WEBVTT - Brett Brown Previews the Season 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:08.239 We have basketball, real actual basketball. As the preseason is 0:00:08.360 --> 0:00:12.239 now underway, I cannot wait to get in here and 0:00:12.320 --> 0:00:15.000 start to get ready for what I think is going 0:00:15.040 --> 0:00:17.439 to be incredible season. We're gonna sit down with the 0:00:17.480 --> 0:00:20.919 man responsible for putting it all together on the courts. 0:00:21.160 --> 0:00:25.599 I'm just very, very anxious and excited to begin again, 0:00:25.920 --> 0:00:29.520 entering his seventh season as head coach of the Philadelphia 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:34.120 seventy six Ers. Rhett brand our guest on this episode 0:00:34.520 --> 0:00:42.320 of the broadcast. Yes, it has been great to get 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:46.360 back in the gym in Camden this week. See a 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:50.200 little hoops, guys getting up and down on the floor. 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:54.920 I mean, from my standpoint, it's simply been nice to 0:00:54.960 --> 0:00:59.520 have some fresh storylines to talk and write about. New year, 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:04.800 new faces, and with that comes new themes. Although the 0:01:04.840 --> 0:01:09.040 expectations surrounding the Sixers for better results in the next 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:11.520 eight months or so ahead, you can make the case 0:01:11.600 --> 0:01:14.720 or even higher than what they were this time last year. 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:19.959 Brian Seltzer, welcoming you back to the broadcast or welcoming 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:21.920 you to the broadcast for the first time, if you 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:25.440 are a new listener, If you are either way, regardless 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:28.160 of what category you fall into, Thank you very much 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:31.240 for checking out this episode of the podcast. To subscribe, 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:33.080 all you gotta do is go to any one of 0:01:33.080 --> 0:01:39.479 your favorite podcast hosting platforms Spotify, Apple podcasts, Google Podcasts, 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:42.680 tune in, Stitcher, SoundCloud, whatever it is. Just type in 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:45.679 Sixers Podcast Network and that will bring you to our feed. 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:48.480 And now that the preseason is underway, I think we're 0:01:48.480 --> 0:01:51.680 probably gonna have at least one fresh episode for you 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:57.200 each week, if not more so do beyond the lookout. 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:02.360 We'll hear from Brett Brown momentarily. But first, it has 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:04.720 been a crazy start to the week. Well, I guess 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:08.280 the week's almost over now, perhaps better put, the week 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:13.040 started in crazy fashion. He had media Day on Monday 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:16.400 at the training complex, so much activity buzzing national media 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:20.400 members in the house, people like Rachel Nichols, Zach Low, 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:26.320 Brian Windhorst, Sham's Terrainia. Just really cool to see Camden 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:29.919 become a hub of activity for media day and hype 0:02:30.360 --> 0:02:34.200 going into the NBA preseason. So there was media Day Monday, 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:37.919 first practice of training camp on Tuesday. So I want 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:40.640 to get started by taking stock of some of the 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:44.920 very first impressions we're getting. The twenty nineteen twenty seventy 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:49.160 six ers. Last we saw Joel Embiid a tough moment 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:51.880 for him, very emotional at the end of Game seven 0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:55.880 in the second round against the Toronto Raptors. Following an 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:58.880 off season of hard work. The big man is ready 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:02.280 to rock. My life is a movie. Everything happened so fast, 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:06.600 and I don't know. Sometimes I sit back, I'm like, us, 0:03:07.120 --> 0:03:11.320 that's crazy. I never thought I would have been ano setrition, 0:03:11.400 --> 0:03:14.880 and I'm really thankful Joelle's got a new do with 0:03:14.960 --> 0:03:19.359 braided corn rows shed some pounds over the summer for 0:03:19.480 --> 0:03:22.680 what figures to be a really big year ahead. It 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:26.440 was definitely a really big summer for Ben Simmons, coming 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:28.960 off his first All Star season, and he's now got 0:03:28.960 --> 0:03:30.600 a new long term deal. I'm happy to be here 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:32.080 for another five years. I don't really want to be 0:03:32.080 --> 0:03:36.320 anywhere else, obviously, so I'm excited about what we have 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:38.280 going on and excited about the new guys coming in. 