WEBVTT - Mailbag Monday | The Furkan Ruling, Ben's Return 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.640 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers podcast network 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:08.479 search seventy Sixers podcast wherever you get your pods go 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:11.920 to week. What a turnaround for the seventy Sixers. Ben 0:00:11.920 --> 0:00:14.720 Simmons was back and his presence made a big impact. 0:00:14.880 --> 0:00:16.840 It beat in the lane Mills drive and here's a 0:00:16.880 --> 0:00:19.400 shot by duel Off the back tap died by Simmons 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:22.800 and it counts looks like the Sixers have won the game. 0:00:23.160 --> 0:00:25.560 We take your calls on the All Stars return and 0:00:25.920 --> 0:00:29.040 recap a fun week for our man, Beeball Paul, the 0:00:29.080 --> 0:00:33.479 bo Rondo con will Hattie Jambet Beeball Paul in a 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:37.040 big way, A block of one it a eurostep, then 0:00:37.120 --> 0:00:40.120 a slam at the other and the crowd loves it. 0:00:40.240 --> 0:00:43.479 Ass two of the Sixers and we make a final 0:00:43.560 --> 0:00:47.080 ruling on the naming of the furcon Court Mas fan 0:00:47.159 --> 0:00:51.280 group with a little help. That's coming up on Mail 0:00:51.280 --> 0:00:59.600 Back Monday. It may be slightly overcast on this Monday 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:02.080 morning in the Delaware Valley, but in the world of 0:01:02.080 --> 0:01:06.640 the Philadelphia seventy Sixers, it is sunshines, rainbows and a 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:10.360 bunch of basketball unicorns. Lauren Rosen, what a difference a 0:01:10.440 --> 0:01:13.360 week makes in the context of the Sixers, Yeah, I 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:15.119 think if we zoom out and look at the whole week, 0:01:15.560 --> 0:01:19.560 I'm all for it. Sunday's matchup in San Antonio might 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:22.039 have caused a little bit of the overcast skies. A 0:01:22.120 --> 0:01:24.480 win is a win. I don't know that the Sixers 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:27.680 felt that way. When I interviewed them postgame on Sunday, 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:33.200 the vibes were relieved, maybe a little frustrated, and ready 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:36.160 to go play again on Monday. I like that, especially 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:40.679 considering that Monday's game is only twelve hundred miles north 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:43.840 of where the seventy Sixers were on Sunday when they 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:47.480 eked out the two point win against the Spurs in overtime. 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:50.600 I have a somewhat alternate take. I'm trying to be Zen. 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:52.280 I try to be Zenn at all times. You know this. 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:55.240 People in the pod may know this, but we talk 0:01:55.440 --> 0:01:57.480 you and I on the air off the air, and 0:01:57.480 --> 0:01:59.440 you know that. I just try to take things as 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:02.840 they come. I was entertained in some ways by the 0:02:02.880 --> 0:02:06.000 finish of Sunday's game. I know that my job is 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:09.520 not dependent necessarily on wins or losses. I thought it 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:10.880 was great to see the Sixers get off to a 0:02:10.919 --> 0:02:14.000 dominant start. Obviously didn't like the Spurs got back into 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:16.200 the game. But once we were there, I was like, Okay, 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:19.760 this is entertaining to me. Kelton Johnson, some nice plays, 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:24.120 Joel Embiid, some big plays, Ben Simmons love it in 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:29.560 overtime outstanding. I was entertained. Yeah, it was certainly entertaining. 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:34.240 It was fun, an unnecessary look into my life. My 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:37.760 former roommate a Spurs employee, so we had a little 0:02:37.760 --> 0:02:40.959 bit of a back and forth. It was. It was entertaining. 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:43.320 It was not what you wanted though, on the first 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:47.200 night of a back to back, that the most spread 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:51.000 out back to back. That probably is even permitted because 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:53.079 when we go east to west right, there's no such 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:54.840 thing as a as a east to west back to back. 