WEBVTT - The BroadCast: 6/15/2018 ~ Draft Pod - Bridges, Bridges, Knox, and Walker Interviews 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:03.520 A busy week of draft preparations in the books for 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:06.920 the seventy Sixers, a total of twenty five prospects and 0:00:07.000 --> 0:00:10.000 all passing through the Sixers training complex and camping New 0:00:10.119 --> 0:00:13.240 Jersey since Monday, and on this episode of a podcast, 0:00:13.280 --> 0:00:16.439 we're gonna hear from some of them. Cal Bridges, Miles Bridges, 0:00:16.920 --> 0:00:20.400 Lonnie Walker, the Fourth, Kevin Knox, and Winnie and Gabriel. 0:00:20.480 --> 0:00:23.440 All that coming up on this episode of the podcast 0:00:23.520 --> 0:00:26.520 in just a moment. A reminder that to subscribe to 0:00:26.520 --> 0:00:29.160 the podcast, we would love to have you go to iTunes, 0:00:29.440 --> 0:00:33.280 Google Play, Stitcher, type in Sixers Podcast Network, or you 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:37.240 can go to SoundCloud at SoundCloud dot com backslash sixers 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:41.040 and that will take you to our feeds. Yes, indeed, 0:00:41.080 --> 0:00:45.360 the seventy Sixers personnel staff hard at work this past week, 0:00:45.400 --> 0:00:48.160 between members of the front office, head coach Brett Brown, 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:51.360 his assistance, and the scouting staff. They were all on 0:00:51.400 --> 0:00:56.480 hand for the series of workouts that were conducted on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 0:00:56.520 --> 0:00:59.520 and again on Friday. And on Tuesday afternoon there was 0:00:59.560 --> 0:01:03.440 actually an individual workout with none other than Villanova's mcal 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:07.240 Bridge is the pride of Great Valley high school and Malvern, Pennsylvania, 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:11.039 coming off an All American season and a second national championship. 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:13.440 When we caught up with McHale after his workout with 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:15.560 the Sixers, we start off by making reference to the 0:01:15.600 --> 0:01:21.080 fact that is Mom Tania heads up the human resources 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:24.320 efforts for us here at the seventy six Ers. Probably 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:26.759 are too many potential lottery picks who got to knock 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:29.760 out individual pre draft workout and then say hi to 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:32.240 Mom in the very same place. But one of the 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:35.399 many things that distinguishes mcal bridges how did it go today? 0:01:35.800 --> 0:01:38.680 It went really well. You know, they pushed me and 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:43.280 a lot. It was loud, running, shooting defense and Joe's 0:01:43.280 --> 0:01:45.440 It was fun though it was it was really you know, 0:01:46.040 --> 0:01:49.520 testing me, see my conditioning and and see I am 0:01:49.520 --> 0:01:52.560 as a player. What type of physical toll does a 0:01:52.640 --> 0:01:56.320 solo workout take. That's got to be pretty strenuous. Yeah, 0:01:56.320 --> 0:01:58.360 it's this. I mean, you gotta be mentally tough for 0:01:58.480 --> 0:02:01.160 you know, you're gonna you're gonna get tired, and I mean, 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:02.840 and they know that it's a matter of what you 0:02:02.880 --> 0:02:04.280 do when you're tired. You're going to give up or 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:06.480 you're going you know, keep trying to make shots and 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:09.519 keep going hard. And I mean just you know, going 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:11.440 through Nova, That's how I was built, you know, built 0:02:11.480 --> 0:02:13.079 mentally tough and came in here, you know, get a 0:02:13.120 --> 0:02:15.000 little tired, you know, suck it up and just keep 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:17.880 getting through it. From being around here, from your family 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:20.399 connection to people who you worked with the Bill Nova 0:02:20.440 --> 0:02:22.000 who are now at the seventy six you probably have 0:02:22.000 --> 0:02:24.600 a pretty decent sense of what this organization was about. 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:27.200 But being here today, what extra did that add to 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:30.080 your perception of the way the Sixers work? Um, I 0:02:30.120 --> 0:02:32.200 mean as just knowing you know who they are and 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:34.919 how they play, and I know that I'm a pretty 0:02:34.960 --> 0:02:37.800 good fit for the team. Is this offensively and defensively? 