Allen Iverson Recalls Breaking Down at Bar After Best Friend’s Death and How Derrick Coleman Turned the Situation Upside-Down

Allen Iverson is an emotional person, and he is quite open about it. Just a couple of months ago, he wrote a heartfelt letter to his brother in tribute, Kobe Bryant. As his letter was aired, he became part of every other headline across the basketball world. Once again, he has come under the limelight for being emotional.

In a recent episode of Knucklehead’s podcast, Allen Iverson sat with the team to share his insights about himself. The glimpse of the interview was then posted on the official YouTube account with the title, “Allen Iverson on His Hall of Fame Career, Cultural Legacy, Matching Up With Kobe and Jordan & More.”

As the podcast progressed, it wasn’t his career or cultural legacy that stood out. Instead, Allen Iverson’s revelations on the aftermath of his late friend’s departure presented the vulnerability of the NBA star. He started off with, “My best friend got killed,” and added that he was left broken after his friend, RA Boogie’s (Allen Iverson calls his late best friend Rahsaan Langford who died way back in 2021 as RA Boogie)  death.

Moving on, he recalled the incident when he went to a club with Derrick Coleman. “I hadn’t been out to the club and then DC was ‘like come on out man,… you gotta have some fun… you know I mean you don’t get over it… but you know you can enjoy yourself man… he’s in a better place’ whatever he was kicking all the old school shit to me,” he added. Following DC’s persuasion, AI was obliged to give in. But what transpired later wasn’t something he was expecting.

“I was at the bar, I was drinking… I just got emotional. I am in a bar crying,” the former shooting guard recalls. He further reminisces on being stared at when Derrick Coleman gave him a pat on the back and asked him to let it out while supposedly flipping out at the people staring. The drinks and the instances that followed further had DC saying, “never going to the club with you.”

While it was a painful time, thanks to Derrick Coleman, AI sure has a memory to cherish by.