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:56.800 But I guess the south to north back to back 0:02:56.919 --> 0:03:02.160 is permissible. Not great, not great, timing wise, not great 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:04.440 to have to bring the starters back in, But a 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:06.239 win is a win. The Sixers are back at the 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:09.680 top of the East. Do the means justify the end? 0:03:10.120 --> 0:03:13.600 Maybe for better or for worse. The seventy Sixers went 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:16.600 through Sunday's game, they emerge with a victory on the 0:03:16.680 --> 0:03:21.560 same day, only hours after a big clash in Cream City, 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:26.120 the Milwaukee Bucks hosting the Brooklyn Nets terrific game. I 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:27.520 didn't get to see all of it. I saw the 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:30.400 highlights later. I know that you were checking in doing 0:03:30.400 --> 0:03:33.120 some more advanced scouting, Lauren. But the Bucks beat the 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:36.320 Brooklyn Nets. So the seventy Sixers are now in sole 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:40.960 control of their own destiny. We know that travel notwithstanding 0:03:41.400 --> 0:03:43.720 the caliber of opponent. For the Sixers right now, what 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:46.320 the metrics say, they have the easiest schedule essentially remaining. 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:49.320 So if you can rack up some wins, maybe get 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:53.160 another game up on Brooklyn before the end of the season, 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:56.000 Sixers should be in a good spot. Yes, indeed, the 0:03:56.080 --> 0:03:59.440 quality of schedule is in the sixers favor right now. 0:03:59.520 --> 0:04:01.800 Of Course, you never know what's going to happen with 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:04.920 health and with the schedule, but it's it's nice to 0:04:04.960 --> 0:04:06.840 know that the team controls their own fate. I think 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:08.720 that's something that they wanted to be able to say. 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:11.240 If at the end of the day it doesn't work out, 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:13.920 they're able to take responsibility, and if it does work out, 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:16.800 they're able to take responsibility. It is mail bag Monday. 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:19.600 Hopefully at this point in time, you the great listeners 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:23.159 and followers of this podcast, know how it works. If 0:04:23.160 --> 0:04:24.919 this is the first time listening to mail Bag Monday 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:26.920 for you, Here's how we do it. I'm at Brian 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:29.960 Seltzer on Twitter at Seltzer six or snaps on Instagram 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:32.800 lawns at Lauren m Rosen. Very conveniently on both platforms, 0:04:33.520 --> 0:04:36.920 we take your DMS, your inquiries, your mentions. We also 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:39.960 take your voicemails on the podline two on five four 0:04:40.080 --> 0:04:43.800 zero three seven six three seven two on five four 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:48.160 zero three pods and every Monday we respond to all 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:51.000 of your Sixers thoughts, needs, hopes, once wishes and dreams 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:53.520 right here on the podcast. If we play your voicemail, 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:56.560 you win some swag. We get in touch. We have 0:04:56.560 --> 0:04:59.920 a handful of themes to discuss this week. Ben Simmons. 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:02.640 Since last we did a Mailbag has returned and had 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:05.640 a terrific impact on the seventy six ers b Ball. 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:10.000 Paul A hillacious EuroJam Dunk heard round the world that 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:14.080 we have to recap and highlight, but first larn before 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:16.680 we go any farther. On this week's edition of mail 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:21.160 Bag Monday, admission on this end. We were grossly negligent 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:23.600 last week in that we did not tie up loose 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:27.280 ends larn on a very critical subplot that's emerged in 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:30.560 recent weeks here on the podcast, a refresher for those 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:33.119 who might not have heard. After a series of great 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:36.600 performances by the best man in the world, fur Concork Maise, 0:05:37.080 --> 0:05:41.479 we called for voicemails and social media shoutouts praising Firk 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:44.719 and everything that he does, and led by our friends 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:47.360 at Sixers Nation, that kind of led to a series 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:51.960 of Firk fan group nicknames, the Firk stands that we 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:54.239 started to get. So we got a couple of great 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:57.520 submissions that we loved. We've narrowed it down to about 0:05:57.640 --> 0:06:02.240 four and we thought, Laaren, why not have the person 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:04.680 who has the most at stake in this come on 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:06.880 to give us a verdict? Right? I just think, who 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:10.279 are we to decide what furkans fans should be called? 