WEBVTT - Friday Deep Dive | The Golden Clamps, Plus Other Superlatives 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.640 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers podcast network 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:09.480 search seventy sixers podcast wherever you get your pods. How 0:00:09.520 --> 0:00:12.400 can it be? Our final Friday Deep Dive for the 0:00:12.440 --> 0:00:16.680 regular season. Already you know what that means. It's time 0:00:16.720 --> 0:00:20.280 for some superlatives. We talk about the season's top moments 0:00:20.320 --> 0:00:23.840 and give out the Golden Clamps Award. Plus we look 0:00:23.840 --> 0:00:27.080 ahead to the final two games before the playoffs. I'm 0:00:27.160 --> 0:00:29.600 Lauren Rosen and I'm Brian Selzer. It's time for the 0:00:29.640 --> 0:00:37.280 Friday Deep Dive, Final Friday of this a wacky, wild, crazy, 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:41.800 unpredictable twenty twenty twenty twenty one regular season. It is 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:45.519 only we two this week, Lauren, not we three. Unfortunately. 0:00:45.920 --> 0:00:49.560 I know there's a Divan sized hole on my screen 0:00:49.640 --> 0:00:53.600 and my heart on this deep Dive Friday. I was 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:55.240 about sly mail back on Monday. All the days are 0:00:55.280 --> 0:00:57.400 running together selves. The days, the weeks, the months all 0:00:57.440 --> 0:01:01.680 been one long existence. This year, we really do feel 0:01:01.680 --> 0:01:06.480 like Divon makes the deep dive on a Friday. I 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:08.080 don't want to say that you and I do shallow 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:10.360 dives on Mondays, but I'm not sure if we can 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:13.479 truly take it deep in the truest sense without divine, 0:01:13.520 --> 0:01:14.920 but we're gonna have to try. We're gonna do our 0:01:14.920 --> 0:01:18.920 best for this week. We are, but we will integrate 0:01:19.000 --> 0:01:21.880 divon somehow, some way. I told him to leave us 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:24.840 a voicemail to contribute to today's show, So we'll get 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:27.320 to that in a bit. The theme for our final 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:30.080 Friday deep dive of the regular season, of course, we'll 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:33.240 be continuing once the playoffs start. That'll be for next 0:01:33.240 --> 0:01:37.640 week is some of our top moments, reflections, impressions, takeaways, 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:42.600 quirky and non from the season that has been. Sixers 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:45.760 did play on Thursday night, wrapping up a road trip 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:48.440 that we can just keep on moving along from two 0:01:48.480 --> 0:01:50.680 games to go in the regular season, Lauren later on 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:53.400 Friday night, beginning a two game home series with the 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:56.440 Orlando Magic. I was really excited for the Heat game 0:01:56.600 --> 0:01:59.440 on Thursday. I was. I was like, finally, the first 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:02.200 time in a weeks a game that feels like it 0:02:02.280 --> 0:02:04.760 has some consequence to it. A good opponent on the 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:07.320 other side didn't go the Sixers way. They were out 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:09.679 of it early. They lost one oh six ninety four, 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:13.000 and we continue to wait for that one seed. Yeah, 0:02:13.040 --> 0:02:16.960 I mean, not every night can be your night Thursday, 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:20.560 not the Sixers night. Not sure there's much more to add. 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:22.960 I was talking to Tom again us in the postgame show, 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:26.480 and one thing that we discussed before the game was 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:31.280 how Miami is a very physical, tough team. They've got 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:33.519 some dudes on their team. They do. They're a little 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:36.639 bit older on the timeline, not necessarily as far as 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:39.200 Team Genesis, although I think you can say that as well, 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:42.880 but talking about guys like Jimmy Bam plays really tough. 0:02:43.600 --> 0:02:48.360 You've got Igidalla, Trevor Ariza, They've got some tough guys 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:49.760 on their team. So I was curious to see how 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:52.160 that was going to play out, and that was certainly 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:55.000 a subplot in the game. We saw the whole incident 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:59.280 surrounding Areza, and then Dwight Howard got involved in a 0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:03.720 few things, Dwayne Dedmond and of course Unanis Haslem mixing 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:05.519 it up. So anyhow, Tom and I talked about it 0:03:05.560 --> 0:03:08.080 before that, talked about that before the game and after 0:03:08.120 --> 0:03:11.040 the game. But Tom also pointed this out, given that 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:13.000 he's been here for almost three decades, he was like, 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:16.280 something came to mind tonight, given how this game was 0:03:16.320 --> 0:03:18.000 going out, and that the Sixers weren't really in it. 