Why Is Allen Iverson Wrong

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Allen Iverson: Greatness Accused of Wrong Was Allen Iverson guilty in fighting incident in the bowling alley? Allen Iverson, one of the greatest basketball players of all time and a legend in the NBA. He came out of Hampton, Virginia, and went to Bethel High School, where he played basketball and football at. Iverson was one of the greatest to come out of Bethel and was being prospected by a lot of college coaches and scouts. Bethel went to the state championship for football and basketball during Iverson’s junior year of high school. He was just that good and proved it while he was playing. Everything was going good for Iverson, he had tons of offers from different schools in the country. Just about every school in the country wanted him

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