1993 Nike Camp All Star Game - 18-year-old Allen Iverson vs 17-year-old Kevin Garnett RARE game

Allen Iverson came into the camp without a big reputation, but by the end of the camp was arguably the best guard in the class. Then there was Kevin Garnett, who's jersey could barely fit his lanky frame. His offensive game wasn't as developed as it is now with the world champion Celtics, but he was still punching everything in sight.

These casual summer games are all that Iverson, a 6'1", 165-pound guard who has been favorably compared with Isiah Thomas and Kenny Anderson, can play at the moment. The 18-year-old Iverson was convicted last week on three felony counts of maiming by a mob, charges stemming from a Valentine Day brawl in a bowling alley in his hometown of Hampton, Va. Because Judge Nelson T. Overton has imposed an 8 p.m. curfew on him until he is sentenced, on Aug. 18, Iverson can't participate in the summer tournaments in which he built his reputation last year. Even if he doesn't go to jail—he could get five to 20 years on each charge—he may not be able to play his senior year at Bethel High, and his college career is in obvious jeopardy.

"Sometimes I wonder how everything got so messed up," says Iverson. "All I wanted to do was play basketball, and now I'm in the middle of all this mess."

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