WEBVTT - One-on-One with Mo Bamba and Nico Batum

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<v Speaker 3>They'll go ring the insurance company's bell Mobama, Welcome to

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<v Speaker 3>the seventy Sixers Insiders podcast.

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<v Speaker 4>Thank you, thank you.

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<v Speaker 3>Great to have you. And we talk about the schedule

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<v Speaker 3>in the NBA, including a game day, but the travel days.

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<v Speaker 3>When it's a travel day, what city in the league

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<v Speaker 3>do you look forward to going to most.

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<v Speaker 5>This year has definitely been Orlando, just because I'm familiar

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<v Speaker 5>with the city. I've been there five years, just kind

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<v Speaker 5>of knew the ins and outs of the city, and

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<v Speaker 5>it was just great to get back to in the

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<v Speaker 5>middle of December because of the the warm weather.

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<v Speaker 3>You got to play in one of the two games there.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I got to play in one of the two

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<v Speaker 5>games there. It was a great game. We ended up winning.

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<v Speaker 5>We won both times down there, which felt really good.

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<v Speaker 5>But the one that I played in was it was

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<v Speaker 5>the first game back, and that one that one felt

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<v Speaker 5>really good.

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<v Speaker 3>And then on an off day, describe your perfect off day.

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<v Speaker 5>A perfect off day would probably wake up like around

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<v Speaker 5>get a nice little sleeping like around ten ten thirty,

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<v Speaker 5>wake up, have a nice little egg sandwich with some

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<v Speaker 5>buttered toasted toasted white bread with some buttered you know,

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<v Speaker 5>some butter in there, egg and cheese sandwich. Gets to

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<v Speaker 5>the gym, get a nice little workout, nice low sweating,

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<v Speaker 5>get treatment, get a massage, come back home, chill basically

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<v Speaker 5>most of the day. Maybe do another treatment session in there,

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<v Speaker 5>maybe a little pt depending on what I got going on,

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<v Speaker 5>but other than that home video games?

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<v Speaker 4>Chill, what video games?

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<v Speaker 5>I've been playing a little two K lately, been playing

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<v Speaker 5>Madden a good amount lately, more sports gamer, yet more

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<v Speaker 5>of a sports game, a little bit of Fortnite since

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<v Speaker 5>they came back with the old season.

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<v Speaker 4>But those are the three games.

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<v Speaker 3>Your background New York, the greater Philadelphia area as well,

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<v Speaker 3>so you were you saw the NBA from a distance

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<v Speaker 3>in some of these local teams. But since you've been

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<v Speaker 3>in the league, is there anything that would surprise fans

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<v Speaker 3>about life in the NBA or that surprised you.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, depending on who you are, obviously, and you know

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<v Speaker 5>your family, some guys married some guys or you know, single.

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<v Speaker 4>Bachelors or whatever.

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<v Speaker 5>But it's a lot of free time on your hands,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, And that's both good and bad because that's

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<v Speaker 5>when you fin find trouble depending on who you are, obviously,

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<v Speaker 5>but it's a lot of free time on your hands,

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<v Speaker 5>especially like after practice, you had a lot of free time.

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<v Speaker 5>But one thing that might surprise a lot of people

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<v Speaker 5>is just how much of the day like practice may take,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, and then it's a lot of free time.

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<v Speaker 5>But practice practice will start at like eleven twelve o'clock,

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<v Speaker 5>like you're getting in the gym, you're getting at the

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<v Speaker 5>practice facility. I probably like nine, like today I got

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<v Speaker 5>into a forty five, and then you go through like

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<v Speaker 5>your routine and you know, you shoot, you lift, you

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<v Speaker 5>go through treatment, you do film, you do a whole

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<v Speaker 5>bunch of stuff. So it's like kind of like a

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<v Speaker 5>you know, five six hour day, depending on you know

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<v Speaker 5>how you who you are and how you spend it.

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<v Speaker 5>But other than that, it's a lot of free time.

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<v Speaker 3>And your prep basketball at the West Town School, you

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<v Speaker 3>were near the Sixers at that time. So now that

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<v Speaker 3>you're a first year seventy six er, what's been your

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<v Speaker 3>best memory?

