WEBVTT - The BroadCast | Mailbag Monday - Showing Love for Shake 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.640 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers Podcast network 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:08.639 search seventy Sixers Podcast wherever you get your pods. We 0:00:08.680 --> 0:00:11.480 are back on a Monday, and that means it's time 0:00:11.520 --> 0:00:15.800 for another mail bag Mounday. I'm Brian Seltzer, I'm Laren Rosen, 0:00:16.040 --> 0:00:18.760 And if you were following along in seventy Sixers World 0:00:18.840 --> 0:00:22.759 on Sunday night, you knew that at around seven o'clock 0:00:22.800 --> 0:00:25.560 there was supposed to be a game. Well ninety minutes 0:00:25.560 --> 0:00:28.280 before that, we learned there was not going to be 0:00:28.360 --> 0:00:31.440 a Sixers game. Their matchup on the road, second night 0:00:31.480 --> 0:00:35.320 of a back to back against Oklahoma City was postponed 0:00:35.440 --> 0:00:39.480 as a result of precautionary measures surrounding a positive test 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:43.800 that resulted from the seventy Sixers game against Memphis on Saturday, 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:47.239 A very tight, close game. The Sixers came up two 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:49.320 points short. What would you end up doing with the 0:00:49.320 --> 0:00:55.920 free Sunday night, Lauren? I had a family virtual birthday situation, 0:00:56.160 --> 0:00:58.440 so I was going to be balancing that with the 0:00:58.480 --> 0:01:00.880 game anyway, and so it was kind of nice that 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:02.880 I got to just focus on one thing instead of 0:01:02.960 --> 0:01:06.120 having split attention. It was meant to be a Rosen 0:01:06.560 --> 0:01:14.600 family gathering virtual style, uninterrupted. Indeed, great, excellent. Well, we 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:17.160 just try to make use of our our free nights 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:20.440 and we can. I ordered some Chinese with a wife, kids, 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:23.280 went down to bed at a reasonable hour, and we 0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:27.080 watched the first two episodes of Your Honor on Showtime. 0:01:27.200 --> 0:01:29.639 Not sure if you've heard of it, Brian Cranston, new show. 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:32.479 I've heard it's excellent. Actually, someone just told me about 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:34.360 that show yesterday, so I might have to check it out. 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:37.360 I was glued, I was fixed to it. I had 0:01:37.400 --> 0:01:39.520 to cut myself off after two episodes because it was 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:42.280 getting late. My wife fell asleep after the first one, 0:01:42.440 --> 0:01:44.520 but she even still liked it. She watched one and 0:01:44.520 --> 0:01:48.000 then fell asleep. So usually her quota for an episode 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:51.360 on a night watch is like one, so we got 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:52.640 one out of her, and then she fell asleep for 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:54.440 episode two, and now I'm gonna have to go back 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:56.440 and rewatch episode two with her. But it's good. I 0:01:56.560 --> 0:01:59.160 like it, So that love that for you, guys. I'm 0:01:59.200 --> 0:02:02.560 glad you got to have it non basketball evening as 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:04.560 a couple. We'll take him when we can get him, 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:08.320 you know, the little things, Because there have been, of course, 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:11.680 a lot of basketball evenings. It was trending at one 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:14.240 point last week Lauren that I thought we were going 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:17.560 to have a semi regular mail bag Monday. We haven't 0:02:17.600 --> 0:02:19.320 had a lot of them yet, but we're shooting to 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:21.560 have as many regular, normal ones as we possibly can. 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:23.360 And I thought we're gonna have a normal one. But then, 0:02:23.360 --> 0:02:26.760 of course Sunday night's game was postponed. So last we 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:29.360 left off with the sixer is a tough defeat against 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:32.720 the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday by two points, a game 0:02:32.760 --> 0:02:35.399 they could have won. Yeah, a game they should have won, 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:37.960 probably not, So I was trying to think of how 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:40.240 can we theme the mail bag this week to try 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:45.240 and sing sunshine, unicorns and rainbows. I don't think we 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:47.760 have to force it too much because Shake Milton has 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:53.600 been frigging awesome. He has been just phenomenal, perhaps the 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:57.040 best sixth man in the league right now, continuing towards 0:02:57.080 --> 0:02:59.120 a potential award at the end of the season. I've 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:01.040 heard buzz for I'm curious what you think about this. 