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:20.200 Going back to the two thousand and two thousand and 0:03:20.200 --> 0:03:22.400 one season, when, of course the seventy Sixers made their 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:25.239 run to the finals, Tom remembered at the end of 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:27.079 the regular season it was like literally the final week 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:28.600 of the regular season, because I checked him on it 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:32.240 after he said this. Sixers lost a game in Orlando, 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:36.200 went to Miami, had a free night in Miami, played 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:39.080 in Miami, got their doors blown off. I think it 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:42.120 was like one hundred one to seventy seven, and then 0:03:42.200 --> 0:03:45.040 lo and behold. A couple of weeks later, seventy Sixers 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:47.040 were doing fine in the playoffs, making it all the 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:49.480 way to the finals. I think there was just an 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:53.960 institutional knowledge cautionary tale from t Mac as in, let's 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:56.520 not freak out. So's he suggesting that it is in 0:03:56.560 --> 0:04:00.640 fact good to lose in Miami heading into the playoffs. 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:02.960 I think he was just saying that here is a 0:04:03.000 --> 0:04:06.800 past case where towards the end of the season a 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:09.720 six Ers team went down to Miami, had a bad night, 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:13.320 and blink your eyes. A couple days later, playoffs underway, 0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:15.520 they were fine. There you have it. Shout out to 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:18.280 Tea Mac for that the guy doesn't forget, and he 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:21.000 was spot on. I went back on Basketball Reference, I 0:04:21.080 --> 0:04:23.880 checked it out, and there it was. I was impressed. 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:28.440 I love it all right, year end. Do we call 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:29.920 them awards? I don't know if everything's going to be 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:35.359 an award, it's going to be a superlatives. Yes, I 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:38.360 like that we will call them superlatives. Well, we'll begin 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:41.880 the show with a normal one overall top moments of 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:45.919 the twenty twenty twenty twenty one season for you, Lauren Rosen. 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:49.239 I will allow, perhaps not to tip my hand too much, 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:58.360 that this can include preseason slash offseason developments, acquisitions, things 0:04:58.360 --> 0:05:01.159 of that nature. I think I want hear yours first then, 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:05.000 because I well, I mean, I'll go first. I have 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:07.960 no problem going first because it sounds like if it 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:10.120 includes preseason, yours is going to predate mine. So then, 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:12.719 just like chronologically, this makes sense, I think, just because 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:15.560 it's set the table for everything else. And this is 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:20.280 not to diminish anything that anyone else related to the 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:24.599 seventy sixers organization accomplished this year. To me, I really 0:05:24.600 --> 0:05:26.919 do feel like the biggest key to this season that 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:30.960 set everything in motion, that has allowed Joel to thrive 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:33.719 and Ben to be better and has given the Sixers 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:39.120 so much success. Was the acquisitions in tandem, trading for 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:44.040 Seth Curry and getting Danny Green that has brought balance 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:48.600 to the force. Ball goes to Danny Green in the corner. 0:05:48.640 --> 0:05:51.760 Another three by Green is good. The Rockets having trouble 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:55.560 locating Danny Green and Green makes them pay. Here's set 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:58.520 for three and it's good. Curry pours it in and 0:05:58.720 --> 0:06:02.400 the Sixers lead by thirteen. All that fly on the 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:06.400 right sideline. Seth Curry four for four with a pair 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:09.000 of threes. I think so much of the issues the 0:06:09.040 --> 0:06:13.080 Sixers had last year was the fit didn't work. Wasn't 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:17.760 the right fit? Great players, great guys as individuals didn't fit. 