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Here's Why Allen Iverson Thinks Luka Doncic 'Plays Like a Black Guy'

The Hall of Famer recently picked Luka as the current player he'd want to team up with.

Allen Iverson in a Sixers uniform laughing, and Luka Dončić in a Mavs jersey holding a basketball

Allen Iverson is giving Luka Doncic his flowers.

During a recent appearance on Shaquille O'Neal's The Big Podcast, Iverson was asked to name a young NBA player who reminds him of himself. Perhaps as a surprise to some fans, the former Philadelphia 76ers star named Luka.

"I'm talking about his style. It's streetball mixed in. He plays the way he plays and...I don't want nobody take this the wrong way," Iverson said at the 23:45 mark of the episode, before Shaq's co-host Adam Lefkoe offered up that Luka plays like a white guy.

"He plays like a Black guy," Iverson clarified. "That man got style. He got swag. He's so cool out there man, everything is slow, major moves. The wet ball, he shoots the blood out of that ball. Man Luka is..."

It isn't the first time Iverson has praised Luka.

During a January appearance on Showtime Basketball's Headliners With Rachel Nichols, Iverson chose Doncic as the current player he'd want to team up with.

"One of today's players, I would want it to be Luka [Doncic]," Iverson said. "Because he's a big point guard. I can still play the two. He can guard the two, I can guard the one. I think it'd just be deadly."

Watch Iverson's full interview on Shaq's podcast below.

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