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Welcome in to Sixers in sixty 0:00:58.973 --> 0:01:02.653 Tuesday nights on ninety seven to five, the fanatic Matt 0:01:02.733 --> 0:01:07.093 Murphy and Nick Stauskis is back. The former Philadelphia seventy 0:01:07.133 --> 0:01:11.613 six er, the NBA veteran Nick Stauskis joins us again tonight. 0:01:11.733 --> 0:01:14.813 Lauren Rosen will be along with us as well in 0:01:14.933 --> 0:01:18.053 the second segment. But welcome back, Nick. Excited to talk 0:01:18.133 --> 0:01:19.853 more seventy six ers basketball with you. 0:01:19.973 --> 0:01:22.493 It's always a good day talking Sixers basketball with you. Matt. 0:01:22.533 --> 0:01:23.973 I appreciate you having me on again. 0:01:24.053 --> 0:01:25.693 We have one of your old friends, one of your 0:01:25.693 --> 0:01:29.093 old teammates, Robert. He sat down with Lauren at the 0:01:29.133 --> 0:01:31.933 most recent practice to chat. That's coming up in just 0:01:32.013 --> 0:01:35.133 a moment. Any player interviews from this show that fans 0:01:35.173 --> 0:01:38.013 want to listen to available at the seventy six Ers 0:01:38.013 --> 0:01:41.773 Insiders podcast. In addition to Robert Covington, we have our 0:01:41.813 --> 0:01:46.253 fanatic basketball insider tonight, Connor Thomas. Be sure to follow 0:01:46.413 --> 0:01:49.453 everybody on the various social media platforms. You're more of 0:01:49.493 --> 0:01:52.613 an Instagram guy, Nick, Nick saskis eleven on Instagram. 0:01:52.733 --> 0:01:55.893 I'm an Instagram guy, but I'm I gotta activate my 0:01:55.973 --> 0:01:59.533 Twitter again, so you know, maybe I'll get active on Twitter, 0:01:59.613 --> 0:02:03.173 start interacting with the fans again. It's been a while. 0:02:03.213 --> 0:02:04.613 It's been a couple of years for me, so it'd 0:02:04.653 --> 0:02:05.533 be nice to get back on. 0:02:05.973 --> 0:02:07.013 Are you a threads guy? 0:02:07.093 --> 0:02:07.653 Yet? 0:02:08.453 --> 0:02:10.893 I don't even know what threads is? Unfortunately? Does that 0:02:10.933 --> 0:02:12.253 mean I'm old if I don't know what? 0:02:12.973 --> 0:02:16.493 It's like Twitter? But it's Instagram's version, so it's like 0:02:16.533 --> 0:02:19.013 a news feed. And I have a question from someone 0:02:19.013 --> 0:02:21.813 on there that for you, from someone on there, that 0:02:21.893 --> 0:02:24.653 we'll do in a second. But the latest with the 0:02:24.653 --> 0:02:27.133 seventy six Ers is that they've been off for a 0:02:27.173 --> 0:02:29.613 couple of days, and we were saying it's you were 0:02:29.653 --> 0:02:31.213 saying it's kind of like the All Star break as 0:02:31.213 --> 0:02:33.573 a result of the n season Tournament, a rare four 0:02:33.653 --> 0:02:36.733 days off in the NBA. They're looking to bounce back 0:02:36.973 --> 0:02:40.133 when they return to action in DC on Wednesday night 0:02:40.933 --> 0:02:44.413 from two losses last week in New Orleans and in Boston, 0:02:44.453 --> 0:02:46.093 but then four days off. 0:02:46.693 --> 0:02:49.053 Yeah, it's nice, you know, this is I guess one 0:02:49.053 --> 0:02:52.413 of the positives of not making the Ncason Tournament. Gives 0:02:52.453 --> 0:02:55.133 you a chance to rest, get your guys back in 0:02:55.133 --> 0:02:58.813 the lineup. Obviously, you know Tyrese and Joelle, you know 0:02:58.893 --> 0:03:01.333 out with the illness. You know, I'd like to see 0:03:01.333 --> 0:03:03.573 them back on the court. But it's a nice little 0:03:03.573 --> 0:03:05.613 reset button kind of at the quarter way mark of 0:03:05.653 --> 0:03:07.853 the season. And I'm sure a lot of teams are 0:03:08.133 --> 0:03:11.813 really trying to use this week as as positively as possible, 0:03:11.933 --> 0:03:13.413 just trying to get their guys healthy again. 0:03:14.093 --> 0:03:18.213 So no Embiid in either of those games, the Pelicans 0:03:18.333 --> 0:03:23.453 or the Celtics. No Embiid or Maxi Orbitoom or House 0:03:23.533 --> 0:03:26.013 and the list went on and on against Boston. But 0:03:26.133 --> 0:03:29.133 get this about the month of November, for the duo 0:03:29.253 --> 0:03:32.773 of Embiid and Maxie, they had This is from Justin 0:03:33.013 --> 0:03:37.413 kobatco from statitudes. In the month of November, Embiid and 0:03:37.453 --> 0:03:40.213 Maxi each scored at least twenty five points in the 0:03:40.253 --> 0:03:43.653 same game eight times, which was a franchise broke a 0:03:43.693 --> 0:03:47.893 franchise record which was seven in a month shared by 0:03:48.253 --> 0:03:51.853 Wilt and Hal Greer in nineteen sixty six and Billy 0:03:51.933 --> 0:03:55.693 Cunningham and Archie Clark in nineteen sixty nine. So like, 0:03:55.733 --> 0:04:00.293 you cannot understate how important it is to have them 0:04:00.293 --> 0:04:02.773 in the lineup, and still they almost beat Boston, which 0:04:02.773 --> 0:04:05.653 we will talk about a lot throughout tonight's show. The 0:04:05.733 --> 0:04:08.773 question that was posed to you from Threads came from 0:04:08.973 --> 0:04:11.333 an account called bme Podcast. They said, what do you 0:04:11.333 --> 0:04:14.173 think Embiid and Maxie would say has been the key 0:04:14.213 --> 0:04:16.453 to the early success with a new coach. So I 0:04:16.453 --> 0:04:18.773 don't want you to speak for them, and we'll try 0:04:18.773 --> 0:04:21.533 to ask that question to them. But new coach and 0:04:21.653 --> 0:04:23.893 Nick Nurse, and they're off to a start where the 0:04:23.893 --> 0:04:27.253 month of November saw them score twenty five plus each 0:04:27.453 --> 0:04:28.853 in eight games together. 0:04:29.653 --> 0:04:32.053 Well, I think I think the offense that they're running, 0:04:32.093 --> 0:04:35.893 it's it's pretty pretty free flowing. Everyone's been touching the ball. 0:04:35.933 --> 0:04:38.653 There's been a lot of ball movement, player movement, and 0:04:38.733 --> 0:04:41.453 as we talked about last week, there is specifically the 0:04:41.453 --> 0:04:44.573 two man game between MB and MAXI has been super 0:04:44.613 --> 0:04:47.533 effective and they've just kind of had this chemistry that 0:04:47.933 --> 0:04:50.293 you can't help but notice when you watch them. And 0:04:50.853 --> 0:04:53.533 obviously it doesn't hurt that two of them are are 0:04:53.573 --> 0:04:56.133 some of the more talented players that this league has 0:04:56.213 --> 0:04:56.853 right now, so. 0:04:57.933 --> 0:04:59.013 You know, it's been good to see. 0:04:59.173 --> 0:05:01.133 It's been good to see that work very early on 0:05:01.213 --> 0:05:02.653 with the coach, and to be honest, that's probably one 0:05:02.693 --> 0:05:05.453 of my biggest surprises of the years with all the 0:05:05.573 --> 0:05:09.213 changes with the coach and with hardened out is how 0:05:09.253 --> 0:05:11.973 seamlessly this offense has kind of just come together. And 0:05:12.013 --> 0:05:14.573 I believe they're second in the league and offensive raiding 0:05:14.653 --> 0:05:18.413 behind the Pacers, who are just on fire right now. 0:05:18.453 --> 0:05:21.773 But that's something that I felt would maybe come a 0:05:21.813 --> 0:05:24.573 little bit later in the season as they played more 0:05:24.613 --> 0:05:27.613 games together. So that's been a huge surprised for me, 0:05:27.733 --> 0:05:29.613 is just how comfortable everyone's looked. 0:05:29.813 --> 0:05:31.973 And you were hoping for them to get that defensive 0:05:32.013 --> 0:05:35.373 rating number up because the offense being second, But you're curious, 0:05:35.373 --> 0:05:37.053 I know you've said you're curious to see where that 0:05:37.093 --> 0:05:40.973 defensive rating number will land or stay throughout the season. 0:05:41.173 --> 0:05:43.453 Yeah, I mean yeah, especially these last two games. I 0:05:43.493 --> 0:05:47.493 would say the defense without Joel looks significantly different because 0:05:47.533 --> 0:05:51.093 there's not that paint protection. You know, I noticed that 0:05:51.133 --> 0:05:54.533 a lot against specifically the Pelicans, you know, with Zion 0:05:54.613 --> 0:05:57.093 and Valentoun is kind of getting whatever they wanted at 0:05:57.133 --> 0:05:59.773 the rim. But you know, once you get them back 0:05:59.773 --> 0:06:01.813 in the lineup and you know, everyone starts playing together 0:06:01.813 --> 0:06:03.693 a little bit more, you get Kelly back in the lineup, 0:06:04.053 --> 0:06:06.813 those are things that you know, maybe this team can 0:06:06.853 --> 0:06:08.893 work work out some of the kinks and kind of 0:06:08.933 --> 0:06:10.733 lock up on the defensive end, because if they become 0:06:10.733 --> 0:06:13.533 a top ten defensive team and then you're scoring at 0:06:13.533 --> 0:06:16.133 the rate that they are, they actually have a chance. 