WEBVTT - Meet the Prospects | Tyrese Maxey x John Calipari Interviews 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.640 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers podcast network 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:08.200 Search seventy Sixers podcast Wherever you get your Pods. When 0:00:08.240 --> 0:00:11.000 the seventy Sixers were on the clock in this year's draft, 0:00:11.320 --> 0:00:13.640 they saw someone who they didn't expect to be there. 0:00:13.800 --> 0:00:19.000 The Philadelphia seventy Sixers select Tyrese Maxie from the University 0:00:19.160 --> 0:00:24.319 of Kentucky. The reaction from the Kentucky's Tyrese Maxie and 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:27.720 his family was fantastic. He was widely regarded as a 0:00:27.720 --> 0:00:30.680 lottery great talent, and his former college coach feels the 0:00:30.680 --> 0:00:33.559 Sixers got to steal. If we would have played the 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:35.920 finish of the season, he would have been a ten, eleven, 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:39.080 twelve pick, maybe lower depending on how well you played. 0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:43.760 So they've got that pick where they got twenty one. 0:00:43.920 --> 0:00:46.920 With workouts in training camp just days away, Maxie is 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:50.000 actiously awaiting the start of his NBA career. That's gonna 0:00:50.000 --> 0:00:52.120 be one of my main attributes to the team is 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:54.760 that my defensibility, and I feel like it's going to 0:00:54.800 --> 0:00:56.880 be really cool and played a different guys like Dan 0:00:57.000 --> 0:00:59.800 and other guys on a team that who enjoy playing defense. 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:02.880 I'm Brian Seltzer and this week on the broadcast, it's 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:06.720 our Meet the Prospects miniseries. Up first the seventy Sixers 0:01:06.760 --> 0:01:18.320 top pick Tyrese Maxie. Exciting times in Sixers Land. There's 0:01:18.319 --> 0:01:20.600 the big Draft Night with some big moves a few 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:23.000 weeks ago, and then two days after that, the start 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:26.319 of an active free agency period for the Sixers, and 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:30.319 now when the calendar flips from November to December, the 0:01:30.400 --> 0:01:33.120 start of individual one on one workouts for the Sixers 0:01:33.160 --> 0:01:36.720 at the training complex on December the first. It is 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:41.120 crazy how fast things are moving, just three weeks out 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:44.600 essentially from the start of the twenty twenty twenty twenty 0:01:44.600 --> 0:01:48.160 one season. Hobey at a great holiday weekend. I got 0:01:48.160 --> 0:01:52.760 a chance to enjoy it in whichever safe and fulfilling 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:55.560 way that you could. Yes, this week it is going 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:57.960 to be Meet the Prospects week here on the broadcast. 0:01:58.160 --> 0:02:01.000 Very excited about that. Each episode, and there's of course 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:02.520 going to be three of them because the Sixers made 0:02:02.520 --> 0:02:05.640 three draft picks. We're gonna hear from the pick himself 0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:09.280 and also we'll interview his former college head coach. So 0:02:09.320 --> 0:02:11.880 on Wednesday it'll be Arkansas's Isaiah Joe and his head 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:15.000 coach Eric Musselman, a former NBA coach, and then on Friday, 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:18.120 we'll hear from DePaul's, Paul Reid and Dave Lado. But 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:22.200 to tip off this series, we begin by featuring Tyrese Maxie. 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:24.640 We'll get more analysis about him from his head coach 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:28.440 John Calparry from Kentucky in a bit. But first, Lauren 0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:30.760 Rosen went one on one with the number twenty one 0:02:30.800 --> 0:02:34.400 selection the morning after the NBA Draft. First of all, 0:02:34.440 --> 0:02:36.400 we're thrilled to have you. We're excited to see you 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:40.640 in Philadelphia. Did you get any sleep last night? Yeah? 0:02:40.639 --> 0:02:43.600 I did. I did. I want to sleep last night, man, 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:46.840 I mean getting I get up early in the morning, 0:02:46.880 --> 0:02:48.960 so you know, workout starts early in the morning, so 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:51.440 I like to sleep at night. But I did. It 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:56.400 was this exciting night. I'm very blessed and thankful for 0:02:56.520 --> 0:03:00.160 the Philadelphia as an organization and I really appreciate at 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:03.160 the opportunity. Well, we're excited to have you. I'm curious. 0:03:03.200 --> 0:03:05.680 Are you in Texas right now? Are you're in your hometown? 