Allen Iverson vs. Stephon Marbury 96/97 NBA *1st meeting between them *very rare
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
- I remember in their rookie season, Iverson Vs Marbury was such a hot topic. I remember it very well, because it was one of the first NBA seasons where I truly followed NBA. There was this Iverson homepage some dude made and there was a special Iverson Vs Marbury section.
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Iverson vs Marbury and
Kobe Vs Mcgrady was already a treat!
People forget how good Steph was! Man could ball.
I didn't forget my favorite point guard
The was the unsung best rivalry in the NBA, Iverson vs Marbury was always a spectacle to watch.
So many legends in one court its remarkable - AI, KG, Jerry Stackhouse (Very underrated player) and Starbury. Its ashamed we don't see this in B-Ball anymore :(
A.I. was an absolutely relentless, electrifying player!!
Stack was explosive in his day.
Yeah he was. Remember a game his first year in Detroit where he had six dunks against the Bulls. That's a lot of dunks in one game for prime Shaq, let alone a 6'6" 2-guard.
I remember when Kobe beat him 1v1 when he was in hs and stack in the league.
He was the shit
I love 90s basketball.
Me too! A friend and I were discussing what was different about 90's basketball. We came up with 2 main things; 1) the player's technique was much more crisp and fundamental. Players had much better dribbling, shooting form, passing, and overall basketball IQ. It made the game much better to watch. 2) There were 5 distinct positions (PG, SG, F, PF, C) all playing in harmony with different roles. It made the game much more artistic. Dunks had to be earned, and they looked much nicer. Nowadays, it's more like streetball. Everyone is a hybrid player, there's a lot less strategic game play. There's lots of dunks, but they aren't special because they happen so frequently. The perfect combination of skill and athleticism that you had in the 90's is no longer there. There's lots of athleticism now, but the game isn't as esthetically pleasing.
These guys were so amazing to watch. We’re the same age. Such an amazing basketball era.
96 draft class was 🐐
Kobe Bean...
84 draft just because of Jordan? You could count the stars on one hand. Try that with the 96 draft....
Anyone who disagrees is on crack. HOFers in 1st and 2nd rounds. No other draft class has done that many
TheRealist 811 there’s more there were a lot of players that were really good for about 5 years or so.
TheRealist 811 - [ ] Camby
- [ ] Abdul-rahim
- [ ] Marbury
- [ ] Antoine Walker
- [ ] Kittles
- [ ] Peja
- [ ] Jermaine O’Neal
- [ ] Ilgauskas
- [ ] D. Fisher
Also the 84 draft was 10 rounds long. Lol. I think 96 wins with only 2 rounds.
Man this was a cool flashback!
Marbury 24 and 9 , Iverson 17 and 4. Marbury always made it look good smooth ass baller (pause)
What I learned from this: KG was a BEAST
damn right
And that’s a fasho right on!
Shame Marbury and KG should of been a GREAT DUO, IMAGE A.I and KG
Lisa Tomasetti Imagine AI and KG vs Shaq and Kobe in the finals 😳
Form...what???
Iverson and Marbury speed and point guard at it finest for that time. Great basketball ! That was my experience
Damn both in they prime today would be nasty. Great players
I came here after I seen the Marbury movie awesome clip
Marbury had tattoos before A.I. Shocking 🤔
3:37 the same exact crossover he did to MJ
Better than rose give some of whatever your on
He jus missed da shot at least he hit it on Jordan
@@dueynewton1139 well he also got fouled so that plays apart
that jerry stackhouse dunk at 4:38 tho
Rj naasstttyyy
Rj classic!
Stack vicious
4:58 too
imagine iverson terrell brandon marbury, steve francis kenny anderson, rod strickland, mark price, kevin Johnson and baron bavis playing today will all the freedom to score the pgs have
I used to love watching A.I and Marbury go at it. Great rivalry. Iverson was better (obviously) but Stephon always gave him a run for his money. Only flaw I see in Marbury was his left hand never fully developed. Aside from that, great playmaker, nice handles, quick on his feet. Iverson, also a good playmaker (when he wanted to be), handles were sick, impossible to guard one on one, lightning fast, great scorer. During the mid-late 90s the nba was the ish.
