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Speaker 1: Sixers wing man. We're talking about a six foot seven
Speaker 1: wing twenty three years old, forty percent from the three
Speaker 1: for an entire season with high volume, Furkon is the goat.
Speaker 1: Plus in the spirit of Matisse thybel some NFT talk. Yes,
Speaker 1: there is no limit to what we discuss your DM's
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Speaker 1: there were wins, there were breakout performances. There is impact,
Speaker 1: ending mercifully the end of a road trip, a busy week.
Speaker 1: It was Lauren Rosen, how are you. I'm doing well.
Speaker 1: I'm feeling like Dwight Howard this morning. Happy to be alive.
Speaker 1: That was a I'm not sure if it was coincidental,
Speaker 1: but it was a timely name drop of Dwight Howard.
Speaker 1: Tell me why. I'm not going to spill too much.
Speaker 1: Some quality Dwight Howard content coming later on this rainy
Speaker 1: Monday edition of the mail Bag. Let's do it. You
Speaker 1: know what else there was this week? Before I get
Speaker 1: into the mail Bag, I have to bring this up.
Speaker 1: I'm going to go to the Brian Selter mail Bag
Speaker 1: because I want to clear this right off the bat.
Speaker 1: What's happening on the internet right now? I'm seeing things
Speaker 1: about bitcoin, NFTs, yats. I can't keep up. I'm thirty five.
Speaker 1: I'd like to think that I'm still on top of things.
Speaker 1: I have no clue what's happening right now. I need
Speaker 1: you to debrief, so I'll tell here's what I know.
Speaker 1: I know some of it, and I'm faking of it.
Speaker 1: I think a lot of new information is just about
Speaker 1: buying in and just like being ready to rock. So
Speaker 1: that's what I decided last night, was that I'm all
Speaker 1: in on NFT's non fungible tokens. I'm all in on bitcoin.
Speaker 1: I don't have any because it's expensive, but I understand
Speaker 1: what it is, and through conversations with one Darryl Morey
Speaker 1: and a couple other people in the in the Sixers universe,
Speaker 1: I'm starting to understand how this all works. If you
Speaker 1: don't follow Darryl Morey on Twitter, He's now going to
Speaker 1: start doing little bitcoin NFT tutorials on his Twitter page.
Speaker 1: Last night he did one spurred by Matisse Thybles posting
Speaker 1: about his own bitclout on his Twitter. Matise, as we
Speaker 1: now know, is very into the cryptocurrency world, as is
Speaker 1: Tobias Harris, as are some other people around the league.
Speaker 1: You're seeing it everywhere now, and Daryl Morey's is all
Speaker 1: about it. So not only are these guys connecting with
Speaker 1: I guess their boss about basketball, they're now connecting about
Speaker 1: crypto as well. And I joined the fun. Last night.
Speaker 1: I got myself a yat, which is a unique token
Speaker 1: of emojis that now nobody else can have except for me.
Speaker 1: I own my group of four emojis. You can make
Speaker 1: it into UURL. It now directs to my Twitter. It
Speaker 1: was like a big decision to decide which emojis I
Speaker 1: wanted to get to create this little NFT. I'm all
Speaker 1: in do I understand everything that's going on. No am,
Speaker 1: I learning and trying. Yes, followed Daryl Morey seems like
Speaker 1: he's going to keep doing some tutorials on his Twitter
Speaker 1: about how this all works. And if I trust anyone
Speaker 1: to explain something foreign to me, it's that. Man. Is
Speaker 1: it wrong that I think the most accessible of all
Speaker 1: the stuff for me to understand, between the Bitcoin, NFT
Speaker 1: and yet is the YAT. That's the one that piques
Speaker 1: my interest the most. I might want to yat. I'm
Speaker 1: already having some ideas well. So I think the YAT
Speaker 1: is very accessible because you can see it. And that's
Speaker 1: the problem with NBA Top Shot, with Bitcoin, with a
Speaker 1: lot of other NFTs, you can't necessarily see the thing
Speaker 1: that you're getting, and it's it's hard to conceptualize what
Speaker 1: you own and how you own it and nobody else does.
Speaker 1: That's where I struggle. It's like, how are we sure
Speaker 1: that if you buy an NBA Top Shot play, how
Speaker 1: are you sure that nobody else has it? Because plenty
Speaker 1: of people have the video, plenty of people can look
Speaker 1: it up, plenty of people saw it in person, some
Speaker 1: people maybe recorded it on their own cameras in person.
