Allen Iverson stepped in front of the cameras looking like himself, wearing a No. 3 jersey, as much a part of his identity as his all-out play, with a headband wrapped snugly around his cornrows, grown longer down the neck.

Iverson, with big diamonds dangling from his ears, was even a tad late, as usual, to Friday's media day press conference.

What was different was his tone.

"It's the same song and dance every year," Iverson said glumly. "I come into this press conference and say the same thing. I'll do anything it will take to win, and I'll play as hard as I can play and I give it everything that I have. I think every year that I've done that."

Via AP

Philadelphia 76ers

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