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The seventy 0:01:43.280 --> 0:01:46.880 sixers are off to California, but not before getting another 0:01:46.880 --> 0:01:50.880 win at Home Built Three Balls Up, Shake Built, Knocks 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:54.320 it Out, Harrison Built, back to back freeze ball Game. 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:57.400 A lot happened this past week, and we'll recap it 0:01:57.440 --> 0:02:01.040 all with Lauren Rosen on this episode of the broadcast, 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:06.480 How you doing out there, seventy six Ers pod people 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:11.280 plenty to review from our previous meeting right here on 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:15.600 the broadcast, from career highs to injuries, to a bounce 0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:20.560 back win and a cross country flight. Seventy Sixers no 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:24.080 shortage of news surrounding the team. Break it all down 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:27.080 with my colleague, the great Lauren Rosen in just a 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:30.280 matter of moments. 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So search seventy six 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:14.560 ers GC on your favorite podcasting platform and check those 0:03:14.560 --> 0:03:19.440 guys out on the seventy Sixers Gaming Club Podcast. All Right, 0:03:19.480 --> 0:03:21.799 As the seventy Sixers head west, they will do so 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:25.840 buoyed by a needed home victory on Thursday against Atlantic 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:28.359 Division rival the New York Knicks. We bring it now 0:03:28.560 --> 0:03:30.799 Lauren Rosen, who it is awesome and a lot of 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:33.240 fun to team up with in covering the squad for 0:03:33.280 --> 0:03:38.640 all of our digital and social platforms. Lauren certainly a busy, 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:42.640 busy newsweek to say the least if we shall review. 0:03:43.280 --> 0:03:46.920 Saturday in Milwaukee, Ben Simmons leaves early in the first 0:03:47.000 --> 0:03:50.360 quarter with a back injury. Then Monday a new high 0:03:50.440 --> 0:03:54.440 literally and emotionally as Joel Embiid goes crazy for forty 0:03:54.480 --> 0:03:58.000 nine points. Wednesday, Embiad was then forced to leave the 0:03:58.000 --> 0:04:00.240 game against the Cavaliers early at the end of the 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:02.960 first quarter due to a left shoulder sprain. And finally 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:04.960 on Thursday, you get the victory over the Knicks and 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:08.480 also news that Joel is going to be reevaluated in 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:12.440 a week, which all things considered, is pretty encouraging. But 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:14.720 that's a lot, a lot to wrap your head around. 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:17.160 There was a lot that happened this week, ebbs and flows, 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:23.039 highs and lows. I think luckily Thursday night was a 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:25.760 bit of a highlight. Loved to see a lot of 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:29.200 guys that may not always be the prime performers really 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:31.840 stepping in and stepping up in a big way. And 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:34.560 it felt like a good way or the best way 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:38.720 we could have to set out on a difficult road trip, yes, 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:43.520 especially one that starts against too really challenging opponents in 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:46.800 the La Clippers on Sunday afternoon, and then Lebron and 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:50.840 the Lakers on Tuesday. Lakers as of the recording this 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:53.480 pod number one of the West Clippers, six and a 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:56.240 half games behind them for third place, so a really 0:04:56.760 --> 0:04:59.080 difficult start. Indeed, you would figure to the road trip. 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:01.920 And I think there is something too that bouncing back 0:05:02.000 --> 0:05:05.880 quick after a tough loss in Cleveland on Wednesday night. 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:07.800 You were there for that game and then quickly putting 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:11.839 that in the rear view. And there were certainly guys 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:15.000 who stepped up who may not be in prime roles 0:05:15.080 --> 0:05:19.760 all the time, but then Tobias and Al were excellent 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.279 and they needed to have a strong showing. And I 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:25.240 think we don't give enough credit to Tobias for a 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:27.520 lot of things, but I think specifically his ability to 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:29.800 take over a game is something that obviously, when you 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:31.720 play on a team with Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid, 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:34.520 those opportunities might not always be there. But it felt 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:37.680 like from the opening tip Tobias was a man on 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:41.120 a mission. Fourteen points in the first quarter alone and 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:45.200 just had this. Coach Brown always talks about maniacal competitiveness, 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:47.080 and that those were the words that I was thinking 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:48.920 of while watching him in that first quarter, because you 0:05:48.960 --> 0:05:53.080 could tell after Cleveland that none of them were happy 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:56.240 with what had gone down, and they were able to 0:05:56.320 --> 0:05:58.679 quickly take that and channel that and turn it into 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:01.280 a much better performance less than twenty four hours later. 