Speaker 1: We've still got some time before the season starts, but
Speaker 1: it is definitely getting closer, and that means our first
Speaker 1: opportunity to get a glimpse at some of the new
Speaker 1: guys isn't too far away. Dream come true. Philly has
Speaker 1: been a team and I've been watching since I was little,
Speaker 1: obviously with Ivershly my favorite player growing up. So I'm
Speaker 1: expecting great things, you know, out of myself and out
Speaker 1: of the team. Just ready to get to work. Great
Speaker 1: expectations from a guy who's got a great story here
Speaker 1: from Trey Burke on this episode of the Bronzes. Okay,
Speaker 1: we have officially reached, at least for me, the point
Speaker 1: in the summer where my mind is like, slow down.
Speaker 1: We are moving away too fast. It's almost the end
Speaker 1: of August. Labor Day is nearly here. It's crazy. This
Speaker 1: has been such a fast, exciting but fast moving off season.
Speaker 1: And you're starting to see the spots in the players
Speaker 1: parking lot here at the training complex get a little
Speaker 1: bit more full these days. If you guys beginning to
Speaker 1: trickle back into town, how you doing. I'm Brian Seltzer,
Speaker 1: excellent as always to have you along for our latest
Speaker 1: episode of the podcast. We're gonna speak with Trey Burke,
Speaker 1: one of the new guys on the roster this year,
Speaker 1: and we'll play that conversation in just a bit. But
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Speaker 1: hear from Trey Burke in a moment. But I didn't
Speaker 1: want to touch briefly upon um what I thought was
Speaker 1: an awesome story from this past week. Mike Scott back
Speaker 1: in town on August twentieth, that was Tuesday, and he
Speaker 1: is truly in every way like the every person guy,
Speaker 1: a man of the people, a guy about town. Hey,
Speaker 1: he did a media breakfast here at the training complex.
Speaker 1: He then went out to the Philadelphia Art Museum steps.
Speaker 1: I'm sure you saw stuff hopefully on our social feeds
Speaker 1: about that in a a Mister Softy truck, there is
Speaker 1: Mike Scott making people's days deservedly so hey for the
Speaker 1: people who came out and braved the just suffocing, eating
Speaker 1: humidity and ninety degree heat, your reward was Mike Scott
Speaker 1: giving you a Mister Softy product on the house, and
Speaker 1: my cad to master the fine art and technique of
Speaker 1: the gentle poor pulling the lever inside the Mister Softy truck.
Speaker 1: And then he went on to do an appearance at
Speaker 1: ninety seventy five The Fanatic before heading to the Point
Speaker 1: Breeze Youth Development Basketball League Championship game. Earlier in the year,
Speaker 1: Scott gave fifteen thousand dollars of his own hard earned
Speaker 1: cash the league to cover costs for uniforms, basketball's other equipment, trophies,
Speaker 1: things of that nature. Just a phenomenal gesture by a
Speaker 1: truly real, authentic and genuine person. Mike Scott phenomenal ambassador
Speaker 1: for the NBA, for professional athletes, definitely for the seventy
Speaker 1: six ers at that media breakfast. Earlier in the day,
Speaker 1: he spoke about his philosophy in terms of engaging with fans,
Speaker 1: whether on social media or in the flash. I think
Speaker 1: they see that, you know, I'm a regular person. I
Speaker 1: just play basketball. Just keep it on this, be real,
Speaker 1: stay genuine. Nothing. I just I don't try to just
Speaker 1: just do it. I can't really explain it, but I
Speaker 1: don't know, just be yourself. I think people can relate
Speaker 1: to that. Some athletes they just you know, they're stuck
Speaker 1: up boogie and you know, I don't. I don't. I
Speaker 1: don't like none of that. So I just try to
Speaker 1: be myself. I wasn't raised like that. I was always
Speaker 1: raised to be, you know, respectful, be humble, and also
Speaker 1: be grateful. So it's just that greediness I feel like
Speaker 1: Philly fans can relate to and have that chip on
Speaker 1: my shoulder that I feel like everyone that lives in
Speaker 1: this area has. So I feel like kind of late
Speaker 1: to it a little bit. And again, you can check
Speaker 1: out a bunch of our coverage of Mike Scott's whirlwind
Speaker 1: tour around town earlier this week on our social feeds.
Speaker 1: He also wrote a first person article for US that's
Speaker 1: up on sixers dot Com, also on our social feeds
Speaker 1: as well, called excited but not satisfied, Mike sharing in
Speaker 1: his own words why returning to the seventy Sixers was
Speaker 1: priority number one and his outlook for the upcoming season.
