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Pat Croce’s Larry Brown and Allen Iverson Mediation Story Never Gets Old
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Pat Croce was on Marc Zumoff’s still-relatively-new Fresh 24 Youtube show/podcast. Great series with great guests so far.
Croce has told this story several times before, but it’s a great one and worth listening to if you haven’t heard it. It’s the story of how he mended fences between Allen Iverson and Larry Brown:
In December of 1999, Allen Iverson approached @pat_croce saying he wanted Larry Brown gone. That same day, Brown approached Croce saying he wanted Iverson gone.
How'd Croce fix it for a #Sixers NBA Finals run in 2001?
Pod: https://t.co/b4wBB2pDP9
YT: https://t.co/kNFFktKsMA pic.twitter.com/BOh0aTdPsl— Fresh 24 With Marc Zumoff (@Fresh24Zumoff) May 4, 2023
Gotta love Croce’s beard by the way. He looks like a mix between a kung-fu master and two-thirds of ZZ Top (RIP Dusty Hill). He’d be equally comfortable at a biker bar or Bikram yoga class. And he’s got such a calm and enlightened approach to everything. I could sit here and listen to him talk all day long. He’s like the anti-Philly. I find myself at peace when he speaks.
Sixers win a close one tonight to go up 2-1 on Boston. You heard it here first.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com