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Speaker 2: How does it feel to be in this moment? And congratulations?
Speaker 3: Thank you it was great, I mean blessed by the best.
Speaker 3: I can't do anything but thank God and thanks the
Speaker 3: organization for taking the chance on me, and now I'm
Speaker 3: here and it's like my sake at home. So I'm
Speaker 3: very appreciative and very thankful.
Speaker 2: Back at the draft in twenty twenty, you promised that
Speaker 2: the organization wouldn't regret it wouldn't regret the pick twenty one.
Speaker 2: What were you feeling that night?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I keep saying the same things over and over
Speaker 3: like that was that was genuine emotion, genuine appreciation because
Speaker 3: as someone who felt like they should have would hire,
Speaker 3: you know, to fall to the Sixers of fal To,
Speaker 3: organization that has a championship aspiration, it meant the world
Speaker 3: to me that they took me, and they took a
Speaker 3: chance on me and was able to, you know, kind
Speaker 3: of help me develop into the player that I am today.
Speaker 3: So I'm very thankful and I will always go out
Speaker 3: there and repete Mike extremely hard as that I possibly can,
Speaker 3: every single night to help us win games.
Speaker 2: Everything the organization did with the Maxi Museum, Joel Embiid
Speaker 2: was part of it.
Speaker 1: He was there.
Speaker 2: He called you the best teammate that he's ever had.
Speaker 2: What did that mean to you? And why is it
Speaker 2: such a good partnership.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's a great partnership one because like
Speaker 3: we both know each other well honestly now, especially now,
Speaker 3: And it started when I first got here. I mean,
Speaker 3: he was a believer in me. He believed in my abilities.
Speaker 3: He also just believed in like a friendship. Like he
Speaker 3: trusted me and being his friend. And he didn't talk
Speaker 3: as much when you when I first got here. Now
Speaker 3: he's assumed me vocal. Now he's talking to everybody. Now
Speaker 3: he's you know, being more of a I think, a
Speaker 3: vocal leader and a frenchise leader that we need him
Speaker 3: to be so. And I'm very much appreciative him just
Speaker 3: being the leader and then him taking him taking myself
Speaker 3: under his wing, you know what I mean. Like he's
Speaker 3: been a great vet, great person to look up to,
Speaker 3: very stressful on the basketball court, very stressful and human
Speaker 3: being as well. So you know, kudos to Joel shot
Speaker 3: at him.
Speaker 2: Doctor j was part of that celebration of you. Don
Speaker 2: Staley coach Don Staley was part of it. In your
Speaker 2: four years here, What have you learned about the city
Speaker 2: of Philadelphia.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, it's a remarkable city. I mean, honestly,
Speaker 3: I didn't know any like a lot about it growing
Speaker 3: up because you know, Dallas, Philly or whatever. But now
Speaker 3: that I'm actually living here, now, I'm actually like being
Speaker 3: a part of the city. I have nothing but the
Speaker 3: almost respect for it. Especially the people that live in
Speaker 3: the city. They work extremely hard for what they have
Speaker 3: and they kind of just the kind of push me
Speaker 3: that same category. Honestly, you know, I have to work
Speaker 3: extremely hard for where I am today, and that's where
Speaker 3: that connection comes in there, So I understand where they're
Speaker 3: coming from. When they, you know, comes to games, they
Speaker 3: want us to come out there and put the you know,
Speaker 3: almost effort that we have and go out there and
Speaker 3: can be extremely hard, and as long as we do that,
Speaker 3: they're pretty happy.
Speaker 2: You're sharing a press conference day with Paul George. You
Speaker 2: have the podcast P sweatshirt on. What are some of
Speaker 2: the things that excite you about playing alongside him?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I just want to think he's a
Speaker 3: good guy, good person. I mean, yeah, the podcast P shirt.
Speaker 3: That was pretty cool. You know, he gave me, gave
Speaker 3: me a Swiss shirt. So you know, of course, you
Speaker 3: rip your teammates, you know what I mean. Whenever my
Speaker 3: teammates give me something, I always try to rip them.
Speaker 3: But other than that, just basketball wise, I feel like
Speaker 3: he brings a lot of different things that we haven't had,
Speaker 3: you know here in the sixths i've been here. You know,
Speaker 3: a wing score, somebody who's very versatile, who can shoot
Speaker 3: the ball, you know, off the dribble, off to catch guard,
Speaker 3: different positions, create shots on his own.
Speaker 1: I mean, the list goes on on and on.
Speaker 3: I think it's just a good fit, you know, with
Speaker 3: Joel and b as well, So anybody that fits playing
Speaker 3: with him.
Speaker 1: Is a great fit.
Speaker 2: And maybe play some golf together soon, is that?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 2: Cards, Yes, we.
Speaker 1: Will try to play some golf together soon.
Speaker 3: You know, it's a lot going on right now for
Speaker 3: the both of us, but I think we'll get in
Speaker 3: there soon.
Speaker 2: Reflecting quickly back on the season you just had, not
Speaker 2: only was it your first All Star season, but you
Speaker 2: also I haven't had the chance to ask you about
Speaker 2: winning Most Improved and the Sportsmanship Award. What did it
Speaker 2: mean to you to win each of those respectively, Well,
Speaker 2: earn the All Star bid, but also win those two
Speaker 2: other awards, And were those ever goals that you set
Speaker 2: out to achieve?
Speaker 1: Right?