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:03.480 I've heard buzz for Shake Milton most improved player. But 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:06.880 I would argue that this improvement started last season. So 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:11.520 if you're just noticing it now welcome, But I would 0:03:11.520 --> 0:03:15.480 say sixth Man of the Year type situation feels a 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:19.320 little bit more on the news for mister Milton. But 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:21.720 it's cool to even have his name being brought up 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:23.520 in discussions like these. I mean, if we had said 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:25.000 a year ago that he was going to be considered 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:27.280 for these types of awards, you would know that he 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:29.160 was going to have quite a year, and he has. 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:31.480 I don't think the two needs to be mutually exclusive. 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:34.080 I think that you can have a most improved Shake 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:36.880 Milton and a best sixth man Shake Milton all about it. 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:38.520 I mean there's a lot there's a lot of people 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:41.280 on this team that are going to be candidates for awards. Yes, 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:46.120 very cool. We talked about that, yeah, on our Friday 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:48.800 Deep Dive with Devon last week, which I enjoyed. We'll 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:51.280 have another one coming up this week. Talked about Joel 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:55.880 embiid MVP possibilities, Tyrese Maxie, and the conversation for some 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:59.280 of the highest rookie honors. We always know Ben Simmons 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:01.920 is going to be a prey, an All League defensive candidate, 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:04.400 So I agree with you. I think the seventy six 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:08.200 ers about a month in individually, guys are shining and 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:11.560 standing out. I would add Tobias Harris potential all star. 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:14.240 I would say that when the Coach of the Year 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:17.560 Executive of the Year conversation begins, we should have a 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:20.520 couple of people in the conversation there. If things continue 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:23.440 the way that they have been. I mean, obviously they've 0:04:23.480 --> 0:04:26.080 counted more losses than they've wanted to in the last 0:04:26.160 --> 0:04:30.839 few or let's say week and a half, but all 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:34.919 the losses have been undermanned. Right when the core group 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:37.880 is together, they haven't lost yet. So I am curious 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:39.840 to see, once they can all get back together again, 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:43.680 however long that might take, how good they will continue 0:04:43.800 --> 0:04:46.080 to look, and how they will grow. Because if you 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:49.599 remember Celts before, guys had to go out with health 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:52.960 and safety protocols. Before Joel has had to deal with 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:56.600 his irritation. Let's say, because it feels like the injury 0:04:56.640 --> 0:05:00.280 isn't as serious. The folks that make those decisions don't 0:05:00.320 --> 0:05:02.560 want us to look at this injury as something super serious, 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:05.440 so let's call it an irritation. But those guys were 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:07.960 all saying they think they can get better, and then 0:05:08.640 --> 0:05:10.960 we lost a lot of people for a couple of weeks, 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:14.480 so I'm excited to see how they sort of capitalize 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:17.279 on what they were saying prior to becoming as shorthanded 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:19.919 as they've been. That was a ramble. I apologize, but 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:23.159 I think you know where I'm going. Ramble perhaps, but 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:26.760 well articulated points and valid points as well. I think 0:05:26.800 --> 0:05:29.720 so much excitement surrounding this team in recent days has 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:32.080 had to do with the continued emergence of Shake, Milton. 