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:40.120 You know they love to play defensive coach loads to 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:42.320 do and I mean I probably myself in that. So 0:02:43.000 --> 0:02:45.560 just going in there knowing that I fit well with 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:47.800 the team, and you know, like like the things that 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:50.640 they do for someone on the outside of prospect who's 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:52.840 trying to break into this league. Just how much has 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:55.639 the perception around the seventy Sixers changed over the last 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:59.040 couple of years, just you know, going from you know 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:01.600 not you know, one of the worst teams to you know, 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:04.280 the top teams in the yo in an NBA, and 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:07.680 you see, you got two tons of guys that you know, 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:10.800 and Ben and Joel, and you know they'll just finding pieces, 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:13.880 you know, to you know, correlate with them, and I 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:19.040 mean they defending, they behinds off and they would get 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:21.000 out on transition, which I love to do. So, I 0:03:21.040 --> 0:03:23.560 mean it's really cool watching them and seeing the things 0:03:23.600 --> 0:03:25.679 they've been doing. So you were ham filing over for 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:27.840 four seasons. You red shirted your first year. Can you, 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:30.280 to the best of your memory, walk me through year 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:32.720 by year what your to do list was, where you 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:34.960 wanted to improve and how you expanded your game with 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:37.480 each passing season. Yeah. So my freshman year, I've read 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:40.240 shirted and took time off, you know, just to get 0:03:40.280 --> 0:03:43.720 stronger and you know, be able to play, you know, 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:46.200 with all that strength out there in physicality in the game. 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:49.360 And then sophomore year just going out there defending, you know, 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:51.920 playing my role, which just coming to bringing sparks off 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:55.280 the bench, things like that. In my junior year, third 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:59.200 year playing basically my second year, the second year playing 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:01.960 with my third year, you know, you came a starter 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:04.480 and try you know, still be that deep as a guy. 0:04:05.000 --> 0:04:07.360 Also make plays, you know with Josh and Chris and 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:09.760 seniors and Darrow, just trying to make plays with them. 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:12.080 And last year, you know, just being a leader and 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:16.000 getting better, you know, throughout the summer and just you know, 0:04:16.080 --> 0:04:19.440 try to lead on and off the court, and you know, 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:21.760 try to dominate whenever you know, I get on the court. 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:23.760 Did you sense that there was a lot riding on 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:26.640 this season for you personally? The people started to pay 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:29.720 more attention to you after your sophomore season, if they 0:04:29.720 --> 0:04:32.320 were expecting big things for you this year? Ah? Yeah, 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:34.760 and you know, just getting better here. You know, it's 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:36.839 just not even for the people, just for myself. You know, 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:39.000 I always, by end of my time, I just want 0:04:39.000 --> 0:04:40.840 to be the best basketball player I can be. And 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:43.159 I mean I'll just trying to get better every year. 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:45.320 And I'm Michael Subber too, I'm the best I can 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:48.400 possibly be. So I mean it's just more myself trying 0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:50.160 to be trying to get better. And you know that's 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:52.240 why I did and continue I'm gonna continue to keep 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:54.120 doing that. And so begin to wrap this up, what 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:57.400 would you say your skills that are most NBA ready 0:04:57.440 --> 0:04:59.480 are and then what are some areas where you're like, 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:02.360 I can't to get in the league and work on this. Um, 0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:06.440 probably defense and shooting for sure, and transition. Um what 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:08.960 to work on probably is gonna be ball handled playmaking 0:05:09.480 --> 0:05:11.280 and just reading things like that. It's probably gonna be 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:15.480 the biggest thing. Impressions with coach Brown. Yeah, he's a 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:17.760 really cool, really cool guy. And uh, I mean you 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:20.160 could tell that he's he's about it. You know, he's 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:23.320 about winning. He's about defending and playing hard. And I 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:25.000 