WEBVTT - One-on-One with Paul Reed and Shake Milton

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Parie, I'm Shake Milton. You listen to the seventy

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers Insiders podcast. This podcast is part of the seventy

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers podcast network. Search seventy Sixers Insiders wherever you get

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<v Speaker 1>your podcasts. Welcome back to seventy Sixers Insiders. I'm Matt

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<v Speaker 1>Murphy along with Lauren Rosen, and we're really looking forward

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<v Speaker 1>to this upcoming set of interviews with seventy Sixers players

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<v Speaker 1>ahead of the postseason. But Lauren, we've got a handful

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<v Speaker 1>of this year's team that sat down with us recently

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<v Speaker 1>and I think shed some light on who these guys are,

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<v Speaker 1>learned a little more about some returners, some new players

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<v Speaker 1>to the team, and just kind of give you that

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<v Speaker 1>extra motivation to route them on for what should be

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<v Speaker 1>a fun NBA playoffs. It was our utmost desire to

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<v Speaker 1>sort of help you guys, our core group of Sixers fans,

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<v Speaker 1>just to know some of your favorite players better or

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<v Speaker 1>maybe make some of the players you're aware of into

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<v Speaker 1>your favorites. And it was really fun to sit down

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<v Speaker 1>talk some off court life things, some on court life things,

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<v Speaker 1>and just get to know these guys a little better.

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<v Speaker 1>So at today, I know you talked to Shake and Paul.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to hear from them. What do people need

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<v Speaker 1>to know before they listen to this one? Well, they

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<v Speaker 1>were not interviewed together. It was two separate one on ones,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're both unique in their own way of the interviews.

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<v Speaker 1>And we do have another set of or another podcast

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<v Speaker 1>episode that will be multiple players, but those two were

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<v Speaker 1>interviewed together with you, so we won't say who that

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<v Speaker 1>is yet, but these were separate interviews. And obviously Paul

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<v Speaker 1>Reid is it's always interesting to hear from and Shake

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<v Speaker 1>I think is more thoughtful than people realize, and he's

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<v Speaker 1>been around longer than people realize, one of the longest

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<v Speaker 1>tenured Sixers, and both of these guys are very introspective,

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<v Speaker 1>so I think there's it kind of makes sense that

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<v Speaker 1>they're together. Let's do it. Paul read first, and then Shake.

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<v Speaker 1>Milton six nine friend to Paul, University the Mud to

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<v Speaker 1>sew you. Paul read from Orlando, Florida. When you retire,

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<v Speaker 1>which we know is not imminent, what do you want

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<v Speaker 1>people to say about you? I want people to say

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<v Speaker 1>that he is one of the best players to ever

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<v Speaker 1>play the game. I want people to say that he's

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<v Speaker 1>great human being, you know, off the court as well

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<v Speaker 1>as on the court. I want to do is that

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<v Speaker 1>just gives back to his community and really, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>changes people lives. What are some things you're good at

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<v Speaker 1>off the court? You want me to be honest? Sure,

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like I'm good at everything. What was your

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<v Speaker 1>childhood like? Uh? Childhood was cool. You know. I grew up.

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<v Speaker 1>I got all sisters, so I used to spend a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of time with my cousins. You know, my boy

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<v Speaker 1>cousins used to hang out all the time, wrestle. You

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<v Speaker 1>used to play football, play basketball, and then I used

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<v Speaker 1>to I was outside kids. How used to say, outside,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, playing all day long. Do you have a

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<v Speaker 1>memorable fork in the road in your life? A decision

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<v Speaker 1>you had to make where the outcome could be different.

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<v Speaker 1>What would have happened if you had gone the other way?

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<v Speaker 1>Does anything come to mind? Whether it was Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like if I took all my college visits instead

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<v Speaker 1>of just choosing three, I think you know, that would

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<v Speaker 1>have man in teresting. What do you think would have happened?

