WEBVTT - The BroadCast | Mailbag Monday - Recapping Week One 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.640 This podcast is part of the seventy sixers podcast network 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:08.639 search seventy sixers podcast wherever you get your pods. Welcome 0:00:08.680 --> 0:00:14.000 in to the first ever Mailbag Monday on the broadcast. 0:00:14.600 --> 0:00:17.400 Sometimes it's not always easy to get excited on a Monday, 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:21.120 especially from the squad you follow. Took a tough one 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:23.800 on the road the night before against the young up 0:00:23.840 --> 0:00:27.720 and coming team. But I, Lauren Rosen, am pumped. It's 0:00:27.800 --> 0:00:31.080 mail Bag Monday. Can you feel it? I can feel it. 0:00:31.440 --> 0:00:34.199 In twenty twenty, any opportunity to hear from people that 0:00:34.200 --> 0:00:38.080 aren't myself during the day is phenominal. I can't wait. 0:00:38.520 --> 0:00:40.920 You're not talking to a wall anymore, or to me. 0:00:41.240 --> 0:00:46.880 No variety gives it some extra context, Spice. I should 0:00:46.920 --> 0:00:49.360 also say it is terrific. It's always terrific to hear 0:00:49.600 --> 0:00:52.640 you and speak with you. But for this episode of 0:00:52.640 --> 0:00:58.280 the pod, brand new CRISP crystal clear audio coming from 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:03.040 Mission control. Rosen to everyone else's ears. I love it. Yes, indeed, 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:05.680 I hope it sounds better for everybody that's listened to 0:01:05.760 --> 0:01:08.000 us thus far. This is going to be the new standard. 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:11.560 So hope I sound clear speaking of things that are 0:01:11.600 --> 0:01:14.760 new and standards. I'm not quite sure what type of 0:01:14.800 --> 0:01:18.399 standard we will be able to hold. Mailbag Mondays too, 0:01:18.520 --> 0:01:20.600 that's what we're gonna call We're gonna call it Mailbag Mondays, 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:24.240 not Mailbag Monday, a new segment every Monday, Lauren and 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:30.200 I will take questions, thoughts, ideas, inquiries from you, the 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:33.320 seventy six ers faithful out there. We'll call them out 0:01:33.520 --> 0:01:37.560 on our social feeds at Brian Seltzer, at Lauren m 0:01:37.640 --> 0:01:41.440 Rosen and ask you what's on your mind about your team, 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:45.039 your town, your Philadelphia seventy six ers. And then on 0:01:45.080 --> 0:01:48.240 the Monday edition of the pod, this said Monday Mailbag 0:01:48.360 --> 0:01:52.600 edition of the pod, we'll address all of your comments, concerns, praise, 0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:57.480 promising thoughts, those sorts of things. That's the concept. It's 0:01:57.480 --> 0:02:00.000 a great concept. 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So this is this is one that I 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:59.160 would want to enter for sure. Tremendous. So that's it. 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:01.920 That's how you get in touch with us for mail 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:04.080 Bag Mondays. That's what it's all about. It only took 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:07.320 us about five minutes to articulate and explain this very 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:11.800 basic fundamental concept of audio content and how people can 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:14.360 get in touch with us. Let's dive in let us 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:17.080 but before we hit our first mail Bag Monday segment, 0:05:18.200 --> 0:05:23.040 we have some breaking news today. Batis Thible's team option 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:27.280 exercised the third year on his rookie deal. That's nice. 0:05:27.520 --> 0:05:30.400 Feels like a no brainer. I'm biased, but feels like 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:33.800 a no brainer. Yeah, we know what Matis is capable of. 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:36.640 There was not a lot of good to take away 0:05:36.640 --> 0:05:40.520 from the Sixers one sided loss, shorthanded we should add 0:05:40.839 --> 0:05:43.239 at Cleveland on Sunday, but I thought it was good 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:46.280 for Matisse's thible to get some run, the most run 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:48.960 he's had all season, get the sea legs as it were, 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:52.120 back underneath him. And that applies for him and some 0:05:52.160 --> 0:05:54.039 of the younger guys as well. And of course there's 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:56.520 been plenty of chatter about Matisse when you're on the scroll, 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:58.799 but it's important to keep in mind what Doc Rivers 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:01.760 has said. Matisse was in He took a little bit 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:04.839 longer to get into training camp than his fellow Sixers 0:06:04.920 --> 0:06:08.119 might have. Doc Rivers says his current situation is nothing 0:06:08.160 --> 0:06:10.080 to read into and that he's looking forward to seeing 0:06:10.080 --> 0:06:13.520 more from Mattisse Bible. Yes, that man certainly showed what 0:06:13.520 --> 0:06:17.040 he is capable of doing in a terrific rookie season 0:06:17.279 --> 0:06:22.360 last year. All Right, we cannot put it off any longer. 