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:21.040 It is a great fit this year, and I agree 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:24.040 with what Joe said about two weeks ago. We don't 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:27.360 talk about that enough. So I'm not going to say 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:29.839 it was all Daryl Morey, because I honestly I don't 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:31.880 know if it was all Daryl Morey. Maybe some scenes 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:34.080 had been planted. I don't know that. I'm just saying 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:38.159 the fact that Seth Curry and Danny Green were brought 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:41.760 in huge to setting this starting five in motions. So 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:44.000 to me, that's my top moment of the year. I 0:06:44.040 --> 0:06:47.840 can't argue that mine is necessarily a bigger moment, But 0:06:47.920 --> 0:06:51.280 my top moment of the year, just considering the season 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:54.120 that he has had, had to be joe El Embiid 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:58.240 scoring fifty points and there it is a career high 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:05.120 fifty points for Joel Hans MB February nineteen against a 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:07.800 Chicago team that was, of course weaker. But for anybody 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:10.440 to score fifty in this league, let alone a big 0:07:10.480 --> 0:07:14.080 man to score fifty in this league, a reminder. Fifty points, 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:18.880 seventeen rebounds, five assists, two steals, four blocks, seventeen for 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:22.520 twenty six from the field, only one three and fifteen 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:26.720 for seventeen from the line. That was a crazy night. 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:30.480 You could tell it meant something to Joel. You could 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:32.960 tell it meant something to Joel that the fans were 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:35.240 not in the building for that. I do think it'll 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:37.800 be interesting to look back on one of his best 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:40.200 performances of all time, one of his best seasons of 0:07:40.200 --> 0:07:42.640 all time, when we look down the road at Joel's career, 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:44.480 when he's getting ready to go into the Hall of Fame, 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:46.400 and you play those highlights, and they were from a 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:48.440 game where there was nobody in the building. It was 0:07:48.680 --> 0:07:51.440 an interesting night. It was an interesting experience. It was 0:07:51.520 --> 0:07:53.920 only staff there, and I remember we all were sort 0:07:53.920 --> 0:07:56.880 of watching him get closer and closer to fifty, and 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:59.680 then he got fifty, but like people didn't really cheer, 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:01.440 because that's not what you do when you when you're 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:03.080 part of a staff. And you couldn't help but think 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:05.520 about how fans would react if they had been there. 0:08:06.000 --> 0:08:10.200 It was a cool night. It was a very bitter suite, 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:12.520 I guess way for him to get fifty points, but 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:15.800 certainly the most memorable, at least for me this year. 0:08:15.880 --> 0:08:18.960 So that was my top moment in some bummer kind 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:21.760 of ways. It was very emblematic and symbolic of at 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:25.400 least the first half of this season that here. It 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:30.360 is one of the crowning individual performances for Joel Embiids certainly, 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:32.880 and also for the seventy six ers. I mean, you 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:36.000 think back and you know, geez one, was there a 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:40.040 game like that where you think about fifty points first 0:08:40.080 --> 0:08:43.680 time since Alan Iverson And to me, it's so silly 0:08:43.679 --> 0:08:46.679 because Joel can drop forty nine and I mean that's 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:50.800 a ridiculous output. Fifty sounds different. And he got to 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:53.400 fifty by going one for two from the line. We 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:55.440 remember that in that game. So it wasn't like a 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:58.520 dramatic way that he actually reached fifty points, but fifty 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:01.560 just sounded nice. You can have a They don't sell 0:09:01.679 --> 0:09:05.120 forty nine piece McNugget, They sell a fifty piece McNugget. 