WEBVTT - The BroadCast | Mailbag Monday - Making Sense of a Wild Week 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.640 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers Podcast network 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:08.399 search seventy sixers podcast wherever you get your pods. It 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:11.960 is that time of the week once again, another mail 0:00:12.039 --> 0:00:16.520 Bag Monday. Here on the broadcast. I'm Brian Seltzer. Great 0:00:16.560 --> 0:00:18.360 to be speaking with you, Lauren Rosen, and I think 0:00:18.400 --> 0:00:20.680 before we even dip into the bag and see what 0:00:20.880 --> 0:00:23.920 content there is in there this week, we can agree 0:00:24.600 --> 0:00:26.840 that the world is a little bit stranger this Monday 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:31.600 compared to last Monday. Wow, it has been a wild 0:00:31.720 --> 0:00:36.600 seven days basketball and otherwise. To say the least, I 0:00:36.640 --> 0:00:39.920 will say the way to oversimplify the week that we've 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:42.279 had is to look at how many submissions we had 0:00:42.280 --> 0:00:43.960 for mail back Monday. Because I don't know about you, 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:48.360 my submissions really spiked. People want to know what's going on. 0:00:48.880 --> 0:00:51.520 They might be a little bit disappointed to find out that, really, 0:00:51.560 --> 0:00:55.200 I don't think anyone knows exactly what is going on currently, 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:58.240 but we're going to do our best to answer your questions. 0:00:58.360 --> 0:01:01.720 Thank you as always for engaging with us, and maybe 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:04.400 most importantly of all, hope everybody is safe and healthy 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:09.200 and finding ways to enjoy what is a truly crazy, wild, 0:01:09.440 --> 0:01:13.240 terrible time We're going to throw this disclaimer out there 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:15.920 right off the bat. We are recording this edition of 0:01:16.040 --> 0:01:20.440 mail Bag Monday at around ten am on Monday, January eleventh. 0:01:20.840 --> 0:01:23.800 Something could happen in the next five seconds that totally 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:26.440 changes the narrative of what we thought for this podcast 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:28.800 when you're listening to it. Who knows, the seventy six 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:32.360 ers might be entirely healthy. Maybe they're on I don't 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:36.560 even know what a many hiatus. We don't know. This 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:38.839 is just the world that everyone lives in right now, 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:41.160 and I think that what we are hearing is, at 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:42.880 least at this point in time. What's clear is that 0:01:42.959 --> 0:01:46.760 the NBA is doing everything it can to push forward 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:50.760 through dealing with the big spikes in COVID nineteen cases, 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:53.600 not just worldwide in the United States as well, but 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:57.520 within the league itself. Over the last three to four days, 0:01:57.600 --> 0:02:00.240 there have been a couple dozen positive test results have 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:02.880 come back, and not just the sixers have been impacted, 0:02:02.880 --> 0:02:06.040 but teams learn across the league, from the Boston Celtics 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:10.280 to the Miami Heat to the Dallas Mavericks. And like 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:13.560 you said, first and foremost, before we talk into the 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:16.160 particulars of how does this affect a team success long 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:18.520 term and short terminal, is like you just want everyone 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:21.360 to be as safe as they possibly can. And I 0:02:21.360 --> 0:02:23.760 think we talked about this. I don't all the content 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:27.119 is running together with this condensed season, but I don't 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:29.400 know if we discussed this on seven six Live Countdown 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:32.760 presented by Tisso or on last week's mail bag. But 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:34.840 I do think we have to offer props to all 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:37.000 the people that are continuing to make this happen, because 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:40.960 clearly there is a level of risk when you're playing 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:43.000 in these games, when you're supporting the players playing in 0:02:43.000 --> 0:02:44.519 these games, and you're traveling with the players playing in 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:47.280 these games that we've now seen for sure that there 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:49.880 is risk involved. And our jobs are awesome and it's 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:52.239 so much fun to be part of such a great league. 