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:41.720 I think we have a real special opportunity to do something, 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:44.040 you know, major here. Yeah, and it's been really nice 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:46.960 to hear about Simmons and his leadership to the first 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:49.640 early part of training camp. That was something that he 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:52.560 talked about in his finals press conference of last year, 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:55.800 following these second round exit to the Toronto Raptors, trying 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:58.040 to become a better leader, and by all accounts, that 0:03:58.080 --> 0:04:00.520 seems to be the case so far. You to check 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:04.200 out Lauren Rosen's right up on Ben Simmons and his leadership. 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:08.840 Along with Ben Simmons, Tobias Harris also inked the contract 0:04:08.880 --> 0:04:11.839 this offseason, and he's been around a little bit over 0:04:11.880 --> 0:04:13.680 the summer. He was on the court even before the 0:04:13.720 --> 0:04:17.760 preseason officially start. It's just been good because you see 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:23.160 that everybody's open to feedback and open to criticism and 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:27.479 just understanding each other personalities but also understand each other's game. 0:04:27.600 --> 0:04:30.279 What can Tobias Harris do in a more featured role. 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:34.280 We're gonna start to find out a really important subplot 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:37.680 for the Sixers this year. You know, I really just 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:40.919 can't believe that Al Horford is here. It's amazing that 0:04:41.000 --> 0:04:44.520 he's in seventy sixers, red white, and blue for Horford, 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:47.560 the guy who formerly donned the green and white the 0:04:47.640 --> 0:04:50.880 last couple of seasons. The reasons to come on board 0:04:51.040 --> 0:04:53.440 here for the seventy sixers or evidence, You know, when 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:57.840 I looked at the caliber players that they had, Joel 0:04:57.920 --> 0:05:03.120 and Ben and Tobias. Um It's something that um they 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:06.880 that was hard to overlook right now. Spacing is something 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:10.200 that Horford and Joel and Beat a working on at 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:14.560 the outside of training camp. Josh Richardson perhaps a not 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:17.839 so secret weapon, but he figures to be an X 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:20.599 factor for sure, and he's getting to know his new 0:05:20.640 --> 0:05:23.159 team this week. I think it's a new challenge. So 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:26.800 you know, I'm super excited to see, you know, where 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:30.800 I fit, where how our team meshes and uh, I'm 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:33.680 always excited for new things and new challenges to attack. 0:05:33.800 --> 0:05:37.080 So I know it's not gonna be easy starting out, 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:40.679 but you know, the quicker we can, we can figure 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:42.840 it out, and the quicker I can figure out where 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:45.040 I fit and where I can help, I think it 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:47.599 will be the better. But it's gonna happen. It's just 0:05:47.640 --> 0:05:51.840 a matter of time, can't wait. I love that picture 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:55.880 of the projected starting five at a photostation on media day, 0:05:56.080 --> 0:05:59.719 just hanging out, spreading good vibes, and one of the 0:05:59.720 --> 0:06:03.159 first opportunities to see members of that projected starting five 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:05.719 and other guys on the roster is going to be 0:06:05.760 --> 0:06:08.839 this Saturday for the Blue and White Scrimmage at seventy 0:06:08.880 --> 0:06:12.320 Sixers Field House in Wilmington, Delaware, the home of the 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:16.560 Delaware Bluecoats of the NBA G League. And then on 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:20.640 Tuesday down at the brand new Revamp Center. So excited 0:06:21.000 --> 0:06:22.960 to get back in the building and see all the changes, 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:26.720 including that incredible scoreboard. Tuesday, the Sixers are going to 0:06:26.800 --> 0:06:31.479 host the Guanzoe Long Lions in their preseason opener. That 0:06:31.560 --> 0:06:33.400 game is going to be at seven o'clock and you 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:36.320 can look for tickets by going to Sixers dot com 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:41.839 slash tickets. So about the Blue and White Scrimmage that's 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:44.600 going to be held on Saturday afternoon in Wilmington, Delaware. 