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:04.080 It was interesting. I think the first question of the 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:08.159 press conference that Brett got before Thursday's game against the 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:11.240 Knicks was something to the effect of, do you feel 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:14.000 like it's necessary to sit down with Tobias and with 0:06:14.040 --> 0:06:16.040 al and talk to them coming off of a game 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:19.040 like Wednesday? And Brett said, the second game of back 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:20.760 to back, haven't had a chance to speak with him yet, 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:22.840 but I will talk with the team. We didn't know 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:26.920 the details necessarily what happened after that. But the other 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:28.359 part of it is is like, I don't even know 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:31.200 if it's necessary that he would have had to have 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:33.680 had a talk with guys like Tobias and all who 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:36.080 have been around forever, because the way that Tobias in 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:38.400 particular came out and started that game against New York. 0:06:38.839 --> 0:06:41.120 I was like, listen, you don't need to tell me 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:42.960 what I already know. I'm just going to go out 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:46.280 there and try and take care of business. Essentially, he 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:49.640 just gets it. He knows he knows that a he's 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:52.760 under a bit of pressure, a lot of scrutiny given 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:55.599 his role, but he's responding to it and just a 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:59.600 very mature again to quote Brett Brown once again, he's 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:02.760 a very prideful and you could tell that this game 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:06.560 and performing well really meant something to him, and he 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:08.760 was able to go out there and put his money 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:12.160 where his mouth is and do everything that we needed 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:15.400 him to do at a very high level. And I 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:17.760 think Tobias is the next person that people will look 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:21.280 to now that Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid are going 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:23.680 to be out for at least a week together. We 0:07:23.720 --> 0:07:25.720 know that Ben's going to be reevaluated in two weeks, 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:32.560 and listen, I think that Tobias is always realistic about 0:07:32.600 --> 0:07:35.360 this being a team that is going to be driven 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:38.480 by Ben and Joel. A few weeks ago, he said 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:40.920 something to the effect of and a paraphrase, and we're 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:42.720 going to go as far as those two take us. 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:46.720 But now this is a situation in which the circumstances 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:49.520 demand that he probably take on more, and I don't 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:51.520 think that he's afraid of that. Like, he certainly has 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:56.040 leadership DNA in him and in addition to talking the 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:58.080 talk to come out and produce the way he did, 0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:00.679 I think underscores that for sure, And if I'm not mistaken, 0:08:00.760 --> 0:08:03.440 this trip to LA will be his first time revisiting 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:06.360 the Clippers since he joined the Sixers. Last time we 0:08:06.400 --> 0:08:10.040 played the Clippers, obviously we were fully loaded, had all 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:13.760 of our guys available, but I remember Tobias having a 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:17.480 similar level of conviction in that game. Ended up with 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:21.160 seventeen points, twelve rebounds, played aggressively, and you have to 0:08:21.200 --> 0:08:23.720 imagine that. Obviously, playing on the road is a challenge, 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:26.320 playing without two all stars as a challenge, But for him, 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:28.760 I think we might be able to see that same 0:08:28.840 --> 0:08:31.280 kind of energy that he's brought last night and the 0:08:31.320 --> 0:08:33.599 last time on Thursday night and the last time we 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:37.560 played the Clippers on Sunday, And hopefully we can gain 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:41.600 as much ground as we can on that visit Al Horford. 