WEBVTT - Draft Season: The Draft and the G League 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:03.279 The NBA Draft is a week away, and the seventy 0:00:03.279 --> 0:00:05.920 sixers aren't the only team in the organization that will 0:00:05.960 --> 0:00:08.039 be affected. We're meeting every day to kind of hammer 0:00:08.080 --> 0:00:10.360 out our board. It's very much a year round process 0:00:10.520 --> 0:00:13.000 that this month and this week particularly is kind of 0:00:13.000 --> 0:00:16.200 that whole process coming together. Matt Lily, general manager of 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:19.000 the Delaware Blue Coats, talks about the draft and its 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:22.120 impact on the GI League. We'll also hear from sharpshooter 0:00:22.200 --> 0:00:25.320 Dylan Windler following this recent visit to the training complex. 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:27.280 It is trying to get that shot down muscle memory, 0:00:27.560 --> 0:00:29.360 the same as that shot every time, but then when 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:30.960 it comes to game and I just shot selection and 0:00:31.000 --> 0:00:33.640 good shot selection shoot out with Complins. It is the 0:00:33.720 --> 0:00:43.440 latest draft season edition of the broadcast. Hello at seventy sixers, 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:48.040 odd people, and how are you doing? Brian Seltzer saying 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:51.600 what's up? As we get closer and closer to the draft, 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:55.560 and I check in with another draft edition of our podcast. 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:58.520 We're going to talk with Matt Lily, he runs the 0:00:58.640 --> 0:01:01.800 Delaware Blue Coats, will speak about his role in the 0:01:01.920 --> 0:01:07.280 seventy sixers draft preparations, and we'll also talk with Dylan Windler. 0:01:07.319 --> 0:01:10.080 He is a four year senior out of Belmont trying 0:01:10.080 --> 0:01:13.360 to become just the second player ever from that Tennessee 0:01:13.360 --> 0:01:16.640 based institution to make an NBA roster, and he'll recap 0:01:16.680 --> 0:01:19.200 his visit with these seventy sixers before we get started. 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:22.480 Want to remind you, like we usually do, to subscribe 0:01:22.560 --> 0:01:26.240 to our pod if you are not yet a subscriber already. 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:34.160 Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spreaker, Stitcher, SoundCloud, tune in all 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:36.280 places you can go to get our pods, and if 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:38.759 you prefer to go elsewhere, does type in Sixers podcast 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:41.280 network and that should take you to where you need 0:01:41.319 --> 0:01:44.840 to go. The gym at the seventy six ers training 0:01:44.880 --> 0:01:48.440 complex and Camden has been a busy active gym in 0:01:48.480 --> 0:01:51.880 recent weeks. Really ever since the Memorial Day weekend, the 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:55.240 seventy sixers have been hosting pre draft prospect workouts with 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:59.000 six players each feels like just about every other day. 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:01.120 It was really neat on Saturday over the weekend to 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:04.640 have Philip Booth and Eric Pascalin from Villanova to bring 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:07.760 a local flavor to the competition on the court, but 0:02:08.480 --> 0:02:13.600 there have been prospects of varying degrees of experience skill 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:16.560 sets being rolled in and out as they go through 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:20.600 the pre draft circuits over the last i'd say fourteen 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:25.040 to twenty days. A guy who seems interesting is Dylan Windler, 0:02:25.080 --> 0:02:27.480 at least to me. He is a native of Indianapolis 0:02:27.520 --> 0:02:30.120 who was one of the best high school players in 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:33.000 recent history to come out of that area, such a 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:37.400 hotbed for basketball, and he spent four years at Belmont 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:41.200 with the Bruins in Tennessee and had an outstanding career, 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:43.640 one in which he got better and better as the 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:47.000 seasons went along. As a senior, he averaged just over 0:02:47.040 --> 0:02:50.480 twenty one points per game and roughly eleven rebounds. He 0:02:50.560 --> 0:02:53.840 shot a very impressive forty three percent from the field 0:02:54.080 --> 0:02:56.840 while knocking down one hundred three pointers. And after a 0:02:56.919 --> 0:02:59.440 stop with the seventy six ers recently I spoke with 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:01.760 Dylan win laure about how's workout with It was a 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:03.840 lot of fun. Um. They started us off with some 0:03:03.880 --> 0:03:06.560 shots on the move, uh, you know, really got us going, 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:08.720 and then we topped right into one on one, three 0:03:08.760 --> 0:03:10.800 on three. We played for you know, thirty forty minutes. 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:13.000 It was a super fast paced and very competitive, so 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:14.720 it was a really good workout. Of role. You put 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:19.040 in four really solid growth years at Belmont, improved by 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:21.920 the season being a four year player. What advantages do 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:23.880 you think that that gives you coming into the draft. 