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:34.080 Like you said, Lauren, for people who have been in 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:36.760 the know with the Sixers, shouldn't be surprising to see 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:39.040 Shake continue to do great things. We saw it emerge 0:05:39.040 --> 0:05:41.440 around this time last year, and whether it was during 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:44.479 the hiatus coming back in training camp after missing a 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:47.479 week due to health and safety protocols, our guy has 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:49.680 not missed a beat. So this is going to be 0:05:49.760 --> 0:05:56.159 a Milton mail bag Monday. Let us dip in. You 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:59.560 have one new message. We're going to start with someone 0:05:59.560 --> 0:06:01.520 who's become a good friend of ours in terms of 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:04.719 submissions through the Graham Nicole dot France. She's chimed in 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:06.360 a couple of times and I wanted to start off 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:09.800 with this prompt from her. I see how consistent Shake's been, 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:12.960 even after sitting out due to health and safety protocols. 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:15.200 I threw up on my Instagram, which is at Seltzer 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:18.000 six or snaps what's impressing the most about Shake and 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:20.800 Nicole talking about how consistent he's been. And yes, the 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:23.520 man has come out and he has scored fifty nine 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:28.440 points in his first two games back from a week's absence. 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:30.599 Pretty damn good. I thought it was funny after the 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:33.760 first game back when Tobias Harris, Shake, Milton Matisse Bible 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:36.920 came back from their week away. Tobias said after the game, 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:38.960 I need to know where Shake has been staying, because 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:41.119 he must have some sort of great gym setup, because 0:06:41.120 --> 0:06:43.640 he really came out firing, I mean, the first game 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:47.839 back to set a season high. He obviously didn't misbeat it, 0:06:47.839 --> 0:06:49.760 and it is interesting that that could potentially be a 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:51.440 little bit of a silver lining when these guys have 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:54.720 to take time away that is precautionary, not because of 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:58.359 an illness, that they can at least get fresh legs 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:00.160 under him. Because we talked about that with all three 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:02.719 of the guys that came back, they all looked pretty fresh, 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:06.160 pretty spry out there, which is a rare sight when 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:08.599 the season is as condensed as it is this year. 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:10.800 I couldn't agree with you more. That's something that I've 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:12.400 been thinking of more and more in the back of 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:16.160 my mind. Is just especially when it comes to Shake, like, yeah, 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:19.680 the guy looks fresh, and maybe this time where he just, 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:21.520 even though it was a few weeks into the season, 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:25.640 had an opportunity to reset recharge might have done him 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:28.800 some good because he's come out and he has played fantastic. 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:30.960 I mean, just looking at some of his numbers over 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:33.640 the last two games, he's combined to shoot twenty one 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:37.080 of thirty three from the field, and he's five for 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:40.200 nine from outside the arc, twelve or thirteen from the 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:44.080 free throw line, and eleven assists. I think he's just 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:46.920 had a really well rounded two games where the Sixers 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:49.800 talking about Miami and then at Memphis. And that's even 0:07:49.880 --> 0:07:52.520 considering in the first half of the Memphis game he 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:54.520 had a bit of a slower start, and Doc Rivers 0:07:54.520 --> 0:07:55.600 said it looked like he was trying to get his 0:07:55.600 --> 0:08:00.160 teammates involved, but that Doc would prefer that when he's hot, 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:03.120 he stays hot, keeps going, keeps shooting, keeps commanding attention 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:05.840 and commanding touches, and as soon as he did that 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:08.640 in the second half, obviously he exploded. So interesting to 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:10.840 hear that Doc wants him to be even more aggressive 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:13.760 than he has been because it feels like it feels 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:16.640 like Shake is still developing right, Like this isn't peak 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:21.560 Shake Milton yet and that's really exciting. Thank you Nicole 0:08:21.640 --> 0:08:26.920 Franz on Instagram for leading us off on this week's mailbag. 