WEBVTT - Jaden Springer | Summer Sixers Series 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:03.840 This podcast is part of the seventy six Ers podcast network. 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:12.000 Search seventy six Ers Insiders wherever you get your podcasts. 0:00:13.039 --> 0:00:15.800 Jaden Springer, so thank you so much for sitting down. 0:00:15.800 --> 0:00:18.280 We're here at summer League. It is your third Summer 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:19.280 League correct, every one? 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:19.560 Yes? 0:00:19.720 --> 0:00:21.600 And this morning, coming out of the gym, we sort 0:00:21.640 --> 0:00:24.439 of argued about what made you a veteran of this 0:00:24.480 --> 0:00:27.280 team because you're still younger than some of your teammates, 0:00:27.640 --> 0:00:31.360 but you have the most Sixers experience on this roster. 0:00:31.440 --> 0:00:32.480 Do we agree about that? 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:33.080 That is true? 0:00:33.159 --> 0:00:35.960 Yeah? Okay, So what does it feel like to be 0:00:36.560 --> 0:00:38.640 in the experience that you've had and to still be young, 0:00:38.720 --> 0:00:40.720 but to be a veteran and a leader on this 0:00:40.760 --> 0:00:41.560 Summer League team? 0:00:42.040 --> 0:00:43.760 It's kind of weird to hear myself be called like 0:00:43.800 --> 0:00:46.040 a vet or something like that. Coyle used to be 0:00:46.120 --> 0:00:49.880 around a guy so much, but being here and being 0:00:49.880 --> 0:00:51.920 one of the oldest guys here or the most experienced 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:55.320 guys here has been pretty good. Definitely different adjusting having 0:00:55.360 --> 0:00:57.520 guys that's new and I'm gott to be the one 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:00.640 to kind of lead a little bit and guys coming in, 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:01.440 so it's fun. 0:01:01.600 --> 0:01:04.039 Yeah, what's that like? When they come to ask you questions. 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:05.520 How does it feel to be the one that's providing 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:06.959 the answers instead of asking the questions. 0:01:06.959 --> 0:01:09.760 I mean, it's cool, definitely cool to me. It's definitely 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:13.039 different though, because I'm so used to being the youngest guy, 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:14.960 being the new guy and stuff like that, so it's 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:15.960 it's actually fun. Though. 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:19.200 You have North Carolina connections with a couple of our 0:01:19.280 --> 0:01:23.120 newest players on this team, right, Ricky, you guys are 0:01:23.120 --> 0:01:25.600 all from North Carolina for sure. How have you bonded 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:28.000 and what was it like playing against those guys growing up? 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:31.280 It's been cool. You know. I didn't get to really 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:33.280 play against them too much, but you always heard of them, 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:35.600 like I'm pretty sure they heard of me. I heard 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:37.679 of them like stuff like that. We got mutual friends 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:40.480 that we all talk about, so we all kind of 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:42.200 know the same people and stuff like that. So being 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:44.000 able to chop it up with them, it's been pretty cool. 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:47.039 Have you made any connections with PJ about North Carolina? 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:50.240 For sure? PJ and we had treads too, so all 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:52.560 of us were from North Carolina and we just always 0:01:53.040 --> 0:01:55.760 talking about whose city's better and stuff like that. Little things, 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:56.680 but nothing too crazy. 0:01:56.760 --> 0:01:58.560 What's the verdict, what's the best North Carolina city? 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:01.560 Charlotte, for sure, they wouldn't agree. They're not gonna agree 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:03.000 with that. But I say, Charlotte, what do they all 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:06.200 say where they're from? Raley? 0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:08.400 I was in Durham for college. I love Durham, but 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:10.640 I love Chapel Hill too, And people will get mad 0:02:10.680 --> 0:02:12.600 at me for that. But like Raley, Durham, Chapel Hill 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:13.040 are all great. 0:02:13.280 --> 0:02:15.680 That's all like kind of same area, true. 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:17.200 But to them it's different. 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:18.000 Yeah, you know what I mean. 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:21.440 Yeah, we talked about being a vet. Right, you're you're 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:23.360 a young player on the Sixers. This is gonna be 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:27.000 year three. You've been the youngest thus far. Tyree talks 0:02:27.000 --> 0:02:29.240 about being the youngest in a lot of situations he's 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:31.000 been in. So before we started recording, we were talking 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:32.520 a little bit about what it's been like to grow 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:34.440 with him. Can you tell us what it's like to 0:02:34.440 --> 0:02:36.560 sort of be his teammate and be young together. But 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:38.120 looking up to him. 