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<v Speaker 1>We'll just had more options, you know, and then I

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<v Speaker 1>would have got to see, like what I what else

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<v Speaker 1>I was capable of. What is the best advice you've

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<v Speaker 1>ever received? The best advice I ever received was the best.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't rest, the best, don't rest? I like it. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>What's your favorite gift that you've gotten for someone else?

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<v Speaker 1>My favorite gift that I got for somebody else. I

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<v Speaker 1>got my mom a house. I think that's that's my

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<v Speaker 1>greatest gift so far. What's the favorite thing you've bought

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<v Speaker 1>for yourself? My angie, what's the most regular thing about you,

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<v Speaker 1>the most normal thing that you do, or the most

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<v Speaker 1>normal thing about your life. I watched I watched TV.

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<v Speaker 1>I like your watch a light and filic shows Hulu

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<v Speaker 1>all that. We talk about how there's three types of

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<v Speaker 1>days in the NBA, a game day, a travel day,

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<v Speaker 1>and an off day. So what's something that you look

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<v Speaker 1>forward to first on a game day? But I look

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<v Speaker 1>forward to here on a game day, it's the game,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, have a geet up about that. What do

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<v Speaker 1>you look forward to on travel days? On travel days,

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<v Speaker 1>are we looking forward to just making it to the

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<v Speaker 1>hotel room and kind of just sitting down and relaxing,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, once I make it, even though we don't

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<v Speaker 1>always get to do that. What do you look forward

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<v Speaker 1>to on off days. On our days, I look forward

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<v Speaker 1>to getting in the gym. How players know kind of

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<v Speaker 1>what's being said about them. What do you think is

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<v Speaker 1>something that the public has correct about you? What are

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<v Speaker 1>they write about Probably like our player has got like

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of free time. We'll be having free time

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<v Speaker 1>for so so you individually, what do you think is

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<v Speaker 1>something that maybe is misunderstood about you by the public.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't really know what the public think about me,

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<v Speaker 1>So it's like I don't know how to answer that

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<v Speaker 1>question fairly. What's your favorite or most memorable sporting event

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<v Speaker 1>that you've been to as a fan? Um? I went

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<v Speaker 1>to WWE match recently. You know, it's kind of lit.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's most numberable memorable so far. What's the

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<v Speaker 1>most important relationship you have in your life? My relationship

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<v Speaker 1>with God for sure. How do you nurture that relationship? Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I just make sure that you know I thank God

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<v Speaker 1>every day. Yeah, I try to make them proud every day.

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<v Speaker 1>You can share a meal with anyone in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Who is it with and what are you having to eat?

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<v Speaker 1>I might have to choose Michael Jordan, Are you're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>we definitely eating State awesome. Do you have any questions

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<v Speaker 1>for me? Uh? What made you start doing a podcast?

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<v Speaker 1>So in college I just started doing something actually about hockey.

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<v Speaker 1>I knew I wanted to work in sports, but I

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't sure if it would be on the business side.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I started doing broadcasting and really loved it.

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<v Speaker 1>So okay, stuck with it from freshman's sophomore year of college.

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<v Speaker 1>That was up. It was up. Uh. We got another

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<v Speaker 1>question for you. If you could change one thing about

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<v Speaker 1>your podcast, who would it be. We would love to

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<v Speaker 1>hear from you guys more often. Lauren and I do

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of episodes together. Um, but I think the

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<v Speaker 1>fans really enjoy hearing you guys. Okay, okay, probably what

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<v Speaker 1>I would say. Starting a guard six six two twenty

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<v Speaker 1>from the great state of Oklahoma. Shake the girl goes crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, we know you're a great basketball player. What

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<v Speaker 1>else are you great at? Um? I think I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>great at just living life, man, You know what I mean?

