The Pre war Corregidor

Corregidor is an island in the entrance of the Philippines' Manila Bay. Due to its position in the bay, it has served as a focal point for the naval defenses of the capital city of Manila.

During World War II, Corregidor was the site of several battles and its fall to the Japanese forces was instrumental in the subsequent capture of the Philippines and the retreat of the United States in the early stages of the war. Currently, it is an important historic and tourist site and is managed under the jurisdiction of Cavite City.

Early Years Before The Great War II

Under the Spanish era, Corregidor served not only as a fortress of defense and a penal institution, but also as a signal outpost to warn Manila of the approach of hostile ships, and as a station for Customs inspection.. Corregidor comes from the Spanish word corregir, meaning "to correct."

One story states that, due to the Spanish system wherein all ships entering Manila Bay were required to stop and have their documents checked and corrected, the island was called Isla del Corregidor (literally, Island of Correction).

Another version claims that the island was used a penitentiary or correctional institution by the Spanish and came to be called El Corregidor.

In 1902, the island was organized as an American military reservation. In 1903, a convalescent hospital was established by the US Army.

In 1908, a Regular Army post was established on the island, designated as Fort Mills, in honor of Brigadier General Samuel M. Mills, Chief of Artillery of the US Army from 1905 to 1906.

By early 1909, H Company of the 2nd Battalion of the Corps of Engineers was assigned to Corregidor and started on the construction of concrete emplacements, bomb-proof shelters, and trails at various parts of the island. This pioneer engineer company left Fort Mills on March 15, 1912.


The defense of Corregidor was the immediate responsibility of the Philippine Coast Artillery Command under Major General George F. Moore. Stationed on the island were the following regular units:

60th Coast Artillery AA (US Regular Army)
91st Coast Artillery (Philippine Scouts)
59th Coast Artillery (US Regular Army)
92nd Tractor Drawn Coast Artillery (Philippine Scouts)
Headquarters, Harbor Defenses of Manila and the Seaward Defense Command.

Before the outbreak of World War II, the island was reinforced by the 4th Marine Regiment and by mobilized Philippine Army troops which were sent to reinforce the island's beach defenses.
The Army post on Corregidor was named Fort Mills, that on Caballo Island, Fort Hughes, on El Fraile, Fort Drum, and on Carabao Island, Fort Frank. According to the war plan, these forts were supposed to be able to make a six-month stand, after which aid would presumably come from the United States.

The fortifications on Corregidor were designed solely to beat off a sea-borne attack. When American military planners realized that airplanes would one day render Fort Mills obsolete, the United States was restricted from improving the fortifications by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. After this, U.S. Army constructed the Malinta Tunnel, with its series of related laterals, to

protect its military stores and vital installations in the event of war.






The island, which sheltered Fort Mills, was a prized piece of real estate. Its defense installations had cost the U.S. Government more than 150 million dollars. This amount did not include the expenditure for fortifying the neighboring islands of Caballo, Carabao, and El Fraile, on which were established forts Hughes, Frank, and Drum, respectively.



Geography.


The island is about 48 kilometers west of Manila. It is shaped like a sperm, with its tail running eastward, and has a land area of 9 km². Along with Caballo (which lies 2 km south of the "tail's" tip), it partially blocks the entrance to Manila Bay, and thus has strategic importance.


It also creates a northern and southern entrance to the bay.

Because of its rocky landscape and the fortifications of Fort Mills, the island was also known as "the Rock".



Corregidor is a tadpole-shaped island four miles (6 km) long and about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) at its widest point, with a total area roughly about three square miles.

Its bulbous head, which points towards the South China Sea rises prominently to a large flat called Topside. This was the nerve center of the Island and here was located the headquarters, barracks for enlisted personnel, officers quarters, underground ordnance shops, the traditional parade grounds, and the bulk of the batteries that constituted the strength of Corregidor.

Middleside

Middleside is a small plateau that interrupts the upward slope from Bottomside to Topside, and was the location of barracks for the enlisted men, a hospital, quarters for non-commissioned officers, a service club, and two schoolhouses—one for the children of Filipino soldiers and the other for American children.

Bottomside

Bottomside is the lower part of the island and is the neck that connects the tail and head of the island. South of Bottomside is Barrio San José (near what was Navy Beach); on the north is what was Army Dock, with its three large piers, and, east of Bottomside, is Malinta Tunnel.








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Corregidor is such a beautiful tourist destination right now, too bad the mile barrack was broked up after the World War II, the corregidor before looks really amazing, its like a European Site for me, too bad lots of ghost in the barracks.

corregidor is a defense island entering the manila bay, the pre corregidor photo was quiet looks amazing and clean. quiet peaceful with the army marching with it.

Ferdinand Marcos (our greatest leader of all time)

Marcos, Ferdinand Edralin (1917-1989), former president-dictator of the Philippines (1965-1986). He was born in Sarrat, studied law, and while still a student was convicted of a politically motivated murder. Free on bail, he graduated with a law degree, appealed his own case, and won acquittal. During World War II Marcos served as an intelligence officer. Elected to the Philippine House of Representatives in 1949 and to the Senate in 1959 as a Liberal, he switched to the Nationalist side in 1964 and the following year ran for the presidency against the incumbent, Diosdado Macapagal.

He won in a close election, earned a reputation as a reformer, and was reelected in 1969. Faced with increasing civil strife from Communist and Moro (Muslim) insurgencies, he suspended the constitution in 1972, declared martial law, and ruled the country as a dictator. His wife, Imelda Romualdez Marcos (1929-), played a significant role both in his rise to power and in his administration.

Widespread fraud in presidential elections of 1986, in which he claimed to have defeated Corazon Aquino, provoked a popular uprising that forced Marcos and his wife into exile in Hawaii. He died on September 28, 1989, in Honolulu, having spent his last years fending off lawsuits seeking to reclaim the vast wealth he had accumulated while in office.

His widow, who returned to the Philippines in November 1991 to contest the upcoming presidential election, also faced charges of financial impropriety. In 1992 Marcos's body was returned to the Philippines.

Early Life

Marcos was born on September 11, 1917 in Sarrat, a small town in Ilocos Norte. Named by his parents, Mariano Marcos and Josefa Edralin, after King Ferdinand of Spain, baptized into the Philippine Independent Church, Marcos was a champion debater, boxer, swimmer and a wrestler while in the University of the Philippines.

Marcos graduated cum laude with a law degree from the U.P. College of Law in 1939 and was elected to the Pi Gamma Mu international honor society. As a young law student of the University of the Philippines, Marcos was indicted and convicted of the murder of Julio Nalundasan, the man who twice defeated his father for a National Assembly seat. While in detention, he studied for and passed the bar examination with one of the highest scores in history. He appealed his conviction and argued his case before the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Impressed by his legal defense, the court unanimously acquitted him.

When the Second World War broke out, Marcos was called to arms in defense of the Philippines against the Japanese. He was a combat intelligence officer of the 21st Infantry division. He fought in the three-month Battle of Bataan in 1942, and was one of the victims of the Bataan Death March, a Japanese war crime in which thousands of prisoners of war were forcibly transported after being defeated. He was released later.

Though he was captured once more at Fort Santiago, he escaped and joined the guerilla movements against the Japanese. He claimed to have been one of the guerilla leaders in Luzon and that his greatest exploit was the Battle of Besang Pass, though the veracity of his claims had been widely questioned. However, genuine photos taken right after the war showed Marcos with decorations on his chest: a Distinguished Service Cross, a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. Subsequent claims to other awards proved to be a point of contention among historians.

Early Political Career

After the end of the war and the establishment of the Republic, President Manuel A. Roxas appointed Marcos as special technical assistant. Later, Marcos ran for Representative of the 2nd district of Ilocos Norte under the Liberal Party – the administration party. During the campaign he told his constituents “Elect me a Congressman now and I pledge you an Ilocano President in 20 years.” He was elected thrice as Congressman.

In 1959 he was elected to the Senate with the highest number of votes. He immediately became its Minority Floor Leader. In 1963, after a tumultuous rigodon in the Senate, he was elected its President despite being in the minority party

President Diosdado Macapagal, who had promised not to run for reelection in 1965 to support Marcos’ candidacy for the presidency, went back on this promise, causing Marcos to resign from the Liberal Party. With the support of his wife Imelda Romualdez Marcos, he joined the Nacionalista Party and became its standard-bearer with Senator Fernando Lopez as his running mate.

