The life and times of recently retired, revolutionary-styled, Hall of Fame bound NBA star Allen Iverson is set to be chronicled in a documentary premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival later this month.
Simply titled Iverson, the film will air in New York City on April 27.
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"Many have tried to tell it, none have succeeded," Iverson told Vibe Magazine of other projects that have tried to tell his controversial life story. "Catch the documentary about my real life."
In all, Iverson played 15 NBA seasons, many of them as brilliantly and controversially as anyone in the history of the NBA. An 11-time All-Star, he amassed career averages of 26.7 points and 6.2 assists, winning the league MVP Award in 2000-01 and prompting NBA commissioner David Stern to institute a new league-wide dress code along the way.
But before there was the Philadelphia 76ers and the NBA, there was Georgetown University and even Hampton, Virginia's Bethel High that add nearly just as much to his legend.
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As a 17-year-old high schooler, Iverson was jailed as an adult and initially sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted of taking part in a riot at a local bowling alley where groups of white and black students had squared off.
For four months, he sat at the Newport News City Farm before then-Hoyas coach John Thompson Sr. worked to get him out of jail and into Georgetown. Iverson spent two years at Georgetown before embarking on an NBA career where at times he reigned as arguably the game's most popular player.
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