WEBVTT - INSTANT REACTION: LeBron James signs with Philadelphia 76ers | NBA 0:00:01.280 --> 0:00:16.799 The volume. All right, welcome to hips to night here 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:18.880 at the volume Heavy Friday, everybody. Oh Bob, you guys 0:00:18.880 --> 0:00:20.520 are having a great end to your week. I'm coming 0:00:20.520 --> 0:00:23.840 to you guys from Houston. I am in a hotel 0:00:23.920 --> 0:00:26.599 here for my brother's wedding. I was hoping Lebron would 0:00:26.600 --> 0:00:28.480 have made his decision a little bit earlier so that 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:30.840 I could be nice and comfortable in my studio right now. 0:00:30.880 --> 0:00:33.559 But alas he took his time, he made a decision, 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:36.440 and he's going to the Philadelphia seventy six ers. An 0:00:36.479 --> 0:00:41.400 absolutely shocking outcome. I would have had this one fourth 0:00:41.680 --> 0:00:44.320 at highest in terms of likelihood. Obviously all eyes were 0:00:44.360 --> 0:00:47.479 on Cleveland Golden State in Miami. But Lebron's going to 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:50.720 be a Philadelphia seventy six er today. I really just 0:00:50.840 --> 0:00:54.720 want to have an instant reaction first impressions. This is 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:57.920 so out of left field for me. I know that 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:01.360 that was consistently on the list. Jackson and I were 0:01:01.400 --> 0:01:05.240 talking before we started recording, how like Obviously there was 0:01:05.440 --> 0:01:09.880 the Bob Meyer's appearance on the podcast, and Rich Paul 0:01:10.040 --> 0:01:12.400 was consistent that Philly was on the list. 0:01:12.560 --> 0:01:15.160 So I think it's just for me personally. 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:18.640 I had a really hard time envisioning Lebron going to Philly, 0:01:19.480 --> 0:01:21.399 so it just is a place that I haven't spent 0:01:21.480 --> 0:01:24.320 a ton of time mentally kind of like thinking about it. 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:27.040 So again, we're gonna do just an instant reaction, first 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:29.319 impression stuff today. I want to talk about the fit questions. 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:32.440 I want to talk about the Lebron talking about how 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:34.360 he was thinking about retiring. I want to talk about 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:36.560 the where I think they stack in the east, just 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:38.960 kind of first impressions. We'll talk a little bit about 0:01:38.959 --> 0:01:42.319 what potential trades could be on the in the on 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:45.119 the horizon for them in terms of continuing to build 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:45.760 out this team. 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:47.440 And then tomorrow morning, what. 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:49.520 We'll do is we'll do like a more detailed let me, 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:51.440 let me sleep on it for a day and let 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:54.840 me think about some things, and we'll put together a 0:01:54.880 --> 0:01:57.320 more you know, kind of second impressions type of a 0:01:57.360 --> 0:01:59.600 show tomorrow morning. You guys know the joke before we 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:01.480 get started, subscribe to the Hoopsent on YouTube channels. You 0:02:01.480 --> 0:02:03.960 don't miss any more of our videos. 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But I was pretty sure I 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:37.480 played my last game. I was honest at that last 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:39.280 press conference when I said I needed to look at 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:42.440 myself and decide if I still love this game. I 0:02:42.560 --> 0:02:46.000 still truly love this game, and I have more to give. 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:48.720 The last few weeks have been really special. I've never 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:50.840 been able to have no clue what to do. It's 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:53.359 take real time to just think. I've had an incredible 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:54.919 few months with all the people I love trying to 0:02:54.919 --> 0:02:58.119 figure it all out. This is my last decision. I'm 0:02:58.120 --> 0:03:00.600 not going for money, I'm not going for family. What 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:02.800 am I really playing for? At this point? I still 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:06.040 want to sacrifice. I still want to work, I still 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:09.280 want to grind. I still want to compete, to win, 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:11.480 and to have a chance at the feeling of winning 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:14.560 another championship. I believe I can help make the Philadelphia 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:17.120 seventy six ers a championship team. And I am so 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:19.360 excited to energize a new fan base and to start 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:22.480 this incredible journey one last time. Thank you La Miami, 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:25.800 al Forever love in Northeast Ohio will always be home. 