Left hand never fully developed? Ur watching them as rookies... Smh you can't be serious
Yeah you're right. His game improved a lot later on in his career.
Sean Norfleet in his second season..this guy was worshipped.. I remember hearing announcer saying he has the body of a God at Pg when he added 15lbs of muscle..
True. He did put on a bit of muscle later on in his career. I always admired the way he took care of himself off the court. Baron Davis was also pretty stocky and well built for a PG. As is Nat Robinson. Too bad Steph ain't in the league anymore but he's made quite a name for himself in China.
Sean Norfleet for the way his game was.. He manage to stay injury free. Some fool below said Derrick Rose was stronger than him I'm like O_o DAFUQ? Now look.. He is a God in China. He said he wanted to be global but the NBA was holding players back. I'm proud of him. Media turned on him after adoring him. His own city who wanted him to come back home shunned him. They put title aspirations on him with those terrible Knick teams.. Not fair
two of the greatest guards in the nba both explosives
KG signed a huge deal at that moment as Twolves believed that he was the next MJ but Marbury also wanted a similar contract as he thought he was performing at the same level of KG which was true..but Wolves didn't choose to keep him. Only if KG & Marbury could stay together till early 2000 like Kobe Shaq did..
Why would they think a center would b the next mj
skyline right
KG wasn't ever a true Center and everyone knew it. He played some games there but he was a power forward pretty much his entire career.@@amaxlite
@@CodemanTheSow MJ was a shooting guard
skyline back in his day, KG was a stronger KD w/o the 3 point shot. His mid range game was as lethal as KD’s and his also had top post up skills. Great defender who could guard multiple positions. But I think he means “next mj” as in best player in the league.
Damn Marbury was quick
I didn’t know marbury was athletic like that classic
Steph was the next Big thing. would've liked to see him remain in MN w/ KG..
Sad cause otherwise they probably would've got a ring together instead of lakers & spurs taking turns going to the NBA finals around that time period :(
What you mean the next big thing ....he was that nigga
steph always remind me of a hood Duane Martin
Hahaha i see it!
Above the rim
Best channel for Iverson
Marbury is my favorite player, but I love Ai!!!! They great
Same for me
That cross over was crazy 🏃🏃🏃
Keep up the good work
the only thing i don't miss is video quality but i would love to watch again in 4k all 80 -90 basketball🏀
I see Marbury on here and get so disappointed. This dude was so good in his early years in the NBA. I wish his career in the NBA would’ve been different than how it ended. It sucks!
Man i feel ya, one of the shittest endings to an nba career, what if etc, same with Sprewell
You should do all there match ups in order OMG EPIC!!!!!!!!!! Like Lebron Vs Melo....Must watch TV!!!!!!!!!!!
Classic matchup: AI vs Marbury. And one helluva two guard tandem at end of the 01 all star game.
Classic nba moment!
Dead ass though the way that game ended with Kobe and marbury going shot for shot was insane best all star game i ever seen.
Great video. This is treasure.
This video just Reminded me what a beast KG was on Minessota damn he wasted some real good years there my man definetly could have had more than just one ring
also a rare look at iverson without the tats
Miss these days
A.i was so good imagine if he was 6'6
AI was the better scorer, Steph was the better point guard,
I’m born n raised from Coney Island to set the record straight ppl don’t know what they talking about when saying Steph was selfish person and player ain’t no one give back to their neighborhood more then Stephon he always looked out for folks. Steph vs AI will always be one of the best pg matchups to me.
