WEBVTT - Stock Check, with Dei Lynam and Devon Givens 0:00:00.560 --> 0:00:03.680 The big Man was back, and all things considered, he 0:00:03.800 --> 0:00:07.200 was pretty darn amazing. Free buy him bead from out front, 0:00:07.280 --> 0:00:10.320 and that's good man, the big Man getting it done. 0:00:10.480 --> 0:00:13.800 He now has thirty points in the game. But another 0:00:13.840 --> 0:00:16.920 triple double from Joel Embiid wasn't enough for the seventy Sixers. 0:00:17.239 --> 0:00:20.319 In another late season showdown in the Eastern Conference, and 0:00:20.480 --> 0:00:24.040 the Milwaukee Bucks defeat the Sixers here in Philadelphia. A 0:00:24.200 --> 0:00:27.640 closing flurry by the Bucks puts them in the win 0:00:27.760 --> 0:00:29.920 cottom with a week to go before the playoffs. A 0:00:30.000 --> 0:00:32.600 discussion about the state of the squad with d Line 0:00:32.680 --> 0:00:42.080 Them and Devon Gibbons on this episode of the broadcast, Hello, 0:00:42.640 --> 0:00:47.000 how are you seventy Sixers pod people? Hope everything's good 0:00:47.840 --> 0:00:49.639 in terms of following the basketball team. I know it's 0:00:49.640 --> 0:00:52.760 a little bit frustrating right now. Three straight losses, kind 0:00:52.800 --> 0:00:55.080 of amazing. It's the first time this season the Sixers 0:00:55.080 --> 0:00:56.880 have dropped three games in a row. You have to 0:00:56.880 --> 0:00:59.000 go all the way back to the second round of 0:00:59.000 --> 0:01:02.120 the playoffs last year to find the last instance that 0:01:02.240 --> 0:01:05.039 the Sixers dropped three straight games, which in and of 0:01:05.080 --> 0:01:08.520 itself is telling of a couple things. One the relative 0:01:08.640 --> 0:01:11.280 consistency the seventy Sixers have had in terms of their 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:14.880 success over the course of the twenty eighteen nineteen season, 0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:17.760 but also the current state of affairs guys in and 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:20.080 out of the lineup, and not just any guys, some 0:01:20.120 --> 0:01:22.480 of the best players on the team, whether it's been 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:25.440 Joel Embiad missing for three straight games on a road trip, 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:28.800 Jimmy Butler in and out a bit with varying issues. 0:01:29.520 --> 0:01:31.440 It's late in the year, the playoffs are coming in. 0:01:31.480 --> 0:01:33.880 The seventy Sixers are trying to get there. It's been 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:36.759 a difficult stretch, but I thought against the Bucks, even 0:01:36.760 --> 0:01:39.960 in that loss on Thursday at the Center, there are 0:01:40.000 --> 0:01:44.080 some things too hopefully build upon. I'm Brian Seltzer. Thanks 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:46.840 so much for checking out the podcast. As always, you 0:01:46.880 --> 0:01:48.640 can find us on a couple of places. If you 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:52.480 are not yet a subscriber to our feed, Apple Podcasts, 0:01:52.760 --> 0:02:00.640 Google Podcasts, Stitcher, SoundCloud, pocketcasts, tune in. Just type in 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:03.760 Sixers podcast Network and look for us. We're gonna talk 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:08.320 with de line Them and Divine Gibbons to resident leading 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:13.120 seventy Sixers basketball experts in our great city of Philadelphia 0:02:13.280 --> 0:02:16.639 and beyond. We do a regular Sixers and Sixties show 0:02:16.680 --> 0:02:19.720 presented by the Great people at Toyota on ninety seven 0:02:19.800 --> 0:02:22.160 five to The Fanatic, the flagship station of the Sixers 0:02:22.160 --> 0:02:25.760 in Philadelphia. So we're gonna play back a conversation from 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:29.120 that the three of us sat down before the Sixers 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:32.400 hosted the Bucks in that game on Thursday at the Center, 0:02:32.760 --> 0:02:35.600 Joel embiid it was expected that he would make his return, 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:39.440 and make his return he did thirty four points, thirteen rebounds, 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:43.040 thirteen assists, three block shots, just the third player of 0:02:43.160 --> 0:02:47.360 record in NBA history, according to the Great Website Basketball Reference, 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:50.840 to post those minimums in a single game. But Janni 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:54.520 sendat Kompo and the Bucks won the day. The Freak 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:59.280 forty five points, thirteen rebounds, six assists, five block shots. 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:02.800 George Hill off the bench with twenty. He scored seven 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:05.000 straight to put the Bucks in front for good. But 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:08.360 as I said before tipoff happened and got underway in 0:03:08.400 --> 0:03:10.440 front of a sold out crowd at the Center. It 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:13.680 was me d line them and Divine givens on the 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:16.760 Fanatic from PJ. Wilhans at the Center and doing an 0:03:16.760 --> 0:03:19.200 episode of six and sixty, and I thought, given the 0:03:19.240 --> 0:03:21.640 subject matter, us reflecting on the state of the team, 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:24.440 what needs to happen going into the playoffs, and then 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:27.080 once they get into the playoffs, it'll be worthwhile to 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:29.680 play back the chat. So here it is the seventy 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:32.800 sixers and the best team in the NBA, the Milwaukee Bucks, 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:35.640 down here at the Sports Complex, and we've got our 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:38.640 second to last episode of six Ers and sixty presented 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:41.960 by Toyota of the season. A great occasion to have it. 