0:06:16.373 --> 0:06:18.573 That's my opinion. They actually have a chance in the East. 0:06:18.613 --> 0:06:21.173 So you got to be able to get stops though. 0:06:21.373 --> 0:06:24.453 And for anyone who doesn't know, rating just means points 0:06:24.493 --> 0:06:27.853 scored or points allowed per one hundred possession. So the 0:06:27.893 --> 0:06:30.893 Sixers are second in offensive rating as we speak here 0:06:30.933 --> 0:06:33.293 on December fifth, and part of the reason for that 0:06:33.373 --> 0:06:36.493 has been Robert Covington, who were about to hear from 0:06:36.533 --> 0:06:38.533 and he had eighteen points, though on the offensive end 0:06:38.533 --> 0:06:41.533 against the Celtics, made three threes. Four of his five 0:06:41.573 --> 0:06:44.333 steals were in the first half against the Celtics, and 0:06:44.413 --> 0:06:46.653 the Sixers as a team had a season high with 0:06:46.813 --> 0:06:51.333 sixteen steals. And just checking the rankings for deflections, he's 0:06:51.373 --> 0:06:55.213 second Covington in the NBA deflections per thirty six right now, 0:06:55.653 --> 0:06:58.693 six point three behind another of your former teammates in 0:06:59.013 --> 0:07:02.093 Gary Payton, the second in Golden State with six point six. 0:07:02.653 --> 0:07:04.413 Yeah, that's what makes cub so valuable. 0:07:04.413 --> 0:07:06.533 You know, he can go out there and potentially not 0:07:06.573 --> 0:07:09.773 even shoot the ball well and still have an enormous 0:07:09.773 --> 0:07:12.733 impact on the game. Just disrupting things on the defensive 0:07:12.813 --> 0:07:15.813 end as something that he takes pride in and something 0:07:15.853 --> 0:07:18.893 that he's built his whole career off of. So you know, 0:07:18.933 --> 0:07:20.853 you're glad to see him being able to kind of 0:07:20.893 --> 0:07:24.693 transfer that skull immediately into the lineup. You know, having 0:07:24.733 --> 0:07:26.613 not gone a training camp with the team, I'm sure 0:07:26.613 --> 0:07:29.293 a lot of this is, you know, new defensive terms, 0:07:29.333 --> 0:07:31.853 new defensive schemes being thrown. 0:07:31.213 --> 0:07:32.653 At him, and he looks comfortable out there. 0:07:33.213 --> 0:07:37.453 Matt Murphy and Nick Stauskis here on Sixers in sixty 0:07:37.573 --> 0:07:40.173 Lauren Rosen is joining us later on in the show, 0:07:40.253 --> 0:07:44.413 Connor Thomas joining us as our fanatic basketball insider. Before that. 0:07:44.613 --> 0:07:46.453 By the way, Paul Reid is tied for fifth in 0:07:46.493 --> 0:07:50.493 deflections per thirty six with four point seven. After practice 0:07:50.533 --> 0:07:53.733 today Tuesday, Covington said that he modeled some of his 0:07:53.813 --> 0:07:56.453 game after model some of his game after his favorite 0:07:56.493 --> 0:07:59.413 player growing up, Scottie Pippen, So you could see shades 0:07:59.413 --> 0:08:02.173 of that in his play on the defensive end, in 0:08:02.213 --> 0:08:04.133 the way that he hustles. And then after he spoke 0:08:04.173 --> 0:08:06.493 to the media, he sat down with Sixers team reporter 0:08:06.973 --> 0:08:08.733 Lauren Rosen and here's their conversation. 0:08:09.973 --> 0:08:13.413 Robert Covington back with us on Sixers in sixty and 0:08:13.533 --> 0:08:16.653 tonight we have one of our new co hosts with us, 0:08:16.733 --> 0:08:19.773 Nick Stauskis. I would love to hear what it was 0:08:19.933 --> 0:08:23.293 like to play with him years ago during the process. 0:08:23.573 --> 0:08:30.413 Sauce sauce, sauce, Krispy Yo. Man, he's he's been. He's amazing. 0:08:30.573 --> 0:08:30.733 You know. 0:08:30.933 --> 0:08:32.733 I love playing with Nick, and then having him and 0:08:32.853 --> 0:08:40.253 TJ mcconnagell on the same team was a hilarious, hilarious encounter. 0:08:40.413 --> 0:08:43.693 I've seen many of We've had a lot of fun. 0:08:43.973 --> 0:08:44.173 You know. 0:08:44.293 --> 0:08:47.013 Like what one thing I can say is I love 0:08:47.133 --> 0:08:49.293 Nick's work at you know, I love nicks work at it. 0:08:49.333 --> 0:08:52.133 He put so much time into working out, you know, 0:08:52.173 --> 0:08:54.933 in the gym, doing the little things and just kind 0:08:54.973 --> 0:08:57.453 of being the best player he could be. 0:08:57.813 --> 0:08:59.533 You know, he really took his job seriously. 0:08:59.693 --> 0:09:02.493 He really had a lot a lot to his game. 0:09:02.533 --> 0:09:04.653 And I love watching Nick play. You know, you never 0:09:04.773 --> 0:09:07.213 knew what Nick had up his sleeve when he was 0:09:07.413 --> 0:09:09.013 you know, had the ball in his hands and. 0:09:09.013 --> 0:09:12.333 Could shoot like lights out, lights out. 0:09:12.373 --> 0:09:14.293 And we used to have a lot of battles, a 0:09:14.293 --> 0:09:16.813 lot of fun, a lot of battles. And one thing 0:09:16.893 --> 0:09:19.453 about you know, we made it very competitive, you know, 0:09:19.493 --> 0:09:21.773 and listen to them guys like off the court, they 0:09:21.773 --> 0:09:23.853 had a lot of fun. They had a lot of fun, 0:09:23.893 --> 0:09:25.213 and I love being around them. 0:09:25.613 --> 0:09:28.253 We just saw TJ McConnell a couple of weeks back, 0:09:28.333 --> 0:09:30.973 but not just Nick, not just TJ. What's it like 0:09:31.093 --> 0:09:33.933 to to have memories from your youth in the NBA 0:09:34.693 --> 0:09:39.333 and then share that today with guys that are doing broadcasting, 0:09:39.413 --> 0:09:41.853 that are still playing, that are playing overseas, Like you 0:09:41.853 --> 0:09:43.773 guys go in all these different directions. What's it like 0:09:43.893 --> 0:09:45.333 whenever you do cross paths? 0:09:45.453 --> 0:09:46.093 Man, it's great. 0:09:46.293 --> 0:09:48.813 You know, I've I've had many battles of them with 0:09:49.213 --> 0:09:52.373 a lot of people that you know, some are heavy sale, 0:09:52.493 --> 0:09:55.413 some still in the league thriving, you know, like like 0:09:55.493 --> 0:09:58.053 them guys have you know, made a great career out 0:09:58.053 --> 0:09:59.933 of you know, the time that they had and you 0:09:59.933 --> 0:10:02.773 know TJ, you know, still doing his thing. You know, 0:10:03.333 --> 0:10:05.413 Nick has always been a funny guy. He said that 0:10:05.493 --> 0:10:08.933 when time when whenever he was done, like he would 0:10:08.933 --> 0:10:12.653 potentially you know, going to broadcasting. So you know, listen 0:10:12.733 --> 0:10:16.613 seeing that he's you know taking that transition, it's amazing. 0:10:16.693 --> 0:10:17.933 Like you said, he always talked. 0:10:17.733 --> 0:10:19.213 About like he was going to be a good a 0:10:19.253 --> 0:10:21.653 guy that could do that, and that's something that he was. 0:10:21.693 --> 0:10:25.213 He was passionate about, you know, outside of basketball. And 0:10:25.613 --> 0:10:28.053 one thing I could say, like I said, I keep 0:10:28.093 --> 0:10:30.773 in flying, Like I love Nick's work ethic, you know, 0:10:31.093 --> 0:10:32.053 on and off the court. 0:10:32.253 --> 0:10:33.973 You know, so as much. 0:10:33.773 --> 0:10:36.333 As he put into the basketball court and pretty sure 0:10:36.413 --> 0:10:38.493 he puts you know at his job eaching every day. 0:10:38.533 --> 0:10:41.613 So you know, seeing them guys, everyone take different transitions. 0:10:41.653 --> 0:10:43.893 Like everyone of course, you know, wants to have that 0:10:44.013 --> 0:10:46.933 long career, you know in NBA. But at the same time, 0:10:46.973 --> 0:10:49.613 we all go different paths, and you know, what can 0:10:49.653 --> 0:10:51.813 we we can we make the best of our situations, 0:10:51.853 --> 0:10:54.173 and you know that's the main thing, Like, no matter what, 0:10:54.213 --> 0:10:55.733 can we make the best of our situations. 