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<v Speaker 1>It just great at waking up, getting some sun, simple things, reading, observing, um,

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<v Speaker 1>being present. Let's see it. The favorite gift that you've

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<v Speaker 1>gotten for someone else gone for someone else, maybe like

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<v Speaker 1>just like a little piece of art that kind of

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<v Speaker 1>is like an inside joke or something like that. I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like I would say that, Yeah, what's your favorite

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<v Speaker 1>gift that you've gotten for yourself that I've gotten for myself.

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<v Speaker 1>I got a really cool fish tank that I bought

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<v Speaker 1>for myself, So that was probably like the most expensive

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<v Speaker 1>thing I've spent NBA money on. I love it. What's

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<v Speaker 1>the most regular thing about shake Milton? Oh, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like everything. I'm a real regular guy, chilled, netflix,

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<v Speaker 1>like to sing in the shower, that type of stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>We talk about the three types of days in the NBA,

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<v Speaker 1>A game day, a travel day, and off day. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>what's something that you look forward to on each? Starting

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<v Speaker 1>with a game day. On a game day, I look

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<v Speaker 1>forward to competing in front of the amazing fans. What

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<v Speaker 1>do you look forward to on a travel day? Travel day?

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<v Speaker 1>I would say spending time with the guys on the plane.

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<v Speaker 1>Off day, off day, not seeing anybody, and staying in

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<v Speaker 1>bed all day. What's something about life on the road

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<v Speaker 1>during some of these longer trips that would surprise people.

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<v Speaker 1>I would say just the amount of times you're getting

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<v Speaker 1>into a city at like three to four am and

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<v Speaker 1>you're not even really sure what city or in At

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<v Speaker 1>some points when it comes to like the public's perception

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<v Speaker 1>of you as a player or as a person, even,

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<v Speaker 1>what do you think something that they have correct about you?

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<v Speaker 1>That I have good music taste? What's something that you

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<v Speaker 1>think is misunderstood about you that everybody thinks I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>so quiet, Like, yeah, I'm I'm laid back and calm,

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<v Speaker 1>but I feel like everybody in my circle will be

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<v Speaker 1>telling me to shut up, you know, more than anything else.

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<v Speaker 1>What's the most memorable sporting event that you've been to

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<v Speaker 1>as a fan? As a fan? Ooh dang, that's a

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<v Speaker 1>good question. I remember when I was little, my pops

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<v Speaker 1>used to take us to the Texas Longhorn game. So

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<v Speaker 1>we went to one in Oklahoma State with like the

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<v Speaker 1>second half in Sean came out and ran like eighty

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<v Speaker 1>yards for a touchdown, So that was really cool. Who's

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<v Speaker 1>the most important relationship that you have in your life

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<v Speaker 1>and how do you nurture it? I would say my mom.

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<v Speaker 1>She's amazing. She makes it really easy. I don't really

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<v Speaker 1>have to nurture it, just call her and say, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>talk about whatever. For sure. When you retire, what do

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<v Speaker 1>you want people to say about you. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>people to say that he was a great player. He

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<v Speaker 1>was very passionate about the craft and everything that came

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<v Speaker 1>with it, and above all else, he was just a

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<v Speaker 1>real one, A solid dude. Do you have a memorable

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<v Speaker 1>fork in the road in your life and like, what

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<v Speaker 1>would have happened if you had made one decision versus

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<v Speaker 1>the other? Ah Man, I feel like that's just been

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<v Speaker 1>my life. I could just there's plenty of them, but

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<v Speaker 1>uh not specifically. You can share a meal with anyone

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<v Speaker 1>in the world. Who's at your table and what are

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<v Speaker 1>you eating? I can share a meal with anyone in

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<v Speaker 1>the world. I would share a meal. I don't know. Dang,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a good question. Like they have to be alive

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<v Speaker 1>right now, doesn't have to be anybody, Dang, you know what.

