Allen Ezail Iversion was one of the greatest basketball players to ever live. Iversion was born in 1975 in Hampton, Virginia. He grew up with a single parent his mother in the rough parts of Hampton but played sports to cope in the environment he lived. Before basketball he was a multiple sports Athlete playing basketball and football. Allen played both sports at Bethel and Richard Milburn High School.
Allen played varsity at Bethel in just the 8th grade where he started to catch attention for his athletic ability. But sadly, Allen was unable to follow up his 9th grade year because he suffered an ankle injury. Allen came back into the high school sports scene during his 10th grade year. Allen 10th grade year was tremendous, but it will be his 11th grade year that was the best. During Allen 11th grade year he was regarded as one of the best high school athletes in the country.
Allen was an all-out superstar hands down on his 11th grade year. He did…show more content… Allen was caught up in a scandal that seemed like he couldn’t get out of even with the best lawyers. How did Allen get here from having a historic season to sitting behind bars? Well in February 14, 1993, Iverson and his childhood friends were involved in an altercation with other individuals at a bowling alley in his hometown that he grew up in. It was said that Allen and his friends were loud and had to be asked to be quiet several times, and eventually a shouting match began between the two groups. As a result, to the shouting match a fight had begun. After the fight some individuals claimed that Allen hit a woman in the head with a chair. Which resulted in Allen and his friends being arrested. Allen was just 17 at the time, and was being convicted as an Adult with felony crimes. Allen and everyone else from his group during the incident claimed that were
