WEBVTT - In-Depth with Danny Green 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:03.760 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers podcast Network 0:00:04.120 --> 0:00:08.239 search seventy Sixers podcast Wherever you get your Pots. I'm 0:00:08.320 --> 0:00:11.480 Lauren Rosen and this is a seventy Sixers Insiders one 0:00:11.520 --> 0:00:14.840 on one interview from the seventy Sixers Podcast Network. My 0:00:14.880 --> 0:00:18.079 guest today is none other than mister three Rings himself, 0:00:18.239 --> 0:00:21.319 Danny Green. When Danny came to the facility to sign 0:00:21.360 --> 0:00:24.400 his contract just days before his wedding, congrats of course 0:00:24.440 --> 0:00:26.920 to Danny. By the way, we sat down to discuss 0:00:26.960 --> 0:00:30.840 returning to Philadelphia, unfinished business from last season, his wedding, 0:00:31.040 --> 0:00:34.080 his dogs, and his favorite spots to eat around Philadelphia. 0:00:34.240 --> 0:00:36.199 Danny was thoughtful as always, and it was great to 0:00:36.240 --> 0:00:38.120 hear some of the tricks of the trade from one 0:00:38.120 --> 0:00:41.440 of the league's most respected vents. So, without further ado, 0:00:41.680 --> 0:00:47.640 here's our conversation. Danny Green, Hello, welcome back to Philadelphia. 0:00:47.680 --> 0:00:50.199 Thank you, thank you. I'm excited. How are you feeling 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:54.560 on this fine Saturday. Oh so it's early, got testing, 0:00:54.680 --> 0:00:56.840 so I'm doing well though. It was also I'm back 0:00:56.880 --> 0:00:58.680 here in the city. We had a chance to do 0:00:58.720 --> 0:01:01.920 some special we were one game away with you. Not 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:08.160 everybody healthy, myself included in that conversation. So, yeah, it's 0:01:08.160 --> 0:01:09.560 gonna be interesting. I would say a lot of teams 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:11.920 were stacking up, a lot of teams are trying to rebuild. 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:14.240 But I thought we had a good foundation, a great 0:01:14.400 --> 0:01:18.759 you know, I guess year last year in the East. 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:21.360 So we get a chance to run it back and hopefully, 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:22.920 you know, bring the same group of guys back with 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:25.480 a you know, a little bit more experience and a 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:27.920 better mindset. So tell me about these last few weeks 0:01:27.920 --> 0:01:30.160 as you made a free agency decision. How did you 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:34.360 land on the decision that you made. It's interesting. So 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:37.000 I'm never usually in the country when free agency starts. 0:01:37.000 --> 0:01:39.560 I don't know why. It's not usually by choice or 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:41.560 planned out. But the last couple of times I was 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:43.039 out the country. This time I was out the country. 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:45.440 I was in Columbia. I have a wedding coming up 0:01:45.480 --> 0:01:47.600 in two weeks or in a week now, but I 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:50.200 was in Columbia for a Baschel weekend, and I was 0:01:50.200 --> 0:01:51.400 a lot of my friends and I had a chance 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:54.240 to talk to him about certain things. Obviously, Philly was 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:57.440 always a priority because you know, I had we had 0:01:57.440 --> 0:01:58.720 a great group, I had a great team, had a 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:01.040 chance to win. That's always the the deal. They have 0:02:01.120 --> 0:02:02.960 my bird rights, so they're able to, you know, offer 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:05.600 more than other teams. But there were some other teams 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:07.640 that were interested, they just didn't have space. It's that 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:10.200 another but said, the prior is always to come here. 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:11.840 So you've mentioned it a couple of times. But the 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:14.079 end of last season obviously didn't go the way that 0:02:14.120 --> 0:02:15.960 anybody hoped. But I think it was particularly tough for 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:18.160 you because you had to watch from the bench. How 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:21.400 does an ending like that now drive your motivation as 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:23.680 you return to the same group. Well, I think it was, 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:26.560 even though it sucked to end the way it did, 0:02:26.560 --> 0:02:28.119 but I think it was great for us coming into 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:29.960 this year and have the same group. For the guys 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:32.280 that played leave a bad taste in the mouth to 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:34.320 come back stronger mentally with a chip on their shoulder, 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:37.320 and myself to try to prove myself a proof that 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:39.480 I can bring some value to help us get over 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:43.920 that hump for this upcoming season. So yeah, it's just 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:47.280 a kind of similar to us the years that when 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:49.320 I was in Santonio, we played Miami be lost and 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:51.360 came back got another opportunity to play them again in 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:54.320 the finals. So I'm really hoping that we played well 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:56.520 this year and also get an opportunity to play Atlanta 0:02:56.600 --> 0:02:59.919 in the playoffs again, you know, to change in there 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:03.079 of that story. When you did your exit interview at 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:05.560 the end of last season, you talked about there being 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:07.560 sort of small areas where you guys could have been 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:09.280 a little bit of better, a little bit better or 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:11.880 focused on more. So when you think about those small 0:03:11.919 --> 0:03:13.640 things that you could do that could make the difference 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:16.000 this year, what are those things to you? It's just 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:18.679 continue to build the maturity in the team. Let's set 0:03:18.720 --> 0:03:21.360 the professionalism, and that takes time. It's hard to do 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:22.919 in one year. But I think those guys are a 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:25.600 year older, year smarter, more mature be in that situation. 