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:10.280 I am, I am. I just got here Monday night. Awesome. Well, 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:11.960 I happen to be in Houston right now, so not 0:03:12.040 --> 0:03:16.680 too far away. What I wanted to ask you though, 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:21.160 normally today we'd all be in Camden at the training complex, 0:03:21.200 --> 0:03:24.000 we'd be getting to know you in person. How does 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:26.440 this all feel to you? I know growing up you 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:30.240 must have imagined sort of last night and today, but 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:32.320 how does it feel to be doing it from home 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:37.240 in this crazy year? Honestly, the draft at home was 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:40.640 kind of cool because you can get you can kind 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:42.840 of have like a more intimate, you know, setting, like 0:03:42.920 --> 0:03:46.320 when my family was there, and it just like kind 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:48.000 of it was really cool. It was really cool. I 0:03:48.320 --> 0:03:51.640 know it's different and uh, you know via zoom. It 0:03:51.720 --> 0:03:53.720 was cool to be the inaugural in a class of 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:55.920 doing that. I don't know how you know, all playoff 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:58.240 for years to come, but you know, it was really cool. 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:00.640 It was still a blessing. I think about the same way, 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:03.160 and like I said, I'm very very thankful of the 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:06.520 organization for taking that chance. Well, we're excited to have 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:08.560 you as well, Not that I had anything to do 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:11.839 with it at all, but I really excited to see 0:04:11.880 --> 0:04:14.800 you come along. So just logistically, like, take me through 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:17.440 how does this all work now? Because normally we'd be 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:19.960 getting ready for free agency. You probably meet us at 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:22.640 the summer League. Um, we'd have a couple of months, 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:25.560 you find a place in Philadelphia. What does the next 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:28.120 ten or eleven days look like for you in this 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:31.640 sort of sprint to training camp. Um, probably like a 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:35.760 little in a exploited process that you just said, I mean, 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:38.480 just all that bundled them, like you said, those well 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:42.200 eleven to twelve days, so you know, it's it's amazing 0:04:42.200 --> 0:04:45.080 time and it's exciting time. And that's one reason why. 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:48.800 That's the exact reason why my whole thing during this, 0:04:48.920 --> 0:04:51.919 you know, the quarantine process and this this layoff was 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:55.600 my body right uh, standing up getting the best shape 0:04:55.600 --> 0:04:57.800 of my life because you I never known when you 0:04:57.839 --> 0:04:59.760 know they were gonna snap their fingers and we'll be 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:03.680 lane drafted. Is the eighteenth, the training camp December first, 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:05.520 So now I feel like I'm in the best shape 0:05:05.520 --> 0:05:08.359 of my life and I'm ready to go. That's awesome. 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:10.080 You said that you felt like it was maybe a 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:12.279 little bit cooler to do the draft at home, more 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:14.360 of an intimate experience. Can you tell me what it 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:17.120 was like to have your family react alongside you. When 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:19.120 you look back at last night, what are you going 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:23.120 to remember the most I think I'll remember in a 0:05:23.640 --> 0:05:27.039 laughing at the table, in the conversation, just throughout the 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:29.880 whole process before the draft started. You know, those are memories, 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:32.960 the pictures that my sisters, my three sisters were taking, 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:37.080 the Snapchat videos, and my mom sitting there last. You know, 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:40.320 just just that that whole experience was great. You know, 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:42.920 it means a lot for me, you know, for those 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:45.520 my family members to be there, just because I know 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:48.120 they sacrificed so much, you know, for me just trying 0:05:48.160 --> 0:05:52.840 to change these dreams. My sisters, my oldest sister, I 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:55.479 tell her thank you. I'm thankful for her so much, 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:57.599 just because I had to travel so much, my parents 0:05:57.640 --> 0:05:59.599 had to spend a lot of different money just because 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:01.919 you know, the path I was trying to take. And 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:05.159 I'm very thankful for that. And as soon as you 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:07.640 got drafted, I know usually you guys get a call 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:10.880 from some important people in the Sixers front office. Who 0:06:10.960 --> 0:06:13.320 did you get to talk to and what were those conversations? 