WEBVTT - Nick Nurse and Jameer Nelson | Summer League Part 2 0:00:49.259 --> 0:00:51.539 I'm Tari's Mike Si and you're listening to the seventy 0:00:51.579 --> 0:00:53.419 six Ers Insider's podcast. 0:00:53.699 --> 0:00:56.619 This podcast is part of the seventy six Ers podcast network, 0:00:56.659 --> 0:00:58.459 presented by Stern and Cohen Law. 0:00:58.299 --> 0:01:01.299 Search seventy six Ers Insiders wherever you get your podcasts. 0:01:01.659 --> 0:01:04.419 Suffering an injury at work can cause physical pain, but 0:01:04.499 --> 0:01:07.659 also great uncertainty about your rights. You need to retain 0:01:07.699 --> 0:01:10.419 a worker's compensation law firm that is a winner like 0:01:10.499 --> 0:01:13.379 our sixers, a firm that gets some of the best settlements, 0:01:13.459 --> 0:01:15.539 but is also willing to go toe to toe with 0:01:15.659 --> 0:01:19.379 the insurance company. No settling on the cheap. 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We were just. 0:01:58.579 --> 0:02:02.499 Bragging about the presence of your entire front of bench 0:02:02.579 --> 0:02:05.259 for the regular season at every single one of these 0:02:05.259 --> 0:02:07.859 games in Utah in Vegas. Just to start us off, 0:02:07.939 --> 0:02:10.939 how important is this opportunity not just for the players 0:02:10.939 --> 0:02:12.659 out on the floor, but the coaches that are getting 0:02:12.899 --> 0:02:14.379 opportunity on the bench tonight. 0:02:14.979 --> 0:02:20.219 Yeah, it's it's it's important obviously in their development. I mean, 0:02:20.219 --> 0:02:22.659 Matt's been a head coach before, but giving him an 0:02:22.939 --> 0:02:25.379 another stage to work on it kind of one of 0:02:25.379 --> 0:02:27.099 the reasons I chose Matt is because he had some 0:02:27.139 --> 0:02:30.179 head coaching experience, and I knew how I had a 0:02:30.219 --> 0:02:33.779 super busy free agency period and wasn't going to be 0:02:33.819 --> 0:02:36.219 able to prep too much for the Summer League this year, And. 0:02:36.179 --> 0:02:38.379 We're going to ask you about it just to be clear. 0:02:38.219 --> 0:02:40.659 Yeah, that's okay, and everybody else kind of bumps up. 0:02:40.699 --> 0:02:43.099 We're giving some of our player development guys chances to 0:02:43.619 --> 0:02:45.939 run the offense, defense, do the scouts, all those kind 0:02:45.979 --> 0:02:48.459 of things, and we're also experimenting a little bit. As 0:02:48.499 --> 0:02:50.739 you can see some of the things we're doing out 0:02:50.739 --> 0:02:51.619 there in Summer League. 0:02:51.699 --> 0:02:54.939 It was cool to Obviously, you've talked a ton about 0:02:54.979 --> 0:02:56.779 the way that you utilize the eighty two games of 0:02:56.819 --> 0:02:59.859 the regular season to try things, throw some things away, 0:02:59.899 --> 0:03:02.939 put others into your playoff toolkit. Matt Brosey talked about 0:03:02.979 --> 0:03:05.099 using this the exact same way, throw things away and 0:03:05.139 --> 0:03:08.019 then put some things into the regular season toolkit. How 0:03:08.099 --> 0:03:11.219 much collaboration are you guys doing during these late nights 0:03:11.219 --> 0:03:13.339 and early mornings that people might not realize they're going 0:03:13.379 --> 0:03:14.539 on at a summer leak like this. 0:03:14.659 --> 0:03:17.459 Well, you can obviously see we're playing a lot of zone, right, 0:03:17.499 --> 0:03:21.059 We're playing a good, good chunk of zone most of 0:03:21.099 --> 0:03:25.659 the games, right, and we're that's taking us Well, we 0:03:25.739 --> 0:03:27.419 got kind of what we thought we'd start with, and 0:03:27.499 --> 0:03:30.819 we're constantly tweaking and making adjustments on that, learning what 0:03:30.899 --> 0:03:34.219 other teams are trying to run, adjusting back to that again. 