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Speaker 1: to week. What a turnaround for the seventy Sixers. Ben
Speaker 1: Simmons was back and his presence made a big impact.
Speaker 1: It beat in the lane Mills drive and here's a
Speaker 1: shot by duel Off the back tap died by Simmons
Speaker 1: and it counts looks like the Sixers have won the game.
Speaker 1: We take your calls on the All Stars return and
Speaker 1: recap a fun week for our man, Beeball Paul, the
Speaker 1: bo Rondo con will Hattie Jambet Beeball Paul in a
Speaker 1: big way, A block of one it a eurostep, then
Speaker 1: a slam at the other and the crowd loves it.
Speaker 1: Ass two of the Sixers and we make a final
Speaker 1: ruling on the naming of the furcon Court Mas fan
Speaker 1: group with a little help. That's coming up on Mail
Speaker 1: Back Monday. It may be slightly overcast on this Monday
Speaker 1: morning in the Delaware Valley, but in the world of
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia seventy Sixers, it is sunshines, rainbows and a
Speaker 1: bunch of basketball unicorns. Lauren Rosen, what a difference a
Speaker 1: week makes in the context of the Sixers, Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think if we zoom out and look at the whole week,
Speaker 1: I'm all for it. Sunday's matchup in San Antonio might
Speaker 1: have caused a little bit of the overcast skies. A
Speaker 1: win is a win. I don't know that the Sixers
Speaker 1: felt that way. When I interviewed them postgame on Sunday,
Speaker 1: the vibes were relieved, maybe a little frustrated, and ready
Speaker 1: to go play again on Monday. I like that, especially
Speaker 1: considering that Monday's game is only twelve hundred miles north
Speaker 1: of where the seventy Sixers were on Sunday when they
Speaker 1: eked out the two point win against the Spurs in overtime.
Speaker 1: I have a somewhat alternate take. I'm trying to be Zen.
Speaker 1: I try to be Zenn at all times. You know this.
Speaker 1: People in the pod may know this, but we talk
Speaker 1: you and I on the air off the air, and
Speaker 1: you know that. I just try to take things as
Speaker 1: they come. I was entertained in some ways by the
Speaker 1: finish of Sunday's game. I know that my job is
Speaker 1: not dependent necessarily on wins or losses. I thought it
Speaker 1: was great to see the Sixers get off to a
Speaker 1: dominant start. Obviously didn't like the Spurs got back into
Speaker 1: the game. But once we were there, I was like, Okay,
Speaker 1: this is entertaining to me. Kelton Johnson, some nice plays,
Speaker 1: Joel Embiid, some big plays, Ben Simmons love it in
Speaker 1: overtime outstanding. I was entertained. Yeah, it was certainly entertaining.
Speaker 1: It was fun, an unnecessary look into my life. My
Speaker 1: former roommate a Spurs employee, so we had a little
Speaker 1: bit of a back and forth. It was. It was entertaining.
Speaker 1: It was not what you wanted though, on the first
Speaker 1: night of a back to back, that the most spread
Speaker 1: out back to back. That probably is even permitted because
Speaker 1: when we go east to west right, there's no such
Speaker 1: thing as a as a east to west back to back.
Speaker 1: But I guess the south to north back to back
Speaker 1: is permissible. Not great, not great, timing wise, not great
Speaker 1: to have to bring the starters back in, But a
Speaker 1: win is a win. The Sixers are back at the
Speaker 1: top of the East. Do the means justify the end?
Speaker 1: Maybe for better or for worse. The seventy Sixers went
Speaker 1: through Sunday's game, they emerge with a victory on the
Speaker 1: same day, only hours after a big clash in Cream City,
Speaker 1: the Milwaukee Bucks hosting the Brooklyn Nets terrific game. I
Speaker 1: didn't get to see all of it. I saw the
Speaker 1: highlights later. I know that you were checking in doing
Speaker 1: some more advanced scouting, Lauren. But the Bucks beat the
Speaker 1: Brooklyn Nets. So the seventy Sixers are now in sole
Speaker 1: control of their own destiny. We know that travel notwithstanding
Speaker 1: the caliber of opponent. For the Sixers right now, what
Speaker 1: the metrics say, they have the easiest schedule essentially remaining.
Speaker 1: So if you can rack up some wins, maybe get
Speaker 1: another game up on Brooklyn before the end of the season,
Speaker 1: Sixers should be in a good spot. Yes, indeed, the
Speaker 1: quality of schedule is in the sixers favor right now.