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:30.240 You have one new message. Next up, We're going to 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:35.960 Glubin Flubin also through igs saying Shake Milton. What impresses 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:38.640 you the most about him? And gluben Fluban says his 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:42.680 physicality and ability to now finish through contact compared to 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:47.000 last year is amazing. I concur I think for me 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:49.080 this has been one of the things I've enjoyed watching 0:08:49.080 --> 0:08:52.959 The most about Shake this season is the man lowers 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:56.839 the head down, steam rolls through traffic, gets the rim 0:08:57.240 --> 0:08:59.839 finishing and we're seeing the rewards of that. Of course, 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:02.200 he's scoring, but he's also getting the line more, which 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:05.400 I think Bode's great for him and great for the Sixers. Yeah, 0:09:05.440 --> 0:09:07.280 he's not scared of anybody. Then he'll tell you that 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:08.840 he feels like he can match up with anybody in 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:11.320 this league. He has no problem going for it against 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:16.400 top defenders. And that comment makes me think of what 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:20.160 Shake told us in his preseason interview that he had 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:22.240 gained a bunch of weight, and we sort of said, okay, 0:09:22.280 --> 0:09:23.959 like maybe he has. It was kind of hard to tell, 0:09:24.040 --> 0:09:25.760 we hadn't seen him play yet, but it sounded like 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:28.960 maybe he was I don't know, overselling the weight that 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:30.880 he had gained, but I see it, Selts. I think 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:32.760 he looks like he has built up a lot of 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:35.080 muscle and he's able to drive through traffic that way 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:38.480 because his body can absorb that type of impact now. 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:40.840 So props to him for like really making the most 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:43.800 of a condensed offseason. We talk about this season being condensed, 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:45.920 but they didn't have that much time away. So for 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:48.320 him to build muscle and to change his body in 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:50.320 that time that they had is really impressive to me. 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:54.440 It's funny to that end. I was looking through Giffee 0:09:55.280 --> 0:09:58.520 to post a gift of Shake the other day, and 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:00.800 I was trying to see if there was anything current 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:03.440 from our gift station that we had for our meady 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:07.040 days this year. There was not, but My point to 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:09.160 all this is that I could tell that there was 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:11.600 not because I was seeing some of the gifts from 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:13.760 previous seasons, and I'm like, that looks like a young Shake. 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:18.800 Shake today looks like an older, more physically mature, chiseled Shake, tough, 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:21.839 Shake well, And that's a conversation that we keep having 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:24.800 with a few of these guys. Shake Milton all of 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:27.440 a sudden, not a youngster on this team. Same with 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:30.280 a Ben Simmons, with a Joel Embiid, even a Matisse Thyble. 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:33.600 Like these guys are are young ish, especially Shake Matisse, 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:37.000 but they're not like these young gangly kids anymore. Like 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:39.800 these guys are are are making moves and taking steps 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:41.960 in a cool direction. I agree Shake is playing like 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:45.000 an adult. Shake is not a surprise. He's not some 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:48.400 standout kid that's coming in that no one's heard of. 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:50.520 Like he is an adult and an established player in 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:52.680 this league now, and I think that's really cool considering 0:10:52.760 --> 0:10:55.480 the story and the path that he took. Gluben Fluben, 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:59.040 thank you very much to the voicemail line we go 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:02.760 you have one new message Chapters. Night's game was canceled. 