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:40.560 It's been pretty cool, you know, just watching him how 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:42.920 he handles everything. You know, he's always got a positive 0:02:42.919 --> 0:02:45.040 attitude even when things might not be going to best, 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:47.560 like during the game anything, but he always smiling. I 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:49.160 think we all we all can see that he always 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:53.000 a good move, So be able to watch him through 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:56.720 adversity and stuff and what everything like he's facing anything like, 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:58.760 he's just smiling. He's going at it and he's given 0:02:58.760 --> 0:03:01.919 one hundred percent energy every time, so and things seem 0:03:01.960 --> 0:03:03.080 to work out his way every time. 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:05.840 So I want to ask you about Joel as well, 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:08.200 observing the way that he played this season. He and 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:11.120 Tires are sort of personality wise, they're very different, but 0:03:11.400 --> 0:03:14.240 they've both been really successful. They've bonded quite a bit. 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:17.600 You got to watch Joel in his MVP season. A 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:20.079 lot of players never get a chance to be teammates 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:22.640 with an MVP in their active MVP year. What was 0:03:22.639 --> 0:03:24.280 that experience? Like, what are you gonna remember about it? 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:27.560 Well, it was great just being able to see how 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:29.600 he prepare every day and step on the court, Like 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:31.880 every time he step on the court, he's getting a 0:03:31.960 --> 0:03:34.000 job done. He handles his business day in and day 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:36.320 out through an eighty two game season. So being able 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:37.880 to have the consistency to go out there and do that, 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:39.760 a lot of people don't have that. So I feel 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:42.440 like that's what separated him and like what made him 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:43.960 the MVP being able to go out there every single 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:45.520 night and kill and compete. 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:49.200 So you and Joel are obviously very different types of players, right, 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:51.440 But if you could take one piece of Joel's game 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:53.520 and add it to yours, what would it be. 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:58.160 I mean, he's smooth with the face of If I 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:00.360 get that face up, you know that night, a little 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:03.520 toucher in the mid range, I can take that heat. 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:04.880 Has he tried to teach you anything? 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:04.960 Like? 0:04:05.000 --> 0:04:06.440 Are you able to ask him about this stuff? 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:08.320 Nah? But we played one on one a couple of 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:10.520 times here and there. I'll just see like he loved 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:12.760 to draw him fouls and stuff like that, so I 0:04:12.760 --> 0:04:14.440 can pick up on that from him. 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:16.640 Playing one on one on one with Joel embid for 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:18.039 people that will never get to do that, which is 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:20.600 the vast majority of the population. What is it like? 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:24.000 I mean, it's fun, you know, It's just it's tough 0:04:24.040 --> 0:04:25.840 when he you know, he's seven foot and he tried 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:27.560 to get to the baskets. That's a little tough. But 0:04:27.600 --> 0:04:29.440 other than that, you know, it's pretty good. 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:32.440 Who else do you play one on one with? Most often? 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:33.039 On this roster? 0:04:33.520 --> 0:04:35.000 So we won't play one on one too often, but 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:38.680 when we do, it's probably be me p read. I 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:40.960 remember last year Tuck jumped in with us and then 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:42.720 Joe that was that was pretty cool. 0:04:42.760 --> 0:04:45.159 So you're always playing against bigger guys, Yeah, for sure, 0:04:45.240 --> 0:04:45.880 what's that like? 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:49.960 It's cool? I mean the NBA, everybody's pretty tall, so 0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:51.760 you gotta be able to adjust, you know what I mean? 0:04:52.200 --> 0:04:54.280 If you could take something from Tyresee's game, who's more 0:04:54.279 --> 0:04:57.160 of like similar stize wise, also a guard, what would 0:04:57.160 --> 0:04:57.760 you take from him? 0:04:58.240 --> 0:05:00.719 Uh? The way he attacks, like, you know, his energy, 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:02.640 So I feel like that's been pretty big for him 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:04.880 and transition, getting it downhill, getting to his floaters, and 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:07.400 just using his speeds to his advantage. That's pretty big. 