Speaker 1: Of Course, you never know what's going to happen with
Speaker 1: health and with the schedule, but it's it's nice to
Speaker 1: know that the team controls their own fate. I think
Speaker 1: that's something that they wanted to be able to say.
Speaker 1: If at the end of the day it doesn't work out,
Speaker 1: they're able to take responsibility, and if it does work out,
Speaker 1: they're able to take responsibility. It is mail bag Monday.
Speaker 1: Hopefully at this point in time, you the great listeners
Speaker 1: and followers of this podcast, know how it works. If
Speaker 1: this is the first time listening to mail Bag Monday
Speaker 1: for you, Here's how we do it. I'm at Brian
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Speaker 1: a handful of themes to discuss this week. Ben Simmons.
Speaker 1: Since last we did a Mailbag has returned and had
Speaker 1: a terrific impact on the seventy six ers b Ball.
Speaker 1: Paul A hillacious EuroJam Dunk heard round the world that
Speaker 1: we have to recap and highlight, but first larn before
Speaker 1: we go any farther. On this week's edition of mail
Speaker 1: Bag Monday, admission on this end. We were grossly negligent
Speaker 1: last week in that we did not tie up loose
Speaker 1: ends larn on a very critical subplot that's emerged in
Speaker 1: recent weeks here on the podcast, a refresher for those
Speaker 1: who might not have heard. After a series of great
Speaker 1: performances by the best man in the world, fur Concork Maise,
Speaker 1: we called for voicemails and social media shoutouts praising Firk
Speaker 1: and everything that he does, and led by our friends
Speaker 1: at Sixers Nation, that kind of led to a series
Speaker 1: of Firk fan group nicknames, the Firk stands that we
Speaker 1: started to get. So we got a couple of great
Speaker 1: submissions that we loved. We've narrowed it down to about
Speaker 1: four and we thought, Laaren, why not have the person
Speaker 1: who has the most at stake in this come on
Speaker 1: to give us a verdict? Right? I just think, who
Speaker 1: are we to decide what furkans fans should be called?
Speaker 1: If Furkan can decide what Furkon's fans should be called.
Speaker 1: So with that, let us give a resounding mailbag Monday
Speaker 1: Welcome to the one and only Furkon Cork Maas, Welcome
Speaker 1: furk to Mailbag Monday what's up, guys? So this is something.
Speaker 1: First of all, you are great for doing this. The
Speaker 1: fans want to nickname your fan group. How do you
Speaker 1: feel about that? First of all, thanks for having me. Second,
Speaker 1: I know a lot of people supporting us. They allow us.
Speaker 1: Sometimes they put different names. I'm hearing like a lot
Speaker 1: of things like goat Mos, like Khach, like all this
Speaker 1: different stuff. But I really want to learn what you
Speaker 1: guys brought up, all right, because first of all, goat
Speaker 1: Mas was not a formal submission Lauren for this, But
Speaker 1: I don't know if we would have to put that
Speaker 1: in the running. Well, that's his nickname, but it doesn't
Speaker 1: necessarily apply to his fans. There's only one go yes, okay, cool, okay,
Speaker 1: all right, that's true. That's true. All right, So here
Speaker 1: we go. We're gonna run through the four finalists in
Speaker 1: no particular order. The fur Coon Crazies pretty straightforward submitted
Speaker 1: by Corey Towns. The Furkheads from Tyler Karpinski, the Furkaholics
Speaker 1: from PS Veghetta, and last but not least, the Orchestra
Speaker 1: from Matt Ricci. What do we think for furkon Crazies?
Speaker 1: Furkheads Furkaholics Orchestra. General thoughts, do we think those are
Speaker 1: quality submissions? I will say the third most sounds good,
Speaker 1: but Corkstra is like it's heavy in the same time
Speaker 1: it's psych uh gives you a lot of means like
Speaker 1: you can't take it better what we want. I feel
Speaker 1: like third and four is could have close. What do
Speaker 1: you guys think you are asking me, I'm asking you guys.
Speaker 1: The third one is Forkaholics. Yes, okay, so we're down
Speaker 1: to Furkaholics and Chorchestra, both excellent, totally different vibes. I
Speaker 1: will say Fucoholics looks like little alcoholic, you know, which
Speaker 1: we might not want to promote. You have a lot
Speaker 1: of young fans, a lot of wholesome fans. Okay, that's
Speaker 1: a really good point. Yeah. I think fourth pond is
Speaker 1: I'm really close to fourth one Orchestra Orchestra. Hey, Furk.
Speaker 1: I'll be honest. On the last episode, I came out
Speaker 1: hot for the Chorchestra. I thought that was the best one.
