Al𒈔len Iverson’s infamous 2002 “practice” rant 𒀰may have been the result of more than pent-up frustration.
According to Kent Babb, author of the new Iverson biography “Not A Game,” the mercurial 76ers star may have been drunk at the time of the YouTube-🎶classic press conference.
The presser came a few hours after a meeting between Iverson, coach Larry Brown and general manager🔯 Billy King, according to a Bleacher Report story in which Iverson was quoted as saying if the meeting to discuss his a♓ttitude problems and questionable practice habits didn’t go well.
“Th🙈ey would have pulled the trigger,” Iverson said in the story. “I knew 🍸it.”
Babb tweeted that Brown believed Iverson went to a bar after the tense meeting , perhaps explaining why he fle꧟w off the handl⛎e talking about practice.
“Some were entertained, and others watched the train wreck unfold, knowing from experience that Iverson was drunk,” Babb wrote.
According t🗹o the book, King tried unsuccessfully to think of a way to interrupt the press conference.