Speaker 1: So how do you really own the play that you bought?
Speaker 1: I don't know, but you do get a receipt when
Speaker 1: you buy it, and eventually I would imagine that that
Speaker 1: receipt becomes valuable like a trading card. Does have trading
Speaker 1: cards ever been truly valuable? No, they're pieces of cardboard.
Speaker 1: But somehow may dispute that claim, Lauren, Now, come on,
Speaker 1: but this is not the slander trading cards here, absolutely
Speaker 1: asking about modern day currency. But the comparison that was
Speaker 1: made for me by a friend that explained what an
Speaker 1: NFT is is. It's like a trading card. You only
Speaker 1: make a certain amount and when you buy it, probably
Speaker 1: at a low price. You buy a rookie trading card
Speaker 1: this season, and that rookie ends up being in the
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame in twenty years. That trading card that
Speaker 1: you bought in twenty twenty one is very valuable. So
Speaker 1: maybe my yat, which is four emojis, the fanciest yats
Speaker 1: are one, two, three, four five emojis, so mine is
Speaker 1: the second to lease to fancy yat. But I do
Speaker 1: have one, and I got in early, so if the
Speaker 1: yats blow up, eventually my yat will become very valuable,
Speaker 1: and if it doesn't, it's still mine. And it feels
Speaker 1: nice to know that I own a tiny pocket of emojis.
Speaker 1: Maybe that's why I'm in such a good mood this morning,
Speaker 1: is because I got my yat this morning. How do
Speaker 1: I get an invite? It might be yat? I don't
Speaker 1: even know. Oh, well, you might know someone that has
Speaker 1: a couple invites. Left. All right, I'm going to try
Speaker 1: and figure out she could help you. I might need that.
Speaker 1: I think I know what I would do. In a
Speaker 1: perfect world, I might be able to do it in five. Well,
Speaker 1: so I wanted to do mine in three, but it
Speaker 1: was more cost effective to do it in four, so
Speaker 1: I ended up doing four or for the for the
Speaker 1: price reduction. Um you know, what are your emoji combinations?
Speaker 1: Can you tell us? Yes? I can. Let me just
Speaker 1: pull it up, make sure I got it in the
Speaker 1: right order. It's very interesting to like certain certain orders.
Speaker 1: Um mine is basketball emoji, microphone emogi, manicure emoji, checkered
Speaker 1: flag emoji. Okay, I don't think I need to explain,
Speaker 1: but basketball microphone, what we're doing right now, manicure what
Speaker 1: I have on my hands? And checkered flag I love
Speaker 1: formula one for love it and if you go to
Speaker 1: why dot at dot basketball microphone manicure checkered flag, you
Speaker 1: get to my Twitter. I have an idea of what
Speaker 1: mine will be if I'm fortunate enough to claim it. Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm not going to spill the beans here because I
Speaker 1: don't want any of you out there to get into
Speaker 1: your NFT zone and go hawk it. But I think
Speaker 1: I know could you and could you potentially announce it
Speaker 1: tonight on seven six Live Countdown presented by TSO. Maybe
Speaker 1: I'll do that. Yeah, either either on seven six five
Speaker 1: Countdown presented by TSO later on this Monday, or perhaps
Speaker 1: on the Deep Dive on Friday, or maybe maybe on
Speaker 1: the Bag next Monday. If I'm fortunate enough to claim
Speaker 1: this yet, just make sure you go into the experience
Speaker 1: with an open mind, because I had no plan of
Speaker 1: when I went into mine. I knew what I wanted.
Speaker 1: What I wanted was really expensive, and then I ended
Speaker 1: up loving this one that was really inexpensive but might
Speaker 1: one day be very expensive, And now I own it.
