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Speaker 1: everybody that sent thoughts, questions, comments over this offseason. While
Speaker 1: Matt Murphy is with me, we are so excited to
Speaker 1: get back into it now. Seventy six Ers schedule came
Speaker 1: out yesterday for the twenty twenty two twenty three season.
Speaker 1: I'll go ahead and run through a couple of schedule highlights,
Speaker 1: but as I do that, please there are so many
Speaker 1: ways that you could do this. Send me a DM,
Speaker 1: you can comment on the space, you can use the chat,
Speaker 1: you can send a comment to the Sixers, tweet about
Speaker 1: this space. Matt and I are going to try to
Speaker 1: keep up with all of them, but what we really
Speaker 1: want to hear is what matchup you guys are most
Speaker 1: excited about. This, of course, is our core group of
Speaker 1: Sixers fans on Twitter spaces and let us know what
Speaker 1: you're most excited about and why if you have to
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Speaker 1: and I are going to be with you all season long.
Speaker 1: We're so excited to get back up and running here
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Speaker 1: as always, if you join early, if you leave early
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Speaker 1: available over there. One more housekeeping note, we see your
Speaker 1: comments about about letting other people talk on the space.
Speaker 1: That is still something that we definitely want to do
Speaker 1: this season. For now, the best way to make your
Speaker 1: voice heard on the spaces to send us a comment,
Speaker 1: send us a DM, send us anything via text, and
Speaker 1: we can make sure that we read it aloud. We're
Speaker 1: still working technically on how we're going to incorporate your voices,
Speaker 1: your live voices into these later in the season, and
Speaker 1: that is coming. So we hear you, we see you,
Speaker 1: and we're excited to talk to you, not just via
Speaker 1: DM or text, but also on the airwaves, so enough
Speaker 1: for me. Good morning, Matt Murphy. I want to hear
Speaker 1: your voice before I run through the schedule highlights. How
Speaker 1: are you doing, how are you feeling? How do you
Speaker 1: feel about this schedule? Lauren? It's so good to be
Speaker 1: back with you. I hope that my audio is now resolved.
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Speaker 1: But so good to be back on Sixers spaces with everyone.
Speaker 1: Yesterday was an exciting day around the NBA, whatever team
Speaker 1: you're a fan of, but especially the Sixers. When the
Speaker 1: schedules drop, just pouring over it. And I know some
Speaker 1: people take the approach of oh, eighty two games will
Speaker 1: be played. Well, a few years ago that wasn't even
Speaker 1: the case. But we returned to that normal schedule last year,
Speaker 1: eighty two games. There's no problem in my opinion, with
Speaker 1: getting excited about it. And I liked doing this last
Speaker 1: year with you talking about which matchups we're looking forward to,
Speaker 1: because it's something throughout the season on spaces that we
Speaker 1: touched on last year when the games happen, because we're
Speaker 1: on here after Sixers wins and we would say, oh,
Speaker 1: what was your favorite game so far this season, and
Speaker 1: we get to do that in advance, and just thinking
Speaker 1: about what could be in the twenty twenty two twenty
Speaker 1: three season, and the Sixers are going to be on
Speaker 1: national TV a lot. They're right up there with some
Speaker 1: of the best teams in the league, obviously with the
Speaker 1: roster moves that they've made and how they look heading
Speaker 1: into the year. It's an exciting time and I'm excited
Speaker 1: to talk about the schedule for sure. For more on
Speaker 1: that exciting time, head back to that seventy six Ers
Speaker 1: Insiders feed that I just mentioned. A couple weeks ago,
Speaker 1: I had the opportunity to speak to assistant coach Dave Yeager,
Speaker 1: not only about his crazy, sort of mind boggling season
Speaker 1: that he had last year, of course, missing some time
Speaker 1: due to head and neck cancer and then rejoining the
Speaker 1: team for the final stretch and the playoffs on the bench.
Speaker 1: If anyone deserved, I know I've said it a few times,
Speaker 1: but if anyone deserved a super relaxing off season, it
Speaker 1: was Dave Yeager. And instead he's spending a lot of
Speaker 1: time giving back to the different communities that are important
Speaker 1: to him. So go over to the seventy six Ers
Speaker 1: Insiders Feed listen to that conversation between Dave Yeager and me.
