WEBVTT - The BroadCast | A One-On-One Interview With Tobias Harris 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.640 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers podcast network 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:08.320 search seventy Sixers podcast wherever you get your pods. It 0:00:08.400 --> 0:00:11.440 was one heck of an offseason for Tobias Harris. He 0:00:11.560 --> 0:00:14.760 got engaged. She's very much more low key. So if 0:00:14.760 --> 0:00:16.759 I let her hand with the wedding, I think it 0:00:16.800 --> 0:00:19.239 would be half the price, and so I'm fine with that. 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:22.159 Held an audience with the future Vice President of the 0:00:22.200 --> 0:00:24.880 United States. She just comes up to me and she's like, 0:00:24.960 --> 0:00:27.800 what's up, cousin, And I'm like, yeah, we are cousins. 0:00:27.840 --> 0:00:30.680 You know, we got the Harris last name. That's awesome. 0:00:30.840 --> 0:00:33.800 And he was reunited with the head coach he had 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:37.960 more success under than anyone else. He did an amazing 0:00:38.080 --> 0:00:42.159 job with allowing me to expand my game and my career. 0:00:42.320 --> 0:00:45.320 So I'm always thankful, without thankful for any of us coach, 0:00:45.520 --> 0:00:49.080 thankful for him as a individual. I'm Brian Selter, and 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:52.320 on this episode of the broadcast, Tobias Harris in his 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:55.480 own words about the eventful few months that have now 0:00:55.480 --> 0:01:04.040 set the stage for a much anticipated season. How are you, 0:01:04.080 --> 0:01:06.679 seventy six ers pod peeps. I hope you are good, 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:10.200 getting ready and pumped up? For the first of two 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:14.480 preseason games. That's right. Seventy six Ers exhibition slate starts 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:18.120 on Tuesday night, seven thirty against the Boston Celtics from 0:01:18.160 --> 0:01:22.600 the Center in South Philadelphia, first since March eleventh, the 0:01:22.720 --> 0:01:25.640 night the season was ultimately postponed. Games gonna be on 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:27.720 ninety seven five The Fanatic if you're listening in the 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:32.800 Philadelphia area, also on NBC Sports Philadelphia and TNT. It's 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:34.479 gonna be good to see the guys back out. They're 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:37.319 also going to be great to see, in particular Tobias 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:40.240 Harris back out there, because in the event that you 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:44.120 forgot last we saw Harris and the Sixers in a 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:47.760 game scenario. It was a really scary sight. It looks 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:49.880 like we have a serious injury. Take a look at 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:53.200 what's happened here to Tobias Harris, who was laying down 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:56.280 in the court for the Philadelphia seventy Sixers at then 0:01:56.360 --> 0:01:59.080 led to an uncomfortable a few minutes. They have called 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:04.120 for crit cool assistance of Tobias Harris, but ultimately the 0:02:04.200 --> 0:02:08.320 outcome was a relief, grateful sign that Tobias Harris is 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:10.560 up and walking off the court under his own power. 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:14.160 Because a moment ago he was somehow Tobias Harris returned 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:18.000 to play after that nasty collision with Boston's Jason Tatum 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:20.240 in Game four of the first round of the playoffs 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:24.160 inside the bubble. That Tobias came back out on the 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:27.079 court didn't change the seventy six ers fate. They were, 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:30.400 of course swept, but after leaving Orlando, there would be 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:33.560 a lot of excitement on Harris's horizon. I'm gonna turn 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:36.040 over now to our Lauren Rosen, who recently caught up 0:02:36.120 --> 0:02:38.960 with the Sixers veteran. Obviously, you had a lot of 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.800 emotions sort of on the court and then off the court. 0:02:42.240 --> 0:02:44.240 But it seems like you're in a good place, are you. 