Allen Iverson: NBA Legend Practices Killer Crossover in Legal Deposition
If you need Allen Iverson, he is busy breaking ankles and crossing fools...in a legal sense that is.
The NBA legend that could always be counted on to play with grit, passion and fire was back to a familiar setting in August when he sat for a deposition over a bar fight.
The transcript of that deposition was recently released and picked up by Robert Snell of The Detroit News. The log is an account that reads exactly like an episode of Law and Order or a cop movie where a suspect is grilled.
The back and forth takes place between Allen Iverson, a man that you know from such things as the cover of NBA 2K, or one of the greatest point guards in NBA history.
The other character is lawyer Gregory Lattimer, an attorney that has been a thorn in Iverson's side. It seems that every lawsuit brought against Iverson has to feature Lattimer. The lawyer won a $260,000 judgment against Iverson a few years ago.
So you can see why Iverson would be irate that he is once again dragged back into a deposition and lo and behold Lattimer is the one grilling him. The matter centers around a 2009 bar fight at the South Beach Pizza Bar nightclub inside the Fisher Building, which Iverson denies having any part in.
Here is one delightful exchange:
"Iverson: I get sued for stuff I don't got nothing to do with. I ain't involved with. Ain't nobody never said ... I touched them. I don't do nothing to nobody, buddy."
Lattimer: The head honcho ain't supposed to.
Iverson: Yeah, I ain't no damn mob boss. I don't live my life like that. I got five kids. I don't put that on their head. That's a fairytale that y'all living in …
"
You can almost see a smug Lattimer trying to bate Iverson as the former Sixer grows in anger. The best of the deposition comes when the two men carry on while using basketball euphemisms. I couldn't write this any better.
"Lattimer: Well, I hear you, but you're on my court …
Iverson: Man, this is my court. This is the line and we got a ball in here. This is my court. I know I'm gonna win this one. I gonna move in front of you.
Lattimer: You wasn't moving before.
Iverson: Man, whatever.
"
Iverson really has a way with words. He has one of the most memorable quotes in his "practice?" tirade. I will now been muttering, "man, whatever" for the rest of the week.
Iverson's lawyer Michael Cafferty chimed in on the exciting exchange. "I think Allen just really let his hair down. He wanted to express himself because the same group of attorneys had sued him in several other cases. He was a little angry."
On the court, there was nothing better than an irate Allen Iverson. The man was a genius at punishing the opposition with a flurry of shots that just couldn't be defended.
It seems that same kind of passion extends to Iverson in other facets of his life. The life lesson here is that you never want to get A.I. mad, ever.