0:06:22.440 --> 0:06:25.279 We have built up or built down the anticipation for 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:28.719 our first ever mailbag Monday. Let us get to it. 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:35.119 You have one new message. Our first message, Lauren, comes 0:06:35.160 --> 0:06:39.559 from Twitter. Lexie underscore buckets. The ball movement, Lexie says 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:43.039 was wild, referring to that sequence where Danny Green hit 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:45.080 a corner three against the New York Knicks in the 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:48.640 Sixers win on Saturday, is that something we can expect 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:53.240 to continue or was it just because the Sixers were 0:06:53.279 --> 0:07:00.000 playing the Knicks. Law that is law, there's some law there. 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:02.000 First of all, when it comes to the mailbag, we 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:05.880 love questions with character. I appreciate the subtle commentary there, 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:09.320 and I think the answer is yes and yes. I mean, obviously, 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:12.280 when you get an opponent that you have an advantage over, 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:14.960 it's easier to move the ball, it's easier to find 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:19.160 your rhythm. But what we saw in that matchup on Saturday, 0:07:19.240 --> 0:07:22.560 I thought was very special. Ben Simmons afterwards said it 0:07:22.560 --> 0:07:24.800 felt like they were the Harlem Globetrotters, which is a 0:07:24.840 --> 0:07:27.800 moment I appreciated from Ben. They really were moving the 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:30.360 ball right, and that highlight that you talked about with Danny, 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:32.200 there was another one with Seth that ended up in 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:35.040 a Seth Curry three. Those were all over Bleacher Report 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:38.520 House of Highlights, and anytime those major outlets are saying 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:40.800 good things about the Sixers, it's a pretty good sign. 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:43.679 I was happy to see it, and hopefully it's something 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:46.280 that they'll be able to continue building on, especially with 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:49.760 Joel back in the post as the season continues. Our 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:53.000 man Paul Hudrick, who covers the Sixers for ninety seven 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:56.760 three ESPN, had a great tweet after that play, and 0:07:57.280 --> 0:08:00.000 I don't remember it precisely, it was something the effect. 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:02.320 I know he definitely said he thought that was the 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:05.720 best offensive possession in the Sixers first two games of 0:08:05.800 --> 0:08:09.000 the season. He might have stretched out even farther back 0:08:09.040 --> 0:08:11.200 and was like maybe the last couple of years, it 0:08:11.280 --> 0:08:13.640 was a great offensive possession. I'm not sure if you're 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:17.120 gonna be able to get something that exceptional of a 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:20.160 look with all that passing every single time down the floor, 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:21.960 that might be a little bit unrealistic, But in a 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:25.120 perfect world, I think yes. Doc Rivers has talked about 0:08:25.160 --> 0:08:27.960 wanting to see pace on offense, and pace, as he 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:29.920 has said, does not mean a race. I think pace 0:08:29.960 --> 0:08:32.320 can be applied to just simply how you get into 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:34.960 your actions and how you move the basketball, and that's 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:37.080 certainly right there. It was a great example of it, 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:40.000 I thought, all in all, a really nice, patient offensive 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:42.520 game for the Sixers in that twenty point win on 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:45.280 the road against the next on Saturday night. It wasn't 0:08:45.320 --> 0:08:47.160 easy in the beginning. The Knicks hung around, but the 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:49.880 Sixers stuck with it. And then they opened things up 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:52.440 down the stretch, no doubt about it. That was a 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:55.439 really good way to start out their road season. And again, 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:59.360 obviously Sunday night more difficult, but worth noting without Joel 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:02.400 Embiid a late scratch, which is something that Doc Rivers 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:04.520 discussed after the game. They didn't have a lot of 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:08.440 opportunity to prep for a game without Joel, and unfortunately, 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:12.080 sometimes well fortunately or unfortunately, experience is the best teacher. 