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盧彥勳二度當選ATP球員理事(ATP Player Council)

在2018年溫布頓開打前夕，ATP球員理事選舉結果出爐，盧彥勳再度當選ATP單打51名~100名組別的ATP球員理事。這個組別竸爭激烈，共有五名選手參選，選出兩位代表。參選的資格為在3月月份時，世界排名在ATP51名~100名的選手，並獲得其他同組別三位選手提名推薦，才能獲得參選的資格。盧彥勳在兩個月前，獲得參選資格後，即開始積極的和選手溝通參選的理念，拉票尋求支持。盧彥勳也用多國語言(英、西、俄、法、德)，發mail給不同國家的選手，宣傳自己若當選後的重點專注的政策。在法國公開賽時，雖然因傷沒有參賽，但在現場直接面對面和選手討論，瞭解各位的想法。盧彥勳選前向各位選手表示感謝各位讓自己有機會在兩年前選擇我來為各位服務。 在球員委員會任職的這兩年，學到了很多東西，並花了很多時間了解過去做了多少決定，以及我們今天關注的問題。

這兩年來他一直努力提高球員的收益並改善網球環境。在幾個重要的atp議題中，努力加強球員的聲音，增強他們在ATP中的權力。自己最關注的議題如下，

1、 四大賽，ATP球員獎金的增加，試圖讓ATP球員獎金，至少達到四大賽總收入的15％。也許各位覺得目前四大賽球員獲得的獎金非常的高，但實際上只佔四大賽總收入的8%。也就是大部份的收入，都分別進入四大賽的組織裡面，主辦方口袋滿滿的，這對選手來說是非常不公平的。NBA的收入有50%，是要分給選手，所以NBA球員的簽員金，動則百萬美金起跳。但反觀網球賽事，除了世界排名前20的選手，年度職業獎金可以超過百萬美元外，大部份的選手獎金都不到百萬，而ATP賽事獎金分配也是有待協商找出雙方最大的互利，給選手更適當的獎金分配。不像NBA有球團的照顧，都需自己來組織團隊，賽季又長上許多，但對職業球賽中，選手又是最重要的角色，為賽事帶進許多收益。近期來球員的成本不斷升高，球員的付出和收入，不成比例的話，會影響到網球運動未來的發展。所以他堅決在職業獎金上，在賽事主辦方（特別是大滿貫）該要有更大的讓步，才能製造雙贏的局面，讓職業網球發展的更健康及長久。

2、 網球世界盃的實現，這是國家對抗賽的型式， 讓球員能光榮的代表自己的國家出賽，且能獲得更好的賽制及更高的報酬。這是目前ATP球員的共識，希望能辦一個像足球世界盃的概念，主辦方的所有收入提一定的比例，直接給參賽的選手當獎金，選手則按照排名來報名參賽。希望能經由好的賽制，增加職業選手的收入，且保障職業選手代表自己國家參賽的權益。不像傳統的國家賽事，在許多政治及國家因素下，讓選手在沒有保障的權益下出賽。

3、 降低退休基金資格的條件，ATP現在有其運作的退休金制度，從每個賽事的獎金會提撥一定比例，當參賽選手的退休基金。但對選手要領取，有嚴格的限制，包含超過5年，每年參加ATP巡迴賽(ATP250, ATP500, Master1000，但不包含四大賽)的次數在前100名內，會獲得一年的資格，加入退休基金計劃，職業生涯獲得退休基金計劃資格超過(含)五年後，在宣布退休後十年，ATP會給予一筆退休金，金額不等，看職業生涯的成績來訂。當然即便是只符合基本資格的，也有五六萬美金以上。盧彥勳表示他和幾位理事，在提議降低退休基金資格的條件，讓更多選手可以納入這個退休金制度中。他舉個例子，像自己的前教練Danai Udomchoke及我國的選手王宇佐，雖然都曾打進過世界前一百名一段時間，但實際符合ATP退休基金資格的分別只有四年及三年，所以按現行的制度，是無法領取這個退休金的，因為他們符合資格的年度不滿五年。所以盧彥勳提議降低資格，來到四年甚至三年，讓更多像Danai Udomchoke 或王宇佐這樣的職業選手也能領到ATP的退休金。 盧彥勳認為，再多的退休金，對於前面的職業選手，像費德勒、那達爾來說，都只是錦上添花，但對於排名沒那麼前面的選手，這一筆退休金，也許是退役後的一個保障，甚至是一個機會，讓他們有一些資金，來做其他的事情。對盧彥勳來說，降低門楷，對自己沒有實質的利益，因為他退休金資格已超過十年符合，只是他希望借由這個制度的休改，能讓更多的ATP球員獲得應有的保障。