Speaker 1: Plus hear what he has to say about some of
Speaker 1: those new roster editions and what he's most looking forward
Speaker 1: to in the twenty twenty two twenty three season. So
Speaker 1: if you don't trust my takes, I get it, but
Speaker 1: you should definitely trust a veteran coach like Dave Yeager
Speaker 1: and listen to what he's excited about. His excitement certainly
Speaker 1: got me excited. And now let's go ahead and finally
Speaker 1: dive into the schedule. There are many key matchups. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna try to tell you guys what I had highlighted,
Speaker 1: what I had circled on my calendar. But then we'll
Speaker 1: go through some of the comments that you guys are sending.
Speaker 1: There are a lot of themes here. You guys are
Speaker 1: excited about what I'm excited about, So let's get into it. First.
Speaker 1: Of course, the Sixers playing in the NBA's opening Night
Speaker 1: October eighteenth at Boston. That one is going to be
Speaker 1: at seven thirty pm Eastern on TNT. That the first
Speaker 1: game of the NBA season, the first national TV game
Speaker 1: of the NBA season. The Lakers and the Warriors will
Speaker 1: play on TNT after that, but an honor to be
Speaker 1: chosen for opening Night on this twenty twenty two twenty
Speaker 1: three season. And then of course the home opener and
Speaker 1: equally or almost equally exciting matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks
Speaker 1: and janis onto to kumpo. That one will also be
Speaker 1: at seven thirty pm Eastern on t n T on
Speaker 1: October twentieth. So in those first three days of this
Speaker 1: season alone, the Sixers matching up with top rivals in
Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference, the defending Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics
Speaker 1: the former lead, defending NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks. That is
Speaker 1: Milwaukee's opener, it is the Sixers home opener, back to back,
Speaker 1: the Sixers being featured right away this season, and that
Speaker 1: is a theme that we that we should talk about.
Speaker 1: Two matt thirty four nationally televised contests. That's almost double
Speaker 1: the amount of national TV games that the Sixers had
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the season last year, so the
Speaker 1: NBA shedding some well earned light on MVP runner up
Speaker 1: Joe Ellenbeid, James Harden and the crew. Very much looking
Speaker 1: forward to that first week, Matt, Any thoughts from you
Speaker 1: on that first week. I'm seeing a lot of comments
Speaker 1: about about opening night. What are you most looking forward
Speaker 1: to in the first week and then and then we'll
Speaker 1: dive into some more key matchups. I think it's really
Speaker 1: cool that it's the first game to tip off the
Speaker 1: entire slate of the NBA regular season schedule. And I
Speaker 1: know the Warriors are the defending champs and because of
Speaker 1: time zones and all that, they will play on that night,
Speaker 1: But to tip off the entire NBA regular season on Tuesday,
Speaker 1: October eighteenth against Boston, that's really cool for the Sixers
Speaker 1: the home opener against the Honest and the Bucks the
Speaker 1: Sixers home opener two days later. Though, you can't start
Speaker 1: with a better pair of games, especially with how most
Speaker 1: people are looking at the top of the Eastern Conference,
Speaker 1: while you're getting all of those teams right away. I
Speaker 1: also think this is not first week related, but I
Speaker 1: also think it's cool that the Sixers will have the
Speaker 1: first game of the five on Christmas Day at noon
Speaker 1: against the Knicks. But I might be jumping ahead a
Speaker 1: little bit there. You mentioned NBA TV that thirty four
Speaker 1: does include eleven on NBA TV, So thirty four national
Speaker 1: TV games including the eleven NBA TV games, And I
Speaker 1: pulled up a tweet from Krishna who shared yesterday the
Speaker 1: full list for each team, So just for some context,
Speaker 1: excluding NBA TV, the Warriors have thirty national TV games,
Speaker 1: then the Lakers, then the Celtics, Bucks Sixers. Sixers and
Speaker 1: Bucks both have twenty three, which is the fourth most
Speaker 1: on ESPN, ABC and TNT, so right up there with
Speaker 1: some of the top teams. But Lauren, because the opening
Speaker 1: week is so exciting, you might think that our picks
Speaker 1: for the matchup we're looking forward to most are obvious.