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:06.080 I was mostly disappointed in just being not being able 0:11:06.080 --> 0:11:09.240 to see Shake Milton play. It is a pleasure watching 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:12.040 him play so smooth, and you just root for a 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:15.400 guy like that. I am with you, Adam. I too 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:18.599 was bummed that Sunday's game was postponed. I mean, I 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:20.440 did enjoy being able to spend some time in each 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:23.520 Chinese and watch Your Honor with my wife, But I 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:26.439 was looking to see how Shake Milton backed up yet 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:29.720 another great game on Saturday in trying to lead the 0:11:29.720 --> 0:11:31.959 seventy six Ers to what was hopefully a rebound and 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:34.240 a win after the road trip got off to a 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:37.959 little bit of a bumpy start. He is really smooth. 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:40.760 That's one of the things I thought. Adam hit the 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:43.120 nail on and he said, it's easy to root for 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:45.719 a guy like that. And shake story is a terrific one. 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:50.679 I mean, on the surface, right, fifty fourth pick three 0:11:50.760 --> 0:11:53.200 years ago got it. That's a great story to see 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:55.280 someone doing what he's doing. But the fact that he 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:58.840 was injured his third year in college probably knocked him 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:01.600 out of the first round and the Sixers were still 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:03.679 able to get him, and he's fought through injuries and 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:06.199 being in and out of the lineup with the Sixers, 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:08.800 especially through his first two years, really the first year 0:12:08.840 --> 0:12:10.560 and a half, and here he is. He's been a 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:13.480 great success story. And we know how hard the guys 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:16.160 put in the work behind the scenes. Well, he spent time, 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:17.920 plenty of time in the G League those first two 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:20.080 years were more G League than NBA, and then when 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:23.400 he spent time more so with the Sixers last season, 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:24.920 it took a long time for him to get an 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:27.560 opportunity to even play. And so we have to keep 0:12:27.559 --> 0:12:29.560 in mind the way that Shake Milton stayed ready and 0:12:29.559 --> 0:12:33.520 prepared himself without getting legitimate NBA minutes, and then all 0:12:33.600 --> 0:12:36.600 of a sudden, was just totally ready. Like you said 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:39.720 about a year ago, when Ben Simmons was out, Shake 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:41.880 came in and he was completely ready. It didn't take 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:43.920 him any time to ramp up to the competition, It 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:46.880 didn't take him any time to adjust to NBA play 0:12:47.000 --> 0:12:49.240 versus G League plays. The amount of work that he 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:52.800 must have been putting in behind the scenes can't be understated. 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:55.800 He really came into a league that he maybe wasn't 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:58.040 prepared for at the beginning, and all of a sudden 0:12:58.080 --> 0:13:00.880 looked entirely prepared for. This is a guy that really 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:02.800 puts in work, and I think it bodes well for 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:04.600 the future that he's going to continue to work at 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:07.720 this rate. Sky's kind of the limit for our guy, Shake. 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:11.120 Keep going back to some of the insights about Shake 0:13:11.200 --> 0:13:13.760 that his mom, Lisa gave us. During the off season, 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:15.480 we did a Mother's Day feature on a couple of 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:17.440 players and their moms. We had the chance, Laura and 0:13:17.440 --> 0:13:19.400 I did to speak with Lisa Milton, just giving us 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:23.240 insights into the shaping of Shake. It might be worth 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:25.440 a reshare at some point soon. I think it might 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:27.760 be time when I get it back out there, let 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:33.040 people dive into some of Shake's backstory. But yeah, I mean, like, hey, 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:36.640 he not only was committed to basketball because his dad 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:38.280 played with him. When his dad passed away, he had 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:40.720 to take on a lot of ownership, helping out his 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:44.920 mom with the family, all that stuff. He is a determined, 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:47.280 focused dude, There's no doubt about it. Yeah, and just 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:50.280 an elite human. I really enjoy Shake. He's very kind, 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:54.800 He's very a little soft spoken, and talking to his 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:56.920 mom and seeing where he came from really was special. 