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:29.840 And then some emojis. I thought the piece of about 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:33.120 the mortality piece was fascinating to me about this because 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:35.160 he went on that trip when he was celebrating with 0:03:35.160 --> 0:03:38.160 the twenty sixteen Calves and he talked about I think 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:41.280 Richard Jefferson and Shanning Frye were talking about how like 0:03:41.600 --> 0:03:46.000 Lebron was still like clearly dieting and clearly you know, 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:48.119 carrying around a big jug of water and still doing 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:50.920 all the workouts and stuff. And I think one of 0:03:50.920 --> 0:03:53.440 the important details there is that like being one of 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:55.560 the best basketball players of all time, if not the best, 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:58.640 takes an enormous amount of work, Like being a forty 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:00.920 one year old who still is a top ten playoff 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:03.080 player in the league takes an enormous amount of work, 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:05.160 and I think he was just contemplating whether or not 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:07.040 it was actually worth it for him to do it. 0:04:07.520 --> 0:04:10.119 And there's one thing that can drive that, and it's 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:14.000 a love for the game. And you know, combine that 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:17.000 with his competitiveness and his desire to win, and here 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:18.719 we are. We're gonna get to watch Lebron James play 0:04:18.760 --> 0:04:21.159 basketball for at least one more season. It's a player 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:23.200 option for that second season. So I think that's just 0:04:23.240 --> 0:04:26.000 there in case he wants to retire, and we're gonna 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:28.719 get to see Lebron with the Philadelphia's seventy six ers. 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:31.280 So let's dig in a little bit to the fit, 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:34.120 because there was some reasons why I didn't, like mentally 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:36.600 kind of enter the headspace of Lebron being a sixer, 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:38.080 and it kind of just had to do with that 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:41.680 basketball fit. Like Lebron, I talked about this idea, like 0:04:41.720 --> 0:04:43.240 I want to see Lebron succeed, but I want to 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:45.520 see him succeed being Lebron. I want to see him 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:49.920 succeed being a version of himself that kind of maximizes 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:52.719 what he's great at, and like hide some of his 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:54.960 specific weaknesses, and that's why I looked at some of 0:04:55.040 --> 0:04:57.479 these other places. You know, like, Okay, Lebron at this 0:04:57.560 --> 0:05:01.799 point is still a great playmaking talent. The Lakers' lineups 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:03.880 when Lebron was on the floor by himself, when he 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:06.360 was commanding the offense last year, were some of the Lakers' 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:08.800 most successful groups. And so that's what it had me 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:12.440 thinking about Golden State in Miami in particular, because he 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:14.359 would just be the secondary ball handler in both of 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:16.880 those situations as opposed to some of these other situations 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:19.680 where he would struggle with usage. And I mean, we've 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:21.600 all seen the tweets that have been going around in 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:23.120 the last little bit, like a lot of people are 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:27.280 questioning whether or not the usage rates of all these 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:29.760 guys kind of makes sense fitting with each other. Lebron 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:33.600 last year twenty seven percent usage. Tyrese Maxi last year 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:37.120 twenty nine percent usage. VJ edgecomb as a rookie getting 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:39.640 pick and roll reps, getting opportunities to attack us at 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:43.039 nineteen percent usage last year, Jalen Brown thirty five percent usage, 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:45.120 one of the highest usage players in the league last year. 