Nah iverson was just better bro and steph is a legend in his own right he just cant fuck with Iverson but steph was a very good player
Idk my brother ones a true pg that looks to pass and ones a scoring pg that’s can drop 30 plus on u every night they are better in their own rights and Steph was always the better 3pt shooter and averaged more assists then AI al scored more
@@LVL100RED I agree but come on now bro you know Iverson was better than steph
Yea I admit he was a better scorer but u gotta admit that doesn’t make him a better pg AI was a SG straight up AI mvp no dbout hall of famer but u gotta admit he is not a better playmaker then Marbury. I agree with u tho
@@LVL100RED early on steph was a better playmaker he turned into a chucker once he seen Iverson getting all the attention from scoring he admitted that himself
2:15.. this how good ai always been.
That Stackhouse dunk though
Please more young Iverson videos love your page
AI just started wit his braids. Miss Dem days
Had both these teams stuck together they could have done some amazing things
Maaaan stackhouse s 2 dunks were crazy!!!
This was the first NBA meeting. They played against each other in college early in the 95-96 season.
the evolution of Iverson's braids
AI was a lightning bolt back then, so fast. And Marbury was so good, people forget about how good he was.
Thought iverson and stackhouse was gon be like unstoppable
5:03 was a great move from Iverson
Garnett is a beast back in the day
Hate that my guy
KG got robbed during his prime years.
GalaxyofGreatnesstv : SOMEWHATZ......HIM'& STARBURY3......CLASHED' SOME....
you gotta blame the t'wolves for trading ray allen for diva marbury during the draft night ..... and also blame the t'wolves for doing a secret deal with joe smith ....... the nba stripped them 3 or 4 1st round picks for that ........
@johnniehotrod: you’re 100% correct, had he stayed in mn, no doubt him & kg, would have won a championship. as a knicks fan, i was overly joyed to see him come home, but his mental issues caused that to crumble as well. he’s my fav player of all time, but the fact remains players spend $ on cars & jewelry, & not proper psychiatric care. he could’a brought the trophy to mn ‘AND’ n.y. shame they greatest player from bknyc brought greatness to beijing(scratching head)?
Who ever thumbs down this. Plays lacrosse and put put for a living.
I remember this game, in the beginning of his career Marbury used to pass a lot
My goodness... time does fly...
7:02 McHale with the Coogi drip?! 😳👀
Iverson had the best crossover I've ever seen. Better than the UTEP 2 step or anybody else's.
AI one of the 🐐
Minnesota was supposed to make sure Marbury and KG Retired in Minnesota. That combo was like Stockton/Malone, Gary Payton/Shawn Kemp.
Jerry Stackhouse
KG!
KG!!
KG!!!
ALL🌷🏆🏀🏀THATZ!!!!.......A.I. V S. MARBURY.....& THA' BIG TICKET🎟️🎫🎫🎫 6'11".......KG21.....STACKHOUSE.....D' COLEMAN...."YOUR WELCOME!!".....#🏀🏀🏆🏆CLASSIC!!
Comparing Rose to Marbury...... Marbury Is Better (Nevermind politics of the league). I really don't want to talk nobody to death with my reason but Ill just say this.. Marbury was Crucified so Rose can play the way he is this day in age.
word! the stuff he was criticized for, people praise Westbrook and Rose and guys like that for.
agree
true.-
SDS Overfiend do you know what Stephen marburys fg% was ? Marbury had flashes but he had poor efficiency and wasn't consistent. You just said nevermind politics. So why include the bridges he burnted. Don't ever disrespect D rose like that he was a Mvp. Marbury probably made like 2 all star games
Marbury wasn’t better than Rose in his prime.
full game please..
KG and Steph were supposed to be the next Malone and Stockton LMAO
Nice vid classic
0:51 a blatant carry, and they called Iverson for "carrying/palming" (which was arguable, he did sometimes but it wasn't that often).
