Larry Brown: Michael Jordan didn't want Allen Iverson in Charlotte
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- Larry Brown describes his tumultuous relationship with Allen Iverson - including A.I.’s excuses for missing 76ers practice and inability to take criticism - and why Coach Brown is thankful for everything now.
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Larry Brown genuinely loves Allen Iverson, you can just hear it in his voice. Theres nothing he wouldn't do for him.
Jordan was still mad AI crossed him
Angry Turtle 👌🏻😂
Yup that's what it is
Ha!
YES I SAID IT!! Sorry, could you insult me in intelligible English next time? 🤣
He loved AI esp his competitive nature. He mentioned him everytime different era were compared.
Heck MJ even made time seeing AI in the bus where the latter rode for his HOF induction...
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being from Charlotte, that just made my stomach hurt...
Yeah bra. I feel you all the way in Asheville.
Don't worry about it. Detroit traded Chauncey for him and he brought the Pistons down to trash level while Billups elevated the Nuggets. Charlotte wouldn't have been a better team with Iverson anyway. Good call, MJ
he was a terrible teammate....in terms of building chemistry with teammates during practice, and busting your balls training to win. Jordan was obsessed with training, while Iverson was terrible off the court. No way they could coexist together. no practice = no rings. Jordan was smart to keep that cancerous mentality away from his roster
Swindlers Piss
@1018miamidrive What's crazy is Barkley told him this, and it ended their friendship because Jordan couldn't handle the truth
Allen Iverson is the image of the under dog over coming all odds.
well, not exactly.. he was a 1st pick in the legendary 1996 draft
Yeah I would say an underdog would be like Isaiah Thomas or Ben Wallace who went from undrafted and then became and all star and possibly a hall of famer
Allen Iverson and millions and millions of other people
A.I was an underdog, came from poverty, had a hard upbringing, was hard for him to get a college offer due to a fight he had in H.S. & spent time in a juvenile center, had no colleges offer him a scholarship for football or basketball except for Georgetown & actually AI wanted to play college football instead of college basketball but felt the NBA was better for his future more than way the NFL due to his legal trouble in H.S and was disliked by mainstream media, the league & refs due to his hip hop image
It's insane. AI was against all odds in every single way possible before he even stepped in the league. To achieve the amount of success he did is still mind boggling, to this day. Truly one of my greatest inspirations. Glad that I got to witness his prime as a child.
Because Jordan likes players like Kwame Brown, and Morrison #worstgmever
Bro update on players progression Bobcats still trash
Jordan has all yes men around him. He ended his 30 year friendship with Barkley bc he said he made mistakes. Jordan is a little crazy.
@@rickeyjones729 😂😂😂
It's pretty obvious that the league never liked Allen and he was blackballed his last few years.
They put the dress code up just for him. The dress code is the most racist thing David Stern has done in his tenure.
Prophecy95 he could've been in the league longer if he didn't mine coming off the bench. Just take a look at Vince charter
Spender Bash Yea you right.
Well to be honest AI would not be a smart investment to your team because he would make it about him. If he doesn't show for practice then the team's focus in now on that. He would run the ISO play so much that he was considered a ball hog even though he wasn't. I would sign him on my team because he would win games and he is one of my favorite players. He was blackballed because how he conducted himself. Late for meetings, not showing up to practice, and making it all about him.
Prophecy95 facts. real ai fans know. i first really noticed when they didnt invite him to the olympic TRYOUT during a 33/7 year for him over GILBERT ARENAS AND LUKE RIDNOUR
And the funny thing is AI lives in charlotte now
Allen Iverson wouldn't have worked for Charlotte back then. They absolutely sucked back tgen and tge were the Bobcats. That would have been the absolute worst spot for Iverson to land. Many teams wanted Iverson but Iverson would not agree to come off the bench. He was a starter and rightfully so.