Speaker 1: That was my pick before we even talked to you.
Speaker 1: I think we're in the same pitch I thought for Cleverness.
Speaker 1: Orchestra definitely took the top one. See furkaholics. For me,
Speaker 1: that could be something where it's like your fans in
Speaker 1: a metaphorical sense, are drunk on furkon energy. It doesn't
Speaker 1: necessarily have to be a bad thing. They could just
Speaker 1: be loving, consuming and pumping themselves full of furkon energy.
Speaker 1: Actually they make sense. I mean, I don't know. I
Speaker 1: like I told you, like Tonal them fort really close.
Speaker 1: But that's a good point though, Like they didn't love
Speaker 1: with me, if you can call it. I mean, I
Speaker 1: don't know, it's pretty close. I guess. I guess they
Speaker 1: could be like intoxicated by the magic of your game,
Speaker 1: but with the quorcus dr music is so powerful that
Speaker 1: I don't know, like seeing you play could invoke some
Speaker 1: sort of musical memory or vibe. They're both very meaningful. Actually, yeah,
Speaker 1: and everybody listen to music, so it's for everybody. You
Speaker 1: don't need to be in love with basketball over with me,
Speaker 1: you know. And you don't have to be twenty one
Speaker 1: or older to enjoy music. Okay, well, firk on. I
Speaker 1: cannot even begin to imagine how many more important pressing
Speaker 1: things you have to do on a Monday than weigh
Speaker 1: in on a matter such as this. But it is
Speaker 1: heavy duty. We were going to ask you to make
Speaker 1: the final selection, Fkholic or the orchestra. I will take corchestra.
Speaker 1: The orchestra. We have a winner. Listen to that angelic
Speaker 1: sound of the orchestra in the background. Fur Coon hits
Speaker 1: at three an intense moment of the game. That's right.
Speaker 1: You conduct, and that's the other thing you can not
Speaker 1: in perhaps a pied piper away, but you can conduct
Speaker 1: this fan group. You are the conductor of the orchestra.
Speaker 1: That's right. That's fine. I will try. I will try
Speaker 1: my best. Believe me, I will try my best. Ferk.
Speaker 1: I think next time that you have like a crazy
Speaker 1: good game, or if you hit a bunch of threes
Speaker 1: in a row, your celebration has to be what you
Speaker 1: just did the orchestra. Please, I would keep it in mind. Okay,
Speaker 1: thank you, all right, Ferk, you are truly the best. One.
Speaker 1: Last thing, the person who submitted that name was Matt
Speaker 1: Richie m William Richie one on Twitter. We are going
Speaker 1: to give Matt a furkon corks jersey as a result
Speaker 1: of you selecting him as being the winner. Congratulations, tremendous.
Speaker 1: Last thing I'll ask you is this how good does
Speaker 1: it feel. I mean you, since you've gotten here, even
Speaker 1: before your arrival, I think the fan base has just
Speaker 1: really taken to your personality, what you're doing on the court.
Speaker 1: You're having an awesome season. What's it been like to
Speaker 1: generate this following among the fans here? First of all,
Speaker 1: we have a really good fun base. I think they
Speaker 1: really support you. They really when they really likes you,
Speaker 1: when they love you. They really got your back. You know,
Speaker 1: you can definitely say that you can't rely on them.
Speaker 1: I'm really appreciate them for their support, for they all
Speaker 1: love I'm really feeling every second on the court, off
Speaker 1: the court, they really show it. And then I hope
Speaker 1: we will keep playing better. I will keep playing better
Speaker 1: and at my best, and I want to give as
Speaker 1: much as I can give to this organization and to
Speaker 1: these good, beautiful fans. You've played your whole career in
Speaker 1: Philly now, So if you had to pick something your
Speaker 1: favorite thing about Philadelphia, maybe beside from the food, because
Speaker 1: I know you're deep in the food scene, what's your
Speaker 1: favorite thing about Philadelphia as a city, what makes it
Speaker 1: special to you? I will say Philly is so big city.
Speaker 1: In the same time, for me, it's a small city.
Speaker 1: I think that's what I like about Philly because you
Speaker 1: can find like a different type of population, different type
Speaker 1: of people in Philly, but at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: they are supporting each other. When something happened bad in
Speaker 1: the city, everybody comes together. I think that's where the
Speaker 1: city of Broadly Loves come come from. You know. For me,
Speaker 1: that's really important thing to huddle up when something happened,
Speaker 1: even when there's nothing to happen. Then there's a game
Speaker 1: and something, everybody comes together and then just onehart. You know.
