Yao Ming was inducted into the Hall of Fame. During his speech, he teased Allen Iverson and said, "Because I need more training than him." What does this sentence mean? Why is everyone laughing?

Yao Ming teased Iverson for not liking training. The source is as follows:

On September 10, 2016, Yao Ming was officially inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. The big names inducted with him were Iverson and O'Neal. Unexpectedly, Yao Ming was the first to speak. So Yao Ming started to joke about Iverson: "When I heard that I would be the first to speak on stage, I thought someone had made a mistake. Don't laugh. I'm serious. I thought this belonged to Iverson. Do you know why? Because I need more training than him." Yao Ming used the word practice, which means both training and practice. Yao Ming played a word game to make fun of it. Iverson, because Iverson has been criticized for not participating in training. Extended information

In the 2001-02 season, Iverson had many reasons for missing training. The shooting death of Iverson's friend Tony Clark before the start of the season was too much for him to bear. Iverson's physical condition is also not good, and his right elbow has been injured. Therefore, the frequency of his absence from training increased. The reason Iverson gave was that "the relatives of his murdered friends need to be taken care of." It is precisely because of Iverson's ups and downs that the 76ers, as the defending Eastern Conference champions, have plummeted this season.

Iverson then held the famous press conference. At the press conference, Iverson talked about 21 training sessions in a row. That speech was also regarded as Iverson’s dissatisfaction with the training. : "If the coach tells you that I didn't practice, then I didn't practice... This season, I missed one practice. If I can't practice, I really can't practice. It's that simple. For you reporters , talking about training is still very simple; we are sitting here chatting, I should be the ace player, but we are actually talking about training

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