WEBVTT - Mailbag Monday | Furkan Stans, Jo Finishes Week Strong 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.640 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers Podcast network 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:08.520 search seventy Sixers podcast wherever you get your pods. Since 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:10.960 last we mail Bag, we saw a steady dose of 0:00:11.039 --> 0:00:15.080 Joel Embiid, the MVP candidate, dominated at Boston, then finished 0:00:15.080 --> 0:00:18.040 the week in fine form at OKC Simmons. Would it 0:00:18.120 --> 0:00:21.239 low to e feed at an LU camp that works? 0:00:21.440 --> 0:00:23.759 We respond to your thoughts on the big fella, and 0:00:23.800 --> 0:00:25.919 there's really no one who gets the mail bag going 0:00:26.079 --> 0:00:29.720 white like Furkon. Corkmont will take some calls about that 0:00:29.920 --> 0:00:33.120 Sixers wing man. We're talking about a six foot seven 0:00:33.159 --> 0:00:36.400 wing twenty three years old, forty percent from the three 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:39.919 for an entire season with high volume, Furkon is the goat. 0:00:40.080 --> 0:00:44.800 Plus in the spirit of Matisse thybel some NFT talk. Yes, 0:00:45.000 --> 0:00:47.959 there is no limit to what we discuss your DM's 0:00:48.000 --> 0:00:52.120 mentions and voicemails. As always right here on mail Bag Monday, 0:00:54.640 --> 0:00:59.920 there were wins, there were breakout performances. There is impact, 0:01:00.040 --> 0:01:03.920 ending mercifully the end of a road trip, a busy week. 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:07.240 It was Lauren Rosen, how are you. I'm doing well. 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:09.920 I'm feeling like Dwight Howard this morning. Happy to be alive. 0:01:10.800 --> 0:01:13.720 That was a I'm not sure if it was coincidental, 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:17.480 but it was a timely name drop of Dwight Howard. 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:21.040 Tell me why. I'm not going to spill too much. 0:01:21.920 --> 0:01:27.040 Some quality Dwight Howard content coming later on this rainy 0:01:27.080 --> 0:01:31.039 Monday edition of the mail Bag. Let's do it. You 0:01:31.040 --> 0:01:32.399 know what else there was this week? Before I get 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:33.880 into the mail Bag, I have to bring this up. 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:35.479 I'm going to go to the Brian Selter mail Bag 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:37.479 because I want to clear this right off the bat. 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:42.040 What's happening on the internet right now? I'm seeing things 0:01:42.040 --> 0:01:48.600 about bitcoin, NFTs, yats. I can't keep up. I'm thirty five. 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:50.560 I'd like to think that I'm still on top of things. 0:01:51.240 --> 0:01:53.720 I have no clue what's happening right now. I need 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:56.360 you to debrief, so I'll tell here's what I know. 0:01:56.920 --> 0:02:00.320 I know some of it, and I'm faking of it. 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:03.320 I think a lot of new information is just about 0:02:03.400 --> 0:02:05.480 buying in and just like being ready to rock. So 0:02:05.520 --> 0:02:07.480 that's what I decided last night, was that I'm all 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:11.679 in on NFT's non fungible tokens. I'm all in on bitcoin. 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:14.920 I don't have any because it's expensive, but I understand 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:19.160 what it is, and through conversations with one Darryl Morey 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:23.000 and a couple other people in the in the Sixers universe, 0:02:23.080 --> 0:02:25.520 I'm starting to understand how this all works. If you 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:27.880 don't follow Darryl Morey on Twitter, He's now going to 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:34.239 start doing little bitcoin NFT tutorials on his Twitter page. 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:39.160 Last night he did one spurred by Matisse Thybles posting 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:44.280 about his own bitclout on his Twitter. Matise, as we 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:47.920 now know, is very into the cryptocurrency world, as is 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:50.760 Tobias Harris, as are some other people around the league. 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:54.280 You're seeing it everywhere now, and Daryl Morey's is all 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:57.880 about it. So not only are these guys connecting with 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:01.560 I guess their boss about basketball, they're now connecting about 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:03.880 crypto as well. And I joined the fun. Last night. 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:07.639 I got myself a yat, which is a unique token 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:12.320 of emojis that now nobody else can have except for me. 