0:03:34.299 --> 0:03:38.139 So almost every day, either in practice or the games, 0:03:38.179 --> 0:03:42.019 we're looking at something in that zone to continue to 0:03:42.059 --> 0:03:44.659 try to polish and develop and be able to use 0:03:44.659 --> 0:03:45.659 in the regular season. 0:03:45.979 --> 0:03:48.659 Matt Murphy and Lauren Rosen joined by seventy six ers 0:03:48.659 --> 0:03:51.099 head coach Nick Nurse, speaking of the zone, something that 0:03:51.259 --> 0:03:53.859 coach Matt Browsi, your assistant coach, and the sixer Summer 0:03:53.899 --> 0:03:56.659 League coach talked about was some of the personnel within it. 0:03:56.899 --> 0:04:00.179 Justin Edwards, David Jones, two of the rookies in the 0:04:00.219 --> 0:04:02.419 mix with this summer league team. What have you seen 0:04:02.419 --> 0:04:05.099 as someone like Edwards who's a hometown kid for our 0:04:05.259 --> 0:04:09.139 Philadelphia audience, someone who was highly ranked in high school 0:04:09.139 --> 0:04:11.299 and is now with this sixers group. 0:04:11.539 --> 0:04:15.139 Yeah, so listen, I was really happy after draft night 0:04:15.139 --> 0:04:18.139 that we were able to convince him to come on 0:04:18.179 --> 0:04:21.499 the two way was a was a somebody we studied 0:04:21.499 --> 0:04:24.579 a lot and watched a lot. I think it's gonna 0:04:24.579 --> 0:04:27.019 be a good year for him. Love love his length, 0:04:27.099 --> 0:04:29.139 and you know, he does a lot of different stuff. 0:04:29.139 --> 0:04:30.899 He can shoot it a bit, He's got the length. 0:04:30.939 --> 0:04:32.339 On defense, he can drive. 0:04:32.179 --> 0:04:32.619 It a bit. 0:04:33.419 --> 0:04:36.659 Uh. Good kid, good hard worker, you know, like like 0:04:36.779 --> 0:04:38.819 that's important, you know, if you're going to develop and 0:04:38.819 --> 0:04:42.579 get better this year. So so liked him, you know 0:04:42.699 --> 0:04:46.499 a lot, And I'm pretty happy with a lot of 0:04:46.499 --> 0:04:48.899 these guys here in the Summer League. How they played, 0:04:49.139 --> 0:04:51.619 all shown some good things that they can do. 0:04:51.739 --> 0:04:56.099 Oddly enough, both left handed as well DJ and Justin Edwards. 0:04:56.139 --> 0:04:59.299 Yeah, Yeah, DJ's got a real nose for the ball, 0:04:59.539 --> 0:05:02.659 right He's really put together a real athletic but he 0:05:02.699 --> 0:05:04.699 really does have a knack for just coming up with 0:05:04.739 --> 0:05:08.419 loose balls, coming up with rebounds, can put his head 0:05:08.459 --> 0:05:12.179 down and kind of bounce you with his body and finish. 0:05:11.859 --> 0:05:12.419 At the rim. 0:05:12.539 --> 0:05:15.939 So again, I think they're good. They're certainly talented, young 0:05:16.099 --> 0:05:18.619 and both certainly have some work to. 0:05:18.579 --> 0:05:21.059 Do, but we like them and the rookie classes headlined 0:05:21.059 --> 0:05:23.619 by number sixteen pick Jared McCain. When it comes to 0:05:23.739 --> 0:05:28.579 him and Tyrese MAXI, how can Tyrese help Jared both 0:05:28.619 --> 0:05:30.819 when they're on the floor together and just in general 0:05:30.859 --> 0:05:31.859 in Jared's rookie year. 0:05:32.619 --> 0:05:35.699 Well, first of all, Jared, one of my favorite things 0:05:35.699 --> 0:05:38.179 about him is he's got a real great feel for 0:05:38.219 --> 0:05:42.459 the game, right, He really like plays the game like 0:05:42.539 --> 0:05:44.939 he knows what's going on out there, and that is, 0:05:45.899 --> 0:05:47.699 I mean, that's super valuable, you guys. I mean, we 0:05:47.739 --> 0:05:50.859 know he's got the deep shooting, and he's got lower 0:05:50.899 --> 