WEBVTT - Friday Deep Dive | Winning Streak Takeaways 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.640 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers podcast network 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:08.720 search seventy Sixers Podcast wherever you get your pods. The 0:00:08.840 --> 0:00:11.959 seventy Sixers are surging down the home stretch of the season. 0:00:12.039 --> 0:00:15.520 The number one seed in the East is within their grass. 0:00:15.680 --> 0:00:18.119 The Sixers now increase their lead in the East over 0:00:18.200 --> 0:00:21.120 the Brooklyn Nets forty five and twenty one. They are 0:00:21.200 --> 0:00:23.520 winners of six in a row. We've seen a lot 0:00:23.560 --> 0:00:25.960 of good lately. Staff Curry has been on a tear 0:00:26.079 --> 0:00:29.680 and we discussed the team's overall chemistry. Bible blocks the shot. 0:00:29.880 --> 0:00:32.159 Simmons on the run against Porter goes right to the 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:34.760 rim and ladies it in and I love what Matisse's 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:38.519 Bible has been doing. And of course Ben Simmons impact 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:43.400 has been big. I'm Lauren Rosen, I'm Devon Gibbons, and 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:46.640 I'm Brian Seltzer. We are feeling positive about the seventy 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:49.440 sixers chances. We talked about it all. You're on the 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:57.160 Friday Deep Dive High times. Guys in seventy Sixers land 0:00:57.480 --> 0:01:01.000 right now, this squad isn't just winning games, winning in 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:06.120 convincing fashion to steamrolling these opponents. Taking a very big 0:01:06.160 --> 0:01:10.280 advantage of a favorable schedule. Dare we say Lauren and 0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:15.000 Devon total driver's seat control of the number one seed 0:01:15.080 --> 0:01:17.240 right now in the Eastern Conference with about a week 0:01:17.240 --> 0:01:20.200 and a half to go. I am willing to say so, Yes, Selts, 0:01:20.280 --> 0:01:23.479 they wanted to control their own destiny with a little 0:01:23.480 --> 0:01:25.720 bit of help from a couple other rival teams in 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:27.960 the Eastern Conference and beyond. Actually, if you look at 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:30.760 the Dallas MAVs win over the Bucks, or rather the 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:33.840 Nets on Thursday night, they've They've got a little bit 0:01:33.840 --> 0:01:36.440 of help from other teams around the league, but still 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:38.600 managed to get that one seed to be in control 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:40.520 of their own destiny headed down the stretch, and the 0:01:40.560 --> 0:01:42.880 schedule is pretty favorable. So I'm with you. I think 0:01:42.920 --> 0:01:45.520 they're they're in control at least for now. Yes, they 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:48.320 are smacking teams right now, as they should the way 0:01:48.360 --> 0:01:51.040 the schedule has played out, and a little you know, 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:53.360 a little bumpy here and there where you allow the 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:57.880 leads to you know, dwindle where it makes for an 0:01:57.920 --> 0:02:01.840 interesting finish, but overall they are in control of their 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:05.960 own destiny with six games remaining, starting tonight against the 0:02:05.960 --> 0:02:09.440 New Orleans Pelicans. Back here, payback by the way, and 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:12.560 just yeah, the favorable schedule. And I was one that 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:15.560 when we were all talking about this weeks ago and 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:18.359 looking at the favorable schedule, you just never know how 0:02:18.400 --> 0:02:19.840 things are going to play out, So I was a 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:22.240 little reluctant to hold onto that. But the way that 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:25.520 things have played out, I agree with you both that 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:28.640 they are taking full advantage of the opportunity with the 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:34.480 favorable schedule and six games and counting going into Friday's game, 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:37.119 the Sixers obviously tying a season high. On this six 0:02:37.200 --> 0:02:40.840 game winning streak, they've outscored the opposition by a total 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:44.280 of one hundred and thirty one points, and that's with 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:47.160 one of the games being a two point overtime win 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:49.959 against San Antonio, where if they didn't screw around with 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:52.320 the game, that probably was on the way to being 0:02:52.360 --> 0:02:55.200 a fifteen or twenty point wins. So I think it's 0:02:55.200 --> 0:02:57.600 just been really impressive. I think we talked about this 0:02:57.639 --> 0:03:00.360 here last week, but to me, one of the most 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:04.399 encouraging things is that I feel the way they've gone 0:03:04.400 --> 0:03:06.880 about these games, or flex the mindset of this team 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:10.480 right now, how seriously