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:16.280 Like I got talked to a lot of different people, 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:19.800 you know Highlight, you know, coach Doc Rivers and Ben Simmons, 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:22.159 and you know a great conversation. You know, men would 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:25.040 just saying how happy he was and just seeing them 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:27.920 in Las, seeing him workout, seeing him seeing me workout, 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:30.920 you know, building NAX type of relationship. It was really cool, 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:32.839 really cool to get, you know, get drafted to a 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:36.440 team where someone like Ben Simmons own clutch family and 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:39.039 that I know him and coach Doc River was just 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:41.040 telling me, you know, he can't wait to get started. 0:06:41.960 --> 0:06:43.640 You mentioned Ben, and I do want to ask you 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:45.800 a little bit more about that. What do you just 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:48.839 as a basketball player, What do you admire most about Ben? 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:52.560 And how excited are you to now be teammates. I 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:55.520 don't mind his creativity. I mind his creativity and his 0:06:55.600 --> 0:06:57.479 work ethic. You know, every time I saw him, he was, 0:06:57.560 --> 0:07:00.159 you know, putting work in the gym, and you know 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:03.719 that's that's something that someone of his caliber is really 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:05.440 you can you can tell the work that he's put in. 0:07:05.880 --> 0:07:08.120 So and I'm the same way. I feel like I'm 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:09.760 a gym right and I'm getting up in early in 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:12.760 the morning and that the things like that they impress me. 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:15.240 So yeah, like I say, it's creativity. The way he 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:18.320 plays the game fast paced, the way he defends, you know, 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:20.640 the way he takes you know, pride and actually defending 0:07:20.720 --> 0:07:22.720 in the passion that that that's the one thing I 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:26.360 really really appreciate. I know you also spent some time 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:29.920 with Lebron James and Rondo as well. What have those 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:32.160 guys been like for you as mentors as you get 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:35.720 ready to join them in the same league. It's been great. 0:07:35.800 --> 0:07:39.400 And the Rondo it was, he was amazing for me. Um. 0:07:39.440 --> 0:07:41.200 I was able to work out with him pre Bubble 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:43.920 at six o'clock in the morning every every single morning 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:46.080 before you know he left, and I'm very thankful for 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:49.119 him letting me come in there. Um. I told trainer 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:50.760 Chris Josh that I wanted to be the first one 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:52.640 in the gym, and he said, okay, well then you 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:54.720 know you're gonna work out Rondo at six untill he leaves. 0:07:54.960 --> 0:07:56.920 And then I worked out by myself to the end. 0:07:56.960 --> 0:07:58.640 But you know, it was great. He taught me a 0:07:58.640 --> 0:08:00.360 lot of different things. Like I felt like I learned 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:02.960 so much in a short window, Like I was only 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:05.560 willing for like three or four weeks, but it was 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:08.240 every day, so I feel like I learned like something 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:10.520 new every single day. It was. It was. It's a 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:12.720 great feeling and I really appreciate it for that, and 0:08:12.800 --> 0:08:15.160 then go into the Lebron situation. You know, it's just 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:18.040 a family, family oriented, like we clicked even with Ben 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:21.360 Lebron and different other different guys around the league, and 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:23.960 I really appreciate them as my older brothers, and