WEBVTT - The BroadCast | The BIG Season Preview, feat. Joel Embiid 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.640 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers Podcast network 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:08.440 search seventy Sixers Podcast wherever you get your pods. It 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:15.040 is time. It is here. It is the big season preview, 0:00:15.560 --> 0:00:18.560 and there's no more fitting way perhaps to get things started. 0:00:18.800 --> 0:00:21.360 And with the big man himself, I just dream a boy, 0:00:21.480 --> 0:00:25.000 you know, just having a lot of fun, acting crazy 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:29.120 to parade then and then also just being here, starting 0:00:29.160 --> 0:00:31.200 to family here and being fear a fun a long 0:00:31.320 --> 0:00:34.800 time and wanting to finish here. That's WHA want to 0:00:34.880 --> 0:00:37.280 make you happen. We go one on one with Joel 0:00:37.320 --> 0:00:41.800 Embiide chatting about fatherhood, change and the year ahead. Lauren 0:00:41.880 --> 0:00:44.680 Rosen is also here, and we'll recap training camp and 0:00:44.720 --> 0:00:46.640 give a sneak peek at what might be in store 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:49.040 for the Sixers. You ask about feeling, and that's something 0:00:49.040 --> 0:00:50.880 that I feel like I've asked almost every player on 0:00:50.920 --> 0:00:52.720 the roster, and they don't feel like there is a feeling. 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:55.200 They feel like this group has everything that it needs 0:00:55.280 --> 0:00:57.440 to go all the way. They believe in themselves. They 0:00:57.520 --> 0:00:59.320 believe in the group, and I do think that the 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:04.720 starts plus important information about how you can help the 0:01:04.760 --> 0:01:08.880 seventy sixers, help support local businesses throughout the season. I'm 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:11.760 Brian Seltzer, and this is the broadcast from the seventy 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:21.640 Sixers podcast Network. Welcome in seventy sixers, hoot peeps. It 0:01:21.800 --> 0:01:24.560 is just about time. There is so much to get 0:01:24.600 --> 0:01:28.280 to on this big season preview edition of the broadcast. 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:31.720 Opening night is a Wednesday at the Center against the 0:01:31.840 --> 0:01:34.560 Washington Wizards Lauren Rose and I will get to that 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:37.760 a little bit later on, but first I wanted to 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:40.720 start with a conversation with a guy on whom a 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:45.039 very large part of the franchise's fate. Hinges, don't worry. 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:48.320 His shoulders certainly are big enough. He wouldn't want you 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:50.480 to feel sorry for him because of the burden he bears. 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:53.480 An after an offseason that saw Joel Embie'd become a 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:56.680 dad and get a new head coach and president of 0:01:56.680 --> 0:02:00.760 basketball operations, our interview naturally began by talking about the 0:02:00.800 --> 0:02:04.120 notion of change and whether or not Joe is actually 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:07.480 feeling much of it. No, really, I mean, I just 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:12.639 I'm still the same you know, I've always been family 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:17.399 type of guy. Family over over int it. So I'm 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:21.640 still the same man, you know. Having a new edition, 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:27.200 I mean kind of she changed them a little bit 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:30.959 in me, but I'm still the same. Man. I'm excited 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:34.400 to be, you know, a new dad and you know, 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:38.280 be able to raise a kid, and so I can 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:41.640 go from there. Because I'm a dad myself. I gotta 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:44.600 ask you some dad questions. I can't remember the first 0:02:44.600 --> 0:02:46.640 two and a half months of my twins life. I 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:48.480 can barely remember the first two and a half years 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:51.680 of their life. What's it been like for you? It's 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:55.560 been great, h It's actually it's funny because every time 0:02:55.600 --> 0:03:01.320 we go the doctor season like he's just like she's 0:03:01.360 --> 0:03:07.280 just so impressed of like, well, it's doing as far 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:11.320 as the stuff that he's doing already at his age 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:16.760 um advance is U So that's pretty good. Like I 0:03:16.840 --> 0:03:19.799 just I love when it just you know, just looks 