LeBron James has been in the league for almost two decades now. He has achieved everything a basketball player can imagine to ever achieve in NBA. However, this success hasn’t come easy. He’s had some solid mentors over the years and idols he’s looked upto, to shape his game.

Even at 35-years-old, James is always looking to study his opponents in his off-time. This year he has a chance to win his 5th ring of his career and second with the Lakers.

Former LeBron James teammates on his hunger to learn more about Allen Iverson

Larry Hughes and Scott Williams are a few of the players that have shared the locker room with both Michael Jordan and LeBron James. The former NBA players recently made a revelation about who a young LeBron was most keen to know about and it is not Michael Jordan.

“We spoke about the fact that I played with MJ. But we spoke about many teammates,” said Hughes. “He was such a big fan of Iverson. He wanted to know everything about Allen. His curiosity about MJ was a little bit different at the time because he had a relationship with Michael so he did not have as many questions. But he was always asking about how AI was able to get his his job done at 6-foot. What sort of person was he in the locker room?”

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Scott had a similar answer to LeBron’s eagerness to know his competition and perform at an elte level.

“One thing I noticed right away was his thirst for the game. On our way to and from cities, he would pick my brain about different players and ask about different guys that I’ve played with. That ranged from Jordan to Pippen to Dirk Nowitzki and Allen Iverson.”

Allen Iverson was a unique player. Despite him being lacking in size, he made that up with his hard work and love for the game. It is sad that the legend never got a chance to lift an NBA title in his career.

How good was Allen Iverson?

Iverson was a phenomenal player since day 1 in the league. The Hall of Famer had a certain flair to his game that NBA fans had never seen. Iverson’s deadly crossover and handles were arguably his best weapons.

The Philly legend spent 17 seasons in the league, but could never get a championship ring on his finger. Considering how great of an icon AI was during his playing days, it is only natural for young players to look up to him.