VDO of Allen Iverson Crossover Mix Volume 5 - Signature AI Pt. 2 - "Classic Crossover" (some rare clips!)
Allen Iverson Crossover Mix Volume 5 - Signature AI Pt. 2 - "Classic Crossover" (some rare clips!) Tube. Duration : 7.23 Mins.We had a good read. For the benefit of yourself. Be sure to read to the end. I want you to get good knowledge from Memphis. 5th and final volume in AI video series highlighting Iverson's crossover and other best moves. This is AI's bread and butter and most famous move. Learned from a walk-on teammate (who AI admits did it way better than him) when he was still in Georgetown, Iverson's crossover quickly became a staple of his early career. During his rookie season he used it at least once, sometimes several times a game leaving a trail of ooohs and aaahs from the fans and plenty of victims including: Stephon Marbury, Mark Price, Penny Hardaway, and the GOAT Michael Jordan. And like seemingly everything surrounding Allen, his crossover became popular and controversial. Everyone from announcers to the millions of basketball fans started to identify the move with Iverson's game, but coaches complained and refs started calling it a palming violation. Year after year AI started to use it less and less as if it was so devastating the league had to ban it. Although it became rare for him to use, I think the fact that he used the crossover so sparingly made it even more memorable and amazing when he did. More and more players came into league utilizing the crossover like Steve Francis, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul and Jamal Crawford and almost every guard nowadays has some variation of it in their arsenal. Of course AI, while not the inventor of the crossover, certainly had a huge influence in making the crossover and anklebreaking a popular part of the game today. And the crossover is ...
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