The Philadelphia 76ers finally celebrated one of its most iconic players with a statue. But the unveiling of Allen Iverson’s bronze likeness fell a little flat within the NBA community. Current NBA star Draymond Green said, “Allen Iverson needs a life-size statue, larger than life-size statue outside of Wells Fargo Arena.” AI is one of the most loved 76ers legends. After Philly traded him to the Denver Nuggets, Iverson still received a standing ovation from the 76ers fans.

So Iverson knows the kind of love he received and never takes it for granted. On Fresh 24 With Marc Zumoff, Allen Iverson spoke about the pros and cons of social media. Even after last playing in the NBA in 2010, The Answer recalls why he feels the love for fans. “I think the beauty of it is just who you are and they get excited you know what I mean and they don’t mean nothing about it so it’s it’s something that I can accept.”

But he had a peculiar way of getting away from people back in the day. When he came out of the hotel, Allen Iverson always had a cell phone to his ear so nobody would bother him. Bubba Chuck revealed most of the time he would pretend to be on the phone to avoid people. He also said he would be on his teammates’ phone half of the time.  But there is still a side of social media that the 48-year-old hates.

Talking to Zumoff, Iverson revealed the current state of social media and the challenges he has to face daily. ” It’s bad now it’s bad now like everywhere I go when I turn around and I look in a direction every time somebody got that cell phone pointed in my face. Every day I leave out of my house um it’s somebody that get me on that phone.” When the host asked, “Are you cool with that?” AI responded, “It’s hard to deal with when they don’t ask you, I think um people should ask you to do that because they post it and they you know they might put out something um that you don’t want to put out.”

Allen Iverson knows being famous has its perks and issues. He worries how someone will click a photo of him at the grocery store or while he is running some errands and post it online. That’s not necessarily what Iverson or anybody else would want to be seen online. That’s a problem that persists with social media these days, according to Iverson.