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:49.200 The idea was conceived in part by Brett Brown, set 0:06:49.200 --> 0:06:52.320 to enter his seventh season as the Sixers head coach, 0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:55.960 and before training camp got underway, had the opportunity to 0:06:56.040 --> 0:06:58.599 sit down with Brett talk about some of the guys 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:02.520 on the roster, his summer activities, his feelings for your head. 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:05.360 But the first thing we brought up was the Blue 0:07:05.360 --> 0:07:07.920 and White Scrimmage. Why don't we start with where the 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:11.280 idea for the Blue and White Scrimmage came from? What 0:07:11.400 --> 0:07:18.440 inspired that. We have always felt that to conclude training 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:22.560 camp no differently like than you study all week, you 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:26.120 come and take a test, we practice all week. A 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:30.040 great way to conclude training camp will be to play 0:07:30.120 --> 0:07:33.720 and to have an in a squad scrimmage and let 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:37.120 the camp because there's still quite a number of people 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:41.480 before you make final cuts twenty to be exact, you 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:44.280 have an opportunity to play, you know, a legitimate type 0:07:44.280 --> 0:07:48.520 of you know, scrimmage game with your own team and 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:53.320 it can culminate into all the teaching and implementation of defense, offense, 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:57.080 whatever at the end of the week into a fun environment, 0:07:57.120 --> 0:07:59.480 you know, they can play a game. And so we 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:04.000 have played that in different places recently at the Palestra, 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:07.400 you know, try to like have a great interaction with 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:10.520 the fans in the city. And this year we're really 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:14.120 excited to be able to take it to Delaware and 0:08:14.280 --> 0:08:18.120 just show the importance and the partnership that we have 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:23.520 with a G League program in Delaware and that will 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:26.560 culminate the camp and tip off sort of the launching 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:30.680 pad of our new season. And we're really excited to 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:35.360 bring this event to our partners down in Delaware. Tell 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:37.480 me a little bit more about your impressions of the 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:39.360 seventy six ers field House, because you were there for 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:43.000 a game, and I guess common perception is that development leagues, 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:46.920 minor leagues, that's going through the trenches. But down there, 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:49.360 I mean that facility is spectacular. So simply speak to 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:52.440 the facility and what having something like that does to 0:08:52.520 --> 0:08:58.079 benefit the overall program. I was blown away at the 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:03.880 professional of the event. You know, I can talk to 0:09:03.880 --> 0:09:07.680 you about the actual court, but what we should talk 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:10.520 a little bit more about was, you know, something as 0:09:10.600 --> 0:09:14.560 simple as the ease of parking and getting to the 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:19.560 building and parking and having a professional sort of you know, 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:23.319 concourse that you're going through to get to an incredibly 0:09:23.480 --> 0:09:26.560 professional court. And then you see, you know, off on 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:29.440 the sideline there's some strength and conditioning areas and you 0:09:29.520 --> 0:09:32.040 look up and you see, you know, kind of a 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:35.360 skybox thing looking down on the court that sponsors can 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:38.160 be a part of, and you know, administration and be 0:09:38.200 --> 0:09:40.720 a part of. And then you see, you know, just 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:45.320 a like a college type program, a college type atmosphere 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:49.640 venue that you're sitting at watching a high level game. 