they're taking it. They could rest 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:13.720 some more guys than they have been they could try 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:17.080 to manage their workload a little bit more, but they've 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:19.160 really been going after that number one seed and I 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:22.440 think they've regardless of the caliber of opponent on the 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:24.400 other side, it seems like they are going about this 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:27.800 in a very business on a mission fashion, at least 0:03:27.800 --> 0:03:30.239 to me, as they should. When you look at something 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:32.640 like this and an opportunity like this that presents it, 0:03:32.680 --> 0:03:35.560 so you have to worry about yourself. You cannot worry 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:38.440 about who else is right right behind you, right next 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:40.360 to you, right in front of you. You You have to 0:03:40.400 --> 0:03:42.760 take care of business yourself and let it all play out. 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:46.080 And as a result, as Lauren just pointed out, with 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:49.280 now the Brooklyn Nets losing on Thursday night to the 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:53.000 Dallas Mavericks, it creates another opportunity for the Sixers two. 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:55.280 I mean, they're humans, so it's not as if they 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:57.760 don't know what happened on Thursday night and what is 0:03:57.760 --> 0:04:00.440 in front of them. But you handle your business and 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:03.760 everything will fall into place. And then you look at 0:04:03.800 --> 0:04:06.120 the pathway that you have now created for yourself from 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:09.600 all the hard work, from all the hard work through 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:12.240 the season, with everything that has hit all the teams 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:16.400 with COVID and players missing games, you still position yourself 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:18.000 to be in the number one and if it does 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:21.640 come down to a seven game, seventh game in any series, 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:23.719 they have to play on your floor. And that's what 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:26.520 you work so hard for to do. And if any 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:29.760 of these teams want to feel overconfident and believe that 0:04:30.160 --> 0:04:32.640 they don't need that number one seed, well guess what. 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:34.800 Maybe the Sixers don't need the number one seed, but 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:37.520 it's great to have it and not have that conversation later. 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:41.120 Even if it's only a couple percentage points, you gotta 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:44.000 believe the odds increase in your favor if you do 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:47.360 have that number one seed in subsequent home court advantage. Lauren, 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:49.080 I really like one of the things that Doc Rivers 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:52.000 said after the game I believe it was either before 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:55.760 or after the game on Wednesday against Houston that he 0:04:55.800 --> 0:05:00.799 feels like the Sixers right now are playing against themselves more, 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:03.440 if not the same amount then the opposition. I like that. 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:06.080 I think that's a great way to frame things right now. 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:09.279 Just try to beat yourself, play against yourself, be the 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:12.000 best version of yourself. Well, it's interesting selves because Joel 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:14.360 Embiid sort of echoed that point in his own way 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:16.720 post game, saying that he wants to be playing some 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:19.359 more contentious matchups heading into the playoffs. He wants to 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:22.840 have to play heavier minutes to get ready for the playoffs. 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:26.000 But due to the schedule, I mean tonight tonight against 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:28.000 New Orleans could be a fun one, but the schedule 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:30.839 hasn't been super challenging. The starters haven't really had to 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:33.880 exert themselves in the second half. Even in that San 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:36.520 Antonio overtime win that we talked about, they didn't play 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:39.039 the whole second half ahead of having to pull it 0:05:39.040 --> 0:05:41.600 out at the end. So it is interesting to consider 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:44.159 the idea that they're really playing against themselves and challenging 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:47.360 themselves on a nightly basis if the opposition isn't giving 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:50.479 them exactly what they want from a competitive perspective. I 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:52.200 do want to get into something else that the Big 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:54.920 Fella said after that game on Wednesday to start us 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:58.920 off this week, talking about the pieces of the seventy 0:05:58.960 --> 0:06:02.440 six ers roster and how they're coming together, the team fits. 