WEBVTT - Deep Dive | INSTANT REACTION! The Trade Deadline Show 0:00:00.800 --> 0:00:04.240 The trade deadline passed and the seventy Sixers made a move. 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:09.400 The key addition George Hill Hill. He has shot it 0:00:09.760 --> 0:00:12.920 better than anybody in the NBA. We react to the 0:00:12.960 --> 0:00:15.840 trade and talk about what type of role and fifth 0:00:15.880 --> 0:00:18.000 the veteran could have here. I've never been a big 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:20.439 factor on starting or coming off the bench. It really 0:00:20.440 --> 0:00:22.800 doesn't matter to me. I just want to compete night 0:00:22.840 --> 0:00:25.360 in the night out, do whatever the team asked me 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:26.840 to do, and do it at a high level. We 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:29.280 also take a look at what this deal says about 0:00:29.280 --> 0:00:31.639 the roster and why it was important to keep it 0:00:31.680 --> 0:00:36.199 in tech. I'm I'm Devon Gibbons and I'm Brian Seltzer. 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:39.159 It's a Friday deep dive this week on a Thursday, 0:00:39.320 --> 0:00:42.640 as we bring you instant reaction to the NBA trade deadline. 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:50.440 The trade deadline, guys, it happened. I don't know if 0:00:50.440 --> 0:00:54.520 it happened happened, but it happened. Seventy Sixers, the tea 0:00:54.600 --> 0:00:59.920 leaves indicated were active, they were participants. We heard things, 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:03.480 we saw things reported. But then in the end, I 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:06.520 think a quality move to deepen the depth at an 0:01:06.520 --> 0:01:11.279 important spot on this roster while keeping the core in place. 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:14.120 How would you grade this in terms of just the 0:01:14.800 --> 0:01:17.280 pop factor, because I think that's the trade deadline. It's 0:01:17.319 --> 0:01:18.960 one of those ten pole moments of the year right 0:01:19.000 --> 0:01:21.920 where we talk about pop and splash and all that. 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:25.040 Let's go on the scale of one to five. We'll 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:27.880 start with you divine splash factor. What would you give 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:31.440 this trade deadline for the sixers A splash factor for 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:35.160 the seventy sixers one to five. I definitely have to 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:38.759 go with a three because I do believe people were 0:01:39.080 --> 0:01:43.080 good with George Hills as an option. So when that happened, 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:46.080 and it happened relatively early, people were excited it was 0:01:46.120 --> 0:01:48.560 going to be the follow up, as you mentioned, with 0:01:48.600 --> 0:01:51.000 any other names that could have been mixed in there 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:54.240 as well. So a splash factor I would say three. 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:59.000 Good player coming into town. Definitely the ball handling, trusting 0:01:59.080 --> 0:02:03.120 him in the playoffs and being that he has experienced 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:07.080 in the playoffs deep runs to the finals. We know 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:11.560 who George Hill is, secondary ball handler, someone who can 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:13.200 take a little bit of a pressure off of Shake 0:02:13.280 --> 0:02:16.160 Milton at times as well. So I like it, and 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:19.200 I think the splash factor's three and real quickly just 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:22.720 to put this into context, arn splash, there's gonna be 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:25.320 a follow up to this. Let's just talk about splash 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:27.480 on the surface, because I'm gonna then have a follow 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:29.640 up one to five splash factor. I think I know 0:02:29.680 --> 0:02:31.600 what your follow up is, and I'm more confident about 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:33.440 my answer there, so I think I'm just gonna go 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:36.520 follow suit. Give about a three on the splash factor, 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:38.359 looking forward to getting to know George Hill. I've heard 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:41.079 he's a great guy. Give it at three. Okay, so 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:43.640 that's splash. I'm gonna go two on the splash scale. 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:47.880 But now, what about the impact factor? The impact on 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:52.359 this team splash an impact different reverse order, Lauren, your 0:02:52.400 --> 0:02:55.440 impact grade ranking, what would you give it? One to five? 