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<v Speaker 1>Never mind, I would just share a meal with Muhammad

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<v Speaker 1>Ali probably, and what would we be eating. I think

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<v Speaker 1>he has a strict diet. Probably some some some seafood.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back, everybody that was Paul Reid and Shake Milton.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Lauren Rosen with Matt Murphy. Really cool to sort

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<v Speaker 1>of reflect on Shake Milton's development. You mentioned one of

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<v Speaker 1>the longest ten yared sixers. Shake talked a lot about

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<v Speaker 1>shameless plug on The Big Niang Theory, which is our

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<v Speaker 1>other podcast within the seventy six ers podcast network. Check

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<v Speaker 1>that out because that episode came out this week as well.

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<v Speaker 1>But Shake talked about the growth journey that he's had,

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<v Speaker 1>going from someone who was emotionally a little bit manipulated

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<v Speaker 1>by the moment and by how things were going for

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<v Speaker 1>him on the court early in his career and has

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<v Speaker 1>arrived in a place where he can be really comfortable

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<v Speaker 1>with whatever comes and be in a position where if

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<v Speaker 1>Tyrese Maxie, James Harden, and Joel Embiad are all out,

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<v Speaker 1>he can rise to the occasion as he did this

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<v Speaker 1>year in Orlando over Thanksgiving and be the team's leading scorer.

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<v Speaker 1>Or he can find his spots as a scorer off

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<v Speaker 1>the bench, as a sharer off the bench, and do

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<v Speaker 1>so with a mindset that remains consistent. And I've been

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<v Speaker 1>so impressed with Shake's growth development the person he's become.

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<v Speaker 1>It sounds cheesy, but it's been to delight for me

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<v Speaker 1>to watch Shake's growth and Shake's journey and then to

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<v Speaker 1>hear him talk about it too. So always a pleasure

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<v Speaker 1>to learn more about Shake. Shake wanted everyone to know

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<v Speaker 1>that he's not as quiet as he seems or as

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<v Speaker 1>he maybe gives off, which I think we've we've learned

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<v Speaker 1>to be true, and we've also learned that he can

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<v Speaker 1>be a bucket at times when he needs to. And

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<v Speaker 1>he started his career in a similar way that Paul

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<v Speaker 1>Reid did with the two way contract, and Paul's was

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<v Speaker 1>I think shorter lived maybe the two way, But in

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<v Speaker 1>either case, the start of your NBA career a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of pressure on you when you get a chance, are

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<v Speaker 1>you able to showcase what you can do at the

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<v Speaker 1>NBA level in limited minutes. These guys kind of went

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<v Speaker 1>through similar paths, and I think for Shake to have

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<v Speaker 1>kind of come through to the other side and for

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<v Speaker 1>Paul to have stepped up to the plate and kind

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<v Speaker 1>of answered the bell at every turn, like go to

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<v Speaker 1>the g League, win MVP, shoot the ball really well there,

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<v Speaker 1>come to the NBA. Backup Joel Embid at times and

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<v Speaker 1>do well in a lot of those games that you

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<v Speaker 1>have have some of your best NBA games if you're

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<v Speaker 1>Paul Read against guys like Nicola Yokich. Sometimes if you

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<v Speaker 1>look at certain instances, but two guys that had similar

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<v Speaker 1>starts to their careers, and I think that two fan

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<v Speaker 1>favorites in a lot of ways, so and having good,

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<v Speaker 1>good seasons and both in the minutes they get really

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<v Speaker 1>take advantage of it. So it was great to hear

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<v Speaker 1>from both of these guys heading into the playoffs and

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<v Speaker 1>learn more about them because we don't always get a

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<v Speaker 1>chance to hear about some off court topics. So when

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<v Speaker 1>it's their time to shine, now you know a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit more about their personalities. Paul is sort of bursting

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<v Speaker 1>with personality and has become a fan favorite because of

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<v Speaker 1>his personality and what he does show. And then we've

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<v Speaker 1>talked about it with Shake. He knows that he's a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit more reserved, a little bit more demure. But

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<v Speaker 1>when you do hear from him, when you do learn

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<v Speaker 1>about him, when he will show you a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>more of who he is. He's one of the most interesting, thoughtful,

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<v Speaker 1>funny guys that I've sort of had the pleasure to

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<v Speaker 1>work with. So you mentioned the parallels between them. Neither

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<v Speaker 1>of them has been given a single minute in this

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<v Speaker 1>league in the course of their careers, but they've earned

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<v Speaker 1>many minutes now and it's cool and got to be

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<v Speaker 1>cool to continue looking back on where they started. So

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<v Speaker 1>before we got into this conversation, I didn't really compare

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<v Speaker 1>them to each other as much as we're doing right now.