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:17.520 I own my group of four emojis. You can make 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:20.360 it into UURL. It now directs to my Twitter. It 0:03:20.440 --> 0:03:22.760 was like a big decision to decide which emojis I 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:26.440 wanted to get to create this little NFT. I'm all 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:30.079 in do I understand everything that's going on. No am, 0:03:30.080 --> 0:03:33.359 I learning and trying. Yes, followed Daryl Morey seems like 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:35.240 he's going to keep doing some tutorials on his Twitter 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:37.400 about how this all works. And if I trust anyone 0:03:37.440 --> 0:03:40.520 to explain something foreign to me, it's that. Man. Is 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:43.040 it wrong that I think the most accessible of all 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:46.040 the stuff for me to understand, between the Bitcoin, NFT 0:03:46.760 --> 0:03:49.960 and yet is the YAT. That's the one that piques 0:03:50.000 --> 0:03:52.520 my interest the most. I might want to yat. I'm 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:55.320 already having some ideas well. So I think the YAT 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:57.880 is very accessible because you can see it. And that's 0:03:57.960 --> 0:04:02.360 the problem with NBA Top Shot, with Bitcoin, with a 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:05.760 lot of other NFTs, you can't necessarily see the thing 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:09.080 that you're getting, and it's it's hard to conceptualize what 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:11.720 you own and how you own it and nobody else does. 0:04:11.800 --> 0:04:14.200 That's where I struggle. It's like, how are we sure 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:16.720 that if you buy an NBA Top Shot play, how 0:04:16.720 --> 0:04:18.320 are you sure that nobody else has it? Because plenty 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:19.840 of people have the video, plenty of people can look 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:22.200 it up, plenty of people saw it in person, some 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:24.919 people maybe recorded it on their own cameras in person. 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:27.480 So how do you really own the play that you bought? 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:31.159 I don't know, but you do get a receipt when 0:04:31.200 --> 0:04:33.520 you buy it, and eventually I would imagine that that 0:04:33.560 --> 0:04:37.000 receipt becomes valuable like a trading card. Does have trading 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:39.760 cards ever been truly valuable? No, they're pieces of cardboard. 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:42.240 But somehow may dispute that claim, Lauren, Now, come on, 0:04:43.000 --> 0:04:47.279 but this is not the slander trading cards here, absolutely 0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:50.360 asking about modern day currency. But the comparison that was 0:04:50.440 --> 0:04:53.480 made for me by a friend that explained what an 0:04:53.560 --> 0:04:55.840 NFT is is. It's like a trading card. You only 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.919 make a certain amount and when you buy it, probably 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:01.280 at a low price. You buy a rookie trading card 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:04.279 this season, and that rookie ends up being in the 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:07.320 Hall of Fame in twenty years. That trading card that 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:10.120 you bought in twenty twenty one is very valuable. So 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:14.560 maybe my yat, which is four emojis, the fanciest yats 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:17.960 are one, two, three, four five emojis, so mine is 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:21.600 the second to lease to fancy yat. But I do 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:23.839 have one, and I got in early, so if the 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:28.640 yats blow up, eventually my yat will become very valuable, 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:30.680 and if it doesn't, it's still mine. And it feels 0:05:30.760 --> 0:05:34.520 nice to know that I own a tiny pocket of emojis. 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:36.240 Maybe that's why I'm in such a good mood this morning, 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:38.200 is because I got my yat this morning. How do 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:40.480 I get an invite? It might be yat? I don't 0:05:40.520 --> 0:05:43.479 even know. Oh, well, you might know someone that has 0:05:43.600 --> 0:05:45.600 a couple invites. Left. All right, I'm going to try 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:47.520 and figure out she could help you. I might need that. 0:05:47.560 --> 0:05:48.680 I think I know what I would do. In a 0:05:48.720 --> 0:05:51.240 perfect world, I might be able to do it in five. Well, 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:56.600 so I wanted to do mine in three, but it 0:05:56.640 --> 0:05:59.039 was more cost effective to do it in four, so 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:01.279 I ended up doing four or for the for the 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:05.799 price reduction. Um you know, what are your emoji combinations? 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:07.920 Can you tell us? Yes? I can. Let me just 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:09.000 pull it up, make sure I got it in the 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:11.799 right order. It's very interesting to like certain certain orders. 