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:14.159 If Furkan can decide what Furkon's fans should be called. 0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:18.080 So with that, let us give a resounding mailbag Monday 0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:22.840 Welcome to the one and only Furkon Cork Maas, Welcome 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:27.200 furk to Mailbag Monday what's up, guys? So this is something. 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:29.919 First of all, you are great for doing this. The 0:06:30.080 --> 0:06:33.479 fans want to nickname your fan group. How do you 0:06:33.480 --> 0:06:36.560 feel about that? First of all, thanks for having me. Second, 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:41.240 I know a lot of people supporting us. They allow us. 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:44.719 Sometimes they put different names. I'm hearing like a lot 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:47.960 of things like goat Mos, like Khach, like all this 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:51.400 different stuff. But I really want to learn what you 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:54.640 guys brought up, all right, because first of all, goat 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:57.880 Mas was not a formal submission Lauren for this, But 0:06:57.920 --> 0:06:59.120 I don't know if we would have to put that 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:01.800 in the running. Well, that's his nickname, but it doesn't 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:06.520 necessarily apply to his fans. There's only one go yes, okay, cool, okay, 0:07:06.560 --> 0:07:09.279 all right, that's true. That's true. All right, So here 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:12.960 we go. We're gonna run through the four finalists in 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:17.640 no particular order. The fur Coon Crazies pretty straightforward submitted 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:24.400 by Corey Towns. The Furkheads from Tyler Karpinski, the Furkaholics 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:29.720 from PS Veghetta, and last but not least, the Orchestra 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:34.640 from Matt Ricci. What do we think for furkon Crazies? 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:39.160 Furkheads Furkaholics Orchestra. General thoughts, do we think those are 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:43.320 quality submissions? I will say the third most sounds good, 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:48.760 but Corkstra is like it's heavy in the same time 0:07:48.800 --> 0:07:51.720 it's psych uh gives you a lot of means like 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:54.119 you can't take it better what we want. I feel 0:07:54.120 --> 0:07:57.320 like third and four is could have close. What do 0:07:57.360 --> 0:08:00.000 you guys think you are asking me, I'm asking you guys. 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:04.080 The third one is Forkaholics. Yes, okay, so we're down 0:08:04.080 --> 0:08:08.520 to Furkaholics and Chorchestra, both excellent, totally different vibes. I 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:13.480 will say Fucoholics looks like little alcoholic, you know, which 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:15.640 we might not want to promote. You have a lot 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:18.680 of young fans, a lot of wholesome fans. Okay, that's 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:23.760 a really good point. Yeah. I think fourth pond is 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:29.200 I'm really close to fourth one Orchestra Orchestra. Hey, Furk. 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:31.520 I'll be honest. On the last episode, I came out 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:33.920 hot for the Chorchestra. I thought that was the best one. 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:36.280 That was my pick before we even talked to you. 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:39.600 I think we're in the same pitch I thought for Cleverness. 0:08:40.120 --> 0:08:44.360 Orchestra definitely took the top one. See furkaholics. For me, 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:47.760 that could be something where it's like your fans in 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:52.920 a metaphorical sense, are drunk on furkon energy. It doesn't 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:54.800 necessarily have to be a bad thing. They could just 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:58.800 be loving, consuming and pumping themselves full of furkon energy. 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:01.559 Actually they make sense. I mean, I don't know. I 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:04.240 like I told you, like Tonal them fort really close. 