0:10:55.853 --> 0:10:58.493 Well, listen, he's done a great job with us so far. 0:10:58.653 --> 0:11:02.493 As he dips his toe into broadcasting, Nick Stauskiss has 0:11:03.093 --> 0:11:05.493 Robert Covington as we continue on six ers and sixty 0:11:05.533 --> 0:11:07.773 and look ahead. We've talked a lot about the n 0:11:07.853 --> 0:11:10.693 Season tournament and this week what it ended up meeting 0:11:10.733 --> 0:11:13.293 for you guys is four days off, which is super rare. 0:11:13.413 --> 0:11:15.133 So a couple off days and a couple of practice 0:11:15.213 --> 0:11:19.013 days and then a couple opponents that aren't necessarily at 0:11:19.053 --> 0:11:22.653 the top of your respective bracket. Right, So what can 0:11:22.653 --> 0:11:25.493 you guys take advantage of when you're handed a week 0:11:25.653 --> 0:11:27.293 like this at it's part of. 0:11:27.293 --> 0:11:30.373 The season, rest and recovery. Like you said, it's rare 0:11:30.413 --> 0:11:35.573 that you get four days off. If I think last 0:11:35.613 --> 0:11:40.173 time what happened was maybe in maybe in La l 0:11:40.613 --> 0:11:42.613 last year, think that the most we had was three 0:11:42.693 --> 0:11:48.293 days off in between. But like I said, just rest, 0:11:48.413 --> 0:11:51.853 you know, being being a veteran guy. You know that 0:11:51.853 --> 0:11:55.413 that time period, it's w It's never happened in the 0:11:55.413 --> 0:11:57.093 middle of the season and the ord the beginning of 0:11:57.093 --> 0:12:00.653 the season, So you know, having that is is really 0:12:00.773 --> 0:12:02.853 only you know, like I said, the best the best 0:12:02.853 --> 0:12:05.773 for us, Like you get guys trying to recover, reset 0:12:05.973 --> 0:12:07.933 and you know, just take care of your bodies and 0:12:07.973 --> 0:12:09.453 do a little thing, you know, kind of reset and 0:12:09.493 --> 0:12:12.333 everything for us. So like I said, of course we 0:12:12.453 --> 0:12:14.133 get we would love to be in the e s 0:12:14.373 --> 0:12:17.293 En season tournament. But like you said, the the days, 0:12:17.773 --> 0:12:18.493 you know, it it a. 0:12:18.693 --> 0:12:19.613 It adds up for us. 0:12:19.773 --> 0:12:22.373 Like you said, you got guys that you know, took 0:12:22.413 --> 0:12:25.093 full advantage of the the couple days off, and like 0:12:25.173 --> 0:12:26.413 I said, we had a couple of days to you know, 0:12:26.453 --> 0:12:28.213 get up in down and kind of work on things 0:12:28.213 --> 0:12:31.173 that you know, we messed up on like in games. 0:12:31.213 --> 0:12:32.453 The last few couple of games. 0:12:32.613 --> 0:12:34.213 A couple of your teammates have called the last couple 0:12:34.333 --> 0:12:38.373 days of practice spirited, among other words, peel back the 0:12:38.413 --> 0:12:40.293 curtain a little bit for folks that don't get to 0:12:40.333 --> 0:12:41.253 see what it looks like when. 0:12:41.173 --> 0:12:41.853 You guys practice. 0:12:41.853 --> 0:12:44.133 How would you describe the vibes of a practice with 0:12:44.173 --> 0:12:44.573 this team. 0:12:44.813 --> 0:12:50.013 Man, it's been a macclant like the competitiveness off the charts. 0:12:50.413 --> 0:12:52.893 You got so many different guys that you know, can 0:12:53.053 --> 0:12:57.093 really succeed at you know, playing playing really well and 0:12:57.173 --> 0:12:59.493 doing it. Didn't live things. So you know, the last 0:12:59.533 --> 0:13:01.853 few days, like I said, we got after it and 0:13:02.333 --> 0:13:03.853 you know it was that good look. 0:13:03.773 --> 0:13:05.933 Reset that oh okay, let's get after you. 0:13:06.133 --> 0:13:09.173 Like of course we battle with everybody else, but you know, 0:13:09.213 --> 0:13:11.173 getting after each other a little bit, you know, making 0:13:11.213 --> 0:13:13.773 it super competitive. We got everybody juices from. You know, 0:13:13.893 --> 0:13:16.493 it was well, it was. It was one of those 0:13:16.493 --> 0:13:19.013 practices where like I said, we had a lot going 0:13:19.213 --> 0:13:21.773 and we worked a lot, you know, tuned up for 0:13:21.893 --> 0:13:24.413 fine things and at the end of the day, like 0:13:24.413 --> 0:13:26.533 I said, it's just getting better and you know the 0:13:26.533 --> 0:13:28.533 little things you know, as a know, that's what makes 0:13:28.573 --> 0:13:29.493 the difference in games. 0:13:30.173 --> 0:13:32.933 Robert Covington, thanks as always for joining us on six 0:13:33.053 --> 0:13:34.453 ers and sixty. Good luck this week. 0:13:34.533 --> 0:13:35.253 I appreciate you. 0:13:35.453 --> 0:13:35.733 Thank you. 0:13:36.613 --> 0:13:40.333 Robert Covington, always eager to sit down and stay awhile 0:13:40.413 --> 0:13:43.453 even after the interview. And thanks to Lauren Rosen. We'll 0:13:43.453 --> 0:13:45.013 hear from her in just a little bit here on 0:13:45.093 --> 0:13:47.573 sixers and sixty and thanks to of course Robert Covington, 0:13:47.653 --> 0:13:51.333 Matt Murphy, Nick Stauskas, and we're joined by Connor Thomas 0:13:51.373 --> 0:13:54.213 back in the studio on sixers and sixty and Nick, 0:13:54.213 --> 0:13:56.493 you got to hear from your your old teammate there 0:13:56.533 --> 0:13:59.213 in Covington, and the next step will be getting you 0:13:59.253 --> 0:14:01.173 guys to talk to each other. 0:14:01.453 --> 0:14:02.573 I thank for this show. 0:14:02.813 --> 0:14:05.613 Yeah, we can definitely reminisce on a lot of good times. 0:14:05.613 --> 0:14:09.333 I appreciate all the love from cove He's a pros pro. 0:14:10.173 --> 0:14:11.693 You know, he was one of the guys that you know, 0:14:11.773 --> 0:14:14.893 pushed me to get better every day and practice, so 0:14:15.093 --> 0:14:16.853 you know, those those words mean a lot to me. 0:14:17.493 --> 0:14:20.333 But he's you know, just from listening to him speed, 0:14:20.373 --> 0:14:23.373 he's he's a well spoken guy and clearly you know 0:14:23.453 --> 0:14:25.693 from the jump of his career he's taken things very 0:14:25.733 --> 0:14:28.613 seriously and he's put himself He's worked his way into 0:14:28.613 --> 0:14:31.973 this position now where you know he's a consistent role 0:14:32.053 --> 0:14:34.373 player on any team you put him on. So I'm 0:14:34.413 --> 0:14:36.693 super happy for him, and I'm sure he'll continue to 0:14:36.733 --> 0:14:37.493 prove people wrong. 0:14:37.893 --> 0:14:40.773 Covington part of a Sixers team that, as we speak, 0:14:40.853 --> 0:14:43.333 is one game away from that twenty game mark at 0:14:43.533 --> 0:14:47.693 twelve and seven overall and trying to snap a two 0:14:47.773 --> 0:14:51.813 game losing streak from those road games that we've discussed, 0:14:51.853 --> 0:14:55.093 But as we bring Connor Thomas in, because it's that 0:14:55.493 --> 0:14:58.773 near quarter pole of the NBA season, I wanted to 0:14:58.773 --> 0:15:02.973 get everybody's biggest sixers surprise from the first quarter of 0:15:03.013 --> 0:15:06.733 the season. And it doesn't have to be anything any 0:15:06.893 --> 0:15:09.653 player or something like that. It could really be anything. Mine, 0:15:09.733 --> 0:15:12.653 in fact, is not a player, but Connor, you're batting 0:15:12.773 --> 0:15:16.213 lead off here. Your biggest sixers surprise from the first 0:15:16.493 --> 0:15:18.173 twenty nineteen games of the season. 0:15:18.293 --> 0:15:18.813 Yeah, you know what. 0:15:18.853 --> 0:15:21.213 Honestly, when I looked at the James Harden move, and 0:15:21.253 --> 0:15:23.253 I know how the city feels about Harden now and 0:15:23.253 --> 0:15:26.333 how that all went down, and people were happy to 0:15:26.333 --> 0:15:28.933 see the trad happened. But the next step was how 0:15:28.933 --> 0:15:31.453 do you find someone to facilitate the offense? Like, whatever 0:15:31.493 --> 0:15:33.333 you say about Harden, he led the league and assists 0:15:33.413 --> 0:15:37.533 last year and he's a veteran at facilitating the ball 0:15:37.573 --> 0:15:39.373 to where it needs to go. Sometimes he handles it 0:15:39.413 --> 0:15:41.493 a little too much, in my opinion, But the point is, 0:15:41.573 --> 0:15:43.213 I thought the turnovers were going to go up with 0:15:43.253 --> 0:15:45.853 a young player like Maxi, and Doc Rivers always told 0:15:45.933 --> 0:15:48.173 us max he's a good guard. He's not a true 0:15:48.173 --> 0:15:50.493 point guard in this league yet. And the Sixers to 0:15:50.533 --> 0:15:52.933 this point, they're eleventh in the NBA thirteen point six 0:15:52.933 --> 0:15:55.853 turnovers per game. Last year they finished eleventh in the 0:15:55.933 --> 0:15:59.293 NBA thirteen point five turnovers per game, so they're right 0:15:59.333 --> 0:16:01.933 on that mark. And to have that without Harden and 0:16:01.973 --> 0:16:04.893 Maxi stepping in taking care of the basketball was something 0:16:04.933 --> 0:16:07.853 that honestly, it was a great surprise for the first. 0:16:07.773 --> 0:16:08.413 Quarter of the year. 0:16:09.533 --> 0:16:10.973 Next ascas your turn. 0:16:11.213 --> 0:16:14.013 Yeah, just piggybacking off of that. For me. 0:16:14.213 --> 0:16:16.453 As I mentioned earlier, I think the biggest surprise is 0:16:16.493 --> 0:16:20.053 just how seamlessly the offense has transitioned with a new 0:16:20.133 --> 0:16:23.893 coach and a new player in Maxi taking over the reins. 