{"id":105703,"date":"2020-08-28T15:48:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T07:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/?p=105703"},"modified":"2020-08-28T15:48:53","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T07:48:53","slug":"allen-iverson-writes-tribute-to-kobe-bryant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/basketball\/nba\/allen-iverson-writes-tribute-to-kobe-bryant-105703.html","title":{"rendered":"Allen Iverson Writes Tribute to Kobe Bryant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Allen-Iverson-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Allen-Iverson-min.jpg 620w, https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Allen-Iverson-min-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Allen-Iverson-min-120x68.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"button-container\">\n<div class=\"button-align\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dfbertuah.com\/en\/join\/sports?btag=625071\"><img alt=\"\"src=\"https:\/\/www.dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/unspoken\/images\/join-now.png\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dfbertuah.com\/en\/sports\/?btag=625071\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/unspoken\/images\/view-market.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class='content-column one_fourth'><p><strong>Share this story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style\">\n<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook_like\" fb:like:layout=\"button_count\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"addthis_button_tweet\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"addthis_button_google_plusone\" g:plusone:size=\"medium\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_pinit\" pi:pinit:url=\"https:\/\/www.dafabet.com\" pi:pinit:media=\"#\" pi:pinit:layout=\"horizontal\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=undefined\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- AddThis Button END --><br \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"three-fourth\">\n<p>Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant had many unforgettable battles over the years. Like Kobe, AI willed his teams to victory often. On August 24 (8\/24), Kobe Bryant Day, Iverson shared a letter he dedicated to his friend on The Players\u2019 Tribune, here\u2019s part of it:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cRemember when I came out to L.A. for the first time our rookie year? You picked me up at the hotel and we went out for some food, and you asked me what I was getting up to later.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I said I was going to the club. I mean, we in L.A.! I\u2019m going to the club, Kobe. Come on, man.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And what did you say?<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m going back to the gym.\u201d\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Iverson on Kobe\u2019s mindset and how he brought the best out of him:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cEverybody needs that person to say, Oh, you\u2019re the sh*t, huh? Well I\u2019m the sh*t, too.<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Greatness needs company, and we needed each other. Mike needed Prince like Prince needed Mike.<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And boy, you were the sh*t. You were the toughest man that I\u2019ve ever seen in this game. The most cold-blooded serial killer I\u2019ve ever seen. The fiercest competitor I\u2019ve ever seen. I remember hearing the story that you were on the road, and you were watching the highlights of me dropping 35 on the Knicks at the Garden our rookie year, and you got so mad that you smashed up the hotel room and you started researching me like you were in the CIA. \u201cGET ME THE FILE ON A.I.\u201d \u2014 I bet it was like that. Studying how great white sharks hunt down seals in the Pacific Ocean and whatnot.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>What I love about that story is, it\u2019s the truth. That was just our relationship. Two dudes pushing each other to greatness. The next time you came through Philly, you were ALL up in my sh*t. There was no half-stepping you. Every first step, I had to go 100. You\u2019re 6\u2032 6\u2033, and it was like you wanted to guard me. You wanted the challenge. You wanted to show me that you were the baddest motherf***er to ever play the game.<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And I didn\u2019t want ANY part of Kobe Bryant on the other end!!!!!<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Man, hell no!!!!!!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Answer&#8221; also wrote that Michael Jordan is the G.O.A.T. (The Greatest of All-Time) but he explained that Kobe Bryant will always be his Number 2. Iverson also said that no one was tougher than Kobe and that no one got more out of him than the Lakers legend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Lesson From Kobe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe agony of defeat is as low as the joy of winning is high. However, they\u2019re the exact same to me. I\u2019m at the gym at the same time after losing 50 games as I am after winning a championship. It doesn\u2019t change for me.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Kobe Bryant<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it\u2019s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 Kobe Bryant\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant had many unforgettable battles over the years. Like Kobe, AI willed his teams to victory often. On August 24 (8\/24), Kobe Bryant Day, Iverson shared a letter he dedicated to his friend on The Players\u2019 Tribune, here\u2019s part of it: \u201cRemember when I came out to L.A. for the first time our rookie year? You picked me up at the hotel and we went out for some food, and you asked me what I was getting up to later. I said I was going to the club. I mean, we in L.A.! I\u2019m going to the club, Kobe. Come on, man. And what did you say?\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m going back to the gym.\u201d\u201d Iverson on Kobe\u2019s mindset and how he brought the best out of him: \u201cEverybody needs that person to say, Oh, you\u2019re the sh*t, huh? Well I\u2019m the sh*t, too.\u00a0 Greatness needs company, and we needed each other. Mike needed Prince like Prince needed Mike.\u00a0 And boy, you were the sh*t. You were the toughest man that I\u2019ve ever seen in this game. The most cold-blooded serial killer I\u2019ve ever seen. The fiercest competitor I\u2019ve ever seen. 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