WEBVTT - Coat Check | Connor Johnson Previews the Bubble

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<v Speaker 1>very next episode. On this episode, a really insightful conversation

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<v Speaker 1>with the coach running the show in the twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>one season, third year Bluecoats head coach Connor Johnson. We

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<v Speaker 1>won't waste any more time. Here is Coach Johnson. Please

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<v Speaker 1>to be joined by Bluecoats head coach Connor Johnson. Welcome

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<v Speaker 1>back to coach check. Coach. What have you been up

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<v Speaker 1>to the last few weeks prior to the NBAG League bubble?

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<v Speaker 1>I know it's been some quarantine time, so how have

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<v Speaker 1>you been keeping yourself busy? Yeah, we've had a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of time to prepare and get ready for our first

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<v Speaker 1>week of practice down here. So the coaching staff has

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<v Speaker 1>been doing communicating in a lot of different ways, our

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<v Speaker 1>staff here in Delaware and also working with the sixer

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<v Speaker 1>coaches and kind of making sure that we're still aligned

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<v Speaker 1>and kind of in tune with what they're doing. So

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<v Speaker 1>the communication has been useful and helpful and it allows

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<v Speaker 1>us to kind of lay the groundwork for what we

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<v Speaker 1>want with the G League. There's often talk up goals

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<v Speaker 1>for the season, and maybe they're magnified in a shortened

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<v Speaker 1>bubble season. What are some of your goals the goals

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<v Speaker 1>of your staff for the team This season. Well, our

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<v Speaker 1>overall goal has always been and remains even with the

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<v Speaker 1>shortened season, to help helped develop future seventy six ers.

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<v Speaker 1>And so the most obvious example are the two ways

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<v Speaker 1>we have on our team now Paul and Jeon Tucker,

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<v Speaker 1>Paul Reid and Rajeon Tucker, and so in addition to

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<v Speaker 1>the entire roster, helping those guys be able to step

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<v Speaker 1>into the bigger roles at the professional at the NBA

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<v Speaker 1>level and then when they go back up. So that's

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<v Speaker 1>always been the goal. And then for us as a team,

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<v Speaker 1>we want to be one of the best defensive teams

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<v Speaker 1>we can be. We were, We made a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>progress last season and we hope to kind of continue

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<v Speaker 1>to build on that with this new group. How about

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<v Speaker 1>when it comes to training camp, So as we record this,

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<v Speaker 1>it's coming off the first practice and people are obviously

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<v Speaker 1>going to listen at different times, but the training camp

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<v Speaker 1>period leading up to the first game, which is February eleventh,

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<v Speaker 1>what are some of the goals with that? Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>think this is a very unique circumstance because not only

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<v Speaker 1>this are in season, but the guys are coming to

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<v Speaker 1>their first practice not having played any basketball for at

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<v Speaker 1>least ten days, but even greater than that. Their last

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<v Speaker 1>organized five on five game maybe many months ago. So

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<v Speaker 1>one thing we keep in the back of our minds

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<v Speaker 1>we go all through this is that we want to

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<v Speaker 1>build them up in a smart way where we're not

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<v Speaker 1>putting them at unnecessary risk, and yet we are improving

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<v Speaker 1>their cardiovascular fitness their ability to play. So that's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of the balance we have of we want to push

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<v Speaker 1>them hard, we want to make sure that they're developing

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<v Speaker 1>within our system. We want to make sure that they're

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<v Speaker 1>getting better and getting in shape. But it's a kind

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<v Speaker 1>of fine line between too much and too little, and

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<v Speaker 1>that coming off our first practice, I thought we did

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<v Speaker 1>a nice job of balancing getting them as much as

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<v Speaker 1>they need without being overly aggressive. And that's the case

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<v Speaker 1>for all eighteen teams. Well, I guess if you exclude

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<v Speaker 1>the G League Ignite team who's been playing together for

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<v Speaker 1>a few months now. But speaking of the schedule, they

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<v Speaker 1>are on your schedule, but overall, it's in your third

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<v Speaker 1>season a much different look. It's fifteen regular season games,

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<v Speaker 1>five back to backs, obviously no travel involved, but some

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<v Speaker 1>quick turnarounds, all at a single site campus. So how

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<v Speaker 1>are you approaching this year's game schedule given how different

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<v Speaker 1>it is, Yeah, I think I think you're right on

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<v Speaker 1>the density of games is greater than it's ever been.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we're lucky to have a deep roster that

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<v Speaker 1>allows us hopefully to be able to be our players

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<v Speaker 1>to be fresh and ready to play the five games

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<v Speaker 1>and seven days or whatever sort of numbers will have

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of our stretch. The smart ramp up,

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<v Speaker 1>I think is still important and making sure that we

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<v Speaker 1>head into our first back to back in eight days

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<v Speaker 1>or whatever it is, that we are as the best

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<v Speaker 1>shape we can be without being over extended. And all

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<v Speaker 1>that kind of comes together to say that this thing

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<v Speaker 1>is a lot more a lot more similar to the

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<v Speaker 1>Summer League, I think than a normal G League season,

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<v Speaker 1>because in the summer league that there's not a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of practice. There's there's five or six days of quality