0:16:24.573 --> 0:16:25.973 You know, obviously Maxi was a part of the. 0:16:25.893 --> 0:16:29.013 Team before, but it's just a big responsibility, like you 0:16:29.053 --> 0:16:32.333 said to you know, be given the ball and say hey, 0:16:32.453 --> 0:16:35.133 you're going to run our team now. And he's looked 0:16:35.213 --> 0:16:38.053 very comfortable doing that. The whole offense in general, obviously 0:16:38.133 --> 0:16:41.693 they're super efficient, so I didn't expect that to click 0:16:41.733 --> 0:16:44.253 as early on in the season, and that's probably been 0:16:44.293 --> 0:16:45.333 the biggest surprise for me. 0:16:45.813 --> 0:16:49.373 And how much kind of Embiid's passing factoring into that 0:16:49.493 --> 0:16:52.053 when we talk about turnover numbers and stuff like that, 0:16:52.133 --> 0:16:55.733 because Embiid went from career average of three point six 0:16:55.773 --> 0:16:58.693 assists to six point six right now, and of course 0:16:58.693 --> 0:17:01.653 without Harden there were assists to be had, but I 0:17:01.693 --> 0:17:05.853 think it's still is impressive that he's able to make 0:17:05.893 --> 0:17:07.773 these passes because if there are assists to be had, 0:17:07.813 --> 0:17:10.493 you forget that he's seven foot tall and can still 0:17:10.813 --> 0:17:13.693 execute it at this level. So his assists have skyrocketed 0:17:13.773 --> 0:17:14.493 under Nick Nurse. 0:17:14.573 --> 0:17:16.253 Yeah, that's huge, and I think part of that is 0:17:16.333 --> 0:17:18.373 Nick Nurse was one of those coaches that always kind 0:17:18.413 --> 0:17:21.853 of had the secret key to defending EMBID and I 0:17:22.013 --> 0:17:25.013 thought coming into this season having Nick Nurse in house, 0:17:25.093 --> 0:17:27.773 now there might be a slight improvement to a Beads 0:17:27.813 --> 0:17:29.973 game because how much better could he get raining MVP 0:17:30.373 --> 0:17:32.453 led the league in scoring two years, but clearly it 0:17:32.573 --> 0:17:34.933 was creating opportunities for him to pass the ball, and 0:17:34.933 --> 0:17:37.653 he's done a great job of elevating his game in 0:17:37.653 --> 0:17:40.613 that space. I mean, every year it seems like this 0:17:40.653 --> 0:17:42.613 guy adds something to his game that no one thought 0:17:42.693 --> 0:17:44.813 was coming. And this is just another asset that he 0:17:44.853 --> 0:17:45.133 can have. 0:17:45.933 --> 0:17:48.333 Yeah, and I think we talked about it last week, 0:17:48.733 --> 0:17:51.413 the fact that Joelle just seems to be thinking the 0:17:51.493 --> 0:17:52.813 game at a different level. 0:17:52.893 --> 0:17:53.053 Now. 0:17:53.373 --> 0:17:56.013 You know, he's a physical presence to be dealt with, 0:17:56.053 --> 0:17:58.893 and he has the skill and whatnot. But I think 0:17:58.933 --> 0:18:01.613 this is the year where he's also added that intellectual 0:18:01.653 --> 0:18:05.333 part of it, where he's smart and he's calculated about 0:18:05.333 --> 0:18:07.813 his decisions, and he knows where the double team's going 0:18:07.893 --> 0:18:10.813 to come from, he knows where the weaksideh rotation is 0:18:10.853 --> 0:18:13.773 going to come from, and so now he's thinking about 0:18:13.773 --> 0:18:16.253 that play before it even happens, and he's able to 0:18:16.253 --> 0:18:18.693 make those reads that maybe he wouldn't make a year ago. 0:18:18.853 --> 0:18:20.773 So that's been impressive to watch. 0:18:21.133 --> 0:18:23.813 I have my pick for a Sixer surprise in just 0:18:23.853 --> 0:18:26.413 a second. Lauren will have hers later in the show. 0:18:26.493 --> 0:18:29.173 But while you're kind enough to join us ahead of 0:18:29.213 --> 0:18:33.613 Philly Sports tonight on the station later on until ten pm. 0:18:33.773 --> 0:18:36.413 Kelly oubres return is a big storyline as we speak 0:18:36.453 --> 0:18:39.293 for this Sixers team. So how are you feeling about 0:18:39.333 --> 0:18:40.533 him coming back into the fold? 0:18:40.573 --> 0:18:42.173 I'll tell you what if he hadn't been injured, he 0:18:42.173 --> 0:18:43.893 would have been the surprise of the first quarter of 0:18:43.893 --> 0:18:46.333 the season because you bring him in and the average 0:18:46.373 --> 0:18:49.213 over twenty down to Charlotte last year. But it was Charlotte, 0:18:49.293 --> 0:18:51.533 Let's be honest. He had a lot of opportunity down 0:18:51.573 --> 0:18:54.453 there to create scoring chances, but we didn't know how 0:18:54.453 --> 0:18:56.253 he was going to transition to a team with a 0:18:56.293 --> 0:18:58.653 star and embiid a player in Maxi. He's been a 0:18:58.653 --> 0:19:00.693 revelation when he's been on the floor, so I'm really 0:19:00.773 --> 0:19:03.093 excited to see what he brings back. And if he's 0:19:03.373 --> 0:19:05.453 starting lineup at a guy like Nick batoumb goes to 0:19:05.493 --> 0:19:07.773 the bench, but your bench unit gets better. So he 0:19:07.853 --> 0:19:11.413 just makes the whole engine run smoother when he's out there, 0:19:11.613 --> 0:19:13.373 and it's a great thing for the Sixers to finally 0:19:13.413 --> 0:19:13.933 have him back. 0:19:14.373 --> 0:19:16.693 Also another guy who could just really shoot it, and 0:19:16.733 --> 0:19:18.493 he's the guy that can get hot quickly. I think 0:19:18.813 --> 0:19:22.253 of the twelve games he's played this year, five of 0:19:22.293 --> 0:19:23.613 them he's had at least three threes. 0:19:23.693 --> 0:19:24.693 Two times he's been. 0:19:24.693 --> 0:19:28.053 Five for six from Three's just another weapon out there 0:19:28.093 --> 0:19:29.973 that can space the floor, can create a shot on 0:19:29.973 --> 0:19:33.173 his own. And you talk about this offense being number 0:19:33.173 --> 0:19:35.853 two in the league, and you're missing a guy like 0:19:35.893 --> 0:19:38.453 that who can put up twenty thirty on any given night. 0:19:38.573 --> 0:19:41.933 So the sky's the limit for this team offensively. 0:19:41.733 --> 0:19:44.773 Sixteen point three points per game, thirty eight percent from three, 0:19:44.893 --> 0:19:46.773 and that actually dipped a little bit in his last 0:19:46.773 --> 0:19:50.413 few games before leaving the lineup, but beginning of November 0:19:50.413 --> 0:19:52.733 against Toronto and Phoenix, he had twenty plus points in 0:19:52.773 --> 0:19:55.773 both those games, five for six from three against Toronto, 0:19:56.053 --> 0:19:59.453 three of seven against Phoenix, But that boosted the three 0:19:59.493 --> 0:20:01.133 point percentage and it came down a little bit. But 0:20:01.173 --> 0:20:03.893 an important player coming back for the Sixers. I believe 0:20:03.933 --> 0:20:06.293 they said he's expected to come off the bench right 0:20:06.333 --> 0:20:08.533 when he rejoins the team. But then who knows what 0:20:08.613 --> 0:20:12.013 the starting lineup the Sixers have options. And as we 0:20:12.053 --> 0:20:14.253 wind down with our first segment here on six Ers 0:20:14.293 --> 0:20:17.013 and sixty, am I saying the word tournament wrong when 0:20:17.013 --> 0:20:20.533 it comes to the NBA in season tournament because Covington, 0:20:20.973 --> 0:20:24.013 Lauren Rosen, you all apparently say tournament. 0:20:24.093 --> 0:20:26.093 Yeah, Maddie, it's tournament. Now you're the guy running the 0:20:26.093 --> 0:20:27.933 show here Tonight's you can say it outever you like. 0:20:28.053 --> 0:20:30.773 Tournament will take off your lead. But I feel like 0:20:30.773 --> 0:20:32.973 that's just adding the extra syllable in there for no reason. 0:20:32.973 --> 0:20:33.533 I'm a tournament. 0:20:33.693 --> 0:20:34.613 What do they do in Canada. 0:20:35.093 --> 0:20:39.013 It's definitely tournament and they would laugh at tournament in 0:20:39.053 --> 0:20:41.293 Canada they would be like, that's not real English. 0:20:41.693 --> 0:20:43.413 So but the o's in there. 0:20:43.453 --> 0:20:46.013 So if I feel like it makes sense phonetically, it's 0:20:46.053 --> 0:20:47.293 just no one says it that way. 0:20:47.613 --> 0:20:50.013 It's more I feel like it's like a New York thing, like. 0:20:50.053 --> 0:20:52.853 Maybe, yeah, I did go to college in New York. 0:20:52.933 --> 0:20:54.173 That might have been it. 0:20:54.253 --> 0:20:57.013 That could have factored in and got to the point. 0:20:57.013 --> 0:20:58.133 I've had to say it a lot this year, the 0:20:58.173 --> 0:21:01.693 first year the NBA in season tournament. Maybe I'll change 0:21:01.693 --> 0:21:02.733 it right now on the fly. 0:21:03.173 --> 0:21:03.853 We got them to flip. 0:21:03.933 --> 0:21:05.933 Nick, you gotta you gotta go on natur you gotta 0:21:05.933 --> 0:21:08.333 do whatever your whatever your mind and body's telling you, don't. 0:21:08.453 --> 0:21:10.173 Don't change anything for us, Matt. 0:21:10.093 --> 0:21:12.813 I'll spend some deep time in thought. But Connor Thomas, 0:21:12.893 --> 0:21:14.253 thank you so much for joining us. 0:21:14.293 --> 0:21:15.173 Thanks for having me. Guys. 0:21:15.213 --> 0:21:18.453 We'll have Lauren Rosen, Sixers team reporter joining us on 0:21:18.573 --> 0:21:21.853 the other side and more with former Sixer Nick Stauskas. 