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:44.920 I'm Brian Seltzer from Sixers dot Com. It is awesome 0:03:44.920 --> 0:03:48.160 to be with Devon Givens and de line them. Lady 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:52.440 and gentlemen. What's good, Thanks, Bri. I'm hoping for better 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:55.280 basketball than we saw twenty four hours ago, that's for sure. 0:03:56.080 --> 0:03:58.920 Oh absolutely, d I mean we needed something better and 0:03:58.960 --> 0:04:01.400 I went off a little bit on these two nights. 0:04:01.760 --> 0:04:04.480 Winning in Minnesota was fantastic, but they couldn't follow it 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:08.000 up with the two that they needed from Atlanta, and 0:04:08.520 --> 0:04:11.520 that one was really troublesome for me, the one last 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:13.760 night in Atlanta. So hopefully they can bounce back against 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:17.120 this Milwaukee Bucks team. Who I guess we'd have some 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:20.599 guys in the lineup tonight and perhaps revenge on the 0:04:20.640 --> 0:04:23.400 mind after the seventy Sixers knocked them off a couple 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:25.720 weeks ago on that Sunday game on Saint Patty's Day 0:04:25.720 --> 0:04:29.320 at Fiser Forum. The Sixers, guys, they have lost four 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:31.640 out of their last six games. They have not been healthy. 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:34.560 I think it's really important to state that right off 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:37.400 the top before we get into the details of where 0:04:37.400 --> 0:04:39.359 the Sixers are at this late stage of the season. 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:42.320 They have not been healthy, but I also you want 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:45.280 to see some juice before the playoffs come around, right, 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:47.440 and it's just been something that they have been struggling 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:49.960 to find, regardless of who's been in who's been out. 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:51.840 Joell and Beats questionable. He's gonna be a game time 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:54.560 decision tonight. Know, Jimmy Butler, he was involved in a 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:56.880 collision at mid court down the stretch of last night's game. 0:04:57.160 --> 0:04:59.679 He missed the game before last night with some back tightness. 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:02.200 JJ Reddick was a question mark. He is going to 0:05:02.240 --> 0:05:05.520 be available tonight. James Ennis the third hurt. He's not 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:08.080 gonna play, So we're gonna see some different combinations and 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:10.800 once again a not full strength Sixers team time. But 0:05:10.880 --> 0:05:14.520 I think you need to be getting closer to being 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:18.320 healthy because no matter what, it's starting next weekend with 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:21.080 the playoffs, and I mean I think we all know 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:24.000 that Jimmy Butler, come playoff time, even if you have 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:26.600 a sore back, you'll be out there. I think that 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:31.000 James Nis, James Ennis the third concerned Brett today a 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:33.520 little bit more than you would have thought, only because 0:05:33.800 --> 0:05:36.960 he thought he had his rotation in terms of perimeter 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:39.760 guys set and he doesn't know what the quad injury 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:42.359 is now or how far it'll set him back. But 0:05:42.440 --> 0:05:45.400 that seemed to be of concern to Brett Brown a 0:05:45.440 --> 0:05:47.520 little while ago. Well, the fact that he limped off 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:50.200 the way that he did pretty much immediately after it happened, 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:53.039 walking right to the locker room in Atlanta, and you 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:55.080 saw that it was it was enough for him to 0:05:55.200 --> 0:05:57.400 again just walk off the floor because he needed to 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:00.479 have it addressed immediately. And I too, and we talked 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:03.720 