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:57.320 I don't know if my man answering the question the 0:02:57.360 --> 0:03:00.720 way you want me to, but I think the impact 0:03:00.880 --> 0:03:05.400 of the lack of a bigger move might get a 0:03:05.480 --> 0:03:07.519 higher score on my impact scale. So to me, the 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:11.680 overall impact on what happened today to me is about 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:13.760 a four and a half. Today is in Thursday, it's 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:17.160 about a four and a half because I think the 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:21.840 doubling down on the existing roster, the faith that today's 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:25.040 moves and lack of moves showed in the existing roster, 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:27.880 in the existing chemistry, and the exist the status quo 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:32.400 of this team is believed in by the people in charge, 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:34.840 and it's a vote of confidence for these guys to 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:37.520 keep doing what they're doing and to continue growing in 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:40.920 the direction that they're growing. And to me, I almost 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:45.280 feel heartened by the lack of extra moves because it 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:47.720 shows how much confidence this organization has in the team 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:53.560 that they've put together. Okay, well, I think that I 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:57.839 think that's the correct answer to it, just understanding that 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:01.880 the importance end of what he brings to the team 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:04.480 with the experience, the fact that to your point, Lauren, 0:04:05.000 --> 0:04:07.440 that they do trust the players that are there, and 0:04:07.440 --> 0:04:09.880 at the end of the day, for me, no matter 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:12.760 the name value, the splash factor, even if it was 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:15.280 a five with another player that didn't end up here, 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:20.200 I think the splash really comes to Joel emb Ben Simmons, 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:24.279 and Tobias Harris. That's where I always felt it relied 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:28.080 on those three, specifically the other two and Simmons MB 0:04:28.360 --> 0:04:31.600 because of while there are the three core players for 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:35.880 this team, the foundation started with them and we've seen 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:39.440 them in the playoffs longer than Tobias Harris with those 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:42.920 two players, and then everyone else just mixed them with 0:04:43.000 --> 0:04:47.039 Curry and Green and the rest of the rotation that 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:49.719 you have. But when it all came down to it, 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:51.640 for me, it was about the two All Stars, the 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:56.160 two Oil NBA players, all defensive level players. So for me, again, 0:04:56.480 --> 0:04:58.800 I'm with you, Lauren where I go with the four, 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:04.359 But it's simply because of the importance of those two 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:06.560 those three I don't want to leave to buy us 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:09.360 out and what they do in the second half and 0:05:09.480 --> 0:05:13.080 certainly in the postseason for this basketball team. So that's 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:16.800 my answer. Sets I hope I answered that as well. Now, 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:19.560 both of you doing terrific jobs getting the heart of 0:05:19.960 --> 0:05:22.719 these two questions. I do think the move makes the 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:26.240 team better for sure. I like George Hill. He's a 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:29.480 guy who's been around. He's one hasn't won a title, 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:33.520 He's been to playoff runs in each of his seasons 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:36.039 in the league except for one. So I like the 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:38.000 move and I think it helps out in the spot 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:41.400 where the seventy sixers need help. I'd probably put it like, yeah, 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:44.200 four point five, four point six seven, something like that. 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:46.359 But there's two parts of the conversation and we're not 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:49.760 trying to overlook Ignas pres Dacas, a really high quality 0:05:49.800 --> 0:05:51.520 big at the G League level who the seventy six 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:53.720 Ers a quality average early twenty one points per game 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:56.800 and eight rebounds and three assists with Westchester for the 0:05:56.880 --> 0:05:59.800 next last two seasons. The Sixers actually worked him out 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:02.680 two years ago going into the twenty nineteen draft he 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:06.599 played for Michigan. But really this conversation centers around Hill 0:06:07.000 --> 0:06:10.120 in the immediate short term future, but it also speaks 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:13.080 to what the seventy Sixers front office thinks about the 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:15.320 rest of the roster and the corps. I don't want 0:06:15.320 --> 0:06:18.279 to move on from George Hill just yet. He's a 0:06:18.320 --> 0:06:21.239 guy who's been around for a while. He's I think 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:24.120 in kind of a Tobias Harris like way. He's bounced 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:27.279 around between a handful of different teams because he is 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:32.200 such a quality, dependable and respected player. His defense is solid. 