Speaker 1: Did all of you out there expect this is what
Speaker 1: you wanted? Right? Six minutes forty seconds of NFT bitcoin
Speaker 1: and yat talk before we even start the mail bag
Speaker 1: without further ado, let's get to it. You have one
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Speaker 1: especially your voice. Vince Picaro on Twitter, he was always
Speaker 1: active in the mansions. Wanted to start this week with
Speaker 1: Joel Embiid. I think that Lauren was one of the
Speaker 1: big headlines from this week. He was back for a
Speaker 1: second time. It seems like he's back for good for
Speaker 1: good this time. Played in the back to back look
Speaker 1: really strong against the OKC Thunder. But Vince chimed in
Speaker 1: after the win over the Boston Celtics last Tuesday, in
Speaker 1: which Joel Embiad went off once again. He finished the
Speaker 1: three game series with one hundred and fifteen total points
Speaker 1: against the Celtics. Finn says Joel is a matchup nightmare
Speaker 1: for the opposing defense, and his ability to draw the foul,
Speaker 1: especially from the triple threat position rivals Or could be
Speaker 1: better than that of James Harden for the most effective
Speaker 1: in the league. I think Joel Embiid had two excellent
Speaker 1: games this past week. He played three. Obviously, the game
Speaker 1: for everyone against New Orleans was forgettable, but I think
Speaker 1: Joel against Boston and then again against the Oklahoma City Thunder,
Speaker 1: he was terrific. Lauren, he sure wasn't. And something that
Speaker 1: I think is worth noting after both really solid performance
Speaker 1: is Joel expressed that he feels that he has a
Speaker 1: lot more in the tank, that he's still just getting
Speaker 1: back to things that he wants to be where he
Speaker 1: was prior to the break, and even prior to the break,
Speaker 1: he felt that there was more that he could be doing.
Speaker 1: So the fact that he's back and he looks to
Speaker 1: the level that at least my eye test tells me
Speaker 1: that he looks pretty similar to how he looked prior
Speaker 1: to the break and he feels that there's a lot
Speaker 1: more there. Very encouraging and of course, on a human level,
Speaker 1: if he's not fully comfortable, if his knee brace isn't
Speaker 1: his favorite thing in the world, you hope that he's
Speaker 1: able to work through that, because that must be frustrating.
Speaker 1: He's working really hard and clearly has put in so
Speaker 1: much work on his body and his stamina and his endurance.
Speaker 1: He looks so bouncy out there, so it must be
Speaker 1: a little bit of frustrating to get used to that brace.
Speaker 1: And I hope for his sake that he can get
Speaker 1: used to it and thrive with it. Laura, I know
Speaker 1: he said to Doc Riverson passing after the game on
Speaker 1: Tuesday versus the Celtics that he thought he was back.
Speaker 1: He had thirty five and six that game, then kept
Speaker 1: in check for fourteen and nine against the Pelicans on Friday.
Speaker 1: To me, the OKAC game, granted against lesser competition, that
Speaker 1: to me looked like semi vintage, if we can even
Speaker 1: refer to something within the context of the same year
Speaker 1: as being vintage in twenty twenty twenty one, That to
Speaker 1: me was the level of Joel and b that we
Speaker 1: saw before the knee injury against Washington, he was doing
Speaker 1: the little head fake, shimmy bassline, fadeaway jumper got inside
Speaker 1: for some really impressive jams. I thought to me, it
Speaker 1: looked like he had his bounce back a little bit
Speaker 1: more in that okayc game than any of the other
Speaker 1: couple he's played in since his return. Yeah, and I
Speaker 1: think that the team's collective performance against Okase, I mean
Speaker 1: they really didn't. At no point in that game did
Speaker 1: the Sixers not look like the better team. I think
Speaker 1: that gave Joel a lot of freedom to start getting
Speaker 1: more comfortable, to relieve any tension that he was feeling
Speaker 1: from coming back. It was cool to see him getting
Speaker 1: a rhythm in what turned out to be a pretty
Speaker 1: low stakes outing and figure out how to really capitalize
Speaker 1: on the stakes that were were not there. Oh, it
Speaker 1: was great to hear from Vince. Thanks for leading us off.