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:09.159 New head coach this year for all of you guys. 0:05:09.160 --> 0:05:11.120 And it's interesting you're actually sort of getting the first 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:14.360 reps being coached by Nick Nurse. Yep, those guys that 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:16.599 we're talking about on the roster for the Sixers haven't 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:18.760 had that experience yet. What's it been like you're a 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:21.320 little around a weekend now with a new coach. What 0:05:21.360 --> 0:05:21.920 does it felt like? 0:05:22.160 --> 0:05:24.840 It's been great? You know, the whole staff like it's 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:28.279 a great staff, everybody is. The energy's there every single day. 0:05:28.920 --> 0:05:32.800 Everybody's locked in then learning the details and everything. So 0:05:33.040 --> 0:05:34.880 like you can just learn, you can tell you can 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:36.719 learn and get better in this environment. And so it's 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:37.440 been great. 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:40.760 When you think about training camp to come with this team, 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:43.440 what's it going to be like to get together and 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:46.159 understanding that you might play a bigger role yourself this year. 0:05:47.040 --> 0:05:49.920 When you think ahead to joining training camp in September, 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:52.640 what are you most looking forward to about bringing yourself 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:54.880 your skill set, the staff their skill set, and the 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:56.920 guys that you remember playing with from the last couple 0:05:56.920 --> 0:05:57.279 of years. 0:05:57.360 --> 0:05:59.880 I'm just I'm actually pretty excited seeing how this is going. 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:03.320 I'm excited to see how everybody blend together, the energy 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:06.240 and just the competitiveness, Like I can't wait to see 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:08.480 how that is, especially with the staff we have now. 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:10.760 So I just want to see how everybody interacts and 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:12.760 how it goes. So that's gonna be exciting. 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:15.000 To see two full seasons under your belt. Do you 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:17.920 favorite NBA cities, like favorite cities to play in, our 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:21.760 favorite cities to explore, hotels, restaurants. Where do you look 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:23.280 forward to going on the circuit? 0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:28.800 Let me think I don't know anywhere with one weather 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:33.400 like one weather is always great, you know, going to Florida, Orlando, Miami, 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:39.960 also California, those cities also like Toronto, going out to Canada, 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:41.680 it's like a different vibe a little bit, you know, 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:45.440 and then going back home to Charlotte. Can't go wrong 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:45.800 with that. 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:47.800 Do you bring? Do you have lots of fans come 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:49.360 and sit and cheer for you when. 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:51.880 You're in Charlotte's Oh for sure. My mom gonna make 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:52.920 sure everybody pull up? 0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:54.880 How many even so, like how big is the section 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:56.520 and who's in it? 0:06:56.520 --> 0:06:59.080 It could be anybody. I could have aunts, uncles, friends, 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:02.840 close friends, some of the homies, Like, anybody could be 0:07:02.880 --> 0:07:03.680 out there. You never know. 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:06.479 So you've been back in Charlotte training between when the 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:09.359 season ended and coming out here this summer league. We 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:12.160 saw a viral video of you making one hundred out 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:16.880 of one hundred and twenty one threes. How let's say, 0:07:16.960 --> 0:07:18.920 how normal is that for you? Like is your what 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:21.400 does your regimen look like? And how frequently are you 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:22.640 making threes at that rate? 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:27.440 Oh? Pretty often though, But all season that's definitely been 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:31.640 the main focus is shooting the ball. That's pretty much it. 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:34.960 That's all. I've been working on my handling, just trying 0:07:34.960 --> 0:07:37.560 to sharpen up my whole game. Been in the weight room, 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:40.280 working on my explosiveness and speed and stuff like that. 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:43.400 So just trying to take my overall game to another level. 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:45.920 That clip went pretty viral though, like were you paying attention? 0:07:45.920 --> 0:07:47.560 How online are you? Do you pay attention when that 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:48.119 stuff happens. 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:50.360 I'll be on line, but I don't use Twitter, so 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:52.400 I feel like everything's on Twitter, so I don't really 0:07:52.440 --> 0:07:54.520 be seeing nothing like that, so I don't know. I'll 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:56.720 be on Instagram though, that's. 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:59.160 Your favorite, that's your app of choice. Yeah, when you 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:01.920 communicate with people, is it text? Is it FaceTime? Is 0:08:01.960 --> 0:08:02.560 it DM? 