1st Term

The Filipino, it seems, has lost his soul, his dignity, and his courage. We have come upon a phase of our history when ideals are only a veneer for greed and power, (in public and private affairs) when devotion to duty and dedication to a public trust are to be weighted at all times against private advantages and personal gain, and when loyalties can be traded. …Our government is in the iron grip of venality, its treasury is barren, its resources are wasted, its civil service is slothful and indifferent, its armed forces demoralized and its councils sterile., We are in crisis. You know that the government treasury is empty. Only by severe self-denial will there be hope for recovery within the next year.

To rally the people, he vowed to fulfill the nation’s “mandate for greatness:”
This nation can be great again. This I have said over and over. It is my articles of faith, and Divine Providence has willed that you and I can now translate this faith into deeds.

In his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Marcos revealed his plans for economic development and good government. President Marcos wanted the immediate construction of roads, bridges and public works which includes 16,000 kilometers of feeder roads, some 30,000 lineal meters of permanent bridges, a generator with an electric power capacity of one million kilowatts (1,000,000 kW), water services to eight regions and 38 localities.

He also urged the revitalization of the Judiciary, the national defense posture and the fight against smuggling, criminality, and graft and corruption in the government.

To accomplish his goals “President Marcos mobilized the manpower and resources of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for action to complement civilian agencies in such activities as infrastructure construction; economic planning and program execution; regional and industrial site planning and development; community development and others.”The President, likewise, hired technocrats and highly educated persons to form part of the Cabinet and staff.

The employment of technocrats in key positions and the mobilization of the AFP for civic actions resulted in the increasing functional integration of civilian and military elites. It was during his first term that the North Diversion Road (now, North Luzon Expressway) was constructed with the help of the AFP engineering construction battalion.

2nd Term

In 1969, President Marcos was reelected for an unprecedented second term because of his impressive performance or, as his critics claimed, because of massive vote-buying and electoral frauds.

The second term proved to be a daunting challenge to the President: an economic crisis brought by external and internal forces; a restive and radicalized studentry demanding reforms in the educational system; rising tide of criminality and subversion by the re-organized Communist movement; and secessionism in the South.

Economic situation - Overspending in the 1969 elections led to higher inflation and the devaluation of the Philippine peso. Further, the decision of the oil-producing Arab countries to cut back oil production, in response to Western military aid to Israel in the Arab-Israeli conflict, resulted in higher fuel prices worldwide. In addition, the frequent visits of natural calamities brought havoc to infrastructures and agricultural crops and livestock.

The combined external and internal economic forces led to uncontrolled increase in the prices of prime commodities.

A restive studentry– The last years of the 1960s and the first two years of the 1970s witnessed the radicalization of student population. Students in various colleges and universities held massive rallies and demonstrations to express their frustrations and resentments. On January 30, 1970, demonstrators numbering about 50,000 students and laborers stormed the Malacañang Palace, burning part of the Medical building, crashing through Gate 4 with a fire truck that had been forcibly commandeered by some laborers and students...The Metropolitan Command (Metrocom) of the Philippine Constabulary (PC) repulsed them, pushing them towards Mendiola Bridge, where in an exchange of gunfire, hours later, four persons were killed and scores from both sides injured. Tear gas grenades finally dispersed the crowd. ”. The event was known today as the First Quarter Storm.

Violent students protests however did not stop. In October 1970, a series of violence occurred in numerous campuses in the Greater Manila Area: “an explosion of pillboxes in at least two schools. The University of the Philippines was not spared when 18,000 students boycotted their classes to demand academic and non-academic reforms in the State University resulting in the ‘occupation’ of the office of the President of the University by student leaders. Other schools which were scenes of violent student demonstrations were San Sebastian College, University of the East, Letran College, Mapua Institute of Technology, University of Sto. Tomas, Feati University and Philippine College of Commerce (now Polytechnic University of the Philippines). Student demonstrators even succeeded in “occupying the office of the Secretary of Justice Vicente Abad Santos for at least seven hours.” The President described the brief “communization” of the University of the Philippines and the violent demonstrations of the Left-leaning students as an “act of insurrection."

The re-emergence of the Communist movement – The re-emergence of the Communist movement and the threats it poised to the Philippine Republic may be best narrated by the Supreme Court in Lansang vs. Garcia on December 11, 1970, excerpts:


In the language of the Report on Central Luzon, submitted, on September 4, 1971, by the Senate Ad Hoc Committee of Seven – copy of which Report was filed in these cases by the petitioners herein – “The years following 1963 saw the successive emergence in the country of several mass organizations, notably the Lapiang Manggagawa (now the Socialist Party of the Philippines) among the workers; the Malayang Samahan ng Magsasaka (MASAKA) among the peasantry; the Kabataang Makabayan (KM) among the youth/students; and the Movement for the Advancement of Nationalism (MAN) among the intellectuals/professionals.

The PKP has exerted all-out effort to infiltrate, influence, and utilize these organizations in promoting its radical brand of nationalism. Meanwhile, the Communist leaders in the Philippines had been split into two (2) groups, one of which- composed mainly of young radicals, constituting the Maoist faction – reorganized the Communist party of the Philippines early in 1969 and established a New People’s Army. This faction adheres to the Maoist concept of the “Protracted People’s War” or “War of National Liberation.” In the year 1969, the NPA had – according to the records of the Department of National Defense – conducted raids, resorted to kidnappings and taken part in other violent incidents numbering 230, in which it inflicted 404 casualties, and in turn, suffered 243 loses.

Martial Law and the New Society

Proclamation of ma-Chief of all armed forces of the philippines

General Order No. 2 – The President directed the Secretary of National Defense to arrest or cause the arrest and take into his custody the individuals named in the attached list and to hold them until otherwise so ordered by the President or by his duly designated representative, as well as to arrest or cause the arrest and take into his custody and to hold them otherwise ordered released by him or by his duly authorized representative such persons who may have committed crimes described in the Order;

General Order No.3 – The President ordered that all executive departments, bureaus, offices, agencies and instrumentalities of the National Government, government owned or controlled corporations, as well all governments of all the provinces, cities, municipalities and barrios should continue to function under their present officers and employees, until otherwise ordered by the President or by his duly designated representatives. The President further ordered that the Judiciary should continue to function in accordance with its present organization and personnel, and should try and decide in accordance with existing laws all criminal and civil cases, except certain cases enumerated in the Order.

General Order No. 4 – The President ordered that a curfew be maintained and enforced throughout the Philippines from twelve o’clock midnight until four o’clock in the morning.
General Order No. 5 – All rallies, demonstrations and other forms of group actions including strikes and picketing in vital industries such as in companies engaged in manufacture or processing as well as in production or processing of essential commodities or products for exports, and in companies engaged in banking of any kind, as well as in hospitals and in schools and colleges are prohibited.

General Order No. 6 – No person shall keep, possess or carry outside of his residence any firearm unless such person is duly authorized to keep, possess or carry any sucPhilippines except to those who are being sent abroad in the service of the Philippines.

The 1976 Ammendments to the constitution.

On October 16-17, 1976 majority of barangay voters (Citizen Assemblies) approved that martial law should be continued and ratified the amendments to the Constitution proposed by President Marcos.

The 1976 Amendments were: an Interim Batasang Pambansa (IBP) substituting for the Interim National Assembly, the President would also become the Prime Minister and he would continue to exercise legislative powers until martial law should have been lifted. The Sixth Amendment authorized the President to legislate:

Whenever in the judgment of the President there exists a grave emergency or a threat or imminence thereof, or whenever the Interim Batasang Pambansa or the regular National Assembly fails or is unable to act adequately on any matter for any reason that in his judgment requires immediate action, he may, in order to meet the exigency, issue the necessary decrees, orders or letters of instructions, which shall form part of the law of the land.

The Batasang Pambansa

The Interim Batasang Pambansa was not immediately convened. Instead, President Marcos created the Batasang Bayan through Presidential Decree No. 995 on September 21, 1976.

The Batasang Bayan is a 128-member legislature that advised the President on important legislature measures it served as the transitory legislature until convening of the Interim Batasang Pambansa in 1978 The Batasang Bayan was one of two temporary legislative bodies before the convening of the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984.

First National election under martial law

On April 7, 1978, the first national election under martial law was held. The election for 165- members of the Interim Batasang Pambansa resulted to the massive victory of the administration coalition party, the “Kilusang Bagong Lipunan ng Nagkakaisang Nacionalista, Liberal, at iba pa” or KBL. First Lady Imelda Marcos, KBL Chairman for NCR, won the highest number of votes in Metro Manila. Only 15 opposition candidates in other parts of the country won. Among them were: Francisco Tatad (former Secretary of Public Information to Pres.

Marcos), Reuben Canoy (Mindanao Alliance), Homobono Adaza (MA), and Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. None of the members of Laban ng Bayan of former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. were elected. The Opposition denounced the massive votebuying and cheating in that elections. The opposition Liberal Party boycotted the elections as a futile exercise.