0:05:52.859 body strength. He can bounce people and get to the 0:05:52.939 --> 0:05:56.619 rim too. But you know, to answer your question, obviously, 0:05:57.179 --> 0:05:59.579 ty resee, one of the first things you know he 0:05:59.619 --> 0:06:02.659 said with both Justin and Charity was going to take 0:06:02.699 --> 0:06:06.219 him under his wing and get them going and they're 0:06:06.259 --> 0:06:08.659 good dudes, and I'm sure tyres will be able to 0:06:08.659 --> 0:06:10.259 impart a lot of wisdom to those guys. 0:06:10.539 --> 0:06:13.179 When Tyrese joined us for the first game in Vegas 0:06:13.219 --> 0:06:16.059 on this broadcast at this exact time two games ago, 0:06:16.419 --> 0:06:18.459 he talked about what it's been like to have young 0:06:18.499 --> 0:06:22.019 players reaching out to him as a veteran and seeking guidance. 0:06:22.099 --> 0:06:24.739 Obviously he's still young in his career, but he's entering 0:06:24.739 --> 0:06:27.779 this new phase. And I say all this to ask 0:06:27.859 --> 0:06:31.139 about the experience of the Tyrese Maxi Museum that you 0:06:31.139 --> 0:06:33.819 guys put together to honor him as he heads into 0:06:33.939 --> 0:06:36.219 this next phase of his career. I know you played 0:06:36.259 --> 0:06:38.819 sort of a starring role in that whole experience. Can 0:06:38.859 --> 0:06:40.259 you bring us through what it was like to be 0:06:40.299 --> 0:06:41.939 part of that. I love that you said it was 0:06:41.979 --> 0:06:42.419 an honor. 0:06:42.579 --> 0:06:43.539 Yeah, no, it was. 0:06:43.619 --> 0:06:43.979 It was. 0:06:45.179 --> 0:06:46.979 First of all, it's unbelievable, right, And they did a 0:06:46.979 --> 0:06:50.139 really amazing job, a great, great team by by everybody 0:06:50.139 --> 0:06:54.179 there to to put that together. And you know, like 0:06:54.579 --> 0:06:57.459 I got I go there, and and you obviously got 0:06:57.499 --> 0:06:59.579 a relationship with Tyree's but you don't know everything. 0:06:59.619 --> 0:07:01.299 You know, you're watching film of him as. 0:07:01.139 --> 0:07:04.939 A little kid and seeing all his little awards and rebounding, Yeah, 0:07:04.939 --> 0:07:05.579 you want you want. 0:07:05.499 --> 0:07:06.299 A rebounding award. 0:07:06.379 --> 0:07:07.979 I was like, come on, Tyree's what what is this? 0:07:08.139 --> 0:07:11.299 What is this man? But anyway, it was it was 0:07:11.379 --> 0:07:14.219 really cool, you know what a special special for him, 0:07:14.299 --> 0:07:15.339 special for his family. 0:07:16.819 --> 0:07:17.099 It was. 0:07:17.139 --> 0:07:19.179 It was it was great to you know, always just 0:07:19.219 --> 0:07:21.099 learn a little bit more about him. Obviously it meant 0:07:21.139 --> 0:07:23.059 a lot to him. You saw his reaction to it all, 0:07:23.099 --> 0:07:26.859 and and uh, Sixers Nation should be really proud that 0:07:26.859 --> 0:07:28.459 that guy's going to be around for a long time. 0:07:28.859 --> 0:07:33.059 Elsewhere in free agency, Paul George, you've talked about how 0:07:33.099 --> 0:07:35.619 he slots in or how his fit is very good 0:07:35.739 --> 0:07:38.499 with Joel Embiid and Tyreese MAXI. What are some things 0:07:38.499 --> 0:07:41.179 that do intrigue you about Paul George the basketball player 0:07:41.459 --> 0:07:45.699 with your existing and now almost fully formed roster. 0:07:45.859 --> 0:07:48.579 Yeah, I mean just just his versatility, right, I mean, 0:07:48.619 --> 0:07:53.539 he's a he's a big wing, plays both ways, can 0:07:53.579 --> 0:07:57.939 handle the pass, can obviously score, you can post a little. 