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:55.360 But with everything that's going on, like, props to the 0:02:55.360 --> 0:02:58.679 people are that are still making this season tick in 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:00.919 some way, even if it's different than what we're used to, 0:03:01.160 --> 0:03:04.880 because this is not easy. So shouts to everybody that's 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:08.120 making it happen. Well said, And I'll put it more 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:10.760 overtly and plainly and directly than that. We're not just 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:14.200 talking about players and coaches. There are people working around 0:03:14.240 --> 0:03:17.240 the clock behind the scenes who are putting themselves at 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:20.640 greater risk for exposure to coronavirus just to try and 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:22.840 make sure these games get off the ground. So that 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:25.200 is I think from both of us, an all encompassing 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:28.360 shout out to the people who are intimately involved in 0:03:28.360 --> 0:03:32.440 the inner workings of this current version of the NBA season. Yeah, 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:34.880 big shouts, And then of course to the fans also 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:36.920 for continuing to rock with us in a very strange, 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:41.680 strange time. Yeah. But if nothing else entertaining getting to 0:03:41.680 --> 0:03:43.320 see some different looks than you would have. I mean, 0:03:43.320 --> 0:03:45.680 we certainly wouldn't have gotten to see the seven sixers 0:03:45.720 --> 0:03:49.320 outside of you, like my segue, outside of this situation, 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:51.280 we never would have gotten to see the lineup that 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:55.000 we saw on Saturday, which actually ended up being weirdly delightful. 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:58.240 So shall we discuss We will get to that in 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:00.480 just a moment. We have to reset. Of course. If 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:04.320 there are any first time Mailbag Monday listeners, welcome in. 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:08.640 We are now almost a month into doing mail Bag Monday, 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:11.280 and what we do is throughout the week we gather 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:13.840 and call some of the top submissions that we receive 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:19.200 on social media, and yes, also through our Mailbag Monday hotline. 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:22.920 So what you do is this, Follow Lauren at Lauren 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:26.400 m Rosen on Twitter and Instagram, follow me at Brian 0:04:26.440 --> 0:04:30.040 Seltzer on Twitter at Seltzer six, or snaps on Instagram. 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:33.520 If at any point in time, whenever day or night, 0:04:34.760 --> 0:04:37.599 rain or snow or sunshine or whatever it is, just 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:40.039 reach out to us, drop us something on social, or 0:04:40.080 --> 0:04:42.719 call the voicemail line which is two on five four 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:46.640 zero three seven six three seven, also known as two 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:50.000 on five four zero three pods. Leave us a message 0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:52.360 on social the voicemail and then if we read your 0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:55.680 prompt or response on an episode of Mailbag Monday, you 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:59.200 will be put into the automated name picker system to 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:01.799 win a seventies six or swag bag. It's that easy. 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:05.360 It's too easy. It's too easy, and we really are 0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:07.760 reading all of them and going through all of them, 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:11.279 and of course, notably wish we could answer all of them. 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:13.720 So thank you so much everybody that's already been participating 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:15.440 in this. We are having fun and I hope you 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:17.760 are too. And while it might not be that much 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:19.880 of a consolation prize, because it doesn't give you any 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:22.840 swag or gear or merch. Even if we don't read 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:26.560 or play response on Mailbag Monday does not necessarily mean 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:29.640 we don't chuckle or laugh when we see your comments 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:32.279 in the mansions. I will say shout out to the 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:35.120 mentions right now six Ers Twitter, You guys are so elite. 