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<v Speaker 5>I remember, I think it was like my senior year

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<v Speaker 5>or junior year. Daniel Chef, who was a Villanova legend.

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<v Speaker 5>He played a preseason game against the Sixers, and I

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<v Speaker 5>remember I think Ko was on that team.

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<v Speaker 4>He was like a rookie. No no, no, Ko.

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<v Speaker 3>I thought you met the Sixers team was a he

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<v Speaker 3>was a rookie, I believe.

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<v Speaker 5>And another memory I actually have was the first NBA

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<v Speaker 5>floor I actually like got to like shoot around and

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<v Speaker 5>play on was the Sixers floor at the Wells Fargo Center.

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<v Speaker 5>It was like a workout and random day in the

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<v Speaker 5>middle of the summer, one of our coaches hit me

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<v Speaker 5>up and he was like, hey, like, we're renting out.

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<v Speaker 5>We got access to the sixers floor, and I remember

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<v Speaker 5>driving like two hours from New York because I was

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<v Speaker 5>just so excited to just be out there on the

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<v Speaker 5>NBA floor. I'll find a picture if you guys wanted,

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<v Speaker 5>but it was that that was a really.

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<v Speaker 4>Cool moment for me.

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<v Speaker 3>That is a very cool moment. Indeed, And for time purposes,

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<v Speaker 3>we're going to do our rapid fire around here and

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<v Speaker 3>other guys have had more time to think about this

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<v Speaker 3>dinner table question, but we're going to group it into

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<v Speaker 3>the rapid fire. So you plus four guests, what's your

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<v Speaker 3>dream dinner table?

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<v Speaker 4>All right?

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<v Speaker 5>Definitely ought to have Barack Obama in there. That's That's

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<v Speaker 5>one of the I don't really get starstruck anymore because

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<v Speaker 5>I feel like I've met everyone I needed, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>wanted to ever meet. But Barack Obama was one of

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<v Speaker 5>those one of those guys and one of those people

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<v Speaker 5>who I would love to just sit down and just

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<v Speaker 5>have a chat with. And then the other three could

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<v Speaker 5>be anybody, you know, I might throw on Kevin Hart,

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<v Speaker 5>because he's not only is he funny, but he's actually

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<v Speaker 5>very smart, very worldly. You know, he's been around the block,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, everywhere in the world, so he'd be a

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<v Speaker 5>cool guy to just you know, talk to and get

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<v Speaker 5>some stories from.

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<v Speaker 4>And then.

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<v Speaker 5>Could be anybody like Kevin Hart the other Yeah, I'll

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<v Speaker 5>like Kevin Hart bringing to some celebrity guests.

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<v Speaker 3>Favorite superhero.

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<v Speaker 4>Favorite superhero probably be Black Panther.

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<v Speaker 3>If you didn't play basketball, what sport would you play?

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<v Speaker 4>Tennis? Maybe?

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<v Speaker 3>What would your DJ name be?

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<v Speaker 4>Just DJ Mobamba.

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<v Speaker 3>The vet who made the biggest impact on you as

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<v Speaker 3>a young player.

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<v Speaker 5>Probably Tobias because I mean I've known him before before

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<v Speaker 5>coming to the Sixers. I remember sitting down with him.

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<v Speaker 5>He lives right upstairs from me in Orlando. I remember

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<v Speaker 5>sitting down with him right before I think my fourth year,

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<v Speaker 5>and he was just telling me, like, you got to

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<v Speaker 5>bring it this year, you.

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<v Speaker 4>Know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 5>We were just sitting there chatting and talking about a

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<v Speaker 5>whole bunch of different stuff. But he's been really impactful,

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<v Speaker 5>just different stuff even off the court, like you know,

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<v Speaker 5>financial stuff, you know how to manage stress, expectations, all

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<v Speaker 5>of that.

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<v Speaker 4>He's been a really really good vet for me.

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<v Speaker 3>What's your favorite place to visit.