0:07:57.739 --> 0:07:59.059 Bit really good in the mid fold. 0:07:59.099 --> 0:08:00.939 I mean I could go on and on. Right, He's 0:08:00.939 --> 0:08:03.899 one of those players that you you use offensively in 0:08:03.939 --> 0:08:06.939 every possible way somebody can be used offensively. You know, 0:08:07.019 --> 0:08:08.859 he handles the screen, roll set and a screen while 0:08:08.859 --> 0:08:10.939 he will post, he'll bring the ball up, he'll catch 0:08:10.979 --> 0:08:13.259 and shoot, He'll he'll beat you one on one, you know, 0:08:13.299 --> 0:08:16.499 all those things. So obviously a really good fit with 0:08:16.539 --> 0:08:18.699 our with our you know, Tyres and Joel kind of 0:08:19.219 --> 0:08:22.379 the bookends of one in five and and Paul fitting 0:08:22.419 --> 0:08:22.979 right in the middle. 0:08:24.459 --> 0:08:27.539 The Minnesota G League team is the Iowa Wolves. You 0:08:27.699 --> 0:08:31.299 are a Carol, Iowa native. You've got Carol Prout the 0:08:31.419 --> 0:08:33.539 T shirt on Choose Carol. 0:08:34.219 --> 0:08:36.059 I just stopped through Carol on the on the way 0:08:36.099 --> 0:08:38.819 out here, so he gave me a T shirt to wear, 0:08:38.899 --> 0:08:39.379 so I'm. 0:08:39.499 --> 0:08:40.419 Wearing it today. I like it. 0:08:40.459 --> 0:08:43.579 And you will have a preseason game you know, well, 0:08:43.859 --> 0:08:45.419 Lauren wants to know more about the T shirt, but 0:08:45.539 --> 0:08:48.299 we will have a preseason game in Des Moines at 0:08:48.339 --> 0:08:52.459 the Iowa wol Wolves Arena between the NBA Timberwolves and 0:08:52.499 --> 0:08:54.619 the Sixers. What do you think that will be like 0:08:54.859 --> 0:08:57.899 because of your history with with that place, Well, it's. 0:08:57.739 --> 0:09:03.099 It's certainly going to be really special for me. You know, 0:09:03.219 --> 0:09:05.779 we spent a lot of time there. We we actually 0:09:05.819 --> 0:09:08.259 started that franchise from scratch. 0:09:08.499 --> 0:09:09.419 They were the Iowa. 0:09:09.259 --> 0:09:11.059 Energy back then when I was coaching them, and then 0:09:11.059 --> 0:09:14.979 the Timberwolves obviously purchased them, and now they're the Iowa Wolves. 0:09:15.419 --> 0:09:17.499 Chris Finch, the head coach of the Timberwolves, and I 0:09:17.539 --> 0:09:21.619 are very close friends, and he called me up said, hey, 0:09:21.659 --> 0:09:24.459 we got this game. We need an opponent that' said 0:09:25.059 --> 0:09:26.539 let me, let me, let me make a couple of 0:09:26.539 --> 0:09:28.499 calls and check on it. And I really wanted to 0:09:28.539 --> 0:09:32.179 do it, so I'm glad that Darryl and everybody else 0:09:32.179 --> 0:09:33.539 said it was okay, and we're going to go out 0:09:33.539 --> 0:09:35.419 there and play the play in my home state. 0:09:35.939 --> 0:09:40.019 Friday, October eleventh, the seventy six Ers and the Minnesota 0:09:40.019 --> 0:09:44.499 Timberwolves in Des Moines for a preseason game. Right now, 0:09:45.139 --> 0:09:48.339 summer league game. Talking with Sixers head coach Nick Nurse. 0:09:48.419 --> 0:09:52.539 The timber Wolves are leading this one thirty one thirty. 0:09:53.739 --> 0:09:55.979 But how has your Summer League experience been so far 0:09:56.179 --> 0:09:59.939 this year? I know you're a Prince fan. How's your 0:10:00.019 --> 0:10:01.059 Vegas experience been? 0:10:01.459 --> 0:10:02.179 It's been okay. 0:10:02.499 --> 0:10:04.019 I don't get out and do too much, to be 0:10:04.059 --> 0:10:04.699 honest with you. 0:10:05.179 --> 0:10:07.059 In Vegas, so that's my kind of vibe. 0:10:07.259 --> 0:10:11.859 Yeah, I like the basketball for sure, certainly get a 0:10:11.939 --> 0:10:12.979 chance to see some people. 0:10:14.579 --> 0:10:15.459 But I'm looking. 