"Before the cornrows, there was the afro, and Allen (Iverson) broke through the glass ceiling by representing our culture, being himself and doing things his way," Saadiyah told SLAM Magazine in 2021.

Standing at just 6 feet tall, Allen Iverson defied ... "When I guarded Iverson, because it was so surreal. I had 35 pictures of him cut out from SLAM Magazine on my wall… I'm just staring ...