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:47.160 We know what it looks like when Joel Embiid is 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:50.120 healthy and available. He had a thirty two percent usage 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:52.880 rate last year. So like, it's definitely like kind of 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:56.000 a clunky fit in that specific respect. And that's where 0:05:56.000 --> 0:05:57.400 I kind of want to start in terms of the 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:00.960 framing of them as a contender, because does that mean 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:03.200 the fact that they were all high usage players, does 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:06.400 that mean that they can't play together? No, that doesn't 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:08.800 mean that at all. What it does mean, though, is 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.280 that it's going to be a challenge, meaning that there 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:14.080 is a wider range of outcomes. Jackson made this point 0:06:14.080 --> 0:06:15.919 before we started recording, and I thought it was really smart. 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:19.479 It was like, the Knicks probably have the narrowest range 0:06:19.480 --> 0:06:22.520 of outcomes for all the different versions of themselves that 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:25.039 they can be this year. Right, Like their ceiling is 0:06:25.080 --> 0:06:28.440 not astronomically high, but their floor is, like it's like, 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:30.720 right there by their ceiling, we just know what the 0:06:30.800 --> 0:06:34.039 Knicks are going to be. The Sixers, certainly with their talent, 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:37.000 have a higher ceiling than the Knicks, but they also 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:39.600 have a lower floor than the Knicks because of that 0:06:39.720 --> 0:06:42.760 wide range of outcomes based on whether or not these 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:45.640 guys actually fit together, based on these guys whether or not. 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:49.840 These guys are able to piece together an offense that 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:53.720 is greater than the sum of their parts rather than 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:55.400 lesser than the sum of their parts. And it really 0:06:55.400 --> 0:06:58.520 comes down to a couple of different things. So Lebron 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:00.640 James last year had a bad jump shooting season. I 0:07:00.640 --> 0:07:02.760 do think you'll have a better jump shooting season this year. 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:06.960 But Lebron certainly is not a pure jump shooter. 0:07:07.120 --> 0:07:09.160 Right. We talked about it at various points. 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:12.680 Jalen Brown was a forty fifth percentile spot up player 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:14.400 last year. He was not a good spot up player. 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:17.520 So if this turns into we're gonna run spread pick 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:22.280 and roll with Tyre Smaxey and Joel Embiid and Jalen 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:25.320 Brown and Lebron James are standing off the ball and 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:29.200 there's a lot of like like dribbling the ball off 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:34.000 the floor slowly, slowly getting into pick and roll everyone 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:36.640 else is standing around, then yeah, you're gonna get diminishing 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:38.760 returns there. Because now what you're doing is you're asking 0:07:38.840 --> 0:07:41.160 Lebron James for all the things he's great at to 0:07:41.200 --> 0:07:43.080 be a spot up shooter. You're asking Jalen Brown for 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:44.800 all the things he's great at to be a spot 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:47.840 up shooter. It puts a very it puts together a 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:52.480 very diminishing return type of outcome for those guys. The 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:55.320 same thing goes for you know, like certainly when Lebron 0:07:55.400 --> 0:07:58.160 is looking to attack, Tyri Smaxy can shoot. He's a 0:07:58.200 --> 0:08:01.000 good spot up player. But outside of a handful of 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:04.880 very specific situations, if you are just running spread, pick 0:08:04.960 --> 0:08:07.360 and roll, it's going to lead to diminishing returns. So 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:09.720 how do you take advantage of the skill sets of 0:08:09.760 --> 0:08:14.320 all of these guys in that universe? You have to 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:17.760 take advantage of what each of their aggregate skill sets 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:19.960 add up to. So you don't have a ton of 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:22.520 jump shooting talent in that lineup, but what you do 0:08:22.600 --> 0:08:25.640 have is a lot of speed. You have a lot 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:29.240 of size, like Lebron and Jalen Brown are very physically imposing, 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:31.200 So you have guys that can beat people off the dribble, 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:33.640 but you also have guys that can overpower people. And 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:36.120 then you actually have quite a bit of aggregate like 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:41.160 just offensive skill overall, like a combination of ball handling ability, 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:45.480 playmaking ability, shot making ability. Right, So what you need 