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:43.560 We know that he's had a lot to adjust to 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:47.600 this season. Thursday's game, to me was vintage Al Horford. 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:52.000 Fifteen points, nine assists, that was the season high, seven rebounds, 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:55.440 flirting with a triple double. Offense was able to go 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:57.520 through him a little bit more. He was able to 0:08:57.600 --> 0:09:01.240 quote unquote quarterback the gym a little bit more, playing 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:04.280 full time in the five spot, and for me, that's 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:06.199 something that I'm looking forward to seeing for however long 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:09.120 Joel Ebid is out, for what type of rhythm can 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:12.600 Al get into, perhaps playing at a spot that he's 0:09:12.640 --> 0:09:15.400 more familiar with Now. Long term, you have to figure 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:17.040 things out when Joel gets back, But at least for 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:20.040 the short term, listen, here's a guy who is a 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:22.480 very strong track record who can fill in for you, 0:09:22.520 --> 0:09:24.040 and I think that Thursday was a good sign to 0:09:24.040 --> 0:09:27.240 see him possibly get going in the right direction. Absolutely. 0:09:27.280 --> 0:09:29.280 I mean, silver linings are going to be few and 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:31.800 far to come by when you talk about being down 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:34.520 your two best players. But it does feel like with 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:37.360 this West Coast road trip for guys like to Bias 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:39.600 and Al who will fit in in a very big 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:43.400 way when the playoffs come around, these are valuable opportunities 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:46.400 for them to get more minutes, to really not necessarily 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:48.760 more minutes, but to have a higher usage during those 0:09:48.800 --> 0:09:53.280 minutes and really figure themselves out a little bit having 0:09:53.320 --> 0:09:55.320 the ball in their hands a little more. Quarterbacking the 0:09:55.320 --> 0:09:58.520 gym a little more. It seems like maybe that's the 0:09:58.600 --> 0:10:00.600 small silver lining here is that those guys are going 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:03.680 to have an opportunity to shine and get comfortable before 0:10:03.720 --> 0:10:06.520 the playoffs roll around. I was kind of surprised by 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:08.960 this was as it seemed more and more likely that 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:12.160 Horford might have a shot at a triple double in 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:14.679 the next game. I looked up, thanks to the exceptional 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:20.559 Basketball Reference Player Index tool, how many triple doubles Horford 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:23.160 tad in his career. I was a little bit surprised 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:26.680 that he only has two. Is that true? It is 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:29.600 a true statement. If I'm remembering what the results were 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:35.440 of that query, I would have thought probably six seven. Yeah, 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:37.080 you have to think, I mean, and last night he 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:41.439 did it rather effortlessly. Yeah, I was hoping that he 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:44.560 would get there, but obviously that's not necessarily the priority. 0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:48.920 It was a very balanced performance and maybe we'll see 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:52.760 his third triple double in the next couple of weeks. Ben. 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:55.200 I think, you know, when Ben is on the verge 0:10:55.200 --> 0:10:57.840 of one, like and there's just some guys who are 0:10:57.920 --> 0:11:02.120 like this, there's a loudness to Ben game. Whereas, as 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:05.640 you put it, al perhaps some more subtleties. You know, 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:07.960 you look up at the scoreboard and you're like, oh, 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:11.400 he's he's got like eight assists and you know, six 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:16.400 boards and double figures scoring. It was sneaky they did 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:18.480 get They took away a rebound at one point because 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:20.280 he was closer to it than he ended up that 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:22.719 he had eight boards midway through the second half, and 0:11:22.760 --> 0:11:24.480 then I guess they gave it to somebody else. And 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:27.600 it's okay. He was close. He was flirting with a 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:30.200 triple double, like you said, and that's always something to celebrate. 