當然其他議題，如果能讓球員待遇和網球環境更好，彥勳都會不遺餘力的去促成或爭取

盧彥勳在得知當選後，也表示非常開心，代表球員對自己這兩年的努力有支持；ATP設立的中心思想，就是希望借由以職業球員為出發點的組織，來為球員謀取更多的福利，及保障更多的權利，自己支持的一些案子，也許在一兩年後退休後，自己也無法獲得什麼，只是希望這樣的改進，能讓男子職業網球運動能更長久正向的發展。真誠地感謝各位能再給自己一次機會服務，自己將盡所能來處理這些問題，並給予所有球員最好的結果。

此屆atp理事當選名單：

The Council, elected for a two-year term to serve through June 2020 are:
• 1-50 Singles: Kevin Anderson, Robin Haase, John Isner, Sam Querrey
• 51-100 Singles: Yen-Hsun Lu, Vasek Pospisil
• 1-100 Doubles: Jamie Murray, Bruno Soares
• At-Large: Novak Djokovic, Stafano Travaglia
• Alumni: Colin Dowdeswell
• Coach: Daniel Vallverdu

#ATPPlayerCouncil
#ATP

盧彥勳二度當選ATP球員理事(ATP Player Council)

在2018年溫布頓開打前夕，ATP球員理事選舉結果出爐，盧彥勳再度當選ATP單打51名~100名組別的ATP球員理事。這個組別竸爭激烈，共有五名選手參選，選出兩位代表。參選的資格為在3月月份時，世界排名在ATP51名~100名的選手，並獲得其他同組別三位選手提名推薦，才能獲得參選的資格。盧彥勳在兩個月前，獲得參選資格後，即開始積極的和選手溝通參選的理念，拉票尋求支持。盧彥勳也用多國語言(英、西、俄、法、德)，發mail給不同國家的選手，宣傳自己若當選後的重點專注的政策。在法國公開賽時，雖然因傷沒有參賽，但在現場直接面對面和選手討論，瞭解各位的想法。盧彥勳選前向各位選手表示感謝各位讓自己有機會在兩年前選擇我來為各位服務。 在球員委員會任職的這兩年，學到了很多東西，並花了很多時間了解過去做了多少決定，以及我們今天關注的問題。

這兩年來他一直努力提高球員的收益並改善網球環境。在幾個重要的atp議題中，努力加強球員的聲音，增強他們在ATP中的權力。自己最關注的議題如下，

1、 四大賽，ATP球員獎金的增加，試圖讓ATP球員獎金，至少達到四大賽總收入的15％。也許各位覺得目前四大賽球員獲得的獎金非常的高，但實際上只佔四大賽總收入的8%。也就是大部份的收入，都分別進入四大賽的組織裡面，主辦方口袋滿滿的，這對選手來說是非常不公平的。NBA的收入有50%，是要分給選手，所以NBA球員的簽員金，動則百萬美金起跳。但反觀網球賽事，除了世界排名前20的選手，年度職業獎金可以超過百萬美元外，大部份的選手獎金都不到百萬，而ATP賽事獎金分配也是有待協商找出雙方最大的互利，給選手更適當的獎金分配。不像NBA有球團的照顧，都需自己來組織團隊，賽季又長上許多，但對職業球賽中，選手又是最重要的角色，為賽事帶進許多收益。近期來球員的成本不斷升高，球員的付出和收入，不成比例的話，會影響到網球運動未來的發展。所以他堅決在職業獎金上，在賽事主辦方（特別是大滿貫）該要有更大的讓步，才能製造雙贏的局面，讓職業網球發展的更健康及長久。

2、 網球世界盃的實現，這是國家對抗賽的型式， 讓球員能光榮的代表自己的國家出賽，且能獲得更好的賽制及更高的報酬。這是目前ATP球員的共識，希望能辦一個像足球世界盃的概念，主辦方的所有收入提一定的比例，直接給參賽的選手當獎金，選手則按照排名來報名參賽。希望能經由好的賽制，增加職業選手的收入，且保障職業選手代表自己國家參賽的權益。不像傳統的國家賽事，在許多政治及國家因素下，讓選手在沒有保障的權益下出賽。