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:07.760 But that's a good point though, Like they didn't love 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:12.120 with me, if you can call it. I mean, I 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:16.040 don't know, it's pretty close. I guess. I guess they 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:19.800 could be like intoxicated by the magic of your game, 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:24.240 but with the quorcus dr music is so powerful that 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:27.000 I don't know, like seeing you play could invoke some 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:31.920 sort of musical memory or vibe. They're both very meaningful. Actually, yeah, 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:34.959 and everybody listen to music, so it's for everybody. You 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:37.280 don't need to be in love with basketball over with me, 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:39.280 you know. And you don't have to be twenty one 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:46.360 or older to enjoy music. Okay, well, firk on. I 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:50.080 cannot even begin to imagine how many more important pressing 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:52.480 things you have to do on a Monday than weigh 0:09:52.520 --> 0:09:54.520 in on a matter such as this. But it is 0:09:54.559 --> 0:09:57.800 heavy duty. We were going to ask you to make 0:09:57.840 --> 0:10:04.559 the final selection, Fkholic or the orchestra. I will take corchestra. 0:10:04.840 --> 0:10:12.240 The orchestra. We have a winner. Listen to that angelic 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:14.880 sound of the orchestra in the background. Fur Coon hits 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:18.040 at three an intense moment of the game. That's right. 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:20.760 You conduct, and that's the other thing you can not 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:23.040 in perhaps a pied piper away, but you can conduct 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:26.040 this fan group. You are the conductor of the orchestra. 0:10:26.600 --> 0:10:28.520 That's right. That's fine. I will try. I will try 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:31.160 my best. Believe me, I will try my best. Ferk. 0:10:31.240 --> 0:10:33.079 I think next time that you have like a crazy 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:34.959 good game, or if you hit a bunch of threes 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:37.000 in a row, your celebration has to be what you 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:44.760 just did the orchestra. Please, I would keep it in mind. Okay, 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:48.720 thank you, all right, Ferk, you are truly the best. One. 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:52.240 Last thing, the person who submitted that name was Matt 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:57.000 Richie m William Richie one on Twitter. We are going 0:10:57.080 --> 0:11:02.720 to give Matt a furkon corks jersey as a result 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:09.720 of you selecting him as being the winner. Congratulations, tremendous. 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:13.040 Last thing I'll ask you is this how good does 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:14.960 it feel. I mean you, since you've gotten here, even 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:17.640 before your arrival, I think the fan base has just 0:11:17.720 --> 0:11:21.240 really taken to your personality, what you're doing on the court. 0:11:21.280 --> 0:11:23.880 You're having an awesome season. What's it been like to 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:27.880 generate this following among the fans here? First of all, 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:30.960 we have a really good fun base. I think they 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:33.880 really support you. They really when they really likes you, 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:37.200 when they love you. They really got your back. You know, 0:11:37.280 --> 0:11:40.720 you can definitely say that you can't rely on them. 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:43.960 I'm really appreciate them for their support, for they all 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:46.760 love I'm really feeling every second on the court, off 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:49.160 the court, they really show it. And then I hope 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:52.440 we will keep playing better. I will keep playing better 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:55.520 and at my best, and I want to give as 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:57.599 much as I can give to this organization and to 0:11:57.800 --> 0:12:01.280 these good, beautiful fans. You've played your whole career in 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:03.600 Philly now, So if you had to pick something your 0:12:03.640 --> 0:12:06.680 favorite thing about Philadelphia, maybe beside from the food, because 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:09.240 I know you're deep in the food scene, what's your 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:12.920 favorite thing about Philadelphia as a city, what makes it 0:12:12.960 --> 0:12:16.800 special to you? I will say Philly is so big city. 0:12:17.040 --> 0:12:19.199 In the same time, for me, it's a small city. 