about this before D and Selt where James Ennis look 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:06.000 to be that wing player off the bench where you 0:06:06.040 --> 0:06:08.640 felt like you can feel you feel comfortable with him 0:06:09.240 --> 0:06:11.640 doing what he needs to do. Jonathan Simmons will see 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:14.640 how it works out now, but James Ennis was the 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:17.520 first wing player off the bench, giving you some good minutes, 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:20.800 some solid point production from time to time. And right now, 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:22.960 with this happening, where what does he go? Now? Does 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:25.360 he turn to Shake Milton Ziere Smith? Just to see 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:28.080 tonight if in the event that they need some wing 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:30.080 help that one of those two players can in fact 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:31.839 step in for a few minutes. I think we'll see 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:35.360 him go to Zaire first, just because not knowing how 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:39.800 long Ennis would be out Shake Camp play in the postseason, 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:42.720 and Ziyer might be needed, and so you might as 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:44.320 well get the run from him now to see what 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:46.960 you're what you're up again? Sure? I agree? I agree? 0:06:47.000 --> 0:06:50.240 And that's that says it all right there, Since the 0:06:50.279 --> 0:06:52.799 fact that Shake Milton is not eligible for the postseason 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:55.680 and you can have Zaire Smith, that's the direction that 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:58.600 they should go. Brett Brown six and sixty presented by 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:00.800 Toyota Here on the Fanatic top of the hour, Tom 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:03.400 McGinnis will bring to you the Sixers and the NBA 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:06.360 Best Milwaukee Bucks. We got Brian McLaughlin at the controls 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:08.960 phone number six one zero six three, two zero nine 0:07:09.080 --> 0:07:12.240 seventy five. Will start it off with a question, an 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:14.000 obvious question. I don't think it's a question that the 0:07:14.040 --> 0:07:16.720 seventy sixers are hiding from at this point in the year, 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:19.840 but it's certainly a pressing one. What is this group 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:22.480 right now? I mean since the Dubias Harris trailer. I'll 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:23.960 go through a couple numbers. I try to think at 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:27.280 two bog down and stats doesn't always translate well to 0:07:27.360 --> 0:07:30.880 the audio streaming or old FM and TANNA if you're 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:32.040 listening in your card. And by the way, where at 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:33.560 PJA Wheelhands at the center? So if you're getting in 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:35.680 the building, stop by second one, oh fie, oh six, 0:07:35.800 --> 0:07:38.200 good shout out to PJ Wheelhands. All right, eight and 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:41.920 two seventy sixers record in games played with the projected 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:46.560 top starting five Simmons, Reddick, Butler, Harris and Joel Embiid. 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:52.240 They've beaten some of the best teams in the league Denver, indeed, Milwaukee, Boston. 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:54.800 They knocked off Brooklyn right before Joel set out this 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:57.800 last stretch of three games. So I think there is 0:07:57.840 --> 0:07:59.680 something to that. There's something to be said for that. 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:02.560 But it's also in tandem with this whole notion of 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:05.480 well when can it click? How quickly could it quick 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:08.480 So just I'm curious how you guys feel. What do 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:10.320 we know right now and what is the confidence. I 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:13.120 don't think we know anything really as of yet, except 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:15.400 where they have a nice starting five on paper and 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:19.240 not having to see them long before a long stretch consecutively. 