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:50.000 Are you a happy guy right now? Yeah? I mean yeah, 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:54.200 A lot of it's gone on off the floor. Got 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:58.120 a gauge this. I wouldn't even call him summer fall. 0:02:58.320 --> 0:03:02.320 So that was a fun experience and um one I've 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:07.079 been waiting to do. So that was awesome. And or 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:08.919 all just being able to have a lot of time 0:03:08.960 --> 0:03:13.240 to reflect all myself and and and help myself grow 0:03:13.440 --> 0:03:21.399 and learn different areas, and obviously a lot was going 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:26.720 on with the presidential election and just a lot of 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:31.720 things to be able to be a person of impact. 0:03:31.840 --> 0:03:37.600 So I'm excited and I love the life that I live. 0:03:37.680 --> 0:03:40.360 I love being who I am and waking up every 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:44.200 day and trying to better myself each and every moment 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:48.200 I get. So I'm happy for that. Bless Your engagement 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:52.120 obviously went viral. You've set the bar really high for 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:56.120 like all men moving forward. What was that process like 0:03:56.520 --> 0:03:59.600 of deciding to do something so big and how do 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:02.160 you feel now that you've sort of surpassed this big 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:06.000 milestone in your life. Well, I wanted the moment to 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:11.200 be as memorable as possible for a Jasmine and uh 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:16.120 and myself. UM, so definitely wanted to go all out 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:20.000 on the flowers as you saw. Uh it did go. 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:22.320 It did definitely go borrow. If I had to do it, Yeah, 0:04:22.320 --> 0:04:25.680 I probably would only posted like one photo because it 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:29.960 was everywhere. I am a pretty um private person, but 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:35.200 the moment was so special and I wanted, you know, 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:38.000 to to put it out there for people who follow 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:43.039 me and follow my life and and um people bring 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:47.920 positivity toward towards myself and and uh and family going forward. 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:51.720 Uh So, Yeah, it was a lot of planning that 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:56.760 went into it, um No, a lot of strategic planning 0:04:56.800 --> 0:05:00.080 to making sure it was a surprise and that it 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:04.600 was specially memorable. So it was a fun moment. Sources 0:05:04.680 --> 0:05:08.680 say that there was a harpist there, that you had 0:05:08.920 --> 0:05:10.680 all sorts of stuff going on, and I know that 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:12.360 you made it made it sure like you made an 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:16.239 emphasis to promote black owned businesses and black business owners 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:18.400 when you went and did this. So why was that 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:20.120 so important? And can you just run us through all 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:21.920 the things you had because the people need to know, 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:25.600 all right everything. Yeah, So we had a harpist there 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:32.200 who played a beautiful song once I got on a knee. 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:40.040 We had I had an event planner. Me and her 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:43.880 were on the phone pretty much constant for like three weeks, 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:49.760 well a month up until it. And caterer so food. 0:05:49.800 --> 0:05:53.240 So what the idea I wanted was like a sunset 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:58.840 dinner too after the proposal and to get jazz one 0:05:58.880 --> 0:06:03.840 up to the to the land. It was actually I 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:06.640 had told her it was a we were doing a 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:11.160 photo shoot with our architectural digests, so you know, I 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:15.480 mean yeah, So she was like okay, So there was 0:06:15.520 --> 0:06:17.920 like all these other details I had to go along 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:22.520 with it, and I did make an emphasis to support 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:26.840 black owned businesses, So that's down to my plan or 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:34.400 the harpist, the photographers, the outfits, all the way down 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:36.800 the line, and that was something that I wanted to 0:06:36.800 --> 0:06:39.960 