Stephen A. Smith writes that Iverson would show up at practice, but he didn't practice that much. One Sixers source speculated that once the regular season began,
Iverson sat on the sideline more than 50 percent of the time, choosing to receive treatment instead.

Players dealt with it begrudgingly. Coaches worked around it. But Brown, whose mantra is "playing the right way," never felt comfortable, yet never said much about it, either. "That's how we knew he was probably going," one Sixer told me.

Since Brown is gone, the speculation has begun.

Iverson has been accused as the reason for Brown's departure. The search for a coach has begun, yet questions persist: Who can deal with Iverson?