Found August 31, 2009 on Bleacher Report:
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Allen Iverson has been pushed out of the spotlight and guys like LeBron James, Chris Paul, Dwight Howard, Dwyane Wade, Brandon Roy and Kevin Durant are in that spotlight.  This is what David Stern and the other major executives love.  For about 10 years, Allen Iverson was the face of the league.  He made the NBA adjust to him.  As soon as Michael Jordan left the game, Allen Iverson became the face of the league. June 26, 1996.  A young man from the hard streets of Hampton stepped to the podium to shake David Stern's hand.  Before that, he went out of the green room and gave his friends from Hampton hugs.  Iverson was ready to take the league over and change the culture.  The older legends and players did not like it.  They did not like the way he played and they did not like what he was representing.  They hated Iverson's swagger. People were scared of this six-footer.  He represented the black culture and the hip hop cu...
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