At the beginning of February, a nearly six-meter statue of Kobe Bryant was inaugurated in front of the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Friday, it was the turn of Allen Iverson, another basketball legend, to be honored in front of the training center of the Philadelphia Sixers, a franchise he led to the NBA finals in 2001. But the small size of the sculpture “made the internet lose its mind”notice the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The daily jokes about the fact that The Answer, his nickname, was never the tallest player in the league (1m82) but “all the statues outside the Sixers practice facility are similar small in size […]including that of Charles Barkley, unveiled in 2019”.
A common honor in the United States
The guard, an inveterate shooter, played twelve seasons in Pennsylvania, voted best young player in 1997 and best player in the league in 2021, recalls the channel Fox 29. “AI represented the authenticity and determination of the city. He was a cultural phenomenon and he transformed the league, from his clothing style to his tattoos”estimated CBS News.
“Paying homage to the legends who built our franchise is not only the right thing to do. “It is also an incredible source of inspiration for the current and future generations of 76ers players and members who enter our training facility every day as well as for the children of the city.”, greeted the owners of the franchise. If players rarely have the right to their statue in France, this type of tribute is common in the United States, whatever the sport, including at the university level.
2024-04-13 03:46:16
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