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:24.400 at me and just starts laughing and uh so, I 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:27.080 mean it's it's been amazing just spending a lot of 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:30.760 time with him. Man. Yeah, have you been able to 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:34.120 see any personality traits developed so far? Have you gotten 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:37.200 any smiles? Oh? Yeah, for sure, I've been. It's been 0:03:37.440 --> 0:03:40.120 That's that's the whole thing. Like even the doctor was saying, 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:44.640 I mean, it's only eleven weeks, and he's been smiling 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:49.280 for the past five weeks basically, like just like smiling 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:53.320 all stop and you know, screaming over the place and 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:56.600 which is which is pretty crazy. Do you have any 0:03:56.640 --> 0:03:58.840 good stories so far? I look back at pictures my 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:01.960 kids puked on my head, they went to the bathroom 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:04.760 on me. Any happy disaster stories that you can share 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:08.839 with us. No, he's been an amazing key. He's been 0:04:08.880 --> 0:04:12.640 doing great. It's tremendous. You know. It's obviously hard to 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:15.280 ignore the connection between New Life and Arthur, your son, 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:19.440 and Arthur your brother. How far along did you feel 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:22.160 like you wanted to honor your brother that way? I mean, 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:23.640 did you know in advance that you were having a 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:25.640 boy or a girl? And when did you start thinking 0:04:25.640 --> 0:04:28.960 about honoring your brother's legacy in that way? Um? In 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:34.000 ment a lot for me and my family. Obviously, losing 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:37.760 my little bother the way we did it was very 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:45.600 tough on me, and you know, almost quite basketball because 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:50.360 I heard I was and also from my mom. She's 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:54.840 been dealing with this since then. He's been very tough 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:59.760 on the So giving my son that name was huge. 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:05.480 Uh and um, he didn't help get over it, buddy, 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:09.320 also kind of help relax a little bit more than 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:15.200 just be more open to life again. But he meant 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:18.720 a lot, and uh, I'm glad I did it. I 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:20.520 was going to ask you about that because this obviously 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:23.920 isn't the first time you've done something to recognize Arthur. 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:27.280 I mean, there's the Angels Foundation in Cameroon, if I'm 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:29.560 not mistaken. In the court I think this time a 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:32.039 year ago that you opened in the Frankfurt section of 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:34.880 the city. I know no one gets over anything, but 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:37.080 does it help you cope a little bit more and 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:40.440 keep the thought of him present us? I mean, it 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:45.640 stay hard. But that's why all this stuff that I've 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:49.880 been done in his name I've happened because you know, 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:54.440 you try to, you know, being so young and have 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:58.039 you hadn't done anything in life, you try to, you know, 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:00.640 just carry his name and it's like you can see 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:04.719 um for as long as you can, as long as 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:08.680 I'm in this planet, I'm still gonna do the same thing. 