0:09:05.160 --> 0:09:07.480 You know. Yeah, And to hear the way that Tobias 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:11.080 Harris celebrated Joel and the way that he spoke about 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:13.720 Joel in the days that followed, talking about the fact 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:17.400 that Joel, regardless of what Tobias does in the remainder 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:19.200 of his career, he's still a young guy. He's still 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:21.160 got some good years ahead of him. He knows that 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:23.160 Joel is the best player he ever played with, and 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:24.920 he looks forward to telling his kids that. I mean, 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:28.200 the whole thing was just like extremely poetic. There was 0:09:28.240 --> 0:09:30.760 like a bittersweet nature to the way that it happened, 0:09:31.440 --> 0:09:35.960 and certainly memorable for those involved. Okay, I'm gonna see 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:38.000 if I can do this. I think we have a 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:42.720 voicemail contribution from none other than our guy Divon gives 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:48.199 for his top moments of the season. So, Lauren, sorry, 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:50.920 I couldn't be there, since we couldn't be there together 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:55.800 to give our season ending, our regular season ending Friday 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:58.760 deep dive pot, I just wanted to jump in and 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:02.160 my A moment has to go with the MVP of 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:05.320 the team, arguably the league and his Joel Indeed, and 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:08.280 it wasn't really stays out. Chicago Footballs game where he 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:12.040 scored a career high over fifty was tremendous. He was fantastic. 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:15.760 He has really gotten himself into a place where he 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:19.440 really understands his game who he is. That performance was 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:22.440 my favorite, and just seeing Ti Reason against the Denver 0:10:22.520 --> 0:10:26.120 Nuggets dropping thirty nine also won my favorites again. Miss 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:28.880 you guys. We'll catch up at the playoffs get underway 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:32.440 as We'll talk to you next week. Love it, Thank you, Divon. 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:35.920 We are three adults. We do have schedules that are 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:38.640 not always the easiest to align. Hence the reason why 0:10:38.960 --> 0:10:41.800 we get a voicemail from Devon this week. He'll be 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:46.400 back next week, right, Tyrese Maxie thirty nine points, no question, 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:48.600 that was so much fun. That was a fun game 0:10:48.640 --> 0:10:51.920 despite it being in defeat. Yeah, a lot of fun 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:54.480 and another one of those ones without fans, and it 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:57.000 was weird to decide how to celebrate stuff like that, 0:10:57.200 --> 0:10:59.679 especially understanding that the team was going to have a 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:02.360 top time in the second half. There will be a 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:04.720 lot of memories from from that first half of the season, 0:11:04.760 --> 0:11:07.679 and I do think that Joel's fifty piece Tyrese is 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:13.560 nearly forty piece will certainly stand out and endure the 0:11:13.679 --> 0:11:16.720 years in terms of stories and moments that people remember 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:19.920 as part of this fan base. Good segue by Divine. 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:21.679 He doesn't have to be with us, and he can 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:24.960 give us a great segue to set up the next superlative, 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:28.000 biggest breakout. I can go first because I will be brief, 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:30.959 I said Tyrese Maxie. It wasn't really hard to choose. 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:37.000 Maxi finishes a left hand jamp. Tie rees Maxi, a 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:41.400 crowd favored to be sure his first year, The Benchie RUPs, 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:45.320 the crowd jumps up a standing note for Maxi. Lots 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:48.520 of players have up to their game this season. I 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:51.480 don't know if anyone outside of Tyrese, maybe a couple 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:54.200 other rookies we could talk about, has really had a 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:58.040 breakout the way that Tyrese has and as frequently as 0:11:58.040 --> 0:12:00.360 he has. He did it, of course against Den without 0:12:00.360 --> 0:12:02.400 thirty nine points, but he did it last week with 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:05.280 the twenty two points. He stayed ready all season long. 0:12:05.360 --> 0:12:09.640 He's stayed available, he's stayed positive, He's always smiling and 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:13.319 just happy to be there and taking as much control 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:15.400 of the opportunities that he has given as he can. 