What’s the deal with the Iverson Twitter avi?

This is a bit frivolous to write about, but I get asked about it so often – with various degrees of amusement, confusion, appreciation and even disapproval – that I guess I might as well set down in a few words why I use former NBA shooting guard Allen Iverson as my Twitter icon.

The short and sweet answer is that I love Iverson. Always have. He’s from m…