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:19.560 Um mine is basketball emoji, microphone emogi, manicure emoji, checkered 0:06:19.600 --> 0:06:22.280 flag emoji. Okay, I don't think I need to explain, 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:25.640 but basketball microphone, what we're doing right now, manicure what 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:27.520 I have on my hands? And checkered flag I love 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:31.760 formula one for love it and if you go to 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:36.120 why dot at dot basketball microphone manicure checkered flag, you 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:39.200 get to my Twitter. I have an idea of what 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:42.760 mine will be if I'm fortunate enough to claim it. Okay, 0:06:42.880 --> 0:06:44.600 I'm not going to spill the beans here because I 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:46.800 don't want any of you out there to get into 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:51.160 your NFT zone and go hawk it. But I think 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:53.200 I know could you and could you potentially announce it 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:56.360 tonight on seven six Live Countdown presented by TSO. Maybe 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:58.720 I'll do that. Yeah, either either on seven six five 0:06:58.760 --> 0:07:02.080 Countdown presented by TSO later on this Monday, or perhaps 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:05.480 on the Deep Dive on Friday, or maybe maybe on 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:09.159 the Bag next Monday. If I'm fortunate enough to claim 0:07:09.200 --> 0:07:11.400 this yet, just make sure you go into the experience 0:07:11.400 --> 0:07:14.360 with an open mind, because I had no plan of 0:07:14.400 --> 0:07:16.160 when I went into mine. I knew what I wanted. 0:07:16.400 --> 0:07:18.920 What I wanted was really expensive, and then I ended 0:07:19.000 --> 0:07:22.000 up loving this one that was really inexpensive but might 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.560 one day be very expensive, And now I own it. 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:26.760 Did all of you out there expect this is what 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:30.280 you wanted? Right? Six minutes forty seconds of NFT bitcoin 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:32.720 and yat talk before we even start the mail bag 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:38.200 without further ado, let's get to it. You have one 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:41.000 new message. I think most of you know how this 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:42.680 works by now. If you are a newcomer to mail 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:44.880 bag Monday, welcome to get in touch with us. We 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:48.320 do it every Monday, either drop us at DM, getting 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:51.400 our mentions on social media, or the preferred method. I've 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:53.640 now changed the policy a little bit. If you leave 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:56.920 a voicemail, you get swag. It's that simple call out 0:07:56.920 --> 0:08:00.600 to us on the podline two four zero three seven 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:03.920 six three to seven. We also post a weekly sticker 0:08:04.000 --> 0:08:07.920 on Sundays on the at sixers Instagram story. So get 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:10.920 in touch there, respond, engage. We love hearing from you, 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:15.200 especially your voice. Vince Picaro on Twitter, he was always 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:17.760 active in the mansions. Wanted to start this week with 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:19.360 Joel Embiid. I think that Lauren was one of the 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:21.040 big headlines from this week. He was back for a 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:23.120 second time. It seems like he's back for good for 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:25.680 good this time. Played in the back to back look 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:28.800 really strong against the OKC Thunder. But Vince chimed in 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:32.160 after the win over the Boston Celtics last Tuesday, in 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:34.480 which Joel Embiad went off once again. He finished the 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:37.160 three game series with one hundred and fifteen total points 0:08:37.160 --> 0:08:40.600 against the Celtics. Finn says Joel is a matchup nightmare 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:43.560 for the opposing defense, and his ability to draw the foul, 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:47.080 especially from the triple threat position rivals Or could be 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:50.440 better than that of James Harden for the most effective 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:53.600 in the league. I think Joel Embiid had two excellent 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:56.520 games this past week. He played three. Obviously, the game 0:08:56.559 --> 0:08:58.880 for everyone against New Orleans was forgettable, but I think 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:01.800 Joel against Boston and then again against the Oklahoma City Thunder, 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:04.600 he was terrific. Lauren, he sure wasn't. And something that 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:07.840 I think is worth noting after both really solid performance 0:09:07.880 --> 0:09:09.480 is Joel expressed that he feels that he has a 0:09:09.520 --> 0:09:11.360 lot more in the tank, that he's still just getting 0:09:11.400 --> 0:09:14.040 back to things that he wants to be where he 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:16.160 was prior to the break, and even prior to the break, 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:17.920 he felt that there was more that he could be doing. 