SLAM #84

Originally published in SLAM 84 The 6th Man: “What the #$%@???!!!????” I think it’s safe to say that’s something close to the reaction many of you had when you grabbed this issue off the newsstand or out of your mailbox. Allen Iverson in a suit? What in the name of Awvee Storey is going on here? Suits? This is the former League MVP and we’re talking ’bout suits? What is this, anyway, GQ? And the natural follow-up question: “Have you guys lost your minds???” Well yeah, probably. But that doesn’t have anything to do with this cover. Don’t worry, this won’t become a regular occurrence—we’re not turning into Hoop—but when we were kicking around concepts of how to flip an AI shoot a lil’ bit different, the suit was the hottest idea. I mean, Tim Duncan in a suit would have been boring. (No offense, Tim.) But AI? That’s out there—dude actually had to get one made. But it made sense to us, at least. After all, Allen Iverson blinged (metaphorically, anyway) during a decidedly shine-free Olym...