0:06:32.279 --> 0:06:34.960 He was the leader in three point shooting percentage in 0:06:35.040 --> 0:06:38.120 twenty nineteen twenty at forty six percent. We know he 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:40.400 can hit a three if he needs to. And he's 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:43.119 just a quality veteran guy. And like you said, divan 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:45.520 a ball handler. Another one of those is something the 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:47.799 Sixers needed, and I think this is a guy who's 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:51.479 been through it. He has experience. He has deep postseason 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:55.160 experience with the Milwaukee Bucks, most recently going to the 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:58.520 Eastern Conference Finals not too long ago. So I think 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:01.280 in many ways, the Sixers did not have to do 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:04.640 the old proverbial mortgaging of the future while acquiring guy 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:07.120 who has a proven track record. I like the fact 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:10.320 that they got some way in the fold now where 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:13.560 you just believe you can trust them. You can put 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:15.360 the ball in his hands out there to run a 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:19.840 unit whenever the situation calls for, whether it's in the 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:22.960 fourth quarter, when we're talking about free throws at the 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:24.720 end of the game, and you may worry about who 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:27.400 your personnel is. We're not going to go back to 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:29.840 the NBA Finals where he split the pair that led 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:34.480 to the of course Jr. Smith infamous gaff. But he's 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:36.960 the guy who knocks down free throws. He can hit 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:40.920 his open shots from distance, run a team, and I 0:07:40.920 --> 0:07:43.960 think he commands the respect as well that the players 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:46.560 trust him. They know who he is. From Milwaukee to 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:49.840 Cleveland to Indiana. He's always been in the mix, as 0:07:49.840 --> 0:07:53.040 you alluded to, and he is just one of these 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.720 guys that can do it on both ends of the floor. 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:59.440 It's not all on him, but it is certainly something 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:01.960 to look at with this team where that trust will 0:08:01.960 --> 0:08:05.400 be there, not just the players the coach. The coach knows, 0:08:05.440 --> 0:08:07.480 the coach has seen him, the coach has played against them, 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:10.320 he has coached against them. They trust him, and I 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:13.280 think that's key with what he now brings to this club. 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:16.680 I like what you say about leadership, Devon, because we 0:08:16.800 --> 0:08:18.960 know that we have a lot of strong leaders on 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:22.360 the seventy sixers team in guys like Danny Green, Dwight Howard, 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:25.160 Tobias Harris. Danny Green and George Hill overlapped for a 0:08:25.160 --> 0:08:27.280 few years in San Antonio, so we know that they 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:30.920 understand each other's vibes and certainly Danny will probably be 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:34.079 I mean, regardless of who the Sixers would have brought in, 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:36.600 you imagine Danny Green would be a large part of 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:39.200 helping them acclimate to the team. But I like the 0:08:39.200 --> 0:08:41.120 fact that the two of them have overlapped, that there 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:44.040 could be mutual respect there. You mentioned Doctor Vers playing 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:46.880 against him. He also played for Dave Yeager in Sacramento, 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:50.560 so it's a cool fit because he has experienced with 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:53.920 some of the most important players on this team, and 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:55.880 I look forward to seeing sort of how they all 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:59.480 