0:11:30.559 --> 0:11:32.880 That would have been a bummer for the triple double 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:34.600 to have been registering on the scoreboard only to have 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:37.959 been taken away. Sure, well, here we are. It was 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:41.439 good to see though from Al Horford and Tobias Harris alike, 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:43.600 I'm gonna get to shake Milton, but I want to 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:45.920 keep in line of the theme of what will happen 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:49.040 on the front line without Joel embiad for at least 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:52.000 the next week. There's obviously Norval Peal. He's been out 0:11:52.000 --> 0:11:54.120 sick the last couple of games. Seemed like before the 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:57.439 next game he was available, but still maybe not quite 0:11:57.440 --> 0:11:59.959 the energetic Norvelle that we're used to having a round. 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:04.199 Kyle O Quinn love seeing it. It's awesome, Like he 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:07.040 is a and you're around you know, he is a 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:10.320 super dude, big part of the spirit of the team. 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:12.360 And I'm happy for him now that he's been able 0:12:12.400 --> 0:12:14.120 to get out on the court and produce. And he's 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:16.720 come up in conversation a few times even before these 0:12:16.720 --> 0:12:20.560 two games, where he's been referred to by other players 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:23.560 or by his coach as just the ultimate locker room 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:27.960 guy that really is always supporting his teammates, there for support, 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:31.520 for a good laugh, just a generally lovely person to 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:34.120 be around. And so to see him have this opportunity 0:12:34.559 --> 0:12:38.000 to produce at a pretty high level pretty quickly. I mean, 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:40.640 he had ten rebounds last night, which is nothing to 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:44.280 look away from. That's incredible. I think it's been great 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:47.080 to see how much work he's put in on his own, 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:50.440 as coach Brown said after both games, that he's always 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:53.400 in the gym, always running drills, even if it's by himself, 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:56.000 just to make sure his body is ready for opportunities 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:57.559 like this, and in a back to back, like when 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:01.840 you haven't been playing NBA minutes multiple weeks at a time, 0:13:01.840 --> 0:13:03.439 and then you have to come into a back to 0:13:03.559 --> 0:13:06.240 back that's a home and road back to back, Like 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:08.640 that's a lot of stamina that he had to keep 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:11.280 up and then was able to show off all that 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:13.600 work he's put in, and it's just something that's really 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:16.319 nice to see. He hadn't played more than ten minutes 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:20.240 in a game talking about O'Quinn since January seventeenth against 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:23.120 the Bulls. He'd only played in two games in between 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:27.480 then and the Cleveland game on Wednesday. It was incredible. 0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:29.600 I mean, the Sixers lost the game, but in less 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:32.120 than twelve minutes he had four block shots and it 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:36.000 was energy. I mean, again, obviously they lost the game, 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:37.800 but they did bring energy in the second half. I 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:40.160 think as they were just adjusting to Obviously they came 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:42.080 into that game thinking they were going to have Joel 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:44.520 and thinking they were going to run the offense through Joel, 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:49.600 and I think naturally were a little bit unsure about 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:52.000 how to move forward without him. But Kyle came in, 0:13:52.480 --> 0:13:56.800 He brought energy. He sort of helped turn that game 0:13:56.840 --> 0:13:58.880 around when they made the run and closed to the 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:01.640 lead as much as they did. I just thought there 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:03.920 was a lot to admire about the way he performed 0:14:03.960 --> 0:14:07.240 both nights. We're a big fan of Kyle o quinn 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:11.160 in terms of seventy sixers content, always gracious with the 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:17.559 arrival and departure shots, the O'Quinn cap. Yeah, it means 0:14:17.600 --> 0:14:20.360 a little something humorous, just a lovely person to have around, 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:23.400 and it's it's really nice to get to see him do. 