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:13.679 And at least now they know what they're going to 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:16.720 be dealing with if they're absent Joel in future games. 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:22.040 Lexie underscore Buckets on Twitter, Thank you very much. Next up, 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:26.320 you have one new message, Lauren Brian Seth Curry just 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:28.640 two games into a seventy sixers career, but I'd loved 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:31.000 who I've seen out of him thus far. Curious your 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:33.480 thoughts on whether or not he can be the missing 0:09:33.559 --> 0:09:36.120 piece to help this team get over the hump. Yes, 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:40.280 our first ever, We can say it definitively now history made. 0:09:40.320 --> 0:09:44.200 Our first voicemail message for mail bag Mondays comes courtesy 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:47.800 of Jake. I like it. Bring up Seth Curry. Seth 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:51.080 Curry a man who perhaps does not get as much 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:53.840 attention as some of the other members of the starting lineup, 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:56.360 but as we certainly saw through the first two games, 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:59.520 a vital contributor. He helped set up the Sixers for 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:02.560 some crunch time plays, including that jam to Ben Simmons 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:05.520 against the Washington Wizards, and then he just shot the 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:08.280 unoad out of the ball at the Garden on Saturday 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:11.199 against the Knicks. He sure did. Set Seth looked really 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:13.679 comfortable on Saturday night, and it's good to see him 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:16.720 getting into a rhythm. Shooters shoot. He's going to keep shooting. 0:10:17.240 --> 0:10:19.480 I'm excited to have Seth on this team. His teammates 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:21.360 have beamed about what it's like to play with him. 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:23.840 He says he leads by example. Joel Embiid says that 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:27.120 they're developing good chemistry, and we've seen Joel work well 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:30.080 with shooters like Seth in the past, so look for 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:33.160 that chemistry to continue developing. I think it's going to 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:35.199 be a big year for Seth, who we can't forget 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:37.960 is statistically one of the best shooters of all time, 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:40.720 no doubt about it. I think that just the type 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:43.920 of threes he makes ultra difficult, but he makes them 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:49.439 look easily probably something that you would not expect anything 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:53.080 less of someone with his surname. How about what a 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:56.880 weekend for the extended Curry family. I mean, you had 0:10:56.960 --> 0:11:01.199 a family holiday gathering in New York because Austin plays 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:03.520 for the Knicks and Seth of course is married to 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:08.280 Doc's daughter Callie, and then Damian Lee of the Golden 0:11:08.320 --> 0:11:11.880 State Warriors knocking down a game winning three over the weekend. 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:17.040 And Damian Lee is married to Siddel Curry. Correct, what 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:19.319 a family to be part of. Look, I love my family, 0:11:19.840 --> 0:11:21.880 I love my family, but that is a heck of 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:27.760 a family, period. Yeah. A lot of hoops, a lot 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:29.800 of talent, a lot of talent around the dinner table. 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:34.560 Doc said he doesn't really care about seeing his kids 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:38.560 as much, whether it's Austin or Callier, his in laws. 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:41.000 He wants to see the Garrett grandkids. And I can 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:44.240 tell you, as a father of two and a half 0:11:44.320 --> 0:11:47.760 year old twins, your parents you are just you are 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:51.400 a facilitator. You are there to shepherd and hurt along 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:55.319 the young children, leave them in the stead of the grandparents, 0:11:55.640 --> 0:11:58.400 and then get out of the way. And those grandkids 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:00.840 are going to be hoopers too. There's no way, even 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:02.640 if they choose not to be and choose to follow 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:05.160 a different path, as all children should choose their own path. 