0:06:08.760 --> 0:06:12.400 And you use that too also help a lot of 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:16.440 people in needs. Uh, And that's what we've been doing 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:19.240 with the foundation, and you know the court that we 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:22.320 open here in his name, and you know, my little 0:06:23.120 --> 0:06:26.400 my son. Uh. And then there's a few other stuff 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:30.200 that my parents do back in Camon as far as 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:34.400 our charity and donations and stuff like that. There's obviously 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:37.200 been dramatic change with the Sixers. As we shift the 0:06:37.200 --> 0:06:40.599 conversation to basketball, can you walk me through the timeline 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:43.720 of your reaction to the coaching change and Doc Rivers, 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:48.840 a championship winner getting hired by you guys. Uh, it was, man, 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:53.000 I have a lot of love for coach bou and 0:06:53.640 --> 0:06:56.760 you know we've been here for a long time. Man, 0:06:56.920 --> 0:07:00.760 I was. I was sad too losing as Uh, you know, 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:04.880 I cared a lot about him. Uh. And then but um, 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:08.880 perhaps you know, could us to the owners for also, 0:07:09.640 --> 0:07:13.640 you know, going out and hiring guys like Darren Moore, 0:07:14.240 --> 0:07:17.840 who I think he's the best um in this job, 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:22.360 at this job, in this league. Uh. And you know, 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:25.920 just talking to him, he's a very very small guy 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:29.960 like this, we can talk about anything, and that's why 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:33.080 we do. We just talk about anything. We talk about 0:07:33.280 --> 0:07:36.960 more stuff than actual basketball, just more life stuff. And 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:39.920 that's what I like. And just like you when you 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:43.680 talk to somebody and I just focus on basketball. And 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:47.880 you were able to talk about life. That's how relationship 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:51.920 I has been. And then coach adding coach who has 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:55.600 won the championship. I think I thought it was great too. 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:59.640 I think he's gonna be a great leader and he's 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:02.960 gonna trying to push us every day and to be better. 0:08:03.480 --> 0:08:05.760 Can you take me inside some of the meetings that 0:08:05.800 --> 0:08:08.520 you and Doc and Ben have had together. That's something 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:11.320 that Ben Simmons talked about. What are certain things that 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:13.720 you guys have been looking at discussing to get on 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:16.360 the same page for the start of the season. We've 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:20.800 just been talking about you know, we gotta, you know, 0:08:21.280 --> 0:08:27.800 be accountable towards each other and the whole organization. We 0:08:27.960 --> 0:08:32.280 just gotta take on the vole and just be better 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:37.120 than what than whipping in the past, and just lead, 0:08:38.160 --> 0:08:42.160 lead by example especially and just doing the white things 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:45.400 and just dominique together and go back to what we 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:49.720 used to do and two or three years ago, you know, 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:54.400 just play together, dominate together. Half fun. The game was 0:08:56.040 --> 0:09:00.200 very fun two or three years ago, just moving the ball, 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:04.400 all sharing the ball, everybody's happy. So we just got 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:06.160 to get back to that, and that's why we've been 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:08.920 talking about along those lines. I feel like you've been 0:09:08.960 --> 0:09:10.480 putting in and I know that you have because you've 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:12.599 talked about it a ton of work over the offseason. 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:16.920 But it seems like for guys in professional sports, some 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:18.880 of the success with the coaches, like, well, how can 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:21.440 you elevate my game? How can you help me evolve 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:24.360 and develop? Are there certain things that you're hoping A 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:26.600 new staff, a new set of eyes, new sets of 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:29.200 minds can help do to bring your game to an 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:32.480 even higher level that it's been at so far. A man, 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:36.320 the only thing I want them to be is, you know, 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:44.320 just want I just want everybody to be open about anything, really, 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:49.160 because I feel like I can't help, you know, this 