mean that's the same thing at Nova, and you know 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:26.760 I love that how much when you look at your 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:29.839 own personal package and profile, do you think that being 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:32.120 a part of a winning program and contributing to a 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:34.560 pair of national championships does in the way people you 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:38.160 aside from the natural gifts and skills to you, Yeah, um, 0:05:38.600 --> 0:05:40.000 I might just work hard. You know, I got a 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:43.279 really good work ethic. And it's not a lot a 0:05:43.279 --> 0:05:45.279 lot of it, some of the talent, but ibou, you know, 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:48.200 the work you putting in. I mean, you know that's 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:50.240 the thing I kept with me that Jailing is always 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:51.920 telling me. You know, you know, you work too hard 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:53.560 for this and just all of a sudden, I cotting 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:55.960 back in my mind just to know myself on that floor. 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:58.479 You know, I work too hard to not be doing 0:05:58.520 --> 0:06:00.120 this and that, And I just take that with you 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:01.880 where abo I go. I probably would menure to say 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:03.680 that just about everyone here at the training complex. If 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:05.600 they were asked who was the hardest working person on 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:08.679 this campus, they would say VP of Human Resources today? 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:11.200 What is she? In part upon you? What? What part 0:06:11.200 --> 0:06:14.599 of your makeup your DNA comes from your mom? You know, 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:19.040 especially being a good person. You know, it's just it's just, 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:24.839 you know, it's sticking to it. Don't stop. That's she's 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:26.680 Sometimes things will go well, but she doesn't stop. She 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:28.960 doesn't quit. And she always told me out to be 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:31.200 a quitter of things, and I took it on life 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:34.280 and all right, Michael, best of luck, Thank you, appreciate 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:37.520 of all the many neat layers to the mccaal Bridges story, 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:40.279 the fact that he's got a mom who works for 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:42.720 an NBA team definitely one of them, and man does 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:46.200 she work hard and clearly did a great job raising 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:49.080 a guy who very likely will probably not be on 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:53.000 the draft board past number ten next Thursday. From one 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:57.040 Bridges to another, mchaal To Miles. Miles was in Camden 0:06:57.520 --> 0:07:00.960 on Monday morning taking part in a six player workout 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:05.360 that also featured Lonnie Walker. Miles Bridges averaging around seventeen points, 0:07:05.360 --> 0:07:09.440 seven rebounds, and shot seventy one three pointers this past season, 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:12.760 an All American pick on the second team and one 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:15.720 of the standouts in the Big Ten first team All 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:18.120 team selection. He gave us a sense of what his 0:07:18.240 --> 0:07:20.680 day was like with the seventy sixers after he got 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:23.760 into town. Miles, one of your earlier workouts here with 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:26.320 these seventy sixers, walk us through what is this day 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:28.400 like from what you've experienced so far, from when you 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:30.440 get here to when you get on the court. When 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:32.960 I hear I mean, I love the facility. This is 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:37.400 a great facility, newer facility, and most most teams and 0:07:37.560 --> 0:07:40.480 coaches and chinas, they have great, great energy and that's 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:42.560 what I like about the program. Coming from Mission State, 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:45.520 UM so, I kind of feel at home here. Brett 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:48.240 Brown definitely comes off as an energetic guy. Was this 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:49.840 your first time getting to speak with him? What were 0:07:49.840 --> 0:07:51.920 your impressions? Oh? Yeah, sorry, this is my first time 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:55.000 meeting them, and Kylor reminds me of coaches in a 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:57.800 little bit, so that that made me feel that home. 