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Exclusive: NBA legend’s huge call on ‘special’ Giddey, reality for Aussie hoops’ rise
NBA legend Allen Iverson says the “sky is the limit” for Josh Giddey and where Australian basketball can go.
Iverson is currently visiting Australia for the first time including the basketball icon hosting an eBay Live event this week to auction personally signed trading cards and spending time in Melbourne to meet fans after attending HoopsFest in Perth.
It comes during a rapidly growing hoops boom Down Under, with basketball now ranked the second most popular team sport with 1.3 million participants across the country.
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NBA icon Allen Iverson draws round-the-block queues at Perth event
Allen Iverson made the day of fans in Perth on Saturday. (ABC News: Bridget McArthur)
A carousel of fans rotates past Allen Iverson, who jokes casually with star-struck, merch-clad devotees as his team marches them on.
Some carry drawings they have done of him, others mix tapes, and others stories of what the NBA legend has meant to them — all offered up like tributes to a king.
"Yo man, how are tall are you?" he asks one kid who has already filed past.
Allen Iverson was in Perth for the NBL's 'Hoopsfest'. (ABC News: Bridget McArthur)
Iverson nods and shakes the boy's hand, turning back just in time to pose with the next kid who gets propelled onward.
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