WEBVTT - The 76ers Head to the Offseason

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, all right, let's get into some news around

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<v Speaker 1>the NBA really quickly before we get into what happened

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<v Speaker 1>in the Suns verse mav series and.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bucks versus Celtics series. Just really quickly. Want to

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<v Speaker 2>just clean some things up.

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<v Speaker 1>We never talked about the fact that the Sixers went

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<v Speaker 1>home and boyle boy, boy oh boy were the postgame

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<v Speaker 1>comments by Doc rivers a site to behold the Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>home again before the conference finals.

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<v Speaker 2>Once again, for context for.

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<v Speaker 1>Folks who aren't paying attention to the history of this,

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<v Speaker 1>the last time Philly won a second round series was

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<v Speaker 1>when Alan Iverson did the step over Tylo in two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand and one. That is twenty one years ago. That's

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<v Speaker 1>how long it's been in since Philly has done anything

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<v Speaker 1>of note in the playoffs. Nobody has disappointed more in

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<v Speaker 1>the NBA in the last twenty years than.

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<v Speaker 2>The Philadelphia seventy six Ers. I mean even the Lakers.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't think of any team that's had as many

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<v Speaker 1>expectations but has performed as poorly under the big lights.

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<v Speaker 1>Turn them lights down, turn those lights down, as Philly has.

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<v Speaker 1>Since two thousand and one, this team has been bounced

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<v Speaker 1>in the first round or second round twelve times, including

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<v Speaker 1>four times in the past five years.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus Christ is horrible.

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<v Speaker 1>No finals appearances in two decades, no titles in thirty

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<v Speaker 1>eight years.

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<v Speaker 2>Since the Sixers made it past the second round, there's

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<v Speaker 2>been eighteen different NBA teams that have made the finals.

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<v Speaker 1>And not you, Philly, and not you gross And yet this,

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<v Speaker 1>this is the thing that kills me. This is the

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<v Speaker 1>one of the reasons of many that I can't stand

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<v Speaker 1>Sixer fans, like these version of Sixer fans, Like if

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<v Speaker 1>you talk to Sixer fans, they'll come at you like

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<v Speaker 1>they have twenty seven rings. They've got all of the

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<v Speaker 1>annoying swagger of Golden State Warriors fans without any of

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<v Speaker 1>the corresponding recent success. You, Philly, you would think doctor

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<v Speaker 1>j had been like a recent phenomenon.

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<v Speaker 2>How these Sixers fans, How these Sixers.

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<v Speaker 1>Media, or at least some of them act. This is

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<v Speaker 1>a train wreck of a franchise, and they have nowhere

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<v Speaker 1>to go from here. And now they have to wrestle

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<v Speaker 1>with the idea, the notion of signing James Harden, with

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<v Speaker 1>the notion of whether they bring back Doc Rivers, rolling

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<v Speaker 1>that ass back out there doing nonsense who who wants

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<v Speaker 1>to run it back with Doc Rivers get out of here?

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<v Speaker 2>Why do I not like?

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<v Speaker 1>Doc Rivers is a fine person, Like I if Doc Rivers,

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<v Speaker 1>God forbid was to hear this. I want to preface

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<v Speaker 1>this by saying, like, I like him as a human being.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a nice guy, has a good golf swing. He

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<v Speaker 2>uses it a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>Doesn't use it a lot in June. Just want to say, nothing, though,

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<v Speaker 1>is ever Doc Rivers's fault. You get coaches when they

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<v Speaker 1>get bounced, they're like, listen, we weren't ready to go,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's on me. Manny Williams was out there saying

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<v Speaker 1>that the sun's lost because I didn't have him prepared.

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<v Speaker 2>That's my fault.

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<v Speaker 1>The end of the day, it all, when it all

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<v Speaker 1>comes down, it falls on me, Doc. Doc never thinks

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<v Speaker 1>anything's his fault. It's everyone's fault.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all. It falls on all of us. Doc.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, it's a team game, but at the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the day, you're the man.

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<v Speaker 2>You're the leader of the platoon.