0:10:15.259 --> 0:10:17.539 Forward to the next part of the summer because the 0:10:17.539 --> 0:10:18.379 next pot's. 0:10:18.059 --> 0:10:18.699 Going to get fun. 0:10:19.779 --> 0:10:21.699 Speaking of the next part of the summer, we're going 0:10:21.779 --> 0:10:24.859 to roll back through sort of these free agent acquisitions. 0:10:24.899 --> 0:10:26.939 We came into the Utah Summer League with a pretty 0:10:26.939 --> 0:10:29.739 thin main roster and we're going to close Vegas with 0:10:30.099 --> 0:10:32.019 as Matt had a nearly complete one. 0:10:32.139 --> 0:10:32.779 I want to know. 0:10:32.699 --> 0:10:35.059 How you're feeling about getting Kyle Lowry back this time 0:10:35.099 --> 0:10:38.379 for a training camp, a full season opportunity for continuity, 0:10:38.419 --> 0:10:42.659 obviously a massive mentorship presence for a guy like Jared McCain. 0:10:43.779 --> 0:10:45.259 What's it going to be like to have Kyle for 0:10:45.299 --> 0:10:46.899 a full year as a seventy six er. 0:10:47.579 --> 0:10:52.219 Well, we certainly love his veteran presence. Kyle's all about winning. 0:10:53.219 --> 0:10:54.939 I know he's getting up there a little bit. We 0:10:55.139 --> 0:10:57.539 talk about that, kid him about that all the time, 0:10:57.579 --> 0:11:00.619 but you know, he really is a winner. He really 0:11:00.659 --> 0:11:03.699 plays hard, he really has a super high i Q. 0:11:04.019 --> 0:11:07.899 He's a leader, and we think that's you know, it's 0:11:07.939 --> 0:11:12.299 really important. I think, from especially from from my staff standpoint, 0:11:12.419 --> 0:11:15.379 like Kyle really knows what we want done and he 0:11:15.379 --> 0:11:17.139 helps get that done in the locker room and on 0:11:17.179 --> 0:11:21.499 the floor. So it was really happy when he signed truth. 0:11:21.539 --> 0:11:22.659 I thought we really needed. 0:11:22.499 --> 0:11:26.179 Him continuing to bounce around the roster quickly. As we 0:11:26.219 --> 0:11:30.099 head into a timeout, Joel Embiid wearing the Team USA colors. 0:11:30.219 --> 0:11:32.859 What do you think that will do for him? You 0:11:32.899 --> 0:11:34.859 have international experience coaching Canada. 0:11:34.939 --> 0:11:35.619 Yeah, I love it. 0:11:35.659 --> 0:11:39.259 I always think it helps players when they play internationally 0:11:39.259 --> 0:11:41.379 in the summer, they almost always come back better in 0:11:41.419 --> 0:11:45.459 some fashion. I'm sure he's gonna play himself into some 0:11:45.499 --> 0:11:47.619 good shape and I'm sure he's gonna learn. He's playing 0:11:47.659 --> 0:11:48.739 with a lot of great players. 0:11:48.739 --> 0:11:49.819 I'm it was going to learn. 0:11:49.659 --> 0:11:54.459 Something from a gold medalist in Kyle Lowry to a 0:11:54.699 --> 0:11:58.419 gold medal hopeful in Joel mb So we'll see how 0:11:58.459 --> 0:12:00.539 it plays out. But a big part of that Team 0:12:00.619 --> 0:12:03.139 USA this year. Nick Nurse, thank you so much for 0:12:03.219 --> 0:12:04.299 joining us here at Summer League. 0:12:04.339 --> 0:12:05.819 Good to see you guys. Than really appreciate it. 0:12:06.219 --> 0:12:07.819 Thank you so much, coach, See you guys later. 0:12:14.939 --> 0:12:19.379 Summer League action continues from Cox Pavilion at UNLV, the 0:12:19.539 --> 0:12:23.499 Summer Sixers facing the Timberwolves, tonight, This is seven to 0:12:23.579 --> 0:12:27.219 six Live Matt Murphy, Lauren Rosen with our next guest, 0:12:27.619 --> 0:12:31.659 the general manager of the Delaware Blue Coats and someone 0:12:31.699 --> 0:12:36.179 that everybody back home certainly knows in Jamiir Nelson. Jamiir, 0:12:36.259 --> 0:12:39.019 thank you for joining us at another Summer League. We 0:12:39.019 --> 0:12:40.699 did this with you last year. One of my favorite 0:12:40.699 --> 0:12:44.779 things whenever I see you interviewed at games, including Summer League, 0:12:44.779 --> 0:12:47.299 as you're always talking about the score of the game 0:12:47.339 --> 0:12:49.579 and how things could be going better for your team. 0:12:49.619 --> 0:12:51.739 I saw you during the last game do a TV 0:12:51.899 --> 0:12:54.899 had and You're like, I'd be doing better if this, 0:12:54.899 --> 0:12:56.779 this and this. So how are you doing tonight? 