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:36.680 I feel like I say this every time, but like 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:41.320 obviously there are certain things that like not great when 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:44.120 we talk about scrolling the internet. A bright spot to 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:48.000 me has always been six Ers Twitter and the intelligence 0:05:48.080 --> 0:05:50.520 and like the wit and the intellect of this group 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:54.240 of people that follow our team. It's a pleasure, especially 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:56.160 in a difficult time, to see what you guys have 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:59.080 to say. So keep doing what you're doing. Not that 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:00.880 you need my permission to do so at all, but 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:03.960 keep doing what you're doing. Alrighty, it is time to 0:06:04.040 --> 0:06:07.080 untie the ribbon and open up the mailbag. Dip in 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:13.120 for our first submission for this week. You have one 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:17.080 new message on Twitter, as Seth and Curry zero four, 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:20.120 Grady says, forget the loss or front of the game 0:06:20.120 --> 0:06:22.360 the seventy six Ers played against the Denver Nuggets on 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:26.440 Saturday afternoon. The confidence this will give Tyrese Maxie going 0:06:26.520 --> 0:06:31.400 forward is a major w I wholeheartedly agree Laren set 0:06:31.400 --> 0:06:33.160 the scene for us, give us some of the numbers 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:36.159 on Tyrese and by any chance someone had missed it, 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:39.920 and then respond to our man Seth and Curry. Yeah, 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:43.040 well we alluded to it already, but obviously on Saturday's game, 0:06:43.040 --> 0:06:45.440 if you were spenting your weekend under a rock, you 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:49.560 wouldn't know necessarily that Tyrese Maxie had his first NBA start, 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:53.440 along with Isaiah Joe and Dakota Matthias in their first starts, 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:56.479 along with Dwight Howard and Danny Green and not their 0:06:56.520 --> 0:06:59.400 first starts, but those were the five. And then Paul 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:01.880 Reid and Tony Bradley came off the bench, making what 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:05.520 is now known as the seven Sixers who fought saliantly 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:09.360 against the Denver Nuggets. They really, honestly, the first half 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:12.440 of basketball on Saturday was just such a pleasure to watch. 0:07:12.480 --> 0:07:14.640 I think nobody knew exactly what was going to happen, 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:17.520 but being in the building honestly watching other folks in 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:19.400 the building react because keep in mind, the only people 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:21.320 that are there right now are staff, and so to 0:07:21.400 --> 0:07:24.720 see staff, I think everybody was really tense. Leading up 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:26.400 to the moment that the game started, and then to 0:07:26.440 --> 0:07:28.960 see this group of guys just fight and scrap and 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:32.440 have a good time and really give a really good 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:34.600 team that played in the Western Conference Finals last season 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:37.679 a run for their money. It was just so cool 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:41.480 to see. And I think Tyrese obviously was the biggest 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:43.080 story that came out of it, but let's not forget 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:45.400 about everybody else that just made that game even happen. 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:48.520 Shout out to all seven of them for playing heavy minutes. Tyrese, 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:51.120 of course, I'll now finally get to his historic stat line, 0:07:51.160 --> 0:07:54.920 but thirty nine points, seven rebounds, six assists, and two steals. 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:57.200 He's the first six er rookie to score at least 0:07:57.240 --> 0:08:00.880 thirty nine points since Alan Iverson did it in nineteen 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:04.640 ninety seven with forty points. He was eighteen eighteen of 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:08.120 thirty three from the field rather and just brought so 0:08:08.200 --> 0:08:11.080 much energy and joy to the court in all of 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:14.960 his minutes. Afterwards, Tyrese very on Brand said that he 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:18.680 really wanted to win. Tyres is a kid that's super competitive, 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:20.720 and he felt that the win was in reach and 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:23.640 it was and all he wanted was to get the win. 