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<v Speaker 1>practices that you can have sometimes double sessions, which we've

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<v Speaker 1>chosen not to do here in the bubble, and then

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<v Speaker 1>you just play, and there's not a lot of time

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<v Speaker 1>to practice and make adjustments during practice. Most of it

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<v Speaker 1>has to be done in between games or during the games,

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<v Speaker 1>and so that's been I've been fortunate to be a

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<v Speaker 1>part of the six or Summer League staff for a

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<v Speaker 1>decent amount of years now, and that's another framework that

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's been useful in planning for how we

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<v Speaker 1>want to attack our time here in the bubble. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>going off that your experience as the Sixers Summer League

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<v Speaker 1>head coach, what did you learn that you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>bring into this bubble situation from that you mentioned two

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<v Speaker 1>days versus not having them. Is there anything else that

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<v Speaker 1>you learned during that time that you're bringing in now. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we did a good job prioritizing certain aspects

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<v Speaker 1>of our offense and defensive scheme and instead of trying

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<v Speaker 1>to be fairly good at a lot of things, becoming

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<v Speaker 1>really good at a few. And that's something we did

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<v Speaker 1>in the Summer League. I think it paid off for

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<v Speaker 1>those players there. I think it gave them a sense

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<v Speaker 1>of identity of how we want to play and what

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<v Speaker 1>we're really going to value and instead of just choosing

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<v Speaker 1>things left and right, we know these three things are

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<v Speaker 1>things we're going to keep coming back to you and

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to keep working on and keep getting better at.

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<v Speaker 1>And we've embraced a similar philosophy here where we have

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<v Speaker 1>three parts to our offense that are going to be critical,

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<v Speaker 1>and we got three things on defense we got to

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<v Speaker 1>do every time. And even from our first day and

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<v Speaker 1>the meetings we've had with our players before, I think

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<v Speaker 1>we've made some progress and that's starting to sync in

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<v Speaker 1>and it simplifies their mind where now they're talented players

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<v Speaker 1>who can go out and play more on the way.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's talk about the roster a little bit before closing

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<v Speaker 1>with a question that I really want to know the

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<v Speaker 1>answer too. But before we get to that, this roster

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<v Speaker 1>for the Bluecoats in the twenty twenty one G League

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<v Speaker 1>season a lot of NBA experience. Nine of twelve have

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<v Speaker 1>played in the NBA. Two of those that haven't our rookies,

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<v Speaker 1>So it's pretty much the whole roster with NBA experience

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<v Speaker 1>trying to get back. And that's something that you've talked

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<v Speaker 1>about in the preseason and others. What are some of

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<v Speaker 1>the things that you talk to these guys about that

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<v Speaker 1>are traits that transfer over to the next level that

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to be looking for, Right I think the

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<v Speaker 1>kind of hit it on the head right there. What

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<v Speaker 1>we're doing is trying to give them reinforce the values

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<v Speaker 1>that are then attractive to the teams that look at them.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think a lot of these guys have kind

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<v Speaker 1>of been right on the line between NBA long term

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<v Speaker 1>NBA success and then coming back to the Julie, And

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<v Speaker 1>in the way that this is set up, there's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be a lot of eyes on our games more so

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<v Speaker 1>than than normal. It's not like we're going to be

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<v Speaker 1>in some gym somewhere across the country. Every NBA team

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be sending scouts here down to watch.

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<v Speaker 1>And with the current status of the NBA, I think

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<v Speaker 1>that there's a higher likelihood of anyone in this bubble

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<v Speaker 1>getting called up, And so for us, it's the get.

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<v Speaker 1>There's not going to be a tremendous amount of change

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<v Speaker 1>in their games in this next two months, especially with

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<v Speaker 1>the experience these guys had, but we just want to

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<v Speaker 1>kind of refine them a bit and have them play

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<v Speaker 1>in a way that is something that NBA teams want

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<v Speaker 1>for the guy that's going to come in for a

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<v Speaker 1>ten day contract or kind of at the end of

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<v Speaker 1>their roster and be able to work that up. And

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's kind of getting more detailed about how hard

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<v Speaker 1>we want them to play, what that means, and how

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<v Speaker 1>they can show that each time. And then part of

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<v Speaker 1>it is we got to get this group to play together,

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<v Speaker 1>because no one he's gonna look no one's gonna play well,

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<v Speaker 1>no one's gonna really look good to the scouts and

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<v Speaker 1>the world that they're trying to impress if they're all

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<v Speaker 1>doing it on their own. And that's been a theme

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<v Speaker 1>that we've really hit with these guys. Yeah, and to

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<v Speaker 1>your point about more eyeballs being on it, I think

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of players wanted to be here and realize

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<v Speaker 1>that as well. So it seems like the competition is

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<v Speaker 1>going to be very high and I want to get

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<v Speaker 1>to that next. But if people wanted the true G

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<v Speaker 1>League bubble experience, that was my fault. Somebody was rolling

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<v Speaker 1>something on a cart outside of my hotel room in

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<v Speaker 1>the background. But the two way players for the Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>quickly for our Sixers fans that are listening Ray Jean

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<v Speaker 1>Tucker most recently, and Paul Reid as well, what excites

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<v Speaker 1>you about their games and getting to coach them. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean to start with Paul. I think Paul's made

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of progress in the last couple of months

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<v Speaker 1>working with coach Dwayne Jones down with the Sixers and

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<v Speaker 1>his development of coming in and then getting kind of

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<v Speaker 1>thrown to the fire fairly early in a Denver Nuggets

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<v Speaker 1>game when the Sixers didn't have a lot of players.