Speaker 1: This is kind of makes me remind me Turkey because whenever,
Speaker 1: like via national games or like something, Turky people do
Speaker 1: something good, all the country comes together. Everybody collapsed together,
Speaker 1: you know, support each other more. I feel like Philly
Speaker 1: is like that too. We are, after all, just one
Speaker 1: big nation swimming in this thing called earth and life.
Speaker 1: That's deep. It's mail bag Monday, we go shallow, we
Speaker 1: go deep, all that stuff. Furkon, seriously, you are the man.
Speaker 1: Thank you for doing this. Congratulations to Matt Richie dubbing
Speaker 1: the stand group for Furkon the orchestra. Firk you are
Speaker 1: the best. Thanks so much. Thanks guys, truly a gentleman
Speaker 1: and one of the most ardent supporters of the content
Speaker 1: in the seventy six ers stratosphere. Furkan Korkmas, how about
Speaker 1: that Lauren weighing in giving his thoughts connecting with the
Speaker 1: masses out there. He's a man of the people, and
Speaker 1: I particularly loved what he had to say at the
Speaker 1: end there about the city of Philadelphia. Furkon has been
Speaker 1: just a delight all throughout my years here. I know
Speaker 1: you share that opinion. He's so much fun to work with.
Speaker 1: His teammates love him. It's been great to see him
Speaker 1: succeed and thrive, especially lately and always get to catch up.
Speaker 1: I have to give a shout out, of course to
Speaker 1: our man Chris Una in seventy sixers Business Services for
Speaker 1: hooking us up with the Furkon Jersey to send out
Speaker 1: to Matt. Matt, we will be in touch. Thanks again
Speaker 1: to everyone who just kind of rolled with that whole
Speaker 1: thing organically on the old social media sphere. Help him
Speaker 1: to find a nickname for Furkon cork Mas fans, we
Speaker 1: love it all right. Time now to formally open up
Speaker 1: this week's mail bag. You have one new message. It
Speaker 1: was a big week Lauren Rosen for the seventy sixers.
Speaker 1: Last week, they lost all four of their games. This
Speaker 1: past week, they won all four of their games, spearheaded
Speaker 1: by in my opinion, very much so all star Ben
Speaker 1: Simmons making his return. It was great to see our
Speaker 1: weekly Sunday sticker question on Instagram stories on at Sixers.
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons was back, had a big week. What were
Speaker 1: your impressions, Elle Tickle Junior says Ben Simmons mentality, It
Speaker 1: isn't about scoring twenty plus a game. It's about d
Speaker 1: n up passing, making sure we get the dub i
Speaker 1: concur i also concur. We talked about this a lot Felts,
Speaker 1: but he's the straw that stirs the drink on both
Speaker 1: ends of the floor. The stat line almost never tells
Speaker 1: the whole story. And that's even on nights when he's
Speaker 1: in triple double territory. He's still doing so much that
Speaker 1: doesn't show up there. And I think the fact that
Speaker 1: he missed a week and the team didn't win, and
Speaker 1: then he was back for a week and the team
Speaker 1: didn't lose is extremely telling of just how impactful he
Speaker 1: is for this six Ers team. This was something that
Speaker 1: was brought up with Ben after the Hawks game on Friday,
Speaker 1: another convincing seventy six Ers win on that perfect homestand
Speaker 1: he was asked what's the difference for him since he returned.
Speaker 1: He said, he feels like it's more as mentality than anything,
Speaker 1: that the four games he missed gave him a chance
Speaker 1: to reset mentally. I do think he's looked really spry physically,
Speaker 1: especially in the first three games back, where he's just
Speaker 1: been looking good and refreshed, No doubt about it. He
Speaker 1: has just looked like the Ben Simmons that this team needs,
Speaker 1: that this team has seen all season, and that this
Speaker 1: team will rely on in the playoffs. Great of course
Speaker 1: to have him back. Jay Peace six on Instagram says,
Speaker 1: what impression the most about Ben Simmons week? This past week?
Speaker 1: Ben stuffs the stat sheet, He'll get a little bit
Speaker 1: of everything, and I think the numbers from last week
Speaker 1: Lauren certainly bear that out going into Sunday's game against
Speaker 1: the Spurs. Been in the first three games back when
Speaker 1: the seventy Sixers outscored the opposition by what ninety seven
Speaker 1: during that homestand you average a little bit more than
Speaker 1: twelve and a half points per game shot eighteen for
Speaker 1: twenty three from the field, fifteen assists, three turnovers, outstanding
Speaker 1: ratio obviously, and a whole lot of aggressive play that
Speaker 1: you cannot quantify the impact of an aggressive play on
Speaker 1: the defensive end, which I think we don't talk about enough,
Speaker 1: even though we do talk about the fact that this
Speaker 1: is someone who could win the Defensive Player of the
Speaker 1: Year award. Look no further than the overtime period on Sunday.
