Speaker 1: I'm Brian Seltzer and this is the scoop from the
Speaker 1: seventy Sixers podcast network for Friday, March twenty six. There
Speaker 1: was a game. It was a nice one O nine,
Speaker 1: one O one seventy Sixers win over the Los Angeles
Speaker 1: Lakers at Staples Center. But the main course Thursday was,
Speaker 1: of course, the trade deadline and the Sixers were active.
Speaker 1: It wasn't the most dramatic deal today, but it was
Speaker 1: definitely a difference maker in a three team trade. The
Speaker 1: Sixers got George Hill from the Oklahoma City Thunder and
Speaker 1: Ignis bruz Dacas from the New York Knicks. Hill, of
Speaker 1: course the key addition a solid thirteen year veteran guard
Speaker 1: who's got to handle a shot and can defend. The
Speaker 1: Sixers had to part ways with Tony Bradley, Terrence Ferguson,
Speaker 1: Vincent Pourier, and some future picks. Daryl Morey spoke about
Speaker 1: the swap Thursday night, shortly after the trade was finalized.
Speaker 1: Getting George's recent and range and plus shooting in strong
Speaker 1: defensive package and it gives coach rivers options in different
Speaker 1: way is different lineups he can play. George has also
Speaker 1: had success starting a little bigger and smaller, so that
Speaker 1: gives again some more optionality. George Hill played fourteen games
Speaker 1: for Oklahoma City this season, averaging nearly twelve points per game,
Speaker 1: before he suffered a thumb injury late in January. He
Speaker 1: didn't suit up for the Thunder again after that. He'll
Speaker 1: led the NBA in three point shooting last year at
Speaker 1: forty six percent, and he's been in the playoffs in
Speaker 1: eleven of his twelve seasons. But perhaps one of the
Speaker 1: most noteworthy implications of Thursday's move was what the Sixers
Speaker 1: didn't do. They opted to keep the core of the
Speaker 1: second best team in the league intact. Doc said it best.
Speaker 1: I mean, Doc loves his team, loves how we're playing.
Speaker 1: I love this team. I love how we're playing. You
Speaker 1: feel very good about let the roster. We have our
Speaker 1: chances to win the championship. And one thing that coach
Speaker 1: Rivers can do right now has put you know five,
Speaker 1: you know, strong, playoff tested guys who can play both
Speaker 1: ends on the more at one time if they want
Speaker 1: to do that in crunch time. So we're pretty excited
Speaker 1: about that. Exactly how the Sixers will use Hill is
Speaker 1: something that Morey will leave up to Doc Rivers. So
Speaker 1: far this season, there isn't much that Rivers has done
Speaker 1: that's gone wrong. Morey gave his head Coach of the
Speaker 1: Year candidate a big shout out. You know, honestly, Doc
Speaker 1: Rivers has pushed every ripe button this year. You know,
Speaker 1: I wish, I wish there. I guess the lot's being
Speaker 1: written now thankfully, but more should be written. Let the
Speaker 1: job Doc Rivers and his staff has done. I mean
Speaker 1: he's got every I mean literally, I challenge you to
Speaker 1: find a player team not playing at their best of
Speaker 1: their career. Doc's do an amazing job. You know, he
Speaker 1: has options. I mean, I think he can go a
Speaker 1: whole bunch of different ways, and all of them should
Speaker 1: be pretty strong and hard to hard to beat in
Speaker 1: a seven game series. It remains to be seen when
Speaker 1: Hill and brus Dakas will join the Sixers. Hill's expected
Speaker 1: to wear the number thirty three. Brus Dakas, a solid
Speaker 1: G League player for the Westchester Nicks, will support the
Speaker 1: number seventeen. Now, there was sill the games we played Thursday,
Speaker 1: and the Sixers fended off the defending champs by eight.
Speaker 1: The story of the night it was this before Tip off.
Speaker 1: Both Dwight Howard and Danny Green got their twenty twenty
Speaker 1: championship rings in a nice recognition at center Court. Then
Speaker 1: Green proceeded to go out there and light his former
Speaker 1: squad up to the tune of twenty eight points. He
Speaker 1: was eight for twelve from three, highlighted by the final
Speaker 1: one this dagger with under a minute to go, shot
Speaker 1: clock down to six cross Sports get bike Scott Sixers
Speaker 1: go to Danny Greeney fire for three in the corners.
Speaker 1: Good Danny Green knocked it down. It's eight three in
Speaker 1: the game and the Sixers go up six with thirty
Speaker 1: seconds to go. I'm glad I got a chance to
Speaker 1: receive my ring. A lot of fun as a special night.
Speaker 1: You had to wait a while to get up as
Speaker 1: a beautiful, beautiful piece. Got a chance to see some
Speaker 1: of my brothers compete against them, some my whole family,
Speaker 1: you know. None more special things that come out with
Speaker 1: a win. It was also a welcome sight to see
Speaker 1: Seth Curry back out there after a three game absence.
Speaker 1: He finished with nineteen points. It was four for eight
Speaker 1: from dep six Ers, now three and oz on their
Speaker 1: six game road trip. Their winning streak is at four
Speaker 1: They'll stay in La a couple more days and face
Speaker 1: the Clippers on Saturday. Doc rivers first game against the
Speaker 1: clubby coached the previous seven years. I'm Brian Seltern. That
Speaker 1: was the scoop from the seventy Sixers podcast network for Friday,
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