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:20.240 So the fact that he's back and he looks to 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:23.000 the level that at least my eye test tells me 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:25.640 that he looks pretty similar to how he looked prior 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:27.400 to the break and he feels that there's a lot 0:09:27.440 --> 0:09:30.760 more there. Very encouraging and of course, on a human level, 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:33.840 if he's not fully comfortable, if his knee brace isn't 0:09:34.240 --> 0:09:36.199 his favorite thing in the world, you hope that he's 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:38.160 able to work through that, because that must be frustrating. 0:09:38.200 --> 0:09:40.600 He's working really hard and clearly has put in so 0:09:40.679 --> 0:09:44.120 much work on his body and his stamina and his endurance. 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:46.319 He looks so bouncy out there, so it must be 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:48.440 a little bit of frustrating to get used to that brace. 0:09:48.520 --> 0:09:50.480 And I hope for his sake that he can get 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:52.960 used to it and thrive with it. Laura, I know 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:55.600 he said to Doc Riverson passing after the game on 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:57.720 Tuesday versus the Celtics that he thought he was back. 0:09:58.000 --> 0:10:00.760 He had thirty five and six that game, then kept 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:03.760 in check for fourteen and nine against the Pelicans on Friday. 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:07.800 To me, the OKAC game, granted against lesser competition, that 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:10.520 to me looked like semi vintage, if we can even 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:12.280 refer to something within the context of the same year 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:14.840 as being vintage in twenty twenty twenty one, That to 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:16.480 me was the level of Joel and b that we 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:19.040 saw before the knee injury against Washington, he was doing 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:22.520 the little head fake, shimmy bassline, fadeaway jumper got inside 0:10:22.559 --> 0:10:25.880 for some really impressive jams. I thought to me, it 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:27.679 looked like he had his bounce back a little bit 0:10:27.720 --> 0:10:30.079 more in that okayc game than any of the other 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:32.760 couple he's played in since his return. Yeah, and I 0:10:32.760 --> 0:10:36.040 think that the team's collective performance against Okase, I mean 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:39.280 they really didn't. At no point in that game did 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:41.319 the Sixers not look like the better team. I think 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:44.160 that gave Joel a lot of freedom to start getting 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:47.000 more comfortable, to relieve any tension that he was feeling 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:49.080 from coming back. It was cool to see him getting 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:51.400 a rhythm in what turned out to be a pretty 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:55.679 low stakes outing and figure out how to really capitalize 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:58.760 on the stakes that were were not there. Oh, it 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:01.479 was great to hear from Vince. Thanks for leading us off. 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:04.040 You have one new message. It is time to head 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:06.680 to the podline two on five four zero three seven 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:08.840 sixty three seven. As we announce top of the show, 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:11.680 you leave a voicemail. We play it. You automatically win, 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:15.200 no random name picker generator or anything like that. Here 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:17.960 we go. Voicemail number one this week. Hello mail Bag Monday, 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:20.280 I would just like to give a special shout out 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:23.559 to the man that's stole my heart and also had 