| International Standard Book Number |
9781476784397 (hardback)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1476784396 (hardback)
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| Personal Name |
Iverson, Allen, 1975- author.
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| Title Statement |
Misunderstood / Allen Iverson with Ray Beauchamp.
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| Edition Statement |
First 13A/Gallery Books hardcover edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : 13A/Gallery Books, 2025.
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| Physical Description |
xv, 332 pages ; 24 cm.
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| General Note |
"A memoir"--Jacket.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Contents -- Practice -- Part I : Growing up and Surviving -- Nana and Mom -- Stuart Gardens -- Raiders Football -- No, not Basketball -- Surviving Middle School -- Part II : My Trials on and off the Court -- Jail -- High School Football -- High School Life -- Basketball High -- The Summer of 1992 -- Junior year -- Six seconds -- The Bowling alley -- Bethel Continues -- The Trial -- Sentencing day -- Part III : From the Jungle to Georgetown -- Freedom -- City Farm -- Finding Georgetown -- Out of Jail -- Back home -- Back to Basketball -- Part IV : He saved my life : Coach John Thompson -- The Benz -- Adjusting to Georgetown -- The Hoya Season begins -- The Big East -- The Big Dance -- Summertime -- Season Two -- Crossover -- Mastering the College Game -- Another Villanova controversy -- A Second Dance -- Leaving Georgetown -- Part V : From the draft to Rookie of the Year -- Self-Expression -- The 76ers -- From VA to PA -- Let the Games Begin -- Philly, my Home -- Winning and Losing -- More losses and tragedy -- Breaking records -- Back to the Courtroom -- Part VI : The 75th Anniversary Team and a run to the Finals -- An Invitation -- Coach Larry Brown -- Staying in Philly -- The 2000-2001 Regular Season -- From the Playoffs to the Finals -- Among Giants.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"A compelling and candid memoir from the NBA's legendary -- and most understood -- Hall of Famer. Allen Iverson is a household name -- some know him as a scrappy, tenacious basketball player on the Philadelphia 76ers who redefined the sport's style (both fashion-wise and playing-wise), others are perhaps more familiar with his Reebok line's resurgence in popularity, his callout in Post Malone's viral hit "White Iversons," and for being the namesake of Kendall Roy's son on Succession. Part athletic legend, part fashion icon, part hip-hop muse, Iverson was one of the first celebrities to fuse lifestyle, culture, and sports. But while everyone may know his name, few have seen behind the curtain into Iverson's tumultuous life. In Misunderstood, he finally shares in searing clarity and touching candor his meteoric rise from improving rise from impoverished child in the Virginia projects to high school champion to Georgetown University protege of legendary coach John Thompson, and finally to NBA All-Star and Reebok's vice president of basketball. Misunderstood lefts the veil and brings you into the mind of pugnacious, ultra-talented misfit whose foremost goal, more than fame or fortune, was always to life his family and friends out of poverty and violence. Iverson explores how he completely shattered the mold dictating what an athlete could be, rewriting the entirety of NBA culture all the while dealing with legal and personal troubles that only contributed to his sense of individualism and international star power. This is the unforgettable story of a trailblazer who not only changed the game of basketball forever, but who also overcame, time and time again, the seemingly insurmountable challenges placed in his way."-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Iverson, Allen, 1975-
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Thompson, John, 1941-2020.
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| Subject-Corporate Name |
Philadelphia 76ers (Basketball team)
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| Subject-Corporate Name |
Georgetown Hoyas (Basketball team)
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Basketball players United States Biography.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Beauchamp, Ray, author.
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