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:22.080 I think that's what I like about Philly because you 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:24.960 can find like a different type of population, different type 0:12:24.960 --> 0:12:27.480 of people in Philly, but at the end of the day, 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:30.360 they are supporting each other. When something happened bad in 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:33.520 the city, everybody comes together. I think that's where the 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:36.920 city of Broadly Loves come come from. You know. For me, 0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:40.280 that's really important thing to huddle up when something happened, 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:42.880 even when there's nothing to happen. Then there's a game 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:45.840 and something, everybody comes together and then just onehart. You know. 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:49.080 This is kind of makes me remind me Turkey because whenever, 0:12:49.200 --> 0:12:53.040 like via national games or like something, Turky people do 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:56.480 something good, all the country comes together. Everybody collapsed together, 0:12:56.480 --> 0:12:58.840 you know, support each other more. I feel like Philly 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:02.160 is like that too. We are, after all, just one 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:05.400 big nation swimming in this thing called earth and life. 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:09.200 That's deep. It's mail bag Monday, we go shallow, we 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:12.640 go deep, all that stuff. Furkon, seriously, you are the man. 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:17.480 Thank you for doing this. Congratulations to Matt Richie dubbing 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:20.960 the stand group for Furkon the orchestra. Firk you are 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:24.680 the best. Thanks so much. Thanks guys, truly a gentleman 0:13:25.320 --> 0:13:28.360 and one of the most ardent supporters of the content 0:13:28.760 --> 0:13:32.880 in the seventy six ers stratosphere. Furkan Korkmas, how about 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:37.240 that Lauren weighing in giving his thoughts connecting with the 0:13:37.320 --> 0:13:40.160 masses out there. He's a man of the people, and 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:42.719 I particularly loved what he had to say at the 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:46.160 end there about the city of Philadelphia. Furkon has been 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:48.840 just a delight all throughout my years here. I know 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:52.080 you share that opinion. He's so much fun to work with. 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:54.439 His teammates love him. It's been great to see him 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:58.280 succeed and thrive, especially lately and always get to catch up. 0:13:58.480 --> 0:13:59.839 I have to give a shout out, of course to 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:04.480 our man Chris Una in seventy sixers Business Services for 0:14:04.559 --> 0:14:07.120 hooking us up with the Furkon Jersey to send out 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:10.120 to Matt. Matt, we will be in touch. Thanks again 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:12.440 to everyone who just kind of rolled with that whole 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:15.840 thing organically on the old social media sphere. Help him 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:20.520 to find a nickname for Furkon cork Mas fans, we 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:25.640 love it all right. Time now to formally open up 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:31.520 this week's mail bag. You have one new message. It 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:33.720 was a big week Lauren Rosen for the seventy sixers. 0:14:33.800 --> 0:14:35.800 Last week, they lost all four of their games. This 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:39.280 past week, they won all four of their games, spearheaded 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:42.520 by in my opinion, very much so all star Ben 0:14:42.560 --> 0:14:45.640 Simmons making his return. It was great to see our 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:49.320 weekly Sunday sticker question on Instagram stories on at Sixers. 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:51.760 Ben Simmons was back, had a big week. What were 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:56.760 your impressions, Elle Tickle Junior says Ben Simmons mentality, It 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:59.480 isn't about scoring twenty plus a game. It's about d 0:14:59.640 --> 0:15:03.360 n up passing, making sure we get the dub i 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:07.760 concur i also concur. We talked about this a lot Felts, 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:10.120 but he's the straw that stirs the drink on both 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:13.560 ends of the floor. The stat line almost never tells 0:15:13.600 --> 0:15:15.920 the whole story. And that's even on nights when he's 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:18.520 in triple double territory. He's still doing so much that 0:15:18.560 --> 0:15:20.640 doesn't show up there. And I think the fact that 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:22.640 he missed a week and the team didn't win, and 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:24.280 then he was back for a week and the team 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:28.320 didn't lose is extremely telling of just how impactful he 0:15:28.440 --> 0:15:30.960 is for this six Ers team. This was something that 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:33.840 was brought up with Ben after the Hawks game on Friday, 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:37.119 another convincing seventy six Ers win on that perfect homestand 0:15:37.440 --> 0:15:39.760 he was asked what's the difference for him since he returned. 