Rik Savage24 damn the irony
@@lawreneph agreed
Erebody lives in Charlotte. Greatest City in the south east
@@christophersmith8486 you already know the cives
Iverson wasnt being lazy, he was beat up from playing in real games, he was 150 pounds, its amazing he didnt get crushed out there, He's the best ever but too small to be the best ever because he had to expend so much energy out there. Good on Larry Brown for being able to coach him, Rodman was uncoachable too for awhile until Phil Jackson talked him into coming to the Bulls.
I gotta say you mentioned 2 guys who have drove many coaches nuts. Brown and Jackson are 2 of the very few either of these guys respected to any real degree.
He had a huge role with the Pistons, I’m not sure you’re correct. You’re also undermining Chuck Daley
Chuck Daly was a great coach and kept rodman in line. It's when Dennis went to San Antonio he went rogue
Great interview. Sounds genuine and sincere. No doubt Iverson benefitted from being in this man's presence.
FACTZ 💯💯My Hometown Hero Allen Iverson!! Bad NEWZ V.A. Courthouse Green Uptown All the way to the bottom💯💯🥊🥊
I always believe that if Allen Iverson would have a better life coach and someone to keep it together. He was to me the best player ever pound for pound . I know is not boxing but people that watch Iverson will agree with me . I'm Michael Jordan fan but I always open to understand and appreciate the talent .
I say the same thing. Iverson would dominate games at his size.
Larry Brown had SMU playing at a very high level after one year. He's a legend
Mondo O and got fired for cheating..... he’s a racist sucker that did A I /Jaleon rose/stephon marburry & Nate Robinson dirty Facts.
@@kswiss8626 lol
ABA ring. NBA ring. NCAA ring.
Would love to see Graham interview Duncan
Right, I've never heard Duncan give deep interviews, would be awesome.
Dom2k my nigga you the 🐐
captainobvious90 to me the difference between them is AI had freak natural ability. kobe relentlessly worked on his game & he eventually got better
xavier xlopez1989@yahoo.com kobe was blessed athletically as well
captainobvious90 yeah... put me right to sleep
Everyone needs a coach like this a coach can make or break a player
I remember 2004 pistons vs Lakers the nba finals series. after game 2 Larry brown put "ELDEN CAMPELL" on shaq. shaq was directly under the paint vs Ben Wallace in which shaq would score easily having his way with wallace. but ELDEN CAMPELL was big and tall shaq couldn't get directly under the hoop. shaq was about 7 feet away from the basket which resulted in horrible 1 handed hook shots from shaq. excellent coaching.
Thats also Joe D signing him for one year essentially just to guard shaq
Kobe why they lost he was shot jacking shooting low percentages.
Kobe Made 43/113. Shaq made 53 shots on 84 attempts. Shaq had 133 points to Kobe 113.
How do you take 29 more shots than a person that can’t make 3 pointers like you and have 20 less total points? Being inefficient, playing hero ball and forcing shots being selfish.
Kobe was 4/23 from 3 shot .174% 3PFG. Shot .381% FG
Shaq averaged 26.6 ppg on .631% FG. Shaq was horrible on foul shots but that puts Detroit in penalty and makes them less aggressive defensively and opens up floor for Kobe and lakers but Kobe basketball IQ was low back then
Yes what Coach Brown did with Elden Shaq ex laker teammate helped Detroit but Kobe was their biggest help and Kobe wasn’t feeding Shaq because he wanted to win finals mvp more than he wanted to win the finals.
He was tired of people pointing out how much Shaq killed him in stats in some of those finals. Like 38 points to 15 in the 2000 finals. Closest Kobe ever was to Shaq in the finals they won was 8.5 points per game below the other 2 was like 10-15 ppg better.
He wanted to be like Mike got tired of that.
www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/2004-nba-finals-pistons-vs-lakers.html
www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/2000-nba-finals-pacers-vs-lakers.html
@@kristion9774 you need a life
Watching AI play made me love basketball. Getting to know about him as a man has made me admire him more than the game.