On April 21, 1978, the election of 14 sectoral representatives (agricultural, labor, and youth) was held.
On June 12, 1978 the Interim Batasang Pambansa was convened with Ferdinand E. Marcos as President-Prime Minister and Querube Makalintal as Speaker.

1980 and 1981 ammendments of the consititution

The 1973 Constitution was further amended in 1980 and 1981. In the 1980 Amendment, the retirement age of the members of the Judiciary was extended to 70 years. In the 1981 Amendments, the parliamentary system was modified:

executive power was restored to the President; direct election of the President was restored; an Executive Committee composed of the Prime Minister and not more than fourteen members was created to “assist the President in the exercise of his powers and functions and in the performance of his duties as he may prescribe;” and the Prime Minister was a mere head of the Cabinet.

Further, the amendments instituted electoral reforms and provided that a natural born citizen of the Philippines who has lost his citizenship may be a transferee of private land for use by him as his residence.

Lifting of Martial Law

After putting in force amendments to the Constitution and legislations securing his sweeping powers and with the Batasan under his control, President Marcos lifted martial law on January 17, 1981.

However, the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus continued in the autonomous regions of Western Mindanao and Central Mindanao. The Opposition dubbed the lifting of martial law as a mere "face lifting" as a precondition to the visit of Pope John Paul II.

On June 16, 1981, six months after the lifting of martial law, the first presidential election in twelve years was held. As to be expected, President Marcos ran and won a massive victory over the other candidates – Alejo Santos of the Nacionalista Party (Roy Wing) and Cebu Assemblyman Bartolome Cabangbang of the Federal Party. The major opposition parties, Unido (United Democratic Opposition, a coalition of opposition parties, headed by Salvador Laurel) and Laban, boycotted the elections.

In an almost one-sided election, President Marcos won an overwhelming 88% of the votes, the highest in Philippine electoral history. The Nacionalista candidate Alejo Santos garnered only 8.6% of the votes and Cabangbang obtained less than 3%.

On June 30, 1981, President Marcos was inaugurated in grandiose ceremonies and proclaimed the “birth of a new Republic.” The new Republic lasted only for less than five years. Economic and political crises led to its demise.

The Aquino Assasination

After seven years of detention, President Marcos allowed former Senator Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. to leave the country.
After three years of exile in the United States, Aquino decided to return. The First Lady tried to dissuade him but in vain.

On August 21, 1983, former Senator Aquino returned to the Philippines. He was shot dead at the tarmac of the Manila International Airport while in the custody of the Aviation Security Command (AVSECOM).

About two million people attended the funeral of the late senator from Sto. Domingo Church to Manila Memorial Park.

Meanwhile, President Marcos immediately created a fact-finding commission, headed by Supreme Court Chief Justice Enrique Fernando, to investigate the Aquino assassination. However, the commission lasted only in two sittings due to intense public criticism. President Marcos issued on October 14, 1983, Presidential Decree No. 1886 creating an independent board of inquiry. The board was composed of former Court of Appeals Justice Ma. Corazon J. Agrava as chairman, Amando Dizon, Luciano Salazar, Dante Santos and Ernesto Herrera.

The Agrava Fact-Finding Board convened on November 3, 1983. But, before it could start its work. President Marcos charged the communists for the killing of Senator Aquino: “The decision to eliminate the former Senator, Marcos claimed, was made by none other than the general-secretary of the Philippine Communist Party, Rodolfo Salas. He was referring to his earlier claim that Aquino had befriended and subsequently betrayed his communist comrades. “ The Agrava Board conducted public hearings, and invited several persons who might shed light on the crimes, including AFP Chief of Staff Fabian Ver and First Lady Imelda R. Marcos.

After a year of thorough investigation – with 20,000 pages of testimony given by 193 witnesses, the Agrava Board submitted two reports to President Marcos – the Majority and Minority Reports. The Minority Report, submitted by Chairman Agrava alone, was submitted on October 23, 1984. It confirmed that the Aquino assassination was a military conspiracy but it cleared Gen. Ver. Many believed that President Marcos intimidated and pressured the members of the Board to persuade them not to indict Ver, Marcos’ first cousin and most trusted general.

Excluding Chairman Agrava, the majority of the board submitted a separate report – the Majority Report – indicting several members of the Armed Forces including AFP Chief-of-Staff Gen. Fabian Ver, Gen. Luther Custodio and Gen. Prospero Olivas, head of AVSECOM.

Later, the 25 military personnel, including several generals and colonels, and one civilian were charged for the murder of Senator Aquino. President Marcos relieved Ver as AFP Chief and appointed his second-cousin, Gen. Fidel V. Ramos as acting AFP Chief. After a brief trial, the Sandiganbayan acquitted all the accused on December 2, 1985. Immediately after the decision, Marcos re-instated Ver. The Sandiganbayan ruling and the reinstatement of Ver were denounced by several sectors as a “mockery” of justice.

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Marcos is one of our Finest Leader in History, Nasira ang Repotasyon niya kagagawan ng mga nasa Oposisyon, Nagdulot ang lahat ng mamatay si ninoy, binalaan na siya di pa siya nakinig ayun tigok.

Duda aq sa Aquino Galman Case, i believe all these works including Mendiola Massacre and Plaza Miranda Bombing are not Marcos' tactics, Just Think of It, Who hOlds the Whole AVSECOM Command? think of it, Ramos Right, think wisely before judging someone.

" SECOND LIFE " thanks to media

Sometimes i consider these mediamens that they are biased units for the administration, but this time they are the main article of my blog.

Jun Lozada supposed to pass to Bureau of Immigration when he arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport from Hongkong which is the standard operating procedure, but the procedure was not applied to Lozada's arrival instead a group of people escorted him from arrival area to departure area and down to tarmac and load to a vehicle.

From the airport he was taken to a place where the mastermind ordered the escort to take Lozada somewhere in southern part of luzon. His wife is waiting at arrival area and when Lozada didn't show up she
panicked and seeked the help of media to find him, so the media started to air the situation and
announced the missing of Lozada, the kidnappers I say kidnappers because that is kidnapping
forcing Lozada to go with them is kidnapping or abduction or let's make it generic " bad guys" were unaware that the missing of Lozada was aired nationwide until the badguys received a phone call from their superior telling them " maingay na ang media " ( the media are making noise ) meaning the whole nation knows the missing of Lozada already, because of the effort of the media to air the situation, so he was taken to La Salle Greenhills upon his request because his wife is waiting there where they believe they are safe from the claws of Malacanang goons.
So he survive the should be assasination , this is the system they are doing always to those people who stand as star witness or witnessed the wrong doings of top officials of the government, only idiots believes that the escorts has no intentions to assasinate Jun Lozada.

Jun Lozada is the star witness to what they called ZTE scandal where the top government officals were involved like BENJAMIN ABALOS who was a Commission on Election chairman, take note " COMMISSION ON ELECTION CHAIRMAN " the father of a very good Mayor of Mandaluyong BENJUR ABALOS, I hope you feed your children with a very clean food bought out of clean money; National Economic Development Authority Chairman ROMEO NERI now chairman of Department of Education Culture and Sports if I am not mistaken, a gay protected by President GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO; and First Gentleman MIKE ARROYO my GOD
you are only a husband of the president who grabbed power from President Joseph Estrada.
These are the GREEDY people who wants Jun Lozada to protect the $ 130M overprice to ZTE contract but Jun Lozada can't stomached these greediness, so many Filipinos are starving,
dying from hunger, works hard just to feed their families three times a day.

These TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS belong to wealthiest families in Asia or maybe in the world and they still doing this dirty works.
I admire the media people who saved Jun Lozada's life.

JUN, ENJOY YOUR SECOND LIFE, STAY CLOSE TO GOD BUT STAY AWAY FROM THE PRIESTS OF THE PALACE.

Allen Iverson The Answer's Career Profile

Allen Ezail Iverson (born June 7, 1975, in Hampton, Virginia) nicknamed A.I. and The Answer, is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association.

An 11-year veteran at the age of 32, he is considered to be one of the most prolific and consistent scorers in the history of the game (his career average of 27.8 points per contest is third all-time behind only Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain).

As a junior, Iverson quarterbacked Bethel High School's football team to the state championship, which they won.

Iverson was later involved in a highly publicized incident on Valentine's Day that almost jeopardized his college career. On February 14, 1993, Iverson and several of his friends became involved in an altercation with a group of white teenagers at a Hampton, Virginia bowling alley named Spare Times. Allen's crowd was raucous and had to be asked to quiet down several times, and eventually something of a shouting duel began with another group of youths (all white).

