The Philadelphia 76ers honored previous superstar guard Allen Iverson with a statue in his similarity at the group’s “Legends Walk” exterior its practice center in Camden, New Jersey, on Friday.
It’s a fitting honor for Iverson, a 2016 Hall of Fame conscript who played 14 seasons in the NBA. The veryfirst 10 of those were invested with Philadelphia, which prepared Iverson veryfirst total in1996 The 11-time All-Star was called the NBA’s MVP with the 76ers in 2001.
There’s no rejecting Iverson wasworthyof a statue, however there was one issue that fans rightaway selected up on when the statue was revealed: It is really, extremely little.
Sixers honor franchise legend Allen Iverson with a statue the size of the Heisman Trophy. AI cupping the head of the ‘statue’ put a nice bow on things here. pic.twitter.com/5Y1obuIjf4
— Tim Ryan🦤 (@TheSportsHernia) April 12, 2024
In fairness to the Sixers, all the statues in the Legends Walk appear to be scaled down rather than life-size.
https://t.co/5zN4ntl3Vn pic.twitter.com/FgZP0Q8UTi
— CHRIS FOXX (@FoxxFiles) April 12, 2024
Regardless, that didn’t stop fans from making all sorts of jokes about the size of Iverson’s statue. Here were the finest responses on X (formerly Twitter).
Why is the genuine Iverson larger than the statue Iverson? https://t.co/TLXX9UKODy
— Jawn Gonzalez (@JohnGonzalez) April 12, 2024
Why is it like 3 feet high? This is an action figure… https://t.co/JJZxxfwVaH
— CJ Fogler account might or might not be noteworthy (@cjzero) April 12, 2024
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