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:26.480 But he did acknowledge that it was pretty cool to 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:28.440 know that you can score thirty nine points in an 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:32.960 NBA game. So was that a good scene center for yourselves? Fantastic? 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:37.000 And I think there were pretty clear indications that Tyrese 0:08:37.120 --> 0:08:40.200 was not the type of guy who necessarily lacked for 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:44.240 confidence or energy before getting that opportunity against Denver on Saturday. 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:45.839 But like you just said, and this was something that 0:08:45.920 --> 0:08:48.680 Doc Rivers talked about after the game as well. Everyone 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:52.600 knew that Tyrese was a talented kid coming out of Kentucky, 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:56.120 possible high upside, There was every reason to believe all 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:58.600 that stuff. But right, you don't know what you can 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:01.839 do when you get extended minutes. And he showed an 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:05.520 amazing ability to get the Sixers organized on offense against 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:08.520 a high quality opponents, to finish at the rim, to 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:10.960 knock down a couple of threes, And right, you didn't 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:12.880 know that you could score thirty nine points in an 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:15.720 NBA game. And I don't care what the circumstances are 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:18.760 that surrounded that he scored thirty nine points in an 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:21.000 NBA game, And some of the splits that he put 0:09:21.080 --> 0:09:23.960 up have only been done by a select handful of 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:27.040 players ever, and all these guys who are either essentially 0:09:27.080 --> 0:09:28.680 in the Hall of Fame or going to be in 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:30.640 the Hall of Fame, and listen, I'm a I'm a 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:33.360 lover of all people, most people. I try to be. 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:34.839 I give everyone the benefit of the death. That is 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:39.360 just my disposition and nature. I am always entertained to 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:42.360 see people say things like, you know, he scored thirty 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:45.160 nine points, but well he you know, did it against 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:47.560 a team when you know the rest of the squad 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:50.599 was out for that game or something effect of he 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:54.520 scored thirty nine points and he took thirty three shots. Well, 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:57.240 you know what, he hit eighteen of those shots. That's 0:09:57.280 --> 0:10:01.920 better than fifty percent. Like I don't, I don't get 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:05.400 into that. And for the fans, I'm almost unlared. I'm sorry, 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:06.880 I know, I'm kind of This has now gotten me 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:09.440 going off in a tangent pair. This is good. I 0:10:09.480 --> 0:10:11.679 know everyone wants to say, well, there's no one else playing. 0:10:12.040 --> 0:10:14.600 The Denver Nuggets had their top guys out there playing 0:10:14.600 --> 0:10:18.199 heavy minutes one and two. For a handful of people 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:20.040 out there, I am sure a good number of you 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:25.200 endured and persisted through the process years not too long ago, 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:27.480 and this is no disrespect to some of the players 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:30.199 I'm about to name, but Joel and Bead played under 0:10:30.240 --> 0:10:33.560 circumstances like that, maybe not quite as crazy as as 0:10:34.000 --> 0:10:36.520 Saturday in terms of the inexperience of the surrounding cast 0:10:37.200 --> 0:10:40.160 that was put around Maxie Bannon Simmons at times like 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:42.280 these guys didn't score three and nine points in the game. 0:10:42.320 --> 0:10:44.640 Not saying that they couldn't because they've shown that they can. 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:48.280 I'm just saying it's an impressive performance. And I think 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:53.079 just sometimes let's let's enjoy what we see, and especially 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:56.559 under these circumstances, and in these times it was impressive. 