0:13:56.960 --> 0:13:59.320 I agree with you, maybe time for a reshare of 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:00.920 the conversation that we got to have with his mom, 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:02.760 who was, by the way, lovely. It's not a surprise 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:05.920 that Shake ended up lovely, but yeah, really cool to 0:14:05.920 --> 0:14:07.960 see where these guys come from, because we forget that 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:09.880 they didn't They didn't pop out of the woman into 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:12.240 the world NBA players, like someone had to raise all 0:14:12.280 --> 0:14:15.679 of these people that are now big stars, and it's 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:18.240 really cool to see where they all came from, especially 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:20.880 a guy like Shake who had to work for everything 0:14:20.880 --> 0:14:23.800 that he's gotten. Adam, thank you for that. On the 0:14:23.880 --> 0:14:26.480 voicemail line again, you can hit us anytime with any 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:29.480 type of Sixers thought you want two on five four 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:33.680 zero three pods two on five four zero three seven 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:37.360 six three seven more in the mail bag with Shake 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:40.040 Milton in a moment. But Lauren and I want to 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:42.440 tell you about a really exciting announcement the seventy sixers 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:46.040 made earlier on Monday, Martin Luther King Day, and that 0:14:46.320 --> 0:14:50.720 is the seventy Sixers by Black program Yes Love It 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:56.280 Sixers dot com slash by Black local owned black businesses 0:14:56.840 --> 0:15:00.600 have an opportunity to apply Lauren for some awsome assistance 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:03.440 funded by the seventy Sixers as part of their twenty 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:08.200 million dollar investment towards championing racial equality, and it was 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:11.840 awesome to see this program launch on Martin Luther King 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:14.760 Day very appropriately and just seeing how it's going to 0:15:14.800 --> 0:15:19.200 try and assist local owned black businesses is really refreshing 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:23.320 and exciting, very important, very good to see. And like 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:25.880 you said, Sixers dot Com Slash by Black, that is 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:28.440 an opportunity for any business to apply to become an 0:15:28.440 --> 0:15:30.640 official partner of the team, which I think is really cool, 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:33.200 really special, and I hope that a lot of businesses 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:35.680 are going to be able to be rightfully highlighted by 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:38.400 this initiative. So if you're listening out there and your 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:42.320 local black business owner, sixers dot com slash by Black, 0:15:42.600 --> 0:15:45.880 more information there about how you can apply for grants 0:15:46.120 --> 0:15:50.080 assistance and that is open through February. The second is 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:54.600 part of these seventy Sixers by Black program. Back to 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:59.080 the Milton Monday mail bag we go. We'll return to 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:04.800 our social mentions. Mott Liam on Instagram. What is impression 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:07.280 the most about Shake Milton? He's holding his own on 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:11.840 defense Defense spelled larn d e f e n ce. 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:16.040 So I'm wondering from where mot Liam hails, perhaps from 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:19.720 across the pond maybe we have to look up where 0:16:19.760 --> 0:16:24.760 defense is spelled to the C possible possible, and he 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:28.600 says aggressive offensively and some serious finishing skills. We talked 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:32.280 about the aggressive offense and some serious finishing skills, and 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:35.400 I think that when it comes to the defensive side, Larn, 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:38.440 I mean, that's that's really where Shaik has a great 0:16:38.480 --> 0:16:42.120 opportunity to continue to grow over the course of his career. 