Fuck man I love this channel, you're a great interviewer! Always interesting content, keep it up !!!
Kevin Vargas that's because he doesn't interrupt the guest like some do
Marco Polo CNN refrence. Nice.
No Larry...Jordans bosses didnt want Allen.
They told you that?
Beautiful hearing him speak glowingly about all there history good and bad
Allen Iverson learned a valuable lesson from all of this, "Do not bark up a tree cause that tree can fall on you." -Jay Z
James Ross maybe you should ask jay z about puttin a.i. in his mouth
How?
'Every time that I took him out, he 'M-F'd me.' (3:33). I always knew what a tremendous competitor Iverson was, but this comment by Coach Brown validates it even more. Iverson was great and he changed the game with his style of play. He was one of the best that I have ever seen and so much fun to watch. There were only 2 NBA players that I made an effort to watch play every time that they were on television, and that was Iverson and Jordan. Nuff said.
This is LEGEND. Man this should have 8billion views. Larry Brown is the goat. Coached my favorite team: 04 Pistons
Jordan is a hater.. and Charlotte will never be relevant as long as Jordan is around.
Terrell Miller Wow.
Charlotte is more relevant with Jordan than they ever were without him
SUPERSPORTS no
He gave them 3 playoff appearances: your point?
onlyone23km 2, and they were swept one of them
greatest coach, greatest player
How in tf did yall trade away Larry Hughes?! Literally can’t think of a better player to put next to Allen as a defender and playmaker.
2001 76ers was my all time favorite team
man he took a wack team all the way to the final 2 face off wit kobe and shaq
They didn't see surround Iverson with a second player who complimented him. He for sure had God given talent but man was he excited to watch. He would was prototypical point scoring guard we see today. People were more in awe of his talent then bringing in players. Look at the other guys shooting percentage or them on other teams. They sucked ass and I am putting it lightly. Eric Snow couldn't hit a shot if it wasn't a lay up
they had jerry steakhouse for during AI's first 2 seasons, but he needed the ball as well. it didn't work so one of them had to go. stackhouse wasn't a scrub - he was a 2-time all in his first 5 seasons.
Exactly keepkul. Stack had to go, he was seen as a "threat" to A.I's ball dominance. Ditto later for Toni Kukoc, then Glenn Robinson. Anyone else who could score was gone quickly at Philly.
Stack averaged nearly 30 ppg one season at Detroit. Big time scorer in his youth. Not a good mix for A.I. But it has worked well on some teams with some stars.
Bro Eric snow ir arron McKee was his 2nd best player and they got 1 on the shaq Kobe lakers. Trust in with u he had no real ballers with him other wise he would have got 1. Lmao if he would have had an embid back than and he not even great just a real all star with him.
But only player that gets the missed lay up in my book is Patrick Ewing in the finals lmao. U know Jordan's tough competition.
Iverson was better than Kobe for most of his career imo. If iverson played with the talent Kobe had like Shaq, Pau Gasol, Bynum, Lamar Odom, Ron Artest, Robert Horry, Trevor Ariza, Glen Rice, Mitch Richmond then Allen iverson would've won just as many rings.
Iverson came in the league as one of the best players immediately and Kobe did not even tho Kobe was bigger and stronger. Allen was mentally and physically ready before Kobe. Allens still the only rookie to score 4/40pt games in a row beating MJs record. David stern just hated him because he wanted to be him self. So stern made sure no real talent ever made his way on the roster. It's funny that a league that claims to be against "trumps hate" and progressive and care about minorities and equal rights punished a young black man like iverson because he wouldn't let David stern photoshop his tattoos out of his pics and Created a dress code profiling against iverson and young blacks. The NBA is so full of shit and racist and says one thing while doing another.
Nick Gojc hes to small to be better then kobe
Cameron Hall AI was definitely better. he put it on kobe.