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<v Speaker 1>It just so happened that their interviews are paired together.

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<v Speaker 1>But maybe there was more reason behind that subconsciously, because

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<v Speaker 1>they're both multi year players in college at schools that

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<v Speaker 1>weren't top end of their conferences, Guys that developed into

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<v Speaker 1>pro prospects as their college careers moved along, developed into

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<v Speaker 1>MBA rotation players as their young NBA careers have moved along.

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<v Speaker 1>So I really like talking more about those similarities that

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<v Speaker 1>they bring. And in the just to close the loop

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<v Speaker 1>on the G League reference I made about Paul, I

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<v Speaker 1>still hold a grudge that Shake didn't win any G

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<v Speaker 1>League awards his first year, which also happened to be

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<v Speaker 1>my first year in A nineteen, because he averaged like

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four points a game as a rookie in the

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<v Speaker 1>G League and he didn't get anything for it, whereas

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<v Speaker 1>justice for shape. So I'm gonna keep pointing that out.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe I think he met all the game played minimums

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<v Speaker 1>and all that, but I could be wrong on that.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he was just snubbed. I choose to believe

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<v Speaker 1>that he was snubbed, and I choose to bring it

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<v Speaker 1>up multiple times, and Paul did earn the MVP hardware.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm glad you're still carrying a torch for shake Shake

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<v Speaker 1>being robbed of G League, the remarkable all rookie teams.

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<v Speaker 1>No, no no, he didn't make any of them. You should

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<v Speaker 1>die on that hill. It's a good one. I'll die

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<v Speaker 1>there with you. We talk about it a lot, but

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<v Speaker 1>young players, when they come into good teams, it's so

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<v Speaker 1>much harder to carve out a niche for yourself and

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<v Speaker 1>shake again. Like we've said, one of the longest tenured

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<v Speaker 1>sixers at this point, but has only been with the

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<v Speaker 1>team while they've been good. So fighting and clawing for

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<v Speaker 1>your minutes in high stakes scenarios. Both of them have

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<v Speaker 1>had to show up in the playoffs before, which hopefully

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<v Speaker 1>can prove well as we talk about the regular season

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<v Speaker 1>winding down and the two of them very much jockeying

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<v Speaker 1>for playoff positioning and minutes in those situations. But it

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<v Speaker 1>won't be the first big moment in the playoffs for

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<v Speaker 1>either of them when that moment comes, So looking forward

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<v Speaker 1>to seeing how they perform this postseason and beyond. Pat Murphy,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks us all, yeah, thank you. I hope people enjoyed it,

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<v Speaker 1>and a similar line of questioning for the other sixers

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<v Speaker 1>coming up. So hopefully you learn a thing or two

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<v Speaker 1>about the players as people because they and they have

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<v Speaker 1>dogs as pets. They had they you know, they're tired

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes after road trips, and it was good to just

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<v Speaker 1>shed a little bit more light on that. So thank

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<v Speaker 1>you all. They're humans and they're awesome. Just like all

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<v Speaker 1>of you listeners to give us your feedback, We're always

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<v Speaker 1>open to it. At Matt Underscore, Mr bo four, at

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<v Speaker 1>Lauren m Rosen. Our dms are always open. Let us

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<v Speaker 1>know what questions you want us to ask in these

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<v Speaker 1>types of sit down, say in the future, and we

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<v Speaker 1>can't wait to share the rest of the series with

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<v Speaker 1>you guys. See you next time.