0:12:56.899 --> 0:12:59.619 I'm good. That's just the natural point guard and leader 0:12:59.859 --> 0:13:02.859 in me. I think I always got to no time 0:13:02.859 --> 0:13:06.259 and score and situations, and obviously a bunch of players 0:13:06.299 --> 0:13:10.299 and teams and coaches do better. But this is why 0:13:10.339 --> 0:13:12.659 we do it. We have more games and practices to 0:13:12.699 --> 0:13:16.579 get these guys better and hit it in the right direction. 0:13:16.859 --> 0:13:18.539 You know. Overall, I think we've done a great job 0:13:19.019 --> 0:13:22.259 as a as a as a team, and the coaching staff. 0:13:22.259 --> 0:13:26.019 The coach staff have been unbelievable putting in the zone 0:13:26.059 --> 0:13:29.219 that we're playing and trying to implement some other things 0:13:29.339 --> 0:13:31.819 on you know, trialing there is hard when you have 0:13:32.579 --> 0:13:34.499 a group of guys who don't play play together for 0:13:34.539 --> 0:13:36.659 a long period of time, but the team is jailed. Well, 0:13:38.379 --> 0:13:40.659 almost couldn't ask for a better situation. I mean not 0:13:40.939 --> 0:13:45.019 unfortunately everybody can't play. Some of the guys I'm sure 0:13:45.299 --> 0:13:48.419 are upset, but it's only so many minutes, and especially 0:13:48.459 --> 0:13:50.699 in the summers forty minute game, and if it was 0:13:50.699 --> 0:13:53.179 the nba'd be forty eight, so kind of limited. 0:13:53.699 --> 0:13:57.459 What is the process like as two way contracts player 0:13:57.619 --> 0:14:01.499 Justin Edwards gets a transition dunk. What's the process like 0:14:01.619 --> 0:14:03.979 of building out the summer league roster. 0:14:04.539 --> 0:14:07.659 It's interesting because the way I do it, and Eb 0:14:07.819 --> 0:14:09.899 and Darrow, they give me the space that it tiom 0:14:09.899 --> 0:14:12.699 me to kind of do it my way. I start 0:14:12.739 --> 0:14:16.819 getting some veteran guys before the draft, not knowing who 0:14:16.899 --> 0:14:19.939 was going to draft, but also knowing that the guys 0:14:19.939 --> 0:14:22.019 that are coming in from the draft are going to 0:14:22.059 --> 0:14:24.939 need help with experience and different things. So trying to 0:14:24.979 --> 0:14:28.139 bounce out the roster as much as I can is 0:14:28.139 --> 0:14:30.739 a huge part of how I look at things. 0:14:32.259 --> 0:14:35.139 Last year was your first official year as the GM 0:14:35.419 --> 0:14:39.419 in Delaware as the with prosper Karanngwall, but he kind 0:14:39.419 --> 0:14:41.779 of handed over the reins to you. So what was 0:14:42.019 --> 0:14:43.579 last season like for the Blue Coats. 0:14:43.659 --> 0:14:46.099 It was good, It was good. It was successful, not 0:14:46.139 --> 0:14:49.899 only on the floor, but also like guys, we had 0:14:49.899 --> 0:14:51.699 a lot of guys get call ups. We you know, 0:14:51.819 --> 0:14:55.139 obviously helped Ricky develop. I mean, most important thing about 0:14:55.139 --> 0:14:58.419 that is Ricky he developed himself by mentally being ready 0:14:58.539 --> 0:15:01.539 and doing everything that we asks and his progression has 0:15:01.539 --> 0:15:05.899 been unbelievable. He's unbelievable kid. You know, other guys as well, 0:15:05.939 --> 0:15:13.019 like Javonte Smart who had a European contract, Darius Baisley Junior. 