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<v Speaker 1>You are the guy on the front lines of the

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<v Speaker 1>first person in the firing squad is and only will

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<v Speaker 1>be you, no matter if it's your fault, no matter

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<v Speaker 1>if your point guard passed up in open lay it

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<v Speaker 1>or not falls on you, sir. And the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>you another thing that I don't like, the side road.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like Doc Rivers is just learning about how bad

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<v Speaker 1>his reputation is around the NBA. It's like he just

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<v Speaker 1>stumbled upon Twitter and how everyone thinks about him as.

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<v Speaker 2>Being a bad coach.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like he's just now annoyed to the point where

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<v Speaker 1>he's addressing these things we've been talking about for five years.

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<v Speaker 2>Doc Rivers, do you know that you've.

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<v Speaker 1>Blown like eleven straight game sevens, like something crazy, eleven

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<v Speaker 1>elimination games?

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<v Speaker 2>Like you didn't know that We've been talking about this.

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<v Speaker 1>We've been killing you online since you were in Los Angeles, sir.

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<v Speaker 1>We've been killing you since you got one ring in Boston, sir.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been a minute. And when he found out about this,

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<v Speaker 2>he's like, oh, yeah, I mean Orlando.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you see Orlando's roster dog? You are getting killed.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not new. And yet for some reason, Doc

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<v Speaker 1>Rivers doesn't believe that this is a results based business.

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<v Speaker 1>I try really hard. Nobody's more confident. Yeah, yeah, he said,

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<v Speaker 1>I try really hard. Guys, me too, me too, Like

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes though you're just out over your skis my man,

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<v Speaker 1>and nobody feels more confident somehow Someway in his job

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<v Speaker 1>security than Doc Rivers in his measily won ring despite

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<v Speaker 1>so many of the problems that this team that has

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<v Speaker 1>falled on Doc Rivers's shoulders, I don't know, like blowing

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<v Speaker 1>up players, throwing him under the bus, making them never

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<v Speaker 1>want to come back to your franchise after a series ends,

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<v Speaker 1>Like deciding to play Joel Embiid with a torn thumb

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<v Speaker 1>in a fourth quarter up thirty to the Toronto Raptors

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<v Speaker 1>in a closeout game in the waning moments, like constantly

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<v Speaker 1>deflecting blame even when things are very clearly Doc Rivers's fault.

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<v Speaker 1>Here is what Doc Rivers had to say after the

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<v Speaker 1>series ended.

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<v Speaker 2>It's unreal.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't worry about my job, and I think I

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<v Speaker 3>do a terrific job. And if you don't, then you

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<v Speaker 3>should write it. Because I work my butt off to

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<v Speaker 3>get this team here. When I first got here, no

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<v Speaker 3>one picked us to be anywhere, and again this year

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<v Speaker 3>the same thing. So if that's how anyone feels, right,

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<v Speaker 3>and I'm gonna feel secure about it if.

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<v Speaker 1>It results face business, it.

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<v Speaker 3>Is but you don't do it every year. Every time

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<v Speaker 3>you're wrong, should you lose your job? No, So it's

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<v Speaker 3>the same thing, all right, But listen, if you believe that,

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<v Speaker 3>then go with it. I know how I know what

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<v Speaker 3>I did this year, and I feel very good about that.

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<v Speaker 3>But again, if if you believe that, then you just

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<v Speaker 3>run with it.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you?

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<v Speaker 3>So to be clear, you plan on still pan So

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<v Speaker 3>to be clear, you plan on still out the Indian

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<v Speaker 3>I'll be here, Yeah, I'll be here. Whatever makes this team,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, whatever allows this team to continue to grow

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<v Speaker 3>and get better and do the things necessary to win

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<v Speaker 3>and compete at the highest level. James, She said, the

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<v Speaker 3>ball didn't get to you. Does the coach called plays

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<v Speaker 3>to try to get the ball to you?

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<v Speaker 2>Nice question.

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<v Speaker 1>He also said, in the middle of that Game seven,

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<v Speaker 1>I realized the Miami Heat were just a better team

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<v Speaker 1>than us.

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<v Speaker 2>What excuse me? I do a really good job. I

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<v Speaker 2>try really hard.

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<v Speaker 1>This clip, by the way, is amazing. Why is it

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<v Speaker 1>amazing because there's a little bit of Odyssey Entercom Radio

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<v Speaker 1>inside the company history here. My man Howard Eskin is

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<v Speaker 1>the one asking Doc Rivers the question. How Eskin, seventy

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<v Speaker 1>plus years old, been covering the Philadelphia seventy six ers

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<v Speaker 1>as a staple for a very long time.