MrMakemusicmike scoring on somrone doesn't make him better. and kobe was a better scorer anyways, 81 points and avg 35 one season
Cameron Hall AI was a better scorer, out the gate.
I can't blame him, that cross over was dirty
I hope AI plays in Ice Cube's 3on3 summer league...
Plot twist; A.I. didn't want the bobcats cause he thought it was a D-League team.
I agree lml
AI would’ve been the biggest Bobcats star.. damn you MJ
Forget about the practices- AI showed the NBA what heart is during games.
-Detroit Fan.
i am a philly fan only because of the answer . when he went to detroit he was still balling
AI played such a big part in shaping the freedom nowadays players have.
Even the NCAA shift was due to him being the first big platform player to challenge the institutions and win.
For real A.I. deserved way more respect even more than kobe , Allen was bigger than kobe
So you mean to tell me we could've had a.i. 😢
What a great interview.
My favorite coach ever in my opinion the goat 🐐
I guess Jordan took that crossover personally.
the difference between ai and larry brown is that ai is loyal to a fault and larry brown will pack his bags and leave his grandmother on her deathbed if he thinks he can get a new coaching job.
Allen iverson was the best fast break player I ever seen
Larry brown should've played him th crossover tape, when ai crossed over jordan, he deserved to get his mj on the wizards moment, which was more like the jordan I'm back 2nd 3 peat run, cause the year he was blacklisted he dropped 58 pts on the lakers in the regular season, mainly on jumpshots. he and at least 25% left in the tank, when he returned to philly he was unfit from not having played close to a year. it was his style he always even in his prime, played himself back into shape. But unfortunately when he was getting back to his old self his daughter go ill. i'm still trying to find the clip when Ai said he didn't what to be like jordan. like magic, bird or any of those guys, guess it was a phase he was going thru from being pressured, but while he was in that moment of self actualization & non conformity, i became a fan, been one since day 1 96, summer, but of th person..then
MJ didn't really say he didn't want AI in charlotte.. he just said bringing back AI would impede progress for the youngsters and the coach agreed.. this is basically clickbait..
look it's Walt's son from breaking bad. :D
AI was so talented. I remember his first year at g town their was a lot of buzz. Talk about him one day being the best. That cross over was incredible. He was pretty short if he bigger he could have been on magic 's level.
I think he even won a DPOY or two in his college days too lol the good old days
Easier to be a point guard when you have James Worthy and Kareem. Magic played with five hall of famers damn near an entire decade, terrible comparison
"The answer" when nicknames started being very "important" in basketball it started dying.
Anyone listen to Jim Rome? Remember that caller from San Antonio who remarked he was at the gym changing and when he looked over what was in his face? Larry Brown’s crank!
LB is on of the goats of coaching. He's kinda like the parcels of the nba. He turned around franchises. Even won with the clippers
Larry Brown learned it from Dean Smith, Dean Smith learned it from Phog Allen, Phog Allen learned it from Dr. Naismith, who invented the game. He knew everything there was to know about basketball. Offence, defense, fundamentals, rules, he knew it all.
God bless Larry Brown,John Thompson and Pat Croce
But we've seen jordans record as gm...
Great coach...
That's fucked up though on Jordan's part. The Hornets haven't been in the playoffs since that decision sooooo where was the progress that Iverson would hinder??
You can't develop a group hard working dedicated disciplined culture with a guy which does not practice well and is opposed to constructive criticism in a group. Practice builds chemistry and coachability is supreme when building a team. Respect and ability are great but fit & growth are great assets a organization looks for in personnel.
This just shows Michael is someone with real character and heart. Michael saw what happened to himself in Washington. Bobcats weren't any good but he didn't want to exploit Allen's fame to sell tickets.