Messed up..... but the refs were hating on Allen Iverson. They admitted they was cheating "trying to make him lose and play bad". Soooo.... not taking away from Marbury's win BUT.....The refs admitted they were cheating to make Iverson look bad.
did you watch the footage? the phantom foul calls were in favor of iverson in this game. i watched the game live.
stern may have used the officials against iverson later in his career because he didn't like his gangster image but certainly not in his rookie year.
15 more years?
Marbury
Stackhouse was on the 76ers? LoL I had no idea... Why the F did they let him go to Detroit?
2 bad ass point guards
I’d cut off a toe to go back to the NBA in the 90s
That announcer is using the expression "Hooking up" way too often.
Kind of weird.
Young K.G. made that look sooooo easy!!!!!
6:32 How was that a foul on Iverson? He wasn't anywhere NEAR that play!
NBA all chicago team:
Pg: IT
SG: D Rose
SF: Dwayne Wade
PF: AD
C: KG
Justin Caldero no doc no Darius miles or q rich . No monte Ellis but l like ur list
@@terrellgaither8699 thanks, doc is the only that you mentioned that's from chicago and I'd rather have the guys I mentioned starting over him
Justin Caldero I maybe wrong bout the other but Q is from the wild 100’s and I think I got miles wrong but now I think about he from e.stl if I’m not wrong
@@terrellgaither8699 oh snap my bad man I didnt even see q rich on your list
Take KG out Put Q rich ,Parker d miles. Kg on all SC team Morant PG ray Allen sg 6 Jermaine O'Neal pf KG c
Both Better than Curry
I wonder about the Marbury kg what if more than the tmac and Vince
A.I was very quick with handles Marbury was athletic
did anyone see the foul that was called on Iverson?because I didn't actually he was the last sixer to enter into picture
4:39 .... ya boi Ivo posterized KG.... nuff said .... Respect that mann game
infact ...Dean Garret, Garnet and #34 all in the same play
Theprimary13 jerry Stackhouse dunked it bro
that was Jerry stackhouse dude.....
Aiden McCarthy...absolutely right...excuse my faux pas
4:04...see thats an ACTUAL shooting foul...not like the fouls on jumpshooters now....its way to finiky the calls in the nba today..soon even looking at a shooter will be a foul..
You mean like 70 percent of the fouls called while people were guarding Jordan??? Please....the NBA has been super questionable with fouls for decades bro.
best lil man in history.
best player ever
1. mj
2. Kareem
3.wilt
4. bird
5. hakeem
6. lbj
7 . magic
8. shaq
9 . Tim
10 .A .i.
Tiny Archibald led the league in assist and scoring one year. I doubt if anyone will ever do that again. AI is good would have loved to see him really be dedicated to his game while in Memphis. He basically wasn't really interested. No doubt one of the most exciting lil men ever to play the game.
Lmao lmao lmao lmao i know damn well u didnt leave kobe name off that lol u hating big time come u anit even got to like him but still u got to give him his props lol and to not put him on that so call list u have is disrepect to the nba period lol lol have a good day
It's too bad that the Timberwolves management never did what it had to do to keep Marbury & Garnett together, unfortunately that was not to be and they ended up giving the big contract to K.G. which forever split up whatever chemistry they had before was now gone, and so now Marbury would be the odd man out. In the following seasons Stephon would be traded to Phoenix, New Jersey, and Finally the Knicks his home town, however even in the NBA sometimes things just don't turn out the way they should have. Marbury would find a resurgence in his basketball career over in China and start and NBA trend where past or present NBA players that weren't happy about playing over here in the states could go over to China and flourish where they would not only see more playing time they might also get a fat contract to play over their for anxious fans who have never seen an NBA star up close now gets their chance to do so!
David Falk and Stephon Marbury's ego ruined his NBA career. He and KG were on their way to being one of the great duo's in the league when the Wolves were forced to trade him when he insisted he would leave as a free agent in the Summer of 1999.
They NEVER WOULDVE BEAT LA OR SAN AN.
