WEBVTT - The BroadCast: 6/19/2018 ~ Draft Pod - Alaa Abdelnaby Previews '18 Draft Class 0:00:00.600 --> 0:00:03.880 Two days away from the twenty eighteen NBA Draft, and 0:00:03.960 --> 0:00:07.960 the seventy Sixers bringing back two prospects for visit number 0:00:07.960 --> 0:00:10.840 two at their training complex in camp To New Jersey 0:00:11.320 --> 0:00:14.480 on Tuesday. Kevin Knox coming back for a solo session 0:00:14.480 --> 0:00:18.079 in the afternoon, and Zayer Smith out of Texas Tech, 0:00:18.120 --> 0:00:21.280 will be part of another six man workout group earlier 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:25.640 in the morning. Brian Seltzer welcoming you back to another 0:00:25.760 --> 0:00:29.000 draft edition of the podcast. Really looking forward to hearing 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:32.479 from our guest on this edition of the podcast, none 0:00:32.520 --> 0:00:37.400 other than NBC Sports Philadelphia seventy Sixers analyst Alla Ablinabby 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:40.120 haven't heard his voice and about what is it now? 0:00:40.159 --> 0:00:43.440 A month's time or more, and it's a very welcoming, 0:00:43.760 --> 0:00:47.040 excellent voice to hear, as we've come to know over 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:49.440 the last couple of seasons. Olive, of course, before he 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:53.560 started doing Sixers games full time, was a college basketball 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:56.880 analyst for CBS Sports Network. He still does a couple 0:00:56.880 --> 0:00:59.120 of games here and there, so I thought, why not 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:01.760 reach out to him get his perspective on things about 0:01:01.760 --> 0:01:05.240 the Sixers and the draft. Before you bring in Allah, 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:08.200 reminders that to subscribe to the podcast, you can go 0:01:08.200 --> 0:01:13.560 to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, type in Sixers podcast Network. 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:18.479 We're also on SoundCloud at SoundCloud dot com, backslash Sixers. 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:22.520 Whatever the occasion, it is always excellent to be connecting 0:01:22.640 --> 0:01:26.720 with this man that we have on the line. Ala Abdelnaby, 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:29.560 what's up man? How you doing great? Brian, good to 0:01:29.600 --> 0:01:33.560 be with you. Is always always fun to talk basketball 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:35.679 with you, my friend. Listen, we're gonna get into some 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:37.639 of the stuff related to the draft, but we actually 0:01:37.640 --> 0:01:40.920 haven't spoken since the last game you Zoo and Molly 0:01:41.000 --> 0:01:44.520 worked for NBC Sports Philadelphia, which was the end of 0:01:44.520 --> 0:01:47.040 the first round for the seventy sixers against the Miami Heat. 0:01:47.280 --> 0:01:49.920 So I almost feel like there wasn't complete closure to 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:52.120 the season that we did not get to hear and 0:01:52.200 --> 0:01:57.320 Allah Abdelnaby take opinion, thought, perspective, insight on how everything 0:01:57.320 --> 0:01:59.960 shook out against the Boston Celtics. So before we die 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:01.560 even to the draft, would you think of about how 0:02:01.600 --> 0:02:05.600 the second round went well? I think the trick is 0:02:05.680 --> 0:02:10.280 to look past the disappointment that you feel when you 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:12.640 get eliminated and you get sent home. And I think 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:16.240 there's obviously, you know, a lot of disappointment losing to 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:19.520 the Celtics rightfully so, but I don't think for a 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:23.600 second that it should take away from anything that that 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:27.000 the Sittures did as a team as an organization this year, 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:30.399 with the fifty plus wins, with the way they conducted 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:35.200 themselves down the stretch of the regular season, playing about 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:38.600 as good as basketball as anybody on the planet was 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:41.600 playing at the time. So there was a lot of 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:46.240 positive and I don't forget the ten, ten, and seventy 0:02:46.240 --> 0:02:50.680 two seasons. It's still in my rearview mirror where I 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:53.480 can see it. And so when you think about that 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:55.880 season and you think about what we saw last year, 0:02:56.600 --> 0:02:59.600 the progress has been stunning and it was just a 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:02.960 far part. It was a fun thing to be a 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:04.760 part of it, and I felt it was also a 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:06.520 privilege to be a part of it, get to watch 0:03:06.520 --> 0:03:09.799 some really high level basketball and watch this team come 0:03:09.840 --> 0:03:13.680 together as a unit. The Sixers exceeded expectations. That's a 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:16.840 fair statement to make you think absolutely. I mean, come on, 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:18.600 if you would have told me we would have gone 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:22.000 over the fifty mark as far as wins are concerned 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:24.839 in October, I would have looked at you and said, 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:27.280 you know, probably, why don't you just tamper that down. 