0:03:24.440 --> 0:03:25.959 I think just a little bit more experience. You know, 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:27.600 I've played a couple more years than a lot of 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:30.280 these guys, um, so just having that experience under my 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:32.080 belt definitely helps me. I've played in you know, one 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:34.960 hundred and twenty one hundred and sixty games in college, 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:37.080 So just having that experience for sure. Where do you 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:39.360 think you took your game the most in terms of 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:42.640 areas that you expanded your skill set the last four years? 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:44.880 So you're just you know, handling the rock and you know, 0:03:44.920 --> 0:03:47.040 being able to come off picking rolls, be more versatile 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:49.440 and offense, and being more than just a shooter, you know, 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:51.720 moving with and without the ball, and you know, just 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:53.600 trying to be a better defender. I'm going to ask 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:55.560 you about that notion of being more than a shooter 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:58.320 in a couple of seconds. But the shot is the shot. 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:01.200 That's a lot of things that people focus on. How 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:03.280 did you grow your shot over the course of her 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:05.120 four seasons, Because if you look at it from an 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:08.400 efficiency standpoint, the numbers went up. I would just say, 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:11.440 obviously a lot of repetitions in the off season, just 0:04:11.480 --> 0:04:13.720 trying to get that shot down muscle memory. Um, just 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:15.840 coming to have the same as that shot every time. 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:18.360 But then when it comes to game night, just shot selection, 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:21.679 good shot selection, and you know, um, you know, shooting 0:04:21.680 --> 0:04:24.719 it with confidence. Are there NBA shooters you admire guys? 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:28.240 You try to pattern model your game after Um. Yeah, 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:30.640 I like to watch Gordon Heard a lot. Um, I'll 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:32.400 like to take some stuff from James Harden. Obviously he's 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:33.720 just who we're starting. You can't do it all things 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:35.160 he does, but just the way he moves a little 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:37.560 bit is very intrigue games. I try to model my 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:39.520 game a little bit after that. Sure, you've talked about 0:04:39.560 --> 0:04:41.920 it a lot, but tell me about your journey to Belmont. 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:44.440 You're a terrific player coming out of Indianapolis, one of 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:48.160 the best breeding grounds for basketball in the country in Belmont. 0:04:48.240 --> 0:04:50.400 How did you land there? Yeah, so for me, it 0:04:50.440 --> 0:04:53.000 was a different journey. I played golf in the summer 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:54.400 my first two years of high school, so I didn't 0:04:54.400 --> 0:04:56.880 play much AU. I only played one year AU my 0:04:56.960 --> 0:05:00.240 last year of high school, so um, I was wasn't 0:05:00.240 --> 0:05:02.159 recruited very hard. I didn't get an offer till my 0:05:02.240 --> 0:05:05.000 senior year, and I got a lot of mid major 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:07.520 offers late. So I visited Belmont. You know, I loved 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:10.000 everything about it, love the coaching staff, love the team. 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:11.839 They had a winning tradition, and you know, I loved 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:13.800 everything about it. So I committed there, and you know, 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:14.960 I never looked back, and I think there was a 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:16.960 great decision for me. Is there anything that you can 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:20.920 apply from playing golf to basketball or vice versus? There 0:05:20.920 --> 0:05:24.440 any overlap whatsoever? Yeah, I think, um, just the mental 0:05:24.440 --> 0:05:26.400 aspect of it, you know, moving on to the next shot. 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:30.359 And you know, golf is definitely a mentally tasting sport 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:31.760 and you've got to be able to you know, be 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:34.279 mentally strong and just move on to the next shot. 0:05:34.320 --> 0:05:36.080 So it's kind of same thing with basketball. You know, 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:37.520 when you miss a few shots, she's gotta be able 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:40.320 to move on the next shot. Bellmint obviously has just 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:43.000 one player in its history that made it to the NBA. 0:05:43.120 --> 0:05:45.039 To be the second to go from that school to 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:47.720 the pros in the NBA, What would that mean to you? No, 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:49.920 you'd mee the world for me for sure, just being 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:53.200 able to represent all my university, you know the obviously 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:55.599 they've had a great basketball program for a long time 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:57.760 with coach Burr, So just being able to represent them 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:00.920 and just all mid majors across the nation would be 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:02.800 really good feeling. As you said a couple of minutes ago, 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:04.719 you feel like you're more than just a shooter. What 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:06.080 are some of the other areas of your game that 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:08.640 you have the most pride in? Uh, Like I said, 0:06:08.640 --> 0:06:10.600 I'm trying to get better with the ball coming off 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:13.440 the screens. I try to move really well without the ball. 