The latest player to receive such a tribute is Allen Iverson ... poke fun at the size of the sculpture. However, the dimensions of the statue aren't anything to get worked up about.

Iverson's impact extended beyond his on-court feats. To understand the totality of his greatness requires a sense of what he represented.

Allen Iverson." "And he said, 'I'm not disrespecting Michael [Jordan] or Magic [Johnson] or Julius Erving or any of those guys.' He said, 'I couldn't have done what I did at my size if I didn't ...

In fact, Iverson's various whips, including an Escalade and a 1999 Benz (which is basically an antique by NBA standards), have been spotted occupying handicapped spaces all around Philly.