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:51.640 You know, of a bunch of players that want to 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:54.680 go play in the NBA one day, and many have 0:09:55.600 --> 0:09:57.959 and so all over the place, Like you drive down 0:09:58.040 --> 0:09:59.880 that you're not really sure what to expect and that's 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:03.160 what you get. And you know, I look back at 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:06.800 sort of odd days at you know, our old stomping 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:10.360 grounds prior to us coming to this mecca, you know, 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:15.080 this glorious basketball temple, that that's a hell of a 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:19.040 venue for a G League program. And the trenches don't 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:21.400 come to my mind when you start talking about what 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:25.000 path did you take. There's no hard knocks that are 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:29.760 happening with the Bluecoats. They're in a very professional environment. 0:10:30.480 --> 0:10:33.240 I feel like I remember you telling lots of stories 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:35.440 about how you would go to the Boston Garden growing 0:10:35.520 --> 0:10:38.320 up and taking pictures with your camera and that sort 0:10:38.360 --> 0:10:41.199 of thing. What do you think something like the Blue 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:43.880 and White Scrimmage would do for a young fan? Just 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:48.000 how intimately fans can be involved and see the team 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:50.120 be that close. I mean, you know, if you situate 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:51.760 yourself in the mind of a family who might not 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:53.439 be able to get to all these sold out games, 0:10:53.440 --> 0:10:55.439 what do you hope they get from the Blue and 0:10:55.440 --> 0:11:00.920 White Scrimmage? I mean, first, what you just said the opportunity, 0:11:00.960 --> 0:11:04.600 whereas they may not have this opportunity, the opportunity to 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:08.640 you know, see Joel and and get close to Ben 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:13.960 Simmons and wants tobiases Harris gifts up close and see 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:17.080 somebody like Alhof that we used to battle with, you 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:21.000 know in a competitive way with the Celtics six arrivalry, 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:22.920 you know, and to just see it and feel it 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:26.560 and just be a part of that atmosphere. I think 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:31.200 for any you know, young coach, you know, young, young, 0:11:31.280 --> 0:11:35.320 young person even adult, like it's an experience if that's 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:38.520 not something that you're accustomed to having the opportunity to 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:41.960 go to NBA games all the time. And so that 0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:46.880 thing that we just talked about is really important. It's uh, 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:51.560 it's that that saying you don't get a second chance 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:53.920 to make a first impression. We want to go down 0:11:54.000 --> 0:11:58.200 there and you know, give a good performance and respect 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:01.360 the audience and gives something back in our own way 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:05.439 to that part of you know, our relationship, our partnership 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:08.720 with Delaware. That's the first thing. And the second thing 0:12:08.920 --> 0:12:12.240 is to to make a very defined statement like we 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:15.559 treat this program that we're working with seriously. It is 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:19.520 a fet a system you know, my old coach now 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:22.960 as the head coach, and we share you know, ideas 0:12:23.080 --> 0:12:27.120 and they implement our system and we can bring you know, 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:31.040 Zaea back and forth, maybe motifs back and forth, you know, 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:34.280 whatever it is, it is like it's a real relationship. 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:38.319 And so those two things most resonate when you say, 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:43.120 you know, ultimately what's the objective of the event, Those 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:47.200 two are most important to me. Start with Tobias Harris. 0:12:47.240 --> 0:12:49.480 What were your thoughts when you found out that Tobias 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:51.959 resigned that was coming back to the team. I mean, 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:58.480 first and foremost, just an amazing teammate, you know, a 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:06.400 plus human being, incredibly prideful on wanting to get better, 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:13.800 wanting to win. A talented twenty six year old, you know, 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:17.960 going on twenty seven that just annually has gotten better. 