Iverson

After two outstanding seasons at Georgetown, Allen Iverson was the first player picked in the 1996 NBA Draft and had a brilliant rookie season with the Philadelphia 76ers, averaging 23.5 points per game to rank sixth in the league in scoring and earn Schick Rookie of the Year honors. After averaging 22.0 ppg in 1997-98, he was shifted to the shooting guard position and he led the league at 26.8 ppg in 1998-99 and was voted to the All-NBA First Team. He finished second in the league at 28.4 ppg in 1999-2000 and was third in the NBA in steals and minutes as well, earning a place on the All-NBA Second Team.
Iverson, who was named First Team All-America by the Associated Press as a sophomore, started 66 of 67 career games and led Georgetown in scoring both of his two seasons. He was also selected as the Big East Defensive Player of the Year in consecutive seasons. As a sophomore, Iverson led the Hoyas in scoring (25.0 ppg), assists (4.7 apg) and steals (3.35 spg). As a freshman Iverson was named the Big East Rookie of the Year after averaging a team-leading 20.4 points and 4.5 assists.

He lived up to expectations in his first NBA season, leading the Sixers with 23.5 points, 7.5 assists and 2.07 steals per game, ranking seventh in the NBA in steals. He was twice named Rookie of the Month and finished the season in a blaze, scoring 40 points or more in five consecutive games and hitting a career-high 50 on April 12. He averaged 39.0 ppg in his final eight games.

Iverson came back with a strong second season, leading the Sixers with 22.0 points, 6.2 assists and 2.20 steals in 39.4 minutes per game. He ranked eighth in the NBA in scoring, 16th in assists, fifth in steals and 11th in minutes.

Moved from point guard to the shooting guard position, Iverson led the NBA with 26.8 points per game in 1998-99, becoming the first Sixer since Wilt Chamberlain in 1965-66 to lead the NBA in scoring. He also topped the league in field goal attempts and minutes played and the Sixers in steals, leading Philadelphia to the NBA Playoffs for the first time since 1990-91.

He led the 76ers to the second round of the playoffs for the second year in a row in 1999-2000, when he was second in the league in scoring (28.4) and third in steals (2.06) and minutes (40.8).

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