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:04.839 I feel like a lot of people don't talk about 0:06:04.880 --> 0:06:09.400 it enough. Just you know, the shooting and that was 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:12.320 at it last year. We didn't have that the chord 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:16.400 that was not in the space, and this shit having 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:21.800 you know, Danny set Tobias has been improved. You know, 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:25.719 God's coming off the match. Farkin. As men, you shape 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:29.440 the cords way more space. So when it comes to 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:33.680 the structure, I feel like it's not so much about 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:37.520 being better. We just got a better suited team. I 0:06:37.680 --> 0:06:40.360 for one, would agree with that take from Joel emb 0:06:40.560 --> 0:06:43.919 that perhaps people aren't talking enough about just how well 0:06:44.320 --> 0:06:48.080 this roster fits together, especially the starting lineup. Listen, I 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:51.000 think that this is not to take away from players 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:53.800 elevating their games this season. I don't think that you 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:55.839 could have watched this season and not have said that 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:58.920 Joel's gone to a different place, Tobias Harris has gone 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:03.039 to a different place. Spent defense especially continues to be excellent. 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:05.560 Doc Rivers and the coaching staff, what they've done has 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:09.239 been amazing finding the best way to utilize all this talent. 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:12.480 But what Darryl Moorey was able to do and assemble 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:15.679 some of these key pieces, namely Danny Green and Seth 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:19.040 Curry adding them to the starting lineup, I think that 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:22.280 that is as big a factor in why the Sixers 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:24.200 have put up such good numbers and has had so 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:27.400 much success this year. As anything else, it fits, and 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:29.680 Joel has talked about that from the very beginning of 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:32.200 the season. He said, from training camp, it just felt natural, 0:07:32.280 --> 0:07:35.360 The options felt natural. He feels confident in his teammates 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:38.160 abilities surrounding him, and that allows him to be more 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:41.080 confident down low getting doubled. He knows that he has 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:44.520 good options in tricky situations, and we've only seen that 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:47.080 grow as the season has gone on. So, like you said, Selts, 0:07:47.080 --> 0:07:50.160 shouts to the people that put this roster together, and 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:52.480 then shout out, of course to the team for making 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:54.880 it work once they got together, because this is still 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:56.880 a very new team. I feel like we've said it 0:07:56.920 --> 0:07:59.760 all season long, but the main pieces on this team 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:02.440 I haven't all played together prior to this season. A 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:04.840 very unconventional season, a season that didn't have much of 0:08:04.840 --> 0:08:08.400 a postseason or an offseason rather, especially for Danny Green 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:10.880 and Dwight Howard who kind of won a championship and 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:12.920 then had to move to Philadelphia. And of course that 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:16.600 championship mentality and experience has been huge for this team, 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:18.760 but those guys had no time off. They had to adjust, 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:21.480 so quickly, and they've done a tremendous job and the 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:25.120 existing pieces Ben Simmons, Joel and bad Tobias Harris. They've 0:08:25.160 --> 0:08:26.960 done a really good job of bringing those guys in 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:29.440 and making it all work so comfortably. It's been cool 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:32.480 