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Speaker 1: up seventy Sixers fans? I am Lauren Rosen back with
Speaker 1: another episode of seventy Sixers Insiders. Today's one on one
Speaker 1: interview features Furkan Quark Mouse. I sat down with Furkon
Speaker 1: on media Day. As always, he made us laugh, he
Speaker 1: made us smile. He gave us some valuable perspective and
Speaker 1: insight about returning to the seventy Sixers, his teammates he's
Speaker 1: excited to play with and more so, without further ado,
Speaker 1: here is my interview with Furkon. We're gonna We're gonna
Speaker 1: let him start the interview serious like yeah, yeah, I'm sorry. Okay,
Speaker 1: are you gonna ask me a question? Or no, you're
Speaker 1: gonna ask me a question? Go ahead, Hello six Ers friend,
Speaker 1: this is Lord Rosen. Today. I'm gonna have our dear friends.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have him tough questions. I hope he can
Speaker 1: answer with his really good English. And here's my first question.
Speaker 1: First of all, welcome again, thank you, have you back,
Speaker 1: thank you. And my first question is canne describe me
Speaker 1: a little bit your relationship with Batist table to wife's
Speaker 1: Harris and Jewel and beat. So now let's make it
Speaker 1: a real lover of Rosa. You got, you got the point,
Speaker 1: you got the ball. Let's see how I did for
Speaker 1: kron Korkmas. Welcome back. I'm going to start with some
Speaker 1: of your teammates. Can you tell me a little bit
Speaker 1: about let's go in the same order, about your relationship
Speaker 1: with Matisse. How excited are you to be back with him.
Speaker 1: I'm really excited to be back with him, and I
Speaker 1: have a really good relationship with him. And I think
Speaker 1: he's real good at a smart guy. That's why I
Speaker 1: like him. And when I need to talk about Tobias,
Speaker 1: he's a good leader on the court of the court.
Speaker 1: You can ask whatever you want to him. He's going
Speaker 1: to be really open to talk. And Joel and bits,
Speaker 1: Joel and meat. You know, here's Joel. I think my
Speaker 1: answers for you were better than your answers for you,
Speaker 1: because you know me, Oh thank you, But you know what,
Speaker 1: it's a good thing. I should give myself last credit
Speaker 1: because I didn't have to answer in Turkish. I think
Speaker 1: you deserve just a round of applause for doing all
Speaker 1: these in English. So if you're okay, we're going to
Speaker 1: continue my way now in English. Can I go back
Speaker 1: to where I was going to start? Yes, okay, great,
Speaker 1: fir Con. Tell me about your off season. I know
Speaker 1: you were in Turkey. Can you explain? Can you share
Speaker 1: with us why you feel so comfortable there? What makes
Speaker 1: your experience they're special? I was in Turkey almost for
Speaker 1: like three months, and then I was looking out. I
Speaker 1: was spending time with the family friends. That was really
Speaker 1: fun because you know, it's a long season, You're getting tired,
Speaker 1: sometimes stressful and long season when you play for championship teams,
Speaker 1: it's even more and overall somewhere that we are looking
Speaker 1: for We are looking for someone, you know, just to
Speaker 1: get into vacation, spend time and overall it was really
Speaker 1: a summer for me. What is it like to be
Speaker 1: what's the difference between being fir Con in Turkey and
Speaker 1: fur Con in Philly. I think in turkys some funny.
Speaker 1: I'm more funnier. But in English I'm getting there too,
Speaker 1: because I know you guys are laughing most of my jokes.
Speaker 1: I don't know it's about I'm funny or or my
Speaker 1: English is funny, I don't know, but still like I'm
Speaker 1: happy about this creation. What's your favorite thing about the
Speaker 1: city of Philadelphia. Philly is a tough city, to be honest,
Speaker 1: it's a tough city. I think that's why I like
Speaker 1: Philly just being tough, because if you're just like being relaxed, normal,
Speaker 1: I don't think it's fun. And when you're stressful, when
Speaker 1: you're under stress, when you know somebody's knocking your door,
Speaker 1: when you play bad, then you're welcome to Philly. You're
Speaker 1: at an interesting point in your career because you're still young,
Speaker 1: but you've been here for a while. Do you consider
Speaker 1: yourself a young guy or a veteran. I consider myself
Speaker 1: as a veteran because I don't see myself as a
Speaker 1: young guy anymore on the court of the court, because
Speaker 1: it's not just on the court stuff. I think overall,
Speaker 1: I had enough experience in this league to be bed.