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<v Speaker 5>There's a little small village in the south of France

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<v Speaker 5>named Saint Basil. I went down there with my girlfriend's

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<v Speaker 5>family and it was it was a great trip. You know,

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<v Speaker 5>it's not really much to do there, but it was

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<v Speaker 5>very it was warm, it's very scenic. We were like

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<v Speaker 5>kind of in the valley.

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<v Speaker 4>Great trip.

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<v Speaker 3>What's a place that you would wish to visit someday?

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<v Speaker 5>Probably like Bali, Like like that little somewhere, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>those islands in the far east right over Australia. I

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<v Speaker 5>think that's somewhere where I want to want to.

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<v Speaker 3>This needs to be a specific time, but favorite time of.

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<v Speaker 4>Day man, probably like around two o'clock.

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<v Speaker 3>Favorite color sixers uniform, the navy or the red, A

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<v Speaker 3>lot of red because I think wearing it has impacted

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<v Speaker 3>decisions today. Which teammate would you bring with you to

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<v Speaker 3>an important family dinner?

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<v Speaker 4>No? No?

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<v Speaker 1>And you've maybe to bias maybe?

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<v Speaker 3>And finally, what do your coaches and teammates call you?

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<v Speaker 3>All right? Mo, thanks so much for joining us.

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<v Speaker 4>Appreciate it. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 6>Th six eight from friends Boom Boom, Nico ba Dooom

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<v Speaker 6>Nico Batoom.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to the seventy six Ers Insiders podcast. Thank you

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<v Speaker 2>for sitting down with us. I want to start here,

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<v Speaker 2>how did you become such a good inbounder?

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know. I mean I think I've been doing

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<v Speaker 4>that for a very long time.

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<v Speaker 6>I've been putting the situation in for a while. I

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<v Speaker 6>mean I've been in the NBA for like sixteen years now,

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<v Speaker 6>and I think I've been doing that since my second

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<v Speaker 6>or third year, Like big game situation, So I kin

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<v Speaker 6>used to it now, like playoff games, like play game

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<v Speaker 6>under pressure, and I'm pretty.

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<v Speaker 7>Much used to it now sixteen years.

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<v Speaker 2>What's the biggest change you've seen in the NBA from

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<v Speaker 2>when you started until now?

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<v Speaker 6>When I stopped playing, there was like two legit big men,

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<v Speaker 6>like in the starning lineup. You need it to seventh

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<v Speaker 6>footer like in this state inside to play the game.

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<v Speaker 6>And now it's just pretty much four guards and one big.

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<v Speaker 7>Now sometimes you're the big man.

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<v Speaker 6>Sometime I'm the big man, and sometimes the big men

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<v Speaker 6>play punt guard like a point forward used to be

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<v Speaker 6>a point for a nice point selling that. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>a lot of change in fifteen years. Still going basketball.

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<v Speaker 2>I love asking international players this question, what do you

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<v Speaker 2>think the biggest difference between guys that grew up playing

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<v Speaker 2>in the States and guys that grew up playing internationally is.

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<v Speaker 6>I think the way you they're teaching you the game

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<v Speaker 6>of basketball. I mean the way I was when I

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<v Speaker 6>was younger, Like the way they would teach me the

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<v Speaker 6>game and the way I play, Like when I see, like,

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<v Speaker 6>for example, my son, like when I go to his practice,

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<v Speaker 6>he's seven years old, and the way like it's being

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<v Speaker 6>taught the game is totally different, you know, And I

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<v Speaker 6>don't know, like because we grew up I mean we

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<v Speaker 6>play against pros and grown men very early, don't really

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<v Speaker 6>do the college system on the high school stuff. We

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<v Speaker 6>don't really do the same way. So when we come in,

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<v Speaker 6>we we kind of know to play the game. We've

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<v Speaker 6>meant physically the way better here now this is passing

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<v Speaker 6>like the craziest crazy stuff, like the stronger, the more

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<v Speaker 6>physicals they may be more like more athletic for sure,

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<v Speaker 6>But when we come in like we've been through, like okay,

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<v Speaker 6>we know to play the game of basketball. We just

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<v Speaker 6>need to match the intensity and the physical part of here.

