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<v Speaker 1>This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers Podcast network

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<v Speaker 1>big plans the seventy Sixers have for the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty nineteen twenty season, there's no disputing that Joel

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<v Speaker 1>Embiid is going to have a significant say, and last

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<v Speaker 1>we saw him, he very much looked the part of

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<v Speaker 1>a three time All Star getting primed for a playoff run.

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<v Speaker 1>He is two for two from Beyond the Night. He

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<v Speaker 1>is very much better and Bed would probably be among

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<v Speaker 1>the first to admit that, despite maintaining an impressive stat

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<v Speaker 1>line this year, at least before the highus was different

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<v Speaker 1>from him. But the plan was always to make sure

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<v Speaker 1>the big man was ready when it mattered most, and

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<v Speaker 1>that sure seemed to be the direction things were headed

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<v Speaker 1>three months ago. It was at that stage where you

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<v Speaker 1>don't bet again, still embid. That's what it makes us

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<v Speaker 1>a real contender. And now with the seventy Sixers set

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<v Speaker 1>to start anew and Beat is eager to pick up

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<v Speaker 1>where he left off. Something that whenever other most Rated

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<v Speaker 1>comes this is Posted Up with Joe Ellenbad. Welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>the latest installment of Posted Up presented by Caesar's Online,

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<v Speaker 1>a mini cast series here on the broadcast checking in

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<v Speaker 1>on the seventy six Ers during the hiatus, with new

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<v Speaker 1>episode's debuting every week. I'm Brian Seltzer. For each of

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<v Speaker 1>the four seasons that Joel Embiad has played for the

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<v Speaker 1>seventy Sixers, there's been a different narrative. His rookie year

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty sixteen seventeen was the big breakout Lebron James

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<v Speaker 1>Bob They are loving it at Wells Fargo Center. The

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<v Speaker 1>following season, it was the great affirmation, as the seven

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<v Speaker 1>footer showed the NBA at the impressionable age of twenty

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<v Speaker 1>three the full might of his potential drives. The next year,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty eighteen nineteen, the theme was Elite Refinement. We already

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<v Speaker 1>knew em Beat was excellent, but with an increased workload,

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<v Speaker 1>he proved he could do that much more. Joella Beat

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<v Speaker 1>around one man throws it off the classrooimself. He slammed

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<v Speaker 1>the Joella be the creative past and Jared Dudley in

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<v Speaker 1>his way. This season was supposed to be the redemption,

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<v Speaker 1>with Embid channeling the pain from last May's excruciating second

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<v Speaker 1>Round Game seven exit against the Toronto Raptors to help

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<v Speaker 1>fuel seventy six Ers championship run. So you're coming off

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<v Speaker 1>one of the that's a really tough laws. Individually, How

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<v Speaker 1>does this drive you? I'm sure he's going to motivate

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<v Speaker 1>me a lot. I'm excited. I'm excited about all the

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<v Speaker 1>walk I'm about to put in, and I still have

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of potential. I feel like a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people haven't seen what I can really do. There's no

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<v Speaker 1>question that in his forty four appearances leading up to

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<v Speaker 1>the NBA suspending play in March, and Bead had some

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<v Speaker 1>great moments. But in between these memorable performances, Embiid, relative

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<v Speaker 1>of course, to his own supreme baseline, experienced ups and downs.

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<v Speaker 1>Injuries were a factor that can't be denied. But at

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<v Speaker 1>various times during the season, and Beat spoke openly about

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<v Speaker 1>not feeling like himself. He touched upon that topic again

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<v Speaker 1>after a recent workout at the seventy six Or training

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<v Speaker 1>complex after the All Star Game. I'm menta, they just

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<v Speaker 1>completely change first part of the season. It was enough

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<v Speaker 1>to mustand and not even closed. Yes, and Bead looked

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<v Speaker 1>like a refreshed, reinvigorated beast. After the All Star Break,

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<v Speaker 1>he played in four full games and averaged twenty seven

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<v Speaker 1>and a half points in twenty eight minutes, nearly four

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<v Speaker 1>and a half points more in two and a half

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<v Speaker 1>few minutes per game than before the break. And Bead

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<v Speaker 1>was also shooting fifty three percent after the break from

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<v Speaker 1>forty six and a half percent before it. And there

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<v Speaker 1>was also this he was generating three more free throws

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<v Speaker 1>made and attempted per game as well. Before the season's

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<v Speaker 1>got shut down. I was enough bath to just you know,

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<v Speaker 1>change the all and just go out and they could happen.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the version of Joel Embiid the seventy Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>will need should the season indeed resume. In the aftermath

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<v Speaker 1>of COVID nineteen hitting the United States, Embad understandably took

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<v Speaker 1>the situation pretty seriously. The sixers last game was against

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<v Speaker 1>Detroit and a few days later one of the Pistons

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<v Speaker 1>players returned to positive test. The first two months of

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<v Speaker 1>the pandemic and Bid stayed mostly at home. Recently, he

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<v Speaker 1>started to ramp up and said he's feeling really good.