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:31.000 That's probably not realistic for this season. I would have 0:03:31.040 --> 0:03:33.919 thought perhaps that was something that the Sixers would have 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:36.240 been able to accomplish in the years moving forward. But 0:03:36.840 --> 0:03:39.320 that being said, it just speeds up the progress that 0:03:39.480 --> 0:03:42.960 much more because right now the Sixers have even more 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:45.840 to build up. When you broke into the league with 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:49.480 the Trailblazers back and the heyday of that franchise in 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:52.920 the early nineteen nineties, you were thrust in the midst 0:03:52.960 --> 0:03:55.200 of a situation. You've talked about this a lot in 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:57.520 the past, where that was a team competing at a 0:03:57.600 --> 0:04:00.800 high level. Do you think there is something too the 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:04.000 stance that if you're a young player, it takes going 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:07.280 through the playoffs the postseason to really get a feel 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:12.080 for what it's like, what it demands. Absolutely, it's a 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:14.800 great point you make, because the regular season is one thing, 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:19.039 and success in the regular season deserves a lot of 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:22.040 attention and credit and you should be lauded for it. 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:24.480 But I think it's a different beast when you get 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:26.720 into the playoffs, and I know that having gone through 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:30.880 it myself as a player, you just the game gets 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:34.240 taken to another level. You hear the phrase money time, 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:38.320 where it's you know, applied to the baseball playoffs, the 0:04:38.440 --> 0:04:41.200 same thing in the NBA. I think reputations are made 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:45.000 in the playoffs individually and collectively, and I think the 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:48.919 Sixers comported themselves really well as far as a team 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:52.039 that hadn't been in the playoffs for a while, had 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:55.839 a lot of guys that were going through it for 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.559 the first time and trying to find their way through 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:03.320 the difficulty of the NBA playoff season and finding some 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:07.520 success being able to navigate through that that there's a 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:10.400 lot to be said for that, and the Sixers have 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:12.799 a lot to be proud of. But again it should 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:15.839 only encourage them because I think it's something where you 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:18.600 learn about how far you can go, and you you 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:20.479 get knocked down a little bit, and then it makes 0:05:20.480 --> 0:05:22.520 you want to go a little further, and hopefully that's 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:27.280 the fire that's burning between inside of each and every player. 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:30.520 Because there's a lot more to do. From the fan perspective, 0:05:30.640 --> 0:05:33.520 it might be understandable for someone to say, well, you know, 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:36.479 the Sixers went on this great run and who knocked 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:39.160 them out a division rival, the Celtics, And oh, by 0:05:39.200 --> 0:05:41.680 the way, their timeline looks like it's pretty similar right 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:44.000 now to where the Sixers are in terms of having 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:46.080 a youthful core and what they might be able to add. 0:05:46.120 --> 0:05:49.400 But from this standpoint, from the coverage standpoint a member 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:52.240 of the media, I think it's an awesome storyline where 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:54.839 you have these two long time rivals. I think it's 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:56.560 no doubt about it that we're going to get a 0:05:56.600 --> 0:06:00.760 big time revivalry of it, and you got these young 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:03.880 players in the thick of it that foreseeably could be 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:07.120 duking it out for years to come. Yeah, no, I 