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Speaker 1: it comes to Shake Milton, the promise has always been
Speaker 1: there in college. He improved each year at SMU and
Speaker 1: seemed destined for the first round before a broken hand
Speaker 1: cut his junior season. Short tough shot, left hand, count it,
Speaker 1: Shake Milton goes in the line. Then, as a rookie
Speaker 1: with the seventy Sixers, Milton continued to make things happen,
Speaker 1: whether in the NBA or the Gelie. Milton put it
Speaker 1: on the floor, got all the way to recoupment. He'll
Speaker 1: go to the line looking for one more more moves
Speaker 1: like that in Shake, Milton isn't going anywhere. For the
Speaker 1: gifted Milton, the main challenge has been staying on the court,
Speaker 1: and right before the NBA's hiatus, he was certainly doing
Speaker 1: just that. Built steals it up. Beverley lay left at
Speaker 1: Jim Shake, built up the ball. He meets business here
Speaker 1: in LA. Now, with the restart of the season on
Speaker 1: the horizon, Milton's mission will be to regain his form,
Speaker 1: just to smell the gimp, being the gym whom he
Speaker 1: after on the really work for what you want. This
Speaker 1: is Posted Up with Shake Milton. Welcome to the latest
Speaker 1: installment of Posted Up, presented by Caesar's Online, a mini
Speaker 1: cast series here on the broadcast checking in on the
Speaker 1: seventy six ers during the hiatus, with new episode's debuting
Speaker 1: each week. I'm Brian Seltzer. It was a paradox of
Speaker 1: circumstances brought on by a global pandemic that Shake Milton
Speaker 1: was playing so good was the precise reason why the
Speaker 1: timing of the NBA's is spending its season was so cruel,
Speaker 1: at least in his personal case. In the immediate days
Speaker 1: leading up to the league being put on pause, Milton
Speaker 1: was playing the most significant, important, impactful basketball of his life.
Speaker 1: With injuries forcing seventy six or starters Ben Simmons and
Speaker 1: Josh Richardson to the sideline, it was Milton's turn to
Speaker 1: step up, and to put it simply, he crushed it.
Speaker 1: Milton three Shake Milton from Downtown. But a brilliant performance
Speaker 1: here from Milton. In the span of eight games, the
Speaker 1: twenty three year old average eighteen points and four and
Speaker 1: a half assists in thirty one minutes. His numbers beyond
Speaker 1: the arc were even more ridiculous. He nailed twenty four
Speaker 1: to three pointers on fifty eight and a half percent
Speaker 1: shooting and said an NBA record for thirteen consecutive made
Speaker 1: three Milton from way beyond for three. That's God. Shake,
Speaker 1: Milt puts it in a triple right over for us
Speaker 1: or should I say brightest face. Milton got lots of
Speaker 1: love during his breakout surge, which earned him an appearance
Speaker 1: on ESPN's The Jump. Oh Yes, we now welcome in
Speaker 1: the sixers guard Shake Milton Jump. I got my opportunity,
Speaker 1: and I'll just try to make the most of it, honestly. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, just just try to stay locked in and um,
Speaker 1: you know, kept getting encouragement from other guys and Shake.
Speaker 1: He just took everything in stride, man, and kept things
Speaker 1: in perspective despite the NBA suspension, bringing his personal momentum
Speaker 1: to an abrupt Tall is definitely tough, a little shock
Speaker 1: to your normal routine and everything like that. But you know,
Speaker 1: you're trying to just take a little seeds of goodness
Speaker 1: and blessings man, and you know, just enjoy it for
Speaker 1: what it is man, with a family and stuff like that.
Speaker 1: So it's been cool. Milton's vibe is almost always mellow.
Speaker 1: But there's more to that even killed exterior than meets
Speaker 1: the eye. Go orient it smart, carrying someone who loves
Speaker 1: his family. That's the voice of Lisa Milton. She shakes
Speaker 1: mom and she would know from as far back as
Speaker 1: she can remember, her oldest son has always been that way.
Speaker 1: He's always been about his family. He's always taking care
Speaker 1: of his schoolwork, and he's always gone hard on the
Speaker 1: basketball court. Those are some of the things that I
Speaker 1: think about. Shortly after the coronavirus erupted across the United
Speaker 1: States back in the middle of March, Milton returned to Owasso, Oklahoma,
Speaker 1: his hometown of about twenty nine thousand people just north
Speaker 1: of Tulsa. Lisa was a loving having all three of
Speaker 1: her kids back under one room. This has been like
Speaker 1: this he left for colleges, things like because he's always
Speaker 1: busy during the summer's during college. And it has been great.