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:27.960 a career high of five steals, mister Furkhon Corkmon sixers, 0:11:27.960 --> 0:11:30.640 fill it sixer for life, you know what, in the 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:34.160 spirit of great Monday Morning vibes, Furkon to me, simply 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:36.720 from a human being standpoint, he is a guy you 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:38.959 always want to have around and be around. He is 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:41.400 the best celts. I think you'll agree with me when 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:43.000 I say there has not been a day that I've 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:45.280 been with this organization that I have not rooted for 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:49.880 Furkon's success. He is just a wonderful dude. President of 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:53.000 the great vibes. Regardless of what's going on, the team's 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:55.280 great vibes. This year, Furkan had those, and he's had 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:57.960 those for a very long time. It's awesome to see 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:00.520 him succeed. He's a guy that's so easy to root for, 0:12:00.760 --> 0:12:04.040 so delightful. His teammates love him, they celebrate his success, 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:07.120 and so cool to see him succeeding on the defensive 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:09.280 end now as well. I think that's an area of 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:10.920 his game that I don't know we expected to see 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:13.679 him unlock at the level that he has, especially over 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:17.080 the last couple months. Tremendous game from Firk against the 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:20.600 Thunder over the weekend on Saturday, twenty points, a season 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:23.160 high to go along with a career high five steals, 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:26.000 four three pointers in each of his last two games, 0:12:26.160 --> 0:12:29.439 three straight double figure scoring games. Great to see this 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:33.680 from Firk. Staying in the bag. You have one new message. 0:12:33.880 --> 0:12:38.200 The fur come slander has got to stop. We're talking 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:42.200 about a six foot seven wings twenty three years old, 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:45.320 forty percent from the three for an entire season with 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:48.520 high volume, can disrupt the game with steel, and he's 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:51.559 finally starting to learn how to handle the ball on 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:55.240 a pick and roll. Stop it. This guy's feeling is crazy. 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:58.079 We're talking about like the ninth player on our team 0:12:58.080 --> 0:13:01.480 with this much challenge at that age. Stop it. Furkon 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:06.079 is the goat. Jimmy Caputo bringing it. I know that 0:13:06.160 --> 0:13:08.680 was Jimmy because he got into the mansions and said, 0:13:08.679 --> 0:13:10.959 I left a voicemail, got an injust under the wire, 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:15.040 one of the all time calls. Huge love for Furkon 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:17.840 and I'm all about it. You heard me after our 0:13:17.920 --> 0:13:20.600 last voicemail. But I'm thrilled for fur Con, thrilled that 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:23.760 the fans are rallying around fur Con. I mean, how 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:26.960 wonderful would it be to see him continue performing at 0:13:26.960 --> 0:13:29.280 this level down the stretch into the playoffs. Like I said, 0:13:29.320 --> 0:13:32.679 he's someone that his teammates love, the city loves. It's great. 0:13:32.720 --> 0:13:35.920 There's no doubt side here with Furkon succeeding. Listen, I 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:38.360 think that in Jimmy references, if there is slander out 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:40.800 there about fur Con, I feel that's a vocal minardy. 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:43.959 I feel, buy and large, this is a beloved man 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:46.679 and he's continued to improve again. I mean, I think 0:13:46.720 --> 0:13:49.319 you have to respect guys that find ways to get better, 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:52.120 find ways to capitalize on opportunity. I mean, there's a 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:54.600 lot of competition for minutes this season, and Furkon has 0:13:54.640 --> 0:13:58.240 proven over and over why he's deserving of them, and 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:01.240 it's been really special to watch. This may sound like 0:14:01.320 --> 0:14:04.760 a not positive comment, but it is one meant in 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:06.439 a good way. And I think this is something that 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:08.920 Doc Rivers has talked about too. What am I alluding to? 