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:59.360 It was going to be an otherwise tough, rough, ugly day, 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:01.160 and here a kid who came out and gave us 0:11:01.160 --> 0:11:04.120 all something. Depending on how you you, you follow your 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:07.719 rooting interests to feel good about and see promising. All right, 0:11:08.120 --> 0:11:10.280 well look I'm done for the rest of the mail bag. 0:11:10.559 --> 0:11:12.560 See later. I thought gonna get like a new segment 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:15.160 for Celtz is like when Seltz gets passionate about something 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:21.320 like a Seltz rant segment. All I'll add is any 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:23.200 time a players score like like you said, any time 0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:25.280 a player score thirty nine points. Very impressive when Shake 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:28.280 Milton did it last year, extremely impressive. This team lost 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:30.920 by twelve. This team could have lost by fifty, and 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:33.920 they knew that for sure. There were seven of them. 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:36.320 After the first five minutes, they were down ten. It 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:37.839 looked like it was going to be ugly. As it 0:11:38.080 --> 0:11:40.360 looks like it could have been really ugly. The whole 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:43.320 first half was competitive. The second half got away from 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:45.080 them a little bit, but then they crawled right back 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:46.880 into it. And like you said, they were playing against 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:51.160 the Nuggets starters. The Nuggets had a basically full rotation 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:53.920 to throw out against guys that had never played heavy 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:56.559 NBA minutes. So something that I want to say about 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:59.640 Tyrese before we move on, the rest of the sixers 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:03.120 will come back, their health will come back. Tyrese, in 0:12:03.160 --> 0:12:06.160 all likelihood will not be playing as heavy of minutes 0:12:06.200 --> 0:12:08.040 as he got on Saturday for the rest of the season. 0:12:08.200 --> 0:12:10.320 But it is cool to see that when rookies go 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:13.000 and play on a good team that they can still 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:15.760 find ways to shine, they can still show their potential 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:18.400 because it is hard for a guy like Tyrese Maxe. 0:12:18.400 --> 0:12:20.840 We saw it with Mattisse Thyble last year. Rookies to 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:24.840 come onto teams with really good star players and find 0:12:24.960 --> 0:12:27.640 a way to make an impact. It's much easier to 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:29.920 be a rookie and go play on a team like 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:32.679 let's say the six Ers five years ago or another 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:35.080 team that's struggling, where rookies can start and Tyrese can 0:12:35.160 --> 0:12:37.319 get minutes like that every night. This team is not that. 0:12:37.679 --> 0:12:39.920 So for him to have this type of opportunity on 0:12:39.960 --> 0:12:41.840 a team that's going to end up having a run 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:44.800 that's deeper than a lot of other teams where rookies 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:47.880 are going to get to play more, is just really cool, 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:51.360 really gratifying to see. Good for him. Scoring thirty nine 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:54.600 points against an NBA team is just not something that 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:58.160 that many people can do, even in the NBA. So props. 0:12:58.720 --> 0:13:02.600 Bunch of Mansion came through on Saturday afternoon as Tyrese 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:05.680 was going off. Tyrese Maxie Internet man at I like 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:08.720 the Sixers, love that handle, getting in there with us, 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:11.120 saying best body control and finishing in a Sixers uniform. 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:14.800 Since number three referring to Alan Irison, it would be 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:18.800 great if Tyrese could continue to trend in that direction. 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:22.520 One great performance a Hall of Famer does not make, 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:25.840 but certainly let's just hope Tyrese can keep stacking up 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:30.120 great games as he continues to get opportunities this season. 