The human body is treated like a machine to attain certain requires in professional basketball.

The average height of a NBA player is estimated to be 6'7 and 215 pounds. Science has a template used in drafting players height, weight, wingspan and shooting efficiency.

Allen Iverson lacked all these. A 6'0 guard 160 pounds who became the first overall pick in 1996 NBA draft, a draft class where elite players and future NBA Hall of famers like Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash.

Scientists believed Iverson he was unique has always given an whether it's contesting at the rim or larger strides. Its rare phenomenon in which a 6 foot guard became the face of the franchise and also the most valuable player. Without laboratory and athletes monitoring vest, he had qualities that scientists and scouts measure him as a genetically modified player, lab rat.

Iverson's vertical leap also challenged the science of body size in basketball. He reportedly had a forty inch vertical, this is a rare phenom his vertical jump is usually among taller players.

Allen Iverson's 14 year career is evidence that sports isn't a laboratory project. In a league that height and wingspan is been cherished, Allen took a leap of faith exceeding any scientific results. He set the boundary between two ages one powered by instinct and the other powered by science. His success as a dwarf in the world of giants still strikes up debates if technology measures greatness or can describe it. In the history of the NBA Iverson is the only one with THE ANSWER.