3、 降低退休基金資格的條件，ATP現在有其運作的退休金制度，從每個賽事的獎金會提撥一定比例，當參賽選手的退休基金。但對選手要領取，有嚴格的限制，包含超過5年，每年參加ATP巡迴賽(ATP250, ATP500, Master1000，但不包含四大賽)的次數在前100名內，會獲得一年的資格，加入退休基金計劃，職業生涯獲得退休基金計劃資格超過(含)五年後，在宣布退休後十年，ATP會給予一筆退休金，金額不等，看職業生涯的成績來訂。當然即便是只符合基本資格的，也有五六萬美金以上。盧彥勳表示他和幾位理事，在提議降低退休基金資格的條件，讓更多選手可以納入這個退休金制度中。他舉個例子，像自己的前教練Danai Udomchoke及我國的選手王宇佐，雖然都曾打進過世界前一百名一段時間，但實際符合ATP退休基金資格的分別只有四年及三年，所以按現行的制度，是無法領取這個退休金的，因為他們符合資格的年度不滿五年。所以盧彥勳提議降低資格，來到四年甚至三年，讓更多像Danai Udomchoke 或王宇佐這樣的職業選手也能領到ATP的退休金。 盧彥勳認為，再多的退休金，對於前面的職業選手，像費德勒、那達爾來說，都只是錦上添花，但對於排名沒那麼前面的選手，這一筆退休金，也許是退役後的一個保障，甚至是一個機會，讓他們有一些資金，來做其他的事情。對盧彥勳來說，降低門楷，對自己沒有實質的利益，因為他退休金資格已超過十年符合，只是他希望借由這個制度的休改，能讓更多的ATP球員獲得應有的保障。

當然其他議題，如果能讓球員待遇和網球環境更好，彥勳都會不遺餘力的去促成或爭取

盧彥勳在得知當選後，也表示非常開心，代表球員對自己這兩年的努力有支持；ATP設立的中心思想，就是希望借由以職業球員為出發點的組織，來為球員謀取更多的福利，及保障更多的權利，自己支持的一些案子，也許在一兩年後退休後，自己也無法獲得什麼，只是希望這樣的改進，能讓男子職業網球運動能更長久正向的發展。真誠地感謝各位能再給自己一次機會服務，自己將盡所能來處理這些問題，並給予所有球員最好的結果。

此屆atp理事當選名單：

The Council, elected for a two-year term to serve through June 2020 are:
• 1-50 Singles: Kevin Anderson, Robin Haase, John Isner, Sam Querrey
• 51-100 Singles: Yen-Hsun Lu, Vasek Pospisil
• 1-100 Doubles: Jamie Murray, Bruno Soares
• At-Large: Novak Djokovic, Stafano Travaglia
• Alumni: Colin Dowdeswell
• Coach: Daniel Vallverdu

#ATPPlayerCouncil
#ATP

恭喜林書豪，嗡嗡嗡！黃蜂球衣要熱賣了。

Going into my first true free agency as an NBA player this off-season, the one thing that mattered to me the most was finding a team that would be a good fit for me. I wanted to be on a team where I would be able to play freely and truly play the game I love with joy again. That has always been the most important thing to me. After a LOT of prayer and long discussions with family and friends, I wanted to personally let you guys know I'll be joining the Charlotte Hornets.

My journey has never looked the way I (or anyone else) thought it would, but God has always worked things out for my good and I am confident that he will continue to do so. I want to thank Coach Clifford and the Hornets organization for this opportunity - for taking the time to talk to me, understanding my game, and most importantly, making it clear they believe in me. For those of you who have been patiently waiting for news, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for joining me on this journey. To the Lakers organization and the city of Los Angeles, thank you for your support this past season.