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:10.720 agree with you, and listen, having played for both organizations 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:13.600 and more in that jersey for both teams, they're both 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:18.920 proud teams, both teams with proud, long histories that they 0:06:19.000 --> 0:06:22.800 like to draw upon and rightfully so it's still a 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:25.520 big treat. You know this from knowing me over the 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:27.800 years when Doctor Jays in the building, when any of 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:32.360 the old seventy Sixers are around, because there's a source 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:34.360 of pride there, and the Celtics are the same way. 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:37.640 And now to see the modern versions of those teams 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:40.080 playing at a high level, how could you not love that? 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:42.680 How could you not be caught up in the fun 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:46.640 because of what the history has shown us in the past. 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:49.400 You know, it's kind of like a history is prologue 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:52.960 while it's the same idea, and that it promises the future. 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:56.320 And what we've seen as far as little glimpses so 0:06:56.440 --> 0:07:00.839 far of the little rivalry that's budding. Yeah, there's a 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:02.640 lot to be excited about it. It's going to be 0:07:02.640 --> 0:07:05.680 fun because I think right now, whoever is looking over 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:08.240 the other person's shoulder, both teams will be pretty close 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:11.320 to each other. As if an eighty two plus game workload, 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:14.960 we're not enough for you between the months of October, 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:18.320 April and to May. Inevitably, it seems like if I'm 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:20.120 sitting at home on an off night and I turn 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:23.560 on the television and I scroll through once twice, maybe 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:27.200 three times, their pops allah Alblnaby doing a game for 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:30.880 CBS Sports Network something like that. On the college level, 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:33.520 how much fun do you still have keeping tabs in 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:36.960 that area of the sport. I love it because it 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:39.480 helps me do my job with the Sixers too. You've 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:42.640 heard me over the years, and I know our listeners 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:44.640 and our viewers have heard me over the years, you know, 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:47.480 HARKing back to guys in their careers in college and 0:07:47.840 --> 0:07:50.800 what they were doing, and what their scouting report was 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:53.360 coming out of college, and how far they've progressed. I 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:56.520 wouldn't be able to know any of that stuff if 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:59.640 I didn't have the collegiate background. So I'm grateful. Listen, 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:01.720 we know what it's like in our business when the 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:05.360 phone rings. One you're grateful, and two you answer with 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:08.840 a yes, regardless of what they ask you to do. 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:11.840 So from my standpoint, I'm just grateful that the phone 0:08:11.920 --> 0:08:15.600 keeps ringing and I get to be around kids, whether 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:19.000 it's the seventy six ers twenty year olds or it's 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:22.280 some of the collegiate eighteen and nineteen year olds. Either way, 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:24.680 I'm a lucky dude. What are you making this year's 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:29.600 draft class? I think it's deep. I think there's there's 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:32.560 a couple of diamonds in the rough there that I 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:35.160 think may catch some people by surprise. I'm not worried 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:38.440 about the seventy sixers picking at tenth. Would you like 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:40.640 to pick earlier? Of course you'd like to pick earlier, 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:43.120 but I think that there could be some talent there. 