0:03:26.320 --> 0:03:29.359 But me being around. We're missing George and Dwight this year, 0:03:29.400 --> 0:03:31.000 so it's a little different. But me being around and 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:33.480 hopefully having some other vets around helped them, you know, 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:35.800 build the right habits so that if I'm not that 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:38.840 situation happens again. You know, I'm not saying they don't 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:41.560 need me, but they can carry on and follow suit 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:44.520 with me off the floor of you know, doing things 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:47.040 the right way and being professional to build close out 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:51.560 games regardless of who's on the floor. So before you came, Tobias, 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:53.440 at least in my time here has been sort of 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:55.720 like the figurehead leader of this team, sort of the 0:03:55.720 --> 0:03:59.200 guy that kept everybody together. What was your experience like 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:02.120 playing with Tobi last season, What do you like about 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:04.160 him and how do you see your chemistry developing. Oh, 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:06.160 it was amazing. It was great because I've known to 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:07.240 buy it since he was a kid. I don't know 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:09.920 if you know this. We grew up in the same areas, 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:11.840 so I've known him since he was a youngster, and 0:04:11.880 --> 0:04:13.640 we've known each other for a long time. We've always 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:15.800 competed against each other and a chance to play with 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:18.000 each other. So this year to actually finally get a 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:19.640 chance to play with each other, it was great. It 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:21.359 was a lot of fun. Got a chance to know 0:04:21.400 --> 0:04:23.800 each other and see what each other brings to the table, 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:26.039 and we use that to our strengths, to our team 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:28.360 and help keep the team together. So having him by 0:04:28.360 --> 0:04:30.520 my side, having those other guys, other veterans by my side, 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:32.479 made it easier for my job on the court, but 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:35.440 also mainly off the court and keeping the locker room 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:37.960 together and keeping those young guys and teaching them. So 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:40.520 had a lot of fun learning, had a lot of 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:43.280 fun watching them, you know, become the player he is now. 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:45.080 He had a great year, should have been an All 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:47.680 Star and hopefully, you know, you get sit this year 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:50.680 coming up. But it was amazing to see how he 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:53.160 operated on and off the court and how he helped 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:56.480 not only me but his teammates understand what the goal 0:04:56.560 --> 0:05:00.720 is and keep things in order. You mentioned growth, development, fashionalism. 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:04.120 You've mentioned your young guys, and I remember, for me 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:06.600 at least watching that Atlanta series, the way that you 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:09.760 were constantly in their ear where they were talking Tyrese 0:05:09.839 --> 0:05:12.520 or Matise or Shake. What do you think about those 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:15.240 young guys? What do you see in their future? Why 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:17.080 are you excited to play with them again? I see 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:19.800 a bright future. I get excited mostly because the young guys. 0:05:20.080 --> 0:05:21.320 I want to see them do well, and I think 0:05:21.360 --> 0:05:23.479 they have the potential to do great things. You know, 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:25.760 they have a lot of talent. Tyrese is very talented, 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:29.600 Paul Reid is very talented, Shake is very talented. Matisse furk. 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:31.960 I'm glad they brought him back. All these guys are 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:34.480 very good and I see them carrying this organization to 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:36.400 the next step if they're here years after that, some 0:05:36.440 --> 0:05:37.920 of these guys are gone, but I can see them, 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:41.719 whether it's here or another spot, them being a big figure, 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:45.279 a big piece to a very important puzzle in different 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:48.080 organizations or if not this one. So I said, I 0:05:48.080 --> 0:05:49.599 think they have a lot of potential, a lot of talent, 0:05:49.760 --> 0:05:51.760 and I think they have a bright futures league and 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:53.839 being in this league for a long time, and I'm 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:55.440 excited to see how they grow and what kind of 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:59.120 players they turn into. You mentioned furkn and I'm curious 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:02.719 from a player's person backtive what free agency is sort 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:04.880 of like, because you said you're excited he's coming back, 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:07.120 So for me, I'm also excited that folks coming back. 