Then shortly thereafter, a huge fight erupted, pitting the white crowd against the blacks. During the fight, Iverson allegedly struck a woman in the head with a chair. He, along with three of his friends who are also African-American, were the only people arrested. Iverson, who was 17 at the time, was convicted as an adult of the felony charge of "maiming-by-mob".

Iverson and his supporters maintain his innocence, claiming that he had left the alley as soon as the trouble began. "For me to be in a bowling alley where everybody in the whole place know who I am and be crackin' people upside the head with chairs and think nothin' gonna happen?" asks Iverson. "That's crazy! And what kind of a man would I be to hit a girl in the head with a damn chair? I wish at least they'd said I hit some damn man."

This incident was profiled on the television news magazine 60 Minutes due to claims of racial bias in the adjudication of the case. Douglas Wilder, at the time Governor of Virginia, became convinced that Iverson had been treated unfairly and controversially granted Iverson clemency, releasing him from his sentence. Iverson's conviction was later overturned on appeal.

College Career (In Georgetown)

Iverson, who was named First Team All-America by the Associated Press as a sophomore, started 66 of 67 career games and led Georgetown in scoring both of his two seasons. He was also selected as the Big East Defensive Player of the Year in consecutive seasons. As a sophomore, Iverson led the Hoyas in scoring (25.0 ppg), assists (4.7 apg) and steals (3.35 spg). As a freshman Iverson was named the Big East Rookie of the Year after averaging a team-leading 20.4 points and 4.5 assists.

1996 to 1997 NBA Rookie Season.

Iverson quickly established himself as a premier NBA backcourtman, winning Rookie of the Month honors in November and going on from there to a brilliant season in which he was named Rookie of the Month again in April and Schick Rookie of the Year and a member of the All-Rookie First Team following the season ... Iverson led the Sixers with 23.5 points (sixth in the NBA), 7.5 assists (11th) and 2.07 steals (seventh) in 40.1 minutes (eighth) per game, leading all NBA rookies in each category. Though he shot just .416 from the field, his 155 three-pointers easily led the team and he connected on .341 from behind the arc ... Iverson finished strongly, averaging 39.0 ppg in his final eight games, including five in a row in which he scored 40 or more--the only rookie in NBA history to do so.

Included in that burst was a career-high 50-point outing in a 125-118 loss at Cleveland on April 12, when he became the second-youngest player (21 years, 310 days) in NBA history to reach the 50-point plateau. Rick Barry was 21 years, 261 days old when he scored 57 for San Francisco on Dec. 14, 1965 ... Iverson scored in double figures in 73 of the 76 games in which he played, getting 30 or more points 20 times. He also reached double figures in assists 18 times, including a career-high 15 (with 32 points) in a 119-113 loss to Boston on April 18.

He averaged 4.1 rebounds, a high number for a point guard, grabbing a career-high 10 rebounds (with 32 points and seven assists) in a 115-113 loss at Charlotte on April 5 ... Iverson was the Most Valuable Player of the Schick Rookie Game at All-Star Weekend, scoring 19 points and handing out nine assists in 26 minutes. He also was invited to compete in the Nestle Crunch Slam Dunk but withdrew due to injury.

1997 to 1998

Recorded a game-high 26 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals in a 107-78 victory over the Toronto Raptors on 4/19 ... Scored a season-high 43 points and grabbed 4 rebounds against the Minnesota Timberwolves on 4/10 ... Totaled 30 points, a career-high 10 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals in a 109-101 win over the Charlotte Hornets on 4/8 ... Posted team-highs of 36 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 steals in a 116-104 victory over the Toronto Raptors on 4/5 ...

Registered 30 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals in a 112-91 victory over the Washington Wizards on 4/1 ... Recorded 38 points, 6 assists and 4 steals in a 104-96 victory over the Detroit Pistons on 3/18 ... Totaled team-highs of 29 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 steals against the New York Knicks on 3/17 ... Posted game-highs of 34 points and 10 assists and grabbed 6 rebounds in a 107-86 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on 3/13 ... Scored a game-high 33 points (14-22 FG), adding 8 assists and 4 rebounds, against the Indiana Pacers on 2/22 ... Registered game-highs with 27 points and 12 assists, adding 7 rebounds and 3 steals, in a 98-89 win over the New Jersey Nets on 2/21 ... Hit the game-winning three-pointer with 2.9 seconds left, recording a game-high 27 points and 6 assists, in a 91-90 win over the Dallas Mavericks on 2/11 ...

Named NBA Player of the Week for the week ending 1/18, averaging 25.3 ppg, 7.6 apg and 4.3 rpg for the 3-0 76ers ...

Totaled a game-high 28 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds and 4 steals in a 112-84 victory over the Golden State Warriors on 1/17 ... Posted a game-high 31 points (10-16 FG, 11-13 FT), 6 assists, 3 rebounds and 3 steals in a 106-96 win over the Chicago Bulls on 1/15 ... Scored 10 of his game-high 31 points in the fourth quarter, adding 11 assists and 5 rebounds, in a 113-107 win over the L.A. Lakers on 1/4 ... Registered game-highs of 29 points, 11 assists and 4 steals in a 115-104 victory over the Vancouver Grizzlies on 1/1 ... Recorded a game-high 31 points, 8 assists and 4 steals in a 105-95 victory over the L.A. Lakers on 11/28 ... Totaled a game-high 31 points, 6 assists, 4 steals and 3 rebounds in a 99-98 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on 11/13 ... Scored a game-high 26 points, tied his career-high with 15 assists and grabbed 5 rebounds in a 114-100 win over the Houston Rockets on 11/12 ... Posted a game-high 33 points, 4 rebounds, 4 steals and 3 assists against the Milwaukee Bucks on 11/6.

1998 to 1999

Named to the 1998-99 All-NBA First Team after leading the NBA in scoring (26.8 ppg) and ranking 3rd in steals (2.29 spg) ... Led the Sixers in scoring, three-pointers made (58) and attempted (199) and steals, and ranked 2nd on the team in assists (4.6 apg) ... Totaled a game-high 38 points (15-28 FG), 7 assists, 4 rebounds and 4 steals in a 103-86 victory over the Orlando Magic on 4/25 ... Posted a game-high 32 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals against the Washington Wizards on 4/11 ...

Registered game-highs of 41 points and 10 assists, and grabbed 5 rebounds, in a 105-90 win over the L.A. Lakers on 3/19 ...

Recorded a game-high 39 points (13-21 FG), 7 rebounds and 3 assists in a 114-110 victory over the Indiana Pacers on 3/17 ... Scored his 4,000th career point, totaling a game-high 34 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals, against the Miami Heat on 3/5 ... Named NBA Player of the Month for February, averaging a league-leading 28.5 ppg, 6.0 apg, 5.8 rpg and 2.31 spg to lead the 76ers to an 8-5 record ...

Posted game-highs of 23 points (2-4 3FG) and 9 assists and grabbed 9 rebounds against the Milwaukee Bucks on 2/16 ... Registered a game-high 46 points (14-26 FG, 3-6 3FG, 15-17 FT), 7 rebounds and 6 assists against the San Antonio Spurs on 2/12.

1999 to 2000

Selected to the 1999-2000 All-NBA Second Team ... Logged 43 points in a 102-100 win in Minnesota on 3/28 ... Poured in 44 points in a 106-93 win over Toronto on 3/22 ... Recorded a season-high 10 assists and a career-high 9 steals in an 89-85 win over Orlando on 3/19 ... Posted a game-high 26 points and dished 9 assists as a starter in the 2000 NBA All-Star Game ... Finished seventh in the AT&T Shootout during All-Star Weekend ...
Tallied 41 points in a 92-90 win over New Jersey on 2/9 ... Became the second player in 1999-2000 to score 50 points, when he tied his career high in a 119-108 win over Sacramento on 2/6 ... Posted 40 points (16-25 FG) in a 109-106 loss in Houston on 2/3 ... Netted 37 points and dished 6 assists in a 103-97 win over Indiana on 1/22 ...

Logged 37 points in a 123-113 loss to Minnesota on 1/9 ... Notched a game-high 45 points in a 124-120 OT win over Milwaukee on 1/3 ... Recorded a game-high 42 points in a 99-94 loss in New Jersey on 12/23 ... Notched 37 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists in a 93-91 win over Toronto on 12/15 ... Registered a game-high 37 points in a 100-96 victory in New Jersey on 11/20 ...