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:46.560 I'm also hearing things about the sixers wanting to move 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:51.680 and use that pick maybe to lure someone else here 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:54.680 or to move up in the draft. So that's I 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:57.760 find that interesting too. But I think if the Sixers 0:08:57.760 --> 0:09:00.240 were to stand pat at ten, I think that some 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:03.040 potential talent there, because I think I do think that 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:05.520 there's a lot of talent coming out of college this year. 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:08.160 If you're a fan, you gotta love to hear something 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:11.000 like what Brett Brown said the other week. We plan 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:14.560 to be bold, We plan to be aggressive. Essentially said, 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:17.600 if there's a chance to do something that we really 0:09:17.640 --> 0:09:21.280 believe in and it requires some strength and fortitude, we're 0:09:21.280 --> 0:09:23.560 gonna go out and do it. And listen, with a 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:25.440 tenth of the stake of the draft is what the 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:29.280 seventy six ers hold. They have plenty of assets, they do. 0:09:29.400 --> 0:09:33.000 And I love the way Brett phrases that because it's 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:36.320 how they play too, the bold and they're aggressive, and 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:39.559 I think that'll attract guys. You know, you heard. We 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:43.839 heard guys like Marco Belinelli, JJ Reddick, veterans who have 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:45.920 been around the league and played for a number of 0:09:45.960 --> 0:09:48.200 different teams, and both of them, throughout the course of 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:51.280 this past season, talked about a number of times talked 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:54.080 about how much fun they're having out there, how much 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:56.719 fun they enjoy playing, whether it's with Joel, whether it's 0:09:56.760 --> 0:09:59.319 with Ben, or whether it's just a collective unit in 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:02.280 the way Brett Brown likes to play. So I think 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:05.720 that the league, being a small league that gets around 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:09.720 people notice that people hear what guys like JJ Reddick 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:13.479 and Marco Belinelli say, and they and they figure when 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:16.400 it's their time to decide where they're going, Hey, maybe 0:10:16.400 --> 0:10:19.840 Philadelphia is a destination I might consider. Because of all 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:22.880 those factors we just talked about, it's a lot different 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:25.120 than it was three years ago. And I think Brett 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:28.160 Brown and his boldness, if you will, in the organization's 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:30.440 boldness has a lot to do with it. In your 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:33.560 three now plus years getting to know him, just what 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:36.880 would you say, gives him the strength of leadership that 0:10:36.920 --> 0:10:40.120 he has, especially now as he guides the Sixers through 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:43.720 this transition period. Well, I listen, I played for a 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:46.079 great coach and coach k and the best part about 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:49.720 him was his communications. You always knew where you stood 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:52.719 in his eyes, what he needed to work on it. 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:56.120 I think Brett's the same way, even more so because 0:10:56.160 --> 0:10:58.280 now you've got guys, and you've got to worry about 0:10:58.280 --> 0:11:01.760 egos even more than you on the collegiate level, and 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:04.160 you got to worry about getting all the different guys 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:07.240 in the locker rooms and their egos and their agendas 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:10.720 all on the same page. And I think that UM 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:14.600 in itself at times goes unnoticed because you just figure, well, 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:17.000 how hard is it to field five guys out there 0:11:17.000 --> 0:11:20.720 and call subs Well, it's a lot harder than than 0:11:19.960 --> 0:11:25.000 than than someone on the surface would would would see. 