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<v Speaker 1>We'd be going. I did pretty much for the past

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<v Speaker 1>four weeks, about six times a week, so you're trying

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<v Speaker 1>to get a hand start, get body fall one of

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<v Speaker 1>us com me. It's a picture that's becoming more and

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<v Speaker 1>more clear, with the NBA and the Players Association having

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<v Speaker 1>agreed upon the parameters for a return to play plan

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<v Speaker 1>centered around games at the ESPN Wide World of Sports

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<v Speaker 1>Complex in Orlando. During Joel Embiad's ascent into the upper

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<v Speaker 1>echelon of superstars in the NBA, he's consistently used his

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<v Speaker 1>platform to do good. He's made Susta Angel donations to

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<v Speaker 1>the United Nations Children's Fund to eight at risk kids

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<v Speaker 1>in his native Cameroon, and supported the Boys and Girls

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<v Speaker 1>Club at Philadelphia. Then, in April, as the coronavirus was

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<v Speaker 1>surging to its peak and Bead acted swiftly along with

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<v Speaker 1>seventy six Ers managing partner Josh Harris and co managing

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<v Speaker 1>partner David Blitzer, he pledged one point three million dollars

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<v Speaker 1>to pen Medicine to provide critical support for COVID nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>treatment efforts. Being one from where I grew up, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I saw a lot of struggle, and you know, being

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<v Speaker 1>in my position where I have to change people's lives

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<v Speaker 1>and to help people who know you just you just

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<v Speaker 1>meet um. You know, I didn't even have to day

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<v Speaker 1>twice about it. It's just the way I am. That's

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<v Speaker 1>the way my parents raised me. That's the way I

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<v Speaker 1>was brought up. And then added the fact that you know,

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<v Speaker 1>going up in Africa, in Camerone and you know, all

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<v Speaker 1>the struggle that I saw used all your wife from

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<v Speaker 1>me to make that kind of jests. Like his teammates

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<v Speaker 1>and Beat has had time to actually have time since

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<v Speaker 1>the NBA's shut down, rarely want to lack for confidence.

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<v Speaker 1>Joel is a huge FIFA video game head. He's a

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<v Speaker 1>self proclaimed career mode guide meeting. He usually plays against

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<v Speaker 1>the computer, but in Quarantine, he decided to mix things

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<v Speaker 1>up a little bit and try Ultimate Team mode, which

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<v Speaker 1>likes to assemble a roster of present and former grades.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how my sister was playing it, and then I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, who's gonna check it out? So I won't.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, you gotta build a team. And he's

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<v Speaker 1>a bunch of I don't know, they're just you know, anybody,

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<v Speaker 1>anybody can build a team. Man, every player can basically

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<v Speaker 1>have can be waited ninety five. So he's not well

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<v Speaker 1>football where you actually compete against a god where you

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<v Speaker 1>choose a regular team and then you compete god. Because

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<v Speaker 1>I've played online and I'm abutable the ultimate team experience

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<v Speaker 1>was But I say, when he comes to that, he's

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<v Speaker 1>just crazy. So I gave up on that because the

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<v Speaker 1>guys on that they have, you know, teams that I've

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<v Speaker 1>waited not do, not like he's in power. Well, like

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<v Speaker 1>he's just and it's crazy. But yeah, I find out

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<v Speaker 1>that I wasn't that good and I should just stick

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<v Speaker 1>up to my career more and playing online. Another one

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<v Speaker 1>of the beats just like us activities during this break

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<v Speaker 1>was binging on the last Dance. He says he identifies

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<v Speaker 1>with parts of Michael Jordan's story. So, h a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of similarities. Um, and a lot of people I've told

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<v Speaker 1>me that, and you know, I always quite about it,

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<v Speaker 1>but I kinda saw that. Um, you know, there's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of similarities, and you know, I can also be

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<v Speaker 1>I can also be that guy. I just need to,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, keep putting in the walk and that's what

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<v Speaker 1>I've been doing. But in order for Jordan to be

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<v Speaker 1>the guy, he had to get help from other guys,

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<v Speaker 1>and in the case of Joel Embiid, he's certainly surrounded

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<v Speaker 1>by lots of talent. He and his teammates have used

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<v Speaker 1>group chats and zoom to stay in touch. Fellow All

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<v Speaker 1>Star Ben Simmons is one of the players who Embiad

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<v Speaker 1>has been talking to on a regular basis. Of all

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<v Speaker 1>the relationships and beats careers defined by, it's his connection

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<v Speaker 1>with seventy six ers fans that stands out the most.

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<v Speaker 1>When the team is in South Philly and he's at

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<v Speaker 1>his peak, it's like a rock star returning for a

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<v Speaker 1>hometown show. That makes us go. You know, when you're

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<v Speaker 1>playing for you got to play holiday and you've got

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<v Speaker 1>to do all. I'm missed up more than you notice.

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<v Speaker 1>As for Rockday, you know, going on than fighting for them.

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<v Speaker 1>While details about the NBA's return to play arrangement continue

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<v Speaker 1>to get ironed out, we know the immediate solution won't

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<v Speaker 1>involve crowds or home arenas and beach. Short term outlook

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<v Speaker 1>is as practical as it is human. It also sounds

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<v Speaker 1>highly motivated. Always still one is safe. But you know,

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<v Speaker 1>as athlete, that's why not get pay full something to

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<v Speaker 1>prove right enough? Feeling like whenever an unfortunate it comes,

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<v Speaker 1>that's called to this has been posted up with Joel Embiid,

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<v Speaker 1>presented by Caesar's Online. Sure to check out Lauren Rosen's

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<v Speaker 1>article about Joel. It's also part of our post It

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<v Speaker 1>Up Hiatus content series. Big thanks to Mark Zumov and

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<v Speaker 1>Ryan Colletti for their help producing this episode. Our music

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<v Speaker 1>Next time and this is a promise we'll post up

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<v Speaker 1>with Matisse Styple. When I first got to Philly, people

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<v Speaker 1>recognize it. I hadn't even put on a Philadelphia seventy

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<v Speaker 1>sixers jersey and there I was like, this is crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>We were supposed to get to Matis this time around,

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<v Speaker 1>but when Joel Embiad calls, you got to pick up

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<v Speaker 1>that phone. I'm Brian Seltzer. Thanks for listening. Be sure

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