Allen Iverson: Culture Change Allen Iverson was no more than an average kid from the streets, with amazing athletic ability, born in Hampton Virginia. Iverson never had a father figure growing up, he was raised by his mom, Ann Iverson. She was a teen mom who now had to raise a kid with only help from her mother. Allen Iverson in high school was viewed by most big university as a gifted, athletic, over confident, little punk. Which resulted in only small school scholarships, until Georgetown came along and offered Iverson an athletic scholarship. Iverson then went on to be a spokesperson so to speak for the underprivileged kids off the streets, without Iverson we may not have the kinds of players we do now in the NBA. The gamble Georgetown…show more content… This was just the beginning of an amazing rookie year for Allen Iverson. He broke rookie records that had been held for over thirty years, he scored 40 points in four consecutive games, including a 50 point game against the Cleveland Cavilers. He earned Rookie of the Year honors, averaging 23 points, 7.5 assists, 2.1 steals and getting 40.1 minutes per game. While he enjoyed a great individual year the 76ers went a pathetic 22-60, finishing 6th in their division, and 14th in their conference. Allan Iverson always was thought of as a thug, and that didn’t change as he went through the N.B.A. as he had problems with opposing players and teams, the media, and even his own teammates, and on multiple occasions his coaches. And one of the things remembered most about Iverson is his infamous “Practice” rant. As shown in the link below. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRJiAWmxlUk). This says a lot about Allen Iverson, this is one of the staples of his attitude that was looked down upon in that time period. Even though people didn’t agree with his attitude Allen Iverson kept on going on with the same outlook on life, basketball, and everything else. He didn’t care what people thought about him, and that attitude is what kept him from being a kid that got stuck in the ghetto, and turned him into one of the most polarizing players in N.B.A. history, and in most people top