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:32.200 Just before we move on, I also want to just 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:35.560 mention that it was an absolute delight to watch Tyrese 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:39.800 play against Nikola Yokich. And obviously they weren't necessarily matched 0:13:39.920 --> 0:13:43.120 up intentionally at all during that game, but just the 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:46.439 sheer size difference, it was just so funny to watch 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:48.960 both excellent at their craft. Yoki is enjoy to watch, 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:52.360 He's a phenomenal, such a good, such a unique talent, 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:56.000 but Tyrese is a smaller NBA player and Yokich is 0:13:56.040 --> 0:13:58.960 about as big as they come. And to watch Tyrese 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:01.480 navigate a round yo kitchen score on him a couple 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:04.400 of times was just, as a fan of the game, 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:09.520 delightful to watch, really cool, a little funny and special. 0:14:09.600 --> 0:14:11.800 So that's one of the flashball moments that I'll remember 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:13.720 from that game, is just watching the two of them 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:17.160 be the best players on their respective teams on that day. 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:21.600 And yeah, I'll never forget that. How about rating Rookie 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:24.560 of the Year John Morant getting in there in real 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:27.720 time while the game was going on on Saturday afternoon 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:32.800 shouting out Tyrese Maxie. That was kind of cool. Love 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:35.920 to see it. Maybe some more similarities between those two 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:39.160 players than we thought of when we talk about I 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:43.920 don't know, stature, vibe drive for the game, they actually 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:46.440 are a little bit similar. So it was cool to 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:49.400 see someone like Jaw sound off Dwayne Wade. He got 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:51.480 some respect from around the league. Some of the legends 0:14:51.480 --> 0:14:55.560 were watching, and that's cool. Do you Wade? That was 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:59.800 neat very I'm not sure what else we can say 0:14:59.840 --> 0:15:03.560 to that, but when Dwayne Wade is watching your game 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:07.040 and give you some respect on the old social sphere, cool. 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:11.000 It was very cool and well deserved. Also some awesome 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:13.360 content while we're just doing the full deep dive into 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:16.000 Tyrese's game, if you want to check out the Sixers 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:20.520 feeds from Saturday, Nina rasbun, Nick McCain, Maggie's, there would 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:25.640 be absolutely Alex Subers bodied the content on Saturday. There's 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:28.520 some really cool stuff. Six Ers wore their new uniforms, 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:30.960 we had a new filter on our photos. It was 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:33.600 just a cool day and I think Tyrese now has 0:15:33.640 --> 0:15:37.320 some lasting memories and cool photos and videos and gifts 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:40.920 to commemorate the performance. Yeah, the City Edition, City Edition 0:15:40.960 --> 0:15:45.240 photo filters, top notch, top notch, pretty cool. It's pretty cool. 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:48.520 It'll be cool, honestly. Also to see the whole team, 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:51.560 where the Blacks, even the warmups. I thought the warm 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:53.720 ups were very cool. It was very jarring to watch 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:57.680 seven players engage in layup lines because I don't even 0:15:57.720 --> 0:15:59.840 know if you can really call it layup lines if 0:15:59.840 --> 0:16:03.200 there's no line like, there was no waiting. They were 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:08.200 all just darting around around the arc. It just warm 0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:10.720 ups looked exhausting because there was no stand and wait time. 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:12.960 If you've ever watched an NBA team warm up, you 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:15.520 know that there's a lot of waiting. There's dapping up, 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:19.280 there's dancing, there's good vibes, there's chatting, no time for that. 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:21.760 They were just running around in their black uniforms like 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:24.680 doing their best. It was It was so weird to watch. 