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<v Speaker 2>What's something that your son is learning that you didn't

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<v Speaker 2>learn or something. You watch him learn and you're like,

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<v Speaker 2>who wah, whoa he doesn't need.

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<v Speaker 6>To do No, I mean the way I mean he's

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<v Speaker 6>doing stuff, like like I didn't know how to do

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<v Speaker 6>that when.

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<v Speaker 4>I was seven eight years old.

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<v Speaker 7>So it's positive.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, some stuff stuff I might just get sometimes, like

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<v Speaker 6>can miss some steps, like the way you play you

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<v Speaker 6>earn the game. But I mean he's too young. He's

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<v Speaker 6>having fun, so I don't really care about it right now.

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<v Speaker 7>Good parenting.

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<v Speaker 2>When you think about you're sixteen in the NBA Philadelphia

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<v Speaker 2>seventy six ers, what's the best part of your job

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<v Speaker 2>right now?

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<v Speaker 6>I'm in the NBA. I mean, I'm a basketball player

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<v Speaker 6>in the NBA. I realized the chance I have, Like

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<v Speaker 6>you know, we've been there so long. I know I'm

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<v Speaker 6>not a lot of famer. I'm not an All Star

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<v Speaker 6>or whatever, but I'm still seeking. You're in this stick

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<v Speaker 6>and still playing, and I'm playing time for a very

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<v Speaker 6>good team. You Know, It's funny because when I'm still

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<v Speaker 6>on the court and sometimes I see on the coaching

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<v Speaker 6>staff guy who we're drafting like the same years as me,

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<v Speaker 6>or after me, Like guy were drafted after me and

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<v Speaker 6>adding coaching staff or do whatever stuff and I'm still playing.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm like, yeah, and me, I've done something right.

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<v Speaker 7>You shared something with me when we were in Chicago.

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<v Speaker 2>You talked about having a really good time with this

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<v Speaker 2>team and enjoying the energy that's here.

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<v Speaker 7>What's the best part of this team?

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<v Speaker 6>You know, like especially right now, you know we're going

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<v Speaker 6>we go through tough times and because we missed your

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<v Speaker 6>best players and we're sticking together no matter what, that's

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<v Speaker 6>the good the good part of this team. I mean

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<v Speaker 6>you can have easily guys like pointing fingers, finding sk

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<v Speaker 6>series or just ever to go to his own way

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<v Speaker 6>that I cam the hero whatever. No, are we even

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<v Speaker 6>if it's tough right now, we're still sticking together. No,

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<v Speaker 6>we're going to work every day. We're going to try

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<v Speaker 6>to find a way to be successful, and we're gonna

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<v Speaker 6>be Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Take me back to young Nico. What was your favorite

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<v Speaker 2>subject in school?

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<v Speaker 4>Matt?

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<v Speaker 7>What was your least favorite subject in school?

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<v Speaker 4>French?

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<v Speaker 1>Actually, really it's French is stuff.

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<v Speaker 7>I believe it. I can't speak French.

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<v Speaker 4>French, can you? No? Now? French is not easy though,

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<v Speaker 4>it's very very.

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<v Speaker 2>Tough, beautiful language, though, is I like listening to people

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<v Speaker 2>speak French esthetically much more pleasing than English.

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<v Speaker 4>Right, I'm French.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't really understand that actually people like a lot

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<v Speaker 6>of people say that pretty much French is language of blah.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm like, you should really learn her, like when we

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<v Speaker 6>talk like, I don't think.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a it's the language of hate sometimes.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, so yeah, we're not means French and stuff that

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<v Speaker 6>I was like, what are you good in French?

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<v Speaker 4>In school?

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<v Speaker 2>You're hosting a dinner party, a hypothetical dinner party tomorrow night.

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<v Speaker 2>You can have four guests dead, are alive, people you know,

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<v Speaker 2>people you don't know. Who do you invite to the table?

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<v Speaker 4>My dad I lost. My dad was three years old,

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<v Speaker 4>so my dad's for sure.

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<v Speaker 7>It's a great answer.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh MJ I all to no?

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<v Speaker 7>Like which one?