I have no idea what is coming next, but I promise I will do everything in my power to contribute to this team and to improve as a player and as a person. Here’s to the next chapter! #audienceofOne #BuzzCity

#字母哥
#希臘怪物
#GiannisAntetokounmpo

人生這張成績單不求拿到字母A
只求腳踏實地做個全力以赴的字母哥

An-te-to-kounm-po，大家會唸了嗎？
知道Giannis的故事，就能理解為何他在台上流淚！
本季表現持續高檔的字母哥，若戰績維持第一非常有機會挑戰MVP二連霸
重點是公鹿今年能不能摸到決賽地板呢，我們繼續看下去

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資料來源：

https://www.slamonline.com/slam-tv/giannis-showed-three-hours-early-workout-kobe/
https://www.opencourt-basketball.com/becoming-best-jason-kidds-advice-giannis-antetokounmpo/
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/yp85qj/the-unlikely-story-of-spiros-velliniatis-the-coach-who-discovered-giannis-antetokounmpo
https://www.brewhoop.com/2019/5/14/18616068/mamba-mentality-how-giannis-antetokounmpo-took-the-best-of-kobe-bryant-advice-milwaukee-bucks
https://sports.yahoo.com/news/from-selling-sunglasses-on-street-to-nba-player-on-the-rise--greek-freak-living-the-american-dream-214309752.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/sports/giannis-antetokounmpo-greece.html

音樂：
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQjV1TdGRiY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Knb2Ckc14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBlPLhAB2ao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwWvGVEr8aY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnBF0sKR_uc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8boNZ_YPp8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IPxDBeGj0A

Beats：
Jack's_WRK "Self Love" J Cole Love Yourz Type beat 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk3jgb0XOvU

紀錄片：
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyxLKFDwwU4

Allen Iverson finally shook his shadow and shook up the NBA Finals.

Hounded by unheralded Tyronn Lue, Iverson scored seven of his 48 points in a one-minute span of overtime as the Philadelphia 76ers stunned the Los Angeles Lakers with a 107-101 victory in the opener of the NBA Finals.

Iverson scored 30 points in a scintillating first half, letting everyone know that the 76ers were going to be more than another pushover for the powerful Lakers. His late flurry silenced the Staples Center and unceremoniously ended Los Angeles' run at a perfect postseason.

"Anybody that bet on it, some broke people out there," Iverson said. "I'm glad nobody didn't bet their life on it 'cause they definitely would be dead right now."

Instead, the Sixers -- double-digit underdogs -- are very much alive as they again displayed their heroic heart.

"Our guys just try hard," Sixers coach Larry Brown said. "This is kind of unexpected but it's neat."

In between Iverson outbursts, Lue stymied the NBA Most Valuable Player for nearly 20 minutes, using his quickness to prevent Iverson from even getting the ball, let alone shoot it. He had spent the last two practices impersonating Iverson and apparently got pretty good at it.

"I just try to deny him the ball as much as possible, because when he does get the ball, the best penetrator in the game is going to be hard to stop," Lue said. "We were trying to keep the ball out of his hands as much as possible."

"He was holding me the whole time," Iverson said.

But the third-year reserve let his guard down for just a second and it cost the Lakers. Iverson's two free throws pulled the Sixers within 99-98 with 1:46 remaining and the Lakers called a timeout.

Lue drove and threw up a wild shot as he fell out of bounds. The Sixers rebounded and Iverson ran out in transition. With Lue nowhere in sight, he drilled a 3-pointer that gave Philadelphia the lead for good at 101-99 with 1:19 left.

"That was really the knife that wounded us," Lakers coach Phil Jackson said.

Rick Fox spoiled a solid game by throwing away a pass and Iverson made a step-back baseline jumper for a 103-99 lead with 47 seconds to go.

Kobe Bryant, who shot poorly and could not defend Iverson, hit a baseline jumper with 33 seconds to play. But Eric Snow, whose runner late in the fourth quarter saved the Sixers, made a similar shot to seal it with 10 seconds left.

On the eve of his 26th birthday, Iverson made 18-of-41 shots and 9-of-9 free throws, adding six assists and five steals. Playing his first NBA Finals game, his explosion offset 44 points and 20 rebounds by Shaquille O'Neal as he won the duel between the league's last two MVPs.

The Lakers rallied from a 15-point third-quarter deficit only to blow a five-point overtime lead as they lost for the first time since April 1, a span of 20 games. They had come into this series as huge favorites, having romped through the postseason with 11 straight wins by an average of more than 15 points.

"I'm kind of relieved it's over in some ways but but it does put some pressure on us to get a win on our home court," Jackson said. "We've got to go out on Friday night and find a way to get this series tied up."

The Sixers came in with no one expecting them to win a game, let alone the series. But they used their trademark toughness to do in just one game what the weak knees of the Western Conference could not do in 11 -- beat the Lakers.

"They thought we were gonna get swept and that was like a slap in the face to us," Iverson said.