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<v Speaker 2>Also happens to be the father.

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<v Speaker 1>Of WFAN program manager Spike Eskin, and nobody gets under

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<v Speaker 1>Doc Riverskin more than Howard Eskin. Howie won't even refer

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<v Speaker 1>to Doc as Doc. He calls him Glenn. He refuses

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<v Speaker 1>to say the word Doc rivers because there's only one doc.

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<v Speaker 2>In Philadelphia, and that's doctor j Holy.

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<v Speaker 1>And Spike, his son, told me, you can feel when

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<v Speaker 1>Howard's about that my dad's about to ask a question

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<v Speaker 1>to a coach, because all of the life drains out

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<v Speaker 1>of their face before he even asks said question.

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<v Speaker 2>The only thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Left that Doc has is the fact that Darryl Morey

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<v Speaker 1>he doesn't want to fire outwardly. Listen, Darren Morry doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>want Doc rivers on this as this coach. We know

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<v Speaker 1>that we know who Daryl Moury wants. It's not a secret.

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<v Speaker 1>He wants Mike D'Antoni, and Bee wants Mike D'Antoni. James

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<v Speaker 1>Harden wants Mike D'Antoni. Is Mike D'Antoni the right fit?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't, you know, probably not, But we know for

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<v Speaker 1>a fact that Darryl Moury and the rest of the

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<v Speaker 1>squad is not Roland with Doc Rivers. But Daryl Moury's like,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't fire him right now because but Daryl Moury

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<v Speaker 1>says he's going to keep Doc Rivers. The Doc Rivers

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<v Speaker 1>is a long term coach for the Philadelphia seventy six Ers.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you believe that, given what we've heard and

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<v Speaker 1>what we know about Daryl Moray, who is a fucking liar,

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<v Speaker 1>I have some beachfront property in Montana to sell you.

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<v Speaker 2>I do.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what to recap. Moury said, He's a great coach.

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<v Speaker 1>I love working with him. I feel like I'm learning

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<v Speaker 1>from him. I think Elton Brand and I make a

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<v Speaker 1>very good team. We're gonna see where this journey takes us,

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<v Speaker 1>but we feel very good about where it's going to

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<v Speaker 1>take us. It's going to be where we have a

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<v Speaker 1>very good chance to win a title. Pause And that's

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<v Speaker 1>a lie. People in the know think Doc Rivers is

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<v Speaker 1>headed to the Lakers, because why Doc Rivers loves nothing

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<v Speaker 1>more than sunny weather and good golf courses and Philadelphia

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<v Speaker 1>has neither.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Sixers are only waiting.

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<v Speaker 1>Around because they want to figure out a way to

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<v Speaker 1>finagle the Lakers to give them something back to get

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<v Speaker 1>rid of a guy they already want to get rid of.

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<v Speaker 1>They want the good old Doc Rivers gets traded from

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<v Speaker 1>Boston to La thing like, just do it again. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>just do it again sixteen years later, folks.

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<v Speaker 2>The problem is.

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<v Speaker 1>That the Lakers have almost no trade assets to move

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<v Speaker 1>to add insult to injury.

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<v Speaker 2>Ema Udoka is the third coach to leave the Philadelphia

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<v Speaker 2>seventy six ers.

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<v Speaker 1>Is an assistant coach tooenty sixteen and make the Conference

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<v Speaker 1>finals in his first two years as a head coach. Yikes,

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<v Speaker 1>that's Mike D'Antoni, that's Eme Udoka, and that's Monty Williams.

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<v Speaker 2>Will Doc be back in Philly? I hope not. Don't

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<v Speaker 2>bet on it. But what's that old thing?

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<v Speaker 3>Like?

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<v Speaker 1>The definitive definition of insanities is doing the same thing

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<v Speaker 1>over and over again.

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<v Speaker 2>Thinking the results are going to be different.

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<v Speaker 1>We know this Philadelphia fan base is insane. If they

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<v Speaker 1>bring back Doc Rivers and they do a long term

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<v Speaker 1>contract extension on a max deal with James Harden.

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<v Speaker 2>The city will go up in Thames like the what

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<v Speaker 2>is it? The Joker?

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<v Speaker 1>And here we go