0:21:21.853 --> 0:21:26.413 I'm Matt Murphy and this is Sixers and sixty Welcome 0:21:26.453 --> 0:21:31.133 back to U Sixers in sixty Tuesday nights live on 0:21:31.413 --> 0:21:34.893 ninety seven to five The Fanatic. I'm Matt Murphy along 0:21:34.933 --> 0:21:40.093 with NBA veteran Nick Stauskis, former Process seventy sixer, and 0:21:40.133 --> 0:21:44.773 we will be joined by Lauren Rosen. Sixers team reporter 0:21:44.973 --> 0:21:48.053 Lauren Rosen as the team heads out on another for 0:21:48.173 --> 0:21:52.533 another road game in the nation's capital on Wednesday night, 0:21:52.613 --> 0:21:56.573 the sixth. As we're chatting on this week's edition, the 0:21:56.613 --> 0:22:00.413 schedule does look pretty favorable for these Philadelphia seventy six 0:22:00.453 --> 0:22:03.813 ers coming off these four days off. We'll get into 0:22:03.853 --> 0:22:07.333 the upcoming schedule. We'll go around the NBA talk more 0:22:07.413 --> 0:22:11.773 in season tournament. There's some silver linings that both you 0:22:11.813 --> 0:22:14.613 and Lauren want want to discuss. We'll talk to her 0:22:14.613 --> 0:22:17.333 a little bit more about Kelly Oubre's return and just 0:22:17.333 --> 0:22:20.653 do our normal road check in as well. But before 0:22:20.693 --> 0:22:23.013 we do that, I wanted to get my surprise of 0:22:23.053 --> 0:22:26.533 the first twenty games in here about rebounding. This is 0:22:26.573 --> 0:22:29.333 the six team that's looked pretty good on the glass 0:22:29.533 --> 0:22:33.093 so far, and it's a it's a give and a 0:22:33.173 --> 0:22:37.373 take with transition defense, and Nick Nurse spoke about that 0:22:37.453 --> 0:22:42.613 at practice this week about how they're pleased with the rebounding, 0:22:43.213 --> 0:22:45.693 but about that give and take with transition defense. 0:22:46.013 --> 0:22:47.453 You know, we start to look at some of that 0:22:47.533 --> 0:22:49.973 stuff a little bit more in depth, and see, you know, 0:22:50.133 --> 0:22:56.413 we had some discussions on on are rebounding today, right, 0:22:56.493 --> 0:23:00.733 it's obviously been a huge positive. We've had some discussion 0:23:00.773 --> 0:23:05.173 on a transition defense, right, right, that's that that's been 0:23:05.213 --> 0:23:06.653 a little bit, you know, something. 0:23:06.373 --> 0:23:07.373 We could improve on. 0:23:07.973 --> 0:23:09.893 And then you know, you got to be weighing that 0:23:09.973 --> 0:23:15.213 stuff out right. You know, the are the rebounds, are 0:23:15.293 --> 0:23:17.973 the offensive rebounds and the opportunities we're getting from that 0:23:19.093 --> 0:23:22.933 out weighing well some of the defensive transition stuff. 0:23:22.693 --> 0:23:26.373 We're giving up, right, And that's not that easy to 0:23:26.373 --> 0:23:30.813 do sometimes because it feels really awful once somebody leaks 0:23:30.813 --> 0:23:33.213 out and they throw one on zero and lay it 0:23:33.213 --> 0:23:36.053 in and then you look down and say, oh, my goodness, 0:23:36.053 --> 0:23:38.333 we've got twenty six points on offensive remouse tonight. 0:23:38.933 --> 0:23:41.973 Yeah, twenty six is more than two, right. 0:23:43.053 --> 0:23:46.093 Even if he feels really bad right in the moment, 0:23:46.213 --> 0:23:48.453 feeling really bad, So you gotta be careful I analyze 0:23:48.493 --> 0:23:49.893 some of the stuff, so we've didn't go through some 0:23:49.933 --> 0:23:50.373 of that yet. 0:23:51.253 --> 0:23:54.973 The seventy six Ers are number six, number six in 0:23:55.093 --> 0:23:58.573 rebounding percentage rebound rate, however, you want to refer to 0:23:58.653 --> 0:24:02.853 it number five in offensive rebounding rate after being number 0:24:02.933 --> 0:24:06.533 nineteen overall last season, Nick, what are your thoughts on 0:24:06.573 --> 0:24:10.133 what coach Neurs had to say about rebounding versus getting 0:24:10.173 --> 0:24:13.013 back in the point disparity and how you'll take the 0:24:13.053 --> 0:24:15.013 points you get from crashing the glass. 0:24:15.573 --> 0:24:17.613 Yeah, I mean I think you always want to have 0:24:17.693 --> 0:24:21.293 at least at least one or two guys, you know, 0:24:21.533 --> 0:24:23.773 kind of when that shot goes up on the offensive end, 0:24:23.773 --> 0:24:25.453 you want to have at least you know, whether it's 0:24:25.493 --> 0:24:28.533 Maxi or Melting or whoever, kind of making their way 0:24:28.573 --> 0:24:31.813 back as protection. But you know, especially with the Sixers 0:24:31.813 --> 0:24:35.173 lineup right now, you know you have guys like Marcus Morris, 0:24:35.253 --> 0:24:38.453 you you know, Robert Covington, Batoom, all guys that have 0:24:38.613 --> 0:24:41.493 length and can can hit the offensive glass. I mean, 0:24:41.813 --> 0:24:43.293 it kind of makes sense that you're gonna want to 0:24:43.333 --> 0:24:46.053 send as many guys as you can to try to 0:24:46.053 --> 0:24:48.173 get some of those extra points. And yeah, sometimes it 0:24:48.253 --> 0:24:51.893 might lead to easy, fast break points. But clearly they've 0:24:51.933 --> 0:24:55.893 shown that at this point they can they can rebound 0:24:56.373 --> 0:24:58.733 on the offensive end at a high level, and if 0:24:58.733 --> 0:25:00.493 that's going to lead to extra points, you know, maybe 0:25:00.493 --> 0:25:02.493 that has something to do with with them having such 0:25:02.493 --> 0:25:03.893 a good rating on the offensive end. 0:25:04.573 --> 0:25:07.653 Matt Murphy and Nick stauskis so pleased to be joined 0:25:07.653 --> 0:25:10.693 on sixers and sixty by Lauren Rosen for a road 0:25:11.013 --> 0:25:15.093 check in again from d C where Kelly Oubre is 0:25:15.173 --> 0:25:19.333 expected to return to the lineup and at practice. Lauren, 0:25:19.373 --> 0:25:24.693 you had the chance to ask Kelly on Monday about 0:25:24.933 --> 0:25:28.373 Tyrese Maxi mentioning him follow showing his fifty point game 0:25:29.053 --> 0:25:29.693 this season. 0:25:30.773 --> 0:25:31.613 Yeah, what's going on? 0:25:31.653 --> 0:25:31.853 Matt? 0:25:31.893 --> 0:25:34.453 I love the road check in, Happy to be with 0:25:34.493 --> 0:25:38.893 you and Nick, and yes, you're right talking to Kelly 0:25:39.013 --> 0:25:41.653 Ubra the first time he's addressed media since he went 0:25:41.693 --> 0:25:45.053 out with that fractured rib a few weeks back. And 0:25:45.133 --> 0:25:48.493 the day after, of course, was Tyree Snaxy's fifty point 0:25:48.653 --> 0:25:53.293 career high performance against the Indiana Pacers, and immediately following 0:25:53.613 --> 0:25:57.733 the game, he told Karen Hatcher of NBCSP that he 0:25:57.813 --> 0:26:00.253 did it for Kelly Ubray, that it was all for Kelly, 0:26:00.653 --> 0:26:02.333 and I asked Kelly what it felt like to be 0:26:02.373 --> 0:26:06.053 watching that from home, and he got a little vulnerable 0:26:06.053 --> 0:26:07.653 with us. He let us know that it was a 0:26:07.693 --> 0:26:10.173 really special moment. He was obviously emotional about what had 0:26:10.173 --> 0:26:13.333 happened in his own life and was expressed that he 0:26:13.333 --> 0:26:15.613 had a lot of gratitude that he was able to 0:26:15.693 --> 0:26:19.013 walk away from that situation and that his injuries weren't 0:26:19.053 --> 0:26:22.973 worse of course than hearing Tyree's dedicate that game to 0:26:23.093 --> 0:26:26.853 Kelly certainly made him emotional. He said he went up 0:26:26.933 --> 0:26:29.173 stares away from his family so he could shed a 0:26:29.213 --> 0:26:33.333 quick tear and field gratitude for that moment in terms 0:26:33.373 --> 0:26:36.133 of his health and being part of Tyrese's journey. So 0:26:36.493 --> 0:26:38.773 cool to know that he was watching that night and 0:26:39.093 --> 0:26:41.813 that that shout out from Tyree's meant a lottomen. 0:26:42.053 --> 0:26:46.893 Great stuff for sure. And Lauren, what is your surprise 0:26:47.253 --> 0:26:50.813 or biggest takeaway from the first quarter of the NBA 0:26:50.933 --> 0:26:53.013 season when it comes to these sixers? 0:26:53.813 --> 0:26:55.893 Yeah, I think Listen, I've gotten into a little bit 0:26:55.933 --> 0:27:00.373 of trouble in some chat columns or whatever comment sections 0:27:00.373 --> 0:27:03.093 that I'm not supposed to read about the idea that 0:27:03.133 --> 0:27:06.413 people have doubted Tyrese MAXI in the past, right, I'm 0:27:06.413 --> 0:27:09.213 not talking about sixess fands, so let's make that very clear. 0:27:09.253 --> 0:27:11.653 Sixers fans have been with Tyreese from the beginning, but 0:27:11.773 --> 0:27:16.653 around the league, on national programming, in national columns, people 0:27:16.693 --> 0:27:19.293 have asked questions about what Tyreese is going to be 0:27:19.373 --> 0:27:22.373 able to do every year. His first year when, of course, 0:27:22.373 --> 0:27:24.693 he fell to twenty one, probably because that he didn't 0:27:24.693 --> 0:27:27.413 play in the tournament. I was lit name for the 0:27:27.453 --> 0:27:31.373 previous segment, and I agree his lack of opportunity to 0:27:31.373 --> 0:27:34.413 play in the tournament is probably why he was able 0:27:34.493 --> 0:27:36.973 to fall to twenty one and become a seventy sixer. 