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:22.520 Like his upward trend, his upward mobility to improve has 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:25.480 been his sort of trademark over the years. You know, 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:29.040 did you make a good investment and rewarding him with 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:32.880 the contract that we did, And my answer is unequivocally 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:36.959 quickly yes. He just ticks boxes all over the place. 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:41.440 From skilled perspectives, from human perspectives, from teammate perspective, and 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:45.600 there's an upside. So you know, all those things came 0:13:45.640 --> 0:13:48.800 to my mind when he agreed to terms with us. 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:54.160 Off the court, like he's doing these clinics, like not 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:56.880 just basketball clinics, like your wellness yoga. What are you 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:59.679 reading when he has like kids? There? Get me some 0:13:59.679 --> 0:14:03.079 stuff on like what you learned about tobias human being 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:06.640 off the court that distinguishes him. Well, just go to 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:12.280 his charities, you know, go to where he invests some 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:16.080 of his money, go to where he invests some of 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:21.760 his time. It's a it's a very real snapshot into 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:24.680 who he is. You know, he doesn't have to do 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:27.240 this stuff. Lots of NBA people don't do this stuff. 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:31.920 He chooses to do this stuff, and he feels clearly 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:36.200 a responsibility to give back, like he there's there's a 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:40.520 piece of him that he's very mindful of. This is calculated, 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:44.720 it's not by mistake. And you know, you give credit 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:47.440 to for sure, his family and his parents, how he 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:50.680 was obviously raised. And then at some point all of 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:52.920 us that have children, they leave the home and they're 0:14:53.360 --> 0:14:56.680 the world sort of shapes them. And he's been shaped, 0:14:57.040 --> 0:14:59.800 you know, by both standards in an incredible way. To me, 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:04.280 and you know, this is my twentieth year now in 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:07.080 the NBA, and you've had a chance to see a 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:12.000 bunch of different personalities and mindsets, and he is as 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:16.080 as special as I have been around shifting to a 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:18.760 new guy, Josh Richardson. Tell us what you know about 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:25.880 Josh Richardson. Good people, you know, genuineness and authentic part 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:29.080 of him that I'm incredibly attracted to. Like you speak 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:32.200 to teammates and his old coaches and I've downloaded them all. 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:35.640 You know, anybody that had some level of contact with 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:38.280 him him always like what do you think? Like what 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:41.200 can I do to help him? You know, all that 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:43.840 type of stuff. And I think the notion that he 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:47.600 loves to play defense, just love it gets me really going, 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:56.920 really excited. He not by sort of purposeful instruction. It 0:15:57.040 --> 0:16:00.800 kind of just evolved. He ended up maybe Miami's go 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:04.240 to guy last year, and you know, is that who 0:16:04.280 --> 0:16:06.120 he is? I think at times it can be, but 0:16:06.240 --> 0:16:09.600 it's not like, you know, for us, that's what it's 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:12.160 going to be all the time. You get Tobias and Alan, 0:16:12.280 --> 0:16:14.720 Joel and Ben, Like I think he's going to come 0:16:14.720 --> 0:16:16.680 in and do his thing. He's going to fit in. 