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:47.720 to do with this group is get up the floor 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:49.880 early in the clock we'll talk about transition in a minute, 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:52.720 but focusing on the half court getting up early in 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:55.640 the clock so that you can have multiple attacks. One 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:57.079 of the things we talked about a lot, if you 0:08:57.080 --> 0:08:59.480 guys remember in the playoffs, was when you start to 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:02.839 run into a elite defenses, you don't see a lot 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:06.200 of like one drive, kick, wide open three. It doesn't 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:09.800 happen because the elite defenses they tend to flatten that 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:12.360 first drive a little bit, so it doesn't really break 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:14.760 the defense down that much, and then they close out 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:17.000 so well that often we talked about the idea of 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:21.400 stacking drives. You need to stack drives against elite defenses, 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:24.760 meaning like one guy attacks barely breaks down the defense, 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:27.439 and the next guy attacks further breaks down the defense. 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:30.000 Then the next guy attacks really breaks down the defense, 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:32.240 and then maybe a fourth attack. Even if you get 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:34.400 it early enough in the clock and you get an 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:37.360 open look. That is going to be the strength of 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:40.840 this Sixers team when they need to break down elite defenses. 0:09:40.920 --> 0:09:43.360 If they get the ball up early and they get 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:46.920 multiple attacks and they trust each other, like I make 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:50.160 this first move, I don't have a great look for myself, 0:09:50.200 --> 0:09:53.240 but I bet the defense just a little bit, keep 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:56.920 it moving the next guy attacks. If they take advantage 0:09:56.960 --> 0:10:02.560 of their cumulative, their aggregate offensive skill by breaking defenses down, 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:06.160 by stacking attacks, they're gonna be really, really difficult to 0:10:06.240 --> 0:10:08.560 guard when they get to the highest levels of the 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:12.240 NBA Playoffs against the best defenses in the league. But again, 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:15.439 if they walk the ball up and they get into 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:18.920 just one two attacks in a possession and everyone else 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:22.880 is standing around, now you're relegating guys like Jaylen Brown 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:25.600 and Lebron James to being spot up shooters, and that's 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:27.680 gonna lead to diminishing returns. 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:28.040 Right. 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:30.199 I haven't even talked about Joel Embid yet. I think 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:31.520 he's gonna be in and out of the lineup a 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:33.920 lot next year. So that's why kind of focusing on 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:36.280 those four guys. But it's the same thing. If you 0:10:36.320 --> 0:10:38.920 want to get Joel Embiid the basketball, if you go 0:10:39.000 --> 0:10:41.320 to him early, like late in the clock, after you 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:43.800 walk it up and he's backing a dude down with 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:46.240 eleven to ten on the shot clock and everyone else 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:49.240 is just spotting up, there's gonna be diminishing returns. You 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:51.560 get it up early in the clock and you have 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:55.160 opportunity to attack multiple times on the same possession. That's 0:10:55.200 --> 0:10:58.680 where it's so advantageous to have that many good basketball 0:10:58.679 --> 0:11:00.600 players on the floor at the same time. But again, 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:03.199 there's a wide range of outcomes. There's a version of 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:05.679 this story. I've talked about this a little bit with 0:11:05.760 --> 0:11:08.000 Jackson before we started recording. 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In Indiana, if you or someone 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:13.960 you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:17.280 one eight hundred and nine with it in Arizona, Ohio 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:20.640 and Virginia called one hundred My reset gambling problem called 0:13:20.679 --> 0:13:23.960 one hundred gambler in Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, or Tennessee. 