Speaker 1: So I'm wondering if you're going chalk with that, Honestly,
Speaker 1: I might be. I really like though that a lot
Speaker 1: of people have the Golden State Warriors, and rightfully so,
Speaker 1: circled on their calendars. The first time that one is
Speaker 1: coming for the seventy six ers is right before that
Speaker 1: Christmas Day game December sixteenth, versus Golden State. That's one
Speaker 1: that I'm very much looking forward to. The Sixers last
Speaker 1: season hosted the Golden State Warriors earlier in the season,
Speaker 1: then played them in Golden State, but severely shorthanded. They
Speaker 1: won the first at home. They dropped the second to
Speaker 1: the eventual Old Champions. But Matt, I'm really looking forward
Speaker 1: to that one. It's always a show when Steph Curry
Speaker 1: played Thompson Draymond Green and company come to town, and
Speaker 1: I'm very much looking forward to seeing how this iteration
Speaker 1: of the Sixers matches up with that iteration of the Warriors.
Speaker 1: Of course, when the Sixers beat the Warriors last year,
Speaker 1: they did not have James Harden on the team. Tyrese
Speaker 1: Maxie had some growing left to be done. Joel Embiid
Speaker 1: was rounding into that MVP form, but he continued to
Speaker 1: get better as the season went along. I think that's
Speaker 1: going to be a really interesting test, not only because,
Speaker 1: of course, anytime you match up with a team as
Speaker 1: illustrious as that one, it's a really good barometer to
Speaker 1: test yourself by. It's a good time in this season
Speaker 1: to do it as well. If you play those great
Speaker 1: teams early. I mean, look even having this conversation about
Speaker 1: the schedule is probably putting too much weight on things
Speaker 1: too early. But I always worry about how much weight
Speaker 1: gets put on those first two games, when neither team
Speaker 1: has really gotten in any reps together their first truly
Speaker 1: competitive run on October eighteenth and October twentieth, A lot
Speaker 1: of people are going to put a lot of stock
Speaker 1: into those games. But two months later, as the team
Speaker 1: hosts Golden State, I'm willing to take a little bit
Speaker 1: more of a temperature and a pulse on how this
Speaker 1: team looks a third or so of the way through
Speaker 1: the season. So to me, that's one that I've got
Speaker 1: circled on my calendar. I'm not sure if that's a
Speaker 1: chalk pick or not, but Matt, maybe as you look
Speaker 1: at that first half of the season, I'm curious what
Speaker 1: you have circled that isn't an opening night or a
Speaker 1: Christmas Day matchup. I think it's kind of chalky the
Speaker 1: Golden State pick, but it's not too bad. I actually
Speaker 1: thought that the Milwaukee home opener was a given for
Speaker 1: the Marquee matchup that we could say we're looking forward
Speaker 1: to most. I had Golden State right there at the
Speaker 1: top of my list that Friday, December sixteenth game, and
Speaker 1: I want to elaborate on that in a second. I
Speaker 1: also want to just read a couple tweets from people
Speaker 1: who joined the space in real time at the top. Again,
Speaker 1: you can get these after the fact on the podcast network.
Speaker 1: I know some people also sent in their their matchups
Speaker 1: they were looking forward to in advance yesterday. But some
Speaker 1: people who today have replied sw Sports said Christmas Day
Speaker 1: game is their most excited game. A Meal mentions the
Speaker 1: seventy six ers versus the Warriors, saying they can't wait
Speaker 1: for that. Nolan can't wait for the Celtics opener, which
Speaker 1: we said we'll tip off the NBA season, And there's
Speaker 1: a bunch more that we can read throughout. But I
Speaker 1: think some added context for the Golden State matchup on
Speaker 1: December sixteenth, which will be an ESPN game at seven thirty,
Speaker 1: is that it's in the middle of a really long
Speaker 1: in fact, the longest homestand of the six or twenty
Speaker 1: two twenty three schedules seven games over fifteen days from
Speaker 1: December ninth through the twenty third, And how about this
Speaker 1: three consecutive fridays you'll get in Philadelphia the Lakers, the Warriors,
Speaker 1: and the Clippers, so that homestand the holiday season will
Speaker 1: be in full swing. I think that adds to why
Speaker 1: Golden State is a really strong pick for your the
Speaker 1: one you're you have circled the other one that I
Speaker 1: think was one of my backup picks. Let me know
Speaker 1: how you feel about this, Lauren. The Denver game on
Speaker 1: January twenty eighth. It's a Saturday afternoon and it's part
Speaker 1: of what they're calling MBA Rivals Week. So towards the
Speaker 1: end of January, they'll have embiid Yokich on a Saturday
Speaker 1: afternoon in South Philadelphia. So that was probably slightly under
Speaker 1: the Golden State game for me. I also am excited
Speaker 1: about that. Look, the NBA sort of test drives different
Speaker 1: things every year. I'm I'm all about any reason to
Speaker 1: get folks excited about the NBA a little bit in
Speaker 1: that sort of mid midseason lull. I want to go
Speaker 1: through a couple more, I'll just list them off that
Speaker 1: excited me right off the bat, and these of course
Speaker 1: all before All Star breaks, so sort of looking at
Speaker 1: what is soonest to come for the seventy sixers. We
Speaker 1: talked about the opening two then the Sixers will play
Speaker 1: their first of many Matt back to backs. Not back
Speaker 1: to backs, but back to back games against the same team.