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:00.520 I said, he brought a lot of energy and talked 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:02.920 to us after a lot of coaches do that. Um, 0:08:03.920 --> 0:08:06.360 so he's great. Where were some of the pieces of 0:08:06.480 --> 0:08:09.680 advice that he gave you? Oh, just to keep my 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:14.320 intensity of energy. Um, it's never changed for anybody. UM, 0:08:14.440 --> 0:08:16.760 continue to I said to bring energy to every workout. 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:19.360 So when you look at where you were this time 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:21.239 year ago, there were a lot of people, some extremely 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:23.240 close to you might have said, well, this should be 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:26.640 exactly what the journey was back in two seventeen. But 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:29.200 compare this time now to a year ago, and just 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:32.280 how much have you changed in all facets. I think 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:35.960 I'm more season, more mature. I know what to expect now, 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:38.880 so I come into every workout or a lot of energy. 0:08:39.240 --> 0:08:41.760 I think last year I would have came in nonsalantum. 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:43.760 So that's that's what I learned from having another year 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:46.880 at Mischian state Confidence any different based upon what you 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:50.000 individually in the team accomplience this year. Yeah, my confidence 0:08:50.040 --> 0:08:53.120 coming into every workout is through the roof. Um that 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:56.720 I think that gives me great, great insight on every 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:59.320 team would be fair to say that you are more 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:02.400 well random player now than you were after last season. 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:04.840 It seemed like Michigan State used you in a different 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:08.080 way this year. Yeah, for certain, Philly is the same 0:09:08.120 --> 0:09:10.800 way that they use everybody, putting out different spots on 0:09:10.840 --> 0:09:13.440 the floor and they could be effective. So that's I 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:15.520 try to do in Michigan State. I think if I 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:17.480 came in out fit right in, what do you think 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:21.640 skill set wise? Is your motive? NBA ready attribute right now? 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:26.679 Just my versatility. I could guard any player on the court, 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:30.400 offensive defense, They could put me in any position. So 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:33.559 I feel like maybeing versatile is going to help any teams. 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:35.400 You also seem like you can get to where you 0:09:35.440 --> 0:09:39.720 want on the court. Where does that explosiveness come from? Well, 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:41.840 I didn't really have that explosive them off to dribble. 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:45.160 I kind of gained that my second year of college. 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:47.319 So that just comes from Phil watching watching Blail Lah blah, 0:09:47.320 --> 0:09:49.679 and watching a load of choir leonard Um watch those 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:52.520 guys get to the floor their sweet spots. Depending on 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:54.680 how people like to look at their stats, You've graded 0:09:54.679 --> 0:09:56.560 out pretty well on the defensive end in two years 0:09:56.600 --> 0:09:58.480 in college. Where do you think that's side of the 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:01.520 fourth place to your strengths. Oh, it's gonna be a big, big, 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:04.560 big strength for me coming in as a rookie. You 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:07.160 have to be able to play defense, get time on 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:08.839 the floor, and up. It doesn't gonna be big for me. 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:11.400 How much have you've heard the phrase three and D 0:10:11.760 --> 0:10:15.120 over the last two or three years. I heard that 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:18.760 a lot. Every team needs needs a player like that 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:20.880 that could guard and hit hit the three when you 0:10:20.920 --> 0:10:24.400 need it. Um. So that's big green team Michigan State. Obviously, 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:27.560 it's a lot of pretty reputable and renowned, accomplished alumni. 