incorporate in this because you know, when you when you 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:44.760 want to do something big and have something that essentially 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:48.240 went viral, it's no better feeling to know that jon 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:51.200 people were able to put this together, and that was 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:54.919 a good feeling for me, and they did a phenomenal job, 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:57.800 which I also expected, so it was it was a 0:06:57.839 --> 0:07:00.919 lot of fun. How are you going to possibly top 0:07:01.160 --> 0:07:04.800 the proposal for the wedding? I'm not getting involved in 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:08.880 that one bit, said Jasmin. She got the wedding. I 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:11.800 did the proposal, so you can do all the planning 0:07:11.880 --> 0:07:15.680 for the wedding and set it up. I don't want 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:20.600 to know issues any problem. So however, she wants a wedding, 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:27.320 But jas was also somebody that likes doesn't like being 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:30.280 in the center of attention, so she's also very much 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:33.280 more low key. So if I let her handle the wedding, 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:35.640 I think it would be half the price if I 0:07:35.800 --> 0:07:39.600 handle it, So I'm fine with that. Okay, something else 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:44.840 exciting that happened for you. Shortly before the proposal, you 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:49.240 met now Vice President elect Kamala Harris. Can you take 0:07:49.320 --> 0:07:52.480 us through that experience, maybe from start to finish when 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:54.520 you found out you were going to do that with 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:57.240 Donovan and CJ and then what it was like to 0:07:57.400 --> 0:08:02.160 actually meet her in person. Yeah. So I got a 0:08:02.200 --> 0:08:09.800 call properly on It was like Tuesday afternoon, Hey, comments 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:14.000 doing a a round table with She wants to do 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:20.280 it with you Donan Mitchell and CJ McColl and we 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:22.520 would you be interested? And I said, yeah, I would 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:28.040 be interested. Just give me some details. And then it 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:29.480 was like, all right, you need to get on a 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:35.520 plane tonight. And I was like tonight, Like that's come on, 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:39.959 about to go work out. He also they actually ended 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:42.959 up changing it to the next day and he was 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:46.160 able to get on a plane. It's kind of kind 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:49.880 of weird because when you're dealing with the vice president, 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:54.760 you got to go through secret secret services and whatnot, 0:08:54.920 --> 0:08:57.600 so every call is like you get a call and 0:08:57.679 --> 0:09:00.800 you get another call like however, and they don't want 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:05.640 people tapping the line whatever. But UM, it was a 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:09.800 it was a great experience with UM with somebody who 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:15.000 wants to do so many great things for the country, 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:18.439 wants to do amazing things for the African American culture. 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:20.880 And to be able to have that type of sit 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:24.400 down and to be able to meet her was awesome. 0:09:24.559 --> 0:09:27.600 Like she's so down on earth. She just comes up 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:30.320 to me and she's like, what's up, cousin, And I'm like, yeah, 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:32.959 we are cousins. You know, we got the Harris last name. 