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:20.080 He's gonna play defense. We're going to tap into him 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:23.080 when we should. I suspect he's going to have the 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:27.280 smallest player on the opposition team guard him. Maybe I'm right, 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:30.120 maybe I'm wrong, But like, how do we exploit that? 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:34.200 And you know, you combine this just good person, authentic 0:16:34.320 --> 0:16:36.720 person with that type of mindset and like that type 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:41.280 of skill. Talk about a perfect fit sandwiched in between Tobias, 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:45.560 al Joel and Ben. That seems to work on paper 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:52.200 and in my gut sort of feel first glance impression 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:55.400 just fine. And for Alan, how to have him on 0:16:55.440 --> 0:16:58.800 this side of the rivalry at this stage of his career. 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:01.960 What do you guys get from having al Horford on 0:17:02.040 --> 0:17:04.640 the court off the court again, Like we're really where 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:09.359 do you begin? And you you learn a lot about 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:16.000 somebody competing against them when the stakes matter the most. 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:21.440 And we have done that with the Celtics and you 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:26.919 just left those games that series, the times that you 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:29.320 know I have coached against him, We've had a game 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:33.960 plan for him. It keeps you up late at night 0:17:34.320 --> 0:17:39.480 and you feel like you did a few things. You 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:44.040 took something away from the Celtics that was important to them, 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:47.120 and you know there is some level of a win 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:52.560 in that capacity. Then you get him with us, and 0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:56.720 so now he's you know, under our roof, and you've 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:59.400 learned over all the years of how he has heard 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:03.800 us off pily, his unique ability to post and pick 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:06.920 him pop and play out of like second side, deep 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:10.520 durable handoff action, pick and roll action. So like you 0:18:10.600 --> 0:18:12.880 get that. I think he was one of the toughest 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:16.560 defensive players guarding Joel for Joel. I think Joel would 0:18:16.600 --> 0:18:20.160 admit that too, And so you know, win win, win, 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:25.560 and and now he's a Philadelphia seventy six and sort 0:18:25.560 --> 0:18:27.679 of like, oh, by the way, stuff, he's just like 0:18:27.720 --> 0:18:31.800 an A plus person, Like he's an incredible locker room guy, 0:18:31.880 --> 0:18:35.520 a good human being, and you know, just thrilled to 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:39.840 be able to have an opportunity to coach him. Ben 0:18:40.080 --> 0:18:44.320 seems like he has just been very active constantly throughout 0:18:44.320 --> 0:18:48.400 the summer. How much have you been following his activities 0:18:48.480 --> 0:18:52.040 basketball related and just everything he's done. Went back to 0:18:52.080 --> 0:18:54.200 Australia for about a month. It seems like he said, 0:18:54.200 --> 0:18:58.320 a very active summer he has and I have followed 0:18:58.359 --> 0:19:01.000 at all, you know, from what he's done here in 0:19:01.000 --> 0:19:04.879 the United States. I was in Australia while he was 0:19:04.960 --> 0:19:07.080 in Australia and not in the same city, but in 0:19:07.119 --> 0:19:10.119 the same country, you know, following all the stuff he 0:19:10.160 --> 0:19:13.720 was doing there with his camps, etc. And you know, 0:19:13.800 --> 0:19:19.439 he had the the incredible experience of signing a MAX contract, 0:19:20.000 --> 0:19:22.000 you know, over the course of the summer, and so 0:19:23.080 --> 0:19:26.840 we easily, you know, said, this is what we think 0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:31.880 of you is a MAX contract. And the the growth 0:19:31.960 --> 0:19:35.120 that I think that he feels he has to make, 0:19:35.200 --> 0:19:39.040 and it's true to first just get better because he's 0:19:39.080 --> 0:19:43.840 prideful and he's certainly aware of the responsibility that comes 0:19:43.920 --> 0:19:48.399 with you know, that that sort of annointment of we 0:19:48.480 --> 0:19:50.600 hope to see you for a long long time, and 0:19:51.240 --> 0:19:55.280 he is the paycheck to prove it. I think he's 0:19:55.280 --> 0:19:58.320 had a fantastic sum of meshing all that tough stuff 0:19:58.359 --> 0:20:02.600 together and uh, you know, excited to come back and 0:20:03.240 --> 0:20:08.760 lead us. I standard. Our goals are to hold a 0:20:08.760 --> 0:20:11.879 trophy up at the end of the year. And you 0:20:11.960 --> 0:20:16.400 don't cast that sentence out lightly. A lot of it 0:20:16.440 --> 0:20:18.840 is going to be put on his shoulders. He understands 0:20:18.880 --> 0:20:21.200 that we got a great team around him, but he 