What Not To Do At A Basketball Press Conference

If you are a fan of basketball then you have probably seen a lot of press conferences over the years. Its a time to recap about what just happened on the court. NBA star Allen Iverson thought it would be a great idea to go off the deep end one time with a press conference and give us a couple minutes of laughter.

A reporter asked Alllen about a practice he missed and wanted to know if he thought practice was important. During the discussion he kept referencing the game that he gives his life for. Talking about practice was not his menu of things to do. The word practice was said 24 times.

Allen Iverson has always had a star image. His numbers can back that up. When the world saw this video it only re-affirmed their instinct that he was not a team player. This stigma followed him through his next couple of stops after being traded from Philadelphia.

The Allen Iverson practice press conference taught us that if you talk about yourself instead of the team that the reporters are going to eat you alive. No player is above the team regardless of how good you are. There was no real back lash from this but sports reporters around the nation like to throw in the “practice” blip here and there to poke fun at him. They even had to make the Allen Iverson Practice Reebok Commercial to show that he is willing to put the work in. To take it one step father a DJ made the Allen Iverson Practice Remix.

There are going to be times like this regardless of what stage you are on. You never know how people are going to take the things you say. Even the best basketball players in the world are going to be made fun of from what they say.

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