Nearly a decade has passed since Allen Iverson stepped on an NBA court. But in that time, it’s only become more true that AI was the coolest hooper to ever play the game.

Yahoo Sports NBA’s LaJethro Jenkins takes a look back at “this generation’s most beloved OG.”

Allen Iverson is bigger than basketball. He's a cultural icon.@LaJethroJenkins takes a look back at the coolest NBA player who ever played 🐐 pic.twitter.com/eAnA5RPkfV — Yahoo Sports NBA (@YahooSportsNBA) May 16, 2019

Iverson was the player of the people. As Jenkins says, “When he won the MVP in 2001, it felt like we ALL won.”

Nowadays, it seems like every young player wants to be Steph Curry. But before that, Steph Curry wanted to be like Allen Iverson.