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:08.800 I was pumped when I saw the tweets. That's how 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:10.760 I find out. I understand that's usually how y'all find 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:12.640 out as well. But what's it like as you're sort 0:06:12.640 --> 0:06:15.039 of waiting and anticipating, trying to make your own decisions, 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:18.120 watching your friends make their decisions. What's that experience like. 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:21.080 It's it's it's a it's a lot of I think 0:06:21.080 --> 0:06:24.039 it's more fun seeing that than anything else seeing the 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:27.440 other pieces fall or the chips fault in different errors. 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:29.880 So it's obviously you're excited about your situation if you 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:31.520 get to choose where you want to go, but you 0:06:31.560 --> 0:06:33.640 want to see what guys go where, who gets what, 0:06:33.640 --> 0:06:37.719 what teams improve, um, what your other ex teammates get, 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:40.480 or what kind of deals they may get. Um. Instead, 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:42.000 I found out I wouldn't speak the FIRLK, but I 0:06:42.040 --> 0:06:43.400 found out through the internet as well that he was 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:46.320 coming back, So it was exciting. UM. So yeah, during 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:48.560 that process, I think that's the most fun exciting part 0:06:48.640 --> 0:06:51.839 is to see what guys get, what deals, who goes where, 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:54.960 what teams change, and you know what big changes happen, 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:57.400 which might you know, erupt the league or you know, 0:06:57.440 --> 0:07:00.600 make the internet Internet, you know, blow up. Um. I 0:07:00.600 --> 0:07:02.920 don't think there's many of those this year stuff obviously 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:06.280 Russell Westbrook to LA that made the whole Internet blow 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:07.880 up a little bit. But there's always some type of 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:09.760 move or some type of contract that people are like 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:12.120 whoa or you know some of them that it kind 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:14.800 of confuse you. So that's the interesting part and what 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:18.120 makes the league unique. You mentioned it a couple of times. 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:20.720 You feel and literally you guys were obviously one game 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:22.960 away from from advancing, from going farther than this team 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:27.080 has gone recently. And you've talked about openly about the 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:28.800 fact that you feel if you weren't injured, you could 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:30.360 have made the difference there. You could have pushed them 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:32.240 along because of the impact that you made all year. 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:36.440 So how much do you look forward to sort of 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:39.960 getting another swing with at least largely the same group. 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:42.040 How confident are you in the group that you're going 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:44.960 to get to you reunite with now. I'm very said, 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:47.200 I'm very much looking forward to it because I just 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:49.560 know the narrative here and I feel like, even though 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:51.600 I'm older and I feel like people think I have 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:53.280 nothing to prove, we all have some to prove every 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:55.880 year of what kind of player we are. But not 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:57.560 just as an individual, but as a group. What can 0:07:57.600 --> 0:08:00.360 you do to for a group with the group and 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:03.320 this opportunity to bubble, you know, change the narrative here 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:05.760 in Philly is everybody's going to doubt us, everybody's going 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:07.360 to think that we're a fool's gold. We're not going 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:09.720 to be able to get it done. You know, Philly's 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:11.760 always had this curse or whatever it is that they 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:14.000 think that we're gonna lose all the time. It's able 0:08:14.000 --> 0:08:15.360 to come in and try to change that or be 0:08:15.360 --> 0:08:18.280 able to achieve that. I think it, you know, I 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:21.480 guess make people look at this organization differently and also 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:24.680 us individually differently. You know, these guys came together and 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:26.280 did it, and they have some pieces here and some 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:28.560 people here that helped this group get over the edge 0:08:28.600 --> 0:08:31.040 and achieve something that they never achieved before. So that's 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:34.440 always the goal, not just not just this year, but 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:36.040 every year. Every time you's up on the floor, we 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:38.080 going to win a game wherever we're at. I think 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:40.320 everybody's competitive one once they won with that organization, but 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:42.440 it's been a long time since Philly's gotten one, and 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:44.040 I want to be a part of that group that's 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:46.320 able to get it done. I think this is my 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:50.120 last basketball specific question. I'm sure you'll get to call 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:51.439 me out on that later when I come up with 0:08:51.480 --> 0:08:54.680 another one. But you've accomplished a ton. We know your 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:57.480 teammates call you mister three rings. We know you've been 0:08:57.520 --> 0:09:00.319 to the mountaintop right. So now looking at the next 0:09:00.360 --> 0:09:02.800 few careers a few years, this phase in your career. 0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:05.000 What is still driving you to come in and be 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:07.280 as excited as you are right now. I just think 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:09.559 everybody in this league that's lasted longer than a couple 0:09:09.559 --> 0:09:12.480 of years, and you know, not just one contract is 0:09:12.640 --> 0:09:14.520 they're never satisfied and they want to be great. It's 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:16.920 not about the money, it's not about all the you know, 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:19.400 accolades and the fame. Um. They just want to be 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:21.560 I was respected by their peers and just be the 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:24.160 greatest at what they do. And some people just want 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:27.199 to be the greatest player ever. Um competitive, But I 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:28.520 just always want to win. I always want to be 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:30.080 the greatest at what I do and when remembered in 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:31.920 this game and leave some type of legacy behind. But 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:34.960 I'd just like to win. I love to play the sport, um, 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:37.400 you know, regardless of how many Championships've won, no matter 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:40.600 how contracts I've gotten, Um, it's all about, you know, 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:43.000 trying to leave a mark and leave I said to 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:45.079 the respect and respect of my peers and the people 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:48.000 that also watch us, you know, the fans. But um, 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:50.800 you know, just leaving this game with you know, knowing 0:09:50.840 --> 0:09:53.160 that I gave everything to it because I know it's 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:55.599 giving me so much in return. Um, it's given me 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:57.200 a lot more return than I've given to it. So 0:09:57.480 --> 0:09:59.280 I've enjoyed it thus far, having fun with it, but 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:00.920 just knowing that I I did everything I could to 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:04.640 be the greatest at what I do in my position. 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:07.160 So let's start to zoom out just a little bit. 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:09.400 And I think it's fitting actually for those of you 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:11.880 who have not been well. No one is where we 0:10:11.920 --> 0:10:13.720 are right now. Danny and I are at the Sixers 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:16.600 training complex. We're literally sitting between the court and the 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:19.640 locker room. So let's move from the court to the 0:10:19.679 --> 0:10:22.400 locker room. Okay, have you talked? I know it's only 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:24.320 been a little bit of time, but have you connected 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:28.080 with any of your teammates who's excited? How are we feeling? Yeah, 0:10:28.080 --> 0:10:29.959 So Tobias one of the first guys that called me. 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:32.720 I mean, Joel was talk texting me throughout the process 0:10:32.760 --> 0:10:35.559 a little bit. Tobias is calling me NonStop throughout the process. 0:10:35.880 --> 0:10:37.560 So he's one of the first guys that faced tom Me. 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:40.839 He had a cigar in his mouth, he get his 0:10:40.920 --> 0:10:42.800 hair braided. You know, he's in a different element and 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:45.080 he was relaxed. I think he had a Nike wife 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:47.040 beater on or something like he just finished working out something. 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:49.320 But yeah, he's he's in San Diego, Tom lem no One. 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:51.600 I was back out west, so I talked to him. 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:54.720 I talked to Paul Reid. Surprisingly, he's funny. He's asked 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:56.120 me about the wedding. He's like, are you ready to 0:10:56.480 --> 0:10:58.720 you know, did you write your your writing wedding vows. 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:00.680 I'm like, now, we're not doing like what I'm saying. 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:02.440 So he was just asking about that type of stuff. 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:03.680 He asked I was going to come a summer league 0:11:03.679 --> 0:11:05.319 and see them plasts. I'm try if I can, but 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:07.959 so I do have a wedding to prepare for, you know, Paul, 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:10.680 So it's gonna be tough. But I did connect and 0:11:10.720 --> 0:11:12.640 talk to a lot of them. I still communicate with 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:15.600 those guys before free Toency. Happened during free adency, and 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:17.319 even after I talked them, they were happy for me. 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:20.000 They were congratulating me, and you know, it was all 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:23.000 love and I'm sure all good. Chance to see him soon, said, hopefully, 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:24.240 allow of them show up to the wedding. If not, 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:25.760 I'll see them during the season or when I go 0:11:25.800 --> 0:11:27.960 back to San Antonio. Sie Georgie he lives there. I'll 0:11:28.000 --> 0:11:29.920 see Dwight when I'm in LA, so I'll get a 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:32.720 chance to connect and see all those guys throughout the summer. 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:35.720 We talked about it a lot last season, but among 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:38.679 the group, the vibes were very strong. Something you guys 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:40.000 have told me, but it's something that even if I 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:42.160 hadn't spoken with you, it was just very clear. Like 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:44.120 people saw it on TV. People could tell when they 0:11:44.120 --> 0:11:46.319 came to the games. You guys really did get along 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:48.520 and had a good energy among you. I talked to 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:51.240 Isaiah Joe yesterday at Summer League about the big energy 0:11:51.320 --> 0:11:54.080 chain and the competition between the two of you. Specifically, 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:58.160 when you think about about last year's group, what about 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:00.520 that energy and what about those bonds are you hoping 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:02.800 to bring forward? Like what made that part of the 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:05.560 cheap special? I just think that it was kind of 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:08.840 fresh and new, and we kind of fell into a family, 0:12:09.320 --> 0:12:12.080 a brotherhood, very easily and quickly. It just wasn't forced, 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:15.880 and guys were excited. Guys enjoyed it, and we understood 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:17.560 each other well and we got along well. I's said, 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:21.920 all the things you just mentioned happened, you know, kind 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:25.280 of organically, so I'm hoping to carry that over, hoping 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:26.559 to carry that energy over. We know each other a 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:28.520 little better, so it makes it easier to have certain 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:31.559 uncomfortable conversations to hold each other accountable. But we want 0:12:31.559 --> 0:12:33.920 to continue and bring that same energy, that same positivity 0:12:34.559 --> 0:12:38.000 and guys having fun, regardless of what the outside noise 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:40.120 is saying, without the media is saying, with these people saying, 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:42.520 our groups are group and whoever we bring back, we 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:44.839 believe we can win a title with. And it starts 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:47.360 with us and and us being believing each other and 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:50.040 also just being there for each other. Also take some 0:12:50.080 --> 0:12:52.679 time with us holding each other accountable. So hopefully we 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:55.680 can continue that energy, hopefully continue to carry that over 0:12:56.920 --> 0:12:59.320 and have fun, but hopefully we get able to have 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:02.640 said the conversation we need to have to hold each 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:05.400 other accountable and make each other better. Last season was 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:08.120 obviously super unconventional for a lot of reasons, but mostly 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:10.880 because of the pandemic and all the extra hoops you 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:12.800 guys had to jump through on a day to day basis. 0:13:13.040 --> 0:13:14.880 So when you reflect on how that all went, do 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:17.559 you think that any of that adversity that you guys 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:19.600 were facing as a league, as a group of NBA players, 0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:21.839 but within the sixers, you guys were really facing it together. 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:23.760 There were new guys here that had never played here 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:25.800 and then also had to deal with all that stuff 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:30.280 Like how do you think that that very strange ecosystem 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:32.760 that you guys were placed in influenced those bonds. I 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:34.360 think it was a strange year all around for a 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:37.000 lot of groups. Obviously me and Dwight had a quick 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:40.360 turnaround coming from had six weeks off, but coming from 0:13:40.360 --> 0:13:42.800 a bubble to half the season no fans, half the 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:45.720 season with fans so many games back to back, short 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:49.880 and season starting later. It was just different. A lot 0:13:49.920 --> 0:13:53.520 of injuries happened, excuse me, COVID happened a lot of 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:55.560 times throughout the year. We had times we had seven players, 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:58.200 sometimes we had eighteen, sometimes we had six. You know, 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:00.240 it was strange. So we had half a half of 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:02.199 a roster, no roster or a third of a roster. 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:04.480 Being able to play through that and fight through that 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:08.320 was different. Traveling was different. Um, playing teams twice in 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:13.360 a in the same you know road trip. Um, so well, 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:15.720 I'm shouldn't see how the schedule comes out this year. Um, 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:17.320 it was a it was a different year, and I 0:14:17.320 --> 0:14:20.960 think everybody adjusted pretty well. But I think the fact 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:23.160 that because of so many of those things, it's so 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:25.520 much adversity with all those groups is why you saw 0:14:25.720 --> 0:14:29.240 such a weird playoffs, such a weird finals situation. A 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:31.480 lot of people couldn't predict the teams that were gonna 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:33.520 come out. Um, And you know, it makes it, it 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:35.920 makes it spontaneous, it makes it fun and great. But 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:39.040 at the same time, um, you know, it just made 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:40.880 it a little weird for not just the fans, but 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:44.280 you know, people inside of the organization, inside of the 0:14:44.320 --> 0:14:47.840 fraternity of the NBA. UM. But hopefully we keep that spontaneity. 0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:50.240 We still have the playing games next year. Next year 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:53.200 should be a lot of fun um, even though some 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:54.840 of the teams don't like it. The league was very 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:57.520 different this year, and I think it was a year 0:14:57.560 --> 0:14:59.600 for everyone to adapt. I think we're gonna adapt in 0:14:59.640 --> 0:15:01.400 the just fine. I think the rest of the teams 0:15:01.400 --> 0:15:03.560 will kind of get used to this format and then 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:06.600 you know, hopefully, you know, excel from here. I remember 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:08.680 Tobias saying right when the because you guys had some 0:15:08.760 --> 0:15:10.880 time off getting that one seed, not having to play 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:13.280 in those planes, and Tobias said, I love it because 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:14.840 we don't have to play in it. Was that sort 0:15:14.840 --> 0:15:16.960 of the vibe you had with the players pretty much 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:18.760 who it is. If you're not playing it, you're you're 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:21.720 fine with it. Once you're in that situation. Guys hate it? Oh, 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:23.360 you guys should We should never did this, We should 0:15:23.400 --> 0:15:25.800 never agree to it. And I get it, trust me, 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:28.560 I do. Um. It's exciting basketball, though the fans love 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:30.720 to see it. Um, it's a tough position to put 0:15:30.760 --> 0:15:32.440 yourself in, a tough position to be in when you're 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:35.240 fighting for a playoff spot. But is it also like 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:37.120 the fact that we had rest, But I didn't like 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:39.440 the fact that it was too much rest, But I 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:41.160 think we needed it. We got it. Even with the 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:43.280 much rest of we had, we still had injuries and 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:45.880 it was tough to bounce back from. So something, let's 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:47.760 let's make a big pivot. It's you mentioned it a 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:49.440 couple of times and I was excited to ask you 0:15:49.440 --> 0:15:52.880 about it. You are getting married, Yes, how are we 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:57.520 feeling about it? It's just a tough situation to explain 0:15:57.640 --> 0:15:59.240 in words, because it's one of those things that you're 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:01.560 excited for, really hard to get excited for it because 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:04.280 there's so many moving parts, it's so hectic going, it's 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:07.200 so much invites, this, this, and that. It's always you 0:16:07.200 --> 0:16:10.120 feel like you always somewhat behind. Whether we haven't been 0:16:10.160 --> 0:16:12.480 this done. Then there's a bunch of invoices that people 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:15.360 don't care to pay. So with all the stresses of that, 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:17.880 it's hard to be excited for I think most people 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:20.000 are excited for it, but really excited to get it 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:22.240 over with because they just want to make sure everything's perfect. 0:16:22.280 --> 0:16:24.680 It's never gonna be perfect. I've been to wedding one 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:27.240 wedding this year, Mark Williams got married, and I talked 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:28.880 to a lot of my Carolenda guys who've gotten married 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:30.800 to something's gonna go wrong. Just be prepared for it, 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:32.800 just you know, fight through you laugh at it later, 0:16:33.240 --> 0:16:36.000 but just let it, let it happen, and roll with it. 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:38.080 And I have another wedding I go to after mine. 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:42.480 So yeah, learning from those instances, learning from those guys. 0:16:42.840 --> 0:16:45.280 I know it's not gonna be perfect, but you always 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:47.800 want it to be perfect because it's your days, her day. 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:49.760 So yeah, I'm looking forward to it. But it said, 0:16:49.800 --> 0:16:51.480 I can't wait till it's over said, we can actually 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:53.960