LeBron James: ‘MJ Inspired Me, Allen Iverson Was The God’
LeBron James has often professed his great admiration for Michael Jordan, but he recently offered even higher praise for Allen Iverson.
As an underprivileged youth growing up in the inner city, LeBron said he viewed Iverson as “the god.”
High praise from LeBron James in @SI_LeeJenkins' profile of the one and only Allen Iverson https://t.co/92qwbhGnGN pic.twitter.com/zGeGxpqLX1
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) June 26, 2017
Via Sports Illustrated:
“He represented what black kids were all about, and he resonated with every inner-city kid in the world who had a struggle.
“Michael Jordan inspired me, and I looked up to him, but he was out of this world. A.I. was really the god.”
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