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:21.720 I mean, where where we can get a good feel 0:08:21.760 --> 0:08:24.320 the continuity. We can see it on the floor and say, oh, okay, 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:26.800 that pick and roll works. You can see where that 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:29.840 dive to the basket from Ben Simmons is effortless because 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:32.920 the passes effortless from Jimmy Butler or to Bias Harris 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:35.280 in this case, because Butler's been here longer. We don't 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:37.480 know all of those things yet. And that's where, again, 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:39.800 the continuity and being able to stay on the floor 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:42.360 together those ten get those few games that you were 0:08:42.400 --> 0:08:45.839 talking about. It's just not enough right now now. Are 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:47.760 they good enough to flip the switch when it comes 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:50.360 to the postseason for me? Right now? No, because they 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:52.960 haven't had enough time to do so, even practice time. 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:55.840 They have not had enough time to figure it all out. 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:58.760 Could they eventually? They're all pros? They are. They even 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:01.520 running the same place. But there's nothing like being on 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:05.160 the floor together to actually get it done, to feel 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:07.440 good about it and say we can in fact go 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:09.440 out there and execute these plays the way we need. 0:09:09.520 --> 0:09:12.280 And it's not even offensively so much as we talked 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:14.680 about all year long. It's on the defensive end that 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:18.040 really stands out for me. The only switch that I 0:09:18.120 --> 0:09:22.599 have ultimate confidence in being able to do it is 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:25.960 Joel Embiid. I really do. I think the times that 0:09:26.000 --> 0:09:28.640 we have seen him were turned from an injury. Whether 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:30.000 we want to go to the eight games that he 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:32.880 sat out after the All Star and then came back. 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:35.120 Was there a little fatigue, absolutely? But did he have 0:09:35.240 --> 0:09:39.840 game like instantly Absolutely when he sat out the previous 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:42.960 road trip and came back and Jimmy Butler asked him, 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:45.640 I need you to get us through three quarters and 0:09:45.679 --> 0:09:49.160 I swear I'll deliver online in the fourth. And Joel 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:53.000 did that. So that's the one switch I really do 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:57.200 feel confident about. I hear you not enough sample to 0:09:57.360 --> 0:10:00.240 feel good about that. The only thing. And I you'll 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:05.240 like again just listening to Brett, your confidence in the 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:09.000 veteran ness to this group, and I'm going to put 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:11.320 Joel in there because he has, you know, last year 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:14.560 under his belt. I think the play through this year, 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:17.400 and I think mentally when you hear him talk him 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:24.520 combined with Jimmy and Tobias and then Ben, that I 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:29.319 feel like there's enough there now. Defensively, I still have questions, 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:32.000 but I think they're putting a lot of that on 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:35.560 Joel being there to protect that rim. Six and sixty 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:38.080 presented by Toyota here on ninety seventy five. To the fanatics, 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:40.080 We're coming to you from PJ will hands at the 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:43.319 center between section one oh six, one oh seven, your 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:45.560 level of confidence in the seventy six or six one 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:48.160 zero six, three, two zero nine seventy five as we 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:51.120 hit the final couple games of the regular season, and 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:54.280 also this will segue us into our next segment building 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:56.199 what you just said, d Is it really all about 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:58.559 that one man who wears the number twenty one? How 0:10:58.640 --> 0:11:02.240 much of this hinges on him? These may not be 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:04.720 the most hard hitting questions, but pertinent ones right now. 0:11:04.760 --> 0:11:06.439 Give us a call. Six one zero six, three two 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:09.440 zero nine seven five, six and sixty, presented by Toyota 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:12.600 here on ninety seven five the fanatic to Bias back 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:14.920 out top to Joel, He's gonna shoot the three in 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:19.120 it Joel at me give the Sixers, Oh what twenty three? 