Posted a game-high 39 points (5-6 3 FG), adding 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals in a 95-73 victory in Washington on 11/16 ... Tallied a game-high 35 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in a 92-86 victory over Chicago on 11/12 ... Scored a season-high 46 points (18-33 FG, 5-6 3 FG) in a 110-105 loss in Orlando on 11/10 ... Totaled a game-high 37 points and grabbed 9 rebounds in a 117-98 victory over Seattle on 11/8.

2000 to 2001

Named the winner of the Maurice Podoloff Trophy as the NBA's MVP ... started 71 games, missing 11 due to injury ... won his second scoring title in three years by averaging 31.1 point per game ... first player since Michael Jordan (30.4 per game) in 1996 to average more than 30 points per game ... NBA's steals leader with 2.51 and second in total steals (178) ... in the NBA, ranked 2nd in total free throws (585), 4th in free throw attempts (719) and 1st in minutes per game (42.0) ... Sixers were 12-5 when he scored 40 plus ...

Sixers were 6-5 without Iverson in the lineup, all due to injury ... led the team in scoring in 65 of the 82 games ... .scored 20 or more in 61 of the 71 games he played in ... scored in double figures in 60-straight games to end the season ... scored 30 or more 35 times ...

led the team in assists 14 times ... named to the 2001 All-NBA First Team ... named NBA Player of the Week twice (1/7 and 2/18) ... named the NBA's Player of the Month for January ... named the All-Star Game's MVP after leading the Eastern Conference All-Stars to a come from behind win at the MCI Center ... named a starter for the second straight season to the Eastern Conference All-Star team ... scored a career-high 54 points against Cleveland, the fifth best mark in franchise history and the second highest mark in the NBA this season ... recorded a First Union Center floor record with 20 points in the first quarter; finished with 42 points against the Clippers (2/16) ... scored all 10 of the Sixers points in overtime against Toronto (1/21) to give him 51 for the game, his second 50-point plus game of the season and the fourth in his career ... playing point for the injured Eric Snow, he passed for a season-high 10 assists in the win over Portland (12/8) ...

with a then career-high tying 10 rebounds, he had his first double-double this season; it was Iverson's first double-double since Mar. 19, 2000 versus Orlando and first point/rebound double-double since April 11, 1999 at Washington ...

scored a season-low seven points at Charlotte (11/22), two shy of his career low ... 2001 PLAYOFFS: Averaged 32.9 points, 4.7 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 2.4 steals in 46.2 minutes per game ... started and played in 22 of 23 games, missing one game due to injury (5/26) ... led the team in scoring in 18 of the 23 games and in assists in 10 games ... scored in double figures in 41 straight Playoff games dating to May 9, 1999 ... recorded Playoff career-highs in almost every category, including a Sixers Playoff record 54 points in Game 2 versus Toronto (5/9) ...

set five NBA Finals records for a five-game series, including most points (178), most field goals (66) and most three-point field goals attempted (39) ... played the Milwaukee and Los Angeles series with a left sacroiliac joint contusion suffered in Game 7 versus Toronto; the injury caused him to miss Game 3 at Milwaukee (5/26) ... grabbed a Playoff career-high 12 rebounds in Game 3 of the NBA Finals (6/10) versus Los Angeles ... his 48 points in Game 1 (6/6) of the NBA Finals was the sixth best mark in Finals history ...

scored a game-high 44 points in Game 7 versus Milwaukee (6/3), ranking tied for fourth in NBA history for most points in a Game 7 ... passed for a Playoff career-high 16 assists in Game 7 versus Toronto (5/20), the most assists for a Sixer in the Playoffs since Mo Cheeks had 16 against New York in 1989 ... became the second player (Michael Jordan) to score 50 or more points twice in a Playoff series when he scored 52 points in Game 5 versus Toronto (5/16) while setting a Sixers single-game Playoff record with eight three pointers, one shy of the NBA record ... tied his Playoff career-high with 21 field goals in Game 5 ... scored a Sixers single-game Playoff record and is tied for 10th in NBA Playoff history with 54 points in Game 2 versus Toronto (5/9).

2001 to 2002

Sixth NBA season (Philadelphia)...All-NBA second team selection...averaged an NBA high and career-high 31.4 points per game, second best single season average behind Wilt Chamberlain (33.5) in Sixers history...also led the NBA in steals per game (2.80) and minutes per game (43.7), the only player to lead the NBA in three statistical categories...missed 22 games due to injury: 14 with a left hand fracture (3/24 to 4/17) suffered at Boston on March 22, two games with a left thumb sprain (12/7 and 12/8),

one game with a sprained right great toe (2/17) and the first five games of the season (10/30 to 11/8) rehabbing from right elbow surgery on Sept. 25, 2001...led the team in scoring 54 times and assists 28 times...scored a career-high, NBA season-high and tied the fourth best mark in Sixers history with 58 points versus Houston (1/15)...his 42 goals attempted were also a career-high and second to Wilt Chamberlain's team record 43 on Feb. 7, 1966...scored in double figures in 120-straight games (11/24/00-3/22/02), the longest active streak in the NBA...scored 30 or more points in 35 games (22-13), first in the NBA...scored 30 or more points in seven straight games (1/11 to 1/25) and was one game short of his longest 30 or more streak (eight from 12/29/99 to 1/17/00)...led NBA with nine 40 or more scoring games; team was 8-1...held to under 20 points just seven

times all season... did not start versus New Jersey (3/1) due to a violation of team rules, the first time coming off the bench since Rookie season, and finished with 43 points...played all 48 minutes of regulation five times...ejected for the only time in season with 0:06.3 remaining in the game versus Toronto (2/4)...scored 10,000th career point versus Seattle (1/21)...finished with a game-high 38 points...had made 24 straight free throws in four games from Jan. 11 to Jan. 19, including a career day at the free throw line versus Houston (1/15) with 14-14 shooting...recorded season-low points in a game with 15 at New York (1/29)...versus LA Clippers (1/7), recorded his first career triple-double with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists...played and started third straight All-Star game on Feb. 10, 2002...named the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for January...named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the four times (3/4, 1/28, 1/21 and 11/19), including the first back-to-back awards since Karl Malone in 1997...

2002 PLAYOFFS...averaged a team best 30.0 points, 2.6 steals and 41.8 minutes...was 45-118 (.381) from the field after going 15-45 in the first two games...led the team with 31 points in Game 5, including 20 first half points...scored the final eight Sixers points in the Game 4 win and finished with 28...finished with 42 points in Game 3 (5/3)...19 free throws in Game 3 (4/25) was a Sixers team record and 20 attempts were a playoff career-high...

Game 1 at Boston (4/21), marked first game action since suffering a left hand fracture on March 22 at Boston...was cleared to play prior to the game...after scoring 15 points in the first quarter on 4-6 shooting, missed all nine shots in the second half and finished with 20 points.

2002 to 2003

Seventh NBA season (Philadelphia)...named to the All-NBA Second Team...named to the U.S. Men's Senior National Team as announced by USA Basketball...played all 82 games for the first time in his career...ranked third in the NBA in points (27.6) and for the third-straight season, led the league in steals (2.74) and minutes per game (42.5)...

had an NBA high 225 steals that broke the Sixers single-season steals mark of 212...shot 41.4 percent from the field, but struggled from three-point range at 84-303 (.277) after starting the season 0-19 from beyond the arc...had six double-doubles on the season, all in the last 15 games, including his first double-double of the season versus Atlanta (3/21) with 25 points and a season-high 12 assists...averaged 7.8 assists per game over the last 19 contests ...led the team in assists in 15 of the last 19 including a season-high tying 12 assists against Chicago (4/2)...passed for seven or more assists in 27 games...led the team in scoring in 69 of the 82 games and scored 30 or more 36 times (25-11)...the Sixers were 4-1 when he scored 40 or more points...had scored 30-plus in five-straight games from March 3 to March 12...had the longest, active streak in the NBA for double-figure scoring (186 games from 11/24/00 to 3/18/03) end on March 20 when he was held to five points at Detroit (3/20)...