to see them sort of have this initial take of like, Okay, 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:35.480 this team could work together, and then see it grow 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:38.880 and be true as the season's gone on, and with 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:41.640 that confidence. One thing that I like to see, and 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:43.079 I know we've seen it in a live and I 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:45.520 talk about it quite a bit, and I know you 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:47.679 guys agree, is the when you look at the box 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:49.800 score afterwards. You can see it throughout the game, but 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:53.120 actually looking at the box and seeing the assists on 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:56.640 may baskets for the team's always something that I focus on, 0:08:57.080 --> 0:08:59.600 and you see it where the trust and the confidence 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:02.719 level is there where even with him be kicking the 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:04.880 ball out, whether it's to the wing, the corner, at 0:09:04.920 --> 0:09:06.920 the top of the key and the ball just starts 0:09:06.920 --> 0:09:10.880 snapping around the perimeter, everyone trusts the next teammate right 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:14.040 next to them because number one is a better shot potentially, 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:17.280 but it's also just a confidence to know that that 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:19.719 guy might have, you know, he's going to knock down 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:21.640 that shot, or he's going to put himself in the 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:25.240 position to put the ball on the floor. Drive, kick, drive, finish, 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:27.360 whatever it might be, gets to the free throw line. 0:09:27.559 --> 0:09:30.800 It's a better overall possession and a better overall shot 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:34.600 attempt for the team. And that's just for the overall success. 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:36.920 So the way the team was built around, we knew 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:38.599 it had to be that way, with not just in B, 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:41.480 but with Simmons as well, with his ability and his 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:44.880 mindset as a pass first type of player that you 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:47.000 have to get that ball out. And when you do 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:50.360 so with two shooters and Curry and Green Harris who 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:51.960 can shoot and put the ball on the floor, we 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:53.959 know what in B does. And then off the bench 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:57.000 with Quirkmis knocking down his shots playing in a very 0:09:57.080 --> 0:10:00.560 nice streak right now, Milton able to hit open jump 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:02.800 shots as well. And now you add George Hill to 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:06.160 the mix and you have shot creators. So I think 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:09.440 that while some might look and say it's not as 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:14.079 sexy as other teams with certain pieces right personnel, this 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:16.880 is a This is a really good team and they 0:10:16.960 --> 0:10:19.440 do it well. And it also plays off of what 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:22.080 the defense does to lead to those opportunities on the 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:24.760 offensive end. I like what you said, Devon about about 0:10:24.800 --> 0:10:27.640 the passing and about the defense. Just now, I watched 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:30.920 Monday's game against San Antonio with a good friend of mine, 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:33.840 Odara Cheatham. She's a professional basketball player. She's getting ready 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:36.440 to play in the Olympics this summer for Nigeria, so 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:38.480 shout out to her. But she has to watch the 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:40.760 Sixers at all this season, and her first take when 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:43.040 we were watching together is, Wow, they're moving the ball 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:46.439 well and the defense is really comfortable with one another, 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:49.000 relying on one another. And to me, for someone who 0:10:49.040 --> 0:10:51.560 hasn't watched this team play, to have those two takes 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:54.840 initially gave me some confidence with what I had been seeing, 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:57.000 with what we have been saying, with what the team 0:10:57.040 --> 0:10:59.280 has been saying. And always just cool to get someone 0:10:59.320 --> 0:11:01.560 else's perspect active on something. But I think we are 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:04.280 so close to the situation that I want to see 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:06.400 good passing right and I want to see good defense. 