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:23.599 What sixty league heady parts of the crowd. Yeah, that 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:25.840 was the last time around the seventy Sixers and the 0:11:25.920 --> 0:11:28.079 Bucks went up against each other. It was only two 0:11:28.080 --> 0:11:33.000 weeks ago in Milwaukee. Joel Embiide a monstrous performance forty points, 0:11:33.000 --> 0:11:37.240 fifteen rebounds, six times block shot in the seventy six 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:39.360 Ers win one of their signature wins of the season, 0:11:39.360 --> 0:11:41.760 and at that point in time things were rolling, part 0:11:41.760 --> 0:11:44.440 of a season high six game winning streak. I'm Brian Selzer. 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:46.480 This is six ers and sixty percent by Toyota. Awesome 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:49.040 to be hanging out with Devon Givens and the line 0:11:49.080 --> 0:11:51.160 him here at PJ wheel hands between one oh six 0:11:51.200 --> 0:11:53.840 and one oh seven on the lower level at the center. 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:55.920 So yes, we would love to know your level of 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:58.120 confidence right now. So we head towards the playoffs six 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:01.040 one zero six three, two zero nine five And in 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:05.360 particular regarding that man, Joel embiid, how much upon him 0:12:05.400 --> 0:12:07.400 does the weight fall? So I'm gonna hit with one 0:12:07.400 --> 0:12:09.480 more star. We talked about eight and two record with 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:12.520 a projected playoffs starting five since the Bias Harris trade. 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:15.440 I'm gonna give you this as well, the sixers in 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:19.000 that grouping. I don't know if I'm going to granular here. 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:21.600 The defensive rating would be third best in the league. 0:12:21.640 --> 0:12:25.320 We'll keep it at that with the starting five including 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:28.000 Joel embiid do you buy that with a ten game 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:31.439 sample size? How much do you put stock in that? 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:34.280 And then how much does that reflect the value that 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:35.720 Joel is going to need to bring to this team 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:37.560 if he's out there. Well, right away I would start 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:40.160 with obviously Embid, but then I was shifted to Jimmy 0:12:40.200 --> 0:12:42.760 Butler and Ben Simmons and how versatile those two are 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:45.960 and how they would potentially dig in, if you will, 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:48.560 on the defensive end to make sure that they get 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:50.800 things done. The questions, of course our JJ Reddick and 0:12:50.880 --> 0:12:53.920 Tobias Harris, where do they fit in? But sometimes, as 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:56.800 you know, it's it's contagious if those three are playing 0:12:56.800 --> 0:12:58.640 the way that they are, and if Jimmy Butler and 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:01.120 Tobias Harris had given the effort on defensive end, specifically 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:02.920 on a perimeter with the switching, all the switching that 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:07.480 they do, Tobias Harris, again, it's contagious, JJ Reddick, You 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:09.440 say what you want about him. We know the defense 0:13:09.520 --> 0:13:12.000 isn't great, but he gives the effort. It's about the 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:15.640 wing defense from Tobias Harris. That meat really has my 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:18.559 as you pointed out the antennas earlier for the radio, 0:13:18.679 --> 0:13:21.480 really has my antennas up as to where are you 0:13:21.600 --> 0:13:24.120 going to be when they need you most when those 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:26.520 switches happen on the perimeters. So do I buy it 0:13:26.520 --> 0:13:29.320 in the ten game sample size, Yes, because I believe 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:32.440 three of the five are very good. The other two 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:35.080 really one I need and Tobias Harris to step up 0:13:35.160 --> 0:13:38.920 d yeah, and the other thing I'll go to philosophy wise, Bright, 0:13:39.000 --> 0:13:41.000 we know the number one thing that they care about 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:43.840 is that three point line. They take such pride in 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:46.400 that they are the best defending the three point line, 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:50.040 and you know, because of the investment they've made an analytics, 0:13:50.559 --> 0:13:52.800 they don't want to give up threes and at times 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:55.679 they get you know, beat at the rim, and that 0:13:55.720 --> 0:13:58.959 would change if you had Joel back in there. Then 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:01.640 what we're seeing right now. So I would say, yes, 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:06.760 I believe in that defensive number two. That again, with everything, 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:08.920 you'd like to have more than a ten game sample, 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:12.280 But it's all you're gonna have, and I don't think 0:14:12.280 --> 0:14:16.960 it would drop off significantly as you continue to play 0:14:17.000 --> 0:14:19.200 more games. If anything, I think the more you play 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:21.360 together you have a chance for that number to get better. 