0:10:28.200 --> 0:10:30.120 Is there one piece of advice from one person that 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:33.640 you've been trying to carry with you throughout this whole experience. Ah, 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:37.480 that's I got a lot of advice from Draymond. Keep 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:40.480 my surfer small on my team, keep a lot of energy, 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:43.560 Jay rich It just to have fun with everything. So 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:46.080 those guys at Michigan State, they give me a lot 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:48.719 of advice maturity wise, that's something that Tom is So 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:50.400 I want to make sure I don't mess this up. 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:53.359 I think he called you a blue collar type of superstar. 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:55.840 When you look at the city like Philadelphia, I'm sure 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:58.600 like FLYNT. I'm sure like East Lansing, what about it? 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:01.280 Your personality fits in in a situation like that. I 0:11:01.280 --> 0:11:03.719 mean Flint and Philly, they have a lot in common. Um, 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:07.400 blue collar, UM. A lot of people come from the 0:11:07.480 --> 0:11:09.520 hood and not the suburbs. UM. And that's what I 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:11.240 like to see. I like, I like to see toughness 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:14.080 in the city because that's where I came from. We 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:16.880 had T. J. McConnell working out behind us. You got 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:20.880 guys like Joel Ebide, Ben Simmons, Marquelle folks involved here 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:23.360 as someone on the outside potentially who knows where you 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:25.679 could end up. What type of perception now is there 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:28.199 in Philadelphia seventy six ers. Oh, it's a thing to 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:30.840 be reckon with the future. Right now and in the future. 0:11:32.280 --> 0:11:34.360 Joel He's an All Star Ben Simmons is gonna be 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:37.080 All Star next year. Mark Kelly's coming up. UM. And 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:39.080 those are guys that I've I've watched play and play 0:11:39.160 --> 0:11:41.520 with or against. UM. So I feel like I feel 0:11:41.520 --> 0:11:44.679 comfort you coming in. Miles Best, thanks so much. I 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:48.320 forced to be reckoned with is how Miles Bridges describe 0:11:48.360 --> 0:11:51.280 the seventy sixers, And you could certainly use that same 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:56.000 description to characterize the man from Michigan State himself who 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:59.680 had a terrific year number two in a Spartans uniform. 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:02.439 It's not so often that you find there's a group 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:05.640 workout setting where you have two prospects who are projected 0:12:05.640 --> 0:12:08.360 to go in and around the same high spot in 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:10.319 the lottery. But that was the case on Monday in 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:13.559 Camden when Bridges was in the building and so was 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:16.960 Lonnie Walker, the fourth out of Reading Senior High School. 0:12:17.360 --> 0:12:19.840 Lonnie Walker not only toured up in Burke's County and 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:23.400 also in the ACCA. Walker the first Miami freshman ever 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:27.080 to land a spot on an Accall League team. He 0:12:27.120 --> 0:12:29.040 averaged around eleven and a half points last year. He 0:12:29.080 --> 0:12:32.199 had fifty six threes. Has a versatile skill set out 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:34.400 of the backcourt. And we chatted with him. Lonnie said 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:38.000 that even at this dage, he likes feeling some anxious 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:41.440 excitement going into these workouts that he knows carry a 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:44.040 lot of weight. Between all the workouts you've been a 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:45.960 part of so far leading up to this, there still 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:49.160 is that anxious anticipation that you feel absolutely you know, 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:51.520 I'm a bit of a grasp of the moment type 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:54.520 of guy. So you know, being here and playing for 0:12:54.520 --> 0:12:56.439 the sixes. You know, I grew up kind of watching 0:12:56.480 --> 0:13:00.560 allan Ivas and watched old film and Julius Therevan doctor Dreyer. Uh. 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:03.320 Family oriented. It's forty five minutes away from my house, 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:07.000 so this is pretty intense for me. Honestly, I was 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:10.080 starting to a lot of friends like, yo, you're not 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:15.319 too far from home man. Uh, It's it's exciting. Tell 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:17.840 me about your impressions of Brett Brown. It was just 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:19.840 your first chance to interact with him today and one 0:13:19.840 --> 0:13:21.760 type of impression to be leaving upon him. Um, he 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:24.120 left the great impression. You know. He shows that he 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:26.520 wants to win. He shows that, you know, it's sixty 0:13:26.600 --> 0:13:28.839 is this community. It's not for everyone. It's all about 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:31.200 you know, only the strong will kind of survive on 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:33.439 his team, and you know that's what I'm built for. 