Speaker 1: Those two charges Doc Rivers called the biggest plays of
Speaker 1: the game. Impressive gutsy, well executed defense from Ben Simmons
Speaker 1: as he has been showing all season. Two charges won't
Speaker 1: show up on that final line of the box score.
Speaker 1: They were huge, massive, and then of course the tip
Speaker 1: in at the end. Again, I think that Ben in
Speaker 1: that overtime period. Joel of course had four of the
Speaker 1: team six points. He was wonderful as well, but Ben
Speaker 1: in the overtime period really sealed the game for the team.
Speaker 1: Maybe somebody else could have it Ben, had it been
Speaker 1: available to you, but I think he deserves a lot
Speaker 1: of credit for what was a up and down evening.
Speaker 1: He got it done when it mattered most, and that
Speaker 1: sequence a scramble late in the game for the tippin
Speaker 1: at the buzzer for Ben in overtime, to me kind
Speaker 1: of indicates one of the great luxuries the Sixers have.
Speaker 1: There's so much talent on the court. When you're in
Speaker 1: a late game, last second scramble like that. You can
Speaker 1: see with what happened with the Spurs, it's like, all right,
Speaker 1: where do you go? You got to focus on Joel Embie.
Speaker 1: Do you throw the house at him to try and
Speaker 1: make the opportunity had for a makeable shot that much
Speaker 1: more difficult? And if you do, then what are you
Speaker 1: giving up? In terms of where your attention is? There
Speaker 1: was Ben Simmons sneaking in on the week side right
Speaker 1: at that dunker spot, and there he was for the
Speaker 1: tippin to put it in. So where do you kind
Speaker 1: of fall on your sword? What do you assign your
Speaker 1: most attention to in a situation like that. I thought
Speaker 1: it was interesting to see how that played out. Well facts,
Speaker 1: that's a great point, Selton. I think you look at
Speaker 1: Seth Curry, who was perfect six or six from three.
Speaker 1: I don't know if the team would have drawn up
Speaker 1: a play for Seth Curry in that situation. But you
Speaker 1: certainly can't leave him open if he hasn't missed all night.
Speaker 1: Danny Green Tobias Harris both had more difficult evenings but
Speaker 1: then had some pretty important shots late. Can't leave either
Speaker 1: of them open. It makes sense, Joel Embide takes more
Speaker 1: than one person that it was exactly why this team
Speaker 1: was assembled the way that it was, And of course
Speaker 1: again they didn't want to find themselves in that situation,
Speaker 1: but the group, that group specifically was able to get
Speaker 1: out of the situation. Okay, Lauren, we're gonna go to
Speaker 1: the podline right now for the first time. You have
Speaker 1: one new message. You know what we say here on
Speaker 1: the mail bag, Lauren. That's all voicemails are good voicemails.
Speaker 1: All voicemails we play. But this one goes in a
Speaker 1: couple different places. We got it not too long after this.
Speaker 1: Seventy six Ers finished off the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday, So,
Speaker 1: without further ado, one of the more interesting calls you've
Speaker 1: gotten this season. I'm not sure if I'm doing this correctly,
Speaker 1: because but I need a you know, a new Sixers,
Speaker 1: because I tried to buy this old one, but then
Speaker 1: for some reason it costs like twenty dollars. But anyway,
Speaker 1: here's my thought in the game, A little bit close
Speaker 1: for my liking. I'll tell you that, I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: two points of the spurs. I mean you know, but
Speaker 1: I will say this, he's got to do better offensively.
Speaker 1: I feel a little hopeful. I'm not sure if we're
Speaker 1: gonna make it to the final through the nets, but
Speaker 1: I'll tell you this, I'm hoping that the Sixers win.
Speaker 1: And why don't you send a guy hoodie? You know,
Speaker 1: come on, I don't know how you're gonna get me
Speaker 1: the merch just on the Twitter that I looked at it.
Speaker 1: I don't know how you're gonna get it to me,
Speaker 1: but I hope you play it on the bod gast.