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:02.720 Like? 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:04.360 How do you communicate with people you actually know? 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:12.160 Let me think? I think, I don't know. Sometimes I'll 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:14.040 be going to go some people. Sometimes I gotta stop that. 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:17.720 I do, I gotta stop that. But I say text 0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:21.880 text the most DM. Sometimes it just depends on the 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:24.160 mood I'm in. Some days I don't feel like like talking. 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:26.400 I'd be hanging out with my dogs. Sometimes I just 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:26.880 be chilling. 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:28.480 So, oh wait, tell me about your You have one dog, 0:08:28.480 --> 0:08:29.160 you have multiple dogs? 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:29.960 I have three dogs. 0:08:29.960 --> 0:08:32.640 Okay, introduce us, introduce the fan base to your dogs. 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:34.040 Tell us about them, all right. 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:38.280 So I got I got three French bulldogs. I got 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:41.440 two girls. One name is eleven, one name is Chrome. 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:43.720 Now I have a boy and his name is Hero. 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:46.080 Tell us where the names come from? My theories, but 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:46.840 I want to hear it from me. 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:52.520 So eleven is my name. I mean, eleven is my number. 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:55.280 So she got that name, and then I got Chrome, 0:08:55.640 --> 0:08:57.520 and then her color is like a chrome color, so 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:00.719 that's what I went with that, and then Hero, I 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:02.880 don't know. I just wanted the boy dog name them heroes. 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:04.520 So I don't know. It kind of fit. 0:09:04.760 --> 0:09:07.079 Did you watch Stranger Things? I did because I was 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:09.600 wondering if people eleven was you or that eleven? 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:11.719 No, people always ask that I got eleven because that's 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:13.080 just my number. That's always been my numbers. 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:14.840 Fair enough. What do you What do you stream? 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:14.960 Like? 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:15.559 What do you watch? 0:09:15.880 --> 0:09:23.160 I watch everything I watched, I watched everything. I don't 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:29.240 know Snowfall, I have seen power Ozark is kind of 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:31.400 scary creepy. Yeah. 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:34.200 I have a really low tolerance though, for like, that's 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:35.439 that's not too bad. 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:37.600 That's not too bad. I watched. I can. I can 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:39.400 name probably a hundred shows I don't watch. 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:41.600 What's the best thing that you watch, Let's say this year. 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:48.320 I don't know. I can't pick. I see so many shows, 0:09:48.360 --> 0:09:49.480 like it's all like a blur. 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:52.360 Is that like, what are your sort of past times? 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:52.480 Like? 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:55.000 Did you find yourself sitting watching TV? Is that like 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:56.200 one of the go tos? 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:58.240 Because outside of basketball, I'll get my work in, I 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:00.679 go home, I might I grab some food, I hang 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:02.480 out with my dogs and watch TV. That's literally how 0:10:02.480 --> 0:10:04.160 it goes. I'm not a big gamer or nothing like that. 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:05.320 So I just watched TV shows. 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:07.320 Who takes care of your dogs when you're on the road. 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:09.640 I got family that look out for me. I got 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:11.199 some family in Jersey and stuff like that. 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:13.520 Okay, So who moved out with you? When you came 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:14.959 to Philly for the first time? 0:10:15.040 --> 0:10:18.320 Oh? I was by myself? Yeah, I was by myself. 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:19.920 Okay, what was that like? Was that the first time 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:20.680 that you were on your own? 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:23.800 Nah? I was on my own in high school and 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:26.720 in college. So high school I went to like my 0:10:26.840 --> 0:10:29.200 sophomore I know, my junior year and my senior year 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:31.560 went to school called IMG in Florida, So it was 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:32.880 like a boarding school. You got to take care of 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:35.240 your stuff, do your own clothes and all that stuff. 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:36.720 So you learned early. 0:10:36.920 --> 0:10:38.880 Yeah, and then Tennessee, Tennessee. 