0:15:13.139 --> 0:15:14.659 Like there's a bunch of guys that we can point 0:15:14.699 --> 0:15:17.699 to and say that we at least put one fingerprint 0:15:17.739 --> 0:15:20.579 on him. Like, I'm not gonna say we all, we're 0:15:20.579 --> 0:15:22.539 not gonna take credit for everything, but we have a 0:15:22.539 --> 0:15:24.579 good program and we try to do things the right way, 0:15:24.619 --> 0:15:27.579 and you know, we've been successful in the last few years. 0:15:28.299 --> 0:15:31.419 Ricky Counsel has talked about Tyrese Maxey as a mentor. 0:15:31.579 --> 0:15:33.419 Over the last year or so, we saw Tyrese come 0:15:33.459 --> 0:15:35.259 out and support this Summer League squad a couple of 0:15:35.299 --> 0:15:38.259 games ago, and Ricky said he wants to be for 0:15:38.499 --> 0:15:41.219 Jared McCain and for a dem Bona what Tyrese Maxi 0:15:41.299 --> 0:15:43.499 has been for him. What does that say about a 0:15:43.539 --> 0:15:45.739 guy like Tyrese at just twenty three years old, that 0:15:45.739 --> 0:15:48.939 he's already becoming this sort of generation to generation leader 0:15:49.219 --> 0:15:52.019 helping these young guys teach each other well, says a lot. 0:15:52.059 --> 0:15:56.219 And and Tarese has obviously the credibility and also like the 0:15:56.859 --> 0:16:00.379 skill to do that. Like the next step for him 0:16:00.419 --> 0:16:02.859 is to continue the leading and become a better leader, 0:16:02.979 --> 0:16:05.259 Like he's a great leader now, but it's also steps 0:16:05.299 --> 0:16:09.099 he can take there. Just like in his basketball game, 0:16:09.419 --> 0:16:12.379 he's growing all around the board. So I think I 0:16:12.379 --> 0:16:16.139 think him it's you actually giving back to the game. 0:16:16.579 --> 0:16:19.099 Whether he knows it or not, it's a huge part 0:16:19.099 --> 0:16:21.859 of who he is uh and and who he will 0:16:21.899 --> 0:16:22.899 be going forward. 0:16:23.379 --> 0:16:25.899 Jared McCain talked on his first day about trying to 0:16:25.979 --> 0:16:29.459 learn from Tyrese how to take being perhaps undersized in 0:16:29.539 --> 0:16:31.819 this league, but compensating for. 0:16:31.699 --> 0:16:34.019 That with the work. Yes, is that something that you 0:16:34.059 --> 0:16:36.179 resonated with in your career a little bit? 0:16:36.379 --> 0:16:39.619 My goal was to never let somebody outwork me. Yeah, 0:16:40.219 --> 0:16:43.019 I was always the underdog, and you know I was 0:16:43.019 --> 0:16:45.539 fine with that. You know, it's the cliche of like, oh, 0:16:45.659 --> 0:16:47.659 I'm going to show you what I can do. It's like, no, 0:16:47.819 --> 0:16:50.699 I'm gonna prove me right. That's me working in the gym, 0:16:50.819 --> 0:16:52.939 me putting one foot in front of the other, not 0:16:52.979 --> 0:16:56.739 worrying about what the nacare say, but also understanding that 0:16:57.619 --> 0:17:00.459 what my deficiencies were, it was mainly my height, but 0:17:00.739 --> 0:17:03.779 you couldn't deny how hard I played and how hard 0:17:03.819 --> 0:17:07.459 I worked. So you see, maxis similar to myself in 0:17:07.499 --> 0:17:09.139 terms of you you're going to you're going to the 0:17:09.419 --> 0:17:12.179 into the practice and he's smiling, he's laughing and joking 0:17:12.219 --> 0:17:15.659 and helping everybody out. So it's just one of those 0:17:15.659 --> 0:17:18.819 things that when he comes into the room, he lights 0:17:18.819 --> 0:17:21.059 everybody up. And Jared is similar. He's he's happy, he's 0:17:21.099 --> 0:17:23.499 having fun, and he does things the right way, and 0:17:23.619 --> 0:17:26.739 you know he'll he'll find he'll find exactly what he 0:17:26.779 --> 0:17:29.259 needs to do on our team and our roster because. 