Allen Iverson's Basketball Hall of Fame induction speech — officially coming soon to Springfield, Mass. — has disaster potential. We should get that out of the way.
The specifics on Iverson's post-basketball existence have, rarely, been great. There have been problems with his family, and problems with alcohol and problems — enormous, shadow-throwing, life-swallowing problems — with money. Much has been written about it, including a book by Kent Babb of The Washington Post. Iverson's life, for too much of the time since he left the NBA, has been ugly.
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