E'raan Lue And he should have. Why not
+Marc Regal I think it was deepee then that. Allen.was averaging 30 a game for a career
Just hated on him that's all
E'raan Lue dude MJ was a great basketball player. But he leaves a lot to be desired as a person dawg
E'raan Lue ya...... guys like adam morrison and kwame brown had so much heart...... be honest. Jordan is the worst gm of all time and he was still salty about a.i crossing him over and embarrasing him
Bobcats...progress...LOL. What Michael Jordan doesn't know could fill many books.
Happy Birthday to Mr. Brown.9-14-40.NY
AI did it his way...We will never get to know what could have been if he finished smh
great interview
Larry brown is such a wonderful coach may god bless him
This guy a great interviewer
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it! -AD
Pound for Pound A.I is the best scoring point guard
Is anyone surprised? Michael Jordan is the same man that brought the last dude that made the cut on his high school basketball team instead of him, to his Hall of Fame Speech. LOL. Mj obviously holds grudges and EVERYONE knows what A.I. did to him with everyone watching in a prime time game. If you are 18 or younger....google it!
Well Michael was right to a certain extent, Iverson was a one man show. Allen would have sold out arena's and scored alot of points but the team would not have gotten better.
Charlotte was ass they had nothing to lose
if it wasn't for brown coming to Indiana,Pacers would of continue being average, and Reggie would of not progress to the legend he is today, I would of enjoyed seeing brown coach LeBron, but I doubt LeBron could handle Larry
I like Larry but he's to nice. Al needed somebody like Doc Rivers or Greg Popovich
Leonard Watson no he is nice 17 years later but not when he was coaching. You mean to tell me you would rather have doc rivers?
Larry is not a nice guy, lol he's a steaming pile of shit.
Doc Rivers is not a good coach
The title is click bait. Great interview though
Mile still salty about that crossover 😂
pride before destruction
Not so sure Jordan wasn't reveling in the fact that Iverson was going through what he was at the time, more than likely having full transparency, seeing how close he and David Stern were. This is the same Jordan who has been rumored to have gone to Mr. Stern to complain about Iverson's crossover. We all know what happened there. The same Jordan who questioned his own rookie season compared to Iversons'. Very telling. He desperately wanted to teach Iverson a "lesson", and was never really able to do it on the court. It would not be a reach to propose Jordan being in on the conspiracy to abbreviate the career of AI. It was clear at that pace, that AI would have also surpassed Jordan on the all-time scoring list. With Iverson being the only player to have his shoes outsell MJs', it may be also safe to assume that had something to do with Jordan coming out of retirement, for a second time. Iverson was the truth, much like Jordan, since day one. Only difference was AI was a true lion, while Mike made more kitten-like concessions, and had the backing of the machine. Anytime a player comes along, and an entire league scrambles to change up multiple rules, coerce referees, and collude against that player, there is no way that player is not in a G.O.A.T. conversation. Especially when that player is still able to make such an indelible mark, and lasting legacy. As far as rings go, it hasn't stopped Barry Sanders from being considered the greatest running back ever. Just saying.
I hear a lot of people speak bad about Larry Brown but it had to be hard to coach a young Allen Iverson.Just think this guy never had nothing now has everything.What can you tell him.
ray allen and allen iverson now you got lebron james and james harden
Smartest player ever. They cloned his brain and now market it as AI.
No player should walking off the court yelling F-bombs at his coach just for giving him a breather. I don't give a Shit how great you are. To me that's the difference between AI and Guys like MJ, Kobe and Lebron. Those player's were more coach able IMO. And I love AI as a player he's one of my All-time favorites. But that's completely unacceptable IMO!
You act like MJ and Kobe were saints lol are you kidding me
They weren't saints, but they at least had some respect for coaches and authority. It wasn't all rebellion, all the time.
What happened is at that point the juice wasnt worth the squeeze
IVERSON was old and only played 28 games in 2010 and 0 in 2011..
Are we talking about practice?