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:37.640 That's that's awesome. So um. It was cool though seeing 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:42.680 when we got there to do the interview is you know, 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:46.600 she she rolls deep. It's like thirty people deep for 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:51.080 one person, like thirty coming off this plane. And I 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:54.000 was like, man like and then like you're in this. 0:09:54.240 --> 0:10:00.400 We're in this like aviation and just secure secret service 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:06.400 here here, here, here, like always guarding every move and 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:09.240 that was that was real interesting to see too. So 0:10:09.920 --> 0:10:12.800 it was an amazing experience, a really good sit down 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:17.000 that happened with some some some great people you know 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:20.320 down the Mentell CJ. McCollum, great dudes, and we had 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:25.040 a fun time do it. You guys roll pretty deep 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:27.240 too when you travel there's a big group of people. 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:29.960 You guys have your own security. What was it like 0:10:30.040 --> 0:10:32.920 to meet someone that's sort of like just far and 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:35.720 away on a whole other level when it comes to 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:39.960 how many people are are involved in their operation. Yeah, 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:44.600 I mean you see a full team, and especially during 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:50.600 a presidential election, and yeah, there's two people, Donald Trump 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:56.520 and um Joe Biden, and you have all these resources 0:10:56.559 --> 0:11:00.719 that go into this campaign. You you really saw what 0:11:01.559 --> 0:11:05.240 goes into I mean, she's getting over plane flying doing 0:11:05.280 --> 0:11:09.319 this interview forty five minutes straight up, gets up, it 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:11.880 has to go to the next city, get down and 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:16.439 do it again. Like it's a lot, but ah, what 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:18.839 if it at the end of the day to get 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:22.319 to win. So it's kind of like an organization, but 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:26.480 it's one person maneuvering around. So I thought it was 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:29.520 a cool thing to see from behind the scenes all 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:31.200 of the stuff that you did and the way that 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:33.800 you spoke up and used your platform going into this election. 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:36.000 I think it really made a difference, especially when you 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:37.959 look at what happened here in Philadelphia where a lot 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:40.800 of your fans and followers are. How did it feel 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:43.520 to look back and feel like you made an impact 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:48.320 during such a pivotal time in history. Yeah, to be honest, 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:51.200 in the moment, you don't realize it, but then when 0:11:51.240 --> 0:11:55.400 you see you finally so and you see how close 0:11:55.440 --> 0:11:58.920 it was, what it truly came down to, you really 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:04.040 start to think, like, wow, every you get a true 0:12:05.240 --> 0:12:09.280 gratitude feeling of every vote counts, like wow, my vote counted, 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:15.360 or hey, Latisia's vlog countered, counted up, Hey the NBA 0:12:15.480 --> 0:12:22.560 opening up arenas for voting places truly counted. So this 0:12:22.760 --> 0:12:29.120 could go whichever direction. And I think we really just 0:12:29.160 --> 0:12:34.160 got a taste and found out how important it is 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:37.600 to speak up and voice your opinion and give people 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:42.480 that type of that type of knowledge of what we're 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:45.439 going through, but also what we're capable of doing with 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:50.040 our platform. And that was important that that was really 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:53.480 a moment where I think, as you know, I'm speaking 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:55.839 for an NBA player, but I think we all we 0:12:55.920 --> 0:13:00.240 all kind of knew what we're capable of doing. But 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:04.880 I also meet Percy want to give true thanks to 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:09.480 the people on the ground that we're really getting the 0:13:09.520 --> 0:13:13.280 most work done in the communities, in the cities, getting 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:16.679 people to vote, signing people of registering them. You know, 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:20.600 those are the people that truly deserve all the praise. 