Speaker 1: You have one new message. It is time to head
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Speaker 1: we go. Voicemail number one this week. Hello mail Bag Monday,
Speaker 1: I would just like to give a special shout out
Speaker 1: to the man that's stole my heart and also had
Speaker 1: a career high of five steals, mister Furkhon Corkmon sixers,
Speaker 1: fill it sixer for life, you know what, in the
Speaker 1: spirit of great Monday Morning vibes, Furkon to me, simply
Speaker 1: from a human being standpoint, he is a guy you
Speaker 1: always want to have around and be around. He is
Speaker 1: the best celts. I think you'll agree with me when
Speaker 1: I say there has not been a day that I've
Speaker 1: been with this organization that I have not rooted for
Speaker 1: Furkon's success. He is just a wonderful dude. President of
Speaker 1: the great vibes. Regardless of what's going on, the team's
Speaker 1: great vibes. This year, Furkan had those, and he's had
Speaker 1: those for a very long time. It's awesome to see
Speaker 1: him succeed. He's a guy that's so easy to root for,
Speaker 1: so delightful. His teammates love him, they celebrate his success,
Speaker 1: and so cool to see him succeeding on the defensive
Speaker 1: end now as well. I think that's an area of
Speaker 1: his game that I don't know we expected to see
Speaker 1: him unlock at the level that he has, especially over
Speaker 1: the last couple months. Tremendous game from Firk against the
Speaker 1: Thunder over the weekend on Saturday, twenty points, a season
Speaker 1: high to go along with a career high five steals,
Speaker 1: four three pointers in each of his last two games,
Speaker 1: three straight double figure scoring games. Great to see this
Speaker 1: from Firk. Staying in the bag. You have one new message.
Speaker 1: The fur come slander has got to stop. We're talking
Speaker 1: about a six foot seven wings twenty three years old,
Speaker 1: forty percent from the three for an entire season with
Speaker 1: high volume, can disrupt the game with steel, and he's
Speaker 1: finally starting to learn how to handle the ball on
Speaker 1: a pick and roll. Stop it. This guy's feeling is crazy.
Speaker 1: We're talking about like the ninth player on our team
Speaker 1: with this much challenge at that age. Stop it. Furkon
Speaker 1: is the goat. Jimmy Caputo bringing it. I know that
Speaker 1: was Jimmy because he got into the mansions and said,
Speaker 1: I left a voicemail, got an injust under the wire,
Speaker 1: one of the all time calls. Huge love for Furkon
Speaker 1: and I'm all about it. You heard me after our
Speaker 1: last voicemail. But I'm thrilled for fur Con, thrilled that
Speaker 1: the fans are rallying around fur Con. I mean, how
Speaker 1: wonderful would it be to see him continue performing at
Speaker 1: this level down the stretch into the playoffs. Like I said,
Speaker 1: he's someone that his teammates love, the city loves. It's great.
Speaker 1: There's no doubt side here with Furkon succeeding. Listen, I
Speaker 1: think that in Jimmy references, if there is slander out
Speaker 1: there about fur Con, I feel that's a vocal minardy.
Speaker 1: I feel, buy and large, this is a beloved man
Speaker 1: and he's continued to improve again. I mean, I think
Speaker 1: you have to respect guys that find ways to get better,
Speaker 1: find ways to capitalize on opportunity. I mean, there's a
Speaker 1: lot of competition for minutes this season, and Furkon has
Speaker 1: proven over and over why he's deserving of them, and
Speaker 1: it's been really special to watch. This may sound like
Speaker 1: a not positive comment, but it is one meant in
Speaker 1: a good way. And I think this is something that
Speaker 1: Doc Rivers has talked about too. What am I alluding to?
Speaker 1: Stop drawing it out, Brian here. It is. It's the
Speaker 1: fact that when Furkon is not asked to do too much,
Speaker 1: he is going to be that much better. Like his
Speaker 1: five steals where they all generated single handedly by himself. No,
Speaker 1: but when he's out there with the likes of Ben
Speaker 1: Simmons and Joel Embiid and Matisse Thible I thought that
Speaker 1: was a great unit, by the way, starting with a
Speaker 1: six or shorthand against the Thunder on Saturday. But when
Speaker 1: Furk can be out there on the defensive end, you
Speaker 1: got some of those other guys doing their thing well,
Speaker 1: then fur Con can be that much more effective. Same
Speaker 1: thing when he's got the ball in the offensive end,
Speaker 1: he can handle a little bit. We saw the great
Speaker 1: dime he laid out for Dwight Howard the other night.
Speaker 1: But when he doesn't have to be maybe you're second,
Speaker 1: possibly even third guy, he's going to be an option
Speaker 1: who can hurt you. I think we've seen that much,
Speaker 1: and I think it's been great for him to find
Speaker 1: this this rhythm the last couple of games. I think
Speaker 1: you raise a really good point. He's set a couple
Speaker 1: time this season that he loves the minutes he gets
Speaker 1: to share with Ben and Joel because it really opens
Speaker 1: him up to do what he does best on the
Speaker 1: offensive end. I think in the last couple of games,
Speaker 1: we've seen the way that it opens him up on
Speaker 1: the defensive end as well. You just said it incredible
Speaker 1: to watch him just sort of fly around and be
Speaker 1: a disruptor and like you said, capitalize on the defensive
Speaker 1: movements of his teammates of who's out there. I agree
Speaker 1: with you. I thought that that unit that started in
Speaker 1: that game was delightful. They all sort of filled in
Speaker 1: for one another, did a good job of knowing each other.