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:42.360 He said, he feels like it's more as mentality than anything, 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:44.600 that the four games he missed gave him a chance 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:48.560 to reset mentally. I do think he's looked really spry physically, 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:51.760 especially in the first three games back, where he's just 0:15:51.880 --> 0:15:55.680 been looking good and refreshed, No doubt about it. He 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:59.120 has just looked like the Ben Simmons that this team needs, 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:01.120 that this team has seen all season, and that this 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:04.080 team will rely on in the playoffs. Great of course 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:08.480 to have him back. Jay Peace six on Instagram says, 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:10.960 what impression the most about Ben Simmons week? This past week? 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:13.440 Ben stuffs the stat sheet, He'll get a little bit 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:15.560 of everything, and I think the numbers from last week 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:18.640 Lauren certainly bear that out going into Sunday's game against 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:20.960 the Spurs. Been in the first three games back when 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:23.920 the seventy Sixers outscored the opposition by what ninety seven 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:26.480 during that homestand you average a little bit more than 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:28.440 twelve and a half points per game shot eighteen for 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:33.240 twenty three from the field, fifteen assists, three turnovers, outstanding 0:16:33.320 --> 0:16:36.680 ratio obviously, and a whole lot of aggressive play that 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:40.680 you cannot quantify the impact of an aggressive play on 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:43.640 the defensive end, which I think we don't talk about enough, 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:45.400 even though we do talk about the fact that this 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:47.200 is someone who could win the Defensive Player of the 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:50.040 Year award. Look no further than the overtime period on Sunday. 0:16:50.080 --> 0:16:52.640 Those two charges Doc Rivers called the biggest plays of 0:16:52.680 --> 0:16:58.120 the game. Impressive gutsy, well executed defense from Ben Simmons 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:01.520 as he has been showing all season. Two charges won't 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:03.960 show up on that final line of the box score. 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:07.399 They were huge, massive, and then of course the tip 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:09.840 in at the end. Again, I think that Ben in 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:11.760 that overtime period. Joel of course had four of the 0:17:11.760 --> 0:17:14.120 team six points. He was wonderful as well, but Ben 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:16.800 in the overtime period really sealed the game for the team. 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:19.239 Maybe somebody else could have it Ben, had it been 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:21.360 available to you, but I think he deserves a lot 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:23.720 of credit for what was a up and down evening. 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:26.040 He got it done when it mattered most, and that 0:17:26.160 --> 0:17:28.480 sequence a scramble late in the game for the tippin 0:17:28.640 --> 0:17:31.120 at the buzzer for Ben in overtime, to me kind 0:17:31.119 --> 0:17:33.720 of indicates one of the great luxuries the Sixers have. 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:36.000 There's so much talent on the court. When you're in 0:17:36.040 --> 0:17:38.760 a late game, last second scramble like that. You can 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:41.240 see with what happened with the Spurs, it's like, all right, 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:44.000 where do you go? You got to focus on Joel Embie. 0:17:44.080 --> 0:17:45.920 Do you throw the house at him to try and 0:17:46.320 --> 0:17:49.520 make the opportunity had for a makeable shot that much 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:51.560 more difficult? And if you do, then what are you 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:53.640 giving up? In terms of where your attention is? There 0:17:53.680 --> 0:17:56.040 was Ben Simmons sneaking in on the week side right 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:58.000 at that dunker spot, and there he was for the 0:17:58.000 --> 0:18:01.399 tippin to put it in. So where do you kind 0:18:01.400 --> 0:18:05.040 of fall on your sword? What do you assign your 0:18:05.040 --> 0:18:07.040 most attention to in a situation like that. I thought 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:09.359 it was interesting to see how that played out. Well facts, 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:11.399 that's a great point, Selton. I think you look at 0:18:11.440 --> 0:18:14.399 Seth Curry, who was perfect six or six from three. 