Yeah I could totally see that. They would've been like Kobe and Shaq during their prime Laker years together. KG I've always felt was the most underrated Power Forward ever in the NBA. But I think Ray Allen and KG were a good team-up as well.
AI looks taller, thought he’s 6’1 Steph 6’2
4:25 very dirty move from marbury to say the least
This not the first time they met
Why did Mayberry leave kg in Minnesota
1997? I was 4 years old I became a big allen iverson fan around 99 I remember somewhat of the bulls and jazz playoff series but i was super young anyways I remember my jerseys I had of Allen Iverson, Vince Carter, Kevin Garnett,Micheal Jordan, ShaQ, T-Mac, Webber It was so cool to keep up with all those teams really I grew up watching the Nba 98to now still a fan and now I'm a Knicks fan =D
HAHAHAH Knicks suck LOSER. They sucked in the 90's too, poor patrick ewing had to get his ass kicked day in and day out by Jordan, and then when he left and had his chance at a title he let Hakeem take it away from him HAHAHAHAH LOSER.
Connor Baskett HAHAHAH You actually believe a lazy no defense playing Melo is going to bring a championship to NY?? You're delusional. You poor pathetic Knick fans hahahaha must be sad rooting for a team that's done nothing but fail for about 40 years! Hahaha and choking on a layup is even more pathetic. Also no I wasn't in the NBA I chose a different career path that I excel in. I've received many prestigious honors in my line of work. Whereas Ewing is a ringless LOSER. I've called him a loser in person many times actually, watching him go against my Chicago Bulls in the 90's. But let's face it, everyone was ridiculing Fatrick Ewing back in those days. Impersonating a gorilla was about the only thing he could do, that and LOSING. HAHAHAHAHAH LOSER.
Connor Baskett Awww you poor poor idiot. Delusional Knicks fans. I'm not quite sure which statement is more ludacris. You ACTUALLY believing that Melo plays good defense(Actually I can believe that because you're no doubt a total imbecile) or already declaring D-Fish a good coach when he hasn't even coached ONE NBA GAME. Carmelo is going to doom your pathetic franchise to mediocrity for a very long time! HAHAHAHA. Your loser team didn't even make it into the playoffs in this years pathetic WEAK EAST. Your team had a 37-45 record. HAHAHA LOSER. Also Paying Melo 125 million doesn't sound very brilliant to me, or anyone with a normal functional brain for that matter. As for Ewing he will ALWAYS be a LOSER. Chicago owned him and the knicks asses. I'll enjoy laughing at you when the Knicks suck this year. Melo has no winning mentality what so ever. Maybe that's why he fits in so well in NY. Nothing but a bunch of LOSERS. You probably won't even get to live to see your team win another Championship. More than likely you probably weren't even alive to see them Win in the 70's. You sound like some dumb teen for that matter. HAHAHAHAHA Have a good day LOSER.
Connor Baskett why were you trying to have an actual debate with an obvious troll whose name is rlystupidcomments. dont feed them, itll only encourage them and they will always want the last word because they have nothing better to do than to rip on ppl over the internet. and cool jerseys btw
OK , I don't know what's the big problem being a Knicks fan . I don't see people making fun of Celtics and kings . And Chicago losing in the first round .
The real nba when stars would guard each other nothing like todays bull shit NBA.
We need to talk more about how some of these shitty teams draft future stars and they are stuck in small markets. Steph in Minnesota, cmon. Ant Edwards on tv 9 times this year . A man like that needs 30 plus times on tv.
Why does he keep saying hooking up
Looking at Marbury interviews now hmm somebody botty boy
marbury was always really athletic but just couldnt finish much of the time and at the end of the day the most important thing is to put the ball in the basket consistently. they both had chemistry issues but at least ai had the offensive consistency and ability to takeover a game.
Just couldn't finish? Stfu please
When AI was first starting his braids lol
KG and marbury could have been special
They shoulda paid Marbury his money. That's the only reason he wanted to back home, because they didn't wanna pay him.