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After announcing that he would retire after last season, Matt Cord plans to return for his 29th season as the Sixers' public address announcer, he announced on 93.3 WMMR on Wednesday morning. The reasons were quite simple. "They made a trade for Jaylen Brown on July 1," Cord said. "...And then on July 24, LeBron James signed with the Sixers." Cord said the subject of his signature call, Allen Iverson, was one of many people to reach out to him during the summer imploring him to return to the microphone.
Nick Van Exel on Allen Iverson: "I'm going to tell you something even crazier. I don't know if he was doing it back then, but the [expletive] used to have a party every city he went to, and come out and give you 35. It was definitely a flyer out there every single city. It was crazy. We were playing in Washington, so we go to a little spot in Washington. We're sitting up in there, and the waitress brought us two bottles. We're in D.C., and she brought us two bottles. We're like, 'Who these come from?' Look over in the corner, it's Allen Iverson. You’re playing in Philly, and he’s in DC”.
Thaddeus Young: "His first day, I remember his locker was right next to mine in the practice facility. I come in, all his sh*t is all over my locker. I look at him, he looks at me, he's like, 'What, punk b*tch [expletive]?’ I'm like, 'You know what? I'll sit over here. This your locker room, champ. You got it.' There's nothing I can do or say. Then another day he came in, he hit this old ass iPod. At this point, iPods had been touchscreen. Now, he got the one with the little spin on. Only thing he has on his iPod is all Michael Jackson songs. That's all he listens to is Michael Jackson songs. At that point I knew I was like, he can't do no wrong."
Young said Allen Iverson arrived to find some of his belongings in Young's locker. Iverson then jokingly confronted the rookie, telling him not to touch his things again. Young's response was essentially to give the veteran his space. “I'm like, you know what? I'll sit over here,” Young said. “This your locker room, champ. You got it, big dog. Like, there's nothing I can do or say.”
Naomi Osaka channeled former NBA star Allen Iverson before her US Open first-round victory over Anastasia Zakharova on Monday. Osaka made her usual fashionable entrance for her tournament opener, which she won in straight sets. The two-time US Open champion emerged on to the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium wearing a long, white skirt and a gray, hooded robe featuring newspaper clippings about her.
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She then removed her hood revealing her cornrows under a headband, Iverson’s signature look when he was the NBA MVP while playing for the Philadelphia 76ers. She also wore an arm sleeve, a look made popular by Iverson during his playing career.
Ben Horney: This viral instagram post from celeb/R&B singer Tyrese about Allen Iverson joining 76ers ownership is fake news, a source familiar with the matter tells @FOS . Tyrese has 19 million instagram followers and this post has over 80,000 likes. Gotta stay vigilant on the internet.
Kevin Durant on international players taking over NBA: It’s about time. They been coming into the league since the 80s… The real arguments should be who are they influenced by? Most of these dudes are influenced by who? Americans. It’s cool getting MVPs and stuff but who did you watch? You see Jokic, Porzingis, Shai, all these dudes with Iverson jerseys coming up…. They trynna play like us too. You look at Shai, is he an international player? His pipeline for being a NBA player came from the American system. Where’d he go to college? Where’d he go to high school?
Heat Central: Jeff Teague says Dwyane Wade IS NOT better than Allen Iverson: “Y’all think D Wade better than Iverson? I ain’t. No disrespect to D Wade but I didn’t count Iverson as a 2 guard. If you put him as a 2 guard, nah. D Wade wanted to be Iverson” (Via @club520podcast)
Jorge Sierra: Only three players have a better career average rating than Luka Doncic on NBA 2K 🤯 Also: Allen Iverson might have been a bit overrated.
Only three players have a better career average rating than Luka Doncic on NBA 2K 🤯 Also: Allen Iverson might have been a bit overrated.
— HoopsHype (@hoopshypeofficial.bsky.social) 2026-08-23T18:36:43.323Z
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Channing Frye: "I think Allen Iverson is the one of the top three most influential players ever to play basketball. But if we're looking at careers, Chris Paul's career is better than Allen Iverson's."
Allen Iverson: "Definitely championship or bust, man. That's the added piece that we needed. Obviously, you put him on any team, to me, you definitely have a chance. But obviously, a whole lot of things got to go right during the season, definitely health. But as far as the leadership, the talent, the wars that he's been in, and him being familiar with every type of situation that happens on the basketball court, he just boosts the percentage of any team having a chance to win a championship and having big-time success. He's one of them ones, man. He's the king for a reason."
NBA Courtside: Allen Iverson on the GOAT debate between Michael Jordan and LeBron James: “The way I look at it, is Michael is always going to be the GOAT to me, you know what I mean? And LeBron to me, I feel like if you go in the dictionary and you look up basketball player, you’ll see LeBron James, you know what I mean? And you know the whole GOAT thing to me I think a lot of times it gets out of hand because I think a lot of times people will take away from one player what they did you know what I mean? To boost up the other player. You know what I mean? That’s not what you do. I feel like a lot of times you know people get caught up in the whole GOAT thing but your GOAT is your GOAT. You have your opinion to name anyone your GOAT if you want to. You know what I mean? You’re not wrong by saying anyone’s your GOAT. I had my fans say I’m the GOAT all the time. I don’t agree with them because I think it’s Mike.” (Via @stephenasmith)
Giannis Antetokounmpo: In sports, our success is just winning the championship. Now there's some people that have never won a championship, like Charles Barkley, a lot of other players not just Charles Barkley but they have impacted the game, they’re part of the culture. Allen Iverson never won championships. He was my favorite player growing up, I looked up to him. I wanted to be him. I had cornrows because of him as a kid. So, and I was able to get older, work hard, make the NBA, and then win a championship. He's part of my success.