The idol of Philadelphia and his life between glory and falls. The fight against alcohol, the pain of love and the struggle to reinvent oneself after an eleven-time All Star and MVP career in 2001. Then “The answer” gave the most beautiful answer
“I’ve been sober for six months.” The words of Allen Iverson, the 50-year-old former NBA star, hurt. His memoir Misunderstood, Misunderstood, becomes the opportunity for The Answer, this was his nom de guerre on the parquets of America, to talk about the daily struggle with his own demons, the wounds “that I inflicted on myself” that tore apart the soul of the iconic guard, legend of Georgetown University and the Philadelphia 76ers. Iverson vents. He talks about the pain of love, how he won his ex-wife back, the difficulties he encountered after his career away from basketball, his efforts to fight alcoholism. He talks about his vision of today’s NBA and offers us the opportunity to remember what was in yesterday’s NBA in terms of absolute value – one of the best ever pound for pound one would say in boxing – in short in relation to centimeters, so to speak, and in terms of symbolic value. From nothing to everything: Iverson represented the American dream. But then he woke up with nightmares.