WEBVTT - Coat Check | Bidding for a Playoff Berth

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back to Coach Check, the official podcast of the

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<v Speaker 1>Delaware Bluecoats, the NBA G League affiliate of the Philadelphia

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<v Speaker 1>seventy six ers from the NBA G League Bubble. Another

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<v Speaker 1>edition of Coach Check the twenty twenty one NBA G

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<v Speaker 1>League season being played at Walt Disney World, the ESPN

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<v Speaker 1>Wide World of Sports Complex, and Coat Check is presented

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<v Speaker 1>by Christianna care I'm Matt Murphy. Quick reminder, if you

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<v Speaker 1>seventy six podcast network. Game Schedule heating up, Playoff Picture

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<v Speaker 1>Taking Shape. The Bluecoats eight and four heading into a

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<v Speaker 1>Wednesday morning matchup that you will probably already know the

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<v Speaker 1>result of against the Canton Charge, Cleveland's G League affiliate

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<v Speaker 1>by the time you listen to this one. But again,

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<v Speaker 1>that playoff Picture Taking Shape, a playoff Berth, would be

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<v Speaker 1>the first playoff Berth in Delaware franchise history. On this episode,

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<v Speaker 1>we've got our Bubble correspondent Xavier Silas, one of the

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<v Speaker 1>assistant coaches for the team, for his check in and

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<v Speaker 1>his insights, talking about the recent win over MBA G

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<v Speaker 1>League ignite, and a whole lot more really good conversation

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<v Speaker 1>with Coach Silas that win over the Ignite team, which

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<v Speaker 1>is a team partially comprised of some of the prospects eligible.

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<v Speaker 1>The top prospects eligible were. The twenty twenty one NBA

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<v Speaker 1>Draft was on Monday, March first, and the Blue Coats

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<v Speaker 1>on national television, controlled that one from start to finish,

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<v Speaker 1>one twenty ninety two win for the Delaware Blue Coats.

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<v Speaker 1>Before we get to Coach Silas, let's check in with

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<v Speaker 1>some of the Bluecoats players after that big win. First up,

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<v Speaker 1>Justin Robinson, who accomplished his double double with assists pretty

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<v Speaker 1>early on, got some rest towards the end of the game.

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<v Speaker 1>The team's starting point guard thirteen points, twelve assists. Afterwards,

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<v Speaker 1>he talked about the team putting together a full forty

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<v Speaker 1>eight minute effort. I think overall, our goal was kind

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<v Speaker 1>of putting the whole forty eight minutes together. We've always

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<v Speaker 1>had stretches of two good quarters and whether it's the

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<v Speaker 1>beginning of the game or the end of the game.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think our whole mindsetting goal today was to

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<v Speaker 1>play a whole forty eight and I think us maintaining

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<v Speaker 1>the lead as kind of positive step growing and learn

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<v Speaker 1>him as a team. There were plenty of great performances,

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<v Speaker 1>but how about Braxton Key, the rookie who finished his

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<v Speaker 1>college career at the University of Virginia a national champion

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<v Speaker 1>for the Cavaliers against NBA G League ignite, Braxton Key

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<v Speaker 1>put up nineteen points in twenty minutes, and his first

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<v Speaker 1>half effort really allowed the Bluecoats to build up a

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<v Speaker 1>big lead. He talked afterwards about well, a lot of things,

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<v Speaker 1>but staying ready, the workouts he's been putting in, and

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<v Speaker 1>it was really cool to see it pay off for him.

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<v Speaker 1>I felt great, got an opportunity who go out there

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<v Speaker 1>and play. Just went there and play my game. Guys

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<v Speaker 1>fell on me. I just took the right shots to

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<v Speaker 1>open shots. Defensive vantage is trying to help do whatever

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<v Speaker 1>I can do to help the team win. Guys will

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<v Speaker 1>looking me up. So it was just a team effort

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<v Speaker 1>today and definitely grateful that we got the way. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>my team they tell me stay ready, they're gonna they

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<v Speaker 1>say they're gonna need me eventually. Tonight was that night

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<v Speaker 1>I gave guys a lift. I've been in a jenna

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<v Speaker 1>past three four nights every night just working on my game.