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<v Speaker 4>Both? Actually? Oh? Why not?

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<v Speaker 7>Okay?

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<v Speaker 4>Both?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, that's a good one. Both actually and NASA nondetta

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<v Speaker 6>great table.

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<v Speaker 7>What are you guys gonna eat?

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<v Speaker 4>French food? French and African food?

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<v Speaker 7>Awesome? What's something that scares you?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>Being a dad and that change everything for me. I

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<v Speaker 1>got two kids.

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<v Speaker 6>We get two kids, So I got a boy seven

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<v Speaker 6>year old and a daughter three year old.

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<v Speaker 1>So now anything I put to them, Yes.

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<v Speaker 7>What's the best gift you've ever given someone?

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<v Speaker 6>You know, we got a chance to be successful and

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<v Speaker 6>buy your house, to your own family and make sure

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<v Speaker 6>like your wife and kids, like I said, and you okay,

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<v Speaker 6>they're okay. I mean I think I've done my job.

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<v Speaker 6>I think that's a gift I've made to them.

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<v Speaker 7>It's fantastic. What's the best gift you've ever received?

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<v Speaker 4>My two kids?

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<v Speaker 7>These are good answers, these are meaningful.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm dead terrorist, Like you know, when before like you

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<v Speaker 6>became like a family guy and a dad, you don't

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<v Speaker 6>understand what life is. And since we have those our

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<v Speaker 6>family and my wife that gave me those two kids,

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<v Speaker 6>I mean, this is the best gift I ever had

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<v Speaker 6>for sure.

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<v Speaker 7>Who are you closest to on this team?

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<v Speaker 6>I mean Jordan and I have known each other for

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<v Speaker 6>a while now, I mean I met him before he

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<v Speaker 6>got drafted to like it was kinny and young and

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<v Speaker 6>could we wear the same roots? You know, it's from

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<v Speaker 6>Cameroon and my dad's from Cameron and my old dad

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<v Speaker 6>side and my name from Cameron, so we have that

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<v Speaker 6>connection and we both speak frenchs Oh yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Joey okay, rapid fire around, no thinking, just answers. Ready, Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>he's your favorite superhero Batman.

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<v Speaker 7>If you didn't play basketball.

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<v Speaker 1>What would you play tennis player?

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<v Speaker 7>What would your DJ name be?

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<v Speaker 4>Wow?

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<v Speaker 7>And where would you be DJing? Like South of France?

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<v Speaker 4>Probably my DJ name?

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<v Speaker 6>Oh, I don't know, DJ Nico. Keep it simple, fair enough.

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<v Speaker 7>Branding is easier if you're just DJ Nico. That's fair.

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<v Speaker 2>Who's the vet that made the biggest impact on you

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<v Speaker 2>when you were young in your career?

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<v Speaker 4>Brandon Roy?

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<v Speaker 7>Favorite place to visit friends, somewhere you've never visited, but.

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<v Speaker 1>Wished to Australia actor?

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<v Speaker 2>Who would play you in a movie? What's miss favorite

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<v Speaker 2>time of day?

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<v Speaker 4>Morning?

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<v Speaker 7>But like specifically what time on.

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<v Speaker 4>The clock they say? Seven am?

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<v Speaker 7>What's your favorite color? Sixers uniform?

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<v Speaker 4>Red?

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<v Speaker 2>You walk into the locker room, you see red and

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<v Speaker 2>you're like, eh.

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<v Speaker 6>I wish you would bring the black one two thousand

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<v Speaker 6>and one back?

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<v Speaker 7>Those are tough. The fan favorite?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, I mean that was my favorite one.

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<v Speaker 2>If you had to bring a teammate to a family dinner,

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<v Speaker 2>who would you bring.

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<v Speaker 4>Joe out here? He's only one speaking ferential.

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<v Speaker 7>Oh so he just fits in at the table. It's

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<v Speaker 7>just more efficient. I got you. What are your coaches

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<v Speaker 7>and teammates call.

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<v Speaker 1>You Nico Nico.

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<v Speaker 4>YEAHY call me Nico Nico.

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<v Speaker 7>Thank you so much for joining us, of course,