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Speaker 2: Joelle Embiid, welcome back.
Speaker 1: You and I I feel have done this a million
Speaker 1: times now, but something new is that you're married, So congratulations.
Speaker 1: I know a lot of your teammates were there. What
Speaker 1: did it mean to have them there with you for
Speaker 1: your big day?
Speaker 3: It was good to celebrate such a you know, great day.
Speaker 3: You know, the people I care about, so all s
Speaker 3: thankful that the care You've.
Speaker 1: Had some epic battles with Nick Nurse in the past,
Speaker 1: a very colorful history.
Speaker 2: What's it going to be like to team up with him?
Speaker 3: It's all be fun. I think he has a great mind,
Speaker 3: you know, offensively and defensively. So I'm looking forward to,
Speaker 3: you know, be coach and you know, just learn as
Speaker 3: much as possible, you know, and not just not for me,
Speaker 3: for all the other guys.
Speaker 1: So when I think about you too, I think about
Speaker 1: Kawhi's shot. I also think about your shot eliminating him
Speaker 1: from the playoffs. What are your sort of like flash
Speaker 1: bold memories when you think about the years you've shared
Speaker 1: on the floor with him.
Speaker 3: He's been good battles, you know, back and forth, you know,
Speaker 3: sometimes cussing to try to out you know, and is uh,
Speaker 3: you know, crazy tactics against me over the years. So
Speaker 3: it's good to have him on our side. I think
Speaker 3: he's gonna do a great job. I think he has
Speaker 3: a chip on the shoulder and just like we do
Speaker 3: it too. So you know, we just got to go
Speaker 3: out there and you know, just trying to get better
Speaker 3: of a single day and beauty towards winning a championship.
Speaker 1: Speaking of memories, it's been about six months since you
Speaker 1: won your first MVP. When you think about that day
Speaker 1: that you found out and gathering with all your teammates
Speaker 1: in that room, what are the little moments that you're
Speaker 1: going to remember about winning your first MVP.
Speaker 3: To be honest, I haven't thought about it all summer,
Speaker 3: you know, just for some reason. Is it was great
Speaker 3: at the time, it was amazing, you know, but you know,
Speaker 3: losing has been on my mind the whole summer about
Speaker 3: you know, just being over Like I say, you know,
Speaker 3: my family was on the phone, Uh, my teammates were
Speaker 3: that the whole organization was that I thought it was great.
Speaker 2: What part of the movie are we in going into
Speaker 2: this season.
Speaker 3: I think, uh, still building towards, you know, trying to
Speaker 3: accomplish the whole thing. You know, you know steps, you
Speaker 3: get that it's not easy, but you know, just for
Speaker 3: the city, for the fans. At some point, I know
Speaker 3: it's gonna happen. She need you know, you know, all
Speaker 3: of us, you know, we you know, you just need
Speaker 3: a little bit of luck as far as you know,
Speaker 3: just getting healthy, staying healthy. Uh, and you know, just
Speaker 3: playing our best basketball starting with me. So you know,
Speaker 3: I intend to do that, you know whatever, whatever percentage
Speaker 3: I am. You know, one thing I'm always gonna do
Speaker 3: is play hard and compete.
Speaker 1: You've always had a special affinity for Ti Maxie. I
Speaker 1: know you guys got to work out together this summer.
Speaker 1: What was that experience?
Speaker 3: Like, it was good. I'm glad, you know Fus, I'm
Speaker 3: glad he started walking out with Drew. I think he's
Speaker 3: gonna find a lot of success just you know, by
Speaker 3: doing that. So I was like I was, I was
Speaker 3: more excited about that about his stuff that he can
Speaker 3: learn based on the East trackbacker who's walked with then
Speaker 3: who is developed I think you know, Tom res My
Speaker 3: learned you know a thing or two, so that that
Speaker 3: was the most exciting part for me.
Speaker 2: Okay, rapid fire.
Speaker 1: If you could trade closets with a teammate for for
Speaker 1: the whole season, but you have to wear their clothes,
Speaker 1: whose closet are you taking?
Speaker 3: Nobody?
Speaker 1: If you had to let someone babysit for Arthur, if
Speaker 1: you had to let someone cook you a three course meal,
Speaker 1: who would it be?
Speaker 3: On the team? My teammates? Yeah, I don't know, no one.
Speaker 1: If you had to have a roommate all season on
Speaker 1: the road, who would it be? Tari's If you guys hit,
Speaker 1: If the apocalypse hit and you guys are all wandering
Speaker 1: around on your own, who would survive the longest?
Speaker 3: Me?
Speaker 1: If you had five hours to have any superpowers that
Speaker 1: you wanted, who would solve the most crimes?
Speaker 3: Probably?
Speaker 2: Who would make the best NFL quarterback?
Speaker 3: Me?
Speaker 2: Who's the best trash talker?
Speaker 3: By Bad Beth?
Speaker 1: If someone was going to have the most success outside
Speaker 1: of basketball, who would it be?
Speaker 3: I'm in as of shoe guys, one of the bandy Tobas.
Speaker 3: Think I have a pretty good track record. I'm in
Speaker 3: all of us. I think you know we I'm on
Speaker 3: the team with a bunch of you know, a small.
Speaker 2: People, excited to see you guys play together this year.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Joel, thank you.
Speaker 3: He