Speaker 1: I mean, it was an interesting group because Danny and
Speaker 1: Tobias are really sort of the vocal leaders in that
Speaker 1: starting lineup, so without the two of them, I was
Speaker 1: curious to see how things would go. And they clicked
Speaker 1: from the jump and they didn't look back. I agree
Speaker 1: with you. I thought it was a really fun starting
Speaker 1: unit and I was happy to see the group succeed together.
Speaker 1: The stan for for Con continues. You have one new message,
Speaker 1: how you've done. Big game coming up this week for
Speaker 1: the nets. I'm Luke. Nice to meet Love the pod
Speaker 1: the stand for Furkon. It's It's truly great. Fur Coons
Speaker 1: is great. You know, you know, he comes out, he
Speaker 1: shoots the three ball, he fled out to shoots it.
Speaker 1: He's not afraid to get up there. He'll go off
Speaker 1: there and shoot eight. Three's a game off the bench.
Speaker 1: I love it. It's unmatched energy, it's Philly vibes. There's
Speaker 1: nothing better to it. Go out on Wednesday, pound the nets.
Speaker 1: No one on that team can guard Mbid, drop fifty
Speaker 1: on him and let's go win a championship. Let's do it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm ready, find me a brick raw. I am prepared
Speaker 1: to just bash through it after Luke's call. Tremendous energy,
Speaker 1: A lot to cover there before we start segueing into
Speaker 1: the nets. Furkhon Philly vibes, I think for as much
Speaker 1: as someone from Turkey can have Philly vibes. With all
Speaker 1: due respect to Ersani Lusova, who was great when he
Speaker 1: was here. Furkon he's an adopted son and I'm all
Speaker 1: about it. He looks he's a bit of an underdog character.
Speaker 1: He came in with grit and determination, two qualities that
Speaker 1: this city doors. I'm all about it. Of course, as
Speaker 1: a transplant myself, I love to see outsiders get embraced
Speaker 1: because that's my utmost ambition in this city. I love
Speaker 1: seeing the city rally around guys like for Coon, who
Speaker 1: really have worked hard to get to where they are today.
Speaker 1: Awesome to hear all this enthusiasm in the mailback. He's
Speaker 1: off the roof. He's off the roof. What more can
Speaker 1: you say? All Right, moving along, you have one new message.
Speaker 1: Time to go through our Instagram story rapid fire around
Speaker 1: here on the bag. Our question that we posted to
Speaker 1: the at sixers Instagram story on Sunday was what do
Speaker 1: you think some keys are to Wednesday's big game against
Speaker 1: the Brooklyn Nets? So pumped for that one, Lauren. The
Speaker 1: timing of this one for me, as you get into
Speaker 1: the sub twenty games left in the season range, couldn't
Speaker 1: be better for me, with the alone exception perhaps being
Speaker 1: that the Nets might not be at full strength. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think we've been talking about this game now for
Speaker 1: well a couple of I'm not sure. This is one
Speaker 1: that we've had on our calendars for a long time,
Speaker 1: hoping though that everybody would be available. It seems like
Speaker 1: more folks could be available than the last time these
Speaker 1: two teams met. Will everybody be available on both sides?
Speaker 1: I'm not sure, but looking forward to it either way.
Speaker 1: This is obviously a matchup that the Sixers are looking
Speaker 1: forward to. I think it's interesting that the Nets continue
Speaker 1: to be so heavily favored in general narratives, national, local,
Speaker 1: wherever you are, the Nets tend to be the favorites,
Speaker 1: but the Sixers have been holding that number one seed
Speaker 1: pretty much all season long. Now their neck and neck.
Speaker 1: I love the idea of either team having the chance
Speaker 1: to prove that they are the better team head to head,
Speaker 1: hopefully healthy, really looking forward to this one, and there's
Speaker 1: no ambiguity where things are to start this week. They've
Speaker 1: now played the same number of games, the Sixers and
Speaker 1: the Nets. They're both even at thirty six and seventeen.
Speaker 1: The Sixers hold the tiebreaker. They have a better division record,
Speaker 1: They've played more games than nine to Brooklyn six and two.