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:53.160 organization in so many other ways other than just be 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:57.720 a postal player. And I'm sure have seen it just 0:09:57.840 --> 0:10:00.800 playing against me or just being here in the past 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:05.640 couple of days. Just about how much I can do 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:09.280 other than just posting up. And you know, I can 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:12.080 be used as a playmaker. I can be used as 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:15.720 a screener. I can't can do everything. I can pick 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:18.240 him pop, I can handle the ball. I can, you know, 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:21.080 just set up my teammates. So there's a bunch of 0:10:21.120 --> 0:10:24.360 stuff I can do when I want to be used 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:28.600 in that complete role. You've talked about the responsibility you 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:31.040 feel for the city. How often do you think, because 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:33.000 I know you talk about a championship, but when you 0:10:33.040 --> 0:10:34.800 think about what that could mean for the city, do 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:37.760 you have certain visions in your mind, like dream about 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:40.319 what would look like going down Broad Street? Hopefully the 0:10:40.360 --> 0:10:41.960 world's in a place where we can all be around 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:45.960 each other. Are those types of visions that you have? Yeah, 0:10:45.120 --> 0:10:50.640 I have a vision about being like just like just 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:53.920 had to parade and you know, just talking and giving 0:10:53.920 --> 0:10:57.000 a spitch and all that stuff. But now I just 0:10:57.080 --> 0:10:59.959 dream about, you know, just having a lot of fun, 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:06.440 acting crazy at the parade and all that stuff. And 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:10.319 that's why it's like it's so important to me. And 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:13.880 then also just being here, starting the family here and 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:17.120 being here for a long time and wanting to finish 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:21.400 your so yeah, that's why I want to make it 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:24.920 happen so much. Do get him, Joe, Thanks so much, 0:11:25.240 --> 0:11:31.160 Thank you, Joel Embiid Ready to rock the twenty twenty 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:34.600 twenty one season. Before I bring on Lauren Rosen to 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:38.480 continue our big season preview, Just a quick seventy six 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:42.079 ers podcast network PSA. 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On Coach Check, which 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:22.000 will premiere on Tuesday, December the twenty second, Matt Murphy 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:25.240 of the Bluecoats speaks with Jamir Nelson, who's now going 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:27.800 to be the assistant general manager for the Coats as 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:30.600 well as a scout for the seventy Sixers. That's coming 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:34.000 up on Coach Check. The episode drops on Tuesday, December 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:38.679 twenty second. My sixer's coverage partner in crime, of course, 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:41.800 is none other than Lauren Rosen, pumped to go on 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:46.240 a podcasting journey throughout the season with her. Lauren joins 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:48.280 us now and I don't know about you, Lauren, but 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:51.240 I feel like this season. Maybe it's just the twenty 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:53.400 twenty effect, but I feel like this season has been 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:58.320 going on for years that it's never really stopped. I 0:12:58.440 --> 0:13:01.080 completely agree. I don't think there was an offseason. Like 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:02.560 you can try to tell me that there was, but 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:04.720 when I look back on my calendar, I just can't 0:13:04.720 --> 0:13:08.760 find it. No, especially for the last four weeks since 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:13.120 the draft, it's just been at such a rapid, NonStop pace, 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:17.640 fun pace, exciting pace. But it's incredible that amidst everything 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:21.520 else that tappened, draft, free agency, preseason, that was took 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:24.040 place two games in