Speaker 1: A lot more of those this year, most of them
Speaker 1: actually are split home and home, but playing the same
Speaker 1: team twice in a row. The series option, of course,
Speaker 1: new to the NBA, started during the pandemic seasons October
Speaker 1: twenty sixth and October twenty eighth, both at Toronto. Those
Speaker 1: always good games, competitive games. That's a team that has
Speaker 1: always given the Sixers trouble. The Sixers, of course, got
Speaker 1: over the hump in the playoffs against the Raptors this season,
Speaker 1: but those are teams that have a lot of I
Speaker 1: don't want to say that there's any bad blood there.
Speaker 1: That's certainly not the right term to use, but there's
Speaker 1: contentiousness between those teams. They always bring their best punch
Speaker 1: for one another. So very much looking forward to those
Speaker 1: Phoenix on November seventh, Milwaukee again on November eighteenth. The
Speaker 1: Brooklyn Nets and the Philadelphia seventy six Ers meet up
Speaker 1: for the first time. On November twenty second, then visiting
Speaker 1: at Memphis. That's another one that I don't think is
Speaker 1: chalk Matt. I don't think that that's chalk. December second
Speaker 1: at Memphis is one that I'm looking forward to. The Grizzlies,
Speaker 1: of course, a young, exciting team led by a young
Speaker 1: exciting player in John Morant. John Morant and Joel Embi
Speaker 1: two of the most exciting, if not best players in
Speaker 1: the NBA right now. I think you can actually safely
Speaker 1: say that they are both two of the most exciting
Speaker 1: and best players in the NBA right now and sort
Speaker 1: of welcoming in a new generation of best guys in
Speaker 1: the league. When you think about players like that. Then
Speaker 1: the Lakers for the first time. On December ninth, we
Speaker 1: talked about Golden State. On sixteenth, we talked about Christmas Day,
Speaker 1: you talked about rivalry week, Matt and then as you
Speaker 1: get into the end of this season, a lot of
Speaker 1: people on Twitter talking about the last few games, that
Speaker 1: difficult stretch towards the end of the season. And of
Speaker 1: course you can look at that in one of two ways.
Speaker 1: Right Either it is a really interesting test and a
Speaker 1: challenging time for the Sixers. You never know who's going
Speaker 1: to be jockeying for position or seating as the playoffs
Speaker 1: come along. So that of course could either be a
Speaker 1: really difficult and exciting stretch or and this is one
Speaker 1: that I sort of lean a little bit towards when
Speaker 1: I see all the commentary about how difficult that final
Speaker 1: stretch is. A lot of times in the end of
Speaker 1: March in April in the NBA, players are resting, preparing
Speaker 1: for the playoffs. Some teams have different priorities during that phase.
Speaker 1: Teams are sort of winding their season down. Playoffs seating
Speaker 1: has already been figured out, so I wouldn't worry too much.