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<v Speaker 1>Getting shots up. Whether we have a game or not.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just working on working on my game. Just gotta

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<v Speaker 1>stay ready so when it's time to be ready, it's

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<v Speaker 1>I'm ready for the opportunity. It's definitely tough being in

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<v Speaker 1>that situation, but you gotta be professional at the end

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<v Speaker 1>of the day and do what it takes. Please to

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<v Speaker 1>be rejoined by our Blue Coats bubble correspondent, assistant coach,

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<v Speaker 1>former NBA player, former Philadelphia seventy six er, amongst other teams,

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<v Speaker 1>Xavier Silas, It's good to have you back, coach, and

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<v Speaker 1>another week down here in the NBA G League bubble,

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<v Speaker 1>and it certainly had its ups and downs for this

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<v Speaker 1>Delaware Blue Coats team. But as we record right now

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<v Speaker 1>a couple days into the month of March, eight and

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<v Speaker 1>four record for the Blue Coats eyes on the prize

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<v Speaker 1>being a playoff birth first and foremost for those who

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<v Speaker 1>don't know out there, a fifteen game regular season. To

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<v Speaker 1>put in perspective how many we've played so far, as

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<v Speaker 1>Coach Silas and I talk right now, but eight teams

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<v Speaker 1>out of eighteen here at the single site in Disney

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<v Speaker 1>World will make the playoffs. And when I say it

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<v Speaker 1>was up and down. Really, it kind of takes me

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<v Speaker 1>back to our last episode. And I'm a little long

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<v Speaker 1>winded here, but you said something about finding your identity

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<v Speaker 1>on the last episode that I really wanted to follow

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<v Speaker 1>up on but forgot. So what is the identity of

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<v Speaker 1>this team, the Delaware Bluecoats in twenty twenty one and

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<v Speaker 1>how have you seen it kind of develop? I think

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<v Speaker 1>that our identity really has to do with the pain.

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<v Speaker 1>It's continue to have this theme about the paint, and

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<v Speaker 1>so offensively we want to touch the pain, and that

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<v Speaker 1>requires being aggressive, that requires sharing the ball, and that

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<v Speaker 1>requires kind of being all on the same accord. Offensively, Defensively,

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<v Speaker 1>we want to keep the other team out of the pain,

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<v Speaker 1>and so like the theme I think is just protecting

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<v Speaker 1>the paint and then attacking the pain on the other end.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that our guys have really put an

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<v Speaker 1>emphasis on that and has helped us get through our

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<v Speaker 1>little skid. That touch the paint theme is shortened by

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<v Speaker 1>you and others in games. To be ttp, where's at

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<v Speaker 1>least one other that I know of. I want you

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<v Speaker 1>to fill in some of the blanks here, PTE that

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<v Speaker 1>has helped out this season. It's it's it's tough. It's

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<v Speaker 1>condensed basketball games. You're playing pretty much every other day,

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<v Speaker 1>so things are going to happen out there on the floor.

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<v Speaker 1>And you've brought and your staff and your fellow coaches

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<v Speaker 1>have brought to the players PTE. Yeah, I think you know.

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<v Speaker 1>PTE means play through everything, and so like I think

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<v Speaker 1>that with our skid, what I saw was that, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's hard. It's hard to play through playing well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, being on a on a winning streak, it's

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<v Speaker 1>really hard to continue to do the little things and

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<v Speaker 1>to play well. So we need to play through those things.

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<v Speaker 1>We need to play through bad calls, we need to

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<v Speaker 1>play through bad shots, we need to play through you know,

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<v Speaker 1>literally everything bad and everything good. And so like you know,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of our people on the team, coaches, we're

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<v Speaker 1>all yelling PTE when good things happen, when bad things happen,

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<v Speaker 1>because if we just you know, lock in and focus

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<v Speaker 1>in on every possession, we're pretty good. And we've shown

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<v Speaker 1>that with our seven seven game winning street. That was

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<v Speaker 1>of course at the start of the year. As we

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<v Speaker 1>said eight and four. And when you say players and

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<v Speaker 1>coaches saying things, this is a fun group this is

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<v Speaker 1>a fun Bluecodes team with a lot of characters, and

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<v Speaker 1>you're saying these types of things from the bench as well.

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<v Speaker 1>There's obviously coaching instruction going on, but there's some trash talk,

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<v Speaker 1>there's some support for teammates and to bring people inside

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<v Speaker 1>the bubble a little bit more on game days, I

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<v Speaker 1>think the Bluecoats are one of the loudest benches and

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<v Speaker 1>some of that is in a very good way as well,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think as a coach you probably consider it

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<v Speaker 1>a good thing to a certain extent as well, because

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<v Speaker 1>especially on the defensive end, there's a lot of communication

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<v Speaker 1>on the floor and there's a lot of communication for

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<v Speaker 1>the whole game from the bench from players who aren't

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<v Speaker 1>in the game. Just in general, we're definitely engaged. We're

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<v Speaker 1>I think that we're the most engaged group here. Our

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<v Speaker 1>guys talk and we know, you know the cliche sayings.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, communication is key. You know, in any relationship,

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<v Speaker 1>being able to communicate is going to be the end all,

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<v Speaker 1>be all and if that relationship is going to work.