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:25.040 I mean, as we all, we all want to succeed 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:27.760 in our careers. We all want to feel used and 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:30.840 feel like we're doing a good job with what we do. 0:14:30.920 --> 0:14:32.680 So it's great to see him get to do that 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:36.000 because obviously playing basketball is probably more important to him 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:39.480 than those lovely content moments. Okay, let us now go 0:14:39.600 --> 0:14:44.160 to another really positive topic, and that's Shake Milton Young 0:14:44.280 --> 0:14:47.560 Shaike has been presented with an opportunity and he has 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:52.080 seized it absolutely. I mean again, it's awful to have 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:55.280 your all stars out. It's awful to not have Ben Simmons, 0:14:55.320 --> 0:14:57.600 but to see a guy like Shake who sort of 0:14:57.640 --> 0:15:01.040 like Kyle, hasn't gotten at least hasn't gotten consistent minutes 0:15:01.040 --> 0:15:04.640 all season, step in in and back to back and 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:08.080 be super productive both nights. And just the thing is 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:11.560 with Shake, have you ever seen him rattled at all? No? 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:16.320 Not really, there was. It's funny, so he started the 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:19.760 Lakers game, which was the big Saturday primetime game at 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:22.400 the Center a few weeks back. And that's a big 0:15:22.440 --> 0:15:24.280 spot to be in. You know, you've got the jump 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:27.760 on court before the game, everyone's watching, You're the biggest 0:15:27.760 --> 0:15:29.880 game in town. And I'm like, a start against the Lakers. 0:15:29.920 --> 0:15:32.720 I mean, that could be an interesting spot to be in. 0:15:32.760 --> 0:15:36.360 I mean, he really hadn't played since before Thanksgiving at 0:15:36.360 --> 0:15:37.640 that stage of the year, and he didn't start, and 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:38.960 I was like, Yeah, I kind of wonder how this 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:40.840 is going to go for Shake. And I think he 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:44.480 might have committed a turnover within the first minute or two, 0:15:45.160 --> 0:15:48.320 but after that he was often sailing. And to your point, no, 0:15:48.720 --> 0:15:51.680 he does not seem phased, seems totally ready. And I 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:54.480 think this even goes back to last season as well, 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:57.560 that when he was called upon, good things happened when 0:15:57.600 --> 0:16:00.720 he was out on the court. And to your point 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:03.360 about Ben Simmons, no, no one wants him out. But 0:16:04.120 --> 0:16:06.880 even if it weren't going to happen immediately, I think 0:16:06.880 --> 0:16:08.840 we are seeing some immediate results. This is going to 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:11.640 help shake Milton down the road, being able to get 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:15.400 this extensive amount of run, and his stock has absolutely Risen. 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:17.600 I mean, you heard Coach Brown talk about him after 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:19.800 the game about how how can you not go with 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:23.360 Jake at least for now considering what he's done, especially 0:16:23.480 --> 0:16:25.720 from deep. He took I believe eleven threes in the 0:16:25.720 --> 0:16:27.640 back to back and made nine of them. I mean, 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:32.040 obviously numbers even out eventually, but for now he's the 0:16:32.080 --> 0:16:34.560 hot hand and it really felt like I mean last 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:37.160 night he literally did not he could not miss from 0:16:37.200 --> 0:16:41.200 deep and had an incredible game. So I think it's 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:44.600 just again great to see guys that stay ready, stay motivated, 0:16:45.520 --> 0:16:48.640 get out there and get rewarded at a high level. 0:16:49.080 --> 0:16:52.239 Thirty nine points in the back to back between Cleveland 0:16:52.360 --> 0:16:56.600 and the Knicks and nine for eleven from three, he 0:16:56.640 --> 0:16:59.280 rerunds well, he can make good decisions with the ball 0:16:59.280 --> 0:17:02.160 in his hands. Goes back to the development plan that 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:03.640 the team had in place from last year when he 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:06.120 was a two way player with the Bluecoats, and has 0:17:06.119 --> 0:17:08.480 improved on defense, which is something that has been brought 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:10.920 up a lot over the last two nights of media 0:17:11.280 --> 0:17:13.960 just that that's the area that coach says he's seen 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:17.040 the most improvement from Shake and a team that says 0:17:17.040 --> 0:17:20.600 its identity is all about defense. That's obviously an important thing, 0:17:20.640 --> 0:17:23.000 and he's been able to hold his own. I'm not 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:25.840 sure what vibes you got when Brett Brown was talking 