0:20:21.280 --> 0:20:24.960 still is out point guard and um, you know, I 0:20:25.000 --> 0:20:28.680 think that he's said a fantastic summer understanding all that 0:20:28.760 --> 0:20:33.600 stuff while getting better some random questions. See there's still 0:20:33.640 --> 0:20:37.280 some mud caked on your jeep. Tell us where is it? 0:20:38.440 --> 0:20:41.640 Tell me about the summer. Where did the mud come from? Yeah, yeah, yeah, 0:20:41.640 --> 0:20:44.800 we're opening it up. Tell me about the mud, the cake, 0:20:44.920 --> 0:20:47.720 the mud and in the summer, what you guys did. Um. 0:20:48.040 --> 0:20:53.159 I had a fantastic summer with my my family. I 0:20:53.240 --> 0:20:55.240 had a chance to go for three weeks in a 0:20:55.240 --> 0:20:59.800 little beach house in between Adelaide and Melbourne and spend 0:20:59.800 --> 0:21:02.840 some time in Australia in that environment. It's a small 0:21:03.359 --> 0:21:06.280 sort of fishing village of about a thousand people that 0:21:06.400 --> 0:21:09.520 empties out in Australia's version of the winter, which is, 0:21:10.160 --> 0:21:12.879 you know, our version of like October. It's not snow, 0:21:12.920 --> 0:21:15.720 it's just a little cool. And had a great time there. 0:21:16.400 --> 0:21:19.760 I took my eighty two year old father whitewater rafting. 0:21:20.359 --> 0:21:24.919 They said he was the oldest person to ever go 0:21:25.040 --> 0:21:30.280 down this grade five river. There were times that you 0:21:30.359 --> 0:21:32.560 weren't too sure if this was a wise thing, but 0:21:33.160 --> 0:21:35.920 it was effectively a six and a half seven hour 0:21:36.080 --> 0:21:40.440 roller coaster that went and it went, and as I said, 0:21:40.480 --> 0:21:43.800 a grave of people who whitewater raft Grade five rapids 0:21:43.840 --> 0:21:47.240 are sort of the gold standard. And the jeep that 0:21:47.359 --> 0:21:53.200 you see in our practice facility parking lot still has 0:21:53.320 --> 0:21:56.920 sort of deep Maine maybe a little bit Canadian mud 0:21:57.440 --> 0:22:01.680 cake to it, but that is a reflection, a byproduct 0:22:01.720 --> 0:22:06.359 of a very deep in the woods experience with my 0:22:06.440 --> 0:22:09.919 son and my dad and my brother in Lauren and 0:22:10.040 --> 0:22:13.480 my young nephew who is a lacrosse player at holy Cross. 0:22:13.520 --> 0:22:17.000 It was a family thing, a bonding thing that that 0:22:17.320 --> 0:22:22.360 challenged some sanity, I have to say, in a pursuit 0:22:22.440 --> 0:22:24.840 down a very rough river. So was that was that 0:22:24.960 --> 0:22:28.720 like an overnight pitch, a tent type thing or camp 0:22:28.760 --> 0:22:31.199 out or it was no, no, no no, because we did 0:22:31.200 --> 0:22:33.520 a few things like that was and I give credit 0:22:33.560 --> 0:22:35.720 to my dad. My dad planned the whole thing out. 0:22:35.800 --> 0:22:39.560 One day, um we went sort of deep into the 0:22:39.560 --> 0:22:43.520 woods and had some some guided boats that took us 0:22:43.560 --> 0:22:48.400 fishing and a very very secluded lake. Um. The other 0:22:48.480 --> 0:22:51.520 day we had a chance to go over to an 0:22:51.560 --> 0:22:55.679 island and just sort of explore this incredible part of 0:22:55.760 --> 0:23:00.280 Moose had Lake Mount Kineo and had a great sort 0:23:00.280 --> 0:23:03.199 of day exploring that walking around and just sort of 0:23:03.240 --> 0:23:06.359 like remote trails. Then the other day we had this 0:23:06.520 --> 0:23:10.600 deep in the woods seven hour whitewater rafting experience and 0:23:11.040 --> 0:23:14.320 we were all sort of scented in the upper main 0:23:14.400 --> 0:23:18.240 at Moose Lake backs to National Park, State Park. To 0:23:18.320 --> 0:23:23.400 be exact, it's tremendous. How you feeling right now? We're 0:23:23.400 --> 0:23:26.879 about or maybe you can even forecast ahead, Hey, feeling 0:23:27.000 --> 0:23:33.639 about everything right now? This is my twentieth year in 0:23:33.680 --> 0:23:38.520 the NBA. I'm going into my seventh year here in Philadelphia, 0:23:38.600 --> 0:23:42.400 and for me, sort of the compass, the judgment of 0:23:42.480 --> 0:23:46.719 like what was your someonelike is this is if you 0:23:46.760 --> 0:23:51.200 can sort of be incredibly excited to wake up and 0:23:52.119 --> 0:23:57.359 get into this building and start working. You've probably you know, 0:23:57.480 --> 0:24:00.720 gotten through some pains of the Toronto series, the fatigue, 0:24:00.880 --> 0:24:04.000 the normal fatigue that we all go through an NBA season, 0:24:04.840 --> 0:24:09.040 the anxiety excitement of Elton, you know, forming the team 0:24:09.119 --> 0:24:12.800 that he has formed, and just get ready to jump. 0:24:13.000 --> 0:24:16.639 I cannot wait to get in my jeep, albeit dirty 0:24:16.680 --> 0:24:22.359 with mud, and get in here and start to get 0:24:22.400 --> 0:24:25.240 ready for what I think is going to be incredible season. 0:24:25.880 --> 0:24:32.480 And I'm just very very anxious and excited to begin again. 0:24:36.080 --> 0:24:40.520 Love that focus from Brett Brown. Love hearing stories from 0:24:40.560 --> 0:24:43.679 the head coach back for your number seven on the 0:24:43.720 --> 0:24:47.320 seventy six ers sideline. Hope you enjoyed this edition of 0:24:47.520 --> 0:24:50.760 the podcasting, and new episodes are gonna be coming more 0:24:50.800 --> 0:24:53.879 frequently now that the preseason is here. We'll also have 0:24:53.920 --> 0:24:57.320 our Rewind episodes for you the day after every game, 0:24:57.520 --> 0:25:02.640 recapping all preseason and regularly season, plus a postseason games too, 0:25:03.119 --> 0:25:04.879