Game Two is Friday at Los Angeles. Philadelphia is trying to knock off the defending champions and win its first title in 18 years.

"Now it's a series," O'Neal said.

However, Philadelphia may have to try a little harder. Guard Aaron McKie, who did a superb job of defending Bryant, suffered a chip fracture of his right ankle but is probable for Friday.

Both Iverson and O'Neal abused a series of defenders. Iverson sent starter Derek Fisher to a permanent seat on the bench and also had his way with Bryant before Lue came on.

"You can't take anything away from Tyronn Lue," Iverson admitted. "A lot of guys go out against a player that's named MVP of the regular season and won't give it his all, act like he's scared. But he gave his team a great lift."

O'Neal met some resistance from Mutombo but manhandled Matt Geiger and Todd MacCulloch at the end of the third quarter. He made 17-of-28 shots but just 10-of-22 from the line.

Most of O'Neal's offense came against single coverage from Dikembe Mutombo, who sat down with foul trouble for most of the third quarter but still contributed 13 points, 16 rebounds and five blocks.

His presence allowed Philadelphia to swarm to Bryant, who had an awful game with just 15 points, on 7-of-22 shooting, and six turnovers.

"They got into Kobe's body, and bodied him on the dribble, stripped the ball when he picked it up," Jackson said. "He really didn't clear himself for shots very easily tonight."

Snow scored 13 points and injury-hampered Matt Geiger provided an unexpected 10 for the Sixers, who shot 48 percent (40-of-83) and missed just two of 25 free throws, which came at the worst possible time.

O'Neal's dunk off a feed from Bryant with 1:57 left in the fourth quarter gave the Lakers a 94-92 lead, their first since midway through the second period.

Snow answered with his first running jumper and the Sixers had a chance to take the lead when Mutombo rebounded a miss by Snow and was fouled with 34 seconds to go. But he missed both after Philadelphia had hit its first 19 from the line.

Bryant and Snow missed, sending it to overtime, where it looked like the Lakers were ready to win. O'Neal threw in a hook, Bryant spun for a layup and O'Neal split a pair from the line for a 99-94 lead.

The Sixers looked dead when Raja Bell found himself trapped in the lane with the shot clock running down. But he pivoted and threw in a scoop shot with his left hand with 2:19 remaining, sparking the comeback.

Fox scored 19 points for the Lakers, who were playing for the first time in 10 days and shot 44 percent (40-of-90).

At the start, it looked like another Lakers landslide. A 16-0 burst capped by Bryant's first basket gave Los Angeles an 18-5 lead with 5 1/2 minutes to go -- and perhaps allowed complacency to set in.

"We watched games that they played when they jumped out on guys and guys just packed it in and stopped playing," Iverson said. "But we've been like that before. We've been in games where we started off slow and ended up winning."

Iverson scored 10 points in the rest of the period, then opened the second quarter with a jumper over Bryant for a 24-23 lead.

The Lakers still held a 38-36 lead midway through the second quarter when Jackson was hit with a technical foul for arguing a non-call against Mutombo.

Iverson made the foul shot, Geiger hit two jumpers to give the Sixers the lead at 41-40 and Iverson took over from there as he scored Philadelphia's last 15 points of the half, mostly off his trademark crossover dribble.

His 3-pointer gave the Sixers a 56-48 advantage before O'Neal hammered home a miss by Bryant in the final second.

At intermission, Iverson had 30 points on 11-of-24 shooting, lighting up Bryant, who was 2-of-10 for four points with five turnovers.

"Allen really stepped it up," Brown said. "His first half was about as good as it gets."

It continued in the third quarter, as Iverson fed Jumaine Jones for an alley-oop slam, sank a jumper and dropped a layup over O'Neal for a 64-54 lead. He took a steal in for a layup and hit a fading corner shot before Eric Snow's three-point play gave the Sixers their largest lead at 73-58 with 5:23 left.

But with Mutombo on the bench, Philadelphia could not fight off O'Neal, who overpowered Geiger and MacCulloch and muscled Los Angeles back into it. He scored 14 points in the final 5:10 of the period, and with Lue shadowing Iverson, the Lakers pulled within 79-77 entering the final period.

Philadelphia led by as many as seven points early in the fourth quarter, when Mutombo picked up his fifth foul and again sat down before returning less than a minute later as Geiger fouled out.

