Allen Iverson is one of the most popular and influential athletes of all time within the culture, but he is not devoid of flaws . The 50-year-old former hooper recently discussed what he called the “lowest point of his life.”
The Answer joined First Take this week to talk about his new memoir , Misunderstood , and got very personal. The hardest moment for him wasn’t losing the NBA Finals or anything having to do with basketball. “It was self-inflicted,” he told Stephen A. Smith . “But it was when Tawanna divorced me.”
Tawanna Turner was AI’s high school sweetheart; they began dating at 16 years old, got married in 2001 at the height of his NBA career, and had five children together. They separated in 2008, and Turner filed for divorce in 2010, seeking full custody, child s