0:17:28.939 --> 0:17:31.299 Of that out of curiosity, who were those players for 0:17:31.379 --> 0:17:32.859 you when you were young in your career. 0:17:32.979 --> 0:17:35.699 So it's funny now you say Tyresee is the twenty 0:17:35.699 --> 0:17:37.739 three year old vet. My vets were thirty three and 0:17:37.779 --> 0:17:41.019 thirty four. I had guys. I was very fortunate to 0:17:41.099 --> 0:17:45.419 have guys like Grant Hill, Pat Garretty, Stacey Augman, shoot 0:17:45.499 --> 0:17:47.499 Tony Pettitz, like the list goes on. All my guys 0:17:47.499 --> 0:17:50.779 were thirty and above. So they were like my uncles. 0:17:51.419 --> 0:17:53.059 They were my peers. There were my uncles, And it 0:17:53.099 --> 0:17:55.219 was harder for me to lead because of that going 0:17:55.259 --> 0:17:58.859 in right there. But once I think Stacey Augman pulling 0:17:58.899 --> 0:18:00.219 me to the side that we need you to lead, 0:18:00.619 --> 0:18:03.659 we're gonna listen to you, and it calmed me down 0:18:03.699 --> 0:18:05.739 and gave me a breath of fresh air and a 0:18:05.859 --> 0:18:07.659 and a joke of confidence as well. 0:18:08.019 --> 0:18:10.379 Yeah, you talked about the point guard and you still 0:18:10.419 --> 0:18:13.059 manifesting itself in your current role. But when you were 0:18:13.979 --> 0:18:17.139 in your prime on the court, what was that like 0:18:17.259 --> 0:18:19.579 to have the ball in your hands, understanding that their 0:18:19.859 --> 0:18:22.299 future Hall of famers around that you're trying to distribute 0:18:22.299 --> 0:18:25.179 to that you want you have to literally lead on 0:18:25.219 --> 0:18:28.859 the floor. Understanding that they have this leadership, this gravity 0:18:29.139 --> 0:18:30.459 among the entire league. 0:18:30.499 --> 0:18:31.299 How do you balance that? 0:18:31.459 --> 0:18:35.819 Yeah, so you just go and be yourself and continue 0:18:35.859 --> 0:18:39.099 to grow and again they gave me the confidence to 0:18:39.099 --> 0:18:41.699 do that. They pushed me out of my comfort zone. 0:18:41.979 --> 0:18:45.339 Lead leading is not easy, especially when you're at the 0:18:45.379 --> 0:18:49.659 highest level with your peers, I guess. So you know, 0:18:49.699 --> 0:18:52.139 everybody needs to be led and everybody wants to be lid. 0:18:52.179 --> 0:18:53.339 You have to do it in the right way. You 0:18:53.339 --> 0:18:56.379 have to be conscious of how you lead for one person, 0:18:56.459 --> 0:19:00.259 one player, one coach to another. But I learned how 0:19:00.259 --> 0:19:03.499 to do that at an early age, you know, and 0:19:03.739 --> 0:19:06.179 it was kind of natural for me. One because everybody 0:19:06.219 --> 0:19:09.699 saw me working my tail off. And two I've respected 0:19:09.739 --> 0:19:11.779 everybody like I was never a guy who's like I'm 0:19:11.779 --> 0:19:14.339 better you or whatever, whether I was a starter come 0:19:14.379 --> 0:19:17.059 off the bench. I just wanted to win. And I 0:19:17.059 --> 0:19:20.579 think that's that's kind of like what helped me become 0:19:20.619 --> 0:19:21.819 the leader that I wanted to be. 0:19:22.619 --> 0:19:25.699 Sixty four fifty six the Summer Sixers leading the timber 0:19:25.699 --> 0:19:29.019 Wolves final couple minutes of the third quarter, Matt Murphy 0:19:29.059 --> 0:19:31.419 and Lauren Rosen joined by Jamie or Nelson from the 0:19:31.419 --> 0:19:34.179 seventy six ers in blue coats front office. Of course, 0:19:34.219 --> 0:19:37.219 the storied career at Saint Jose and in the NBA 0:19:37.419 --> 0:19:39.979 as well, you were honored this past season by the 0:19:40.139 --> 0:19:43.339 Orlando Magic. And when you were, you know, starting your 0:19:43.339 --> 0:19:47.539