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:41.920 What are the big things you'll remember about your time 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:44.480 at Tennessee because it was short, but you probably got 0:10:44.480 --> 0:10:45.960 a lot out of it. So what were the big 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:47.120 things from Tennessee? 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:50.360 I don't know. My college was different. I went during COVID, 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:52.800 so everything was like so restricted. It was so weird. 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:56.439 Even times we would have to practice on FaceTime, Like 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:58.280 like on FaceTime you have to it would be like 0:10:58.280 --> 0:11:00.360 two or three people at a time because the COVID 0:11:00.360 --> 0:11:02.320 outbreak we hit or something. So we're doing sprints on 0:11:02.400 --> 0:11:05.160 FaceTime with the train that Like college is different from. 0:11:05.000 --> 0:11:07.680 Me, but you'd be going into the gym and the 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:08.600 trainer wouldn't be there. 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:10.440 No, he'll be on FaceTime. We had to set up 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:12.360 the phone and he has to watch us do our 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:14.000 sprints and stuff like that. It was crazy. 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:15.800 I feel like we're sort of just now getting to 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:17.560 the point where we can like reflect on COVID and 0:11:17.559 --> 0:11:20.319 we can all talk to the weird stuff that was happening. 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:23.080 I mean, in my job, I was interviewing all you guys, 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:25.800 but only on zoom, like I was never seeing anyone. 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:28.440 And so like you think back, you're gonna tell your 0:11:28.559 --> 0:11:30.920 children about that one day. Yeah, they're gonna be like, Dad, 0:11:30.960 --> 0:11:33.439 you were what you were being taught on FaceTime? 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:34.640 Yeah, that was crazy. 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:36.760 So how much of a relief was it? Then? When 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:38.840 you got into the NBA and we're able to sort 0:11:38.880 --> 0:11:40.800 of work with people in person again. 0:11:40.720 --> 0:11:44.160 It was great. You know, I feel like everything started 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:46.520 to open back up again. You know, even my first year, 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:47.959 we still have to wear our masks, but once the 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:50.000 second year hit, nobody was really wearing our masks on 0:11:50.040 --> 0:11:51.600 the bench and stuff like that. They kind of started 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:53.360 easing up a little bit. So it was kind of 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:54.160 like a relief. 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:56.720 You know, you've had some good vets, You've had some 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:59.320 sort of like esteemed veterans. I'm thinking about Danny Green 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:01.160 and PJ Talk. Really those guys are kind of gonna 0:12:01.160 --> 0:12:04.199 go down in history as as like really great. That's 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:06.000 people that stayed in the league for a long time. 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:07.880 Is there anyone I'm missing When I think about like 0:12:07.920 --> 0:12:09.840 sort of who I see as your vets? 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:12.960 I like DeAndre Jordan, you know, He's cool. DeAndre Jordan 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:13.760 was cool for sure. 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:15.760 So when I when we talk about let's say those three, 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:19.640 maybe Dandy, PJ, DeAndre, what's something you've learned from each 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:21.320 of those three that you might want to take with 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:22.520 you as your career. 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:24.359 Continues being a professional. 0:12:24.960 --> 0:12:26.520 No, no, I'm gonna make you do all three of them. 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:33.800 Oh individually? Oh? Man, Tuck, Let's start with Tuck. Tuck. 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:37.439 You all see it like he just how can I 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:41.000 describe How can I describe Tuck? What as you say 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:41.440 about Tuck? 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:44.000 Like we all see it like he's just he's a 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:44.920 big presence. 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:47.600 Yeah, yeah, we could say that for sure. He's always there. 0:12:48.720 --> 0:12:50.480 He's a guy. He'll look out and he tries to 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:52.760 teach too, Like even even the other guy, even the 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:54.839 other vets, he'll talk to them and tell them be here, 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:57.720 be there, like details and stuff, now where you supposed 0:12:57.720 --> 0:12:59.720 to be in the court and the timing and all 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:01.800 the stuff. He's big on that. So I feel like 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:02.719 that's pretty pretty good. 