Speaker 1: Joining Mike Scott for the upcoming season. A gentleman by
Speaker 1: the name of Trey Burke, veteran who was the ninth
Speaker 1: overall pick in the twenty thirteen NBA Draft. He's played
Speaker 1: for four teams prior to joining the Sixers. Started out
Speaker 1: with Utah Jazz, played three seasons there, then went to
Speaker 1: the Wizards before joining the Knicks in twenty seventeen eighteen.
Speaker 1: Began last year with the Knicks before landing with the
Speaker 1: Dallas Mavericks to finish the year as part of the
Speaker 1: Christaps Porzingis trade. Burke fir his career's average just under
Speaker 1: eleven points, has shot thirty four percent from three point
Speaker 1: territory and has hit four hundred fifty nearly career three pointers,
Speaker 1: and a guy who was awfully pumped up about being
Speaker 1: a part of the seventy sixers. And that is where
Speaker 1: Trey Burke and I began our chat a few weeks
Speaker 1: ago when he was in town. So, Trey, why don't
Speaker 1: we start by you telling us your thoughts on joining
Speaker 1: the seventy six ers, also on joining the seventy sixers.
Speaker 1: Man dream come true. Philly has been a team and
Speaker 1: I've been watching since I was little, obviously with Iverson,
Speaker 1: you know, my favorite player growing up. So when Elvin
Speaker 1: Brand contacted you know, my agent, you know, tell him
Speaker 1: that it was interest, and I was just ready for it,
Speaker 1: for the trigger to get pulled, and I'm excited to
Speaker 1: be here, expecting great things, you know, out of myself
Speaker 1: and out of the team, and just ready to get
Speaker 1: to work. Let's talk about AI for a second, because
Speaker 1: guys in the league now still talk about him, even
Speaker 1: though the number of people in the league who actually
Speaker 1: played with him or against him or dwindling. Why for
Speaker 1: a young guy coming up, did his game resonate with you?
Speaker 1: I think it resonates with me because he was six
Speaker 1: foot six one doing you know, six nine sixteen type
Speaker 1: of things. You know, he was a you know, a
Speaker 1: little guard that was doing giant things. And I think,
Speaker 1: you know, little guards like myself can relate to that
Speaker 1: because you always want to be great at anything you
Speaker 1: do and just to see you know how great he was,
Speaker 1: you know, throughout his entire career. To see some of
Speaker 1: the performances he put on, you know, it was just
Speaker 1: motivation at his finest, you know, influential, probably one of
Speaker 1: the most influential athletes to ever walk this earth. So
Speaker 1: you know, every time you get a chance to watch,
Speaker 1: every time I get a chance to watch highlights on
Speaker 1: him or even meet him in person, you know, it's like,
Speaker 1: you know, one of those defining moments. And I think
Speaker 1: he was one of the ars that helped me mold
Speaker 1: my game because you know, you you know, as you know,
Speaker 1: as you see one of your favorite players do something,
Speaker 1: you want to run right outside and do the same thing.
Speaker 1: So he's been a big part of um, you know,
Speaker 1: my growth and basketball. Was there a move or multiple
Speaker 1: moves of his when he went back and watched film
Speaker 1: that you tried to pick up, tell me about some
Speaker 1: of those with the world. I'll always go back to
Speaker 1: the Jordan move, you know, I know that's probasibly a
Speaker 1: typical one for everybody, but Jordan, Michael Jordan obviously my opinion,
Speaker 1: the greatest to ever do it. You know, you know,
Speaker 1: on both ends of the court and iverson being his size,
Speaker 1: you know, crossing him with the same move two times
Speaker 1: in a row in the same play. You know, they
Speaker 1: don't see that too often. And you know that right
Speaker 1: there just shows you know how great he was, you
Speaker 1: know how you know different he was as a player.
Speaker 1: So I always go back to that move just because
Speaker 1: that's a move that you can use on anybody, you know,
Speaker 1: as long as they feet, you see their feet and
Speaker 1: you and you time it up right, you know, to
Speaker 1: left the right crossover or to right the left crossover
Speaker 1: is a lethal weapon. Still in twenty nineteen, Elton Brand
Speaker 1: says he thinks you're gonna be a really good fit
Speaker 1: for the seventy six ers right now. Why do you
Speaker 1: think that this is gonna be a very solid match?