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:07.000 They've got the genes for it, so they might as 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:09.280 well at least give it a little bit of a shot. Jake, 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:12.480 thank you for the voicemail. We appreciate it history made. 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:15.960 You are the first voicemail ever on mail bag pundits. 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:19.200 You have one new message. Back to Twitter we go 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:23.640 blogs of stuff tweeted? Am I crazy or is it 0:12:23.760 --> 0:12:27.360 rare to play a full five bench set of players 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:30.160 at once. We've seen that a couple of times for 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:32.200 the first three games of the season, well we should 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:35.000 say two when the Sixers were fully healthy. We have 0:12:35.040 --> 0:12:37.720 and dare I say not necessarily rare, but it's not 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:40.280 something we've seen from the Sixers in recent years. It 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:43.480 is something that Doc Rivers has expressed that he plans 0:12:43.520 --> 0:12:46.320 to continue doing when he can. And that bench unit 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:49.080 looks really solid. They pack a punch, whether it's shake 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:52.520 Milton for a concorkmaz Dwight Howard. They're developing really good 0:12:52.559 --> 0:12:55.000 chemistry as a unit, and they have a lot of weapons. 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:57.440 So I would expect to continue seeing that line up 0:12:57.480 --> 0:12:59.040 quite a bit at least during the regular season. I 0:12:59.040 --> 0:13:00.880 don't know about you, Seltz, Yeah, I think that what 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:03.439 that speaks to is the fact that not only are 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:07.240 the individual pieces of the bench solid, but they fit 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:11.320 really well together. Because you can have Shake and Maxie 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:13.800 in the backcourt, you can put Furcon on the wing. 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:16.360 You can throw Mike Scott at the four, Dwight Howard 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:20.080 at the five. I mean, that is a lineup that, 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:23.439 by the measures of some teams in the NBA, could 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:26.000 hang with a team's top unit. I mean, I think 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:28.920 it's just a five player group that fits really well together. 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:32.120 So that could be another reason why it's not just 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:36.160 plugging and playing a reserve that has a skill set 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:38.760 that mirrors who he's coming in for in the starting lineup. 0:13:38.960 --> 0:13:41.560 It's a five man group that plays well together. That 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:45.000 is a complimentary skill set. And sadly, we haven't been 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:47.880 able to witness quite as much practice this year as 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:50.800 we are used to outside of the pandemic. But according 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:55.120 to sources within the team, namely Tobias Harris, it gets 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:58.199 pretty testy between the two units. And one is the 0:13:58.200 --> 0:14:00.320 blue team, one is the White team, and they say 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:03.360 that each team thinks that they're the better team, whether 0:14:03.400 --> 0:14:06.120 they're the starters or the reserves. It seems like there's 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:09.520 been some really healthy competition between units one and two, 0:14:09.640 --> 0:14:11.080 So to be a fly on the wall in the 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:13.360 gym must be a lot of fun, and I would 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:15.960 imagine that they're going to continue pushing each other as 0:14:16.040 --> 0:14:19.760 the season continues. Thank you, blogs of stuff, great point 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:23.360 on Twitter. Back to the voicemail box. You have one 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:27.680 new message. Hey, Brian Laaren, This is Doug. My question 0:14:27.720 --> 0:14:30.200 for the podcast is, if the Sixers were going to 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:33.000 make the trade before the deadline at some point this season, 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:35.040 what do you think the best deal would be for 0:14:35.080 --> 0:14:39.920 them to make X Doug Love Fans like Doug. We're 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:42.080 three games into the year and we are already talking 0:14:42.120 --> 0:14:45.000 about the trade deadline, which does not take place until 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:47.920 March twenty fifth. Listen. I think that the most at 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:50.160 least I feel like I can say and deduce from 0:14:50.160 --> 0:14:54.920 what we've heard, is that Daryl Morey, Elton Brand, Doc Rivers, 0:14:55.200 --> 0:14:57.880 they believe so much Lauren in the group. And that's 0:14:57.880 --> 0:15:00.120 not just the starting group, the group the Sixers have 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:03.240 right here right now that they want to see what 0:15:03.280 --> 0:15:05.960 it's got. And I can't blame him you've got a 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:08.160 new person at the top of basketball ops, if you 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:12.000 had a new head coach, new coaching staff, and there's 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:14.000 talent here, so why not see how it plays out? 