Print and Go Back Basketball [Print without images]  Saturday,
July 31, 2004 Brown's strictness indicative of the stakes  By
Marc Stein  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A prideful David Stern made a
surprise appearance here Friday morning, because the
commissioner wanted to thank the NBA stars who volunteered to
play for their country ... and joke about the proper way to
address Allen Iverson this summer.  "Captain Iverson?" Stern
wondered aloud. "Or should I say Admiral Iverson?"  Sadly, by
lunchtime Saturday, any ambiguity had been wiped away.  By
tipoff of Team USA's first Olympic warm-up game, the only
domestic appearance for a team that will reside on a cruise ship
in Athens, Iverson knew what folks across the country would soon
be calling him.  Same Old Answer.  Despite all the positive
press over his happy reunion with Larry Brown and how proudly he
has embraced the role of co-captain so soon after the knee
surgery, the aura emanating from the New Iverson didn't last a
week. Iverson, LeBron James and Amare Stoud