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:16.359 Just stay moving on offense, all aspects, and then you know, 0:06:16.360 --> 0:06:17.960 one thing I'm trying to prove on his own the defensive. 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:20.800 I'm just trying to grind it out every day, trying 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:22.640 to become more versat I'll be able to switch screens 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:24.720 and guard multiple positions. So that's something I'm working on. 0:06:25.200 --> 0:06:26.640 You know, I gotta get stronger, but you know I'm 0:06:26.640 --> 0:06:29.160 getting there for sure. What are your expectations for draft night? 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:31.640 You know, I'm not trying to set too many expectations 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:34.000 because i know draft night can be hectic, So I'm 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:35.360 just trying to stay positive to what i can in 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:37.880 these workouts and let that you know, play itself out 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:39.800 and just try to do everything that I can to 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:42.280 put myself in the best position. All right, Dylan, thanks 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:47.000 so much, appreciate it. Dylan Windler, an exceptionally efficient player 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:50.800 out of Belmont, spent four years at the Tennessee based school, 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:54.040 put up some great numbers his final two seasons, both 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:57.320 offensively and defensively. He paid a recent stop to the 0:06:57.360 --> 0:07:00.200 seventy six ers at the training complex for a pre 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:03.479 draft workout. 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Someone who's been an 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:27.280 integral part behind the scenes for the seventy six Ers 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:31.000 in preparing the organization for this year's draft Matt Lily. 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:33.839 He's had his eye, of course, on prospects who can 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:36.480 help at the NBA level, but as general manager of 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:39.560 the Delaware Bluecoats, he's also checking out guys who could 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:42.960 fit with his team in Wilmington come the fall, and 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:45.360 he's also working with a front office and helping assemble 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:48.360 this year's summer league roster as well. So if that 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:50.520 is the context, it was the reason why I wanted 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:52.920 to sit down with Matt Lily on this episode of 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:55.720 the podcast. Matt, how are you holding up? We are 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:58.439 getting close? Yeah, it is like you said, it's hard 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:00.560 to believe that we're you're sitting here so close to 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:02.600 the draft, but where you know, I'm holding up okay, 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:05.200 and we're excited about Thursday night. What's the tone like 0:09:05.320 --> 0:09:12.760 inside an NBA front office right around now? Um? Tone, 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:16.480 it's I think we feel pretty good about about where 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:19.480 we are. I think at at times this process gets 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:22.040 a little bit hectic, where um, you know, there are 0:09:22.040 --> 0:09:25.560 dozens and dozens of players that that you're trying to 0:09:25.640 --> 0:09:28.200 sort through and kind of put put together some sort 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:31.680 of priority or ranking. But I think we feel good 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:34.680 about about the work that that Vince Rosman and Mark 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:38.120 Eversley in the whole scouting department has um has put in, 0:09:38.160 --> 0:09:40.800 you know, really the whole year round to put us 0:09:40.840 --> 0:09:42.760 here in position to have a pretty good feel for 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:45.240 kind of where we have guys and and have a 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:47.800 plan for what we're hoping to do Thursday night. My 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:51.240 first inclination whether I'm tweeting about something or writing about something. 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:53.280 This time of year when the draft workouts start to 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:57.280 pick up, is to caption something like business is picking 0:09:57.360 --> 0:10:00.280 up at the training complex. There's more pre draft work outs. 