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:17.160 And keep in mind we talk about the move for 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:19.240 Doc Rivers, the move for Daryl Morey to come and 0:15:19.280 --> 0:15:22.240 work with this team, and they both cited the opportunity 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:25.000 to work with this specific roster when they made their 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:27.840 decisions to come to Philadelphia. And I'll just tear a 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:30.840 page out of Doc rivers book. He was on First Take, 0:15:30.880 --> 0:15:32.640 I believe, a couple days ago, and he said that 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:36.240 he believes that he can win with this specific group 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:38.920 and he wants to see how they look. He wants 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:41.560 to let it ride. And of course, like you said, 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:44.200 anyone that's in the front office is always going to 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:45.920 be keeping their options open, making sure they have a 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:47.960 pulse around the league, as we know that the Sixers 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:51.760 front office does. But I personally agree with Doc. Excited 0:15:51.760 --> 0:15:54.360 to see what this team has to offer and excited 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:56.320 to watch it for as long as I can. Thank 0:15:56.360 --> 0:15:59.320 you Doug for hitting us up on the voicemail. One 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:02.960 last note to pull out of our first ever mail 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:06.440 back Monday, you have one new message and that comes 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:10.960 from the Twitter sphere. KRD Sixers one two three. This 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:13.240 might seem like minutial, armed I'm gonna bring it up 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:15.480 because maybe some people out there aren't aware of it. 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:18.440 Do the Sixers practice today? Mind, you were taping on 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:21.960 a Monday. Just curious if Joel Embiid practices. If they 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:25.480 do three games and four nights, how's he holding up. 0:16:25.680 --> 0:16:28.040 Of course, Joel did not play on Sunday due to 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:31.400 some tightness in his back. Well, to answer the question first, 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:34.320 KARD six Ers one two three, No, the Sixers did 0:16:34.320 --> 0:16:37.280 not practice on Monday. League protocol is you don't practice 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:40.680 no mandatory team activities the day after or back to back. 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:44.000 That's what the Sixers had, So that is that. So 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:47.560 regardless of what Joe's status is for Tuesday's game against Toronto, 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:51.760 there was no practice on Monday. But listen, I don't 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:54.800 think it sounded like Doc Rivers was too concerned about 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:58.640 Joe's status afterwards. And listen, we're literally not even through 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:00.680 the first week of the regular season. No need to 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:03.760 push it. I just think about how darn good this 0:17:03.800 --> 0:17:06.439 team look with Joel out there. Though. I say that, 0:17:06.520 --> 0:17:08.399 and then I will also say that I think it 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:11.119 is necessary, as Doc Rivers, I believe, would tell you 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:13.280 the same thing for this team to have to play 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:17.040 without Joel and you know, figure what that's what that's like. 0:17:17.080 --> 0:17:19.639 And I think they got jumped by a young, scrappy 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:22.840 and up and coming Cleveland team on Sunday And worth 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:26.200 noting Dwight Howard obviously stepping into the starting lineup on 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:29.159 Sunday night at the last minute. And Dwight has been 0:17:29.160 --> 0:17:31.359 phenomenal since he started with the Sixers, got into a 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:34.200 