Pat Croce's Larry Brown and Allen Iverson Mediation Story Never Gets Old

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.