four days, that the games are 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:28.640 here and they're about to count, which excites me. It's exciting, 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:30.679 but it's a lot, and I think that the seventy 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:33.280 six ers themselves would agree. I mean, two of them 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:35.560 were in the bubble far longer than the rest of 0:13:35.600 --> 0:13:38.520 them because they want a championship, and then they had 0:13:38.520 --> 0:13:41.360 to move across the country. Then we have rookies that 0:13:41.440 --> 0:13:43.800 got drafted a couple of weeks ago and they're already 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:47.400 wearing uniforms on the court at the center like it's 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:49.880 been a whirlwind for us, but let's acknowledge that it's 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:53.080 been maybe a bigger whirlwind for them. This whole thing 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:55.920 is just like I've said this the entire hiatus, but 0:13:55.920 --> 0:13:58.640 it's really hard to wrap your head around. In a 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:01.120 traditional world, I would feel like at this point I 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:04.480 would add a big megaphone affect my voice where I say, 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:08.280 and now it's time for the big season preview. And 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:10.120 I'm not trying to diminish what we saw in the 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:13.160 two preseason games or what's been said and done at 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:15.599 the training complex the last couple of weeks. But I 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:17.959 think the reason why I'm not adding that big megaphone 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:22.400 booming effect to my voice is because I'm kind of 0:14:22.400 --> 0:14:24.280 in a wait and see mode. I gotta be honest, like, 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:26.640 I just don't know how much stock you can place 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:29.440 in the two preseason games, and in a cool way, 0:14:29.680 --> 0:14:32.280 in a different way, like we just got to see. 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:33.720 It might be a couple of weeks, it might it 0:14:33.760 --> 0:14:37.040 might be a month, it might be longer. I don't know. Well, 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:38.680 the good news is, if you want to put stock 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:41.640 into two preseason games, we saw a lot of good obviously, 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:44.440 the second one in Indiana there was some sloppiness, but 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:47.760 there were some rallying. There was great stuff from the bench, 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:49.560 So if you want to put stock into either of 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:52.360 those games, you can certainly find good there. But I 0:14:52.400 --> 0:14:55.440 agree with you, it's all way too soon to really 0:14:55.480 --> 0:14:59.520 make any definitive declarations or predictions, at least for me, 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:01.680 about what that this group is gonna look like. Like 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:03.320 I said, there was a lot of good there, but 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:05.800 there is a lot that remains to be se I 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:08.880 agree with you. I think it definitely warrants getting into 0:15:09.000 --> 0:15:11.640 what we did see, and it's just I guess maybe 0:15:11.680 --> 0:15:13.640 more it's not so much as what to make of it, 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:16.400 it's how much is going to actually translate. Because some 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:19.520 good came late in games when only reserves played. Some 0:15:19.640 --> 0:15:21.960 good came when other teams didn't have their top guys, 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:24.400 or even the Sixers didn't have their top guys. But 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:26.640 for me, and I was talking about this on the 0:15:26.720 --> 0:15:30.479 radio with the Von Gives after the game on Friday, personally, 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:35.200 I went into the preseason feeling a lot of positivity 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:38.040 and great vibes coming from the Sixers, and there was nothing, 0:15:38.400 --> 0:15:41.760 absolutely nothing during those two games that made me feel 0:15:41.960 --> 0:15:45.000 any different, Like I'm coming out of the preseason with hope, 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:49.520 with optimism. I think that the main guys who have 0:15:49.560 --> 0:15:51.600 a body of work over time, who you kind of 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:54.440 know what they're about, showed you some great stuff. Talking 0:15:54.440 --> 0:15:56.680 about a lot of veterans, members of the starting five. 0:15:57.120 --> 0:16:00.680 And then for some players who you might want to 0:16:00.680 --> 0:16:04.680 see have a bounce back here insert Mike Scott, might 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:07.480 want to have a build upon good they did last year. 