little bit of foul trouble as the starter, but wasn't 0:17:34.200 --> 0:17:36.159 aware that he was going to be starting until right 0:17:36.200 --> 0:17:38.960 before the game. Actually didn't start more than a couple 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:41.960 times last season in LA. So I would imagine that 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:45.640 that backup center, backup starter role for Dwight is something 0:17:45.640 --> 0:17:48.159 that he'll just continue growing into. It's something that he'll 0:17:48.359 --> 0:17:50.440 get a better handle on as the season goes along, 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:52.280 whenever he needs to do it. And you got to 0:17:52.320 --> 0:17:54.159 give props to Dwight for the way he's looked his 0:17:54.240 --> 0:17:57.960 body of work. Let's say, since the Sixers season got underway, 0:17:58.600 --> 0:18:01.200 let's wrap it on this. This is not a mail 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:03.639 bag question that we got, but something I think is 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:07.600 worth mentioning if you're looking to take a through line 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:11.080 from the back to back road trip away from what 0:18:11.119 --> 0:18:15.280 we saw against the Knicks and the Cavaliers, Tobias Harris 0:18:15.560 --> 0:18:18.760 seemed to get into a pretty good rhythm. That seemed 0:18:18.800 --> 0:18:20.800 to be one of the buzzwords from him after the 0:18:20.800 --> 0:18:23.639 game on Sunday at Cleveland. A nice shooting rhythm for 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:26.880 Tobias Harris to come away from the weekend with absolutely 0:18:26.960 --> 0:18:28.760 Doc Rivers has not been shy saying that he wants 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:30.760 to Bias to make quicker decisions. It looked like he 0:18:30.800 --> 0:18:33.280 did just that over the weekend, and Tobias is one 0:18:33.280 --> 0:18:36.000 of the most reliable, most durable players in this league. 0:18:36.119 --> 0:18:38.240 Go check out his stats over the last few years 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:40.479 for proof there. I'm not going to try to convince anyone. 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:43.520 The math speaks for itself, so expect to Bias to 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:47.639 continue growing, continue finding this rhythm and being a really solid, 0:18:47.680 --> 0:18:50.879 consistent piece as the season goes along. And in the 0:18:50.880 --> 0:18:54.480 feel good story of the weekend department, Young Dakota Matthias, 0:18:54.480 --> 0:18:58.359 two way player for the Sixers, Ohio native at Rocket 0:18:58.359 --> 0:19:01.920 Mortgage field House, subs in within seconds knocks down his 0:19:02.040 --> 0:19:05.720 first career triple in his first career NBA regular season game. 0:19:05.880 --> 0:19:08.760 Love it. He looked comfortable, He looked happy to be there. 0:19:09.000 --> 0:19:11.360 Plenty of his teammates have mentioned what a pleasure it's 0:19:11.359 --> 0:19:14.200 been to play with Dakota thus far. So you love 0:19:14.240 --> 0:19:16.720 to see him getting some minutes, his first NBA minutes, 0:19:16.760 --> 0:19:21.200 his first NBA buckets, looking confident. The jumper looked quite damp, 0:19:21.280 --> 0:19:24.040 if I do say so myself. So excited to see 0:19:24.040 --> 0:19:26.080 how he grows as a member. Obviously a two way 0:19:26.080 --> 0:19:29.119 player of the Delaware Bluecoats and the seventy six ers 0:19:29.200 --> 0:19:33.720 this season. All righty, that's it, we can disconnect the line. 0:19:34.119 --> 0:19:37.960 Our first mail bag Monday is in the books. Thank 0:19:38.000 --> 0:19:41.080 you to everyone who jumped in the mansions sent in 0:19:41.160 --> 0:19:45.760 a voicemail. We will notify you. This may change. We're 0:19:45.800 --> 0:19:47.000 kind of doing some of this on the fly. We 0:19:47.000 --> 0:19:51.680 will notify you directly if you are the winner of 0:19:51.680 --> 0:19:53.560 some swag this week. I don't know how we're gonna 0:19:53.600 --> 0:19:54.879 pick it. I think we're gonna have to do a 0:19:54.960 --> 0:19:59.440 random name generator, and if this gets controversial, we might 0:19:59.480 --> 0:20:03.040 have to film. Have it be something transparent. I'm cool, 0:20:03.280 --> 0:20:05.479 I'm cool with randomizing it. And yes, Thank you so 0:20:05.560 --> 0:20:09.000 much to everybody that is engaging with us, whether it's here, 0:20:09.080 --> 0:20:12.600 whether it's on seven six Live Countdown presented by Tisso 0:20:13.040 --> 0:20:15.440 it feels like the seventy six ers fans are with us, 0:20:15.440 --> 0:20:17.880 and I just want you to know that it is appreciated. 0:20:18.160 --> 0:20:21.119 Please keep engaging, send your voicemails. We're nice people. We 0:20:21.160 --> 0:20:23.800 want to hear from you, so don't hold back. I 0:20:23.800 --> 0:20:27.480 always forgot there is actually one more voicemail that we 0:20:27.560 --> 0:20:30.119 have to play. Let's get to it right now. You 0:20:30.200 --> 0:20:33.920 have one new message. Hey, Brian Lauren. Love the work 0:20:33.960 --> 0:20:38.720 that you do. Love the entire Sixers podcast network is fantastic. 0:20:39.000 --> 0:20:41.720 Cannot wait to hear the next episode and everything that 0:20:41.800 --> 0:20:44.240 you guys are doing. I did have one question though, 0:20:45.000 --> 0:20:47.359 whatever happened to that guy Divine Givens that you have 0:20:47.440 --> 0:20:49.640 one every now and then. God like what he does, 0:20:49.920 --> 0:20:53.000 pretty good stuff that he does. I'm just curious wondering 0:20:53.000 --> 0:20:57.159 what's going on? Thanks for listening. Happy holidays. Yes anonymous 0:20:57.160 --> 0:20:59.840