Speaker 1: I would caution anyone against worrying too much about that
Speaker 1: final stretch. But of course, should things be a little
Speaker 1: bit closer, it's going to be really exciting to see
Speaker 1: how things shake out down the stretch. That of course,
Speaker 1: from March twenty seventh onward, the Sixers we'll see, let's say,
Speaker 1: actually March twenty fourth onwards, the Sixers will see Golden State, Phoenix, Denver, Milwaukee, Boston, Miami,
Speaker 1: and Brooklyn for the regular season finale. So that end
Speaker 1: of season, it's way too soon to talk about. But
Speaker 1: to those of you in the comments I see you
Speaker 1: that are concerned about it, remember that maybe not quite
Speaker 1: as concerning as seeing that slate of teams at the
Speaker 1: beginning of the season or in the middle of the
Speaker 1: season when there's still a lot to be determined. Matt,
Speaker 1: that was a lot anything you want to draw attention
Speaker 1: to before we start to wind this one down. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, at face value, March is crazy to start
Speaker 1: the month five road games in the first seven days,
Speaker 1: so that first week and it starts with a back
Speaker 1: to back on the road. That first week ends with
Speaker 1: a back to back on the road. So two back
Speaker 1: to backs in the first week of March in the
Speaker 1: midst of five road games in seven days. They this
Speaker 1: comes courtesy of seventy six Ers pr The Sixers will
Speaker 1: conclude the regular season with twelve consecutive matchups against playoff
Speaker 1: teams from the previous year. But I do agree with
Speaker 1: your thinking that that's towards the end of the year
Speaker 1: and teams are gearing up for the playoffs, and that's
Speaker 1: a long way off. So it was something that a
Speaker 1: lot of people were tweeting about. Certainly notable, but I
Speaker 1: think for me, the excitement reigns supreme about many of
Speaker 1: the games that come before that, including Christmas Day at
Speaker 1: the Garden, which is going to be an amazing game
Speaker 1: to kick off the five Christmas Day games Sixers Nicks
Speaker 1: noon Eastern. That's going to be so much fun. I'm
Speaker 1: really looking forward to that one. Any thoughts about the
Speaker 1: Christmas Game, Lauren, Oh? I mean, what's not to love?
Speaker 1: Start your day with Sixers basketball. I saw a tweet
Speaker 1: that I'm not gonna be able to pull up in
Speaker 1: real time right now, but breaking down all of the
Speaker 1: all of the national TV's lineups for both sports football
Speaker 1: and basketball that will be played on day. What a
Speaker 1: delight that day is going to be, and really cool
Speaker 1: for the Sixers to start early, hopefully get the win,
Speaker 1: and then enjoy the rest of the day at their
Speaker 1: leisure watching those games. I want to go into my
Speaker 1: DMS Matt before we wrap it up, Cardinal Flame wants
Speaker 1: to talk about one matchup that we have not discussed yet,
Speaker 1: and I think it's certainly worth a shout out Cardinal
Speaker 1: Flames as I'm really excited for the November nineteenth matchup
Speaker 1: with the Timberwolves. The new look t Wolves, especially now
Speaker 1: with how heated the matchup between Kat and Jojo can
Speaker 1: get now excited to see what it's going to be
Speaker 1: like with Rudy in the mix. The Timberwolves are one
Speaker 1: of those sort of big question marks for the NBA
Speaker 1: this season. They could be great. A lot of people
Speaker 1: wondering if the new addition is going to make a
Speaker 1: positive difference in Rudy Gobert, matching him with Carl Anthony Towns.
Speaker 1: Carl Anthony Towns and Joel Embiid have of course shown
Speaker 1: much entertainment to NBA fans across the country in recent years.
Speaker 1: So that is a great one actually to look at.
Speaker 1: That's sort of an X factor of a game that
Speaker 1: November nineteenth against the Timberwolves. I specifically says Annie. Annie
Speaker 1: wants you to know that the Nets home game is
Speaker 1: circled because it's on their birthday. So very much looking
Speaker 1: forward to celebrating many birthdays with the Sixers. I don't
Speaker 1: have a birthday game this year. I was a little
Speaker 1: bit bummed about that. I have had one in the
Speaker 1: past couple of years, but that's okay. Looking forward to
Speaker 1: celebrating all sorts of things as we go along. Matt,
Speaker 1: any other under the radar picks for you or dms
Speaker 1: you want to highlight. I love that you said under
Speaker 1: the radar because if anyone caught our schedule release podcast
Speaker 1: last season. That was something that I was really pumped
Speaker 1: up to talk about, Like which game is kind of
Speaker 1: a sleeper game that not everyone is circling right away,
Speaker 1: but it's still something that you're paying close attention to.
Speaker 1: And you picked Houston last year as you're under the
Speaker 1: radar matchup that you were looking forward to, the Houston
Speaker 1: on the road. I think it was a San Antonio
Speaker 1: Houston back to two games and a couple of days
Speaker 1: on the road, but it was and then those ended
Speaker 1: up getting rescheduled due to some help and safety protocols
Speaker 1: shuffling around. Um, but yeah, not my best under the
Speaker 1: radar pick. I'm gonna, I'm gonna. I'm gonna do a
Speaker 1: better one this year, Matt, Do you have one I do?