Speaker 1: It has been loud, it has been a lot of
Speaker 1: music playing, a lot of dance thing, a lot of
Speaker 1: food eating and cooking. But I have loved every minute.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be hard when they have to leave. Milton
Speaker 1: sounds like he's been a good sport, going with the flow,
Speaker 1: and welcome to the chance to broaden this horizons. My
Speaker 1: little sister, my mom latherin'. They've been trying to get
Speaker 1: me to do that, so I said that I'll dive
Speaker 1: into that and trying to see what that's about. I
Speaker 1: could say myself creative, artistic is necessarily my thing. I've
Speaker 1: never really tried to draw or paint or anything like that.
Speaker 1: So we'll see. Even with all the good times lately,
Speaker 1: from dance offs to drawing, they're still avoid the Milton household,
Speaker 1: and there has been for a while now. Shake's father, Myron,
Speaker 1: passed away during Milton's freshman year in high school, just
Speaker 1: as Milton was really starting to round and the form
Speaker 1: on the basketball floor. I think it caused all of
Speaker 1: us to change a little bit. Yeah, I think everybody
Speaker 1: had had to adjust. Rather, I always felt like because
Speaker 1: of their father's death, everyone had to grow up so
Speaker 1: much faster because I had three kids at the house
Speaker 1: and all of them were doing things like when Shake
Speaker 1: started to plan for his summer team, which was in
Speaker 1: Kansas with just three and a half hours away. I
Speaker 1: remember thinking there was one time where I couldn't take him.
Speaker 1: You know, you gotta drive yourself. He was, you know,
Speaker 1: he had his license and stuff. But if his father
Speaker 1: was around, you know, we wouldn't have done that. We wouldn't.
Speaker 1: You know. It's just little things. So but you know,
Speaker 1: I think it's also helped him mature and growing to
Speaker 1: the person he is. You know, you just deal with
Speaker 1: it as it comes. Byron was more than dad to Shake.
Speaker 1: He was coach too. Myron played hoops at Texas A
Speaker 1: and m and Ransom of Shake's AU teams. To Shake's credit,
Speaker 1: he found a productive outlet for the pain. I think
Speaker 1: he poured everything into basketball, you know. Honestly, he stayed
Speaker 1: in the Gems because that was his connection with his father.
Speaker 1: According to Milton's mom, the apple hasn't fallen far from
Speaker 1: the tree. Honestly. They can set a goal and they
Speaker 1: will stick with it. I'm more like set a goal
Speaker 1: with his suggestions. But you know, his father was a
Speaker 1: very hard worker. He provided I can say that, and
Speaker 1: in turn provided Shake with a key tool to carve
Speaker 1: out a career playing the game he loves. During his
Speaker 1: two year stint with the Sixers, Milton is dealt with
Speaker 1: a handful of injuries, nothing major, just a couple of
Speaker 1: things here and there that have prevented him from staying
Speaker 1: on the court on a consistent basis, But he's always
Speaker 1: stayed ready, which brings us back to this notion of
Speaker 1: hard work being a defining trait of Milton's personality. So
Speaker 1: after getting a tantalizing taste of what Milton can do
Speaker 1: right before the NBA's break, what should we expect from
Speaker 1: the Cabo Guard upon his return? Will no doubt be
Speaker 1: in the mix for a legit spot in the playoff rotation,
Speaker 1: along with guys like Furkin, corkmis Batist, Thyble, Collen Robinson
Speaker 1: the Third and Alec Burks. Just to smell the gym,
Speaker 1: be in the gym became he get after it. It's
Speaker 1: like when people walk outside it and you know, take
Speaker 1: a deep breath and get some fresh airs. It's like
Speaker 1: the same thing walking in the gym. As Milton has
Speaker 1: already proven, when opportunity knocks, he's right there waiting to
Speaker 1: rip the door open, and with the hiatus almost over,
Speaker 1: he's as eager as ever. It definitely puts things in perspective.
Speaker 1: You know, you miss being out there, miss being with
Speaker 1: the fans, miss milk competing for sure. I know for
Speaker 1: a fact when we get back, you know, people are
Speaker 1: going to realize that, you know, you can't really take
Speaker 1: the little things for granted, every little thing that comes
Speaker 1: with this lesson of being able to play professional basketball.
Speaker 1: But you got to really enjoy it and cherish it
Speaker 1: and make the most about of it. So that's what
Speaker 1: we're looking forward to. This has been posted up with
Speaker 1: Shake Milton, presented by Caesar's Online. Be sure to check
Speaker 1: out Lauren Rosen's article about Shake that's also part our
Speaker 1: Posted Up High Its Content series. Thanks to Lauren and
Speaker 1: Kristen Crosby for the help producing this episode. Our music
Speaker 1: is courtesy of Universal Production Music and the YouTube Audio Library.
Speaker 1: Next time we'll post up with Mariol Sham. Definitely successfully
Speaker 1: year for me, learn a lot, guy, a lot better
Speaker 1: and now I thank you. Right before we stopped playing
Speaker 1: good Baston on our team, we're playing even better basketball
Speaker 1: and we're going into the playoffs. Thing of a solid year.
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