0:11:06.400 --> 0:11:08.360 So my eye is inclined to see that whether or 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:09.800 not it's as good as I think that it is. 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:12.240 So we got an outside take that can confirm what 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:14.600 we've been saying all along. I feel like at some 0:11:14.679 --> 0:11:17.480 point in time, someone might have the discussion, if they 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:21.440 haven't already done, so, would you rather have the run 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:25.000 it back roster from twenty eighteen nineteen or what the 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:27.840 seventy sixers have right now? And I think that just 0:11:27.960 --> 0:11:31.640 given where Ben Simmons has gone with his game and 0:11:31.640 --> 0:11:35.120 where Joel Embiid has gone with his game, minimizing turnovers, 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:38.760 becoming a more improved passer, even more dynamic on offense 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:41.760 now talking about Joel than he was two seasons ago, 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:45.040 I really like this year's group. I think that Tobias 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:48.000 Harris also in a totally different place in terms of 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:50.880 his comfort and productivity with the Sixers now than he 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:53.880 was during his first half season with the team. I 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:56.880 just I really like it. I think that defensively, the 0:11:56.960 --> 0:12:01.640 seventy Sixers are really really strong, that Seth Curry's shooting 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:07.360 is especially right now at a different stratosphere than even 0:12:07.400 --> 0:12:10.400 what the likes of perhaps JJ Reddick was doing at 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:13.079 that time. I mean, Seth has been just so automatic 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:15.720 right now. And that's not to say that shooting it 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:18.719 like almost sixty percent is going to carry over into 0:12:18.720 --> 0:12:21.200 the postseason, but I just think Curry fits into a 0:12:21.240 --> 0:12:24.960 really nice spot here and listen for the five man 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:27.640 groups in the NBA that have played more than three 0:12:27.720 --> 0:12:31.679 hundred minutes this year. The seventy sixers starting five outscores 0:12:31.720 --> 0:12:35.520 the opposition by fifteen points per one hundred possessions. And 0:12:35.600 --> 0:12:38.320 the starting lineup for the Sixers has played together this 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:42.200 year nearly six hundred minutes. There's only two other lineups 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:45.080 that have played more starting lineups than that Sixers group 0:12:45.880 --> 0:12:51.560 Phoenix Paul Crowder, Booker Bridges eighton and the Pelicans Bledsoe, Adams, 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:55.600 Ingram Ball and Williamson. In the seventy Sixers, their top 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:59.440 five net rating is just you know, at wors three 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:02.480 times better than the next closest team, which is from Phoenix. 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:05.079 So I think that speaks to how well this group 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:08.520 is gelled. And I do agree with Joe going back 0:13:08.520 --> 0:13:11.240 to what he said, don't talk about it enough. And 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:13.240 I think that what they do, some of the things 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:16.560 will translate to the playoffs, because that's a big question, right, Yeah, 0:13:16.559 --> 0:13:20.640 no doubt will they translate. And not knowing Curry's been 0:13:20.679 --> 0:13:23.000 in the playoffs, we know what Green's resume is of 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:25.800 course now and I've talked about this a lot when 0:13:25.800 --> 0:13:27.920 we speak about this team being put together and other 0:13:28.080 --> 0:13:34.440 names that were thrown around. Guys, don't forget failure, especially 0:13:34.520 --> 0:13:36.599 when you want to be great and in Bed and 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:41.040 Simmons have had those second round losses that have really 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:44.079 stuck to them, not just for them, but the things 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:45.840 that they would hear, and they hear it. We know 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:48.559 they do, and they want to overcome that. They want 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:50.680 to finally get over that hurdle. And I've brought up 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:53.960 the example of Michael Jordan having to get past the 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:58.480 Detroit Pistons in the past to finally become a champion 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:01.520 of the two thousand and one sixers. They struggled before 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:04.679 that against the Indiana Pacers and Reggie Miller's team quite 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:06.959 a bit, and when they finally did it, they got 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:08.880 