Speaker 1: I think it would be a very solid master because
Speaker 1: I think my personality matches this city. You know, the grit,
Speaker 1: the toughness, you know, my narrative, the narrative of my story,
Speaker 1: and being always always being an underdog, always being counted out, um,
Speaker 1: you know, always stepping up to the challenge with my
Speaker 1: backs against the wall. Though those things, um, those characteristics
Speaker 1: of myself fits this city. I believe that you know,
Speaker 1: I'm a you know, special piece that you know it
Speaker 1: is added to this team because my skill set, my
Speaker 1: ability to create um for others, and just my quickness
Speaker 1: and speed as well. And I always go back to
Speaker 1: the grit and toughness. You know, I'm gonna play hard,
Speaker 1: play a hundred percent, play with one hundred per effort
Speaker 1: and every time I step on the court. And I
Speaker 1: think you know, any fans, um, but it's particular these
Speaker 1: fans would love that about myself. You're at the stage
Speaker 1: in your career where you've been in the league for
Speaker 1: multiple seasons. How's your game grown over that time. Where
Speaker 1: do you think have been the biggest growth aries you've experienced.
Speaker 1: I think the biggest growth areas over over the years.
Speaker 1: My game is my mentality, Um, slowing slowing down things
Speaker 1: in my mind. You know. My college coach Alway used
Speaker 1: to tell me, you know, be slow in the mind,
Speaker 1: but fasten the body. And I think, you know, the
Speaker 1: more that I've grown, the older I've gotten, watching film
Speaker 1: and you know, working on my weaknesses, trying to turn
Speaker 1: them into strengths. Um, I've just gotten better and better
Speaker 1: each and every year. Um. You know, I've always just
Speaker 1: been waiting for you know, opportunity to showcase my talents,
Speaker 1: and I believe Philly is a city that you know
Speaker 1: it's going to help me do that. You know, it's
Speaker 1: a team that you know has high expectations to go
Speaker 1: deep in the playoffs. Um, and I'm just glad to
Speaker 1: be a part of something that's a winning organization. Again.
Speaker 1: You know, not to knock any of the organizations that
Speaker 1: I was with before, but I know there's high expectations here.
Speaker 1: We have a lot of talent and we can make
Speaker 1: a lot of noise in this league. What can you
Speaker 1: learn from having all the different experiences that you've had.
Speaker 1: You've been with several NBA teams, You've had Julia experience
Speaker 1: as well. What can you pull from those experiences that
Speaker 1: it's a marathon. You know, everybody's everybody's journey isn't the same.
Speaker 1: Everybody's journey is different, and you have to be willing
Speaker 1: to continue to be resilient. I think that's a word
Speaker 1: that really defines the nature of who I am is resiliency.
Speaker 1: You know, the way I grew up, just some of
Speaker 1: the things that I went through on and off the court,
Speaker 1: you know, just not ever giving up, just continueing to
Speaker 1: fight for what you want, and I set goals for myself.
Speaker 1: You know, I work hard each and every day to
Speaker 1: continue to get to those goals. So I'm very excited
Speaker 1: to be here and filling me and I think it's
Speaker 1: you know, gonna really work out. Um. I know it's
Speaker 1: a one year deal for now, but I plan on
Speaker 1: being here longer than one year. How would you describe
Speaker 1: some of the players that you're gonna be playing with? Now,
Speaker 1: give me a rundown if you had to provide a
Speaker 1: scattered report on Let's go Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons first,
Speaker 1: two of the young guys, two young old stars on
Speaker 1: this roster. What are your impressions of them? Then? My
Speaker 1: impressions of Ben and Joel's um sky's the lemon for
Speaker 1: both of those guys. You know, Ben Simmons, he has
Speaker 1: a unique type of um you know, skill set, his
Speaker 1: ability to get to the rooms, ability to draw the defense,
Speaker 1: and he's one of the best passes in the league already. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, with Joel, you know, I think in my opinion,
Speaker 1: he is the best big in the league right now,
Speaker 1: most dominant, you know, forced down there on the block.
Speaker 1: So you know, we we got some real talent on
Speaker 1: this team. You know, everybody obviously knows, you know, you
Speaker 1: know those two are the All Stars, but that there's
Speaker 1: a lot that, um, you know, some other guys could
Speaker 1: bring to you know, some of the role players that
Speaker 1: are a part of his team, you know, obviously without
Speaker 1: being in addition as well, his ability to stretch the floor,
Speaker 1: his versatility on both ends of the court. And we
Speaker 1: know it's not going to be an overnight project. We
Speaker 1: know that it's a process, but you know, I think
Speaker 1: we're moving in the right direction with the pieces we got.
Speaker 1: As a fellow veteran in the league, what have you
Speaker 1: admired about Tobias Harrison's game? What I admire about Tobias
Speaker 1: Harrison's game is his ability to you know, be the
Speaker 1: player that in his mind and his heart he feels
Speaker 1: he is, rather than letting the league tell him who
Speaker 1: he is. He's been through some things as well in
Speaker 1: this league, has been traded a few times, but you know,
Speaker 1: everywhere he you know, the places that he's been, he's
Speaker 1: been nothing less than the All Star. You know, he's
Speaker 1: one of the better players in this league in my
Speaker 1: opinion as well, And I'm excited to play with him too.