Speaker 1: I'm hopeful about the Sixers, but Hohodell knows? Okay, howdius? So,
Speaker 1: like we said moments ago, a new policy on voicemails
Speaker 1: being implemented here today on mail Bag Monday, we will
Speaker 1: play all voicemails as long as they're copasetic, kosher friendly
Speaker 1: PG for this family podcast programming. However, we just might
Speaker 1: not agree with what it is you have to say,
Speaker 1: and certainly a lot to unpack from that call. However,
Speaker 1: doing a state for the record, Lauren, A very important
Speaker 1: point raised by the caller. If I call in and
Speaker 1: you play my voicemail, how do I get my stuff?
Speaker 1: Great question? So we see your phone number come through
Speaker 1: on the caller ID big brother in the sky when
Speaker 1: the voicemails are left, and then we'll just circle back
Speaker 1: with you, get in touch, ask if your address all
Speaker 1: that good stuff, so hopefully we can get you some gear.
Speaker 1: Might not be a twenty dollar hoodie or anything like that,
Speaker 1: but something that's worth your time for calling in and
Speaker 1: leaving a voicemail. Okay, so I don't agree with a
Speaker 1: lot in that call. We can start to unpack it now.
Speaker 1: I agree. If you listen to this program or any
Speaker 1: of our programming, you know how I feel about folks
Speaker 1: that think that Bad needs to be doing more offensively.
Speaker 1: Ben can be doing more offensively. Ben's doing what he
Speaker 1: needs to do on a nightly basis. That's his mindset.
Speaker 1: I'm not trying to speak for anybody, but I'm willing
Speaker 1: to buy into the plan that he has that works
Speaker 1: regularly for this team. He's doing it where it matters,
Speaker 1: He's filling in where it matters. He can do almost
Speaker 1: anything on the court for this team, and he's showed
Speaker 1: it over and over again. So to those that think
Speaker 1: that he's not doing enough offensively, look at the games
Speaker 1: where he's been required to do more offensively and he has.
Speaker 1: He plays on a team with Joel embid to buyas,
Speaker 1: Harris Seth Curry, Danny Green and others. He's not always
Speaker 1: going to be needed to do more offensively. So that's
Speaker 1: that on that And this goes back to the point
Speaker 1: that we've talked about since his return. We discussed it
Speaker 1: on the Deep Dive last Friday. Just look at how
Speaker 1: things change when he is out there. His presence makes
Speaker 1: a difference, not too unlike Joel Embiid, the other All
Speaker 1: Star in this team. So I think that stats looking
Speaker 1: at his box line on a game to game basis
Speaker 1: is only one way and perhaps the way that I
Speaker 1: would go about trying to evaluate the effectiveness of Ben Simmons.
Speaker 1: And as far as the nets go, yeah they're scary,
Speaker 1: I think rightfully, so they're scary. But I think that
Speaker 1: for the seventy sixers, if they're fortunate enough to get
Speaker 1: the number one seed, if their defense is as great
Speaker 1: as we know that it can be tops in the
Speaker 1: league essentially since the All Star break. I will take
Speaker 1: the chances of the seventy Sixers defense in the playoffs
Speaker 1: going up against Brooklyn. I mean, listen, you're probably gonna
Speaker 1: have to face them at some point, and I would
Speaker 1: rather ride with a defense that is superb and one
Speaker 1: of the best in the league then not a defense
Speaker 1: that is not superb and not the best in the league.
Speaker 1: I do think that if anybody is going to figure
Speaker 1: it out, it's probably going to be your seventy Sixers.
Speaker 1: Of Course, we still are unclear about what Brooklyn's health
Speaker 1: situation is going to be when they get into the playoffs,
Speaker 1: and that's not something that you want to rely on
Speaker 1: following in your favor. Of course, teams want to beat
Speaker 1: each other at their best. But I'm with you, Seltz.
Speaker 1: I think a strong defense is the best antidote to
Speaker 1: a strong offense, and the Sixers are figuring out a
Speaker 1: lot of interesting things offensively as well. I'm intrigued, I'm excited.
Speaker 1: I'm hoping that we get the clash that we've all
Speaker 1: been waiting for. Moving on, you have one new message
Speaker 1: back on Instagram and two R sticker question from Sunday,
Speaker 1: Big week for Ben Simmons won press you the most
Speaker 1: Aliyah underscore MBM says the show against Atlanta. I knew
Speaker 1: it was about to go down, but wow, the most
Speaker 1: entertaining game this season, assuming that she's talking about Ben
Speaker 1: Simmons and how he played, definitely think Lauren. Out of
Speaker 1: the four games been his played since he's been back,
Speaker 1: that was the one that caught everyone's attention the most
Speaker 1: eighteen points, six rebounds, five assists, a steel and a block,
Speaker 1: and it was Simmons that helped spark the seventy six
Speaker 1: ers after the Hawks went on that early thirteen nothing
Speaker 1: run in the first quarter, and all that in twenty
Speaker 1: seven minutes or less. None of the sixers, at least
Speaker 1: during the homestand had to play more than twenty seven
Speaker 1: minutes in three very decisive victories. So worth noting that,
Speaker 1: once again, maybe the stat line not telling the entire story.
