on fault it's still sad to hear someone you once idolize as a kid go through some +*@+ like this
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Sad to see
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If AI was a good role model than god bless our youth.
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Real tough to see...
I'll always root for AI though .
I'll always root for AI though .
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Waste of talent if you ask me. I know personally inside Gtown, Thompson tried reaching this kid to help him grow & take advantage of the free education, but dude was lost then. His career can be summed up as runnning really fast in place without ever going anywhere...
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Sad story, but can't really feel that bad for somebody who didn't make wise decisions.
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What an awfully written article
AI is no tragedy.
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No one said that.
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I swear some of you dudes don't read. Who said he was a good role model?
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Man, AI wasn't the best role model, and to be honest had he grown up he could've been a much better ball player, and person. But one thing you can't deny is that the man was a icon, not just because of his skills on the court. He stood for something, weather you see it as negative or not is up to you, but his soul, and heart made him who he is. Even now at rock bottom, and even though in our eyes he never grew up, he stood by his beliefs and ultimately was a man about his. Yeah a lot of players come from nothing, but AI as selfish as he seemed lived for his people (which is why he is at rock bottom), his people took advantage, but for 15 years not only was he living right, but he can really say all his people were too. These people all came from nothing, he brought them out of the hell of poverty and changed all their life. He's simply a hood dude, and that comes with a lot of bad traits, but too often everyone ignores his good ones. In a place where it's easier to fall into the negative than the positive, he made a decent person out of his self. When he made it out he stayed true to himself, and his people. Simply a man who is who he is, and stands by what he believes. Weather they be right or wrong, you can't deny that's admirable. In a world today, where all these dudes is out here pretending for entertainment purposes, molding themselves to appeal to the masses, AI is missed. Nobodies real anymore, there's no personality, everything is tainted to acquire the proper "image". I appreciate him for what he was, flaws and all.
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I think your missing the point of the article. The writer isnt making AI out to the holocaust or anything butAI's own problems were the symptoms of a greater societal issues.Originally Posted by Boys Noize
What an awfully written articleAI is no tragedy.
As Blackmag said, AI never grew up because he never had anyone to teach him how to grow up and be a man.
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Just a role model for being yourself? I guess, he could have carried himself differently during some situations....but I can't judge the guy.
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One of my favorite players in the late 90's early '00's. One of the most tenacious players in the game. I loved watching him play in his prime.
With that said, I will never feel sympathy for gifted athletes/performers/professionals who have fallen for grace.
Hope he finds a way to pick himself back up again though.
With that said, I will never feel sympathy for gifted athletes/performers/professionals who have fallen for grace.
Hope he finds a way to pick himself back up again though.
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Definitely.
Guy never grew up and when it was all said and done he didn't wish to assimilate his game for the better and was too stubborn, once he left the Sixers he just wasn't the same.
Then again his mentality is what made him on the court. The mental toughness, the stubbornness is what made him so cold, what made him keep attacking after taking hits, play through pain, disregard injuries, and just go out there and play his heart out. It isn't as easy as most think to completely change your mentality after so many years, especially when that's what you've been praised for, and that's what has made you great. So although I wish he could've adjusted, I do understand why he couldn't, I do understand that growing up for him meant becoming a shell of what was once great, that carries into all aspects of life when your life revolves around the court.
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Originally Posted by SLP Product
Tragedy??!!!!
More like "Self Destruction".
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This says it all...
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Well when you call someone a HERO that usually comes with a positive connotation...
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Nah, the article is awful because all it's doing is pointing out AI's downfall without much/any kind of insight or opinion as to why or how society should view AIs example. He starts off saying AI hit the pitfall many lottery winners have. Okay. There's one line where he mentions how foolish it was for him to financially support his entourage but he just leaves it at that. The rest of it is just drivel about how this writer looked up to AI because he was "nonconformist" while getting paid millions of dollars to play professional basketball. Get out of here with thatOriginally Posted by airmaxpenny1
I think your missing the point of the article. The writer isnt making AI out to the holocaust or anything butAI's own problems were the symptoms of a greater societal issues.Originally Posted by Boys Noize
What an awfully written articleAI is no tragedy.
As Blackmag said, AI never grew up because he never had anyone to teach him how to grow up and be a man.
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damn
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yea he had too many people to feed