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:11.360 Stop drawing it out, Brian here. It is. It's the 0:14:11.360 --> 0:14:13.920 fact that when Furkon is not asked to do too much, 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:16.240 he is going to be that much better. Like his 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:19.680 five steals where they all generated single handedly by himself. No, 0:14:19.920 --> 0:14:22.040 but when he's out there with the likes of Ben 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:25.360 Simmons and Joel Embiid and Matisse Thible I thought that 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:27.960 was a great unit, by the way, starting with a 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:30.680 six or shorthand against the Thunder on Saturday. But when 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:32.440 Furk can be out there on the defensive end, you 0:14:32.520 --> 0:14:34.600 got some of those other guys doing their thing well, 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:36.760 then fur Con can be that much more effective. Same 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:38.560 thing when he's got the ball in the offensive end, 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:41.000 he can handle a little bit. We saw the great 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:43.240 dime he laid out for Dwight Howard the other night. 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:47.800 But when he doesn't have to be maybe you're second, 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:50.560 possibly even third guy, he's going to be an option 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:52.920 who can hurt you. I think we've seen that much, 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:55.360 and I think it's been great for him to find 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:57.840 this this rhythm the last couple of games. I think 0:14:57.840 --> 0:14:59.720 you raise a really good point. He's set a couple 0:14:59.760 --> 0:15:01.920 time this season that he loves the minutes he gets 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:04.240 to share with Ben and Joel because it really opens 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:05.960 him up to do what he does best on the 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:08.480 offensive end. I think in the last couple of games, 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:10.480 we've seen the way that it opens him up on 0:15:10.520 --> 0:15:13.320 the defensive end as well. You just said it incredible 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:15.520 to watch him just sort of fly around and be 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:18.920 a disruptor and like you said, capitalize on the defensive 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:21.560 movements of his teammates of who's out there. I agree 0:15:21.560 --> 0:15:24.080 with you. I thought that that unit that started in 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:26.520 that game was delightful. They all sort of filled in 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:29.680 for one another, did a good job of knowing each other. 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:32.800 I mean, it was an interesting group because Danny and 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:35.600 Tobias are really sort of the vocal leaders in that 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:37.720 starting lineup, so without the two of them, I was 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:40.680 curious to see how things would go. And they clicked 0:15:40.760 --> 0:15:43.360 from the jump and they didn't look back. I agree 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:45.280 with you. I thought it was a really fun starting 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:48.080 unit and I was happy to see the group succeed together. 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:53.800 The stan for for Con continues. You have one new message, 0:15:54.240 --> 0:15:57.400 how you've done. Big game coming up this week for 0:15:57.440 --> 0:16:00.800 the nets. I'm Luke. Nice to meet Love the pod 0:16:01.240 --> 0:16:05.280 the stand for Furkon. It's It's truly great. Fur Coons 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:07.560 is great. You know, you know, he comes out, he 0:16:07.720 --> 0:16:10.720 shoots the three ball, he fled out to shoots it. 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:12.880 He's not afraid to get up there. He'll go off 0:16:12.920 --> 0:16:14.720 there and shoot eight. Three's a game off the bench. 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:19.040 I love it. It's unmatched energy, it's Philly vibes. There's 0:16:19.080 --> 0:16:23.000 nothing better to it. Go out on Wednesday, pound the nets. 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:26.080 No one on that team can guard Mbid, drop fifty 0:16:26.160 --> 0:16:30.560 on him and let's go win a championship. Let's do it. Yeah, 0:16:30.600 --> 0:16:33.280 I'm ready, find me a brick raw. I am prepared 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:37.120 to just bash through it after Luke's call. Tremendous energy, 0:16:37.440 --> 0:16:39.880 A lot to cover there before we start segueing into 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:42.720 the nets. Furkhon Philly vibes, I think for as much 0:16:42.720 --> 0:16:47.480 as someone from Turkey can have Philly vibes. With all 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:49.680 due respect to Ersani Lusova, who was great when he 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:53.160 was here. Furkon he's an adopted son and I'm all 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:56.240 about it. He looks he's a bit of an underdog character. 