0:13:26.559 --> 0:13:30.200 There's gonna be nights where guys take bad shots. Lebron's 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:34.079 frustrated with shots selection Jalen Brown gets marginalized in a 0:13:34.120 --> 0:13:36.720 game because Maxium beat and Lebron take a bunch of shots. 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:39.360 MAXI will have games where he's not super involved, Like 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:41.839 I think there are gonna be games where it looks 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:45.040 clunky and guys look frustrated, But that's part of the 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:48.040 growth in the investment. If they this is where I 0:13:48.080 --> 0:13:51.520 think Lebron's leadership is gonna be key. If Lebron gets 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:53.600 in there and all these guys sit down and they 0:13:53.640 --> 0:13:56.080 look at each other and they go, if we're gonna 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:59.520 achieve our ultimate goal, we have to trust each other. 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:03.160 We have to lean on each other, we have to 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:05.360 to be greater than the s of our parts by 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:09.720 making personal sacrifice, and they embrace that journey. Even though 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:12.720 there will be bad nights, it'll have a happy ending 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:15.160 because by the time they get through the eighty two games, 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:17.560 by the time they get through multiple playoff series, they'll 0:14:17.600 --> 0:14:19.680 have a moment where they're like, Okay, we know how 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:22.280 to do this now because we've made the investment, we've 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:25.640 made the sacrifice, and now we're piecing this all together. 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:27.600 One of the cool things about this too, like from 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:31.360 the standpoint of getting through the eighty two when you 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:34.440 have that many good basketball players, you can structure your 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:37.240 lineups in a way where there's just always really good 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:39.680 players on the court. So there can be units where 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:44.560 it's like, Okay, Tyrese Maxi's off the floor, Anthony Simon's 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:47.560 is in, or Justin Edwards is in, and you know, 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:50.600 look and beads off the floor. Ariel huck Porti's in. 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:53.120 And it's like you have Areal huck Porti and you 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:55.720 have Anthony Simons or you of Justin Evers. But then 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:59.200 you also have Lebron James and Jaln Brown on the floor, 0:14:59.360 --> 0:15:03.040 right or Lebron's off the floor, Jalen Brown's off the floor. 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:06.040 We're leaning on old school Tyrese Maxi, Joel and and 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:08.400 be two man game, right, Like, they're gonna have the 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:11.920 ability to constantly have a lot of pressure on the 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:15.320 defense because they have such a depth of shot creation talent. 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:20.560 How many teams in the NBA have four all Star level, 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:24.560 like the all Star level shot creation talents. How many 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:28.520 teams in the NBA have four dudes that are like 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:32.520 all NBA level talents that can create offense. Right, So 0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:36.200 that's gonna be where the uh, where the upside is there, 0:15:36.200 --> 0:15:38.600 but it is gonna be a wide range of outcomes 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:42.520 as far as like the the the kind of like 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:46.040 the bench groups as you as you look at the 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:46.800 rest of the roster. 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:48.120 So we have Dean Wade. 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:50.520 I think Dean Wade is gonna start several games too, 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:53.320 as Lebron James is dealing with, you know, health related 0:15:53.320 --> 0:15:54.960 issues throughout the year. That's like a guy who can 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:57.520 legitimately start games. So like a sixth starter that I 0:15:57.520 --> 0:16:02.800 think is a nice piece from from Bob Meyer's helping 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:05.560 this summer. Aaron hug Porty at the center rotation. The 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:08.400 center rotation is a little tricky because Joel Embiid's gonna 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:10.120 be in and out of the lineup obviously with health 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:13.000 related stuff. Hug Porty at least is fast enough to 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:14.560 be able to keep up in the open floor with 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:17.000 these guys. Den Bona is a guy I actually like. 