Speaker 1: And notably absent from your string of tweets was the
Speaker 1: home Memphis game, and you mentioned Memphis again, but you
Speaker 1: mentioned the road game at the Grizzlies. So my under
Speaker 1: the radar matchup that I'm looking forward to the most
Speaker 1: is the Sixers hosting the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday, February
Speaker 1: twenty third, because it's the first game after the All
Speaker 1: Star break as well, not to mention the fact that
Speaker 1: it being February twenty third, it is part of hold on,
Speaker 1: I lost it that part of the schedule. We got
Speaker 1: a tweet from Hassan who said two twenty four through
Speaker 1: three four is a tough stretch Memphis, Boston, Miami twice,
Speaker 1: Dallas and Milwaukee. So I'm highlighting the start of that
Speaker 1: tough stretch in Hassan's opinion, with the Grizzlies game right
Speaker 1: after the All Star break, so it's good to have
Speaker 1: a few home games right around that time. Also notable
Speaker 1: in that stretches the Heat because that will be the
Speaker 1: first time that the Sixers and Heat play. If I
Speaker 1: didn't miscount, it's a home and home and the Sixers
Speaker 1: and Heat won't play until February twenty seventh, so quite
Speaker 1: a long time to see that rematch. But I'm going
Speaker 1: with the Memphis Grizzlies game for my pick here, what
Speaker 1: about you? I like your pick, and right you are
Speaker 1: about the Miami Heat. All three of those matchups will
Speaker 1: be following at the All Star Break this year, so
Speaker 1: fans that we're watching the playoffs this season on bated
Speaker 1: breath are going to have to, of course wait a
Speaker 1: little bit longer for that matchup, but could be a
Speaker 1: good thing because you'll sort of see what both teams
Speaker 1: will look like in their not complete product, but a
Speaker 1: more evolved product than perhaps if you see them earlier
Speaker 1: in the season. That's why I personally am a fan
Speaker 1: of that middle third of the season, as we've already
Speaker 1: talked about, so some of those Miami contests coming just
Speaker 1: slightly after the All Star break, looking forward to seeing
Speaker 1: how those teams match up. Indeed, Matt, I'm gonna pick two.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna pick both of the times that the Sixers
Speaker 1: and the La Clippers face off this season. The Clippers,
Speaker 1: of course, have had some bad luck with injuries. Their
Speaker 1: marquee players have not been available of late, but they
Speaker 1: remain a pretty big question mark for this season. Everyone
Speaker 1: should know with talent like that, no better than to
Speaker 1: count them out. But of course it's a little bit
Speaker 1: difficult to anticipate what those matchups are going to look like.
Speaker 1: A full strength Clippers team is going to be lethal
Speaker 1: when they get there. It's just a matter of when
Speaker 1: the Sixers play the Clippers in Philadelphia on December twenty third,
Speaker 1: and then shortly after in Los Angeles on January seventeenth,
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go ahead and circle the two Clippers matchups,
Speaker 1: just because we have no idea what those are going
Speaker 1: to look like that time of year, and of course
Speaker 1: hoping that both teams could potentially play each other at
Speaker 1: more strength than they played last season or even full strength.
Speaker 1: Looking forward to seeing what that team is able to
Speaker 1: do as they re enter the mix or anticipatedly re
Speaker 1: enter the mix this season. I love it, good picks.
Speaker 1: I wanted to end by just running through because we're
Speaker 1: so close to all of this training camp right around
Speaker 1: the corner preseason games October third, October fifth, October tenth,
Speaker 1: and October twelfth, Brooklyn on the road, Cleveland at home,
Speaker 1: then at Cleveland and then home against Charlotte opening night
Speaker 1: Tuesday October eighteenth at Boston Home Open, or Thursday October
Speaker 1: twentieth against the Milwaukee Bucks. And I wanted to wrap
Speaker 1: up with this because, again, follow the seventy six Ers
Speaker 1: Insiders podcast feed, I loved your conversation with assistant coach
Speaker 1: Dave Yager, which you mentioned at the top, so everybody
Speaker 1: be sure to go listen to that. I wanted to
Speaker 1: read a quote from another person you caught up with recently,
Speaker 1: and that was Tyrese Maxi at his camp in Philadelphia,
Speaker 1: and here's the quote. For a little something to hold
Speaker 1: everybody over, Tyrese Maxie said, I feel like I relate
Speaker 1: to everybody in this city, the fans that come to
Speaker 1: the games. They work and spend their hard earned money
Speaker 1: to be able to attend these games. I feel like
Speaker 1: I worked extremely hard to be able to get to
Speaker 1: where I am. Nothing was given to me, everything was earned,
Speaker 1: So I really understand where they're coming from on