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:45.080 And so far the numbers are pretty good. He's sub 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:47.880 one hundred with his individual defensive rating, and I think 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:50.600 that that's an area where his strength, his increased strength 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:52.560 that we were discussing, is going to help him that 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:56.240 much more as well. He's made big time strides on 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:58.360 the defensive end, and it's something that he and Doc 0:16:58.440 --> 0:17:00.760 Rivers both expressed. We're going to be already for Shake 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:03.560 this year because he is so good offensively that Doc 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:05.520 didn't want him to be a liability on defense. He 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:07.359 wanted to be someone that he could trust on defense, 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:09.240 and Shake wanted to be that person, and he's totally 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:11.680 answered the call. I do think he's done a really 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:15.200 good job defensively. He's definitely not a liability over there, 0:17:15.600 --> 0:17:19.000 and we forget Shake milton seven foot wingspan on a 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:21.960 six five guy, So there are opportunities for him to 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:24.359 be a really good defender, especially when it comes to 0:17:24.440 --> 0:17:27.600 that length. And it's been cool to see him express 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:30.199 his desire to grow and then grow rather quickly on 0:17:30.200 --> 0:17:32.680 that end, no doubt about it. I think that is 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:34.080 only going to make him that much more of a 0:17:34.080 --> 0:17:37.240 complete player once that continues to round out. Thank you 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:40.639 very much, mott Leam, you have one new message. Alex 0:17:40.680 --> 0:17:44.280 Penny Underscore also on Instagram talking about Shake Milton's defense 0:17:44.359 --> 0:17:48.560 being on the rise. Alex his comment also said he 0:17:48.680 --> 0:17:52.760 is a genuine baller. His advanced stats have him at 0:17:52.840 --> 0:17:55.600 top forty. Is to the point about Shake being a 0:17:55.640 --> 0:17:57.800 genuine bawler. I think, going back to what you said, Lauren, 0:17:57.840 --> 0:18:01.720 with that like quiet confidence, this is like I'm not 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:05.480 messing around Shake. I like this attitude from Shake. I 0:18:05.520 --> 0:18:09.840 think I'll say this. I think at one point, like right, 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:13.080 there was the soft spokenness and like maybe a gentle 0:18:13.320 --> 0:18:15.399 side to Shake. I think he's still soft spoken, but 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:18.520 I think the gentleness shed I think this is a 0:18:18.600 --> 0:18:24.160 more kind of like mean has the wrong connotations, but intense, 0:18:24.320 --> 0:18:27.280 like I wish I could use some other words here 0:18:27.400 --> 0:18:30.040 that are coming to mind more easily. But hopefully everyone 0:18:30.080 --> 0:18:32.320 out there is is getting the picture I'm trying to 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:34.600 paint here. It's just like I'm not messing around. Shake 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:37.200 insert some other words. Well, it's a confident shake. I'm 0:18:37.200 --> 0:18:38.879 willing to go with confident. I think you can be 0:18:38.920 --> 0:18:40.800 gentle and confident at the same time, and you're on 0:18:40.920 --> 0:18:43.800 court persona and off court persona do not have to match, 0:18:44.200 --> 0:18:47.360 So I would say this is a very confident shake Milton's. 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:49.639 It's the way that Doc wants him to be playing 0:18:49.680 --> 0:18:51.840 with his foot on the gas all the time, and 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:54.639 it is cool to see him bring that drive, that determination, 0:18:54.640 --> 0:18:57.280 and that confidence to the court on a nightly basis. 0:18:57.320 --> 0:18:59.119 Because this is not a guy that's timid. This is 0:18:59.160 --> 0:19:00.680 not a guy that's trying to give up the ball. 0:19:00.720 --> 0:19:02.760 When he has it. He knows what to do. He 0:19:02.800 --> 0:19:05.200 knows how to find his teammates when that's the right move, 0:19:05.280 --> 0:19:06.960 but he also knows how to take it into his 0:19:07.000 --> 0:19:10.399 own hands and get buckets. So props to shake. Seriously, 0:19:10.480 --> 0:19:12.080 this has been This has been really awesome to watch. 0:19:12.160 --> 0:19:15.439 Maybe one of my favorite plot lines during my time 0:19:15.560 --> 0:19:18.000 with the Sixers is seeing how well he has advanced 0:19:18.000 --> 0:19:21.159 in such a short amount of time, something that Alex 0:19:21.240 --> 0:19:23.320 Penny also brought up. He alluded to some of the 0:19:23.880 --> 0:19:28.080 advanced statistics having Shake up pretty high one advanced at 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:29.560 least from the last couple of games. That I love 0:19:29.920 --> 0:19:33.879 his effective field goal percentage, which waits three pointers made 0:19:34.760 --> 0:19:38.960 more than two pointers is over seventy one percent. I mean, 0:19:39.000 --> 0:19:41.640 his game has just been so well rounded, especially as 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:44.480 of late larn and I love the fact that Doc 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:48.000 Rivers is doing nothing to try and dampen his confidence. 0:19:48.040 --> 0:19:50.840 If anything, he wants to empower Shake that much more. 0:19:51.359 --> 0:19:54.000 And his teammates are too. His teammates are totally gassing 0:19:54.040 --> 0:19:56.920