0:13:21.240 --> 0:13:24.160 It may not have the followings, but they were the 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:27.480 ones that were really on the ground making it happen, 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:30.560 and those are the want that I appreciate the most. 0:13:32.880 --> 0:13:36.480 Before we continue this terrific conversation between Lauren Rosen and 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:41.400 Tobias Harris, just a quick seventy six ers Podcast Network PSA. 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:43.360 If you like what you're hearing and are not yet 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:46.880 a subscriber or follower of ours, please consider changing that. 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:49.760 All you gotta do is search seventy six ers Podcast 0:13:49.840 --> 0:13:52.960 Network wherever you get your podcasts, and if you're listening 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:55.679 on Apple, we would love a rating. 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Or 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:33.440 a platform online at least from my perspective, and it 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:36.400 really does revolve around speaking out for what you believe 0:14:36.440 --> 0:14:39.480 in and being an advocate for others that don't have 0:14:39.600 --> 0:14:41.680 as big of a platform as you do. Are you 0:14:41.720 --> 0:14:44.640 proud with the way that sort of your off court 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:47.400 brand has started to take shape? And do you agree 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:49.120 with me that it's that it's changed a little bit 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:53.200 this year? Yeah, I agree with you. I think it 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:58.440 ash change. People will understand that you're not just coming 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:04.080 to just a basketball player's page. It's like, it's deeper 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:07.920 than that. I'm a really good basketball player, but I'm 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:12.120 also a person who is very diverse in different areas 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:15.520 of life, and I look to continue to expand that brand. 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:18.000 I think you know when I and I had this 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:21.000 conversation with Matiss, Like when I first came to the league, 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:24.560 I was very politically correct because I didn't want to 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:27.680 step on anyone's toes. And now I've gotten to the 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:30.560 point where, no, like you don't you don't have to 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:33.040 be like that. You can be yourself. You can speak 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:37.160 up for what you believe in, and if some people 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:39.880 don't like it, it is what it is. Not everyone's 0:15:39.880 --> 0:15:43.280 going to agree with you. So even sometimes I have 0:15:43.320 --> 0:15:47.520 to take myself away from social media because there can 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:50.080 be a lot of toxic energy on there with a 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:52.600 lot of people who have direct access to you. But 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:56.000 you have to That's why it's so important to really 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:58.600 work on yourself and know who you are and the 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:03.200 people you impact and everyone you're around. And that's truly 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:05.240 what I try to do on a daily basis, and 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:10.120 I think that's only shape the person that I am 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:14.200 to be better every day. Your friendship with Matisse and 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:16.160 last time I asked you how he was doing as 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:18.320 a rookie. I think you were joking, but you gave 0:16:18.400 --> 0:16:20.880 him like a C plus B minus type range. When 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:23.440 you look back at the whatever six to eight months 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:26.120 that followed going to the Bubble, him creating the blog, 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:30.120 him speaking out along with you about about really important issues, 0:16:30.400 --> 0:16:32.560 did he crack that a range for the final Like, 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:36.680 how did he do by the end of his rookie season? Yeah, 0:16:36.360 --> 0:16:41.320 he cracked a range? Sure, he uh he did. I 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:44.160 thought he did an amazing job. He's he's such a 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:49.160 creative person. So sometimes we just need to watch watch 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:51.400 him a little