Speaker 1: Some guys come in who we don't know a lot about,
Speaker 1: just like to ask them. Tell something about yourself, whether
Speaker 1: it's basketball related, not related to basketball, just something where
Speaker 1: if you know you put yourself in the mind of
Speaker 1: a fan, you'd be like, ah, I never knew that
Speaker 1: about that Trey Burke guy. That's kind of interesting. Something
Speaker 1: special about me? I will say, I've been with my
Speaker 1: now wife, she was my girlfriend before since high school.
Speaker 1: So I think that's something that's big for a lot
Speaker 1: of players. You know, somebody I've been with, somebody that's
Speaker 1: been there before all the fame, before any money, before
Speaker 1: making it to the NBA. I know she got my
Speaker 1: best interests because we've been through thinking things. So that's
Speaker 1: something special about Trey Burke. You know you've been around
Speaker 1: this game while it runs in your family too. What
Speaker 1: is it about basketball that you love the most? What
Speaker 1: it is about basketball I love the most is that
Speaker 1: it's a challenge each and every day. You know, every
Speaker 1: day you got to wake up and ask yourself that question.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm I gonna continue to do this and
Speaker 1: I will continue to work for just many hours. I
Speaker 1: gonna continue to sacrifice and grind this hard to get
Speaker 1: to where I want ultimately as a championship, you know,
Speaker 1: and them, I will continue to do all of this too,
Speaker 1: you know, ultimately accomplish all my personal goals as well
Speaker 1: as my team goes and that, you know, that's a
Speaker 1: question that you got to answer every morning. I'm sure
Speaker 1: every player in the league can vouch for that, you know,
Speaker 1: because it's times where you get burnt out. You got
Speaker 1: to figure out how you're gonna continue to find that edge,
Speaker 1: continue to you know, you know, push yourself to be
Speaker 1: the best player you can be. It's a consistent challenge
Speaker 1: wrapping it up to give any stories about guys and
Speaker 1: the teammates. If you've crossed paths with previously, spent time
Speaker 1: with previously, they're now going to reconnect with. Here my man,
Speaker 1: Kyle O'Quinn I was with I was with Ko and
Speaker 1: Um in New York with the Knicks and uh, I
Speaker 1: could just say one of the best, you know teammates.
Speaker 1: You know, a player can have you know, very funny, um,
Speaker 1: very outgoing, very talkative. You know, let s take a
Speaker 1: sheet off, you know for anybody. You know, so I think,
Speaker 1: you know, just to be able to get back with
Speaker 1: him spend some time, you know, with all the new
Speaker 1: guys obviously, but uh, you know, having you know, a
Speaker 1: guy on a team that you already have been on
Speaker 1: another team with, you know, it's always great. You know,
Speaker 1: it kind of helps you know, both of you mesh
Speaker 1: and both of you get accustomed to the new, new place.
Speaker 1: So you know, I'm I'm excited about reunite with Ko
Speaker 1: Trey Burke reflecting on his career, his thoughts on joining
Speaker 1: the seventy sixers for the upcoming season, and I gotta
Speaker 1: be honest, I'm also really excited just to have Kyle
Speaker 1: a quinn around two offseason pick up by the seventy
Speaker 1: sixers to add some depth to the front court. He
Speaker 1: was only around for a couple of days back in
Speaker 1: July during the big press conference where he and five
Speaker 1: other seventy sixers were introduced and reintroduced, but his demeanor,
Speaker 1: his spirits, the vibes, the fields all seemed really good
Speaker 1: and it seems like o'quinn's going to be just a
Speaker 1: terrific edition of the seventy six ers locker room. All right,
Speaker 1: that'll do it for this episode of the podcast. Thank you,
Speaker 1: as always for listening. We thank Craig Burke taking a
Speaker 1: few minutes to talk, and also Mike Scott as well.
Speaker 1: Stay tuned. We'll probably have another episode coming up next week,
Speaker 1: and if not next week, definitely right after a labor
Speaker 1: day because we got to get into a big event
Speaker 1: upcoming for the seventy six ers franchise on September the sixth,
Speaker 1: Bobby Jones finally being enshrined in the Nay Smith Memorial
Speaker 1: Basketball Hall of Fame, and that will definitely be the
Speaker 1: focal point of an upcoming episode of the podcast real soon,
Speaker 1: so be able to look out, keep checking your feeds.
Speaker 1: Talk to you that see you two