0:27:37.093 --> 0:27:39.013 But ever since, people wondered if he was going to 0:27:39.053 --> 0:27:40.773 be able to shoot. People wondered if he was going 0:27:40.853 --> 0:27:44.413 to be able to be a primary option alongside Joel Ebid. 0:27:44.453 --> 0:27:46.893 In his second year when the team was without Ben Simmons, 0:27:46.893 --> 0:27:48.733 then how would he work with James Harden? And this 0:27:48.813 --> 0:27:51.973 year how would he work without James Harden. He silenced doubters. 0:27:52.013 --> 0:27:55.533 I'm not surprised at all to see him succeeding in 0:27:56.133 --> 0:27:59.333 this way. He's in the NBA right now, twenty seven 0:27:59.413 --> 0:28:02.733 points per game, is good for thirteenth, the thirteenth highest 0:28:02.773 --> 0:28:06.093 scoring player in the NBA right now, fourteenth among all 0:28:06.133 --> 0:28:09.293 assisters in the NBA, averaging six point seven assists per 0:28:09.293 --> 0:28:11.853 game and turning the ball over remarkably little. But my 0:28:12.093 --> 0:28:15.653 surprise is not is his leadership, the way that he's 0:28:15.733 --> 0:28:18.693 grown as a vocal sort of force for this team. 0:28:19.133 --> 0:28:21.213 And he's in his fourth season and just three years 0:28:21.213 --> 0:28:24.453 ago Joelle Lead was his VET Tobias Harris with his vet. 0:28:24.733 --> 0:28:26.573 These are guys that he has looked up to, that 0:28:26.613 --> 0:28:28.893 he has respected, and Nick Nurse came in at the 0:28:28.933 --> 0:28:31.893 beginning of the season and asked him to let me 0:28:31.933 --> 0:28:35.373 oversimplify what happened, but asking to boss them around. Right, 0:28:35.573 --> 0:28:38.253 we've all been a new jobs. We've all been on 0:28:38.333 --> 0:28:40.253 teams where there are people you look up to, and 0:28:40.973 --> 0:28:43.453 to flip the script and how those people you look 0:28:43.533 --> 0:28:45.533 up to be the people that you're telling what to 0:28:45.613 --> 0:28:48.053 do is not an easy thing to do. And it's 0:28:48.093 --> 0:28:49.733 been really cool to watch the way that he's sort 0:28:49.733 --> 0:28:52.333 of embraced that challenge. Starting in practice, there were some 0:28:52.373 --> 0:28:55.813 practices where Nick explained that he was stepping back and 0:28:55.853 --> 0:28:58.933 purposefully being silent in order to encourage Tyree's to run 0:28:58.933 --> 0:29:01.093 the gym, and then watching that translate on the court, 0:29:01.413 --> 0:29:04.653 watching the way that Tobias and Joel have embraced Tyree's 0:29:04.733 --> 0:29:07.773 as their leader to the script is flipping for Tyres, 0:29:07.813 --> 0:29:10.173 but it's also flipping for the veterans, and they've embraced 0:29:10.213 --> 0:29:13.773 it in turns. So his voice, his communication, his ability 0:29:14.093 --> 0:29:18.653 to quarterback the gym, to quote one of Niksdauskiss's old coaches, 0:29:19.453 --> 0:29:21.293 has been really really cool to watch it, and I 0:29:21.333 --> 0:29:23.773 can only imagine that he's going to continue to. 0:29:23.733 --> 0:29:27.413 Grow in that area very well put. But if you're 0:29:27.613 --> 0:29:30.693 using the word surprise and MAXI with his leadership, does 0:29:30.733 --> 0:29:32.853 that mean you or I'll pose this to Nick, does 0:29:32.933 --> 0:29:36.053 that mean Lauren was doubting Tyrese Maxie, she's surprised by 0:29:36.053 --> 0:29:36.733 his leadership. 0:29:37.173 --> 0:29:38.693 Wow, that's a good point. 0:29:38.853 --> 0:29:43.253 Not surprised, not surprised, impressed, and maybe surprised by how 0:29:43.453 --> 0:29:46.733 quickly he's developed into that role. That I will say, 0:29:46.773 --> 0:29:49.013 because I think that was that was a tall ask 0:29:49.173 --> 0:29:53.733 for a young player, especially in the situation, this specific situation, 0:29:54.013 --> 0:29:57.653 asking him to be that focal leader. Watching Nick make 0:29:57.733 --> 0:30:00.173 that ask and then watching Tyrre's embrace it, I did 0:30:00.173 --> 0:30:02.413 find it a little surprising in a very impressive way. 0:30:03.293 --> 0:30:06.453 Fair and with him out of the lineup in Boston 0:30:06.693 --> 0:30:10.933 the last game before this show, when they fought very hard, 0:30:11.013 --> 0:30:13.853 it revealed some of more of the depth of this 0:30:13.973 --> 0:30:18.573 seventy six ers team, including Pat bev Patrick Beverly, who 0:30:18.693 --> 0:30:22.453 is a veteran with Maxi on this Sixers team and 0:30:22.533 --> 0:30:25.573 a mentor to him, one of the vets that that 0:30:25.613 --> 0:30:28.173 Maxie can look towards try to emulate when it comes 0:30:28.213 --> 0:30:32.493 to that leadership. But with these depth revelations, in a 0:30:32.493 --> 0:30:36.053 game that they really thought, Nick Beverly went for game 0:30:36.133 --> 0:30:39.613 highs in the main categories twenty six points, eight rebounds, 0:30:39.933 --> 0:30:43.013 seven assists. He really stepped up against the Celtics, even 0:30:43.053 --> 0:30:46.173 though they fell six points short, they were without five 0:30:46.333 --> 0:30:48.853 rotation players, including Mbat and Maxi. 0:30:49.493 --> 0:30:51.333 Yeah this I mean, first of all, that's a game 0:30:51.333 --> 0:30:53.333 that I felt like they played well enough to win, 0:30:53.533 --> 0:30:56.133 which is that's a tough environment. You know, on the 0:30:56.213 --> 0:30:59.293 road in Boston, a lot of your best guys are down. 0:30:59.533 --> 0:31:02.053 It's you know, to even have a chance to win 0:31:02.093 --> 0:31:04.493 that game says a lot about the guys who showed 0:31:04.573 --> 0:31:05.613 up and were healthy. 0:31:06.573 --> 0:31:08.773 But the silver lining of those games. 0:31:08.813 --> 0:31:11.973 In my opinion is that it gives the chance for 0:31:12.013 --> 0:31:14.373 these role players, you know, to go out and play 0:31:14.413 --> 0:31:17.453 more freely, and not only that, but show your coaching 0:31:17.453 --> 0:31:19.453 staff what you're capable of doing on a night to 0:31:19.493 --> 0:31:22.933 night basis when you're given those opportunities. And so Patrick 0:31:23.253 --> 0:31:25.973 pat Bev as we call him, you know, he he 0:31:26.053 --> 0:31:28.213 completely took a of those. And look, he's a vet 0:31:28.333 --> 0:31:31.253 in this league. He's been around on numerous teams. He's 0:31:31.293 --> 0:31:33.733 played with a lot of really great players. So there's 0:31:33.773 --> 0:31:35.573 no doubt in my mind that if you take away 0:31:35.653 --> 0:31:38.973 some of that scoring in Maxi and embiid and you 0:31:39.013 --> 0:31:41.733 give him those opportunities, like he's no scrub. 0:31:41.893 --> 0:31:42.893 This guy can score. 0:31:42.853 --> 0:31:45.293 At an elite level, and you know, to see him 0:31:45.293 --> 0:31:47.093 do it on the road and that kind of environment 0:31:47.173 --> 0:31:49.533 is good. It's a confidence booster for these guys. And 0:31:49.933 --> 0:31:52.853 even you go down the you go down the sheet 0:31:52.853 --> 0:31:56.813 and you look at Paul Reid and you know Mobomba, 0:31:56.933 --> 0:31:59.813 you know all guys that received a little bit more minutes, 0:31:59.813 --> 0:32:02.373 a little bit more opportunity, and they made their presence 0:32:02.373 --> 0:32:05.093 felt in that game and moving forward, that's something that 0:32:05.133 --> 0:32:07.373 they can build off of as a confidence booster. 0:32:07.493 --> 0:32:10.693 Speaking of confidence boosters, Beverly before the Lakers game was saying, 0:32:10.733 --> 0:32:13.453 it's something as simple as Nick Nurse, And he said 0:32:13.493 --> 0:32:15.413 another coach came up to him in the practice gym 0:32:15.453 --> 0:32:17.853 and said, we need you to start taking more threes 0:32:18.013 --> 0:32:20.213 and making more threes. And then he went out against 0:32:20.213 --> 0:32:22.253 the Lakers and since then he's had a good stretch. 0:32:22.293 --> 0:32:24.853 But just a coach saying that helped him. 0:32:25.413 --> 0:32:27.333 You never want to be out there second guessing, Oh, 0:32:27.333 --> 0:32:28.293 do they want me to shoot this? 0:32:28.333 --> 0:32:30.733 Do they not? You know what am I supposed to do? 0:32:31.013 --> 0:32:34.453 Having your coaches kind of reiterate, hey, when you're open, 0:32:34.493 --> 0:32:35.053 we want. 0:32:34.853 --> 0:32:36.773 You shooting this shot. It gives you that confidence that 0:32:36.813 --> 0:32:37.533 they believe in you. 0:32:38.053 --> 0:32:41.213 And just from a basketball perspective, when you're open, as 0:32:41.253 --> 0:32:43.693 any player, you have to shoot the ball. 0:32:43.733 --> 0:32:45.453 Otherwise defenses won't respect you. 0:32:45.933 --> 0:32:48.493 And so it's important that even if you're missing shots, 0:32:48.493 --> 0:32:51.613 you continue to take the right opportunities when they're there, 0:32:51.693 --> 0:32:54.533 because otherwise the defense sky reports will clue into that 0:32:54.573 --> 0:32:56.293 and then all of a sudden they're helping off you more, 0:32:56.653 --> 0:32:59.373 you know, maybe doubling Joel or Tyree. So it's important 0:32:59.373 --> 0:33:01.333 for him not only to take those but if you're 0:33:01.333 --> 0:33:02.253 starting to make them like that. 0:33:02.333 --> 0:33:03.453 Obviously that's a bonus. 