For those who were there at McDonough Gymnasium on August 4, 1994, few will forget the arrival of a 6-0 freshman guard who needed no introduction. The rumors of Allen Iverson's arrival to the Kenner Summer League were true, and by game's end, Iverson had scored 40 points. By the Sunday afternoon final, before an overflow crowd inside the gym and a crowd of those outside who could not get in, Iverson finished a combined 99 point effort in three days against some of the best collegiate talent in the city. This, of course, from a player that had not played organized basketball in over a year.

The Allen Iverson years had begun.

A brief profile can't do justice to tell the story of one of the greatest pure athletes ever to attend Georgetown, a man without peer in his talent over two years at the collegiate level. Just a year before his Kenner debut, few would have imagined Allen Iverson ever playing college basketball.

Iverson was not only a 31 point a game guard for Bethel HS, but a football player of tremendous skill. As a quarterback and defensive back his sophomore season, he produced nearly 1,600 yards offense and 13 INT's. By his junior year, he accounted for 2,204 yards, 21 touchdowns by rush or interception, and 14 touchdown passes. In a region which has produced NFL quarterbacks such as Michael Vick and Aaron Brooks, there are those who will still say "Bubbachuck" Iverson was better than both of them. Schools such as Arkansas, Kentucky, Duke, and three dozen other top programs across two sports were vying for perhaps the greatest two-sport star the Tidewater had ever produced.

When he led Bethel to the state title, someone asked what it was like to win the title. "I'm going to get one in basketball now," which he did. In late February, 1993, en route to the state title he had promised, Iverson was one of a large group of Bethel teammates at a Hampton bowling alley when a fight broke out between students from rival schools trading racial insults. Three people were hurt in the aftermath. Despite conflicting testimony from eyewitnesses and no clear evidence linking him to the crime, Iverson was one of four black students arrested.

Racial tensions were heightened when the prosecutors passed on a misdemeanor assault charge and charged Iverson with three counts of felony "maiming by mob", which carried a 20 year prison sentence. Despite video evidence which did not place Iverson in the crowd at the time of the fight, he was convicted in a racially charged case.

The 20 year sentence was later reduced to five, and Iverson was granted clemency by Gov. Douglas Wilder three months later, sending Iverson to a detention program at an alternative high school. (The original charges were thrown out by the Virginia court of appeals in 1995.)

In the spring of 1994, with Iverson still in detention, his mother approached John Thompson with a plea to help her son get to college and start a new chapter of his life. Though Thompson had passed on a number of troubled players in the past, he offered Iverson a scholarship in April of that season, contingent upon his completion of high school and his legal release, which was granted 48 hours before his Kenner debut.

By his debut in a Georgetown uniform in November 1994, Iverson had been the subject of intense national media attention. In the Hoyas' annual exhibition with Fort Hood, Iverson scored 36 points, five assists, and three steals in 23 minutes. Local columnists were in awe.

"Hang his number up in the rafters," wrote Tom Knott of the Washington Times. "He's better than most of the point guards in the NBA right now."

"I saw Lew Alcindor, Austin Carr, Moses Malone, Alonzo Mourning, Albert King, Ralph Sampson and Patrick Ewing play in high school," said the Post's Thomas Boswell. "Now, I have two memories on my first impression top shelf. The man who became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Allen Iverson."

Iverson opened the 1994-95 season in Memphis, TN in a 97-79 loss to defending NCAA champion Arkansas, scoring 19 points. Six days later, he scored 31 in a nationally televised game with DePaul, followed by 30 four days later against Providence, leading the team in scoring 22 times that season. His only game under double figures for the season (and his career) was a game where he played only ten minutes in a loss at Villanova, a game Georgetown coach John Thompson threatened to forfeit when a group of Villanova students paraded through the Spectrum in black and white-striped prison garb, with a sign comparing Iverson to O.J. Simpson.

"You accept certain ribbing, but there is a line," Thompson said after the game. "I can condone any Christian university sitting and watching that happen...If that happens [again], I going to walk. It that simple." Such fan behavior was not seen thereafter.

Later in the season, with President Bill Clinton in attendance, Iverson scored 26 as the Hoyas routed Villanova, 77-52. He followed it up with 21 to beat Syracuse, 28 versus St. John's, 31 in a Big East tournament opener with Miami (a game that saw Iverson outscore the entire Hurricane team at the end of the first half), and 27 versus Connecticut in the semis. In the NCAA regional, he scored 24 in the loss, but held Jeff McInnis to 1 for 8 shooting. By season's end, Allen Iverson had been named Big East Player of the Week nine times, Rookie of the Year, a second team all-conference selection, and honorable mention All-America recipient. Having led the Hoyas in points and steals en route to the school's first NCAA regional appearance since 1989, Iverson was already a star. By 1996, he would become nothing less than a sensation.