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<v Speaker 1>And so what we do is we encourage that talk.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, every every day we're encouraging them to talk,

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<v Speaker 1>and sometimes they talk too much. But we rather overtalk

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<v Speaker 1>than not talk enough. And that's for sure more on

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<v Speaker 1>about plays and positioning and things like that. There's definitely

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<v Speaker 1>some trash talk too, but I think that's made this

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<v Speaker 1>team fun. Maybe a little bit of a target on

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<v Speaker 1>their back in some respects too. Yeah, I think that

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<v Speaker 1>they play with an edge, and anytime you play a

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<v Speaker 1>team that plays with an edge, you're going to get

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<v Speaker 1>up for that game. And so a lot of the

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<v Speaker 1>games that we are in are very competitive and the

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<v Speaker 1>energy is really high because you know, we welcome that

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<v Speaker 1>type of environment and atmosphere for sure, and the most

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<v Speaker 1>recent environment as we move along if the theme of

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<v Speaker 1>part of the theme of this episode is beating the

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<v Speaker 1>G League Ignite team, which is new this year to

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<v Speaker 1>the g League, made up of both some NBA veterans

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<v Speaker 1>but also some of the top prospects who were eligible

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<v Speaker 1>for the twenty twenty one NBA Draft, like Jalen Green

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<v Speaker 1>and Jonathan Kuminga. It was a big win for the

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<v Speaker 1>Bluecoats to get back on track. It was on national

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<v Speaker 1>television and from start to finish, the Blue Coach just

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<v Speaker 1>controlled that thing and a lot of what we just

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<v Speaker 1>talked about went into that performance against NBAG League Ignite. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think TTP was in full effect. I think that

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<v Speaker 1>we were touching the paint at a very high rate.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we were keeping them out of the paint

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<v Speaker 1>on the other end, forcing them to take some contested shots,

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<v Speaker 1>and we did a really good job of playing through

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<v Speaker 1>everything the entire game. You know, there's been some games

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<v Speaker 1>where we put it together for three quarters, but one

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<v Speaker 1>quarter we slack, you know, And this was the first

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<v Speaker 1>time that I saw that we really put four quarters together.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we dominated and ended up winning about thirty,

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<v Speaker 1>but it wasn't close, you know, the entire game, and

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<v Speaker 1>we were able to keep that consistency. And so, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>after that four game skid, we came together, we came

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<v Speaker 1>up with the PTE deal and the Ignite game was

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<v Speaker 1>the first time we were able to put it on,

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<v Speaker 1>put it in action, and it worked out. Pretty well,

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<v Speaker 1>and so I think the guys are responding and being

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<v Speaker 1>in the bubble, you know, you have to have certain

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<v Speaker 1>little themes to keep you through and engaged in the

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<v Speaker 1>Along the lines of that, I want to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>team chemistry in the bubble. I've mentioned it a few times,

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<v Speaker 1>about a little bit here and there about your playing career,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're just out of the game as a player,

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<v Speaker 1>including at this level in the G League. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you play in the NBA, but you recently played in

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<v Speaker 1>the G League as well, but you did not experience

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<v Speaker 1>a bubble situation with the G League. You did, however,

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<v Speaker 1>play in the TBT tournament, which I know was a

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<v Speaker 1>bubble variation to a certain extent. But thinking about this setting,

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about this Bluecoats team, their rooms are all near

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<v Speaker 1>each other, They from what we've heard, sometimes bring their

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<v Speaker 1>desk chairs and sit socially distant apart outside just to

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<v Speaker 1>talk to each other. What did you think the chemistry,

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<v Speaker 1>the development of team chemistry was going to be like,

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<v Speaker 1>and how have you seen it develop with this group. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I always thought that the team that developed the best

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<v Speaker 1>chemistry in this little short stint was gonna win, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and win at a high rate. And I think that

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<v Speaker 1>we've been one of those teams. Like you said, the

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<v Speaker 1>guys pull their chairs out and kind of like this

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<v Speaker 1>old school sitting on the porch, yelling across the way

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<v Speaker 1>to each other and hanging out. But they also, like

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<v Speaker 1>I said, they also have some tough conversations with each

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<v Speaker 1>other and tough conversations with us as a coaching staff.