Speaker 3: I think it was extremely important for me to win
Speaker 3: the Sportsmanship Award just because, like I was talking about
Speaker 3: how my grandmother, like before she passed away, her biggest
Speaker 3: thing was like, listen, this also goes and giving back
Speaker 3: as well.
Speaker 1: Because I want award.
Speaker 3: I think in November or December of you know, the
Speaker 3: year before last, season before last. But she's always on
Speaker 3: me about just like giving back and being a great person.
Speaker 1: Like she's like, you're gonna be good at basketball.
Speaker 3: You gonna be really good at basketball, but don't let
Speaker 3: that change who you are as a person. Don't let that,
Speaker 3: you know, make you not treat people or ready you
Speaker 3: want to be treated that.
Speaker 1: She was always big on that.
Speaker 3: So for me to win the sportsmanship where I'm the
Speaker 3: ultimate competitor, I hate losing. I really don't like losing
Speaker 3: at all, and I love winning. But I always respect
Speaker 3: my opponents, man Like I always you know, try to
Speaker 3: say hello to them after the game and you know,
Speaker 3: make sure they're straight, especially like former teammates of course,
Speaker 3: So that's number one and number two. Win and most
Speaker 3: improved has been a goal of mine since after my
Speaker 3: rookie year because I think my biggest step out of
Speaker 3: this league and like what people know me for is
Speaker 3: getting one percent better and find the ways every single
Speaker 3: year to come in and have something new added to
Speaker 3: my game.
Speaker 1: And because of that, you.
Speaker 3: Know, I'm so thankful for winning most of pre awarder
Speaker 3: because it's what I stand by, literally, what I stand
Speaker 3: by working hard every single day, day and day in
Speaker 3: and night in. So it's been great. So I can't
Speaker 3: I can't complain a boy it at all.
Speaker 2: Some of those improvements last summer where things like playmaking
Speaker 2: and I know you said high pick and roll decision making.
Speaker 2: Can you yet reveal what some things that you're working
Speaker 2: on this offseason or do we have to wait and see.
Speaker 3: I think we just have to wait and see, honestly,
Speaker 3: I mean, I think I have a lot of different
Speaker 3: things that I want to work on. For me, I'm
Speaker 3: very open and to getting better and like working on
Speaker 3: actually working on my weaknesses because I feel like it's
Speaker 3: one it's fun. It's fun to work on something that
Speaker 3: you're not good, especially being a high level basketball player.
Speaker 3: You're so like a lot of us are so good
Speaker 3: at a lot of different things. When we're not good
Speaker 3: at something, it's a challenge for us, especially for myself,
Speaker 3: and to try to get better every single day. So
Speaker 3: that's those things that I've been working on and you know,
Speaker 3: just my mind as well.
Speaker 1: My mind.
Speaker 3: I know I'm going to have to go out here
Speaker 3: and help to lead this team as well. So those
Speaker 3: are some things that I've been working on, just vocally
Speaker 3: being able to coach a guy act do things. So
Speaker 3: I have, like, you know, one of my best friends
Speaker 3: working out with me, and I think it's really good
Speaker 3: for me because I mean he's not skilled, why he's
Speaker 3: not on the same level. So I can kind of
Speaker 3: teach him some things, you know what I'm saying, to
Speaker 3: talk him through some things. I think I'm gonna have
Speaker 3: to do that. Another skill of that I'm really working on.
Speaker 3: So him being there, him being able to help me,
Speaker 3: like just like kind of learn that skill and kind
Speaker 3: of find two that skill.
Speaker 1: It's been great.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna end by barring from one of my favorite podcasters,
Speaker 2: what's something that you were thankful for in this past
Speaker 2: week or these past few weeks.
Speaker 1: I've heard that before a few times.
Speaker 3: I think what I can say that I've been thankful
Speaker 3: for is my support system. And when I say that,
Speaker 3: I don't say it mean just my family, because my
Speaker 3: family's been there since day one, but my best friends,
Speaker 3: my agency, you know, those guys, like that little support
Speaker 3: group has been has been big for me. Man Like,
Speaker 3: they have done a lot for me. They have made
Speaker 3: me feel very special. They have made me you know,
Speaker 3: I'm a guy where I don't really like celebrating my
Speaker 3: own stuff, Like that's not something that I like to do.
Speaker 3: But they maybe take time and actually celebrate some things
Speaker 3: and they put some stuff together. I don't like surprise,
Speaker 3: but they put some stuff together for me. That's been great.
Speaker 3: So I'm very appreciative of them, man Like. They've they
Speaker 3: showed a lot of love and they do a lot
Speaker 3: of sacrifice sacrifices for me, so I can't complain, though
Speaker 3: I appreciate them.
Speaker 2: So, you know, the last one with something that you
Speaker 2: want to get one percent better at in the next
Speaker 2: week or so.
Speaker 3: Right right, I think the biggest thing that I want
Speaker 3: to get one percent better at is I started reading
Speaker 3: like the Game of Thrones series books. So I need
Speaker 3: to get consistent more consistently reading those books because like
Speaker 3: I'm just a big Game of Thrones fan, you know
Speaker 3: what I mean. So it's like I don't want to
Speaker 3: know everything I can about Game of Thrones, house to Dragons,
Speaker 3: all those different things and all the tar games, all
Speaker 3: those different things. So I think that's one thing I
Speaker 3: can say I get one percent better at all.
Speaker 2: Right, we'll let you get to it. Tyrese Maxley, thanks
Speaker 2: so much, appreciate that