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:27.600 And I think that's something that UM, I think goes 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:29.960 a long way. He's really really good at. I mean, 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:32.800 he's really really good at communicating with us when we 0:11:32.840 --> 0:11:35.840 talk to him UM, and when we asked him questions, 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:39.680 and when he's forthcoming, it's enlightening. And I think that's 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:42.679 the same thing when when when you see how he 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:45.640 deals with his players. That's another thing that I think 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:48.959 makes Philadelphia an attractive destination. I gotta say, I think 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:51.040 one of the more entertaining, at least for me, parts 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:53.760 of this pre draft period is getting to listen to 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:57.840 your fellow Duke Blue Devil brethren ellen Brand, get in 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:00.920 front of the mic and get some FaceTime, which I 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:02.840 know he's not seeking, but it's been great to hear 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:06.880 his personnel insights and just how much more comfortable he seems. 0:12:07.200 --> 0:12:09.360 Not that he was lacking for confidence this time last 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:10.960 year when he was about to go in to his 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:14.120 first season as a G League general manager, But no, 0:12:14.600 --> 0:12:16.920 I've been loving hearing what he's got to say, and 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:18.880 it seems like he really has the pulse on what's 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:20.480 going on. And I thought he brought up an interesting 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:23.520 point on Monday that right now it sounds like the 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:27.400 conversation with the Sixers very much as revolving around fit 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:30.840 versus potential and going back to let's say the Sixers 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:33.760 stay at ten. That type of debate, to me at least, 0:12:33.760 --> 0:12:36.000 seems like it gets thrust in the forefront when you're 0:12:36.000 --> 0:12:37.960 at a spot like that, and especially when you take 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:41.079 into account the dynamic of the seventy six ers roster 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:44.240 and how minutes might not quite be readily available, you 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:47.200 would presume at the start of next season, well, listen, 0:12:47.240 --> 0:12:48.880 you're gonna want a guy who is gonna want to 0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:51.640 come in and accept his role, whatever role that may be. 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:55.200 And at times, because of the guys that we already 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:57.800 have and potentially you may bring in You may not 0:12:58.120 --> 0:13:01.559 have to do the same thing you did in college. 0:13:01.600 --> 0:13:03.880 You may have to adjust. You know, I remember going 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:06.640 to the Portland team and realizing all of a sudden 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:09.199 that Klyd Drexa didn't need twenty points out of me 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:12.560 at night. It's the same thing here. Brett Brown and 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:16.720 Joel Embiide and Ben Simmons may not need twenty points 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:18.840 a night out of the number ten pick whoever he 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:21.439 may be. But he may have to learn how to defend. 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:24.080 He may have to learn how to defend guys he's 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:27.600 never covered before, because defense is a pillar of what 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:29.960 Brett Brown wants to do. So I think you know 0:13:30.120 --> 0:13:33.600 the fit part. I understand because it's all about character. 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:38.480 And listen, I think character is an overlooked quality as well. 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:40.800 A lot of people will tell you when you've got 0:13:40.840 --> 0:13:43.160 people of character, you've got people you can depend on. 0:13:44.160 --> 0:13:46.160 Not trying to imply it. The seventy six ers might 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:48.720 favor one of these guys over another. But if we 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:51.280 zero in on the wing position and I throw out 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:55.920 names that you like Kevin Knox, Miles Bridges and mcale Bridges, 0:13:56.000 --> 0:13:58.760 and I'll catch that by saying, no particular order, what's 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:03.520 a thumbnail sketch they would give. Of those three guys. Well, listen, Knox. 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:06.360 I like um and from what I hear, he's you know, 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:10.720 he's gone up the draft board and his ability. I 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:12.680 like the his ability to put the ball on the floor. 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:15.920 The other two, the Bridges guys, I've gotten a chance 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:18.880 to see them a lot. And Miles Bridges for Michigan 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:22.040 State's a little bit more beefier. He's a little bit 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:25.320 more athletic than the Villanova Bridges, but at the same time, 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:27.920 he can shoot it a little bit, put the ball 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:31.640 on the floor. He has learned to play facing the basket. 