bit because we need him to also 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:53.920 play basketball. We don't want him to get you know, 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:56.720 a plus, Rangie might just leave us, so we want 0:16:56.760 --> 0:17:00.080 him to be say, but now I think he's of 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:03.080 those guys that he'll have a long career and when 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:06.800 he's done, he'll be moving on to another adventure where 0:17:07.119 --> 0:17:11.879 he's comfortable and feels great at at doing whatever he 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:14.880 wants to do. No one will ever take away from 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:18.640 from what you and Bobon have. But how has your 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:21.760 friendship with Mattis evolved and are you excited to continue 0:17:21.760 --> 0:17:24.760 on your journey with him? Yeah, I mean, you know, 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:28.239 Matissa is uh obviously like when he comes in, he's 0:17:28.280 --> 0:17:35.199 a rookie and I'm gonna make sure that he's on 0:17:35.359 --> 0:17:39.760 the right path of having the longest career he can have. Um, 0:17:41.080 --> 0:17:44.160 you don't never take bobon spot. Only Bobon could call 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:47.600 me at seven forty five in the morning and be energetic, 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:50.240 and I have to say, Bobon, what are you doing 0:17:50.240 --> 0:17:54.280 at seven forty five? But Mattie is a very well 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:58.159 rounded person who is into a lot of different things. 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:02.200 You know, he's really interesting financial literacy and those are 0:18:02.240 --> 0:18:04.960 things that I'm interested into that we can we talk 0:18:05.040 --> 0:18:09.879 about different investments and things along that line. So you know, 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:13.320 it's it's one of those things where your teammates but 0:18:14.520 --> 0:18:17.280 friends for life, you know. So I and I look 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:19.320 at that build a lot of my teammates that I've 0:18:19.359 --> 0:18:22.120 played with, and that's important when you know on this 0:18:22.600 --> 0:18:28.440 NBA journey, different cities, playing competing to to really enjoy 0:18:28.520 --> 0:18:32.840 the whole, the whole thing. When he did the media 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:35.080 circuit that you did today a couple of days ago, 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:37.600 he said that he's all basketball right now. The blogs 0:18:37.600 --> 0:18:39.560 is going to have to wait. He's super locked in. 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:42.320 So you've been getting through him, Yeah, he's he's an 0:18:42.320 --> 0:18:48.560 emails with who back to basketball stuff? Um? The last 0:18:48.640 --> 0:18:52.440 thing I wanted to ask, um, when you think about 0:18:52.480 --> 0:18:56.920 reuniting with Doc and continuing your efforts for social justice, 0:18:57.320 --> 0:18:59.119 where does he fit into all that? Because he's been 0:18:59.160 --> 0:19:01.800 an icon in this base for a long time. Are 0:19:01.800 --> 0:19:05.000 you excited for that off court potential that you guys 0:19:05.040 --> 0:19:08.320 can continue to push that messaging together. Yeah? I am. 0:19:08.359 --> 0:19:11.520 I think you know, even during election, there was a 0:19:11.520 --> 0:19:15.040 lot of things he was doing that I was following 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:18.480 up on and seeing and I thought it was important. 0:19:18.520 --> 0:19:22.520 So I think being here in Philadelphia, will Will both 0:19:22.560 --> 0:19:24.720 be trying to do things to make an impact and 0:19:25.480 --> 0:19:31.359 further help bring unity together. And I'm excited for that 0:19:31.440 --> 0:19:35.320 because that's what it's about. It's being you know, using 0:19:35.320 --> 0:19:38.960 your time, using your space to impact and help and 0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:43.080 bring awareness. So he is an icon in that area 0:19:43.320 --> 0:19:49.920 and I appreciate that in a in a coach, your 0:19:49.960 --> 0:19:53.480 relationship with him, I know, even before he was in 0:19:53.520 --> 0:19:56.080 the conversation to be your coach again, you talked about 0:19:56.080 --> 0:19:58.960 having a good relationship with him when you left LA. 0:19:59.160 --> 0:20:01.359 How did you guys day in touch? And then when 0:20:01.400 --> 0:20:06.280 there was a coaching vacancy, what were your conversations like, Yeah, 0:20:06.040 --> 0:20:09.520 well we talked from time to time throughout the year, 0:20:10.119 --> 0:20:13.280 you know, like we were playing he saw something, he 0:20:13.320 --> 0:20:16.800 would always just text me, Hey, think about doing this. 0:20:16.920 --> 0:20:22.879 So there was always a that type of still coached 0:20:22.920 --> 0:20:27.840 the player relationship that that we've always had from being 0:20:27.880 --> 0:20:29.760 able to be coached by him for a year and 0:20:29.760 --> 0:20:32.680 a half in LA. It's just the type of person 0:20:32.720 --> 0:20:34.359 he is and the type of coach that he is. 0:20:34.400 --> 0:20:38.720 He cares about his players no matter what, no matter 0:20:38.720 --> 0:20:41.439 what team you're on. So I mean, obviously he's not 0:20:41.480 --> 0:20:43.600 gonna tell me what I should be doing when we 0:20:43.720 --> 0:20:47.840 play them, but anytime we we'll go to play in 0:20:47.960 --> 0:20:50.680 La or he'll come here, we'll talk for a little bit. 0:20:51.359 --> 0:20:55.280 He's just that type of individual. So we have great relationship. 