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:24.240 And of course, with the elimination factor. You're in Round 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:28.160 one against Brooklyn, Detroit, Miami, Orlando, whatever team it may be, 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:31.120 if they hit you in your mouth, you're gonna have 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:33.520 to step up and eventually you're gonna say, Okay, this works, 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:35.960 and let's continue to do this and we can knock 0:14:36.000 --> 0:14:38.080 this out as best as possible as we continue to 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:40.000 move forward in this fresh round, because if we don't, 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:42.080 we'll be sitting at home early and there will be 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:44.560 a lot of questions for a lot of people if that, 0:14:44.640 --> 0:14:46.720 in fact happened. The only thing I would say, Brian, 0:14:46.960 --> 0:14:51.920 whatever you have invested in philosophy wise with your defense, 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:54.320 if in fact you get punched in the mouth. As 0:14:54.360 --> 0:14:58.760 Devon just said, you can't abort everything. You must still 0:14:58.760 --> 0:15:01.800 stick to your principle, but just do it better because 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:05.120 changing it on the fly would be, in my opinion, 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:07.520 would be the worst way to guy, especially with now 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:11.600 having a new defensive coach. Correct right though he's he's 0:15:11.680 --> 0:15:14.320 new but he's old. He's new, but he's old. Yeah, 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:17.400 maybe've been around along. Yeah, absolutely right. And it's so 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:20.160 late in the season you cannot change up as much 0:15:20.160 --> 0:15:22.680 as you may think because the principles already there. That's 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:25.560 all I'm saying exactly. I agree with you, I know everyone. 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:28.120 I mean, obviously there's a there's a desire and one 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:30.480 of this fan base for this team to be at 0:15:30.480 --> 0:15:32.160 the max of what it can be. In games like 0:15:32.680 --> 0:15:35.120 last night in Atlanta and the one before that against 0:15:35.160 --> 0:15:37.680 Dallas Mavericks, it's frustrating when you see the pick and 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:40.000 roll stuff in the execution, but I would almost assure 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:42.000 you that Trey Young's not gathering his own miss and 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:44.280 going in for an unscathed lamp. If Joel and beads 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:45.960 out there on the floor, I mean, that's that's something 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:48.080 where when I assess the state of this team right 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:50.480 now in the moment, are you like that can be 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:53.200 a little bit frustrating, Yes, But when you step back 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:55.800 and if the full complimented players is out there, which 0:15:55.800 --> 0:15:57.200 we don't know tonight if it will be, it looks 0:15:57.200 --> 0:15:59.120 like Joel is going to play Jimmy Butler is not, 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:03.000 you do have to think that once the four compliments together, 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:04.560 things can be tightened up a little bit and the 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:07.400 results will improve. Six one zero six, three, two zero nine, 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:10.800 seventy five, six and sixty presented by Toyota. He're on 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:14.320 ninety seven five to fanatical. Let's go to Kevin and Newcastle. Kevin, 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:16.800 how are you feeling about the squad at right about now? 0:16:21.080 --> 0:16:23.480 Like I told the bonding um, and lose that shoot out, 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:27.200 I'm not feeling I'm not feeling too good because they 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:29.880 haven't had time for all of them to play and 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:34.040 beat hides out a lot of our defensive mistakes by 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:36.720 him being in the middle. Well he's not there. They 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:39.120 just invade the middle and just go right down that. 