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:35.160 He came out of high school, the one in Michigan State, 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:38.120 Miles Bridges, he came out being predominantly back to the 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:40.600 basket burley kind of player. And now all of a 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:43.120 sudden you see him now starting to play more face up. 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:47.720 And then the Bridges and the Michael Bridges out of Villanova. 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:50.800 I like him because I think he's closer to what 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:54.960 Brett Brown wants. Defensively, I think Miles Bridges has a 0:14:54.960 --> 0:14:57.520 little bit more defensive work on the defensive end to do, 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:02.000 because I think he's had to. However, just the physical 0:15:02.240 --> 0:15:05.200 the physical guys in the big ten. Now on this level, 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:07.480 you mentioned there being a swing, he's going to be 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:09.440 out under perimeter a lot more so. I think that's 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:13.240 the adjustment that a guy like Miles Bridges has more 0:15:13.240 --> 0:15:15.600 to make than a Michael Bridges. I think Michael Bridges 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:18.600 is a perhaps in that regard, a better fit. But 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:20.840 I don't think you can lose a lot because I 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:23.400 don't think you're gonna ask a lot of these guys 0:15:24.200 --> 0:15:28.120 when they come into this team and play whatever role 0:15:28.280 --> 0:15:32.680 in whatever minutes they get. So I think whatever whatever 0:15:32.800 --> 0:15:35.280 guy you get, I think he's going to have to 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:37.400 embrace his role. And I think it starts on the 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:41.000 defensive end. Would you think that after the big man position, 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:43.360 whether it's a power for or center in this draft, 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:46.920 wing is where there's the next quality of depth closer 0:15:46.960 --> 0:15:49.920 towards the top. I do. I think there's a number 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:53.440 of different guys um that play both ends of the floor, 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:56.320 you know, that play and transition, and I think the 0:15:56.440 --> 0:16:00.600 Sixers need that. I think we talked about the ultimate 0:16:00.720 --> 0:16:04.360 swing guy, if you will, for I guess about a 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:06.640 year and a half now, noticing that that's something that 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:09.840 the Sixers could use there's a few of those out there, 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:12.280 but again, let's not expect him to come in and 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:16.240 be incredibly productive NBA players their first year. What we 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:19.920 saw from Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid, those guys are outliers, 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:22.560 not the norm. I have to ask you about some 0:16:22.600 --> 0:16:25.320 of the men who held from your own pedigree. Dan 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:29.320 In Durham at North Carolina, Marvin Bagley seems like it 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:31.080 would be surprising if he did not go in the 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:34.520 top three. But Wendell Carter, he seems to be floating 0:16:34.560 --> 0:16:39.120 around that seven ten eleven range. What do you like 0:16:39.160 --> 0:16:42.200 about Wendell Carter, Well, what I like is he's added 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:44.440 stuff to his game. You know. He first of all, 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:47.440 he's one of these guys that rebounds with two hands 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:50.720 and everything's above the rim. He plays big, That's the 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:52.880 first thing I like about him. He's got long arms, 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:56.880 he's got great reach. The old phrase wingspan comes in 0:16:56.920 --> 0:17:00.480 with him. He's got he's quick off the ground. Um. 0:17:00.480 --> 0:17:03.640 He's not an overwhelming athlete like a bag leap, but 0:17:03.720 --> 0:17:07.000 he's a good athlete. UM. I like it because every 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:09.320 time he gets the ball around the rim, he also 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:12.480 just tries to dunk it. Um. He's there's not a 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:15.439 lot of finesse in his game. But that being said, 0:17:15.960 --> 0:17:18.560 um towards the other stretches in the season where I 0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:21.240 saw him shoot a couple of threes at a decent clip, 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:24.080 because I think he realizes that he's going to happen 0:17:24.080 --> 0:17:25.800 to the way the game has played at this level, 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:29.280 add that to his game game. So that's what I 0:17:29.320 --> 0:17:31.280 mean about him getting better. I think he's one of 0:17:31.320 --> 0:17:34.400 these young kids. From what I understand, he's a he's 0:17:34.440 --> 0:17:37.320 a gym rat. He likes likes to work on his game. 