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<v Speaker 1>And they are a good group because they've been able

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<v Speaker 1>to respond to that. You know, every good team, every

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<v Speaker 1>team in general, but especially every good team goes through

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<v Speaker 1>something and they come out better. And I think that

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<v Speaker 1>that could be the case for us. It definitely has

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<v Speaker 1>the right fixings for it to look like that. I

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<v Speaker 1>think it also shows as we wrap up here in

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<v Speaker 1>just one second, a little bit longer today, but we'll

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<v Speaker 1>have more players shortly on the show this season, and

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<v Speaker 1>one of those guys I'm going to talk about here

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<v Speaker 1>in a second but I think it also shows how

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<v Speaker 1>badly that the players on the Delaware this year want

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<v Speaker 1>to win. There's that dynamic of a lot of guys

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<v Speaker 1>have been called up already, trying to get that NBA

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<v Speaker 1>call up, because that's the dream, trying to do things

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<v Speaker 1>on the court that help you get that NBA call up.

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<v Speaker 1>But it seems like the Bluecoats have a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>winners on this team that have a winning mindset, and

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<v Speaker 1>that goes into how they came together to get back

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<v Speaker 1>in the win column. But when I say we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>have more players on Jared Brownridge as a friend of

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<v Speaker 1>the show, he's been on a few times, very dynamic personality,

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<v Speaker 1>fan favorite. You and him are both knocked down shooters.

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<v Speaker 1>We talked on the last episode, you and I about

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<v Speaker 1>how many threes you made in your career, how many

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<v Speaker 1>threes he's made in his career. So when we talked

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<v Speaker 1>to Jared, let's get your side of the story first

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<v Speaker 1>to set that up, because you guys have a little

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<v Speaker 1>competition going on in practice here. Yeah, you know, we

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes it's only been twice, but we've we've we've shot

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<v Speaker 1>against each other, and the first time I was beating

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<v Speaker 1>him pretty bad. I think that he'll tell the truth

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<v Speaker 1>about that, but I kind of let go of the

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<v Speaker 1>rope and I got a little tired at the end

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<v Speaker 1>of it, and he came back and barely won. And

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<v Speaker 1>so we might have been a few days ago. Actually

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<v Speaker 1>it was a day before the night game. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we got back in there and I'll beat him pretty good,

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<v Speaker 1>and so he's been trying to get me to play again.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, me and Jared brown Ridge being tied

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<v Speaker 1>at this juncture, I think that I'm just gonna call

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<v Speaker 1>it a day and not play him again because it

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<v Speaker 1>feels more like a win for me and a loss

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<v Speaker 1>for him. So I'm gonna keep it there. One other

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<v Speaker 1>thing that I just thought of before we get out

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<v Speaker 1>of here is that same day there was some half

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<v Speaker 1>court shooting at practice with the players, and you often

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<v Speaker 1>see that with college and pro basketball teams as like

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<v Speaker 1>a lighter thing to do. What are some of the

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<v Speaker 1>things you remember from your playing career that coaches would

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<v Speaker 1>have you do in practice to lighten the mood, or

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<v Speaker 1>if it was those half court shooting competitions, how did

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<v Speaker 1>you do in them? What was what was your what

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<v Speaker 1>are your memories of those types of things. It's always

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<v Speaker 1>you're right. You know, a lot of college and pro

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<v Speaker 1>you do that at the end of practice. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>you shoot half court shots and compete against each other.

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<v Speaker 1>And I just was never like I was never good

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<v Speaker 1>at it. Like I was really good shooter, but I

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<v Speaker 1>don't even remember my whole career like making one and

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<v Speaker 1>winning that that deal and I did it a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, I stayed away from half course shots

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<v Speaker 1>I may want in high school. In the playoff game

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<v Speaker 1>once but we were down for and we lost. I

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<v Speaker 1>lost by one. I lost by one and him a

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<v Speaker 1>half course shot and I jumped into the guy and

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<v Speaker 1>he fouled me. Still to this day, I'll say he

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<v Speaker 1>fouled me, and I made this shot and they didn't

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<v Speaker 1>call the foul to give me the chance to tie

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<v Speaker 1>it to go to overturn. Wow. Well, I didn't mean

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<v Speaker 1>to bring that up at the end, But good story

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<v Speaker 1>a lot, Thanks a lot, Thanks again. We'll check in

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<v Speaker 1>again soon. That's Blue Coats assistant coach and our Bubble

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<v Speaker 1>correspondent joining me and helping me tell the stories from

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty twenty one Nbag League Bubble, Xavier Silas. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>again to Exavier Silas. As always Matt Murphy and until

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<v Speaker 1>next time, take it or leave it at the coach

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<v Speaker 1>check