before tying the second-lowest scoring output of his career with five points at Detroit (3/20), was averaging 32.1 points per game in eight games and shooting 48.2 percent from the field (93-193), while scoring 30 or more in seven of the eight games...scored 37 points, including his 13,000th career point against Detroit (4/8) and broke the Sixers single-season steals mark of 212 with his fourth quarter steal...scored a season-high 42 points at Orlando (3/31) to help the Sixers clinch a Playoff berth...scored his 12,000th career point against Boston on Jan. 20 and is the 11th fastest in NBA history (446 games) to hit that plateau...passed the 11,000-point plateau versus the Clippers (11/6)...played a season-high 52 minutes versus Chicago (2/12)...led the team in rebounding (seven) versus New Jersey (1/15) for the first time since Dec. 4, 2000, and followed that by grabbing a then season-high nine boards against Milwaukee (1/17)...led the team in rebounding for a second time at Miami (1/25) with seven rebounds...versus Detroit (1/8), fouled out of a game for the first time since Nov. 19, 1999 (225 games)...at Denver (3/2) fouled out for the second time in the season and just the 10th time in his career...versus Orlando (2/14), had 20 points, including the game-winning free throw with 2.9 seconds to play...his 22 points in the third quarter versus Indiana (1/6) was a Sixers floor record for a third quarter and the most since Dr. J's 21 points versus Houston on Nov. 21, 1981...tied not only his career-high with nine steals versus the Lakers (12/20), but also the Sixers record...had a streak of 43-consecutive games with a steal (2/2/02 to 12/7/02) stopped versus Seattle (12/11)...

despite a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in his right thumb and a small incomplete fracture suffered on the last play of regulation versus the Clippers (11/6) did not miss a game...was anticipated to miss two-to-four weeks with a right third finger fracture sustained in the morning practice session on Oct. 4 during training camp, but was cleared to practice on Oct. 9...named the Player of the Week for two-straight weeks, Dec. 2 and Nov. 25...it was the second time he had done so on back-to-back weeks (1/20/02 and 1/27/02)...received his third Player of the Week award of the season on March 17...in his fourth-straight All-Star appearance and start, led the East squad with 35 points in 41 minutes... 2003 PLAYOFFS...in 12 games, averaged team-bests with 31.7 points and, a career-best, 7.4 assists per game...averaged 34.8 points per game in six games against New Orleans...recorded a playoff career-high and a franchise playoff record 55 points in Game 1 versus New Orleans (4/20), tying the sixth-best performance in NBA history...

posted back-to-back double-doubles against Detroit (5/11) in Game 4 (36 points, 11 assists) and Game 3 (25 points, 11 assists) of the Eastern Conference Semifinals...became the first Sixer to have double-digit assists in back-to-back games since Johnny Dawkins did so in the 1990 Playoffs against Cleveland...played 53 minutes, a career-playoff high, in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against Detroit (5/16)...held to 14 points in Game 5 against Detroit (5/14), snapping a string of 22-straight playoff games with 20 or more points.

2003 to 2004

Eighth NBA season (Philadelphia)…averaged teambests in scoring (26.4), steals (2.40), and minutes (42.5) in 48 games (47 starts)...led the NBA in minutes per game (42.5)…missed 34 games (14-20) due to injury, the most games he has missed in a single-season during his career …voted as a starter for the Eastern Conference All-Star Team for the fifth consecutive season…named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week ending Nov. 16 when he averaged 31.7 points, 7.7 assists and 3.67 steals per game… led the team in scoring 36 times…had eight double-doubles (6-2), including two sets of back-to-back double-doubles…for the sixth time (4-2) in his career, recorded a 50-point game with 50 points (20-34 FG, 4-7 3FG) against Atlanta (11/29)…scored 30 points or more in 19 games (11-8)…held to less than 20 points 13 times (1-12)…had three games with five steals or more…had a career-best 51-consecutive game streak with at least one steal snapped on Jan. 17, vs. Memphis…played in the 500th game of his NBA career at New York (11/22)…became the 10th fastest player to score 14,000 points (518 games) with 30 points vs. Orlando (1/24)…held to a season-low 10 points at Memphis (3/16), his first game back after missing four-straight (right knee synovitis) …

scored 11 points on just 2-of-21 shooting at New York (3/3), the second worst single-game shooting percentage (.095) in his career…had 40 points, 11 assists and five steals at Seattle (2/19) …came off the bench at Denver (2/17) with 27 points and a season- high 14 assists…had 21 of his 32 points in the third quarter at Cleveland (1/24)…scored 31 points at Dallas (1/14) with eight rebounds and seven assists in 50 minutes…

held to 15 points at Washington (1/10) and did not attempt a free throw for the first time since March 23, 1998…scored 35 points against Toronto (12/2), including career-highs in free throws and free throws attempted (18-23)…missed the game at Toronto (11/19), snapping a streak of 98-straight starts…posted a double-double at Chicago (11/7) with 33 points and 11 assists, and added a season- high eight steals…in the season-opener (vs. MIA, 10/28), led the team in scoring (26) and assists (11).

2004 to 2005

Ninth NBA Season (Philadelphia)… Captured his fourth NBA scoring title (30.7 ppg)… Finished with the second highest point total (2,302) in franchise history, behind only Wilt Chamberlain (1965-66, 2,649 pts)… Became the first player in NBA history to rank in the top-5 in scoring average (30.7), steals (2.40) and assists (7.9)… Scored 40 or more points nine times (8- 1)… Dished out double-figure assists in 22 games (14-8)… Scored 20 or more points in 57-straight regular season games (12/10-4/18)…

Set a career-high for assists (16) twice (4/18 vs. CLE & 4/12 vs. BOS)… Set a career-high scoring 60 points (2/12) vs. Orlando and became the second player in franchise history (Wilt Chamberlain, 3 times) to score 60 or more points in a game… Became the seventh player in NBA history to score 50 or more points in consecutive games, joining Rick Barry, Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, Antawn Jamison, Michael Jordan and Bernard King… Had 24 double-doubles (23 pts-asst; 1 pts-rebs)… Combined to score 145 points (54 pts, 12/18 at MIL; 51 pts, 12/20 vs UTA; 40 pts, 12/22 vs. IND), a career-best for a threegame span… Had the first of three game-winning field goals of his career: vs TOR (3/23) with 2.4 seconds left; vs. WAS (11/26) after making a steal with 3.3 seconds remaining, made a gamewinning lay-up with 0.2 seconds remaining; and his first-ever career game-winning field goal as time expired vs. Indiana (11/12)… Hit a jump shot with 0:07.2 remaining vs. New Jersey (11/10) to force overtime… Missed seven games due to injury (2- 5)… Had a season-high seven steals twice: vs. Utah (12/20) and at Memphis (12/3)… Scored his 15,000th career point at Milwaukee (12/18), becoming the 93rd player in NBA history to eclipse the 15,000-point mark… Became 73rd player in NBA history to surpass the 16,000-point mark (vs. CLE, 3/4)… Voted MVP of the 2005 NBA All-Star Game after finishing with 15 points, nine assists and four steals… Voted Eastern Conference starter for the All-Star game for the sixth-straight season… Fourtime recipient of Eastern Conference Player of the Week award... PLAYOFFS: Averaged an NBA Playoff-high 31.2 points and 10.0 assists per game… Shot 47.6 percent overall (59-126 FG) and 41.4 percent from three-point range (12-29 3FG)…

Had three doubledoubles… Scored 30 or more points in four of the five games… Finished Game 3 with 37 points and 15 assists, becoming the fourth player in NBA Playoff history with 35 or more points and 15 or more assists in a game joining John Bagley (Boston), Walt Frazier (New York) and Jerry West (L.A. Lakers)…Had threestraight games with 10 or more assists, becoming the first Sixers player with 10-plus assists in three-straight playoff games since Maurice Cheeks (1989 First Round vs. New York). PRO CAREER: Nine NBA seasons… Named 2001 NBA MVP... Played 610 games (606 starts) boasting career averages of 27.4 points (third all-time in NBA history), 6.0 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 2.38 steals per game in 41.5 minutes… Has scored 16,738 career points and ranks 66th among the all-time NBA scoring leaders… Led the NBA in scoring four times (30.9 ppg in 2004- 05, 31.4 ppg in 2001-02, 31.3 ppg in 2000-01 and 26.8 ppg in 1998-99)… Led the NBA in steals for an NBA record threestraight seasons (2.74 in 2002-03, 2.80 in 2001-02 and 2.51 in 2000-01)... Had an NBA high 225 steals in 2002-03, setting a single- season franchise record... Scoring breakdown: 239 games with 20-29 points (126-113), 187 with 30-39 points (116-71), 59 with 40 or more (41-18) and nine with 50 or more (6-3)... Has 82 career double-doubles... Recorded first career triple-double vs. LA Clippers (1/7/02) with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists… Has missed 96 regular season games (38-58) – 93 due to injury and three due to NBA suspension… Also missed one playoff game (2001, 0-1) due to injury… Played in the 500th game of his NBA career at New York (11/22/03); played 600th game of his career vs. Dallas (4/1/05)… Became the 10th fastest player to score 14,000 points (518 games) vs. Orlando (1/24/04)… Scored 10,000th career point vs. Seattle (1/21/02); 12,000th career point vs. Boston (1/20/03); 13,000th career point vs. Detroit (4/8/03); 16,000th career point vs. Cleveland (3/4/05)… Started six-straight All-Star Games (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)… Two-time NBA All-Star Game MVP (2001, 2005)… Three-time first team All-NBA selection (1999, 2001, 2005)… Three-time second-team All-NBA selection (2000, 2002, 2003)... Three-time NBA Player of the Month (Feb. 1999, Jan. 2001 and Jan. 2002)...