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:39.400 So that's something that's going to bode well for him, 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:42.360 especially when you consider he's got a lot of work 0:17:42.400 --> 0:17:44.400 to do and we haven't gotten to college for one year. 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:49.320 Michael Porter the most intriguing prospect in this draft to you, Yeah, 0:17:49.320 --> 0:17:53.119 but his back worries me, you know, And Um, I 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:58.399 think that's the issue. Is it's the unknown, right Um, 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:02.640 and if if if it's become an issue at an 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:06.240 early age. You know, the back situation has a word 0:18:06.280 --> 0:18:08.960 that gets applied to a degenerative or which means it 0:18:09.040 --> 0:18:13.399 doesn't get better, it steadily gets worse. And that means 0:18:13.440 --> 0:18:17.080 that he's going to have to stay on it, stay flexible. 0:18:17.480 --> 0:18:20.040 He's gonna need a lot of close attention on it. 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:23.480 And you just wonder, you know, is somebody that young 0:18:24.240 --> 0:18:27.320 that going to be that mature and that diligent about 0:18:27.440 --> 0:18:30.800 keeping after his back and staying healthy. It's a risk. 0:18:30.960 --> 0:18:34.399 But can he play. Absolutely he can play. But again, 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:36.639 the back is a little bit different and it's a 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:39.160 little more worrisome than other parts of the body. Where 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:41.359 would you expect Rayson Allen to go in terms of 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:45.280 range of the draft. I wouldn't expect him to go 0:18:45.400 --> 0:18:48.760 before twenty, you know, but I have heard, you know, 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:52.560 he's had really good workouts, and from what I know 0:18:52.600 --> 0:18:55.800 about him, the first thing I always tell people is, 0:18:55.920 --> 0:18:59.560 you know, he's more athletic than you think he's. You know, 0:18:59.600 --> 0:19:04.440 he's obviously from what I understand, his vertical leap had impressed, 0:19:04.520 --> 0:19:09.399 his speed impressed, his lateral movement impressed. I know Danny 0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:13.480 Ainge and Boston loves him. So again, I don't expect 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:15.159 him to go high. I don't expect him to be 0:19:15.200 --> 0:19:17.280 a lottery pick, but I expect him to come in. 0:19:18.400 --> 0:19:21.320 They'll struggle a little bit initially with the physicality, but 0:19:21.400 --> 0:19:23.640 I think once he gets a little stronger. I think 0:19:23.680 --> 0:19:25.440 Grayson is going to be a good pro for about 0:19:25.440 --> 0:19:27.439 a good eight to ten years. I'm not sure if 0:19:27.440 --> 0:19:29.360 you've ever gotten a sense of this, but with your 0:19:29.400 --> 0:19:32.880 connections between both the nc double A and the NBA, 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:35.600 do you have any idea of just how frequently NBA 0:19:35.720 --> 0:19:38.760 personnel people are on the phone with college coaches, whether 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:41.800 it's a head coach or an assistant this time of year, 0:19:42.080 --> 0:19:44.720 preceding the height of the draft period, just trying to 0:19:44.760 --> 0:19:47.919 get more intel. Is that a regular thing, Listen, I 0:19:48.000 --> 0:19:50.080 think they do a lot more than that, brother. I 0:19:50.119 --> 0:19:55.000 think people they send people to your family and friends 0:19:55.080 --> 0:19:59.240 and they ask about you. I've had you heard stories 0:19:59.280 --> 0:20:02.560 about they'll send people to your teachers to ask you 0:20:02.600 --> 0:20:05.920 to what kind of worker you are. There's a lot 0:20:05.960 --> 0:20:09.320 more involved. Yeah, I would definitely say, Brian, that they're talking, 0:20:09.400 --> 0:20:12.600 that's at the very least talking to their college coaches, 0:20:12.720 --> 0:20:15.480 and hopefully their college coaches are giving them, you know, 0:20:15.560 --> 0:20:19.840 the truth, you know whether or not the players got 0:20:19.880 --> 0:20:22.680 some shortcomings, because let's face it, they all got some shortcomings. 0:20:22.720 --> 0:20:25.600 But again, also the college coach is gonna be defending 0:20:25.640 --> 0:20:29.000 his player to talk about his upside. You mentioned earlier, 0:20:29.280 --> 0:20:32.040 the idea of there being some diamond in the rough 0:20:32.119 --> 0:20:35.119 type prospects in this draft. There any names of guys 0:20:35.119 --> 0:20:37.600 that you've seen over your travels or just have enjoyed 0:20:38.000 --> 0:20:41.240 watching this season that that you think are at a 0:20:41.280 --> 0:20:45.639 good level to possibly step in phil role do something 0:20:45.640 --> 0:20:49.560 on a roster. I think Trey Young at Oklahoma is 0:20:49.600 --> 0:20:52.960 a guy that he may not have been crushing it 0:20:53.119 --> 0:20:57.160 during these these workouts, but I like his physical package. 0:20:57.240 --> 0:20:59.200 The only knock on him, if I was going to 0:20:59.280 --> 0:21:02.880 critique his game, he's a little small and his shot 0:21:02.960 --> 0:21:06.399