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:36.640 I'm not too far forty five minutes from here. Red infanspan. 0:13:36.720 --> 0:13:39.040 You want to high poverty schools. You talk about that 0:13:39.080 --> 0:13:40.959 grit in that grind and that's swagger like he was 0:13:41.000 --> 0:13:44.200 talking about. Um, that's who I am. So you know 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:46.520 everything he said, how he talked, how your approach, you know, 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:50.280 not the same but our intensity is kind of close 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:51.959 up there. So he wants to win and I want 0:13:51.960 --> 0:13:53.679 to win, and we want to create a dynasty. Saying 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:57.640 with himself as being a great coach, so great similarities. 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:00.280 On the outside, it seems like he might be the 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:02.880 type of prospect who's been on the rise as of like, 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:05.120 do you feel that yourself? What type of amentum do 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:07.559 you feel like you've built up over the last few weeks, 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:10.320 you know, just building my name. Lot of people know that. 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:13.480 You know, I'm still day in, day out, I'm gonna progress. 0:14:13.559 --> 0:14:16.120 You know, even at Miami, I started off slow, but 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:18.520 I kind of got better, got better day in and 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:21.760 day out. So now you come here, you know you 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:24.080 haven't seen me in so long, and you can kind 0:14:24.120 --> 0:14:27.560 of know us. I'm getting stronger, faster, shouldn't the ball out, 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:30.400 better handling? So everything is all about progress, and you 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:31.640 know that's all I want to show is that I'm 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:34.440 still improving my game. They've been videos out there where 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:37.000 you talking about your passion and it sounds like you 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:39.960 view that as a distinguishing characteristic or something that makes 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:42.520 you a special type of prospect. Where does that come 0:14:42.560 --> 0:14:45.320 from and how does that feel you? My family, my father. 0:14:45.440 --> 0:14:47.360 You know, growing out, my father worked about three four 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:50.880 jobs and sometimes where you know, if he's working three days, right, 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:53.520 So you talk about that work ethic, and where I 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:55.600 get it from, It's just from him, you know, watching 0:14:55.680 --> 0:14:58.200 him get an hour sleep and going to work, watching 0:14:58.240 --> 0:15:01.360 him just continue to work and fight and show that 0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:04.440 you know, even when he has nothing less, he's nothing left, 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:08.040 he still has more gas to get. So that's where 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:09.800 I get it from. Now you talk about that passion 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:12.080 and that heart and that pride. I get that from him, 0:15:12.080 --> 0:15:13.920 But I also get that from my community. You know 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:16.840 that in Pennsylvania were going to raise and you know 0:15:16.920 --> 0:15:19.960 they take great pride in basketball and who I am. 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:23.200 So that's where I get it from him. The workout 0:15:23.280 --> 0:15:25.960 that you were involved in also featured Miles Bridges. You 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:28.400 guys projected to go in the lottery face of the draft. 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:31.000 What type of atmosphere did that land of the court? 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:33.080 I see you guys wearing different colored uniforms. You were 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:34.880 on the white team, he was on the blue team. 0:15:34.880 --> 0:15:38.120 It's definitely very intense. You know, we're around that same 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:41.840 range of motion and we're all fighting for that same spot. 