reunite together in probably just a few days, right, you 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:01.959 would have to think and hope, I think something will 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:05.040 probably learn a little bit more about, at least as 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:07.000 of the taping of this pod as we react to 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:09.560 some fresh news. George Hill has not played in the 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:12.160 game since January twenty fifth. He appeared in the first 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:15.360 fourteen games of the season for Oklahoma City than he 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:18.040 had a thumb injury in the beginning of February. And obviously, 0:09:18.120 --> 0:09:20.240 given where Oklahoma City is right now in terms of 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:24.240 its evolution in this current iteration of its franchise, the 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:27.080 fact that George Hill didn't play in recent weeks, I 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:30.959 think that that probably was somewhat linked to where OKAC 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:34.800 is right now and where OKAC might be trying to 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:37.000 go in terms of its rebuild. But yeah, you think 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:38.520 he'd be able to come in. He's a guy who 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:41.360 gets it, can jump right in the mix, fills a need, 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:45.120 and I think that listen, this speaks to perhaps the 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:48.559 even bigger story that I would have to assume that 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:50.800 within the last couple of weeks, the seventy six Ers 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:55.200 front office decision makers probably began to believe even more, 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:58.080 or perhaps their belief was even reinforced that much more 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:00.720 about what this team is right now. Team has played 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:03.560 great shorthanded after the All Star break, and I think 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:06.200 we'd all admit here that the Sixers haven't played in 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:12.280 terms of caliber opponent the most demanding and rigorous of schedules. 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:15.120 It's not like game after game after game is against 0:10:15.120 --> 0:10:17.680 a top four seed from either conference, but they're playing 0:10:17.720 --> 0:10:20.199 against teams that are in the hunt for a playoff picture, 0:10:20.240 --> 0:10:22.760 whether it's to move up in their respective conference or 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:24.520 to get in in one of the play in spots. 0:10:24.800 --> 0:10:28.080 And the Sixers have dominated a lot of these games, 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:30.960 and they figured out how to do it without either 0:10:31.080 --> 0:10:34.000 Joel Embiide or Ben Simmons. And I think that some 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:38.640 of these guys who might have called like maybe fringe 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:41.360 guys that you could count on for the postseason, they're 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:43.560 showing you more and more the role in need they 0:10:43.640 --> 0:10:45.880 might be able to fill. They're making it work with 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:49.000 what they have, which is what they've expressed they want 0:10:49.040 --> 0:10:52.680 to do all year and now, of course, without massive 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:54.920 moves or changes to the roster they're going to get 0:10:54.920 --> 0:10:57.400 to continue making it work with what they have. Tobias 0:10:57.440 --> 0:11:00.280 Harris has talked a lot lately about the winning culture 0:11:00.360 --> 0:11:02.680 that they've set up over the last few months and 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:05.200 how he really believes in that culture and he believes 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:07.880 that his teammates believe in that culture. And I think 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:10.320 because they've all bought into the system that they're playing in, 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:14.240 they have seen a lot of success regardless of who's 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:17.640 available or who the opponent is. And I think regardless 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:20.120 of who they've played or when they've played them, the 0:11:20.160 --> 0:11:22.480 Sixers have had a lot of really big quality wins 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:25.400 this season as well, regardless of who the opponent is, 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:28.719 or who's available or who's injured. It's a team that's 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:30.920 figured out ways to make it work all year long. 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:32.959 And I just think that that's a great sign. We've 0:11:33.000 --> 0:11:35.280 talked about it a lot, and it continues to be true. 