2001 Sixers were amazing
Larry Brown is a great Man
just wanna say if my son wasa basketball player i will loved them to play for a person like larry brown we all knew allen was talented and a handful and he never bad mouth iverson but he appreciated his talent and work ethics and both allen and larry said it made them a better person from a coach to a player and visa versa allen your a legend larry visa versa
At the end of his career, AI didn't want to come off the bench. And, that was that.
Only if he talked about ‘Practice’
He ment more to the hood cuz he was from the hood love A.I. biggest heart I ever seen play on the court.
Prohibit progress in Charlotte? What does that mean?
Practice? We talkin about practice...
This is click bait for sure...MJ got love for A.I., the Sixers should've gave him a farewell tour. They actually tried, but he was dealing with injuries and personal issues.
Here what Coach said? Iverson was the best athlete he was EVER around. No doubt about it. He was the best NBA player ever at his position. Top 5 ever. Could have played QB in the NFL also. How many NBA scoring titles did he get? As a 6 foot point guard? You've got to be kidding man. Unbelievable! GOAT for point guards 100%.
Jordan doesn't like AI, steph,lebron, Isiah, the list goes on and on.
WHAT ARE WE TALKIN ABOUT HERE PRACTICE?? NOT THE GAME BUT PRACTICE! -A.I.
Jordan was from the school of great players make his teammates better. Iverson never sacrificed and led that way.
It just wasn't in him. As Barkley once put it (very well), "me, myself and Iverson."
Mick A that Barkley said that is hilarious because on tnt's all time fantasy all star draft they did a few yrs ago (on youtube, real good and funny), Barkley chose Iverson with the first overall pick lol. then the others followed with jordan, bitd, bill Russell etc. he got goofed on hard.
Wow. I didn't know Barkley picked A.I. I recall seeing some of that on YT, but didn't recall his selections.
AI would have been cool beside GWallace and Stax
Iverson was a great player who was his own worst enemy and the fact that he never learned that was his biggest downfall. When your star player sets the tone for the team, Iverson is a negative and I wouldn’t want him in my team despite his enormous talents.
It appears that AI was incredibly talented but didn't come close to reaching his full potential based off this interview.
Well, you know he didn't practice! :P
Jermaine J sadly it's true. If Iverson had the same work ethic as Kobe or Michael the guy would've been even on their level maybe even better than them....
Ant C No way would he have been better than MJ. Just ain't possible.
+therealist811 AI was better than lebron. the only thing lebron do is look for good player to be on his team
Sam Give me whatever you smoking on. Your delusional if you think AI is an all around better player than LBJ.
I once read that A.I was one of the best when going to his right. But he went on a slump when shooting from his left. I can understand why MJ didn't wanted him in Charlotte. I love A.I but I wouldn't choose him as my Star player.
You know the nba level and intensity has lowered when AI was not given the chance to play, while the like of vince carter, dirk nowitzki are still playing and given the chance
They would've won championship against LA , but the nba allowed Shaq to commit offensive fouls at the time
I fucking hate most interviewers these days. Coach brown literally gives a heart wrenching quasi speech about Alan not getting the respect he deserved and was pretty much black balled from the NBA and the moment the interviewer gets opportunity to speak he has to bring up something controversial. Doesn’t even acknowledge what coach said. It’s disappointing. Sad, even. The whole interview felt like watching some sort of tug of war. Between Coach praising Alan and his relationship with him. Even saying he was put on earth by god to coach Iverson, and the interviewer just shitting on everything.
You will never see a warrior like ai again.
LoL. A warrior. Who signs a year contract, pouts through 3 games and then quits. Yup. You don't see warriors like that.
@@mikefallopian3191 hush child.
5:32 Eric Snow... oh, right, the guy who got crossed up by Wade XD
Even Jordan didn't want him on his team..smh
A.I. starting would prohibit Charlotte progress? 🤣🤣🤣 that’s funny
How mine times have Charlotte been in the playoffs once