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:17.679 It's been a pleasure to watch Tyrese, and I do 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:20.600 think that we can call him our breakout guy for 0:12:20.800 --> 0:12:22.480 the year. And I think that if he had been 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:24.560 and his teammates have said this, if he had played 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:27.400 on a perhaps a lesser team, had heavier minutes, maybe 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:30.080 he'd be averaging seventeen eighteen nineteen points a game, and 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:32.640 in discussion for all rookie and all these accolades that 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:34.920 he certainly would be worthy of. But really cool to 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:37.920 see the way that he's found opportunities to thrive in 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:40.440 a team that's competing for a championship with a lot 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:42.719 of competition for minutes. I'm gonna have to go with 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:49.400 the mud Man, the fifty ninth pick in the two 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:54.520 twenty draft. Penultimate Paul actually with the dribble. Tyrese loves 0:12:54.520 --> 0:12:58.040 it and Paul champs it. What a play y, all right, 0:12:58.600 --> 0:13:02.760 outstanding season for beball Paul, of course, the G League 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:05.439 MVP and Rookie of the Year, twenty two and a 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:09.200 half points, twelve boards, two and a half assists, two blocks, 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:14.640 almost two steals per game. I, for one Laren was 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:18.400 not expecting to be feeling the way that I feel 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:22.200 about beball Paul this soon. I think there was a 0:13:22.200 --> 0:13:25.040 lot of reason to see intrigue in him. I think 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:27.760 it was a great value pickup for the seventy six 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:30.360 ers At that point in the draft. I did not 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:33.280 see awards like that in the G League coming. I thought, 0:13:33.280 --> 0:13:35.600 you could be nice piece for the Blue Coats this year. 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:38.240 He'd put up some nice numbers, have some good games, 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:41.360 not be someone who dominates. But he went down to 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:44.200 the gubble and dominate he did. Yeah, it's been a 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:46.760 pleasure to watch Paul. More on him for me later. 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:49.720 I have a beball Paul moment Paul moment that I'd 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:52.320 like to discuss. But yeah, it's been awesome to see 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:54.360 him play. Really cool to see him when Workie of 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:56.400 the Year, an MVP and the goubble. Like you said, 0:13:57.200 --> 0:14:01.680 he's certainly exceeded expectations, perps, everybody's but his own, because 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:04.280 he came in here with some lofty goals and he's 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:08.520 chased after every one of them. Moving on the Let's 0:14:08.520 --> 0:14:12.120 get down to Business Award, the Let's get down to 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:16.720 business award. Who's carrying the briefcase in in the double 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:19.800 breasted suit, who's got the hard hat, the lunch pail, 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:23.360 who's getting down to business? Am I going first? Or 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:26.400 are you going first? You can go first. I'll take 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:30.080 the next one. Well, to me, it was an easy one. 