Speaker 1: The six or the better conference record. It's the key
Speaker 1: one right there. Twenty four and seven the Nets or
Speaker 1: nineteen and eleven. Brooklyn plays Monday at the Timberwolves. The
Speaker 1: seventy Sixers obviously at the MAVs on Monday, and then
Speaker 1: it's back at the Center on Wednesday night for that
Speaker 1: big nationally televised showdown. So the question was keys to
Speaker 1: the game against the Nets. Benz Dot goat says, dominate
Speaker 1: the paint, play bullyball, and most importantly, control the pace.
Speaker 1: Those are three big keys, but I do agree that
Speaker 1: if the Sixers can do all three, they should be
Speaker 1: in pretty good shape. I look forward to seeing what
Speaker 1: they do with Joel Embiid. I think that's the biggest
Speaker 1: question mark in this matchup is who is stopping Joel Embiid.
Speaker 1: They've obviously added some front court depth, but can any
Speaker 1: of the guys they've added really handle Joel. Historically no,
Speaker 1: and Joel has better options around the perimeter. Now really
Speaker 1: going to be interesting to see how they match up
Speaker 1: with Joel Embiid. And then, of course, the offense versus
Speaker 1: defense matchup that you and I have talked about so
Speaker 1: consistently already shaping up to be a pretty classic one.
Speaker 1: Even if James Harden is at with that right hamstring strain,
Speaker 1: They've still got Kyrie Irving, who's been playing at a
Speaker 1: really high level of the last week or so, along
Speaker 1: with Kevin Durant. And this is the thing that is
Speaker 1: so compelling about this game to me, Laura, Not only
Speaker 1: do you have two division rivals that are at the
Speaker 1: top of the Eastern Conference, with plenty of star power.
Speaker 1: It's that the way they're constructed is pretty much at
Speaker 1: different ends. The seventy Sixers go through Joel Embiid the
Speaker 1: Brooklyn Nets. They've got their prowess, athleticism and scoring punch
Speaker 1: from the wings and in the backcourt. How can those
Speaker 1: two things offset one another. Which team can create the
Speaker 1: better advantage based on its own strength? I think that's
Speaker 1: going to be the fascinating part of the game on Wednesday.
Speaker 1: G Money underscore two on three zero, just lock in
Speaker 1: at Joel Embiid, Swag one underscore, fam underscore a lamb,
Speaker 1: Joel MVP. We need the Big Fella at its best
Speaker 1: and need Danny Green and Seth on top of things.
Speaker 1: And I think that that's a good point. The Sixers
Speaker 1: probably will need some three point shooting to try and
Speaker 1: keep pay with Brooklyn's second rated offense in the NBA. Well,
Speaker 1: it's interesting, second rated offense in the NBA. You mentioned it,
Speaker 1: the second rated defense in the NBA. We've talked about
Speaker 1: this before, but I think it's worth repeating. The Sixers
Speaker 1: might struggle a little bit to keep up offensively with
Speaker 1: this Brooklyn team. The Brooklyn team is going to struggle
Speaker 1: to keep up defensively with the Sixers team. I'm very
Speaker 1: curious to see which one rules the day, the offense
Speaker 1: or the defense. But I agree Danny and Seth could
Speaker 1: be major keys. Of course, the three point shot, when
Speaker 1: you might be a slightly outmatched offensively, can make a
Speaker 1: huge difference. If they're going in demon underscore trio zero,
Speaker 1: good transition defense, and play smart no turnovers. I would
Speaker 1: agree with that. You don't want to let the likes
Speaker 1: of Kad or Kyrie get out in transition. Obviously, they
Speaker 1: also brought in Blake Griffin to come off the bench,
Speaker 1: and while he's certainly not the guy he was when
Speaker 1: Doc Rivers coached him, can't overlook that. Let's see Josh
Speaker 1: Rathman says, I want thible on Katie. Let the kid
Speaker 1: prove himself. We might see some of that. We might
Speaker 1: see some of that. We might And you just mentioned
Speaker 1: Blake Griffin. Don't forget what a good job Matisse did
Speaker 1: on Blake Griffin in Detroit a couple months ago. I
Speaker 1: don't know if anyone expected Matisse to have the upper
Speaker 1: hand in that matchup, maybe just based on purely size
Speaker 1: KD another good one. Interesting I look forward to Matisse
Speaker 1: getting his shot. You never know. It's very interesting to
Speaker 1: see the way the rest of the league has started
Speaker 1: legitimizing Matissa's defense. You can tell that players are a
Speaker 1: little more on guard when he's around, which is interesting.