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:02.840 But is that really true? To me? It seems like 0:10:02.920 --> 0:10:05.800 certainly the more public facing stuff is like the workouts 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:07.840 are things that we as members of the media we 0:10:07.880 --> 0:10:10.560 get to see. But is it really true or is 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:14.320 this an ongoing, year round process that's now at a 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:17.520 culmination point. I think some of both. I think it 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:19.439 definitely is a year round thing where we've got to 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:22.320 we have a whole team of scouts that are that 0:10:22.360 --> 0:10:24.720 are on the road across across the whole world really 0:10:24.920 --> 0:10:28.280 um that are constantly UM watching guys. We've got some 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:29.920 video guys here that that are based here at the 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:32.560 facility that are that are constantly turning through players and 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:36.160 film and collecting intel. So it is it is certainly 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:40.040 a year round process. But um, I think this definitely 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:42.160 is the culmination this month of June where we've got 0:10:42.320 --> 0:10:44.280 you know, six guys coming in every day to work 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:46.720 workout and get a firsthand look at We've got our 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:49.240 scouting meetings going on where the scouts that are that 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:52.000 are scattered all over or now here in Camden, and 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:55.120 we're we're meeting every day to kind of hammer out 0:10:54.920 --> 0:10:58.600 our board. So um, like I said, it's it's it's 0:10:58.640 --> 0:11:00.840 some of both. It's very much a year around process. 0:11:01.280 --> 0:11:04.760 But this month and this week particularly is is kind 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:07.319 of that whole process coming together. Looking back over the 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:11.000 last couple of weeks, probably fifty ish or soap prospects 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:12.800 all said and done, are going to be passing through 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:15.959 the doors here at the seventy six ers training complex. 0:11:16.280 --> 0:11:19.120 From your experience of being with the team for parts 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:20.880 of four or five seasons, now what what do you 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:24.040 think the biggest value is to these workouts, And maybe 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:25.920 not even a workout, just the fact that you get 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:29.719 a guy in your own building, on your own campus. Sure, 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:31.840 there are some guys where we may have a limited 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:36.120 sample size of film or video or live exposures that 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:39.360 this becomes important to be able to actually see them 0:11:39.360 --> 0:11:41.840 on the court and see them play. But for the 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:44.520 most part, we've seen so much of most of these 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:46.520 guys that more than anything, we want to get them 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:48.720 in the building and get a touch point with our 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:50.760 coaches on the floor working with them and sit them 0:11:50.760 --> 0:11:52.280 down and talk to them face to face to get 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:56.120 to know them a little bit as people. So for 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:58.360 the guys that we're familiar with to get to this 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:00.160 point to be in our building, more than anything, we 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:03.160 just want that that touch point to have them, like 0:12:03.200 --> 0:12:05.920 you said, on campus here and see what we're about. 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:08.800 How valuable is being able to interface with some of 0:12:08.840 --> 0:12:11.920 the player development coaches working with these guys on the court, 0:12:11.960 --> 0:12:15.199 even someone like Brett Brown, who I assume that we 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:17.120 saw him the other day pop in for a workout 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:19.640 and observe guys. Just how does that add to the 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:22.400 scouting and talent evaluation process where during a year, if 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:24.800 you're on the road that sort of thing, there's not 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:27.800 that type of dialogue or back and forth. Yeah, I 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:30.440 think it's it's good for us to see the guys 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:33.480 and how they respond to coaching, and we're able to 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:36.040 kind of put in some of the basic concepts that 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:38.840 that we employ here with with the sixers, um to 0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:42.200 some you know, some defensive stuff, some offensive concepts to 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:44.439 see how they pick those up and how they respond 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:47.560 to kind of into respond to coaching and what basically 0:12:47.679 --> 0:12:50.480 is alive practice setting where or we've got some drill 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:53.080 work that we put them through, um, and our coaches. 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:55.680 They're not out there, um, you know, running the thing. 