0:33:03.493 --> 0:33:04.893 And then when all those guys are out of the lineup, 0:33:04.933 --> 0:33:07.773 it just becomes more obvious that he really has to 0:33:07.813 --> 0:33:11.693 take those NBA vet Nick Stauskas, Matt Murphy, and Lauren 0:33:11.813 --> 0:33:15.173 Roseen here on sixers in sixty and the guys were 0:33:15.213 --> 0:33:19.533 out against Boston, Lauren, but they they really showed what 0:33:19.933 --> 0:33:23.813 this year's seventy six ers are all about by fighting 0:33:23.853 --> 0:33:24.373 in that game. 0:33:24.413 --> 0:33:26.693 It was not just Pat. 0:33:28.293 --> 0:33:30.253 Yeah, and of course Matt. When you know you're going 0:33:30.293 --> 0:33:33.813 to be without the MVP, the reigning and current NBA 0:33:33.973 --> 0:33:36.333 scoring leader, people are going to have to step up. 0:33:36.453 --> 0:33:38.493 And then when you find out that you're also going 0:33:38.493 --> 0:33:40.773 to be without your point guard, a top fifteen score 0:33:40.893 --> 0:33:44.853 in the NBA, that can be debilitating for a team. 0:33:44.893 --> 0:33:49.533 And understandably so, right that's about sixty almost exactly sixty 0:33:49.573 --> 0:33:51.733 points a night that you're going to have to overcome 0:33:52.293 --> 0:33:55.173 against one of the if not the best teams in 0:33:55.213 --> 0:33:57.053 the league right now. And so to see the way 0:33:57.053 --> 0:33:59.973 that this team took the floor that night, all of 0:34:00.013 --> 0:34:04.053 the double figure performers, including Tobias Harris, Marcus Morris, Senior, 0:34:04.213 --> 0:34:08.533 Paul Reed, Patrick Beverley, the Anthony Melton, Robert Covington, Mobamba, 0:34:08.933 --> 0:34:12.573 those aren't guys that are traditionally relied upon for scoring 0:34:12.613 --> 0:34:14.693 as such a high clip. But to see all of 0:34:14.733 --> 0:34:16.933 them show up and rally, not to be corny, that 0:34:17.013 --> 0:34:19.013 it all goes back to what Nick Nurse asks for 0:34:19.173 --> 0:34:22.293 that they expect to win every game, regardless of where 0:34:22.333 --> 0:34:25.573 they are, who they're with, who they're playing against. And 0:34:25.653 --> 0:34:27.773 to see them come out with the expectation that they 0:34:27.813 --> 0:34:30.613 could win and watch them believe it all the way 0:34:30.653 --> 0:34:33.013 through the end of the game, of course, just shy 0:34:33.173 --> 0:34:35.733 of what would have been a huge upset victory. Matt 0:34:35.773 --> 0:34:38.013 it was. It was cool to see and it's certainly 0:34:38.093 --> 0:34:41.013 heartening if you're a Sixers fan to understand the depths 0:34:41.333 --> 0:34:44.053 of the team that they're going to continue down this stretch. 0:34:43.733 --> 0:34:47.493 With Beverly tied a career high with the twenty six. 0:34:47.653 --> 0:34:49.933 He actually split a pair of free throws down the 0:34:49.973 --> 0:34:51.893 stretch that would have given him a career high. The 0:34:51.933 --> 0:34:55.653 last time he scored twenty six was April second, twenty 0:34:55.773 --> 0:35:00.133 seventeen with the Houston Rockets in Phoenix against the Suns, 0:35:00.173 --> 0:35:03.333 and Lauren, you're joining us from Washington d C, where 0:35:03.333 --> 0:35:06.293 the Wizards are next on the schedule, and the upcoming 0:35:06.333 --> 0:35:10.053 schedule for the Sixers including that game, is Washington on 0:35:10.133 --> 0:35:15.413 December sixth, then Atlanta, then home against Washington, then a 0:35:15.453 --> 0:35:18.613 home and home against the Detroit Pistons, and it goes 0:35:18.653 --> 0:35:22.133 on from there pretty much all the way until the 0:35:22.173 --> 0:35:27.373 Minnesota Timberwolves come to town on December twentieth. But teams 0:35:27.413 --> 0:35:30.093 on paper that the seventy six Ers have either already 0:35:30.093 --> 0:35:33.133 beaten or should be when you look at the standings, 0:35:33.133 --> 0:35:36.613 and it begins with the first of two upcoming games 0:35:36.613 --> 0:35:38.653 against the Wizards, you have. 0:35:38.653 --> 0:35:41.733 Two of the next three games against the currently three 0:35:41.813 --> 0:35:45.773 and sixteen Washington Wizards, who have been struggling quite mightily 0:35:45.813 --> 0:35:48.773 early in the season. And Matt nick Nurse talked about 0:35:48.773 --> 0:35:52.493 it the night that the team was likely eliminated at 0:35:52.533 --> 0:35:55.413 the time from the inn season tournament. This was something 0:35:55.413 --> 0:35:56.973 that they wanted to be a part of. They all 0:35:57.013 --> 0:35:58.933 expressed that they wanted to be in Vegas this week, 0:35:58.933 --> 0:36:00.573 but nick Nurse said that if they weren't going to be, 0:36:00.773 --> 0:36:02.533 they were going to find some silver lining. He wasn't 0:36:02.573 --> 0:36:04.173 sure what they were at the time, but they were 0:36:04.173 --> 0:36:06.013 going to find some silver lining within this week, well, 0:36:06.053 --> 0:36:08.853 four days off Matt, two off days, two practice dates, 0:36:08.973 --> 0:36:12.053 especially when you're dealing with above going around the crew, 0:36:13.453 --> 0:36:15.813 huge silver lining, right. You guys mentioned it at the top. 0:36:16.053 --> 0:36:17.733 I think Nick said it at the top. But then 0:36:17.933 --> 0:36:20.133 a second one, obviously, is that you're going to end 0:36:20.213 --> 0:36:24.333 up with some opponents that aren't necessarily the other teams 0:36:24.373 --> 0:36:26.333 that are excelling the most. Right the teams that are 0:36:26.373 --> 0:36:28.933 moving on, they get two of them advanced last night, 0:36:28.973 --> 0:36:31.173 two more will advance tonight. Are some of the best 0:36:31.413 --> 0:36:33.733 and hottest teams in the NBA right now. Well, the 0:36:33.733 --> 0:36:35.973 Sixers don't have to play any of those teams this week, 0:36:36.133 --> 0:36:39.093 and they should if they can use that to their advantage. 0:36:39.133 --> 0:36:41.413 So that's the second silver lining that this team is 0:36:41.813 --> 0:36:44.413 going to be able to embrace this week, not quite 0:36:44.453 --> 0:36:47.333 having made it to their goal of getting to face. 0:36:48.173 --> 0:36:50.933 Two games added to the schedule. Nick that weren't on 0:36:50.973 --> 0:36:55.253 there until very recently in the Wizard's game and the 0:36:55.253 --> 0:36:58.333 Hawks game. It's a great point from Lauren. I wasn't 0:36:58.373 --> 0:37:02.733 even thinking about the in season tournament like that, with 0:37:03.373 --> 0:37:07.293 how it's eight teams that qualified and those are eight 0:37:07.293 --> 0:37:09.733 of the best teams in the NBA how they're playing 0:37:09.893 --> 0:37:12.533 in their current form and you can't possibly match up 0:37:12.533 --> 0:37:15.213 with them. So the Sixers kind of as like, maybe 0:37:15.213 --> 0:37:20.533 they underachieved in those tournament games, but they are among 0:37:20.573 --> 0:37:24.173 the best teams who did not qualify for the quarterfinals. 0:37:23.533 --> 0:37:27.173 Exactly, and like Lawrence said, it's a really good opportunity 0:37:27.213 --> 0:37:30.013 for them to, you know, take advantage of this schedule 0:37:30.093 --> 0:37:33.053 and look, if you can string together four or five 0:37:33.133 --> 0:37:35.453 wins in a row against teams that you should beat. 0:37:36.573 --> 0:37:39.293 Now with the way the East is now, you're putting 0:37:39.293 --> 0:37:41.293 yourself back in that position where you're fighting for the 0:37:41.373 --> 0:37:44.493 number one spot. And I have a feeling that the 0:37:44.493 --> 0:37:46.173 East is going to be pretty tight all the way 0:37:46.213 --> 0:37:48.533 through this year, and so you're going to need every 0:37:48.573 --> 0:37:50.693 win you can get for, you know, for home court 0:37:50.733 --> 0:37:54.173 advantage come playoff time. So I think it's important to 0:37:54.253 --> 0:37:57.533 not overlook any any opponents at this point of the year. 0:37:57.533 --> 0:38:00.173 You still want to respect everyone, but at the same time, 0:38:00.213 --> 0:38:01.973 you got to if you're the Sixers, you look at 0:38:01.973 --> 0:38:03.933 the schedule and you say, these are games that we 0:38:03.973 --> 0:38:05.893 are going to win, and we must win them in 0:38:06.013 --> 0:38:09.133 order to establish ourselves as one of the elite teams 0:38:09.133 --> 0:38:09.333 in this. 0:38:09.413 --> 0:38:12.453 League, Lauren Rosen, Why do you hate the Indiana Pacers 0:38:12.653 --> 0:38:14.053 is t court? 