Speaker 1: And I wonder if that will transfer over to mister
Speaker 1: Durant because the two of them have not seen each
Speaker 1: other yet this season. M Preger underscore thirty put KD
Speaker 1: in the benitentiary. I think that we can all presume
Speaker 1: that Ben Simmons will certainly see some time on Kevin Durant. Yeah,
Speaker 1: no doubt about that, and Ben will be getting up
Speaker 1: for this matchup. We know that Ben loves a heated matchup.
Speaker 1: He's been priding himself on defense all season long. This
Speaker 1: is a great chance for him to show off what
Speaker 1: he's been able to do. Elijah underscore forty four. Ben
Speaker 1: being aggressive offensively and defensively, he is the key to
Speaker 1: our success. I do think this is a matchup where
Speaker 1: Ben could be a swing factor. And listen, I know
Speaker 1: everyone's saying, well, where's the scoring, Where's the scoring? Personally,
Speaker 1: I think I agree with this sentiment from Elijah. If
Speaker 1: he is aggressive, good things happen when he is aggressive,
Speaker 1: good things happen. Sometimes that could manifest itself as a
Speaker 1: forty two point game against the Utah Jazz. Other Times
Speaker 1: it could just be setting the tone for a game,
Speaker 1: getting downhill, being the facilitator and defensive stop or the
Speaker 1: Sixers need him to be. If he's aggressive, I think
Speaker 1: good things happen. I'm with you, Selts. We say it
Speaker 1: over and over again, but Ben's priority is defense we know,
Speaker 1: and getting his teammates involved. If he's able to do
Speaker 1: both of those things at a high level on Wednesday,
Speaker 1: the scoring doesn't need to be relied upon as much
Speaker 1: as people want it to be. That being said, an
Speaker 1: aggressive Ben is one of the most fearsome I would
Speaker 1: be fearful of an aggressive Bet in any matchup. So
Speaker 1: as long as Ben brings that aggression, he brings that
Speaker 1: trademark defense, trademark facilitating. I think it will be a
Speaker 1: interesting Like you said, did you call it an X factor, Celts?
Speaker 1: He could certainly be an X swing factor. No, I
Speaker 1: think it used too good to be an X factor,
Speaker 1: But he could be a tipping point, a tip point
Speaker 1: I think in this matchup. I mean, I like the
Speaker 1: Sixers chances when when everybody's firing and everybody's intense on defense.
Speaker 1: I think this team can beat anyone, as they've proven
Speaker 1: all season long. Urn AVT thirteen lockdown defense on Kyrine
Speaker 1: Katie also letting him beat Feast in the paint dash.
Speaker 1: Could I have a bag? Yes, I'm going to give
Speaker 1: urn AVT thirteen a bag, he asked, or she asked,
Speaker 1: very politely, And you know what I'm gonna do it.
Speaker 1: Let's do it. Can you shall receive? Those are the
Speaker 1: rules here. I can't say that's gonna happen all the time,
Speaker 1: but ourn AVT thirteen did at the right time. Happy
Speaker 1: to give you a bag. I'm all about it. That key,
Speaker 1: all these keys, I mean, if the sixers follow these
Speaker 1: keys suggested on on I G I think they'll be
Speaker 1: good to go. But of course, sometimes easier said than done. Obviously,
Speaker 1: that defense on KG and Kyrie will be huge, and
Speaker 1: we can probably guess which sixers will divide up those
Speaker 1: responsibilities in this big one. Robbie Lee Waters says, the
Speaker 1: Keys are allowing mister Dwight Howard more game now. Listen,
Speaker 1: we all love Dwight. Great matchup of the backup bigs
Speaker 1: in this one, potentially between Dwight and DeAndre could be
Speaker 1: and we know that Dwight does a good job of
Speaker 1: getting the mental edge as well. That could be an
Speaker 1: X factor in this one. I look forward to seeing
Speaker 1: how Joel matches up with the host of backcourt options
Speaker 1: that Brooklyn now has. Speaking of Dwight Howard, No, we
Speaker 1: will not play his latest rendition or two of Benjineese,
Speaker 1: but we did get a voicemail about Dwight Howard, so
Speaker 1: let's check in on that. You have one new message. Hi,
Speaker 1: I'm alive for us to White Howard fain super fan.