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:30.359 about contingencies in the aftermath of Ben simmons injury, and 0:17:30.400 --> 0:17:32.600 I want to say this was before the Atlanta game 0:17:32.720 --> 0:17:36.479 on Monday, and I don't think he referred to it 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:39.480 in terms quite like he did with the wing rotation 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:41.600 when he used the whole tournament thing. But you know, 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:43.920 he listed options. He was like, you know, there's shake, 0:17:44.080 --> 0:17:49.359 there's Josh Richardson, there's Alec Burks and all that. And 0:17:49.400 --> 0:17:52.840 it's certainly nice to have had someone step up and 0:17:52.920 --> 0:17:58.200 raised the proverbial hand almost immediately this first week without Simmons, 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:00.480 Like for as much as his kind of been in 0:18:00.480 --> 0:18:02.760 flux because these injuries as of late, it's nice to 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:08.760 have some sense of clarity at least at one spot. 0:18:09.080 --> 0:18:10.359 And we talk about it all the time. We just 0:18:10.400 --> 0:18:12.679 talked about it with Kyle. Could not happen to just 0:18:12.720 --> 0:18:16.000 a nicer, more pleasant dude. And you love to see 0:18:16.040 --> 0:18:18.600 people that are great off the court get rewarded on 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:21.520 the court. Do you have any good shake anecdotes during 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:25.560 the last two years, putting me on the spot a 0:18:25.560 --> 0:18:29.800 little bit. Nothing other than that, he's just always lovely, 0:18:29.920 --> 0:18:33.400 always says hello, always says thank you, just super engaging. 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:36.639 The man loves Honeygrow. We were able to capture some 0:18:37.040 --> 0:18:39.760 honey Grow content with Shake on our way to Cleveland, 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:43.919 and seems like there's a burgeoning partnership between Shake and 0:18:44.080 --> 0:18:47.000 honey Grow. So we know he's performing well and maybe 0:18:47.000 --> 0:18:49.679 that's due to him fueling well. Honeygrow does not sponsor 0:18:49.760 --> 0:18:51.320 me to say this, but it is a great It 0:18:51.400 --> 0:18:54.440 is a great restaurant to lots of balanced, healthy options 0:18:54.480 --> 0:18:57.439 and clearly fueling Shake quite well. Do we know what 0:18:57.520 --> 0:19:00.960 he rolls with? Is he a noodle man? Is it 0:19:01.040 --> 0:19:04.119 more saladies? You know? I have not checked. I have 0:19:04.160 --> 0:19:06.440 not checked, but he should have a shake. I think 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:10.199 that should be like the Shake bowl. Sure there is 0:19:10.200 --> 0:19:13.719 a shake shack at the center, and perhaps it could be. 0:19:13.960 --> 0:19:16.720 I said this after the game last night, and this 0:19:16.800 --> 0:19:19.800 is a tangent, but I think it's worth it. In arena, 0:19:20.040 --> 0:19:23.920 there are these sixer versus sixer opportunities where two sixers 0:19:23.920 --> 0:19:27.160 are challenged to name a certain amount of items. Last 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:30.240 night it was vegetables. On Thursday night, it was vegetables, 0:19:30.280 --> 0:19:33.720 Shake Milton versus Matisse Thible. Matisse Thible struggled a little 0:19:33.720 --> 0:19:36.480 bit when it came to naming vegetables, but Shake Milton 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:38.720 was really rattling them off. And to be honest, now 0:19:38.720 --> 0:19:41.159 that I know about his affinity for Honeygrow, I think 0:19:41.240 --> 0:19:43.960 he's just naming all the toppings he gets at Honeygrow. 0:19:44.480 --> 0:19:48.000 And naturally he won the sixer versus sixer battle using 0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:52.080 vegetables that included edamame cilantro. I'm not even sure if 0:19:52.080 --> 0:19:54.879 cilantro is technically a vegetable, but he got credit for it, 0:19:54.920 --> 0:19:58.840 and I believe they have it at Honeygrow. Excellent. Was 0:19:58.840 --> 0:20:01.520 that the story you were looking It's a great anecdote. No, 0:20:01.640 --> 0:20:04.159 look at that. We just rattled off two minutes of 0:20:04.160 --> 0:20:07.920 the podcast talking about Shake Milton and Honeygrow. Two good things. 0:20:08.920 --> 0:20:11.920 The state of California is where the seventy six ers 0:20:12.000 --> 0:20:17.000 are headed. They have four games Clippers Sunday, Lakers Tuesday, Kings, 0:20:17.119 --> 0:20:21.240 Don't Sleep on the Kings Thursday, and then the Golden 0:20:21.280 --> 0:20:27.960 State Warriors in San Francisco on Saturday. First two games 0:20:28.000 --> 0:20:32.679 probably gonna be tough, difficult challenge. You'll expect a challenge, 0:20:33.240 --> 0:20:36.520 but you'll expect opportunities to learn and to grow as well, 0:20:36.600 --> 0:20:38.639 no matter what happens. I think it's always good to 0:20:38.680 --> 0:20:41.679 play against high level competition. I think they'll go in 0:20:41.720 --> 0:20:44.720 there determined, maybe with a chip on your shoulders, as 0:20:44.840 --> 0:20:47.840 people tend to get when you're facing adversity. You're shorthanded, 0:20:47.840 --> 0:20:50.520 and hopefully there will be some positive lessons learned in 0:20:50.520 --> 0:20:53.800 that first weekend. And you're going on that first weekend, 0:20:53.880 --> 0:20:56.040 So yes, what are you most looking forward to about 0:20:56.160 --> 0:21:00.920 spending time in La Sunshine? Yes, understandable business trip, though 0:21:00.920 --> 0:21:03.080 it doesn't matter where it is. It could be Milwaukee, 0:21:03.240 --> 0:21:07.240 it could be Cleverly Hills. You know we're there to 0:21:07.320 --> 0:21:09.800 take were there to do to content and it's always great. 0:21:09.840 --> 0:21:11.800 I had a great time in Cleveland. I will say 0:21:12.200 --> 0:21:14.919