they got to the NBA Final. So you never know 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:12.360 what will catapult a team to to getting to where 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:15.640 they want to be, especially when we're talking about him 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:18.080 beating Simmons with those second round losses to Boston and 0:14:18.120 --> 0:14:21.440 Toronto and how much they stung the way that they stung, 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:27.520 especially that Toronto Raptors series with the shots. So I 0:14:27.560 --> 0:14:30.720 agree with you both and looking at things here, I 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:33.280 am partial as you both know. I love JJ Reddick 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:36.120 and what he was able to do here, so but 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:38.240 Seth Curry the way he's shooting right now, and I've 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:40.920 been tough on him sometimes with how things have played out, 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:43.720 and I know him having to come back battling back 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:47.600 from missing time due to the coronavirus. He's been shooting 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:51.080 phenomenally as of late, and I hope he can keep 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:52.640 this going and even putting the ball on the floor 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:55.760 a little bit, getting in their floaters, tear drops, getting 0:14:55.760 --> 0:14:59.720 those intermediate shots. He's shooting with a high confidence level 0:14:59.800 --> 0:15:02.440 right now. I did want to get into Seth Curry 0:15:02.480 --> 0:15:04.720 a little bit more over the six game winning streak. 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:08.640 He is shooting twenty for thirty four from outside the arc. 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:11.560 Seth Curry with a step backshot. I marketed, Oh he's 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:15.240 tucking tonight, Seth Curry, how's it going again? Billy d 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:18.360 calls time out for Chicago and that's number one among 0:15:18.400 --> 0:15:22.160 all players with at least thirty three point attempts. Just 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:24.200 can't argue with those numbers. And I think something that 0:15:24.320 --> 0:15:26.920 UD just mentioned is to me, when I look at 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:29.720 what someone like Seth Curry brings the table, really stands 0:15:29.760 --> 0:15:34.400 out is what's his primary responsibility. Helps space the floor 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:37.880 with three point shooting, but he can do other things. 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:40.320 As we've seen throughout this year. If you need him 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:42.320 to bring the ball up and initiating a pinch, he 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:45.560 can do that. He can attack and create off the dribble. 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:47.840 Earlier this week we saw that where he had a 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:51.800 series of floaters and runners get himself going. So I 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:56.400 think that he's versatile enough that he's not obviously just 0:15:56.480 --> 0:16:00.280 a one trick pony. And he even admitted him self 0:16:00.560 --> 0:16:03.320 right after the game the other night that he doesn't 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:05.720 have to be a main guy. He's not even the 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:08.200 third guy, but he's a guy who's there and he's 0:16:08.240 --> 0:16:10.520 been ready to deliver when they've needed him. And that's 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:13.280 been the spirit of lots of players in this starting lineup. 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:15.440 I mean, even Joel Embiid has talked about the fact 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:17.600 that he wants to be there for what the team needs. 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:19.840 Ben Simmons wants to be there for what the team needs. 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:22.640 This collective mentality, this buy into the system that they 0:16:22.720 --> 0:16:25.320 have has proven really valuable and I think it's only 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:27.600 going to become more valuable as this team heads into 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:31.080 the playoffs. That unselfishness, that understanding you're shooting sixty percent 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:33.880 from three, but you're okay being the fourth fifth option. 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:37.600 That's fine, and that's something that takes some stripping of 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:41.200 the ego and buy into your teammates and willingness to 0:16:41.280 --> 0:16:43.600 sacrifice all things that we heard Doc Rivers talk about 0:16:43.640 --> 0:16:45.840 long before he became the head coach of the Philadelphia 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:48.440 seventy sixers. So it's cool to see that they've all 0:16:48.520 --> 0:16:51.120 really bought into this mentality. And whether you're a Seth 0:16:51.600 --> 0:16:53.800 or a Joel or a Matisse, you all have said 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:56.320 the same thing in the last couple of days. I 0:16:56.400 --> 0:16:58.480 want to play my role. I'm bought into the system 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:00.560 and I'm happy to do whatever's require of me, buy 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:02.600 the system and buy my coach. And I think it's 0:17:02.640 --> 0:17:05.200 been cool to hear them all say that in different situations. 