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<v Speaker 1>I think was a really good opportunity for him to

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<v Speaker 1>kind of see where he was and see what it

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<v Speaker 1>needs to work on. He's a long, athletic big that

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<v Speaker 1>can make plays in a lot of different ways. I

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<v Speaker 1>think we got to really work with him on just

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<v Speaker 1>continuing to understand how he can play within the Sixers system,

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<v Speaker 1>something that we'll be running down here and I think

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<v Speaker 1>will be easy for him to kind of find his

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<v Speaker 1>groove in that respect. And then Rayjeon Tucker, who the

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers have signed more recently, we're familiar with in the

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<v Speaker 1>GI League. We played him last year as he came

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<v Speaker 1>in as a G League player before his NBA career started.

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<v Speaker 1>And what team what team did he play for? Again,

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<v Speaker 1>he played for the Wisconsin her as did many current Bluecoats,

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<v Speaker 1>and joining Frank Mason and Jamario Jones as well. I

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<v Speaker 1>just thought that was funny having been coached by a

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<v Speaker 1>former member of your staff, Chase Buford. Last season they

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<v Speaker 1>had a lot of success in Rajeon was a big

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<v Speaker 1>part of that early in the season. Yeah, and he's

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<v Speaker 1>built like looks like he could be a linebacker any

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<v Speaker 1>day now, but strong and physical athletic. Showed that he

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<v Speaker 1>could really shoot it last season. And for him, he's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of bounced around a few MBA programs already, and

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<v Speaker 1>the goals, as we talk about fairly directly with him,

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<v Speaker 1>as we wanted to stick. We wanted to get to

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<v Speaker 1>on these places and become a long term member of

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<v Speaker 1>a team, and the Sixers could be a great fit

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<v Speaker 1>for that because the way that coach Rivers values defense

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<v Speaker 1>and what he can bring from his offensive versatility as

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<v Speaker 1>a score who can play off the ball and shoot

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<v Speaker 1>and make good decisions. So I talked about competition. When

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<v Speaker 1>these competitive games arrive in what will be not very

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<v Speaker 1>long from now, what can fans out there expect in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of the Bluecoat style of play with this roster well,

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<v Speaker 1>As I said, we'll try to be as similar to

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<v Speaker 1>the Sixers as we can, and so hopefully they see

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<v Speaker 1>the Sixers have had so much success to start their season.

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<v Speaker 1>If they can see any semblance of that, I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to consider it a real success. But we're gonna the

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<v Speaker 1>defense is gonna be our priority. We have a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of talented offensive players, and to tie it together by

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<v Speaker 1>getting stops being able to play in transition, play with

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<v Speaker 1>an advantage because of our defense will be helpful. And

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to play in a system where all five

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<v Speaker 1>guys are have a responsibility each possession, and that will

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<v Speaker 1>be kind of the key to our success. One more coach,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's a question I've been dying to know the

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<v Speaker 1>answer too. I should have asked a follow up. Matt

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<v Speaker 1>Lily was on the last episode. He talked about how

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<v Speaker 1>you guys have been playing chess during quarantine on your phones.

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<v Speaker 1>Who usually comes out victorious between you and Blue Coach

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<v Speaker 1>general manager Matt Lily in your games of chess, It's

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<v Speaker 1>great you know some things. Nothing's really sacred, I guess

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<v Speaker 1>when you start to get on our podcast. Just happy

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<v Speaker 1>to share anything you know. We have a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>with it. It's been it's been great for us as

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<v Speaker 1>something to do and keep our minds stimulated about stuff

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<v Speaker 1>outside basketball. We look forward to playing as opposed to

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<v Speaker 1>playing in our houses back in Philadelphia and Delaware. Out

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<v Speaker 1>here on the they got the little Alligator Lake thing

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<v Speaker 1>that maybe that'll be a nicer backdrop for a live game.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'd say it's fairly even. I wouldn't want to.

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't want to go too far in one direction

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<v Speaker 1>because neither of you has a right now because you

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<v Speaker 1>get upset and keep your rankings. I mean, we got

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<v Speaker 1>like pretty pretty strong statistics. But yeah, it's pretty fair.

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<v Speaker 1>It's pretty close. Glad to know that's a that's something

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<v Speaker 1>that comes up more than one. It's great, good stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>good stuff. Um, thanks a lot, coach, Thanks for the time.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll be following along all season in the G League

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<v Speaker 1>bubble and good luck to you in the team. Great

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<v Speaker 1>thank you. Thanks again to Bluecoats head coach Connor Johnson

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<v Speaker 1>Matt Murphy. Until next time, take it or leave it

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<v Speaker 1>at the coach check