Throughout his career Allen Iverson got the chance to play against both players that are mentioned in the GOAT conversation above everyone else – Michael Jordan and LeBron James.
The 76ers legend has his personal favorite among the two even if he does not like when the question is posed in a way that he has to choose one or the other.
Iverson says that James is the best overall basketball player who should be put in the books as an example of a perfect player, his own choice will always be Jordan because of the impact that had and still has on AI.
Via Marc J. Spears of Andscape:
“LeBron, I think, to me is the best overall basketball player that we’ll ever see. If you look in the dictionary and look up basketball player, there’ll be a picture of LeBron. But for me it’s so different because Mike was everything to me. He gave me the vision. He made me want to play basketball. He’s my everything. I wanted to actually be like him, like the commercial, ‘Be like Mike,’ I really wanted to be him. I’m still starstruck every time I see him. I’m still nervous every time. Because he’s Mike to me. He’s my guy. So there’ll never be no one at the top of my list besides Mike. But LeBron is just everything that you want in a basketball player. He’s a total package. He’s God’s gift to the basketball world.”
