A Complicated Question a Complicated Answer (Sports‪)‬

PHILADELPHIA | Allen Iverson has been called many things in his career: trendsetter, thug, gifted, tattooed, tough, quick, intimidating. The diminutive guard presents a kind of Rorschach test for many fans and followers of professional basketball. In other words, with Iverson, people often see what they want to see. What makes him interesting, aside from his breathtaking talent, is that those projections often are at odds with one another.