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:38.120 We have. We have spoken about that quite a bit 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:41.760 and always talking about those benchmarks, right Lauren, where we 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:44.280 talk or can they get over the hump here? Can 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:47.200 they do this one? Here? They they keep being presented 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:51.560 with all these challenges and they continue to pass them 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:55.839 and get over those those hurdles that we thought might 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:58.760 have been there in the past and we've seen maybe 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:02.640 them failing at it, And in this particular case, we 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:05.880 are seeing the opposite where they're starting to passing and 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:08.319 as the winds come. It's always about the winds. If 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:11.280 the winds continue to pile up, then the confidence just grows. 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:14.880 And even when you are missing Joel n b as 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:17.280 important as he is when you miss him, but you 0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:20.040 continue to win in different ways. I have questions of 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:22.280 how were they going to do it? How are the 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:25.360 offense going to change a little bit with mb not there, 0:12:25.400 --> 0:12:29.040 How's the defense going to function without him even though 0:12:29.080 --> 0:12:31.240 Ben Simmons is a candidate of the Defensive Player of 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:33.120 the Year as well in the first team, or how 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:35.480 are they going to function with him? Basically being the 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:38.679 the safety with everything going on behind you kind of 0:12:39.080 --> 0:12:41.640 let everyone know what's going on. But it has worked 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:46.520 and they perform very well. Sometimes they have us on 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:49.280 the edge of our seats, maybe biting our fingernails, but 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:51.719 at the end of the of the day, they come 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:54.160 away with the W. And as you do that, and 0:12:54.240 --> 0:12:57.200 you continue to pick up these winds and you continue 0:12:57.240 --> 0:12:59.960 to add these ws to that left column, which is 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:03.160 most important, gives you that confidence that even when he 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:04.920 does come back, or even when you do add a 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:07.719 player being the trade deadline, that nothing is going to 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:10.800 rock the boat of what you are accomplishing right now 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:14.800 and what the endgame is for this basketball team. Sixers 0:13:14.800 --> 0:13:17.199 went into Thursday's game against the Lakers with a record 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:19.840 of thirty one in thirteen. I mean, that's really good. 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:24.079 That's second best in the NBA. Good And there's something 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:27.240 to that. And I think that obviously, the question that 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:29.800 was confronting Darryl Moray this isn't like me breaking any 0:13:29.800 --> 0:13:32.040 news here is how much do you rock the boat 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:34.840 in the short term, in the immediacy for this year, 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:37.320 in the long term. And I think that when you 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:40.439 look up and down the seventy sixers roster, when you're 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:42.880 talking about some of the key regular members of the rotation, 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:45.360 if you pose yourself the question, well, what would the 0:13:45.360 --> 0:13:49.680 Sixers world look like without player X, you could see 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:54.760 some consequences. I mean, there's some guys who are looking 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:58.160 like they're beginning to scratch the surface a little bit deeper. 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:01.880 You know, Amatista, the way he's played defense, but also 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:03.720 the way he shot the ball better in the second 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:06.760 half of the season so far, makes it go for 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:10.880 con Cork. Mose has been showing up more in timely 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:14.079 spots with his shot. He shot over forty percent last year. 0:14:14.120 --> 0:14:17.599 He's creeping up towards three seventy five this year. Is 0:14:17.640 --> 0:14:19.080 he had a point in his career where you can 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:20.960 view him as a reliable shooter. I mean, I think 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:23.000 that he's shown that he can come up big in 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:27.000 certain spots. We know what Shake Milton can do, and 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:29.400 it just it seems like the core of this team 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:33.040 is in a good place where between what we've seen 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:35.400 on the court and some of the intangibles. And I 0:14:35.440 --> 0:14:37.320 don't want to like overblow intangibles, but I think in 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:42.080 this case they actually do represent something that's meaningful this year. 