I 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:27.360 can't wait to get started. I feel like that's something 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:29.720 that anyone going into a new career would be happy 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:32.439 to have, right, people that are already successful at what 0:08:32.480 --> 0:08:35.040 they do, that are willing to offer you advice and 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:38.319 willing to sort of guide you. What types of questions 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:40.760 are you going to have for those guys, Like what's 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:42.439 top of mine? Now? Is you get ready to make 0:08:42.440 --> 0:08:47.760 this transition? Oh? I don't know. You know, It's gonna 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:50.160 be a lot of different questions. I'm a very curious person. 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:52.440 My first question is like I want to know how, 0:08:52.520 --> 0:08:56.040 like the gym works, the facility works, Like do we 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:58.840 have twenty four hour access? How can we you know? 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:00.640 Because like I like to work in the morning, like 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:02.760 six am, So like can I just walk in and 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:04.560 work out? I don't know how it works? Yit so 0:09:04.760 --> 0:09:06.520 because at college I could just when I wanted to 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:08.600 work at six I could just go in and scam 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:11.319 out a little my eyes in, you know, walk right 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:14.720 in and work out. So I'm just that was my 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:18.480 movie my first question. And then you know, just a 0:09:18.520 --> 0:09:20.520 little tours of the cities, like you know, I know 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:23.160 a lot a little bit about Philly just because just 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:25.080 what I've seen on the Internet and what I've seen 0:09:25.120 --> 0:09:27.280 it in movies like Rocky and different things like that. 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:30.679 But yeah, I just can't wait. Well, I can tell 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:32.480 you you're in very good hands. I know after you're 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:34.040 done speaking with me, you're going to meet some of 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:36.080 the folks at the facility, and normally you'd get the 0:09:36.120 --> 0:09:38.880 Grand Tour, but I know that that's coming soon enough. 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:41.200 And I think that you keep mentioning how early you 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:44.320 work out, how much effort you put into your craft 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:46.080 and into your game. And I can tell you for sure, 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:48.360 people in Philly are gonna love that. People in Philly 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:51.240 are all about hard work and going the extra mile. 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:53.839 Where does that come from? Do you just love the game? 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:57.160 Are you? Are you focused on self improvement all the time? 0:09:57.200 --> 0:10:00.679 Where does the fire come from for you? Yeah? One 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:04.000 is my respect for the game, you know, and my 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:06.000 thing is I want to get one percent better every 0:10:06.000 --> 0:10:08.120 single day at the end of the day, like when 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:10.520 it's all saying down and the ball stops bouncing. I 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:12.240 want to be able to say and I put my 0:10:12.240 --> 0:10:13.800 all into it. I want I don't want to be 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:16.360 I don't want to have any what ifs or dang 0:10:16.400 --> 0:10:19.120 I wish I would have did that and and that's 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:20.760 not that's not how I roll. I want to be 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:22.800 able to say, I put put it all on the line, 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:27.640 maximize my potential, and well, like I said, got one 0:10:27.679 --> 0:10:30.720 percent better every single day. So before we dive in 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:33.240 a little deeper to the basketball side of things, I've 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:35.400 been in the league myself a couple of years now 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:37.320 doing what I do. And as soon as the Sixers 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:39.640 drafted you, I had some friends around the league say, 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:42.120 you got a great guy. He has a great personality, 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:45.480 he's so fun to work with. What does that sort 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:48.360 of reputation mean to you, and how would you describe 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:51.160 that personality because clearly it's a vibrant one. But who 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:54.080 are you as a person off the court? This is me? 