0:16:24.800 --> 0:16:27.800 But all that is to say the warmups, the black 0:16:27.920 --> 0:16:32.520 all black warmups looked really cool. Agreed zero four Grady, 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:35.600 thank you for that submission on Twitter. Let's go to 0:16:36.040 --> 0:16:39.560 the voicemail one. You have one new message. David Lowe 0:16:39.600 --> 0:16:42.960 from Alton, New Jersey, hello and good evening. I think 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:47.480 Tyree Maxi is a great player. I love what I 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:49.520 see out of him. But to be honest with you you, 0:16:49.560 --> 0:16:51.920 they shouldn't be even played this game at all. I 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:55.520 think the Sixers should go out when for Joey for 0:16:55.560 --> 0:16:59.080 Sixers twenty four seven. It's a great group. He just 0:16:59.200 --> 0:17:02.120 past on the give a big shano here, see you, Joey. 0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:05.400 Let's win it for you, buddy, Dave, thank you very much. Yes, 0:17:05.480 --> 0:17:07.600 I think Tyrese Maxie, as we just talked about for 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:10.640 about ten minutes, great potential surrounding him. And I also 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:12.919 wanted to touch upon this Laurens something that Dave mentioned 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:16.040 and referenced. I'm not sure how many fans out there 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:20.520 are aware of this, but over the weekend we got 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:24.960 some unfortunate news that a long time seventy sixer fan, 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:29.000 Joey de Benedetto, who started the Sixers Facebook group six 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:33.119 or twenty four seven almost a decade back, suddenly passed away. 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:36.040 So certainly, Dave, thank you for bringing that up and 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:40.160 unfortunate news. I can't say that I know Joey personally. 0:17:40.520 --> 0:17:43.320 I admittedly am not a big Facebook person, so I'm 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:46.800 not on there or on those platforms much. But just 0:17:46.880 --> 0:17:50.119 over the last couple days after seeing pictures on social 0:17:50.160 --> 0:17:54.200 media with Joey and Mark zoom Off and alla abel 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:56.240 Nabbey and seeing a lot of comments come in of 0:17:56.320 --> 0:17:59.760 people in the Sixers fan community online reacting to Joey's 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:06.760 passing unfortunate news and yeah, Dave, we embraced that sentiment, yes, thoughts, prayers, 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:09.959 everything with his family. We talk so much about our 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:13.280 appreciation for Sixers fans, but it's like so real and 0:18:13.400 --> 0:18:16.679 people that bring this community together, whether it's in person 0:18:16.800 --> 0:18:20.000 at games, in the parking lot at the center or online, 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:23.920 especially this year, we just have so much appreciation for 0:18:24.160 --> 0:18:27.159 folks that are keeping the Sixers community together, like Joey. 0:18:27.280 --> 0:18:29.480 So he's definitely top of mind for a lot of 0:18:29.480 --> 0:18:31.639 people right now. And if there were any way from 0:18:31.680 --> 0:18:33.399 the reading I've done about Joey for me to have 0:18:33.480 --> 0:18:36.280 done that last little bit in all caps, because apparently 0:18:36.320 --> 0:18:38.439 when he was on six or twenty four seven he 0:18:38.520 --> 0:18:41.360 always wrote in all caps. However, you could do that 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:45.119 in an auditory way using your voice, I would have 0:18:45.200 --> 0:18:48.119 done that last part in all caps. We love the 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:52.520 enthusiasm our guy. Jake Silverman on Twitter suggested that for 0:18:52.560 --> 0:18:55.439 this week we just call it Maxie Mailbag Monday, and 0:18:55.560 --> 0:18:58.600 given how much we've riffed about him already, I think 0:18:58.600 --> 0:19:01.680 we probably could have invoked that ruling for this week. 0:19:02.160 --> 0:19:04.879 We've got some other topics to touch upon, like is 0:19:04.920 --> 0:19:08.639 the seventy Sixers when fully healthy strong start for real? 0:19:09.080 --> 0:19:12.240 And what about Danny Green? But first, this very brief 0:19:12.400 --> 0:19:15.320 programming note. 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We returned to Twitter, Mic 0:19:52.000 --> 0:19:55.600 Butts wondering can this situation got to assume he's referring 0:19:55.600 --> 0:19:59.040 to COVID be a make or break week for the Sixers, 0:19:59.080 --> 0:20:01.639 even this early the season. Lauren, you want to go 0:20:01.720 --> 0:20:04.119 first on that one, sure, I'm going to say no. 0:20:04.480 --> 0:20:08.520 I think that it's a little early still for everything. 0:20:08.680 --> 0:20:11.119 The team was the top of the league before this 0:20:11.200 --> 0:20:14.040 all happened, and even that felt a little bit early 0:20:14.119 --> 0:20:16.160 to react to. Obviously, there was a lot of good 0:20:16.240 --> 0:20:18.439 stuff happening that we want to cling onto for the 0:20:18.480 --> 0:20:21.720 rest of this season, but I don't necessarily feel comfortable 0:20:21.760 --> 0:20:24.639 saying that this week. If things continue the way that 0:20:24.640 --> 0:20:27.960 they are and the team is so severely shorthanded, I 0:20:28.000 --> 0:20:30.800 don't know how much you can actually take from this 0:20:30.840 --> 0:20:34.159 week in terms of projecting out the rest of this season. 0:20:34.280 --> 0:20:36.560 I also think that the teams that the Sixers are 0:20:36.600 --> 0:20:39.920 competing against, even though it didn't necessarily happen over the weekend, 0:20:40.240 --> 0:20:43.119 will also face a similar situation where they're going to 0:20:43.200 --> 0:20:46.000 have to play undermanned. They might have to take a few, 0:20:46.080 --> 0:20:49.840