Speaker 1: Had he been playing heavier minutes, maybe that stat line
Speaker 1: would have looked a little bit heavier. I just urge
Speaker 1: everyone that has anything to say about Ben to make
Speaker 1: sure you're looking into what the whole story is, because
Speaker 1: on a night like Friday, he was phenomenal. He made
Speaker 1: sure that the team was going to get the victory
Speaker 1: on both ends of the floor, and it was a
Speaker 1: delight to watch. That game was fun selves, no doubt
Speaker 1: about It's one more from the Instagram story mail bag,
Speaker 1: Rapid Fire Madison and Narin says Ben Simmons aggressive and
Speaker 1: consistent dpoy for Defensive Player of the Year. What do
Speaker 1: you think thinks stand right now, Lauren in your astute
Speaker 1: opinion for sizing up that Defensive Player of the Year race. Well,
Speaker 1: I think it's important to consider who I follow on
Speaker 1: mostly Twitter and where I'm consuming my content, because the
Speaker 1: folks that I am most closely aligned with probably feel
Speaker 1: the way I feel, and that's that Ben Simmons should
Speaker 1: be this year's defensive Player of the Year. I do
Speaker 1: think it's tricky when you look into statistics. I think
Speaker 1: it's really hard for a non big man to win
Speaker 1: the Defensive Player of the Year award. Rudy Gobert's stats
Speaker 1: are phenomenal. Head to head matchup, though, might say that
Speaker 1: Ben should get the edge. So I believe that Ben
Speaker 1: should get the edge. Will he get it? Do not know?
Speaker 1: It's tricky, You don't know how voters are going to lean,
Speaker 1: but I certainly think that he deserves to be a
Speaker 1: finalist for the award and to get some heavy consideration
Speaker 1: to win it. Yes, on the NBA dot Com weekly
Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Year Ladder last week, defensive Player
Speaker 1: of the Year favorite at that point in time it
Speaker 1: was Ben Simmons. They also interviewed for that column. Try
Speaker 1: to check it every week. Dikembe Mutombo, former obviously Defensive
Speaker 1: Player of the Year winner in the NBA who played
Speaker 1: for the seventy six Ers, won one of his defensive
Speaker 1: Player of the Year awards with the Sixers, and he
Speaker 1: was asked who stands out among today's top defenders. Ben
Speaker 1: Simmons was mentioned, along with Joel Embiid and Rudy Gobert
Speaker 1: and Clint Cappella, So two out of the four names
Speaker 1: that Kenby dropped seventy Sixers and three out of the
Speaker 1: four big man. It is a challenge for a non
Speaker 1: big man to win the defensive player award the Player
Speaker 1: of the Year award these days, but if anyone's going
Speaker 1: to do it, I think it could be a guy
Speaker 1: like Ben in a season like this one. Well, puts
Speaker 1: back to the podline, we go you have one new message.
Speaker 1: Lest we forget, it was a big week for our guy,
Speaker 1: the mud man, Beball Paul. Time to celebrate. Hey, Lauren
Speaker 1: and Brian, just gotta get the sat out to my
Speaker 1: man beat Ball Paul. I mean this last week has
Speaker 1: been exciting. If you watching the see not only that
Speaker 1: reversal dunk has the whole bench going on, and then
Speaker 1: the Joe and Let's throw down. I mean good more.
Speaker 1: I was up off my seat just sharing for this kid.