Speaker 1: What are your goals then as a veteran for this team?
Speaker 1: What type of energy are you trying to bring to
Speaker 1: the veteran group? My only goal this year to win
Speaker 1: that championship because when I watched like those guys, who
Speaker 1: is like wearing those rings, you know, posting photos Instagram
Speaker 1: after they get the rink and everything. I'm getting really jealous,
Speaker 1: to be honest, why we were not there because we
Speaker 1: had a lot of potential, I think more than the
Speaker 1: other teams. That's why I want to be out there.
Speaker 1: I want to be on the top with my tear.
Speaker 1: I spoke to Joel shortly before speaking to you, and
Speaker 1: he said he was really excited when you resigned your contract.
Speaker 1: Take me through that moment. I know you wanted to
Speaker 1: come back to Philly, but we weren't sure if that
Speaker 1: was how it was going to pan out. How excited
Speaker 1: were you in that moment? Describe it to us. It
Speaker 1: was a little bit weird because I've been in Philly
Speaker 1: like almost four years. This is gonna be my fifth year.
Speaker 1: And then I was kind of like in and out,
Speaker 1: but I was in every time. So it was kind
Speaker 1: of like a little treaty for me. But overall, I'm
Speaker 1: so proud to signing this contract, coming back to Philly,
Speaker 1: playing four championship and playing for the city. I cannot
Speaker 1: wait again to get into us. How to go to
Speaker 1: get the work done. If you think about yourself, maybe
Speaker 1: when you were sixteen or seventeen before you came over here.
Speaker 1: What advice would you give to your younger self before
Speaker 1: your career started. Oh, I think I did a good job.
Speaker 1: I was just had a bad luck. I just had
Speaker 1: a bad luck like injuries, you know, all those stuff.
Speaker 1: I don't know, Like there's a couple of things that
Speaker 1: I will say, but still I don't mind to make
Speaker 1: those mistakes because that's how you learn. So what advice
Speaker 1: would you give young fir Con when he was having
Speaker 1: a harder time. I will just say, stay hold, just
Speaker 1: keep being yourself because at ten of the day I
Speaker 1: will win. I knew that I was going to win.
Speaker 1: I want to ask you about the way we started
Speaker 1: this interview, because you do bring levity to the group.
Speaker 1: You bring a lightness, you bring laughter, You make people happy,
Speaker 1: the fans feel it. Why is that important to you
Speaker 1: as part of your role, not just to perform on
Speaker 1: the court and be a good vet, but to make
Speaker 1: people laugh and to have a good time while you're
Speaker 1: doing it. Actually, I don't I don't like to be
Speaker 1: sitting in the locker room just be to like this phase,
Speaker 1: you know, looking down, I just want to laugh. I
Speaker 1: just want people to laugh because I think just how
Speaker 1: the friendship goes forward. That's what I'm trying to do.
Speaker 1: I don't want to be something else or I don't
Speaker 1: want to be not myself. I just want to be
Speaker 1: myself and then people likes it. I'm glad that people
Speaker 1: likes it. Maybe some of the people they don't like it.
Speaker 1: You know, sometimes when you hear too much energy or
Speaker 1: like trying to be funny, here's the point, Like I don't.
Speaker 1: I'm not trying to be funny. I think like that's
Speaker 1: who I am. That's why I'm also happy about that.
Speaker 1: You said that your team goal is to pursue a championship.
Speaker 1: What is your goal? What do you want to accomplish?
Speaker 1: What's your personal goal for the twenty twenty one twenty
Speaker 1: two season. I just want to I just don't want
Speaker 1: to be like represent myself as a shooter, you know.
Speaker 1: I want to put the ball down more defensively. I
Speaker 1: want to take one more step forward because I think
Speaker 1: last two years I've been taking who steps. But this
Speaker 1: year is going to be even more important because every
Speaker 1: position matters. Last year we saw in the playoffs, like
Speaker 1: you are losing the games by one or two points,
Speaker 1: Like every position matters. And then if you want to
Speaker 1: win something, everybody has to step up. You had a
Speaker 1: truly electric hype video that you released of yourself working out.
