We all learned the value of Practice 15 years ago today

Here's the part no one talks about LINK

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The other part few remember from the practice rant is the raw and lingering wound Iverson still suffered from the death of his best friend. Rahsaan Langeford was shot and killed seven months earlier, an event with which Iverson struggled to cope. All throughout the '01-'02 season, Langeford's death hung over Iverson, and just days before his interview, the murder trial for the man accused of killing Langeford began.

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"I'm upset for one reason: 'Cause I'm in here. I lost. I lost my best friend. I lost him, and I lost this year. Everything is just going downhill for me, as far as just that. You know, as far as my life. And then I'm dealing with this. ... My best friend is dead. Dead. And we lost. And this is what I have to go through for the rest of the summer until the season is all over again."

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Alabama leprechaun

Wearing a Boston Red Sox hat. Would have been eviscerated for that today.

The world would be a better place if everyone gave half the effort in their jobs as AI did in his job.

it's funny to think of people making a big deal out of a player who ran himself into the ground taking a practice off to recover in a time when teams sit superstars for full games to curve over use injuries.

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