Speaker 1: I'm telling you right now, this man needs to get
Speaker 1: in touch with someone and get some out the mud
Speaker 1: merch going. I need a T shirt. I don't care what,
Speaker 1: just needs some merch. I know the playoffs are coming,
Speaker 1: but this boy and Maxie got me excited for the
Speaker 1: next season. I want to see what these young kids
Speaker 1: can do because they played without really toughness. Feeling good
Speaker 1: about the playoffs. Let's go Sixist love that that was tremendous. Yes,
Speaker 1: some enterprising person out there, maybe it could be us
Speaker 1: Larn has to get and create some out of the
Speaker 1: mud merch. I'm actually surprised the president of basketball operations
Speaker 1: for the Sixers has not been the one to spearhead
Speaker 1: the merch movement for him. I believe that Paul wore
Speaker 1: an out the mud sweatshirt to one of the games
Speaker 1: during that homestand so he's finding it somewhere. Is it
Speaker 1: beball Paul specific merch, I do not know, but maybe
Speaker 1: we can get in touch with his team try to
Speaker 1: figure out a way to make that happen. I think
Speaker 1: it's probably inevitable at this point, with the quickness with
Speaker 1: which he is gathering a fan base and how well
Speaker 1: he has been playing. I agree that play that had
Speaker 1: the bench going wild. I don't know if it was
Speaker 1: on the broadcast Angle Celts, but Joel Embiad was rolling
Speaker 1: around on the floor about it in glee and that
Speaker 1: was beautiful to see. His teammates are also big beeball
Speaker 1: Paul fans, and I think that that's worth noting. He
Speaker 1: is one guy that you absolutely can root for. He
Speaker 1: is great. So the week started for him with the
Speaker 1: ten point game against Okay. See ten points, nine rebounds
Speaker 1: in a couple blocks in ten minute. It's tremendous, And
Speaker 1: then we saw that great Euroslam. He continues to make
Speaker 1: the most of his opportunities when they surface, no doubt
Speaker 1: about it, and he has been putting in work. I
Speaker 1: don't know if anyone out here follows Dwight Howard on Instagram,
Speaker 1: but the two of them love a late night work
Speaker 1: out together. I know they had one on Saturday night
Speaker 1: in San Antonio rather Sunday night in San Antonio. No,
Speaker 1: Saturday night in San Antonio. I should have stuck with
Speaker 1: my guns. Sorry. The two of them have been working
Speaker 1: out late at night together. We know that Beball Paul
Speaker 1: actually went to Dwight Howard's basketball camp in Orlando as
Speaker 1: a kid, which is adorable and wholesome. And now they
Speaker 1: have one on one camps together late at night in
Speaker 1: cities across the cross America. How can you not root
Speaker 1: for this guy? How can you not root for that duo?
Speaker 1: It's been a pleasure to watch beball Paul this year.
Speaker 1: One more Beeball Paul centric message from the podline. You
Speaker 1: have one new message. Hey, I know Doc is a
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame coach, but why not turn the offense
Speaker 1: over to Beeball Paul. We already got a six ten
Speaker 1: point guard. It works great. What if we have Beeball
Speaker 1: Paul lead the unit? Go sixers? Yes, we always love
Speaker 1: voicemails of the tongue in cheek variety here on the
Speaker 1: mail bag. Hey, given the way beball Paul's been rolling
Speaker 1: when he's been out, there are there things that he
Speaker 1: could not do? There is no limit for beball Paul's potential? Right? Well? Sure,
Speaker 1: you know what? Why not? I love the enthusiasm, I
Speaker 1: love the innovation. Do I think we're going to see
Speaker 1: much of that in the coming eight games and the playoffs? No?
Speaker 1: But maybe someday. It's a nice dream to have. Everybody
Speaker 1: should have dreams. I think the if I just had
Speaker 1: to guess, it seemed like the caller was riding the
Speaker 1: high of the crest of the bee ball Paul wave.
Speaker 1: How could you not? Darryl Morey told us when we
Speaker 1: when the Sixers signed beball Paul that he's a quirky, interesting,
Speaker 1: different player, and we have seen that and some all
Speaker 1: season long. It's been a pleasure. Maybe he will unlock
Speaker 1: another level. Maybe he will become a ball handler, a
Speaker 1: dribble or someone that can that can cross guys up.
Speaker 1: I don't know who. Am I to say that he
Speaker 1: won't And on that note, we will shut down what
Speaker 1: I would dub Hey, curious interesting mailbag for this Monday
Speaker 1: all right, Lauren, it was a great week for the
Speaker 1: seventy sixers, all wins. Hopefully they can keep it going
Speaker 1: and create further separation between themselves and the Brooklyn Nets.
Speaker 1: We want to give a huge shout out once again
Speaker 1: and one final random applause for the man furkon Courtms
Speaker 1: for joining us as our special guest this week. Lauren,
Speaker 1: Thank you. We will be in touch next on the
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Speaker 1: week on the seventy Sixers podcast networking new episode of
Speaker 1: Tom's Talks with Tom McGinnis that should be out on Thursday,
Speaker 1: and again our Friday Deep Dive with the Von Givens.
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