16-time NBA Player of the Week (3/27/05, 3/6/05, 2/13/05, 12/26/04, 11/16/04, 3/17/03, 12/2/02, 11/25/02, 3/3/02, 1/28/02, 1/21/02, 11/20/01, 1/8/01, 2/20/01, 1/18/98, 4/13/97)… First player in franchise history to be named the NBA Rookie of the Year (1996- 97)... 1997 All-Rookie first team… Three-time NBA Rookie of the Month (1/97, 4/97 and 11/96)... MVP of the Schick Rookie Game held during All-Star Weekend in 1997… Became the only rookie in NBA history to record five-straight games of 40 or more points (4/7/97 to 4/14/97)… USA BASKETBALL... Named to the U.S. Men’s Senior National Team as announced by USA Basketball (4/29/03)… At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, served as a co-captain for Team USA... Led the team in scoring average (13.8 ppg), minutes per game (27.1) and three-point field goals (15) as Team USA posted a 5-3 record en route to the bronze medal… In an exhibition game on Aug. 4, 2004, hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to give Team USA an 80-77 win over Germany... Selected to the 2003 USA Men’s Senior National Team that competed in Puerto Rico during the summer of 2003... Averaged 14.3 points and 3.8 assists per game, helping Team USA (10-0) capture the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament... Member of the gold medal winning 1995 USA Basketball World University games team that finished 7-0 in Fukoka, Japan... In the 1995 tournament, led the team in scoring (16.7 ppg), assists (6.1 apg) and steals (2.9 spg)... PLAYOFFS…In 57 playoff games, averaging 30.6 points, 5.8 assists and 4.3 rebounds… In the playoffs, has scored 40 or more points 10 times (9-1)… Recorded a playoff career-high and a franchise playoff record 55 points vs. New Orleans (4/20/03)... Set an NBA playoff record with 10 steals vs Orlando (5/13/99)… Missed one game playoff game due to injury, at Milwaukee (5/26/01) due to a left sacroiliac joint contusion… Scored in double figures in all 57 playoff games… Grabbed a playoff career-high 12 rebounds in Game 3 of the NBA Finals vs. L.A. Lakers (6/10/01)… Passed for a playoff career-high 16 assists vs. Toronto (5/20/01)… Set five NBA Finals records for a five-game series in 2001, including most points (178), most field goals (66) and most three-point field goals attempted (39)… Became second player (Michael Jordan) to score 50 or more points twice in a playoff series when he scored 52 points (5/16/01) and 54 points (5/9/01) vs. Toronto… Set a Sixers single-game playoff record with eight three pointers against the Raptors (5/9/01), one shy of the NBA record.

Pro Career.

Ten NBA seasons … Named 2001 NBA MVP... Played 682 games (678 starts) boasting career averages of 28.0 points (3rd all-time in NBA history), 6.1 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 2.34 steals per game in 41.7 minutes… Has scored 19,115 career points and ranks 39th among the all-time NBA scoring leaders… Led the NBA in scoring four times (30.9 ppg in 2004-05, 31.4 ppg in 2001-02, 31.3 ppg in 2000-01 and 26.8 ppg in 1998-99)… Led the NBA in steals for an NBA record three-straight seasons (2.74 in 2002-03, 2.80 in 2001-02 and 2.51 in 2000-01)... Had an NBA high 225 steals in 2002-03, setting a single-season franchise record... Scoring breakdown: 255 games with 20-29 points (134-121), 200 with 30-39 points (129-91), 73 with 40 or more (51-22) and 10 with 50 or more (6-4)...

Has 100 career double-doubles... Recorded first career triple-double vs. LA Clippers (1/7/02) with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists… Has missed 106 regular season games (41-65) – 101 due to injury, three due to NBA suspension and two DND - Coach’s Decisions… Also missed one playoff game (2001, 0-1) due to injury… Played in the 500th game of his NBA career at New York (11/22/03); played 600th game of his career vs. Dallas (4/1/05)… Became the 10th fastest player to score 14,000 points (518 games) vs. Orlando (1/24/04)… Scored 10,000th career point vs. Seattle (1/21/02); 12,000th career point vs. Boston (1/20/03); 13,000th career point vs. Detroit (4/8/03); 16,000th career point vs. Cleveland (3/4), 17,000th point at Toronto (11/16) … Scored his 18,000th point vs. New Jersey (1/18) … Started seven-straight All-Star Games (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)… Two-time NBA All-Star Game MVP (2001, 2005)… Three-time first team All-NBA selection (1999, 2001, 2005)… Three-time second-team All-NBA selection (2000, 2002, 2003)... Three-time NBA Player of the Month (Feb. 1999, Jan. 2001 and Jan. 2002)...

19-time NBA Player of the Week (3/6/06, 1/17/06, 12/12/05, 3/27/05, 3/6/05, 2/13/05, 12/26/04, 11/16/04, 3/17/03, 12/2/02, 11/25/02, 3/3/02, 1/28/02, 1/21/02, 11/20/01, 1/8/01, 2/20/01, 1/18/98, 4/13/97)… First player in franchise history to be named the NBA Rookie of the Year (1996-97)... 1997 All-Rookie first team… Three-time NBA Rookie of the Month (1/97, 4/97 and 11/96)... MVP of the Schick Rookie Game held during All-Star Weekend in 1997… Became the only rookie in NBA history to record five-straight games of 40 or more points (4/7/97 to 4/14/97)… USA BASKETBALL... Named to the U.S. Men’s Senior National Team as announced by USA Basketball (4/29/03)…

At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, served as a co-captain for Team USA... Led the team in scoring average (13.8 ppg), minutes per game (27.1) and three-point field goals (15) as Team USA posted a 5-3 record en route to the bronze medal… In an exhibition game on Aug. 4, 2004, hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to give Team USA an 80-77 win over Germany... Selected to the 2003 USA Men’s Senior National Team that competed in Puerto Rico during the summer of 2003... Averaged 14.3 points and 3.8 assists per game, helping Team USA (10-0) capture the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament... Member of the gold medal winning 1995 USA Basketball World University games team that finished 7-0 in Fukoka, Japan... In the 1995 tournament, led the team in scoring (16.7 ppg), assists (6.1 apg) and steals (2.9 spg)... PLAYOFFS…In 57 playoff games, averaging 30.6 points, 5.8 assists and 4.3 rebounds… In the playoffs, has scored 40 or more points 10 times (9-1)…

Recorded a playoff career-high and a franchise playoff record 55 points vs. New Orleans (4/20/03)... Set an NBA playoff record with 10 steals vs Orlando (5/13/99)… Missed one game playoff game due to injury, at Milwaukee (5/26/01) due to a left sacroiliac joint contusion… Scored in double figures in all 57 playoff games… Grabbed a playoff career-high 12 rebounds in Game 3 of the NBA Finals vs. L.A. Lakers (6/10/01)… Passed for a playoff career-high 16 assists vs. Toronto (5/20/01)… Set five NBA Finals records for a five-game series in 2001, including most points (178), most field goals (66) and most three-point field goals attempted (39)… Became second player (Michael Jordan) to score 50 or more points twice in a playoff series when he scored 52 points (5/16/01) and 54 points (5/9/01) vs. Toronto… Set a Sixers single-game playoff record with eight three pointers against the Raptors (5/9/01), one shy of the NBA record.

His Career in Philadelphia

Tenth NBA season (Philadelphia) … In 72 games/starts averaged 33.0 points, 7.4 assists, 3.2 assists and 1.94 steals in 43.1 minutes per game … Shot 44.7 percent (815-1822 FG) from the field and 81.4 percent (675-829 FT) from the free-throw line … Set career-highs in field goals, field goal percentage, free-throws made and attempted, points and scoring average ... Now holds the franchise’s all-time career scoring average with 28.0 per game...