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:45.200 So it definitely creates no friends in the court type 0:15:45.200 --> 0:15:47.160 of thing. You know. Off the court, me and him 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:49.440 a great friends. We talk can there, but on the 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:51.600 court it's definitely more intense. You're trying to get at 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:54.440 each other and we both have a target on both 0:15:54.440 --> 0:15:57.240 of our backs. Amongst the other players out here, shake 0:15:57.280 --> 0:15:59.640 Melon is a great guy, you know, great guards. So 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:02.400 day in and day out, you gotta know that there's 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:04.400 a target on your back and you gotta give it 0:16:04.440 --> 0:16:07.440 all you've got behind you. You've got a proven pro 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:10.520 and t J McConnell working out, guys like Ben Simmons, 0:16:10.640 --> 0:16:13.320 Joel Embiid, Marquel Full It's a part of the fold here. 0:16:13.600 --> 0:16:15.480 Do you let yourself think about where you might be 0:16:15.520 --> 0:16:17.280 able to fit in should this workout? Where do you 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:19.520 think you could fit in a situation like this? For 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:21.880 that I can figure right. It's a very transition team, 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:25.280 very defensive oriented, and a past first team, very unselfish. 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:28.800 So you talk about getting shots up, transition defense and 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:32.200 everything and getting under people. This is what the six Summi. 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:34.120 Such is his name, you know, that's their name, and 0:16:34.120 --> 0:16:36.560 that's where they where they take great pride about. So 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:41.680 for me, I can talk about my style of player shooting, passing, defense, 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:46.000 transition and why not. So you know, we kind of 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:48.520 got a great thing. It's similar. But and also off 0:16:48.560 --> 0:16:50.280 the court, I'm a very great kid, so you don't 0:16:50.320 --> 0:16:53.320 got to worry about that. Um. You know, it's very 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:56.080 exciting to see where I where I shout to. They 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:59.080 only make them great in Burke's County. Absolutely, that's a lot, 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:03.200 Thank you. It is true. All things from Burkes County 0:17:03.720 --> 0:17:08.560 very much great. A terrific place. Walker was part of 0:17:08.760 --> 0:17:12.919 Monday's six man workout. Kevin Knox, who is moving up 0:17:13.000 --> 0:17:16.720 draft boards. It seems a part of Friday's six man 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:20.119 workout group. Knock someone who the Sixers feel has a 0:17:20.160 --> 0:17:23.119 good touch. They like his tenacity and he can do 0:17:23.160 --> 0:17:25.480 a lot of different things on the wing. He was 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:28.439 the sec CO Freshman of the Year, and like a 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:31.360 handful of these other conversations, we start off by asking 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:34.920 Knox about his impressions of the seventy six ers organization. 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:37.800 All right, we why don't you start by telling about 0:17:37.840 --> 0:17:40.520 what's the experience been like visiting the seventy six ers. 0:17:40.880 --> 0:17:43.000 It's ready experience read facilities. I think he said in 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:45.560 September would be two years old, so it's kind of 0:17:45.640 --> 0:17:49.280 brand new night germ, nice facilities, and it's one of 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:50.840 the best ones I've been too so far. So I 0:17:50.880 --> 0:17:53.080 mean it's the process. I mean, good trainers to have 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:54.680 good coaches. I mean it's kind of been one of 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:57.760 the best ones from a hospitality standpoint. Are there certain 0:17:57.840 --> 0:17:59.879 things that this team has done differently than some of 0:17:59.880 --> 0:18:02.320 the others that you visited? I mean no, not really. 0:18:02.359 --> 0:18:04.040 I mean this one we did shoot a lot more 0:18:04.080 --> 0:18:05.800 shots than the ones I've been But that's kind of 0:18:05.840 --> 0:18:07.480 how Coach Brown coaches, and he lets you do a 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:09.959 lot of threes. It's kind of how contesting threes two 0:18:10.080 --> 0:18:11.760 being physical, be able to shoot off the catch you 0:18:11.800 --> 0:18:13.840 off the run. So kind of started the day off 0:18:13.960 --> 0:18:16.840 shooting a lot of three. So today's probably one of 0:18:16.880 --> 0:18:19.680 the more shooting threes in the other workouts. Sounds like 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:21.760 you did your homework on the team. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:23.280 I do. I do my homework on every team I 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:25.680 go to as good as I know what kind of 0:18:25.720 --> 0:18:28.000 workout you going into, so kind of do my research, 0:18:28.160 --> 0:18:30.480 my agent, do our research my trainers. So it's kind 0:18:30.480 --> 0:18:32.680 of had the right mentality going into these workouts in 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:34.960 your mind, what type of fit would this scenario be 0:18:35.119 --> 0:18:36.920 it'd be a great fit. I mean, Coach Brown really 0:18:36.960 --> 0:18:39.960 loves me at the three. He loves my versatility and 0:18:40.040 --> 0:18:41.680