Allen Iverson revolutionized the NBA more than any other player

1) Height" I never said Iverson was the shortest player, in fact, i specifically mentioned how there have been many good short ballers before him."Got it, pro admits that Iverson wasnt the shortest player to play basketball and wasnt the first to do so either. "For a ten year period when AI played for the Sixers, he was arguably the best scorer in the league. No other short player scored as prolifically, or lead a team single-handedly the way Iverson did."His best years were from 1996 to 2006 (All with the 76ers) But after their finals appearance in 2001 (where they lost 4-1 to the lakers), the 76ers performed horrifically and numerous times were eliminated in the early playoffs where Iverson was fined many times for different reasons and was struggling with injuries. So really Iversons Golden years were from 1996 to 2001, his first five seasons. In those 5 seasons Iverson only led the league in PPG twice and steals per game once, which does not justify him being the best scorer in the league. The fact that he was a ball hog also boosts his stats higher than they should be too."In 2000-2001, Iverson lead a team with absolutely no help to the finals. No other player Iverson's size has ever done that."Iverson most certainly did not lead his team to the finals with no help. At the time the Sixers head coach was none other then the legendary Larry Brown who was instrumental in the Sixers becoming good at all. On the court you had the supreme Dikembe Mutombo who was the defensive player of the year that year, Aaron McKie who won the Sixth man of the year, and multiple other players too. As for the actual playoffs the 76ers almost blew it to the Nets in the Eastern Conference Semi finals winning in 7 games, and then doing the same thing for the bucks in the Eastern Conference finals, winning again after 7 games. So you had Iverson, a legendary coach, a legendary center, and other help almost blow it twice leading up to the finals, and then had their a**es handed to them by the lakers in the finals 4 games to 1. How in any way does that count as "Leading a team with absolutely no help"???2) Fashion sense" He brought cornrows, tattoos, excessive bling etc. to the league in a way no player before him has done."He brought cornrows to the league, but he did not bring tattoos, bling, etc to the league, other players had already done that. Iverson could only be recognized for taking everyone elses trends, mashing them together, and calling it his own. Thats not revolutionizing, thats widespread copying. 3) Attitude"Iverson may not have had the worst attitude the game has ever seen"Admission by the pro ^"But to rank him at 25th (even though I feel he should be higher, and to be so good at the same time) is why he was revolutionary."He was revolutionary for being good and look like a thug at the same time? Thats not called revolutionary, thats called a coincidence. Chris "Birdman" Anderson of the Denver Nuggets is a great player, has more tattoos then any other player in history, and is the only player to have previously been kicked out for drug use, is he considered revolutionary? No. Hes a player who looks like a gang member who happens to be good, and Iverson is in the same boat. As for the worst teammate argument, even your source ranks him at number 5 overall meaning that once again, Iverson didnt pioneer anything or create anything on his own, he just took a bunch of what existed, mashed it together, and called it his own. Revolutionary is something that is fundamentally new that changes how the whole game is played, so far the only thing Iverson really did was popularize one hair style and that was it.4) "Trendster"? "Sports analyst Kevin Burke calls Iverson the "biggest trendster ever," and points out how he excessively he fought with Stern over the dress code"Then crown Allen Iverson the biggest hipster the NBA has ever seen, not the biggest revolution. 5) Exposing Racism"People began to realize that racism was still pertinent in this country. Very few players in our modern times, if any, have brought the attention to the public this racism issue."Allen Iverson didnt discover racism...... Racism in sports stretches back WAAAAAY before Iverson ever took to the court. Hank Aaron in football had death threats, in the NBA the first black man to appear in the NBA was Earl Loyd back in 1950, and if anything the racism that Iverson went through in his youth is merely a footnote. There are HUNDREDS of athletes both in the NBA and in every American Sport who probably has had some encounter with racism in the past. Hundreds more athletes dealt with it before anyone even knew who Iverson was. All of them had some encounter with it but Iverson somehow is revolutionary for going through the same thing that hundreds of other athletes before him went through? I call bullsh*t. 5) Final remarks"So Iverson was never the best at one thing; the biggest gangster, worst attitude etc. but with the combination of the things he wore, did, and said to his peers, coaches, and fans is the reason he was so influential on not only fans of the game, but frankly every African American kid who grew up in the late 1990's. For this reason he was the most influential basketball player the game has ever seen."This is basically what the Pro's case has come down to. Iverson did not invent anything on his own, he just did one thing, and another thing, and another thing, and another thing, and another thing, yatta yatta yatta that combined together is something the pro is trying to claim is something that was never seen before. But revolutionary isnt taking half a dozen other existing trends and claiming them all of them as one new trend you came up with.... That being said there are still many other basketball players who (actually) changed the nature of the game. Theres the man who actually invented the game (Naismith), the man who through sheer size alone is the reason why the NBA has to reinforce their hoops (shaq), the man whose talent actually caused rule changes and physically altered the court design (Chamberlin), the first player to ever dunk (Kurland), the first man to popularize the modern dunk (Erving), the first players to start famous rivalries (Johnson and Bird), and then you have players who brought the NBA to entire new regions of the globe (Petrovic). So let me end on this. How is it that a man (Iverson) who only pioneered the introduction of a new hairstyle and combined multiple other already existing trends into his own trend, is somehow more revolutionary then men who actually changed the rules of the game, the layout of the court, changed who played on the court, and how they played on the court????