Scored 2,377 points this season to rank 2nd on the Sixers all-time list for most points in an individual season... Led the NBA in minutes per game, ranked second in points per game, seventh in steals per game and eighth in assists per game … Had 18 double-doubles (points-assists) … Scored a season-high 53 points at Atlanta (12/23), his 10th-career 50-point game … Overall, has 74 career games with 40 or more points and had 15 in 2005-06 …

Had five 40-point, 10-assist games (4-1) to lead the league and land in the company of Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Nate Archibald and Michael Jordan as the only players in league history to have five in a season … Scored 30-plus points 49 times (24-25) … Scored 30 or more points in a season-high seven-straight games (1/18 – 2/6) …

Ranked second in the NBA in free-throws made and third in field goals made… Recorded his 17,000th career point at Toronto (11/16)… Recorded his 18,000th career point versus New Jersey (1/18)… Recorded his 19,000th career point versus Washington (4/10) becoming the sixth-fastest player to do so in his 679th career game ... Passed Julius Erving to rank third on the Sixers all-time franchise scoring list at Milwaukee (2/24)…

Moved into second place on the all-time franchise list for most free-throws made, with a season-high 20 FTM versus Houston (2/6) … Led team in scoring and assists through the team’s first 14 games this season to break an NBA record set by Oscar Robertson (13 games) in 1962-63 … Scored at least 25 points through his first 11 games this season, the second-longest streak to begin a season since Michael Jordan’s streak of 16 games during the 1988-89 season … Missed 10 games (3-7), eight due to injury (2-6) : four due to a left ankle sprain (1/28 - 2/3) and four due to a right foot sprain and contusion (3/14 - 3/19) and had two DND - Coach’s Decisions (4/18 - 4/19) … Named Eastern Conference Player of the Week three times: 1/17/06, 12/12/05 and 3/6/06

Denver Nugget Day vew

On April 18, 2006 Iverson and Chris Webber arrived late to the Sixers' fan appreciation night and home game finale. Players are expected to report 90 minutes before game time, but both Iverson and Webber arrived around tipoff. Coach Maurice Cheeks notified the media that neither would be playing and general manager Billy King announced that Iverson and Webber would be fined.

During the 2006 off-season, trade rumors had Iverson going to Denver, Atlanta, or Boston. None of the deals were completed. Iverson had made it clear that he would like to stay a Sixer.

On November 29, 2006 following a conflict at practice, Iverson stormed out of the gymnasium. That same evening, Iverson missed a corporate sponsor night at Lucky Strike Lanes in Philadelphia. All the 76ers besides Iverson attended this mandatory event. Iverson was fined an undisclosed amount by the 76ers. Iverson claimed he overslept after taking medication for pain related to having two abscessed teeth pulled but it was reported that Iverson told teammates earlier in the day he planned to blow off the event and was simply going to take the fine.

On December 8 Iverson reportedly demanded a trade from the Sixers. As a result of the demand and missing practice prior to a matchup against the Washington Wizards, Iverson was told not to play nor attend any further games. During that game, which was televised nationally on ESPN, Sixers Chairman Ed Snider confirmed the trade rumors by stating "We're going to trade him. At a certain point, you have to come to grips with the fact that it's not working. He wants out and we're ready to accommodate him."

On December 19, the Philadelphia 76ers sent Iverson and forward Ivan McFarlin to the Denver Nuggets for Andre Miller, Joe Smith, and two first-round picks in the 2007 NBA Draft.


At Least AI had chosed a contender team, maybe the Nuggets had a jackpot on that trade and philly needs to rebuild, its all philly's management fault.

Zhang Ziyi

Zhang Ziyi (Chinese: 章子怡; pinyin: Zhāng Zǐyí; born February 9, 1979 in Beijing) is one of the best-known Chinese film actresses working today, with a string of Chinese and international hits to her name. She has worked with renowned directors such as Zhang Yimou, Ang Lee, Wong Kar-Wai, Seijun Suzuki and Rob Marshall.

Zhang Ziyi has won the Golden Rooster, One Hundred Flowers Award and the Hong Kong Film Award and been a two-time Golden Horse Award, three-time BAFTA, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award and Asian Film Award nominee.

Born in Beijing, China, Zhang Ziyi joined the Beijing Dance Academy at the age of 11, and at 15 she entered China's prestigious Central Academy of Drama (regarded as the top acting college in China).

When her parents suggested she go to the dance academy, she was skeptical. While at the boarding school, she noticed how catty the other girls were while competing for status amongst the teachers. She would cry each night and morning, and on one occasion ran away from the school.

At the age of 19, she was offered her first role in world renowned director Zhang Yimou's The Road Home, which won the Silver Bear award in the 2000 Berlin Film Festival. Zhang further rose to fame due to her role as the headstrong Jen in the phenomenally successful Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for which she won the Independent Spirit's Best Supporting Actress Award and the Toronto Film Critics' Best Supporting Actress Award.

Her first appearance in an American movie was in Rush Hour 2, but because she didn't speak English at the time, Jackie Chan had to translate everything the director said to her. In the movie, her character's name, "Hu Li," is translated from Mandarin Chinese to "Fox".

After this she went on to make Hero with her early mentor Zhang Yimou, which was a huge success in the English-speaking world and an Oscar and a Golden Globe contender. Her next film was the avant-garde drama Purple Butterfly by Lou Ye which competed at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.

She went back to the martial arts genre with House of Flying Daggers, which earned her a Best Actress nomination from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
For her next drama 2046, directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring many of the best-known Chinese actresses (from mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan), Zhang was the female lead and won the Hong Kong Film Critics' Best Actress Award and the Hong Kong Film Academy's Best Actress Award.

Showing her whimsical musical tap-dancing side, Zhang starred in Princess Raccoon directed by 82-year-old Japanese legend Seijun Suzuki who was honored at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2005, she landed the lead role of Sayuri in the film adaptation of the international bestseller Memoirs of a Geisha. For the film, she reunited with her 2046 co-star Gong Li and with her Crouching Tiger co-star Michelle Yeoh. For the role, she received a 2006 Golden Globe Award nomination, a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination and a BAFTA nomination.

Zhang has also been known to sing, and was featured on the House of Flying Daggers soundtrack with her own musical rendition of the ancient Chinese poem Jia Rén Qu (佳人曲, The Beauty Song). The song was also featured in two scenes in the film.

On June 27, 2005, it was announced that Zhang had accepted an invitation to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), placing her among the ranks of those able to vote on the Academy Awards.

In May 2006, Zhang became the youngest member to sit on the jury of the Cannes Film Festival.

In the fall of 2006, Zhang's most recent film was released, a new drama set in the Tang Dynasty of China called The Banquet (Yè Yàn 夜宴).
Most recently she provided the voice of Karai in the TMNT movie that was released on March 23, 2007. She has recently finished filming a movie called Horsemen with Dennis Quaid. Zhang is now working on a new movie called Mei Lanfang.

Ambassadorship

Zhang Ziyi is the face of Maybelline, Garnier and Shangri-la Hotel and Resort Group. She is also a Global Ambassador for the Special Olympics and a spokesperson for Care for Children, a foster-home program in China.

Soon after her debut in Zhang Yimou's The Road Home, rumours arose regarding a possible affair between the actress and the older director. Zhang Yimou was previously involved in an extramarital affair with actress Gong Li, whom he similarly debuted and with whom Zhang Ziyi was quickly compared. However, a relationship between the two remains unconfirmed.

Hong Kong and Taiwanese media have often pushed at ties between Zhang Ziyi and co-star Jackie Chan.

This was fuelled in part by photos that emerged of the pair during celebrations of Chan's birthday on the set of Rush Hour 2.
Zhang Ziyi for a while was publicly linked with Fok Kai-shan, grandson of Hong Kong business tycoon Henry Fok.

Although Zhang Ziyi does not like to talk in public about her private life, in 2006 she stated in an interview that she had found love but did not offer a name.[4] When quizzed in early 2007 if she was happy by Phoenix TV, she stated in the interview: "Yes, very much so ... I'm doing the things I enjoy."

In January 2007, Zhang Ziyi was spotted holding hands and kissing with her new partner at a New York basketball game. The man was identified as 41-year-old, Israeli multi-millionaire, venture capitalist Vivi Nevo. The two were again seen together at an Oscar party in Los Angeles. Nevo, who has previously been tied to model Kate Moss, is a major shareholder in Time Warner and an early backer of The Weinstein Company with whom Zhang Ziyi is purported to have a multi-film deal.

My Impressions about this beautiful Young Maiden out of China.

I found her so gorgeous, everybody really appreciate her beauty, she is a goddess of our present asian films, an assasin and a geisha, not bad, she really did a great job of playing those roles, he does a great job of executing fantastic performance. wish her more of success, really like her beauty. asian style.

Ive seen her act on the movie Hero by Jet Li, too bad her role died on the fight scene, i like her passion of acting

thats what im talking about. versatility and following the way of acting, her personality really calms people, i found her beautiful, rare woman, brave kind, thats what im looking for. a brave young woman, i really like woman who's a warrior type and beautiful.

I like that. pretty good.