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:56.160 This is me on the court off the court, Like 0:10:57.559 --> 0:10:59.920 one thing about me is yes, I am a very 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:02.600 competitive person and I love to win and you're gonna 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:05.360 see it. And I feel like from day one. You 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:07.840 know they're gonna realize that. And I don't like losing. 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:11.280 Whatever it is. You know, it doesn't matter whatever I'm whatever, 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:13.600 if it has a winner in it, I want to win. 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:15.920 I mean, ain't what it is. Life is a competition 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:18.680 in my eyes. But this is just me, this is 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:22.680 my personality. I mean, I enjoy life. Um, I'm very 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:25.720 very blessing of the Lord has blessed me to do, uh, 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:28.640 do what I love get up every morning and a 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:30.520 lot of people can't say that. You know that they're 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:32.559 able to do that. So get on my knees and 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:35.200 pray every single night. And you know he has helped 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:36.880 me keep this smile on my face all the time. 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:39.520 And you know, it's just it's it's great and I 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:42.679 really like enjoy it being like this. Well, it's very 0:11:42.720 --> 0:11:46.280 clear that that you're an awesome, engaging Sorry, it's the 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:48.320 word I was looking for, guys, So we're stoked to 0:11:48.360 --> 0:11:49.920 have you. A couple other things I heard about you 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:52.080 off the court. I've heard you're a big marvel guy. 0:11:52.200 --> 0:11:54.960 Is that true? That that is? That is one hundred 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:57.440 percent true, man, that's one hundred percent. That used to 0:11:57.480 --> 0:12:00.000 be like a secret now every I think everybody knows 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:04.120 about it. They exposed you, they got me. Man, Man, 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:07.640 it's okay. It's a good thing. So what about that 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:10.760 universe excites you the most? And do you draw any 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:13.440 comparisons maybe to any of the heroes in that world. 0:12:15.679 --> 0:12:18.959 My thing when Marvel is is like the way they 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:22.120 create the narrative and how it just it goes from 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:24.720 story to story and all ties in as one big 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:27.680 story like that, right there is an amazing to me 0:12:27.720 --> 0:12:30.040 how they're able to keep that, you know, in mind, 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:34.960 and all the different the different movies, different filmmaks. And I, 0:12:35.040 --> 0:12:36.480 at the end of the day, like I like I 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:38.800 like acting, so like when I was younger, I was 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:40.679 in The Wizard of Oz. So at the end of 0:12:40.720 --> 0:12:42.720 the day, I want to become I want to be 0:12:42.760 --> 0:12:45.560 one of those, you know, one of those characters. And 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:47.280 and that's that's one of the reason why I think 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:50.800 I really like the Marvel Cinematic University. So, if this 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:53.040 NBA thing doesn't work out for you, are you gonna 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:59.280 go the acting route. I'm well, let's hope it does. 0:12:59.400 --> 0:13:01.840 You know, I'm work extremeal hard to make it work out. 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:03.720 And then you know, like I said, when a bass. 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:07.440 I was bouncing, and I want to my personality. I 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:08.960 feel like I can do a lot of different things. 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:11.720 So you know, I think I have a common being 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:14.040 a commentator in mine because I like to talk, you know, 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:16.440 I'd like to engage with different people. And then you know, 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:18.480 the acting the side as well. You know, it just 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:21.679 being you know, personal being having this personality, smiling all 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:24.960 the time and being able to hold conversations with people. 