The leaser of a talented team that featured four future NBA stars, Allen Iverson dominated the 1995-96 season as no Hoya has done before or since. Adept at the crossover dribble that became his NBA trademark, lightning quick to the basket, and able to score on opponents at will, Iverson was largely unstoppable. Even more impressive was an effort to improve his shooting touch, for despite averaging 20.4 points as a freshman in 1994-95 (2nd all time for a Georgetown rookie), Iverson only shot 39 percent from the field, 23 percent from three, and 19 percent from three in Big East play. For his sophomore season, his field shooting increased to 48 percent, his three point mark to 36 percent. The results were striking.

In the pre-season NIT versus Temple, Iverson shot 50 percent for 24 points and a career high 10 rebounds. After a 23 point effort against Georgia Tech, he scored a career high 40 against Arizona, one of two 40+ point games that season. In Big East play, Iverson could ring up points with ease, such as the game where he scored 21 points in only 20 minutes against Rutgers.

In the final three months of the season, Iverson led the team in 21 of the team's 25 games: 40 against Seton Hall, 39 against St. John's, 34 against Providence. He scored 30 in a wild win over Memphis, and followed it up two nights later with 26 in an upset of #3 Connecticut. For the game, Iverson totalled 26 points, 8 steals, and 6 assists, including a soaring dunk past Ray Allen and the Huskies. It was the highest ranked team any Georgetown team had defeated since 1988. His best performance of the season might have been a 37 point, 8 rebound, and three steal effort against #6 ranked Villanova, playing only 27 minutes. The 106-68 win represents the sixth largest margin of victory and the largest margin ever by a Georgetown team against a top 10 opponent.

Iverson was capable of an off game; unfortunately, two came at particularly inopportune times for the Hoyas' hopes for a national title. Entering the 1996 Big East Final with a #1 seed on the line, Iverson shot 4 for 15 and the Hoyas lost by one, 76-75. As a result of the loss, Georgetown was seeded #2 behind top ranked UMass, and in the regional final between the two teams Iverson struggled with a 6 for 21 effort in the loss. For the season, though, his statistics were astonishing: his 926 points broke the then-record by 124 points. He set new single season marks in field goals, field goal attempts, three pointers, three point attempts, steals, minutes, and scoring average (25.0), the latter of which ranked 7th in the nation that season. The Big East's defensive player of the year, he was named a consensus All-American amidst numerous other awards.

If he could somehow have stayed four years, Iverson undoubtedly would have shredded the Georgetown record books. But whatever hopes existed for Iverson to resist the lure of the NBA were short lived, particularly with the news that one of his sisters had fallen ill. Seeing the opportunity to take care of his family's medical needs, Iverson announced for the NBA draft soon after the end of his sophomore season, becoming the first Georgetown player in the Thompson era to do so. The compact that had bound so many great Hoya players to a four year commitment--from Ewing to Williams, Mourning to Mutombo--had now been broken.

The first pick in the 1996 NBA draft, Iverson signed a $3.9 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers and a ten year, $50 million deal with Reebok. His effort on the court is well known and respected, but for all the media portrayals of Iverson as the anti-hero, an icon of a "Hip Hop Nation" that ran counter to the NBA's carefully constructed marketing image, or as a symbol of all that is allegedly wrong in professional basketball, he remains remarkably well-grounded.

Married for six years and the father of two, Iverson is fiercely loyal to his teammates and to his childhood friends. He considered it an honor to play for the U.S. Olympic team in 2004 when other NBA stars passed on the offer, and maintains a number of charity events to benefit his local community. In comparison to his NBA career, his years at Georgetown were largely free of the intense media and personal scrutiny, providing at least two years where he could grow as a person as well as a basketball player.

His arrival and exit at Georgetown is still a source of debate in some circles, but his performance on the court is not. Allen Iverson found a home, even briefly, at the Hilltop, and remains one of its brightest stars. "In my heart, I know I'm a basketball player," Iverson said following his 2006 NBA trade, "being that I know I can play with the best of them."

From that first Kenner League game on 1994, no one has doubted it since.