0:12:55.720 --> 0:12:58.800 They're actually coaching and and trying to teach. So I 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:01.880 think there is definitely some value there and getting getting 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:03.920 the players on the floor with our coaches where we're 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:06.400 trying to teach them and seeing how they respond firsthand. 0:13:07.040 --> 0:13:09.959 The objective of any draft in any year, of course, 0:13:10.120 --> 0:13:13.720 is to add talent to the pipeline to better position 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:16.800 to franchise, to win and go after that ultimate prize, 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:21.000 an NBA title. On the very primary level, that concerns 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:23.440 the Philadelphia seventy six ers, but there is another part 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:26.120 of that, which is the groundwork being laid in the 0:13:26.200 --> 0:13:28.439 G League level with the Delaware Blue Coats. That is 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:31.720 your purview. Does that change how you look at these 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:35.080 workouts if you're wearing the lens of general manager of 0:13:35.120 --> 0:13:37.600 the Delaware Blue Coats versus what Elton Brand is looking 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:40.160 for as general manager of the Philadelphia seventy six Ers. 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:46.960 Not really, honestly, I think from top to bottom, really 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:50.600 we're just looking for good players and for some guys 0:13:50.640 --> 0:13:53.280 that's going to warn consider a consideration as a first 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:55.520 round pick. Potentially it's some guys the second round pick. 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:58.959 For some guys it's going undrafted and going maybe the 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:02.640 summer league route. So it's there's a spectrum, um, but 0:14:02.640 --> 0:14:05.040 but really it's all the same work that that our 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:08.160 whole our whole group here is putting in where we're 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:10.800 trying to identify talent and identify people that we'd like 0:14:10.840 --> 0:14:12.560 to have in our program in one way or another. 0:14:13.000 --> 0:14:16.120 Um and ultimately how how that happens, Whether it's like 0:14:16.120 --> 0:14:17.959 I said, first round picks that can round pick whatever, 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:20.000 that's that's kind of what we figure out on the 0:14:20.040 --> 0:14:22.200 back end. But more than anything, we're just here looking 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:24.160 at all these players through the same lands and and 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:26.320 you know, trying to identify some guys that can help us. 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:29.080 It's interesting. So the criteria regardless of where a guy 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:32.239 falls is essentially the same, Like there is a blueprint 0:14:32.240 --> 0:14:34.840 for the type of player the Philadelphia seventy six ers 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:37.920 one in the organizations absolutely top down, what have you 0:14:37.960 --> 0:14:40.600 learned about putting together a roster, whether it's helping for 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:43.560 the summer league or looking ahead to the G League 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:47.320 season in the fall. Um, I've definitely learned a lot 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:49.280 of been now in the G League for a few years, 0:14:49.280 --> 0:14:52.720 now and um now helping out with the summer league 0:14:52.800 --> 0:14:56.560 roster here, UM there, they are a unique challenges I think, 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:59.920 particularly in the G League, where um, you know, there's 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:04.560 there's different mechanisms for us to acquire guys, and inevitably 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:06.440 there's some amount of turnover that happens to our league 0:15:06.520 --> 0:15:08.280 at the very least with the two way guys going 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:11.240 back and forth and then call ups, injuries, buyouts, you know, 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:14.200 the things that happened. So we try to put the 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:20.200 rosters together and together with versatility in mind, knowing that 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:22.760 these changes are going to happen, and even in summer league, 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:25.040 there's going to be you're probably not going to have 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:28.520 the same group game to game. So I think versatility 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:30.480 is something that we put a premium on when we're 0:15:30.480 --> 0:15:33.480 putting all of these all of these things together. I 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:36.840 feel like a common saying in professional sports is for 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:39.400 an athlete who is out, whether it's on the court 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:43.440 or the field or whatever it is, it's like you're yes, 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:46.000 playing for the team that you wear the uniform for, 0:15:46.200 --> 0:15:48.280 but there's also other sets of eyes from around the 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:50.440 league who are keeping an eye on you. For me, 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:54.120 summer league seems like that is really the case, you 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:56.480 have guys who could be in flux after summer League 0:15:56.520 --> 0:15:59.200 where maybe something pops and it sticks in your brain, 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:00.840 and when you're trying to put that