0:13:25.160 --> 0:13:27.400 I think that's you know, some of them my liking. Well, 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:29.040 you're gonna be lightening it up on the court and 0:13:29.120 --> 0:13:31.200 stealing my job at the same time. I can already 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:33.280 tell so I need to up my game to keep 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:35.760 up with you. Yeah, hey, you know, I may have 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.960 a play and then you know, do the interview. Never know, 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:41.839 I can tell you that will happen. That is a 0:13:41.960 --> 0:13:43.680 thing that happens. So you need to get ready for 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:46.280 that first moment. All right, So let's do talk about 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:48.400 basketball a little bit now, even though I could go 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:51.000 on about this stuff forever. Actually, who did you play 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:52.600 in the Wizard of Oz? I need to know before 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:58.760 we move on. I was so I played the lead 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:02.200 of the man what is it called the henchmen for 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:05.560 the Witch that's what I was. I was that and 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:09.560 then I did I did something else with them. What 0:14:09.640 --> 0:14:14.160 do they called the um I can't even remember the name, 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:17.959 but the evil side. You were on the dark side. Yeah, 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:20.560 for my for my main part, but I was an 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:23.120 extra in a different situation too. I can't remember what 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:26.600 the little things were called. But you know, it was 0:14:26.640 --> 0:14:28.880 really cool. I would have continue with it, like when 0:14:28.960 --> 0:14:31.600 a little further. But I mean, I love basketball so 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:33.600 much and it took up a lot of my time. 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:36.400 Like I said, the six A workouts and different things 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:38.760 like that. You know, that takes up a lot of time. 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:41.000 So when it's all setting done, you know, at the 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:43.840 end of it, I'm definitely gonna an adventure over the 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:47.760 munch there it is, man, I can't even I'm you know, 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:49.360 my my theater tip. You're gonna be mad at me 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:52.480 if you see this. So you did. You were one 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:55.040 of the henchmen, you were one of the munchkins. Maybe 0:14:55.080 --> 0:14:58.280 a utility player on the stage. Now you're a versatile 0:14:58.320 --> 0:15:01.400 guy on the court. I'm working on my segways as 0:15:01.400 --> 0:15:03.880 you might be able to tell, but if you could, 0:15:04.040 --> 0:15:06.160 if you could describe your game a little bit, maybe 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:08.800 for folks that haven't gotten to watch you play that much. 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:12.800 Who are you on the court? I think I'm a 0:15:12.800 --> 0:15:15.160 competitor first and foremos. I think that you know, that's 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:17.520 the that's my I feel like that's a skill. Winning 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:19.640 is a skill. You know, it's a it's an attribute 0:15:19.640 --> 0:15:21.440 to have to your game. And I feel like that 0:15:21.560 --> 0:15:25.480 that's my main my main pitch to people like, um, 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:27.560 I'm a very like I said, been talking about the 0:15:27.560 --> 0:15:29.800 whole time off its cars, dominant doesn't matter. I compete 0:15:30.280 --> 0:15:32.720 and I think that's what the Philadelphia fans are gonna 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:34.560 see from day one. That and I like to win. 0:15:35.000 --> 0:15:36.760 And I'm really glad to be a part of the 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:39.440 organization because you know, they're contending. In my eyes, you know, 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:42.920 the guys like Jodlan bib Ben Simmons coach like Doc Rivers, 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:44.520 I feel like, you know, they have they have one 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:46.520 goal in mind, and you know that's that's a common 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:50.000 goal of Mint in whatever situation I'm in. But you know, 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:52.480 just just going into play style, I feel like I 0:15:52.480 --> 0:15:54.840 can play on and off the ball. I feel like, um, 0:15:54.880 --> 0:15:57.920 you know, at the University of Kentucky coach Kal I mean, 0:15:58.120 --> 0:15:59.840 all my life, I've been playing on the ball, point 0:16:00.160 --> 0:16:02.320 different things like that. But when I got to Kentucky, 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:04.880 you know, they already had four starters. So he told 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:07.320 me he had one spot for me and to play. 