<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Jerry Stackhouse would like to clear up what he believes is a misconception. He is convinced it could've worked out with Allen Iverson and him in Philadelphia, even though they played the same position (shooting guard). Stackhouse, who was the Sixers' third pick in the 1995 draft, and Iverson, the top selection in '96, spent 1 1/2 years together before Larry Brown traded Stackhouse and Eric Montross to the Pistons for Theo Ratliff and Temple's Aaron McKie on Dec. 18, 1997. ?I think Larry Brown was more the thing that broke everything up,? Stackhouse said prior to Sunday night's Mavericks-Sixers game. ?They tried to make it between me and Allen. I always said it wasn't that we couldn't play together. We both averaged 20 points (on the way to a 22-60 record in 1996-97). ?At that particular time, I wasn't ready to be screamed at constantly [by Brown]. It was better for me to move on and have a coach with a mellower personality ? and it wasn't always the players' fault.? Stackhouse, who serves as the sixth man for the NBA-leading Mavs, was young enough to believe that the Sixers, with Brad Greenberg as GM and Johnny Davis as coach, were going to be his team. But after the Sixers went 18-64 in his rookie year of 1995-96 ? a season in which John Lucas used a franchise-record 24 players ? Lucas was fired, Greenberg and Davis arrived for their one season and Iverson quickly became the focal point. ?I was foolish enough to think it was for real,? Stackhouse said. ?I was young and didn't know any better. I thought we were supposed to win. From being in this league, I know the formula we used at that point doesn't work now and didn't work then. ?Eventually, [the Sixers] were able to get some pieces that worked for a while. It looks like they're starting to start over again now.? Asked if the rebuilding mode the Sixers are in today reminds him of their predicament when he was here, Stackhouse said, ?No. They have a plan now.? Still, he said, ?Philadelphia made their bed. There's an old saying that you make your bed, you've got to lie in it. They got tired of lying in it [with Iverson]. That's where it's at.? As for how Denver will fare with Iverson and Carmelo Anthony, Stackhouse said he thinks the up-tempo style fits Iverson well but doesn't believe the Nuggets are quite there yet. ?Until they come up with a scheme to stop people, they're going to have to outscore people,? said Stackhouse, a 12th-year pro. ?I don't think it's going to be this year that they're a factor in the Western Conference. It's tough in the Western Conference.? </div> Link Interesting. This isn't the first time someone has complained about Larry Brown
Larry Brown is one of those guys you either love or hate. He is not really a pat you on the back type guy, and he has little to no patience. I am not surprised to hear that Stackhouse has had problems with Brown in the past, I think many players have, just many want to safe face and keep it quite. I will come straight out and say it right now I wish the organization had not brought Brown back. He left us once, and he is notorious for jumping ship as soon as the grass starts looking greener on the other side. He left a family, he shouldn't be welcomed back.
<div class="quote_poster">sixersfan926 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">i rather have larry brown then mo cheeks</div> I'd rather have the team Larry Brown had then the one Mo Cheeks has been handed.
