Larry Brown believes Sixers’ Allen Iverson could have been the GOAT

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Philadelphia 76ers legend Allen Iverson is one of the best players the game has ever seen even at his smaller size, he was a giant in the game. The Hall of Fame guard averaged 27.6 points and 6.1 assists during his time in a Sixers uniform and he took home an MVP award in 2001.

Iverson and coach Larry Brown bumped heads, a lot. The two of them loved the game of basketball, but they did not see eye-to-eye on a lot of different topics surrounding the game. Their unlikely marriage worked to the point of Philadelphia reaching the finals in 2001 with Iverson on a rampage.

NBA TV created a documentary on the ’01 Sixers called “Everything but the Chip” and Brown and Iverson discussed their relationship. Brown even mentioned that Iverson could have been the GOAT of the NBA if he did a better job of helping Iverson:

Allen Iverson: I was the cause of 99.9% of it. Now his, what was it .1? Might have been major, but my (expletive) just overrode all of that.

Larry Brown: If I would have done a better job of making Allen understand, then we might be talking about the greatest player who ever played the game.

Iverson was still able to carve out one helluva career in the NBA. He was a feared player every time he stepped out on the floor, and despite he and Brown not having the smoothest relationship, they were able to make it work enough for the Sixers to have success.

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Publish date : 2023-06-04 19:24:01

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