0:18:14.640 --> 0:18:16.639 I don't know if the team would have drawn up 0:18:16.640 --> 0:18:18.080 a play for Seth Curry in that situation. But you 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:20.480 certainly can't leave him open if he hasn't missed all night. 0:18:20.800 --> 0:18:24.040 Danny Green Tobias Harris both had more difficult evenings but 0:18:24.080 --> 0:18:27.040 then had some pretty important shots late. Can't leave either 0:18:27.080 --> 0:18:30.000 of them open. It makes sense, Joel Embide takes more 0:18:30.040 --> 0:18:33.080 than one person that it was exactly why this team 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:35.040 was assembled the way that it was, And of course 0:18:35.080 --> 0:18:37.440 again they didn't want to find themselves in that situation, 0:18:37.600 --> 0:18:40.920 but the group, that group specifically was able to get 0:18:40.960 --> 0:18:43.720 out of the situation. Okay, Lauren, we're gonna go to 0:18:43.760 --> 0:18:45.919 the podline right now for the first time. You have 0:18:46.040 --> 0:18:47.879 one new message. You know what we say here on 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:51.800 the mail bag, Lauren. That's all voicemails are good voicemails. 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:56.720 All voicemails we play. But this one goes in a 0:18:56.760 --> 0:18:59.879 couple different places. We got it not too long after this. 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:05.040 Seventy six Ers finished off the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday, So, 0:19:05.880 --> 0:19:09.320 without further ado, one of the more interesting calls you've 0:19:09.320 --> 0:19:12.040 gotten this season. I'm not sure if I'm doing this correctly, 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:14.040 because but I need a you know, a new Sixers, 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:16.840 because I tried to buy this old one, but then 0:19:16.880 --> 0:19:19.520 for some reason it costs like twenty dollars. But anyway, 0:19:19.680 --> 0:19:22.080 here's my thought in the game, A little bit close 0:19:22.359 --> 0:19:24.359 for my liking. I'll tell you that, I mean, you know, 0:19:24.640 --> 0:19:27.040 two points of the spurs. I mean you know, but 0:19:27.960 --> 0:19:30.560 I will say this, he's got to do better offensively. 0:19:30.680 --> 0:19:32.840 I feel a little hopeful. I'm not sure if we're 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:34.760 gonna make it to the final through the nets, but 0:19:35.119 --> 0:19:37.000 I'll tell you this, I'm hoping that the Sixers win. 0:19:37.240 --> 0:19:40.199 And why don't you send a guy hoodie? You know, 0:19:40.320 --> 0:19:42.840 come on, I don't know how you're gonna get me 0:19:42.880 --> 0:19:45.320 the merch just on the Twitter that I looked at it. 0:19:45.320 --> 0:19:46.439 I don't know how you're gonna get it to me, 0:19:46.880 --> 0:19:48.840 but I hope you play it on the bod gast. 0:19:50.359 --> 0:19:55.040 I'm hopeful about the Sixers, but Hohodell knows? Okay, howdius? So, 0:19:56.000 --> 0:19:58.719 like we said moments ago, a new policy on voicemails 0:19:58.840 --> 0:20:02.080 being implemented here today on mail Bag Monday, we will 0:20:02.119 --> 0:20:06.640 play all voicemails as long as they're copasetic, kosher friendly 0:20:07.000 --> 0:20:11.280 PG for this family podcast programming. However, we just might 0:20:11.320 --> 0:20:14.480 not agree with what it is you have to say, 0:20:14.920 --> 0:20:17.200 and certainly a lot to unpack from that call. However, 0:20:17.600 --> 0:20:19.600 doing a state for the record, Lauren, A very important 0:20:19.680 --> 0:20:23.240 point raised by the caller. If I call in and 0:20:23.320 --> 0:20:25.159 you play my voicemail, how do I get my stuff? 0:20:25.880 --> 0:20:28.560 Great question? So we see your phone number come through 0:20:28.560 --> 0:20:31.040 on the caller ID big brother in the sky when 0:20:31.040 --> 0:20:33.200 the voicemails are left, and then we'll just circle back 0:20:33.240 --> 0:20:35.920 with you, get in touch, ask if your address all 0:20:35.960 --> 0:20:38.320 that good stuff, so hopefully we can get you some gear. 0:20:38.560 --> 0:20:41.360 Might not be a twenty dollar hoodie or anything like that, 0:20:41.400 --> 0:20:45.520 but something that's worth your time for calling in and 0:20:45.640 --> 0:20:49.159 leaving a voicemail. Okay, so I don't agree with a 0:20:49.160 --> 0:20:52.240 lot in that call. We can start to unpack it now. 0:20:52.680 --> 0:20:55.400 I agree. If you listen to this program or any 0:20:55.440 --> 0:20:57.600 of our programming, you know how I feel about folks 0:20:57.960 --> 0:21:00.480 that think that Bad needs to be doing more offensively. 0:21:00.600 --> 0:21:03.679 Ben can be doing more offensively. Ben's doing what he 0:21:03.720 --> 0:21:06.480 needs to do on a nightly basis. That's his mindset. 0:21:06.520 --> 0:21:09.040 I'm not trying to speak for anybody, but I'm willing 0:21:09.080 --> 0:21:11.800 to buy into the plan that he has that works 0:21:11.880 --> 0:21:15.600 regularly for this team. He's doing it where it matters, 0:21:15.680 --> 0:21:17.760 He's filling in where it matters. He can do almost 0:21:17.840 --> 0:21:20.000 anything on the court for this team, and he's showed 0:21:20.000 --> 0:21:22.600 it over and over again. So to those that think 0:21:22.640 --> 0:21:24.720 that he's not doing enough offensively, look at the games 0:21:24.720 --> 0:21:28.119