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:33.600 The Let's get down to Business Award had to go 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:36.840 to Tobias Harris. For me, Tobias hasn't way out on 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:40.920 the right side. Curry screens, switch Reggie Bullock on, Tobias 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:43.120 Harris on the back out to the right of the lane, 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:46.160 left and dribble Hanks in the paint. It's good Tobias 0:14:46.240 --> 0:14:49.480 Harris back to back bield goals time out, New York 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:55.160 ninety six, ninety two The Sixerslade. I think throughout his 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:59.400 career he's been a machine. He's been so durable, so reliable, 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:02.240 so constant for the teams he's played for. But this 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:04.120 year he's done it in a way that he's leveled 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:06.400 up his game and played like an All Star while 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:10.040 being durable and reliable and a constant force on the 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:13.400 court and off the court. I mean, Tobias Harris brings 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:15.920 it no matter what. He brings it early in games, 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:17.880 he brings it late in games. He sets goals, he 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:21.760 accomplishes them. He's maybe one of the most reliable players 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:24.920 in this league and was prior to this season. So 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:27.160 now seeing him play the way that he has close games, 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:29.320 the way that he has be as efficient as he's been, 0:15:29.760 --> 0:15:32.120 to me, this was an easy choice selves. I think 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:35.080 that that is certainly I have a different answer, but 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:38.240 that does not mean that your answer is by any 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:42.000 way incorrect. I think one percent. I think Tobias his 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:47.280 demeanor embodies the let's get down to business vibe. We 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:51.000 talked about this. I forget if it was on Monday 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:53.440 on the Mailbag or last week with the van, but 0:15:53.800 --> 0:15:57.160 how well that this season in particular, Tobias has struck 0:15:57.200 --> 0:15:59.960 the balance between being a leader and an elite player. 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.040 Aaron everyone knows he should have been an All Star. 0:16:02.080 --> 0:16:04.280 Reggie Miller talked about it during the game on TNT 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:07.120 on Thursday, and I couldn't agree with you more. It's 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:11.360 the Bounty Tour twenty twenty twenty one for Tobias. He's 0:16:11.400 --> 0:16:16.080 got his list, taking names, all that good stuff, so 0:16:16.320 --> 0:16:19.040 no question about it. I think for me, the Get 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:22.200 down to Business Award winner is Joel Embiid. Here's jacked 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:24.560 in on a dry block by a bad too great 0:16:24.640 --> 0:16:27.440 defensive place. Mike Joe cap it off for a minute 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:29.840 to go here and the Sixers will win this game. 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:33.560 I think that. Listen. We were able to follow him 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:36.960 a little bit before the season started when he was 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:39.120 just like doing all types of work. He was playing basketball, 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:40.920 he was getting into the gym in Camden, but he 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:45.760 was also going to do conditioning by playing soccer and 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:48.800 playing some tennis, and he was just all over the 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:51.920 place doing a little bit of everything. He recommitted to 0:16:52.120 --> 0:16:57.480 his diet and nutrition. He took minimal time off after 0:16:57.520 --> 0:17:00.520 the bubble ended at the end of August, only a 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:03.160 little time. When you have a kid, things change. But 0:17:03.240 --> 0:17:05.760 that's the other point. He's managing all this and having 0:17:05.760 --> 0:17:07.840 the season he's having while having a kid in the 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:11.360 fold as well, making it look much easier than I'm 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:14.000 sure it is, and having the type of season that 0:17:14.400 --> 0:17:17.480 he's having where he's tenth in the league and rebounds 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:20.520 per game, he's fourth in scoring. As the time that 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:23.760 we did this, he's an MVP candidate, should be the MVP. 