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:45.760 If you're thirty one and thirteen heading to the home stretch, 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:47.920 maybe you owe it to the court to see how 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:53.080 far it can go without risking too much for your future. Yeah, 0:14:53.120 --> 0:14:56.280 with the entire deadline that was upon us for the 0:14:56.320 --> 0:15:01.080 trade deadline, I'm like many where Okay, as you pointed out, 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:03.840 what's the splash? How can you how can you just 0:15:03.880 --> 0:15:06.040 get better? I mean that's the fan in me and 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:08.280 seeing how it plays out. But I also looked at 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:10.760 it logically and thought that this would be a possibility 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:15.280 with how you are now and when we now look 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:18.400 at it and we go forward and talking about the trust, 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:21.720 those are now the checkpoints, seals and learn that we 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:23.960 are now looking for in the second half of the season. 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:26.160 Can you continue to play this way when it b 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:29.600 comes back? How do you now adjust again to him returning? 0:15:29.760 --> 0:15:32.200 Then when George Hill comes in the players that he's 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:35.920 now coming off the bench with, is everyone because we 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:39.720 thought they have already? Is everyone now continuing to buy 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:43.080 into what your role is on this basketball team to 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:46.800 be sells that contender that you alluded to at this 0:15:46.880 --> 0:15:49.600 point of the season. It's real now, at least it 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:52.640 appears to be. So if it's that and you continue 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:54.520 to do this for con Chorkmise, we've seen you in 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:57.440 the playoffs and sometimes it has not worked out for you. 0:15:57.560 --> 0:16:00.880 That was a learning curve shake Milton. Your role has elevated, 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:03.120 but now you have someone to go with you that 0:16:03.240 --> 0:16:05.800 you can even learn from to do these things, and 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:09.320 on and on and on. Where it's normally an eight 0:16:09.440 --> 0:16:13.040 nine man rotation. I want everyone to push Doc Rivers 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:15.760 where it needs to be longer. And that's what I 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:18.440 like about this team, that it's going to be about playoffs. 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:21.280 It's going to be about playoff rotation, playoff minutes. Who's 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:22.840 going to do this, who's going to do that, And 0:16:22.880 --> 0:16:24.520 at the end of the day, are we going to 0:16:24.560 --> 0:16:27.000 be able to win in this way? And that's what 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:30.800 I look at this for possibly a buyout as well 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:34.440 of the marketplace there, and if that doesn't happen, then 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:37.160 again it's something one more time that hey, we may 0:16:37.200 --> 0:16:38.920 have looked, but at the end of the day, we 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:41.200 like you guys, and we think you can do it, 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:43.840 and we know Doc Rivers said the other day he 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:46.560 loves the team as it's currently constituted when he was 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:49.600 asked about where things stood heading into the trade deadline, 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:51.680 and I didn't think that was lip service. I think 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:53.600 that he really feels like this group is starting to 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:56.280 come together at an important time of the year line 0:16:56.960 --> 0:16:59.880 for sure, and I think that the guys agree. I mean, clear, 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:02.440 they just enjoy spending time with each other. And I 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:04.800 like what you said Van about depth. You have to 0:17:04.840 --> 0:17:08.199 feel pretty solid about the Sixers step even prior to 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:11.359 the buyout market. Obviously, regular season and playoffs are different. 