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:11.200 Insert for a concorkmuse, Guys who you didn't know anything about, 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:15.320 rookies Tyrese, Maxie Hillo. Those were areas where I was like, now, 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:17.640 if they can continue to build, we're going to be 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:20.240 in a really good spot. And look, we're not usually 0:16:20.400 --> 0:16:24.000 the two to talk about struggles, but where the team faltered. 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:28.360 There are reasons for chemistry not being fully there for 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:30.200 a group of people that met each other a couple 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:33.320 weeks ago, Guys coming back from injuries, Guys that have 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:36.160 never worked in a system that looks like this system. 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:39.160 So I think, considering the stuff that we saw that 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:42.280 might have been a little bit harder to swallow, those 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:45.240 are things that can be built upon and errors that 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:48.880 can be addressed rather quickly. I think in a lot 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:51.840 of situations. So I agree with you. I think everybody 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:54.440 sort of has if there's a positive narrative there for 0:16:54.520 --> 0:16:56.920 everybody if you want to, if you want to find it. 0:16:57.720 --> 0:17:00.640 And I'm really excited about what this is going to 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:02.480 look like, because, like he said at the very beginning, 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:06.160 we have no idea really yet what the team looks 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:08.639 like and how good they can be. It seems like 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:11.440 going into this year and I'm still trying to wrap 0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:14.400 my mind exactly how to interpret some of what Doc 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:18.760 Rivers has been saying. I know that he wants defense 0:17:18.840 --> 0:17:20.760 to be the bread and butter this team, but it's 0:17:20.800 --> 0:17:22.679 been interesting to me that he's been talking about the 0:17:22.720 --> 0:17:25.120 offense a lot. I think he knows what the defensive 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:28.120 potential is, but the challenge for him it's not saying 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:30.800 offense is more important, but he feels perhaps the biggest 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:33.840 growth area this team could be on the offensive side. 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:36.879 If they played defense like how they've done in the past, 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:39.320 amped up a little bit more, combined with some real 0:17:40.200 --> 0:17:42.879 offensive tweaks and improvements, that's where this team can get 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:45.439 to the next level. Well, I also think when you 0:17:45.480 --> 0:17:48.520 think about defense, there are a lot of established defenders 0:17:48.520 --> 0:17:50.360 on this team. There are guys on this team, whether 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:53.480 or not they've played together before Danny Green, who are 0:17:53.560 --> 0:17:56.080 really really good defenders, and we know they have it, 0:17:56.200 --> 0:17:58.200 and we know that that's a skill that they can 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:00.879 turn up. And that's across the roster. There are a 0:18:00.880 --> 0:18:03.600 lot of really strong defenders on this team. I agree 0:18:03.600 --> 0:18:06.040 with you it seems like Doc's focused more on offense 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:07.800 right now, but that's because maybe there's more to build 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:09.680 there and there's more to learn there, and there's more 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:13.159 intricacy on that end of the floor that this group hasn't. 0:18:13.680 --> 0:18:15.560 They're going to have to play a totally new way. 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:19.840 It's a totally new roster, the options are totally different. 0:18:20.119 --> 0:18:22.000 So I understand the need to put a little bit 0:18:22.000 --> 0:18:24.080 more emphasis on the offensive side when it comes to 0:18:24.160 --> 0:18:27.200 what there is still to learn, Whereas on defense, these 0:18:27.200 --> 0:18:29.080 are guys that know how to defend, and it's going 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:32.000 to be about how much they engage there and how 0:18:32.080 --> 0:18:34.760 intense they can be for a full forty eight minutes. 