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:04.600 I don't know if you remember his first practice last 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:06.880 year when we were all in Charleston, South Carolina, and 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:08.280 it was the first time that any of you had 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:09.640 really worked with him, because he was coming off of 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:12.760 an injury also, and I remember being so impressed by 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:15.319 it was his first day with you guys, and he 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:17.520 was not shy, like he was pulling guys around. He 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:20.760 was pulling people aside. Yeah, I feel like that's rather 0:13:20.880 --> 0:13:21.960 unique among players. 0:13:21.960 --> 0:13:23.920 You don't see that too much. So I can definitely 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:24.640 take that from him. 0:13:24.800 --> 0:13:27.040 Okay, you mentioned DeAndre. What's something you learned from him? 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:30.360 Dere having a good good energy. You know it'll be Tomsler. 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:32.880 Maybe he wasn't on the cord or playing and stuff 0:13:32.880 --> 0:13:34.520 like that, but you know, he always was positive, He 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:37.120 always had fun. He always tried to help out and 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:39.800 reach out whenever he can to anybody, even me. He'll 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:41.280 see me, He'll come all right, just check it out, 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:43.240 play one on one like like little stuff like that. 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:45.200 So I feel like he's definitely a good guy to 0:13:45.240 --> 0:13:46.040 have in your locker room. 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:50.960 Danny Green another defensive minded guard, maybe on or off court. 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:52.640 What's something that you're gonna think of when you think 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:53.480 about learning from him? 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:56.360 So Danny Green, he got I feel like he got 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:58.000 a mixture of both. You know, he got the he 0:13:58.040 --> 0:14:00.000 got his fun side. He can laugh, he can joke around. 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:01.920 I have a good time and then he got his 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:05.880 side where he's a series like teaching, teaching, here, go here, 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:08.840 be there, timing and stuff like that. Just being on 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:11.000 the court nowhere to be and know how to get 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:12.720 to your yourself in good position to get to your 0:14:12.720 --> 0:14:13.760 spots and stuff like that. 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:16.520 So, all right, a couple last questions. We think about 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:19.000 fans that want to get to know Jaden. What's something 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:22.720 that you think people should know about you that they 0:14:22.840 --> 0:14:23.720 don't already know. 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:29.600 I don't know. That's tough. I don't know. I'm pretty simple, 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:31.560 I hope, and I just watched TV, you know. 0:14:32.680 --> 0:14:33.920 But I feel like a lot of people can relate 0:14:33.920 --> 0:14:35.200 to that. Think about all the kids that are growing 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:36.520 up and those are the things that they like to 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:38.640 do too. We're thinking about summer League. Now we have 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:40.040 a little bit of time left. What are some of 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:41.600 your goals for the rest of summer league? 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:45.920 Goals for the rest of some league, win the rest 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:47.920 of these games. I would definitely want to win the 0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:52.400 rest of these games. Just being able to keep learning 0:14:52.400 --> 0:14:54.240 from the coaches the staff we have around this and 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:56.080 keep getting better and keep it proving. That's probably the 0:14:56.080 --> 0:14:58.200 biggest things for some ree I feel like, that's what 0:14:58.280 --> 0:15:01.040 it's about, just being able to showcase your talent and 0:15:01.080 --> 0:15:01.560 get better. 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:04.480 So, and when you think about the season ahead with 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:06.640 the Sixers, what are some of your goals for this 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:07.880 third year in the NBA. 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:10.560 Third year, I want to make a jump for sure. 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:12.680 Definitely want to make a jump. I feel like I've 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:14.320 been building each year I've been in the league. My 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:16.560 first year I built off that, my second year I 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:18.280 built off that. So I feel like I definitely want 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:19.360 to make another jump this year. 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:21.760 Is there anything about being in the NBA that you 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:25.560 maybe didn't expect that you've learned or something that like 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:28.160 expectations versus reality is something that I talked to your 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:30.440 teammates about a lot. So when you imagined being in 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:32.720 the NBA and what this life would be like, how 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:35.120 is it different from what you imagine or maybe what 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:37.040