Speaker 1: Can you take us through the production process? How did
Speaker 1: that video come to be? Because people loved it? So
Speaker 1: my PR team in Turkey, my team in Turkey, I
Speaker 1: think they did a great job. To be honest, I
Speaker 1: was not expecting to get a lot of reaction from
Speaker 1: the especially Philip Fins, but probably my PR team. They
Speaker 1: knew that. That's why they did the video. But I
Speaker 1: was hyped because that was a really good video. I
Speaker 1: like it when I saw the video because when you
Speaker 1: are recording those type of videos, you don't know what's
Speaker 1: coming because you're just giving the poses, you know, trying
Speaker 1: to be cool. But at the end of today, when
Speaker 1: you see the video, it's totally different. So that's why
Speaker 1: I'm glad that, um they made a good job and
Speaker 1: then everybody liked it. Okay, this is my last section.
Speaker 1: It's a group of superlatives. So I'm gonna ask you
Speaker 1: which of your teammates is most likely to do this,
Speaker 1: that or whatever. You're ready rapid fire, Which of your
Speaker 1: teammates is the most on time, the most punctual, me,
Speaker 1: which of your other teammates is also on time? I'm
Speaker 1: on the time every time, so so your earliest nobody's
Speaker 1: ever here from morning? No, no, I didn't mean that,
Speaker 1: like if there's a team flights like, I'm on I'm
Speaker 1: on the right all the time, not like earlierly, but
Speaker 1: I'm on the sign. But I will say Tyres is
Speaker 1: getting it early, Isaiah, Joel, Poul, poular Reid is only two.
Speaker 1: So who else? Mattias, Shake, the Doory Birds, so basically everybody,
Speaker 1: I mean everybody famous. Who's the best dancer? Oh, Danny Green,
Speaker 1: I don't know if he's the best, but he thinks
Speaker 1: he's the best. But I would say Poul Red I'm
Speaker 1: taking it back. I would say Polari, who's the worst dancer?
Speaker 1: Matis terrible? Who would you trust most to get you
Speaker 1: out of an escape room? Who? I will baby? Yeah? Like,
Speaker 1: who would you trust to help you guys get out quickly?
Speaker 1: I would say Joel, Um, Tobias Matis, and I think
Speaker 1: Um Shake is smart on those teams too. Who would
Speaker 1: you trust to cook you dinner? Ah, that's tough. I'm
Speaker 1: not gonna trust myself. And I don't know, I don't
Speaker 1: see any chef in the team. Do we have any chef?
Speaker 1: But if someone had to cook you dinner or you
Speaker 1: start starve to death, who would you trust? You know,
Speaker 1: I had this conversation. It's interesting. I'm gonna I'm gonna
Speaker 1: find out. I don't know. I'm gonna find out. You'll
Speaker 1: get back to me. Okay, fair, Who would you trust
Speaker 1: to give you a recommendation? This one's hard for you
Speaker 1: because you give the recommendations for a restaurant. I will
Speaker 1: ask the okay, good answer? Who's the funniest? Funniest? Oh,
Speaker 1: I don't want to say myself, but funny? Who's the nerdiest?
Speaker 1: I don't know. Who do you trust to plan a party?
Speaker 1: I will take polide. Who do you trust to play
Speaker 1: music in the gym? Myself? Who would you trust to
Speaker 1: babysit if you had kids? But now, Joel, who's the
Speaker 1: best dressed? Um, Tobias is good. Who's the happiest in
Speaker 1: the morning? Who's the morning person? Definitely not me? Uh,
Speaker 1: I'm not seeing anybody who's the grumpiest in the morning?
Speaker 1: The worst? No idea. Those are tough questions. If one
Speaker 1: of your teammates had to write a poem and perform
Speaker 1: a piece of poetry. Who would you trust to write
Speaker 1: a good poem? Tyree's okay, Firk. That's the end of
Speaker 1: my questions. And normally I would wrap it up, but
Speaker 1: I'm gonna ask you to wrap it up. Okay, go ahead.
Speaker 1: So Sixers fan, old NBA fans, thanks for watching us.
Speaker 1: Here's our friend Laura Rosen. Whatever. I'm a big stup
Speaker 1: right now, but thanks for watching. Thanks for joining us.
Speaker 1: I was really I really enjoyed and see you soon.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a long season me too. Thank you
Speaker 1: for having me. Ferk, Thanks as always for listening to
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Speaker 1: Con for sitting down. It has been a pleasure to
Speaker 1: talk to you guys as usual. The season is upon us.
Speaker 1: We will talk soon.