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:13.680 But like you said, if you're looking at an eight 0:17:13.800 --> 0:17:16.919 nine man rotation, the Sixers have plenty of people that 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:20.120 could be considered now for that eight or nine man rotation, 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:23.840 and maybe a few outside candidates at cracking that eight 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:26.640 or nine man rotation. I know people worry a little 0:17:26.680 --> 0:17:29.920 bit about youth when you talk about a shake Milton 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:32.080 of a tiskibla for concorkmonths, but look at how much 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:35.920 those guys have grown since a year ago. So I'm 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:38.520 excited to see how those guys respond to a late 0:17:38.600 --> 0:17:41.760 season situation to a playoffs situation. Keep in mind, the 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:45.360 three of them, I guess, aside from fir Con, their 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:48.119 only true playoff experience was in the bubble, so they 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:50.720 haven't even had a real playoffs yet. And I look 0:17:50.760 --> 0:17:54.119 forward to watching those young guys embrace the end of 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:57.360 a traditional end of the season and a traditional playoffs, 0:17:57.400 --> 0:17:59.520 as traditional as this season can be, of course, but 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:04.560 with a more normal schedule, fewer intangible variables that they 0:18:04.600 --> 0:18:07.520 were dealing with last year in the playoffs. I really 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:09.680 look forward to seeing how this group the way that 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:12.320 they've embraced the regular season, and sure they'll embrace the 0:18:12.359 --> 0:18:14.800 postseason in a similar way, if not in a more 0:18:14.880 --> 0:18:17.280 intense type way, and I'm excited to see how it 0:18:17.359 --> 0:18:19.879 goes for them. Another thing that Doc Rivers said in 0:18:19.920 --> 0:18:22.720 recent days, sometimes the biggest move you make is the 0:18:22.800 --> 0:18:25.520 one you don't make, and it seems like in this situation, 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:27.520 the seventy six has found a nice way to balance 0:18:27.600 --> 0:18:29.720 the good, the great, and what they've had so far 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:33.399 while also deepening the roster at a key spot and quickly. 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:35.639 The other one is the one that you didn't have 0:18:35.720 --> 0:18:37.800 to make because you're just waiting for it to return 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:41.920 in Joel NB correct, yep. I think that is a 0:18:42.040 --> 0:18:45.240 point that we, at least me guilty is charged because 0:18:45.240 --> 0:18:47.040 of the way that the six has been playing as 0:18:47.080 --> 0:18:50.639 of late. They lost once in overtime to the second 0:18:50.680 --> 0:18:52.960 best team in the conference. That's your only loss, and 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:56.280 you're playing with that. Joe's played twenty minutes since the break. 0:18:56.640 --> 0:19:00.479 You're totally right. I think that that can't be shouted 0:19:00.520 --> 0:19:02.479 loud enough. That point that he is coming back at 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:05.119 some point when he does, that only makes the Sixers 0:19:05.160 --> 0:19:08.520 that much scarier. I do want to hit before we're 0:19:08.560 --> 0:19:11.440 done highlighting some of the other moves that were reported 0:19:11.600 --> 0:19:14.879 to have been made on trade deadline day. We have 0:19:15.000 --> 0:19:18.120 to start, I believe in South Florida. Yes, good move, 0:19:18.520 --> 0:19:22.760 Good move South Florida. Victor Oladipore. You're talking about that one, right, 0:19:24.680 --> 0:19:28.440 Victor Oladipo. The Mina Blizzia from Sacramento as well, So 0:19:28.520 --> 0:19:31.000 they get a stretch big where they move Kelly Olenik 0:19:31.080 --> 0:19:34.760 out in that particular deal with Oladippo, but they bring 0:19:34.840 --> 0:19:39.480 in another with the Mania Belizzia, and it's a good move. 0:19:40.359 --> 0:19:42.960 I've liked Victor Oladipo from Afar, I've had my questions, 0:19:43.119 --> 0:19:46.560 but now they're going to Miami with what they have there. 0:19:47.400 --> 0:19:50.800 We know about the culture that's always spoken about their 0:19:50.840 --> 0:19:55.240 medical staff and what they do for any injuries that 0:19:55.400 --> 0:19:58.440 he has, that is probably a good place for him 0:19:58.640 --> 0:20:04.119 to to, you know, maybe just kind of fix some 0:20:04.280 --> 0:20:06.879 of those little little band aids that need to be 0:20:07.000 --> 0:20:09.400 fixed with Victor Oladipo. So a nice move. It makes 0:20:09.440 --> 0:20:13.120 them better as their backcourt acts of their flexibility as 0:20:13.160 --> 0:20:17.320 well with their overall wing depth as well. I think 0:20:17.359 --> 0:20:20.000 it's interesting. I mean, you said self that sometimes the 0:20:20.000 --> 0:20:21.720 biggest movie you make is the movie you don't make, 0:20:21.880 --> 0:20:26.000 and I'm intrigued by the fact that let's say the 0:20:26.400 --> 0:20:29.159 primary competitors in the Eastern Conference, the biggest move that 0:20:29.280 --> 0:20:31.640 was made was was in Miami and was with Victor Oladipo. 0:20:31.680 --> 0:20:35.440