team together for 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:03.040 the following year, you might think back on what you 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:07.040 saw at summer League. Yeah, absolutely, I think, Um, from 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:10.400 a G league perspective, for sure, Um, there are a 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:13.040 ton of guys that are are coming to the summer 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:16.320 league trying to find their next opportunity, and and best 0:16:16.320 --> 0:16:20.160 case scenario, obviously that next opportunity is MBA. But um, 0:16:20.200 --> 0:16:22.520 a lot of guys come to summer league impressed at 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:24.240 the level where they find themselves in a G League 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:26.440 team and and hope to kind of parlay that into 0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:30.120 an NBA opportunity down the road. I'm sure that after 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:32.600 enough time, you can look at a prospect and say, hey, 0:16:33.000 --> 0:16:36.280 this guy has this type potential in the NBA. Can 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:37.800 the same be said for now? When you look at 0:16:37.800 --> 0:16:39.400 a guy, if he comes into GYM, you're like, man, 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:41.680 that guy would be a great type of player to 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:44.960 fit in the G league atmosphere and environment. Yeah, I mean, 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:47.480 I think they're whether it's NBA or G league. I 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:50.200 think there there are certain things that that stand out 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:53.880 right away. Um, you know, in a workout like this, 0:16:54.000 --> 0:16:57.160 you can see a guy's physical profile that that maybe, uh, 0:16:57.400 --> 0:16:59.800 you know, has them suited to potentially step in into 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:03.120 an NBA game. A certain skill may stand out, whether 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:08.760 it's shooting or defending or passing. So there are definitely 0:17:08.760 --> 0:17:10.560 things you can kind of pick out of these workout 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:14.520 settings to identify as potential roster guys, whether that's Sixers 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:17.760 or Blue Coats. I'm totally going to give you license 0:17:17.840 --> 0:17:20.280 and authority to correct me if you think I'm wrong. 0:17:20.359 --> 0:17:22.600 But in the time that you've been with the seventy 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:25.520 six ers organization, I feel like the G League itself 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:29.760 has been on a very interesting timeline where there's been expansion, 0:17:29.840 --> 0:17:32.960 there's been upgrades and facilities, of course in Wilmington with 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:35.159 the Blue Coats, but also around the rest of the 0:17:35.240 --> 0:17:38.159 G League. Have you found, whether it's in talking with 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:41.880 some of your players or in conversations with agents when 0:17:41.920 --> 0:17:44.120 you mentioned the opportunity of playing in the G League, 0:17:44.240 --> 0:17:47.280 is there a difference in how that's perceived nowadays compared 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:51.560 to even four years ago. I think one, I started 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:54.040 in here in Delaware in twenty fifteen. I started in 0:17:54.119 --> 0:17:56.760 the G League twenty and twelve. So I've been I've 0:17:56.760 --> 0:17:59.400 been around long enough to kind of see how far 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:03.000 this league is come and how much it's grown. I 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:06.840 think just the quality of life, honestly of a G 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:09.520 League player is is far and away the best it's 0:18:09.520 --> 0:18:11.439 ever been. Um. I think when you look at our housing, 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:14.320 our facilities. We just opened up seventy six Ers field 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:18.080 House this year, and then just the opportunity you see 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:20.320 call ups, call ups continue to rise and rise and 0:18:20.440 --> 0:18:22.720 rise every year, and now with the implement and implementation 0:18:22.800 --> 0:18:25.440 of two way contracts, I think the G League is 0:18:25.480 --> 0:18:27.600 probably as a peeling of an option to a player 0:18:27.600 --> 0:18:31.080 as it's ever been. For you guys, specifically last year, 0:18:31.080 --> 0:18:33.720 it was a crazy year between the start of the 0:18:33.760 --> 0:18:37.359 season and so much of the schedule being frontloaded with 0:18:37.520 --> 0:18:42.120 road games, then seventy six Ers field House open. Specific 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:44.280 to the Blue Coats, how did you find the fieldhouse 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:48.120 changed the game for you guys and the way you operate? Um? Well, first, 0:18:48.160 --> 0:18:50.600 it definitely wasn't challenged to start on the road like that, 0:18:50.640 --> 0:18:54.040 but we managed to get through it. But the Fieldhouse 0:18:54.200 --> 0:18:57.760 changed everything for us. It was a place that we 0:18:57.800 --> 0:19:00.560 could really call home for the first time is a 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:05.520 world class facility honestly that we use for practices and 0:19:05.600 --> 0:19:07.399 we have our officer there. Obviously we play all of 0:19:07.440 --> 0:19:10.760 our games, our home games there, but it's just an 0:19:10.800 --> 0:19:13.959 unbelievable space between the training room and the weight room, 0:19:14.000 --> 0:19:15.840 the locker room, which it's just a great place for 0:19:16.280 --> 0:19:18.320 us and our players to call home and go to 0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:22.159