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:59.480 He came in with grit and determination, two qualities that 0:16:59.560 --> 0:17:02.760 this city doors. I'm all about it. Of course, as 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:06.720 a transplant myself, I love to see outsiders get embraced 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:09.800 because that's my utmost ambition in this city. I love 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:12.520 seeing the city rally around guys like for Coon, who 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:15.120 really have worked hard to get to where they are today. 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:18.760 Awesome to hear all this enthusiasm in the mailback. He's 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:21.399 off the roof. He's off the roof. What more can 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:27.560 you say? All Right, moving along, you have one new message. 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:32.119 Time to go through our Instagram story rapid fire around 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:35.199 here on the bag. Our question that we posted to 0:17:35.240 --> 0:17:39.119 the at sixers Instagram story on Sunday was what do 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:42.680 you think some keys are to Wednesday's big game against 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:45.560 the Brooklyn Nets? So pumped for that one, Lauren. The 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:47.800 timing of this one for me, as you get into 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:50.800 the sub twenty games left in the season range, couldn't 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:53.160 be better for me, with the alone exception perhaps being 0:17:53.480 --> 0:17:55.600 that the Nets might not be at full strength. Yeah, 0:17:55.600 --> 0:17:57.679 I think we've been talking about this game now for 0:17:58.000 --> 0:18:01.200 well a couple of I'm not sure. This is one 0:18:01.200 --> 0:18:02.840 that we've had on our calendars for a long time, 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:06.520 hoping though that everybody would be available. It seems like 0:18:07.200 --> 0:18:10.280 more folks could be available than the last time these 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:14.320 two teams met. Will everybody be available on both sides? 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:18.560 I'm not sure, but looking forward to it either way. 0:18:18.560 --> 0:18:21.600 This is obviously a matchup that the Sixers are looking 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:24.400 forward to. I think it's interesting that the Nets continue 0:18:24.440 --> 0:18:29.720 to be so heavily favored in general narratives, national, local, 0:18:29.760 --> 0:18:32.280 wherever you are, the Nets tend to be the favorites, 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:34.920 but the Sixers have been holding that number one seed 0:18:35.160 --> 0:18:37.800 pretty much all season long. Now their neck and neck. 0:18:37.920 --> 0:18:41.680 I love the idea of either team having the chance 0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:44.560 to prove that they are the better team head to head, 0:18:44.920 --> 0:18:48.320 hopefully healthy, really looking forward to this one, and there's 0:18:48.320 --> 0:18:51.000 no ambiguity where things are to start this week. They've 0:18:51.040 --> 0:18:53.040 now played the same number of games, the Sixers and 0:18:53.040 --> 0:18:55.760 the Nets. They're both even at thirty six and seventeen. 0:18:55.800 --> 0:18:58.760 The Sixers hold the tiebreaker. They have a better division record, 0:18:58.760 --> 0:19:01.200 They've played more games than nine to Brooklyn six and two. 0:19:01.200 --> 0:19:03.440 The six or the better conference record. It's the key 0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:05.359 one right there. Twenty four and seven the Nets or 0:19:05.440 --> 0:19:09.800 nineteen and eleven. Brooklyn plays Monday at the Timberwolves. The 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:12.560 seventy Sixers obviously at the MAVs on Monday, and then 0:19:12.600 --> 0:19:14.439 it's back at the Center on Wednesday night for that 0:19:14.520 --> 0:19:18.760 big nationally televised showdown. So the question was keys to 0:19:18.840 --> 0:19:21.760 the game against the Nets. Benz Dot goat says, dominate 0:19:21.800 --> 0:19:25.320 the paint, play bullyball, and most importantly, control the pace. 0:19:25.680 --> 0:19:28.960 Those are three big keys, but I do agree that 0:19:29.000 --> 0:19:30.960 if the Sixers can do all three, they should be 0:19:31.000 --> 0:19:34.120 in pretty good shape. I look forward to seeing what 0:19:34.160 --> 0:19:36.800 they do with Joel Embiid. I think that's the biggest 0:19:37.400 --> 0:19:41.119 question mark in this matchup is who is stopping Joel Embiid. 0:19:41.280 --> 0:19:44.080 They've obviously added some front court depth, but can any 0:19:44.119 --> 0:19:48.639 of the guys they've added really handle Joel. Historically no, 0:19:49.040 --> 0:19:51.920 and Joel has better options around the perimeter. Now really 0:19:51.920 --> 0:19:54.040 going to be interesting to see how they match up 0:19:54.040 --> 0:19:56.240 with Joel Embiid. And then, of course, the offense versus 0:19:56.320 --> 0:19:58.159 defense matchup that you and I have talked about so 0:19:58.280 --> 0:20:02.040 consistently already shaping up to be a pretty classic one. 0:20:02.240 --> 0:20:04.720 Even if James Harden is at with that right hamstring strain, 0:20:05.000 --> 0:20:07.159