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:06.960 I don't think they got together and huddled up about 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:09.200 what exactly they were going to say about the buy 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:10.960 in of the team. I think they all are saying 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:13.199 it organically, and that points to the fact that they 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:15.400 really need it. And again, that's guys across the roster. 0:17:15.520 --> 0:17:17.920 We've heard it all year long. When the system is 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:20.720 working and the results are wins. It's hard to really 0:17:20.800 --> 0:17:22.920 scoff at what your role is and what you're not 0:17:23.119 --> 0:17:26.560 doing and the way we've seen this team throughout the season. 0:17:26.600 --> 0:17:29.280 While Embiid has been that level of player where we 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:32.359 talk about him as an MVP and the key to 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:36.239 what drives things offensively in some cases defensively as well. 0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:39.320 We know how Grady is there. There have been those nights, Lauren, 0:17:39.400 --> 0:17:42.440 where you've seen Cerry go off for twenty plus in 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:46.360 a high number of twenties, Danny Greene, Ben Simmons goes 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:48.520 for his to buy his Harris, the same thing, Shake 0:17:48.600 --> 0:17:52.240 Milton coming in furkon Korkmas, the exact same thing. We've 0:17:52.280 --> 0:17:54.840 seen it already where everyone has gotten the piece of 0:17:54.920 --> 0:17:58.080 the pie, they've had their their part in it, where 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:00.800 they have been able to shine and team gets to win. 0:18:00.920 --> 0:18:03.560 So again, the results are there and it makes that 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:06.399 it makes things that much easier overall. The only thing 0:18:06.480 --> 0:18:08.600 that I and I want Seth Curry, as you just 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:12.080 pointed out, not being Selt the number two option to 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:14.399 number three option, but being the fourth option. It's not 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:16.760 a bad option to be when again, when you're winning 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:20.360 and you're seeing the results the way that you are 0:18:20.640 --> 0:18:22.439 and the ball is coming to It's not as if 0:18:22.640 --> 0:18:25.639 they're not looking for him right. So he's getting his 0:18:25.720 --> 0:18:29.040 opportunity and with that, he's taking full advantage of it 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:32.159 right now, and it's good to see. Sometimes he can 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:34.439 over dribble a little bit when you get into a rhythm, 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:37.080 it just happens. You just do a little bit too much. 0:18:37.200 --> 0:18:39.800 But I love the fact though that when they do 0:18:39.960 --> 0:18:43.399 things like that, they call themselves out, they hold themselves accountable, 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:46.879 saying that wasn't a Sixers type of possession. I didn't 0:18:46.880 --> 0:18:48.760 need to do that. So as long as they know 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:51.560 what their role is and they they see it, and 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:55.800 if he's hot and Simmons is just it's laser focused 0:18:55.840 --> 0:18:57.840 on getting him the ball now because he can see 0:18:58.160 --> 0:18:59.760 that man is on fire. Let me get him the 0:18:59.840 --> 0:19:03.080 right then this team can go a long way. And 0:19:03.160 --> 0:19:05.280 with the way the defense, with the way the defense 0:19:05.440 --> 0:19:07.680 is playing and has played all season long, it's a 0:19:07.800 --> 0:19:10.840 recipe for success. For me, My biggest thing for Seth 0:19:11.080 --> 0:19:12.960 was just based on what he had to go through 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:15.399 earlier this season. I really just wanted to see him 0:19:15.440 --> 0:19:18.480 in a good place, being productive, looking good, and comfortable 0:19:18.560 --> 0:19:21.680 physically heading into the home stretch going into the postseason, 0:19:21.760 --> 0:19:24.000 and I certainly think of the last six games he 0:19:24.119 --> 0:19:26.679 has done that and then some just really productive stuff 0:19:27.119 --> 0:19:30.760 for Seth. I know that we keep track on things 0:19:30.840 --> 0:19:35.600 such as poles and ladders that are curated around the NBA, 0:19:36.119 --> 0:19:39.280 and this past week the NBA dot Com Defensive Player 0:19:39.400 --> 0:19:43.560 of the Year ladder. What representation from your team, your town, 0:19:44.000 --> 0:19:47.480 your seventy six ers on that one. Let's talk defense. 0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:49.800 So it's really cool to see three players from the 0:19:49.840 --> 0:19:52.000 same team all make that list. If you missed it, 0:19:52.119 --> 0:19:54.680 Ben Simmons was at the top of the ladder number one, 0:19:55.040 --> 0:19:57.320