0:18:35.440 --> 0:18:37.240 One thing that we know coming into this year, the 0:18:37.280 --> 0:18:41.679 Sixers wanted to enhance spacing, and I felt in the 0:18:41.680 --> 0:18:43.720 two preseason games we saw examples of that with a 0:18:43.760 --> 0:18:47.199 couple different lineups opportunities were there, shots might not have 0:18:47.200 --> 0:18:49.560 always gone down. But I think for me that's how 0:18:49.560 --> 0:18:52.680 I kind of look at the preseason two is are 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:55.600 there indicators? Are there signs where in a perfect world 0:18:55.600 --> 0:18:57.680 and the team spends more time together and plays more 0:18:57.720 --> 0:19:01.840 games like the foundations, they are for things to actually 0:19:01.840 --> 0:19:07.119 come together and be executed upon. Well, you talk you 0:19:07.160 --> 0:19:09.720 mentioned spacing, and to me, that's just shooting, right, And 0:19:09.760 --> 0:19:12.399 there's so many shooting options now in both units. I 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:14.200 know we're going to talk about this a little bit later, 0:19:14.240 --> 0:19:16.399 but the idea that there's a whole first unit and 0:19:16.440 --> 0:19:20.400 a whole second unit that can play together separately and 0:19:20.520 --> 0:19:22.959 have great options in both units, I mean, that's not 0:19:23.000 --> 0:19:25.560 something that depth wise, that's not something we've seen, at 0:19:25.600 --> 0:19:28.080 least in my time with the Sixers. So I'm excited 0:19:28.080 --> 0:19:30.120 about how the spacing looks on the first unit and 0:19:30.200 --> 0:19:32.080 on the second unit, and how all those shooters are 0:19:32.080 --> 0:19:34.919 going to be able to interact with the Joel Embiid, 0:19:35.040 --> 0:19:37.159 with the Dwight Howard, with a Bed Simmons, because I 0:19:37.160 --> 0:19:38.840 think it's going to be really cool and and like 0:19:38.920 --> 0:19:41.200 you said, it already looks a little different. It feels 0:19:41.200 --> 0:19:44.680 a little different. Those options around the perimeter are making 0:19:44.720 --> 0:19:47.160 a difference already. As we dive a little bit deeper 0:19:47.200 --> 0:19:49.920 into what we know, what we might not know after 0:19:49.960 --> 0:19:53.040 two preseason games, getting regular for the rest of the season. 0:19:54.560 --> 0:19:56.800 What we do know. I'm pretty good with what I 0:19:56.840 --> 0:20:00.960 saw from the starters. Yeah, kill you theirselves. The guys 0:20:00.960 --> 0:20:03.480 we've been watching for a long time look like themselves. 0:20:03.520 --> 0:20:05.679 Obviously we didn't get quite as much Joel Embiid as 0:20:05.680 --> 0:20:07.960 we wanted to see, but what we saw was good. 0:20:07.960 --> 0:20:11.159 What we saw for Ben he looked very good. We 0:20:11.280 --> 0:20:13.760 know that Tobias can bring a certain skill set. We 0:20:13.840 --> 0:20:15.800 know the same with Danny and Steth, even though they 0:20:15.800 --> 0:20:18.560 haven't played for the Sixers before. It does feel like 0:20:18.600 --> 0:20:20.199 that's a unit where we are going to know what 0:20:20.240 --> 0:20:21.639 we can get and a lot of them are going 0:20:21.680 --> 0:20:23.520 to continue to improve as they get to know each 0:20:23.560 --> 0:20:26.159 other better and as they gel better, no question about it, 0:20:26.240 --> 0:20:30.080 And specifically when it comes to Joel Embiid, only played 0:20:30.119 --> 0:20:32.159 about a half in the first preseason game, had the 0:20:32.200 --> 0:20:35.280 non COVID illness in the preseason finale against the Pacers. 0:20:36.119 --> 0:20:39.000 I'm good with Joe. I'm great. He looked excellent in 0:20:39.080 --> 0:20:42.440 that first preseason game, and at this point I do 0:20:42.600 --> 0:20:45.919 kind of trust that he knows what he has to 0:20:45.920 --> 0:20:48.920 do to get himself Freddie, and I think in hearing 0:20:49.000 --> 0:20:51.600 Doc Rivers talking about him, he knows what he's going 0:20:51.640 --> 0:20:53.639 to get out of too El Embid. I think the 0:20:53.720 --> 0:20:57.520 Doc Rivers Joel Embiid relationship is really something to watch 0:20:57.600 --> 0:20:59.919 because the way that Doc talks about how good Joel 0:21:00.080 --> 0:21:03.320 can be, it feels like they've already really developed something. 0:21:03.480 --> 0:21:05.440 And we saw it in the preseason games. We've seen 0:21:05.440 --> 0:21:07.160 it in some of the practice videos. But the two 0:21:07.160 --> 0:21:09.600 of them are really talking and really communicating, and I 0:21:09.640 --> 0:21:12.040 am excited to see what Doctor is able to add 0:21:12.080 --> 0:21:13.879 to Joel's game. Like you said, we only got one 0:21:13.880 --> 0:21:15.920 half out of him, but he did look really strong 0:21:15.960 --> 0:21:17.640 in that half. He looked in shape, he looked happy 0:21:17.640 --> 0:21:19.440 to be out there, and that's all we can ask 0:21:19.480 --> 0:21:22.000 for for Joel and Mead. What do we think as 0:21:22.200 --> 0:21:25.359 we take a look at two preseason games that clearly 0:21:25.440 --> 0:21:28.119 is not enough sample size the ceiling for this group 0:21:28.760 --> 0:21:34.240 can be. I think I think there's a potential and 0:21:34.280 --> 0:21:37.240 this is just based on the fields that I get. 0:21:37.960 --> 0:21:41.119 I think there's a potential for a solid start I 0:21:41.119 --> 0:21:43.359 just think it's one of those seasons where, like, I 0:21:43.400 --> 0:21:47.359