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:09.240 He needed me to do this. He needed me to 0:16:09.280 --> 0:16:11.600 you know, defend, and he needed me to play off 0:16:11.640 --> 0:16:13.440 the ball and you know, trying to you know, get 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:15.560 it how I live. And that's what I did. And 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:17.440 I really appreciate him for that because now I feel 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:20.360 like I fit into the role of the hybrid guards. 0:16:20.360 --> 0:16:23.200 And then the new age NBA guys like Jamal Murray, 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:25.440 the guys like c J. McCullum, guys who can play 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:28.480 on the ball so asiliate for their teammage runner team 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:30.680 and score while they're on the ball, and then play 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:32.320 off the ball as well, and play off guys like 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:36.280 Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid and knocked down open shots. Well, 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:38.440 you mentioned Ben and Joel. And to wrap this up, 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:40.520 I don't know how much you might have watched the 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:44.240 Sixers prior to the draft, but what excites you most 0:16:44.320 --> 0:16:46.360 when you think about this roster. I'm sure you sort 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:49.440 of scrolled through last night. What gets you the most 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:53.440 excited about joining this group? I think the defense of 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:57.360 the potential defensively, Like, it's just a lot of different 0:16:57.400 --> 0:17:01.040 guys on this team that looks like they enjoy playing defense, 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:03.560 and that's that was my main thing. I enjoy playing defense. 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:06.800 I enjoy stopping people. I enjoy, you know, smothering different 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:10.160 guys and making guys feel uncomfortable. And that's that's gonna 0:17:10.160 --> 0:17:11.640 be one of my main and one of my main 0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:15.080 you know, attributes and attribution to the team is that 0:17:15.240 --> 0:17:17.520 you know my defensibility, and I feel like it's going 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:19.760 to be really cool and to play with different guys 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:21.959 like Ben and other guys on a team that who 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:24.719 enjoy playing defense. Yeah, I can tell you right now, 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:26.399 you're gonna have some teammates that are going to be 0:17:26.600 --> 0:17:29.399 thrilled to go wire to wire with you on the 0:17:29.520 --> 0:17:32.040 defensive end. So, Tyrese, thank you for doing this with 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:33.880 me today. That's all I've got for you. I'm looking 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:36.520 forward to meeting you in person. You seem awesome on 0:17:36.680 --> 0:17:38.840 and off the court, and we're really excited to work 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:45.320 with you. Likewise, I really appreciate y'all. Nice meeting. Thank you, Tyrese, Maxie, 0:17:45.400 --> 0:17:48.600 thank you, Lauren Rosen. We'll hear from John Caliparry in 0:17:48.680 --> 0:17:51.159 a moment, just a quick PSA before we get to 0:17:51.280 --> 0:17:53.280 that interview. If you like what you are hearing, you 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:56.239 are not yet a subscriber to the seventy six Ers 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:59.760 podcast network. Change that, and if you're listening on Apple, 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:03.159 please give us a rating. Wherever you get your podcasts, 0:18:03.200 --> 0:18:06.720 all you gotta do is search seventy six Ers podcast 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:12.080 and that should take you right to our fee. We 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:14.960 know this already from either watching highlights we're hearing his 0:18:15.080 --> 0:18:18.679 chat with Lauren Rosen. Tyrese Maxie is full of energy. 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:22.160 Well so is the guy who coached him at Kentucky 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:25.040 last year, John cal Parry, who, by the way, not 0:18:25.119 --> 0:18:27.000 sure how many of you out there remember this. He 0:18:27.160 --> 0:18:30.040 was a seventy Sixers assistant during the nineteen ninety nine 0:18:30.119 --> 0:18:32.639 two thousand season in the iver scenari of the year 0:18:32.640 --> 0:18:34.600 before the seventy six Ers went to the NBA Finals. 0:18:34.880 --> 0:18:37.480 A cool footnote which we're definitely gonna bring up in 0:18:37.560 --> 0:18:39.919 a few minutes, but right now it is a pleasure 0:18:40.000 --> 0:18:43.359 to be joined by coach cal John. What type of 0:18:43.520 --> 0:18:47.000 prospect of the seventy sixers getting in Tyrese Maxie, Well, 0:18:47.119 --> 0:18:52.240 I think it's for both it's gonna work well. I 0:18:53.119 --> 0:18:55.960 have great respect for Doc, always have one of the 0:18:56.119 --> 0:19:01.680 most authentic people. Forget about coaching, one of the most 0:19:01.760 --> 0:19:04.680