Tonight, Philadelphia 76ers icon Allen Iverson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Iverson was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers first overall 20 years ago, in the 1996 NBA draft. The Georgetown alum went on to win Rookie of the Year in 1996-97 after averaging 23.5 points, 7.5 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 2.6 steals per game. Iverson was a two-time All-Star Game MVP and won the NBA Most Valuable Player award in 2000-01, leading the Sixers to the NBA Finals against Kobe Bryant and fellow 2016 Hall of Fame nominee Shaquille O'Neal. That year, A.I. averaged 31.1 points, 4.6 assists and 2.5 steals, shooting 42 percent from the floor.
A.I. finished his career in Philadelphia second in franchise history in points (19, 931), second in steals (1,644), first in three-point field-goals (885), second in points per game (27.6), first in steals per game (2.3) and third in assists (4,385).
Check out Iverson's Hall of Fame speech in entirety here:
