WEBVTT - Tyrese Maxey All-Star Special featuring Tyrese Maxey 0:00:49.299 --> 0:00:51.819 I'm Tari's Mexi and you're listening to the seventy six 0:00:51.899 --> 0:00:53.459 Ers Insider's podcast. 0:00:53.739 --> 0:00:56.699 This podcast is part of the seventy six Ers podcast network, 0:00:56.699 --> 0:00:58.419 presented by Stern and Cohen Law. 0:00:58.339 --> 0:01:01.339 Search seventy six Ers Insiders wherever you get your podcasts. 0:01:01.699 --> 0:01:04.459 Suffering an injury at work can cause physical pain, but 0:01:04.539 --> 0:01:07.699 also great uncertainty about your rights. You need to retain 0:01:07.739 --> 0:01:10.459 a worker's compensation law firm that is a winner like 0:01:10.539 --> 0:01:13.419 our sixers, a firm that gets some of the best settlements, 0:01:13.499 --> 0:01:15.579 but is also willing to go toe to toe with 0:01:15.699 --> 0:01:19.419 the insurance company. No settling on the cheap. 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And he goes 0:01:50.859 --> 0:01:53.539 out after being named an All Star and scores the 0:01:53.539 --> 0:01:56.339 first ten points, eighteen in the first quarter, didn't miss 0:01:56.339 --> 0:01:58.099 a three in the first half, thirty two in the 0:01:58.099 --> 0:02:01.259 first half, fifty one in the game, a new career high. 0:02:01.259 --> 0:02:04.099 What did you see from Maxi and Utah? 0:02:04.219 --> 0:02:06.699 Well, first of all, what I love to see for 0:02:06.859 --> 0:02:10.619 him was, you know, fresh off of finding out you're 0:02:10.699 --> 0:02:13.379 making your first All Star appearance, you have a national 0:02:13.459 --> 0:02:18.099 TV game on TNT, and what better way to legitimize 0:02:18.139 --> 0:02:20.579 the entire process than going out and getting the fifty 0:02:20.659 --> 0:02:24.179 one ball. So hats off to him for having that 0:02:24.259 --> 0:02:27.099 kind of performance on that night. But what really stood 0:02:27.099 --> 0:02:30.619 out to me was the variety of buckets that we 0:02:30.699 --> 0:02:34.099 saw throughout that night. I mean, you know, started with 0:02:34.179 --> 0:02:36.619 a number of DP threes, We saw some pull up 0:02:36.659 --> 0:02:39.539 thirty footers, we saw the catch and shoot. He showed 0:02:39.539 --> 0:02:41.659 off a little bit of the mid range game. But 0:02:41.779 --> 0:02:44.419 what I love too was some of the acrobatic finishes 0:02:44.459 --> 0:02:46.499 at the rim. That's where it really stood out to me. 0:02:47.539 --> 0:02:51.819 His combination of bead and body control makes it look 0:02:51.979 --> 0:02:55.219 so easy when he gets to the rim, when in reality, 0:02:55.299 --> 0:02:58.019 those those tough layup t shooting at the rim are 0:02:58.059 --> 0:03:01.099 low percentage shots for just about anyone else in this league. 0:03:01.699 --> 0:03:03.899 And you know, we've talked about it a number of 0:03:03.939 --> 0:03:07.739 times on this show throughout this season, but just really 0:03:07.899 --> 0:03:11.939 him having the whole package offensively, not really having any weaknesses. 0:03:12.379 --> 0:03:14.699 You know, we don't see too many guys that can 0:03:14.699 --> 0:03:18.219 shoot it from thirty feet out, handle the ball, also 0:03:18.379 --> 0:03:22.819 finish through contact, finish a round contact. It's just been 0:03:22.859 --> 0:03:25.459 special to see his growth this year. And again I'm 0:03:25.499 --> 0:03:27.859 so happy for him to get the nod as an 0:03:27.899 --> 0:03:30.179 All Star and then go out and have that performance 0:03:30.459 --> 0:03:32.819 and solidify himself as one of the league's best. 0:03:33.259 --> 0:03:35.659 Matt Murphy back with you, and now I'm joined by 0:03:35.659 --> 0:03:39.539 my co seventy six Er insider Lauren Rosen as we 0:03:39.579 --> 0:03:43.539 overlook the court talking ahead of Sixers Mavericks on this 0:03:43.819 --> 0:03:47.179 Monday night, and Luka Doncic is out there warming up, 0:03:47.259 --> 0:03:50.779 hitting over the head half shots. It's always a spectacle 0:03:50.819 --> 0:03:54.219 to watch players of his caliber warm up. There's kids 0:03:54.259 --> 0:03:57.179 literally jumping up and down. Much of our segment here, 0:03:57.219 --> 0:03:59.859 Lauren is going to be about the Sixers star tonight 0:03:59.939 --> 0:04:02.299 in the absence of Joel Embiid, and they're All Star 0:04:02.979 --> 0:04:06.499 Tyrese Maxi embiid an All Star starter. But of course, 0:04:06.779 --> 0:04:11.259 if you haven't heard, he is undergoing a meniscus procedure 0:04:11.539 --> 0:04:14.699 this week for his left meniscus, so don chic down there. 0:04:15.179 --> 0:04:17.779 Maxi is a huge story coming into this game. He's 0:04:17.779 --> 0:04:21.859 a Dallas area native and he's playing against the Dallas. 0:04:21.539 --> 0:04:27.099 Mavericks, Dallas Very own versus Dallas. Tyrese Maxey tonight first 0:04:27.099 --> 0:04:30.779 time All Star, second night in which he will be 0:04:30.819 --> 0:04:34.019 introduced as a first time All Star. It was awesome 0:04:34.019 --> 0:04:38.419 to hear Matt coord introduced Tyrese Maxi first time All 0:04:38.419 --> 0:04:42.419 Star ahead of Sixers nets the other night. Just such 0:04:42.459 --> 0:04:46.219 a cool few days for Tyree Maxey. Such well deserved 0:04:46.219 --> 0:04:48.219 honors and accolades that, of course not you and I 0:04:48.259 --> 0:04:52.179 have seen come for years now, but great to see 0:04:52.259 --> 0:04:54.659 him get some shine and get his flowers nationally. 0:04:54.979 --> 0:04:58.219 He will be on this very program in a matter 0:04:58.459 --> 0:05:03.899 of minutes. A conversation between you, Lauren, and the man himself, 0:05:04.539 --> 0:05:05.579 Tyrese Maxie. 0:05:05.619 --> 0:05:06.099 If you're just. 0:05:06.139 --> 0:05:09.499 Joining us and getting caught up on all things Sixers. 0:05:09.539 --> 0:05:12.419 They picked up their thirtieth win of the season in 0:05:12.579 --> 0:05:17.259 Utah last Thursday behind fifty one from Maxi. They did 0:05:17.339 --> 0:05:19.459 suffer a set back to the Brooklyn Nets. They've been 0:05:19.499 --> 0:05:22.459 severely shorthanded during this stretch of the season. Not just 0:05:22.499 --> 0:05:26.499 em beat out. We're talking multiple starters, multiple rotation players, 0:05:26.539 --> 0:05:31.419 a handful in some cases, and that has not yet relented. 0:05:31.819 --> 0:05:37.579 But this past Thursday Salt Lake City, everyone knew at 0:05:37.699 --> 0:05:40.579 night the All Star reserves, as voted on by the 0:05:40.579 --> 0:05:42.979 head coaches, would be announced. The hope was that Tyreese 0:05:43.059 --> 0:05:46.499 Maxi would be part of it. But before we get 0:05:46.539 --> 0:05:50.819 to the TV announcement, what was the morning like in Utah? 0:05:50.899 --> 0:05:53.299 Well, of course you wake up that morning and whether 0:05:53.419 --> 0:05:55.499 or not the players were all aware, those of us 0:05:55.499 --> 0:05:58.299 with the organization knew that the reserves for the All 0:05:58.299 --> 0:06:00.019 Star team were going to be announced that night, and 0:06:00.059 --> 0:06:01.259 of course we had been on the East coast, it 0:06:01.259 --> 0:06:03.819 would have been really close to tip off as Tyrese 0:06:03.859 --> 0:06:06.539 Maxey heard the news, But instead it came at a 0:06:06.619 --> 0:06:13.059 five o'clock Mountain Time broadcast on TNT, and Tyrese explained 0:06:13.339 --> 0:06:15.059 that he would be watching in his room. And of course, 0:06:15.099 --> 0:06:16.579 now I'm getting ahead of myself. You asked me how 0:06:16.619 --> 0:06:18.139 the morning was, but we all sort of knew that 0:06:18.179 --> 0:06:20.579 around five o'clock there was going to be a big announcement. 0:06:20.899 --> 0:06:24.619 We also knew that the team continued to be significantly shorthanded. 0:06:24.659 --> 0:06:27.179 It had been a really challenging road trip up until 0:06:27.179 --> 0:06:29.659 that point. They wanted to end it with a win. 0:06:30.339 --> 0:06:32.859 The team gathered, of course, in Utah at the arena 0:06:32.939 --> 0:06:35.339 in the morning, as they always do on a game day. 0:06:35.819 --> 0:06:38.379 Coach Brian Gates, who always brings the energy down on 0:06:38.419 --> 0:06:40.939 the sideline, brought a little extra energy to warm up 0:06:40.979 --> 0:06:41.619 that morning. 0:06:41.819 --> 0:06:44.459 I had said on a previous episode of six ers 0:06:44.459 --> 0:06:47.019 and sixty that maybe it was the episode where we 0:06:47.579 --> 0:06:50.779 interviewed Brian Gates. And you can listen back to past 0:06:50.859 --> 0:06:54.099 interviews on the seventy six Ers Insiders podcast feed. Just 0:06:54.099 --> 0:06:56.699 search seventy six Ers Insiders clicked the little plus button 0:06:56.699 --> 0:07:00.019 to get all the interviews in your podcast feed. However 0:07:00.059 --> 0:07:02.339 you listen to podcasts. I think I said that he 0:07:02.459 --> 0:07:05.059 screams a lot. I think he just has a loud voice, 0:07:05.099 --> 0:07:08.619 but it's a comma. He gets everybody's attention regularly. 0:07:08.899 --> 0:07:11.339 He sure does, and he did just that at shoot 0:07:11.339 --> 0:07:14.779 around in Utah. The team needed an injection of energy, 0:07:14.819 --> 0:07:17.499 some positivity again, trying to end a long road trip, 0:07:17.539 --> 0:07:19.659 a season long five game road trip with a w 0:07:20.139 --> 0:07:23.059 and energy at shoot around was great. Matt energy all 0:07:23.139 --> 0:07:24.459 day was really. 0:07:24.219 --> 0:07:27.179 Really good, I guaranteed because they had been zero for 0:07:27.179 --> 0:07:29.179 their first four on that trip, they had struggled. 0:07:29.219 --> 0:07:33.739 They of course were significantly severely shorthanded across that entire trip, 0:07:33.779 --> 0:07:36.619 absent as many as four starters at times, and a 0:07:36.619 --> 0:07:39.059 couple more guys off the bench as well. That of course, 0:07:39.059 --> 0:07:42.179 continues to be the case tonight, ahead of Sixers Mavericks 0:07:42.179 --> 0:07:44.459 at the time of this recording. But the guys needed 0:07:44.459 --> 0:07:46.419 some energy. They had it at shoot around, and of 0:07:46.419 --> 0:07:48.859 course this was all gearing towards trying to get that win, 0:07:49.099 --> 0:07:52.659 not as much geared necessarily towards Tyrese Maxie's first All 0:07:52.699 --> 0:07:54.939 Star bit, but that certainly gave the team a little 0:07:54.939 --> 0:07:57.419 bit more energy as the afternoon went along, and. 0:07:57.379 --> 0:08:01.859 The shoot around wraps up around what eleven local time yep, 0:08:02.099 --> 0:08:04.019 So you have the rest of the day ahead of you, 0:08:04.219 --> 0:08:08.179 and everybody felt pretty good about Maxie's chances. It's the 0:08:08.219 --> 0:08:12.699 head coaches for the conference that vote the seven reserves in, 0:08:12.859 --> 0:08:15.859 but there are not an infinite amount of spots, so 0:08:16.299 --> 0:08:18.939 I mean this year Maxie's averaging twenties. His numbers were 0:08:18.939 --> 0:08:22.619 around what they are now, twenty six points and six ish, 0:08:22.859 --> 0:08:26.219 a little more than six assists per game. His three 0:08:26.299 --> 0:08:28.579 point number is not at forty right now, but it's 0:08:28.619 --> 0:08:31.979 still a respectable thirty eight percent from three. But some 0:08:32.059 --> 0:08:34.659 of those spots have to be filled by front court players, 0:08:34.699 --> 0:08:38.219 and Jalen Brunson was a near starter, so there was 0:08:38.219 --> 0:08:41.699 an expectation that Maxi was lobbying for one of maybe 0:08:41.779 --> 0:08:44.459 three spots that could go to a guard, and he was. 0:08:45.099 --> 0:08:47.939 And we'll get to the announcement here, but obviously everyone 0:08:47.939 --> 0:08:50.299 knows he made the team, but just the inside look 0:08:50.339 --> 0:08:53.179 at what it was like being around Tyres and the 0:08:53.219 --> 0:08:56.019 sixers for the announcement. But you spend the rest of 0:08:56.059 --> 0:08:57.979 the day and then the game had been pushed back 0:08:58.019 --> 0:09:00.499 into primetime and he sticks around. 0:09:00.779 --> 0:09:03.739 It was a five o'clock show on TNT. They announced 0:09:03.779 --> 0:09:07.939 the Eastern reserves. Second, Tyrese wasn't in the first five 0:09:08.019 --> 0:09:10.579 that they announced. Now we know that Bus two, which 0:09:10.659 --> 0:09:12.739 is the bus that both Tyres and I take to 0:09:12.779 --> 0:09:14.019 the game. There are a lot of staff and a 0:09:14.019 --> 0:09:15.619 lot of players that take bus too. That was a 0:09:15.619 --> 0:09:17.699 five to thirty bus. So we're saying, okay, this is 0:09:17.699 --> 0:09:20.019 a thirty minute pregame show. If they saved Tyre's for 0:09:20.099 --> 0:09:22.139 the last one, we're all gonna be late for the 0:09:22.179 --> 0:09:23.499 bus if we want to watch this. 0:09:23.419 --> 0:09:27.899 Announce five thirty local time, so seven thirties, so. 0:09:28.059 --> 0:09:30.619 Correct, seven thirty Eastern time. So we're trying to get 0:09:30.619 --> 0:09:34.139 this bus. Everybody's downstairs waiting for Tyrese to come down 0:09:34.179 --> 0:09:37.619 once the announcement hits, and he comes downstairs with you know, 0:09:37.939 --> 0:09:40.779 Tyrese is known for big smiles, but this was a 0:09:40.779 --> 0:09:44.059 big smile, even for tyres He tried to play cool, 0:09:44.139 --> 0:09:46.539 for sure, and he did a good job. But you 0:09:46.579 --> 0:09:48.779 saw in the videos that the Sixers put out shout 0:09:48.819 --> 0:09:51.939 out the Sixers social media team and video team that 0:09:52.059 --> 0:09:54.499 he was really happy and his teammates were really happy 0:09:54.499 --> 0:09:57.339 for him. Taking the bus was such a treat. Seeing 0:09:57.339 --> 0:10:00.339 the guys get on one by one and congratulate Tyrese. 0:10:00.739 --> 0:10:04.099 A little inside piece of what happened there. Paul Reid 0:10:04.139 --> 0:10:04.859 had not seen that. 0:10:05.619 --> 0:10:07.379 I was just gonna say that was my favorite part 0:10:07.779 --> 0:10:10.259 them and you probably you may have seen these on 0:10:10.339 --> 0:10:13.219 at six Ers. They our team did a great job 0:10:13.259 --> 0:10:15.779 of covering and not speaking for myself, but my teammates 0:10:15.779 --> 0:10:19.339 here and them all getting Paul's attention saying have you 0:10:19.379 --> 0:10:20.579 checked your phone? And the answer was no. 0:10:20.819 --> 0:10:22.979 Paul had no idea what was going on, and so 0:10:23.139 --> 0:10:26.059 Tobias Harris shows Paul read the news. Tobias and d 0:10:26.139 --> 0:10:30.179 Anthony Melton show, Paul read the news. He gets really 0:10:30.219 --> 0:10:33.859 excited for his draft classmate Tyrese and all of them 0:10:33.899 --> 0:10:35.979 back there had a little chuckle of of Paul's sort 0:10:35.979 --> 0:10:39.419 of lack of understanding of what was going on in 0:10:39.459 --> 0:10:41.899 that moment, but he was so happy for his buddy, 0:10:42.339 --> 0:10:44.379 and then of course great to see the night that 0:10:44.459 --> 0:10:47.659 followed Matt a career night for Tyree Maaxy fifty one 0:10:47.659 --> 0:10:51.219 points and they needed all of them in a big Sixers. 0:10:50.819 --> 0:10:51.859 Win on the road. 0:10:52.459 --> 0:10:54.819 Just a great day. Jayden Springer said, he woke up, 0:10:54.979 --> 0:10:57.379 he was named an All Star, he dropped fifty, we 0:10:57.419 --> 0:11:00.459 got the dub. That's a perfect day. I couldn't say 0:11:00.459 --> 0:11:01.699 it better myself. 0:11:01.299 --> 0:11:04.739 You know, Tyrese Maxi all players say they want to win, 0:11:04.819 --> 0:11:06.339 but he would have been really upset if he had 0:11:06.379 --> 0:11:08.779 fifty one on his All Star night and they lost 0:11:08.979 --> 0:11:11.099 that game to Utah. So the fact that they got 0:11:11.099 --> 0:11:15.019 the win was the cherry on top. Matt Murphy and 0:11:15.099 --> 0:11:19.899 Lauren Rosen here with you talking all things Tyrese Maxi 0:11:19.939 --> 0:11:22.299 as he will be heading to his first NBA All 0:11:22.339 --> 0:11:26.779 Star Weekend in mid February in Indianapolis. We are speaking 0:11:26.819 --> 0:11:29.539 live from the Wells Fargo Center prior to the Sixers 0:11:30.019 --> 0:11:35.099 Mavericks game featuring the first time All Star Tyrese Maxi. 0:11:35.179 --> 0:11:37.499 But a little bit of a reflection about Maxi's career 0:11:37.539 --> 0:11:39.939 other than the fifty one point game, some other notable 0:11:40.499 --> 0:11:42.019 performances in. 0:11:41.979 --> 0:11:46.019 His career, and now of course some notable Tyrese Maxie 0:11:46.419 --> 0:11:49.579 performances ahead of our tyres Maxie interviewed, Do you want 0:11:49.579 --> 0:11:50.059 to go first? 0:11:50.139 --> 0:11:55.419 Big games have been frequent in Tyrese Maxi's career. It's 0:11:55.459 --> 0:11:59.059 not just the fifty one in Utah, which Tobias Harris 0:11:59.099 --> 0:12:02.739 was also a big part of that shorthanded win, but 0:12:03.339 --> 0:12:05.899 he treated the home crowd to a fifty point game 0:12:06.139 --> 0:12:10.499 this year as well. November twelfth, that Pacers game, he 0:12:10.619 --> 0:12:15.699 had fifty, went seven of eleven for three in that game, 0:12:15.819 --> 0:12:18.899 capped it off with a three pointer. I highlight that 0:12:19.019 --> 0:12:22.819 game because of Embiid and this and his teammates Maxi's 0:12:22.819 --> 0:12:26.939 teammates trying to get him that fifty ball, just not forcing. 0:12:27.019 --> 0:12:29.539 I mean, you think Embiid in the seventy and how 0:12:29.619 --> 0:12:31.899 he didn't want people to force the ball to him, 0:12:31.899 --> 0:12:34.259 but when they were trying to get Maxi fifty and 0:12:34.339 --> 0:12:36.899 he did in front of the home crowd. I select 0:12:36.979 --> 0:12:41.339 that one recency bias, but also because of his the 0:12:41.379 --> 0:12:44.419 shift in what we've seen up close in Tyrese's approach 0:12:44.459 --> 0:12:48.499 this year. It was the Minnesota game where I noticed 0:12:48.579 --> 0:12:51.499 him of doing the mb'd running down the sideline, pumping 0:12:51.539 --> 0:12:53.539 the crowd up, heading to a time out, which is 0:12:53.579 --> 0:12:56.859 what he has developed kind of his style in year four. 0:12:57.059 --> 0:12:59.899 So recncy bias, I wanted to bring that one back 0:12:59.939 --> 0:13:02.139 to the forefront. And you're going to dig even further 0:13:02.179 --> 0:13:04.299 in the archives because there are a handful of options 0:13:04.299 --> 0:13:06.499 when it comes to the biggest Maxi games of his career. 0:13:06.699 --> 0:13:08.539 Well, for me, it's sort of a when did you 0:13:08.659 --> 0:13:11.139 know that Tyre's Maxie could be an All Star? And 0:13:11.179 --> 0:13:14.219 for me, Matt, it was January ninth, twenty twenty one. 0:13:14.699 --> 0:13:17.579 Tyres was only weeks into his NBA career. That, of course, 0:13:17.619 --> 0:13:20.459 a season that started later due to the pandemic a 0:13:20.539 --> 0:13:23.619 draft that was later in the year twenty twenty, but 0:13:23.739 --> 0:13:27.459 January ninth, twenty twenty one, in this building, the Wells 0:13:27.499 --> 0:13:31.459 Fargo Center versus the Denver Nuggets. The starters Matt were 0:13:31.459 --> 0:13:37.339 as follows, Danny Green, Dwight Howard, Isaiah Joe, Dakota Massias 0:13:37.659 --> 0:13:40.659 and Tyrese Maxe and Tyre's tells the story. We've heard 0:13:40.699 --> 0:13:43.179 it before, but Joelle came into the game that night, 0:13:43.219 --> 0:13:45.299 saw Tyres and said, Tyre's, we're going to need you 0:13:45.339 --> 0:13:48.099 to drop forty and Terry said, I don't really know 0:13:48.139 --> 0:13:50.579 what he was taught about, but this, of course, at 0:13:50.619 --> 0:13:53.419 that time was one of the greatest players in the league, 0:13:53.419 --> 0:13:57.299 assumed to be MVP and an MVP candidate. Tyree's just 0:13:57.339 --> 0:13:58.939 a rookie who had known the guy for a couple 0:13:59.019 --> 0:14:01.259 of weeks, and he said, okay, I guess I'll try, 0:14:01.259 --> 0:14:03.019 and then of course goes into the locker room, learns 0:14:03.179 --> 0:14:06.179 that there would only be eight players dressing really seven 0:14:06.259 --> 0:14:09.659 available for that game, and Tyrese Maxi, as a rookie, 0:14:09.739 --> 0:14:13.579 proceeds to drop thirty nine on Nikola Jokic and the 0:14:13.579 --> 0:14:16.419 Denver Nuggets made it competitive that of course, ended up 0:14:16.459 --> 0:14:19.099 being a one to fifteen one oh three loss for 0:14:19.219 --> 0:14:21.819 the seventy six ers. But what everybody remembers is Tyrese 0:14:21.859 --> 0:14:24.939 Maxie running around in that Black City edition uniform, his 0:14:25.099 --> 0:14:28.099 sort of welcome to the NBA coming out party where 0:14:28.139 --> 0:14:31.419 he really took national attention for the first time, finished 0:14:31.419 --> 0:14:34.219 with thirty nine points, seven rebound, six assists, and two steals. 0:14:34.219 --> 0:14:36.619 He shot eighteen for thirty three from the field that night, 0:14:36.859 --> 0:14:38.819 and I Matt Murphy will never forget it. 0:14:39.059 --> 0:14:43.819 He's capable of these types of big scoring performances any night, 0:14:43.899 --> 0:14:46.099 and that's something coaches around the league have come into 0:14:46.179 --> 0:14:49.379 this building and said before games, and he's going to 0:14:49.419 --> 0:14:53.339 be We said this earlier, underlined three four times on 0:14:53.419 --> 0:14:56.059 every white board when a team gets set to play 0:14:56.059 --> 0:14:58.899 the sixers, and now he's joining us, joining you here 0:14:58.939 --> 0:15:02.179 on six ers in sixthy Everybody should stick around for 0:15:02.219 --> 0:15:04.579 this because he's just in his element all the time. 0:15:04.619 --> 0:15:06.739 You don't always hear him like this the one on 0:15:06.739 --> 0:15:09.899 one scenario. It's not a press conference, it's an exclusive 0:15:09.899 --> 0:15:11.219 interview for us and. 0:15:11.139 --> 0:15:14.499 For context, this was recorded hasn't been heard yet, but 0:15:14.859 --> 0:15:18.579 was recorded the night before Tyrese earned his first All 0:15:18.619 --> 0:15:21.739 Star nod. We were in Utah in the hotel. Tyrese 0:15:21.859 --> 0:15:24.459 was relaxed. Anthony Melton was in the room taking it 0:15:24.499 --> 0:15:26.219 in and it was a pleasure to catch up with 0:15:26.299 --> 0:15:28.099 him on the eve of such a historic night. 0:15:28.459 --> 0:15:33.299 So, without further ado, here is Lauren Rose and herself 0:15:33.779 --> 0:15:36.459 with All Star Tyrese Maxi. 0:15:36.859 --> 0:15:44.219 Tyres what would fifth grade Tyrese think about you becoming 0:15:44.219 --> 0:15:45.459 an All Star for the first time? 0:15:47.779 --> 0:15:52.419 Honestly, he'll be like, I don't know, He'll be proud. 0:15:53.259 --> 0:15:55.499 He would I wouldn't say he would expect it. I 0:15:55.659 --> 0:15:59.419 just say that like he'll expect the progress. I mean, 0:15:59.459 --> 0:16:02.859 me getting better every single day, every single year. That's 0:16:02.899 --> 0:16:05.579 something that we kind of I kind of found it 0:16:05.619 --> 0:16:06.459 out at a younger age. 0:16:06.459 --> 0:16:09.099 So who were your favorite players growing up? 0:16:10.059 --> 0:16:13.019 D Wade, Alan Iverson, Tracy McGrady. 0:16:13.139 --> 0:16:17.539 What do all three of them have in common? They 0:16:17.579 --> 0:16:20.699 were really good because pretty soon I could say that 0:16:21.499 --> 0:16:25.539 d Wade, Allen Iverson, Tracy McGrady, and Tyrese Maxie are 0:16:25.579 --> 0:16:28.979 all All Stars hope. So yeah, how does that feel? 0:16:29.939 --> 0:16:33.299 I mean I would say surreal, But like now, I 0:16:33.459 --> 0:16:37.139 just I don't know. I just think I worked extremely 0:16:37.179 --> 0:16:40.059 hard to get where I am. A lot of people 0:16:40.099 --> 0:16:43.099 didn't believe and some of the things that I said 0:16:43.379 --> 0:16:45.219 when I was younger around at the time of that 0:16:45.259 --> 0:16:47.619 film that you just showed a year after that, it 0:16:47.699 --> 0:16:49.779 was some sixth grade film on there too, But I 0:16:49.859 --> 0:16:53.019 remember being in the sixth grade and telling people, Look, 0:16:53.059 --> 0:16:57.139 I'm gonna go to Kentucky gets coach Calby McDonald's all American, 0:16:57.859 --> 0:16:59.739 I'm gonna go to the league and I'm willa, you know, 0:16:59.899 --> 0:17:02.059 go from there and all these good things are gonna 0:17:02.059 --> 0:17:03.779 happen and up we tell people that when you're a 0:17:03.779 --> 0:17:06.619 sixth grader, they don't really believe you. But in the 0:17:06.619 --> 0:17:09.619 back of my mind, I really believe that it came true. 0:17:09.979 --> 0:17:13.099 NBA jersey sales came out, I think yesterday at the 0:17:13.099 --> 0:17:16.899 time of this filming, ninth is Tyres Maxie among all 0:17:16.979 --> 0:17:20.459 NBA players jersey sales this season. How does that one feel? 0:17:21.739 --> 0:17:23.619 Now that if I told myself that in fifth guarde, 0:17:23.619 --> 0:17:25.379 I don't know if I would believe that one. I'm 0:17:25.379 --> 0:17:28.739 not gonna lie. That's just blessed. And I appreciate all 0:17:28.779 --> 0:17:32.219 the fans. I appreciate everybody who decides to wear or 0:17:32.259 --> 0:17:36.339 buy max of jerseys. I feel like we're doing something 0:17:36.339 --> 0:17:39.219 really special here in Philadelphia right now and trying to 0:17:39.259 --> 0:17:42.219 be you know, keep growing the organizations, keep growing the franchise, 0:17:42.299 --> 0:17:45.259 and also bring in w's and we've been doing that 0:17:45.419 --> 0:17:47.139 so so as we get back help to it, keep 0:17:47.179 --> 0:17:48.419 doing that as well. So it being great. 0:17:48.459 --> 0:17:49.899 We talk about your rookie year a lot, and there 0:17:49.899 --> 0:17:51.859 were no fans in the building, but your sophomore year 0:17:51.859 --> 0:17:53.899 there were a few. And that was the first time 0:17:53.939 --> 0:17:56.859 that you saw a kid wearing a Tyrese Maxie jersey. 0:17:57.179 --> 0:17:57.979 Do you remember what. 0:17:57.859 --> 0:17:59.739 It was like the first couple of times you saw 0:17:59.779 --> 0:18:00.899 someone wearing your jersey? 0:18:01.859 --> 0:18:05.019 I really don't, honestly can't. I can't really like recall 0:18:05.699 --> 0:18:08.859 exactly the moment. But just seeing my name on an 0:18:08.979 --> 0:18:12.179 NBA jersey and it's not actually on my body was 0:18:12.299 --> 0:18:16.139 like kind of surreal, Like it's actually like it was 0:18:16.259 --> 0:18:18.099 in this store, you know what I mean, Like that's 0:18:18.339 --> 0:18:20.259 that's crazy to me, Like people can actually purchase a 0:18:20.339 --> 0:18:23.699 jersey of mine and like it's not me wearing it, 0:18:24.019 --> 0:18:26.699 so it's kind of cool. I just kind of embraced it. 0:18:27.059 --> 0:18:28.779 I really do. I appreciate every time I go to 0:18:28.859 --> 0:18:30.659 games or I see people with MAXI jersey or I 0:18:30.739 --> 0:18:33.939 try to sign them if I can. Just try to 0:18:33.939 --> 0:18:35.259 show love as much as possible. 0:18:35.339 --> 0:18:38.299 In Philadelphia and around the world this Christmas, a lot 0:18:38.339 --> 0:18:41.419 of kids asked for Tyrese Maxie jerseys, opened them on 0:18:41.539 --> 0:18:45.859 Christmas Day and were thrilled with what they had. How 0:18:45.899 --> 0:18:48.339 does that look in your head when you think about 0:18:48.339 --> 0:18:50.339 those kids and getting that gift. 0:18:51.459 --> 0:18:52.859 I just go back to when I was a little 0:18:52.939 --> 0:18:56.179 kid and wanting the Way Way jersey. I remember he 0:18:56.219 --> 0:18:59.819 had a nickname Jerseys for Christmas, I wasn't able to 0:18:59.819 --> 0:19:01.459 get those. My mom was able to give me a 0:19:01.499 --> 0:19:03.099 red the Wayne Wade jersey I used to wear all 0:19:03.139 --> 0:19:06.459 the time, and I was extremely ecstatic about it. So 0:19:06.859 --> 0:19:08.699 I hope they felt the same way about opening a 0:19:08.819 --> 0:19:11.979 Tarre's max jersey, and I do appreciate them for the love. 0:19:12.779 --> 0:19:14.459 At this point in the season, you guys have dealt 0:19:14.459 --> 0:19:16.339 with a lot of injuries. You've seen a lot of 0:19:16.459 --> 0:19:19.019 good things from your teammates and some tough losses on 0:19:19.059 --> 0:19:22.019 this road trip specifically, what's it been like to watch 0:19:22.059 --> 0:19:24.339 your team try to figure itself out and watch guys 0:19:24.379 --> 0:19:26.979 come off the bench and get more minutes and more opportunity. 0:19:27.739 --> 0:19:29.219 What has it been like from your vantage point over 0:19:29.219 --> 0:19:29.979 the last couple weeks. 0:19:30.339 --> 0:19:32.139 I think it's been great for us. Honestly. I know 0:19:32.579 --> 0:19:35.979 sometimes the losses in the season, you know, you don't 0:19:36.059 --> 0:19:38.579 like to lose, You never like to lose. But it's 0:19:38.619 --> 0:19:40.299 great because at the end of the day, you just 0:19:40.339 --> 0:19:41.779 never know who's going to have to show up in 0:19:41.779 --> 0:19:45.219 the playoffs. My rookie year was me. I played in 0:19:45.219 --> 0:19:47.779 a Game six where I didn't play like the last 0:19:47.779 --> 0:19:50.099 two or three games, had to come out in Game six, 0:19:50.099 --> 0:19:52.019 I was the first one off the bench and perform 0:19:52.059 --> 0:19:54.859 for my teammates and have performance help us get a 0:19:54.939 --> 0:19:57.059 chance out of Game seven. So you just never know 0:19:57.099 --> 0:19:59.099 who it is. Who's gonna be any given night in 0:19:59.139 --> 0:20:01.779 the playoffs, who's gonna give you that spark. I remember 0:20:01.899 --> 0:20:04.179 last year Game five at the House. Didn't play much 0:20:04.179 --> 0:20:06.379 in the first two in the first series, in the 0:20:06.419 --> 0:20:09.379 first half of the second series, he comes in Game five, 0:20:09.459 --> 0:20:11.659 give us a huge spark, plays well for the rest 0:20:11.659 --> 0:20:14.019 of the series. So you just never know who is 0:20:14.059 --> 0:20:15.739 going to be. And I think this is a perfect 0:20:15.779 --> 0:20:18.299 time to find out who can give you something special 0:20:18.339 --> 0:20:19.539 in the playoffs. When that time. 0:20:19.379 --> 0:20:22.019 Comes, when you don't play, You're always on the bench, 0:20:22.139 --> 0:20:25.379 which I think is really specially you're really engaged. Don't 0:20:25.379 --> 0:20:27.339 look at him like that. That's not fair to Anthony 0:20:27.339 --> 0:20:29.779 Melton is with us tonight. There are other things you 0:20:29.779 --> 0:20:31.379 can be doing besides being on the benure in the building, 0:20:31.419 --> 0:20:34.859