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:27.280 We'll see if he gets it. Certainly first team All 0:17:27.359 --> 0:17:30.880 League opportunity for Joel Embiid So to me, he got 0:17:30.920 --> 0:17:34.200 down to business and this Everyone's always said, well Joel, 0:17:34.280 --> 0:17:36.080 he's always said things, but is he going to back 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:39.480 it up? I think this year, undisputedly the guys backed 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:41.119 it up. I'm with it. I think there were a 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:43.240 lot of good answers to I get down to business 0:17:43.240 --> 0:17:46.760 award question. I think maybe this twenty one seventy six 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:49.840 ers could win it together, especially when you think about 0:17:49.880 --> 0:17:52.320 all the intangibles this season, the fact that they've been 0:17:52.359 --> 0:17:55.359 testing in the morning and at night and they haven't 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:58.000 been able to socialize on the road or see their 0:17:58.000 --> 0:18:00.880 extended familieser. I mean, these guys are used to hosting 0:18:00.920 --> 0:18:03.760 their families at games and having friends come into town 0:18:03.800 --> 0:18:06.560 and watch them play and do all these things that 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:10.280 their hard work rewards them for. At this point in 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:12.639 their career, they haven't been able to do any of that. 0:18:12.720 --> 0:18:15.919 This year. They go on vacation, spend time with your family. 0:18:16.040 --> 0:18:18.040 Some of them like to crack open a bottle of wine. 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:19.800 They've only been able to do it in their house. 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:23.520 And I think that that all those intangibles, all of 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:26.280 the sort of surrounding factors in this season, I think 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:29.159 every player in the NBA honestly deserves consideration for the 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:31.439 Get Down to Business Award because it's been all business 0:18:31.560 --> 0:18:34.439 this season, and it's been cool to see the Sixers thrive, thrive, 0:18:34.560 --> 0:18:38.200 even though the business of it all has has had 0:18:38.200 --> 0:18:42.280 a bit of a different equilibrium, no doubt, totally on 0:18:42.320 --> 0:18:46.720 board with that best shot, favorite shot? Did I say 0:18:46.720 --> 0:18:48.400 I was gonna go first for this one? Is my turn? 0:18:49.320 --> 0:18:51.280 I don't know. I wonderfully were the same one. I 0:18:51.280 --> 0:18:52.680 think I did say I was going to go first. 0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:56.679 All right, I'll go first. I will go with I 0:18:56.760 --> 0:18:59.560 think for me, it's the first thing that stands out 0:18:59.680 --> 0:19:02.440 is the Utah game at home. Who's got the three? 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:07.280 Here's mb posting up. He's got Bogdanovitch thinking about a three. 0:19:07.480 --> 0:19:14.040 There it is, yes, Joel embiid tyne it up at 0:19:14.040 --> 0:19:18.240 a buck eighteen over boy on Bogdanovich right there. With 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:20.960 time winding down, with about five seconds to go to 0:19:21.000 --> 0:19:23.280 send the game to overtime, and then the Sixers ultimately 0:19:23.280 --> 0:19:25.600 went a great game to wrap up the first half 0:19:25.600 --> 0:19:28.160 of the season. I like it that was not mine. 0:19:28.280 --> 0:19:31.159 I also went with the first thing that came to mind, 0:19:31.240 --> 0:19:34.080 which for me had to be January twenty seventh against 0:19:34.080 --> 0:19:36.960 the Los Angeles Lakers. To Buias, Harris hitting that game winner. 0:19:37.040 --> 0:19:40.800 Hurry has a shot. Clock is off, down eight seconds 0:19:40.800 --> 0:19:44.520 now Harris Harris against Carusoe on the drive, pull up jumper. 0:19:44.840 --> 0:19:48.960 It's good buyers. Harris sinks it with two point four lading. 0:19:49.240 --> 0:19:51.320 He's talked for so long about wanting to be a 0:19:51.359 --> 0:19:54.400 closer and hit big shots when it mattered. He had 0:19:54.640 --> 0:19:56.439 he had. There were some some other options on the 0:19:56.440 --> 0:19:59.040 court at the time, and to Bias may or may 0:19:59.080 --> 0:20:01.359 not have been the first option in that situation, and 0:20:01.600 --> 0:20:04.600 he took control over it hit the game winner. His 0:20:04.760 --> 0:20:07.679 teammates rejoiced. It was another game with no fans in 0:20:07.680 --> 0:20:10.800 the building and to see the team create their own 0:20:10.960 --> 0:20:13.639 energy and bring their own vibes. I think we should 0:20:13.640 --> 0:20:16.040 have known back in January that there was something special 0:20:16.080 --> 0:20:17.879 going on with this group because of the way that 0:20:17.960 --> 0:20:22.560 they all embraced Tobias afterwards. It was maybe the most 0:20:22.600 --> 0:20:24.840 we know Tobias not a big celebrator. It was maybe 0:20:24.840 --> 0:20:29.080 the most demure game winner over the Lebron James Lakers 0:20:29.119 --> 0:20:32.200 that has ever happened over the Lebron James Lakers. I'd 0:20:32.200 --> 0:20:34.600 have to do some research there, but yeah, that for 0:20:34.720 --> 0:20:37.840 me was the one because it was symbolically significant in 0:20:37.960 --> 0:20:41.920 terms of Tobias's development, and then significant of course based 0:20:41.960 --> 0:20:44.440 on the factors at play in the room that night. 0:20:44.600 --> 0:20:46.400 The Sixers, we know one of the traits for them 0:20:46.400 --> 0:20:49.440 this year. They've been a great fourth quarter team, They've 0:20:49.520 --> 0:20:52.720 found ways to win, still have the highest winning percentage 0:20:52.760 --> 0:20:55.000 in the league, and clutch games their second with twenty 0:20:55.000 --> 0:20:59.439 five clutch wins. So a lot of great rise to 0:20:59.440 --> 0:21:03.280 the occasion moments for the seventy six ers throughout the season. 0:21:03.400 --> 0:21:06.320 With the game on the line, we are working through 0:21:06.320 --> 0:21:09.960 our list the Golden Clamps honor. To whom shall we 0:21:10.080 --> 0:21:14.520 bestow the Golden Clamps. I wonder if you'd be willing 0:21:14.560 --> 0:21:16.600 to go first, because I have two answers, but if 0:21:16.600 --> 0:21:18.600