0:38:14.853 --> 0:38:17.373 I don't know what it is not? And no disrespect, 0:38:17.453 --> 0:38:20.653 because in general I've loved the court and I like 0:38:20.653 --> 0:38:23.173 that you said is to avoid the word tournament. But 0:38:23.293 --> 0:38:26.373 it's fine moving forwards. I like what they did with 0:38:26.453 --> 0:38:29.053 the court. I really like the Sixers court. I know 0:38:29.133 --> 0:38:30.973 that the Sixers court was one of the ones that 0:38:31.013 --> 0:38:34.333 people weren't too sure about universally. I've loved how it's looked. 0:38:34.613 --> 0:38:37.373 But every time I've watched the Pacers on that court, 0:38:37.613 --> 0:38:39.653 my eyes just have a hard time adjusting to it. 0:38:39.693 --> 0:38:41.933 I don't know if I'm getting old or what's happening, 0:38:41.933 --> 0:38:44.013 but when I look at that court, I struggle to 0:38:44.093 --> 0:38:46.533 find the players on it. It might just be the colors, 0:38:46.733 --> 0:38:48.693 it might be my eyes. I think it's a cool 0:38:48.853 --> 0:38:52.693 look objectively, but I find it extremely hard to watch 0:38:52.733 --> 0:38:55.173 basketball on that court. I might be all alone. I 0:38:55.253 --> 0:38:57.733 might be because I liked the courts in general, but 0:38:57.773 --> 0:38:58.933 I didn't like that one. 0:38:59.373 --> 0:39:03.853 Nick and I were discussing that it hasn't forced the 0:39:03.893 --> 0:39:06.973 Pacers to adjust their They're playing great on it, even 0:39:07.013 --> 0:39:09.573 if the fans have to adjust a little. I'm just 0:39:09.773 --> 0:39:12.453 I'm in favor of all the courts. Sports are fun. 0:39:12.933 --> 0:39:15.933 Give me all these crazy looking courts. I as a viewer, 0:39:16.093 --> 0:39:18.173 it's not so bad to the point where I'm like, 0:39:18.213 --> 0:39:21.493 I can't watch this game. And you watched this game 0:39:21.533 --> 0:39:23.653 and it didn't you didn't turn it off because of 0:39:23.693 --> 0:39:24.053 the court. 0:39:24.253 --> 0:39:24.453 It was. 0:39:24.613 --> 0:39:26.373 It was a great game to begin with. I I 0:39:26.493 --> 0:39:27.493 throw enjoyed that. 0:39:28.173 --> 0:39:31.853 And I think Loki Adam Silver, I think, you know, 0:39:31.973 --> 0:39:36.253 he's got to be excited about just the fact that 0:39:36.293 --> 0:39:38.693 we're sitting here talking about it, Like the color of 0:39:38.693 --> 0:39:42.413 the court is engaging conversation, and you know, people are 0:39:42.453 --> 0:39:43.973 tuning into the game saying, oh wait. 0:39:43.773 --> 0:39:45.733 What's going on here? Why is the court this color? 0:39:45.773 --> 0:39:48.573 And it's it's engaging fans in a way that they 0:39:48.853 --> 0:39:50.413 maybe were not engaged before. 0:39:50.493 --> 0:39:51.973 So for him, that's a win. 0:39:52.293 --> 0:39:55.933 And just overall last night, seeing the atmosphere of the 0:39:56.453 --> 0:39:59.573 of that Pacer Celtics game, it did have a playoff 0:39:59.573 --> 0:40:02.493 feel and the Pacers players were hyped, Like when they 0:40:02.493 --> 0:40:04.973 pulled away at the very end, players are running on 0:40:05.053 --> 0:40:09.213 the court, bumping chest, screaming, and you're starting to see 0:40:09.213 --> 0:40:11.173 it it means something to them and they're playing with 0:40:11.173 --> 0:40:13.773 that intensity that you would maybe only see in April 0:40:13.893 --> 0:40:17.053 or May or June. So I think if you're Adam Silver, 0:40:17.173 --> 0:40:19.973 You're you're you're pretty excited that your plans for this 0:40:20.013 --> 0:40:22.213 first year is tier are going. 0:40:22.413 --> 0:40:23.853 Uh, you know, they're going. 0:40:23.773 --> 0:40:27.573 Up five hundred K per player to the win team, 0:40:27.693 --> 0:40:31.213 two hundred K for the runner up, one hundred each, 0:40:31.533 --> 0:40:35.013 and then fifty each for quarter finalists. That's the monetary breakdown. 0:40:35.053 --> 0:40:36.813 I feel like it's important to add that in sometimes 0:40:36.813 --> 0:40:39.493 when we're having this discussion, because the players on the 0:40:39.573 --> 0:40:42.013 end of the bench were really celebrating hard on the 0:40:42.013 --> 0:40:44.213 pacers when they were in the clear against Boston the 0:40:44.213 --> 0:40:48.573 game we're referencing, the Indiana Boston quarterfinal ist game. I 0:40:48.613 --> 0:40:53.013 do somewhat disagree with the premise of these games mattering 0:40:53.053 --> 0:40:57.293 more to younger teams that don't have that playoff experience yet, 0:40:57.413 --> 0:41:01.173 because I think they all equally want no matter if 0:41:01.213 --> 0:41:02.733 you were in the playoffs last year or not, and 0:41:02.773 --> 0:41:05.573 competing for Indiana thinks they can compete for an NBA 0:41:05.653 --> 0:41:08.693 championship this year. They also want this trophy and the money. 0:41:08.733 --> 0:41:11.093 I don't think it's there's an extra advantage to being 0:41:11.133 --> 0:41:14.293 a young team without playoff experience trying to get it here. 0:41:14.693 --> 0:41:17.733 Yeah, I don't think it's an advantage, but you know, 0:41:17.813 --> 0:41:22.213 I saw a stat on Instagram saying the Pacers have 0:41:22.333 --> 0:41:26.013 ten players this year that are making under three million 0:41:26.053 --> 0:41:28.773 dollars per year year, and so you look at it 0:41:28.813 --> 0:41:31.613 that way and you're like, man, five hundred, they're one 0:41:31.693 --> 0:41:34.773 went away from, you know, playing in that championship game, 0:41:35.293 --> 0:41:38.453 and so that means a lot to those guys like 0:41:38.533 --> 0:41:41.093 that's not just you know, I'm sure with guys like 0:41:41.173 --> 0:41:43.773 Lebron Steph Curry, you know, half a million dollars doesn't 0:41:43.813 --> 0:41:46.333 it really mean the world to them at this point 0:41:46.373 --> 0:41:48.973 of their careers, with with how much wealth they've am masked. 0:41:48.973 --> 0:41:51.253 But for some of these young guys, like this is 0:41:51.333 --> 0:41:55.053 life changing money. And to see that excitement on their 0:41:55.093 --> 0:41:57.573 faces yesterday when when they pulled away in that game, 0:41:57.613 --> 0:42:00.813 it's cool to see, and you know, I'm happy for them. 0:42:00.813 --> 0:42:02.573 Pacers are balling, by the way. They're a fun team 0:42:02.613 --> 0:42:02.973 to watch. 0:42:03.533 --> 0:42:05.733 Yeah, they're so fun when they're not playing on that 0:42:05.773 --> 0:42:08.733 one course, I watch them on theak top all the time. 0:42:08.773 --> 0:42:10.933 I just can't look at the bright yellow and the 0:42:10.973 --> 0:42:12.653 bright blue. It's doing something to me. 0:42:13.293 --> 0:42:16.893 I love it. Well, we agree to disagree, Lauren, thank 0:42:16.933 --> 0:42:20.373 you for joining us. Sixers Wizards coming up and then 0:42:20.453 --> 0:42:22.853 the Hawks is the next home game for the Sixers. 0:42:22.853 --> 0:42:25.853 Thanks for chiming in and giving us one of another 0:42:25.893 --> 0:42:26.733 one of your road check. 0:42:28.093 --> 0:42:29.973 Thank you so much for having me, guys. This is 0:42:29.973 --> 0:42:32.533 such a thrill. By the way, to have Nason so regularly. 0:42:32.933 --> 0:42:35.373 I know you guys, if you're listening and you're not 0:42:35.413 --> 0:42:38.493 already following this trio, please do so that you can 0:42:38.613 --> 0:42:40.173 engage with us and let us know what you want 0:42:40.173 --> 0:42:42.533 to hear more of, because there's more. Nick Stauski's coming 0:42:42.573 --> 0:42:43.853 your way, and that's a promise. 0:42:44.653 --> 0:42:44.933 Lauren. 0:42:44.973 --> 0:42:46.933 I appreciate you. And by the way, check out the 0:42:46.933 --> 0:42:49.253 restaurant Philamina in DC. 0:42:49.413 --> 0:42:51.133 I bet she already knows about it. I guarantee. 0:42:51.253 --> 0:42:54.253 Oh, I've heard it. 0:42:53.733 --> 0:42:58.573 Best Italian, best Italian that I've had. I highly recommend 0:42:58.613 --> 0:43:01.253 if you can, if you can squeeze into a reservation there. 0:43:01.853 --> 0:43:02.293 Wow. 0:43:02.493 --> 0:43:05.533 Well we're coming back in not too too long, so 0:43:05.933 --> 0:43:08.013 on one of these trips I'll try it out. Thank 0:43:08.053 --> 0:43:09.453 you for the wreck. I trust your take. 0:43:09.893 --> 0:43:13.493 I got you awesome. Thank you both so much. Thanks 0:43:13.493 --> 0:43:15.773 everybody for listening up. 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