Allen Iverson's practice rant: What has been forgotten 14 years later
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.
The 2014 documentary "Iverson" explores this dimension.
"Nobody
looks at the whole comment Allen made," Scoop Jackson says in the film.
"He was talking about his boy dying ... [The media] would not play that
full track."
In truth, minutes after he jokes about practice, Iverson becomes more serious and vulnerable.
"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."
(ESPN.com)
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