Speaker 1: I think you should allow to White Howard to play
Speaker 1: more or even story joy positivity. He's a go getter.
Speaker 1: Give a dar Bear chat this time? Getting time? Who Yeah?
Speaker 1: Go with the hour some famous six Ers day? Are
Speaker 1: you doing it? Yes? That is one of the best
Speaker 1: voicemails we've gotten. Listen, I'm gonna leave all personnel decisions
Speaker 1: to mister NFT Daryl Morey and the head coach, Doc Rivers,
Speaker 1: but I appreciate the enthusiastic sentiment about Dwight Howard. Anytime
Speaker 1: we can have a Dwight Howard lifer on the show
Speaker 1: and getting in the bag, I'm all for it. You
Speaker 1: our caller says that Dwight brings a lot of joy
Speaker 1: and a lot of energy. It's clear that you are
Speaker 1: matching his joy and his energy. Thank you for that call.
Speaker 1: And I couldn't agree more. I love the people are
Speaker 1: picking up on the energy and the vibes that Dwight
Speaker 1: Howard is bringing to this team on a day to
Speaker 1: day basis. It was interesting. Someone asked Matisse Sybel and
Speaker 1: his last media availability what he had learned from Dwight Howard. Actually,
Speaker 1: I'm remembering that I asked the question. I was bad
Speaker 1: way to see it up, but I did ask what
Speaker 1: he had learned from Dwight Howard. That's my bad. And
Speaker 1: he said that the biggest thing he learned from Dwight
Speaker 1: is the positive attitude that he brings to the office
Speaker 1: every day, whether or not it's a game day, whether
Speaker 1: or not media members fans are able to see it.
Speaker 1: Mattis says that Dwight brings a positive attitude late in
Speaker 1: his career, understanding that his role has changed, that his
Speaker 1: abilities have changed, he still brings a positive attitude, joy,
Speaker 1: and enthusiasm to work every single day, which, as we
Speaker 1: all know, anyone with a job knows that that's a
Speaker 1: challenge to do on a daily basis really cool to
Speaker 1: hear that Dwight is a doing it and the people
Speaker 1: are seeing it. I am a huge fan of that collar,
Speaker 1: fan of Dwight. Glad it's working out so well with
Speaker 1: him in Philadelphia. One more from the podline. Remember two
Speaker 1: and five, four zero three, seven sixty three seven anytime,
Speaker 1: any day, anywhere, you have one new message. As much
Speaker 1: as I love to buy his Harris and Danny Green,
Speaker 1: it was so awesome to see the Ogs and Bead
Speaker 1: and Simmons just wreck the Solahoma City team on Saturday night.
Speaker 1: I also want to give a shout out to Toby
Speaker 1: and Bob and the Cracker campaign. It is amazing and
Speaker 1: brings new life to that relationship. So keep up the
Speaker 1: good work on the pod here. Thank you. Yes, the
Speaker 1: Cracker campaign is legit. The goldfish spots between Bobie and
Speaker 1: Toby so endearing, and yeah, I thought it was cool
Speaker 1: to see some of the Ogs get in there against
Speaker 1: Oklahoma City. Ben and Joel do their thing, and Furk
Speaker 1: who's been around for a while, but listen the goldfish spots.
Speaker 1: We are on red alert for any new installments when
Speaker 1: those come out, celts. I get so excited when I'm
Speaker 1: watching a Sixers game and that commercial comes up. When
Speaker 1: I see Boby and Toby on the couch in that
Speaker 1: living room wherever that living room was, I get really
Speaker 1: excited because I know I'm about to laugh. I love
Speaker 1: this commercial. I love the two of them, I love
Speaker 1: their relationship. It's been such a pleasure to watch the
Speaker 1: commercial blow up the TikTok challenge about holding goldfish blowing up.
Speaker 1: The two of them could not possibly be more likable,
Speaker 1: and I love the commercials. Tremendous all around outstanding Bravo mailbag,
Speaker 1: whether you chimed in on social or left a message
Speaker 1: on the podline. Fantastic work everyone. Thank you. Yeah that
Speaker 1: was elite. Thank you guys for swag bag winners. We
Speaker 1: shall be in touch, Lauren, Thank you very much. As always,
Speaker 1: we will do it again next week. Thank you. Coming
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