0:20:56.800 --> 0:21:00.520 When the job was well, when he got release from 0:21:00.520 --> 0:21:03.000 the Clippers, I just text him make sure he was good, 0:21:03.600 --> 0:21:06.560 and you know, he texts me back saying he's all 0:21:06.680 --> 0:21:10.720 he's all fine. So it was like that. I didn't 0:21:10.760 --> 0:21:12.480 really want to get too much in what's going on, 0:21:12.720 --> 0:21:14.840 but you know, I text him. I text him back 0:21:14.880 --> 0:21:17.240 and I said, I know a place that'd be a 0:21:17.240 --> 0:21:20.200 good fit for you. You know, you know, we got 0:21:20.200 --> 0:21:23.040 the phone, spoke a little bit. But I was excited 0:21:23.080 --> 0:21:25.960 when he got the job. I thought it was amazing 0:21:26.160 --> 0:21:29.960 and I'm excited for this year. What does it mean 0:21:29.960 --> 0:21:32.520 to you to have someone in your life that, even 0:21:32.600 --> 0:21:35.840 before he was your coach again, he cares enough to 0:21:35.880 --> 0:21:38.120 reach out to you. You clearly care enough to reach 0:21:38.119 --> 0:21:40.880 out to him when things change in his life. What's 0:21:40.880 --> 0:21:43.359 it like to have someone that's been a mentor for 0:21:43.440 --> 0:21:45.840 you and that's been in your ear now be able 0:21:45.840 --> 0:21:49.240 to go on the rest of this journey with you. Yeah, 0:21:49.280 --> 0:21:54.159 it's just it just goes to show, like the type 0:21:54.160 --> 0:21:57.919 of the type of people you're around the type of 0:21:59.040 --> 0:22:01.679 relationship you have the coach from here when you go 0:22:01.720 --> 0:22:05.800 out there and you play for him, you know he 0:22:05.800 --> 0:22:10.479 he uh did an amazing job with allowing me to 0:22:10.520 --> 0:22:14.520 expand my game and my career. So I'm always thankful 0:22:14.600 --> 0:22:17.480 for them, thankful for him as a coach, thankful for 0:22:17.560 --> 0:22:21.000 him as say individual. So you know, even when he 0:22:21.080 --> 0:22:26.200 texted on the fall, it makes you know, like it's 0:22:26.240 --> 0:22:29.439 not just about basketball, like it's about life in general, 0:22:29.600 --> 0:22:31.840 because you know, for a lot of people that I I was, 0:22:32.240 --> 0:22:36.040 even myself, it was a real scary moment of uncertainty 0:22:36.040 --> 0:22:38.480 and not knowing what can happen. So to know that 0:22:38.960 --> 0:22:41.000 it was impacted somebody and you have that type of 0:22:41.720 --> 0:22:45.520 relationship and dialogue with them and a trust and care 0:22:45.920 --> 0:22:49.600 with them is important when you think about the way 0:22:49.640 --> 0:22:51.879 that the season ended though, and now to have this 0:22:51.920 --> 0:22:56.000 opportunity to try again. Really it was a condensed offseason, right, 0:22:56.000 --> 0:22:58.840 like that wasn't that long ago? How does how does 0:22:58.880 --> 0:23:01.680 the end of last season and now inform the way 0:23:02.000 --> 0:23:05.919 that you're looking into this season? So so really, I 0:23:05.920 --> 0:23:08.560 mean it was it wasn't a great way to I mean, 0:23:08.600 --> 0:23:12.320 it was terrible in this season. Um, and I think 0:23:12.440 --> 0:23:17.000 for all of us, it's we have a lot to prove. It's, uh, 0:23:17.240 --> 0:23:19.560 you know, we we have to get our respect back. 0:23:19.720 --> 0:23:25.000 It's it's adept redemption season for us as a whole. 0:23:25.040 --> 0:23:29.960 I think um and U. For us, it's it's a 0:23:31.160 --> 0:23:33.960 you know, it's a it's a humble pie type deal 0:23:34.640 --> 0:23:37.679 where we needed to be humbled. We are humbled, and 0:23:38.080 --> 0:23:41.119 we got to really fight for everything coming forward and 0:23:41.600 --> 0:23:47.000 we get back to where we want to be, uh well, 0:23:47.080 --> 0:23:49.000 really to get to where we want to be, and 0:23:49.000 --> 0:23:54.040 that's to win a championship. So we're starting basically over 0:23:54.520 --> 0:23:59.760 right now, new staff and everything goes. We have we 0:23:59.760 --> 0:24:02.920 got to be pretty much stellar to get things done. 0:24:05.040 --> 0:24:07.440 After pulling off a proposal that would be hard for 0:24:07.960 --> 0:24:10.800 just about anyone you would think to replicate to meeting 0:24:10.840 --> 0:24:13.080 with Kamala Harris and getting ready for a new season 0:24:13.160 --> 0:24:16.240 under Doc Rivers. Great to hear Tobias Harris in a 0:24:16.320 --> 0:24:18.560 very good place as he in the seventy six ers 0:24:18.640 --> 0:24:21.480 get ready for preseason action. The debut on the exhibition 0:24:21.520 --> 0:24:26.720 slate is Tuesday, December fifteenth against the Boston Celtics at 0:24:26.720 --> 0:24:29.720 the Center. The second and final preseason game is Friday 0:24:29.800 --> 0:24:33.080 on the Road against the Indiana Pacers. Thanks to Lauren 0:24:33.160 --> 0:24:35.439