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:19.400 You can block some shots, you can finish around the basket, 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:21.480 but it's a little thin in the center rotation. So 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:23.160 we'll talk about the trade market a little bit. I 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:25.520 do wonder if the Sixers will be active in the 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:28.000 trade market to acquire a little bit more center depth, 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:31.720 especially speed at the center position. But at the guard position. 0:16:31.760 --> 0:16:34.960 It's weird because they're thinn right, you have VJ. Edgecomb, 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:39.320 you have Tyrese Maxi. Anthrony Simons is your backup guard. 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:41.600 LeBaron Filon will see how much he ends up playing 0:16:41.640 --> 0:16:44.800 as a as a rookie this year. It's a you're 0:16:44.920 --> 0:16:47.920 skinny and you're small, but you're lightning fast. That's a 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:50.120 very very fast group. One of the things I like 0:16:50.160 --> 0:16:52.280 about that group I talked about this with if you 0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:56.400 guys remember Toronto last year. I like the idea of 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:58.840 having like, oh, we have speed guards that if you 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:00.960 have a slow person on the or we target the 0:17:00.960 --> 0:17:03.360 slow person and we're going at them every single time. 0:17:03.800 --> 0:17:06.560 But then we also have power players where it's like, okay, 0:17:06.600 --> 0:17:10.359 you try to match speed, we're targeting the smalls. Now 0:17:10.480 --> 0:17:12.960 that's the like when I imagine a lot of Tyree Maxey 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:17.040 Lebron James two man game. Imagine a scenario where I 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:20.000 need to have big, strong forwards on the floor that 0:17:20.080 --> 0:17:22.119 can hang with the Jlen Brown, that can hang with 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:25.239 the Lebron James. But I also need speed on the 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:28.040 floor that can hang with Tyree Maxy, that can hang 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:28.440 with VJ. 0:17:28.640 --> 0:17:29.200 Edgecombe. 0:17:29.840 --> 0:17:33.360 Now those guys are on the floor simultaneously, how are 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:38.679 they able to guard actions that interchange with those two groups. Well, 0:17:39.000 --> 0:17:42.280 if they switch, now Lebron can attack a size mismatch, 0:17:42.400 --> 0:17:46.719 Tyras Maxey can attack a speed mismatch. If they don't switch, 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:49.800 that's where you get those natural openings, Like they're hedging 0:17:49.840 --> 0:17:53.120 and recovering. Now Tyres maxis slipping out and he's wide 0:17:53.119 --> 0:17:54.960 open for three on a little behind the back pass 0:17:55.000 --> 0:17:59.360 from Lebron or oh Lebron setting the screen they're showing 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:01.640 at the level, Well, Naxi's able to throw a little 0:18:01.680 --> 0:18:03.479 pocket passer, a little thing over the top of Now 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:06.240 Lebron's leading a four on three right, Like, that's the 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:08.480 dynamic from this team that I think has the potential 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:10.399 to make them really hard to guard. Going back to 0:18:10.440 --> 0:18:12.520 that idea being like greater than the some of your 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:14.760 parts rather than lesser than the some of your parts. 0:18:15.200 --> 0:18:18.560 Getting multiple guys involved in actions is an easy way 0:18:18.600 --> 0:18:23.159 to do that, Right. If I'm just running a standard 0:18:23.240 --> 0:18:25.760 kind of pick and roll where I'm using a role 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:29.159 player on one part of the action, you're just going 0:18:29.240 --> 0:18:31.560 to coalesce around the star and get them to get 0:18:31.640 --> 0:18:33.920 rid of the basketball. But if I have two stars 0:18:33.960 --> 0:18:36.480 involved in the action and they play very different possession 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:40.640 of position groups. It makes the defense make some complicated decisions. 0:18:41.119 --> 0:18:43.920 Get into horn sets and three man action, whether it's 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:46.679 stack or it's double drag or various things that you 0:18:46.680 --> 0:18:49.159 can run out of horns. Get three of your stars 0:18:49.200 --> 0:18:51.800 involved in the action. Now we're cooking with grease, right. 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:55.800 You can imagine. You can imagine a situation where it's 0:18:56.240 --> 0:18:59.239 Tyrese Maxi in a horn set with Lebron James and 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:03.440 joelmb or double drag with those two guys, it can 0:19:03.520 --> 0:19:05.960 just get really really difficult to guard. And so there's 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:08.919 a lot of potential here, but there's also potential for 0:19:08.960 --> 0:19:10.440 it to be clunky, and that's going to be the 0:19:10.560 --> 0:19:12.840 job of these guys. It's going to be so important 0:19:12.880 --> 0:19:15.440 for them early in the season to get together talk 0:19:15.440 --> 0:19:19.760