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:42.240 That guy Collins must have had about five value dunks. Man, 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:45.160 you know, we we went em beating it. That's not 0:16:45.200 --> 0:16:49.280 gonna happen. But you know, and this is the thing too. 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:52.520 The only team in the NBA, in my personal opinion, 0:16:52.920 --> 0:16:57.119 that can turn and switch off and on is the Warriors. Everybody, 0:16:57.160 --> 0:16:59.280 everybody this time of the year is a little pained 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:02.760 up or whatever casey. They have experience. Even with Butler 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:06.639 band eight years in what has he proven a one nothing? 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:11.760 So we ain't on and all switch. They on paper, 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:14.760 it looks good, but they're not matching paper. They got 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:17.080 to play, man. The only team in the league that 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:19.399 can do that is the Golden State Warriors. And you're 0:17:19.480 --> 0:17:21.720 right last night Trey Young and John Collins that pick 0:17:21.760 --> 0:17:23.959 and roll and to finish at the room, either the 0:17:23.960 --> 0:17:27.240 floater or the attempt to float and drag the defense 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:31.080 in and beat them leading into that lob to John Collins, 0:17:31.119 --> 0:17:33.960 you're absolutely right. And to Brian's point as well, that 0:17:34.320 --> 0:17:36.920 if the fact that Trey Young could grab that offensive 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:38.879 rebound and go right back in and lay it up. 0:17:39.080 --> 0:17:41.240 The thing that really bothered me with those two players 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:44.200 were number one, the fact that he so openly went 0:17:44.320 --> 0:17:47.160 to get the rebound, and number two, the other guys 0:17:47.160 --> 0:17:49.959 were watching, so what are you doing? And you know 0:17:50.000 --> 0:17:53.040 what last but not LEAs Man, that's their coach, was 0:17:53.080 --> 0:17:57.600 our assistant coach, so he knows our tendencies. He does, 0:17:57.800 --> 0:17:59.639 and we gotta deal with Trey Young for like the 0:17:59.680 --> 0:18:03.280 next ten years. Man, you understand. So it's gonna be toughful. 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:05.640 I'm not I'm not doubting them. I'm not jumping off 0:18:05.640 --> 0:18:08.880 the ship. But if we don't be careful. It wouldn't 0:18:08.880 --> 0:18:11.920 surprise me if I chance, we get knocked out in 0:18:11.960 --> 0:18:15.159 the first round and the six seven EHD they're playing 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:17.679 hungry man. Yeah, they are playing hungry. But I just 0:18:17.720 --> 0:18:20.160 don't see that happening. Cab, thanks for the call. As 0:18:20.240 --> 0:18:22.960 much as I may have problems with it, it's because 0:18:23.000 --> 0:18:26.240 I think they're very good and they're limiting themselves out 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:28.800 there on the basketball floor and not putting out that 0:18:28.920 --> 0:18:31.440 full maximum effort because I do think they're that good. 0:18:31.600 --> 0:18:34.080 I was actually surprised at the defensive number cells that 0:18:34.119 --> 0:18:36.160 you put out there in those games that they were 0:18:36.240 --> 0:18:39.399 third in the league. That's phenomenal to me, especially in 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:41.520 that short amount of time and what they're trying to 0:18:41.560 --> 0:18:44.400 figure out. So I don't think I disagree with keV 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:46.720 at that point. Yes, if you do fall asleep at 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:48.680 the wheel, you can get punched in the mouth d 0:18:49.040 --> 0:18:50.760 and you can get knocked out in that first round, 0:18:50.760 --> 0:18:52.560 and then there are plenty of problems to talk about. 0:18:52.560 --> 0:18:54.000 But I just don't see that happen, and they have 0:18:54.160 --> 0:18:56.119 they have enough to get it done. Seven games is 0:18:56.119 --> 0:18:58.840 a long time, yet they're geting another team out. Yeah, 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:03.119 it's if you're equal talent then that's where it becomes 0:19:03.119 --> 0:19:06.000 a problem. But if you are the better team, most 0:19:06.080 --> 0:19:09.000 times seven games, it's just too long for the underdog 0:19:09.359 --> 0:19:12.000 to prevail. And I look at it similar to the 0:19:12.040 --> 0:19:14.760 Miami series last year, where they came in, they thumped 0:19:14.800 --> 0:19:16.520 them in game one, the Sixers did at home, the 0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:19.760 crowd was nuts, it was exciting. Game two, Miami came 0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:22.360 back and got them right back, and then the Sixes said, Okay, 0:19:22.440 --> 0:19:24.159 let's turn this up and let's get this out of 0:19:24.160 --> 0:19:25.919 the way. And by the way, Ben Simmons was the 0:19:25.960 --> 0:19:28.320 best player in the entire series. So that's what you're 0:19:28.320 --> 0:19:31.000 gonna need again. While Ebie gets his footing and back 0:19:31.080 --> 0:19:33.520 underneath him, get his legs going, get the game shape, 0:19:33.640 --> 0:19:36.640