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Speaker 3: in sixty live from the Wells Fargo Center again ahead
Speaker 3: of a big game for the Philadelphia seventy Sixers, who
Speaker 3: are twenty five and thirteen. They are third in the
Speaker 3: Eastern Conference, a couple of games behind the Milwaukee Bucks
Speaker 3: and then the Boston Celtics on top. But the Sixers
Speaker 3: playing good basketball and they welcome the Denver Nuggets. So
Speaker 3: it's good that today's Sixers and sixty falls on a
Speaker 3: game against the Nuggets. So we'll have a little bit
Speaker 3: of extended pregame here. I'm Matt Murphy along with Nick Stauskiss,
Speaker 3: will be joined by our fanatic basketball insider Bob Cooney,
Speaker 3: and will also be joined by our co seventy six
Speaker 3: er insider Lauren Rose in after she's done with pregame
Speaker 3: responsibilities down below. As we overlook the court here at
Speaker 3: the center, Nick and you obviously played here, and just
Speaker 3: you know, being around so far before Sixers Nuggets, there's
Speaker 3: fans watching Jokich's unique warm up. You can tell it
Speaker 3: has that. There are more people in the press room
Speaker 3: for coach Nurse pre game. You could tell it has
Speaker 3: that big game regular season to it.
Speaker 4: One, you got the reigning champs in the building, so
Speaker 4: that's always gonna draw a big crowd. And then second
Speaker 4: of all, you got Joel Embiid and Jokic going head
Speaker 4: to head, arguably the two best basketball players in the world.
Speaker 4: Right now, so you know, as coach Nurse said, this
Speaker 4: is this is worth the price of admission. This is
Speaker 4: a game that you're gonna want to see how it
Speaker 4: all unfolds.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it doesn't get much easier to sell a basketball game,
Speaker 3: a sporting event than two of the best in the
Speaker 3: world doing it. And that was kind of the question
Speaker 3: pose that you're referencing to Nick Nurse just a moment ago.
Speaker 3: We were we were there for it, and he was
Speaker 3: asked about just being excited to see the matchup against
Speaker 3: each other, and he was like, I don't know what
Speaker 3: to expect, And obviously he's a very prepared coach and
Speaker 3: Embiids a prepared player. The team is prepared, but once
Speaker 3: the ball goes up, that's the beauty of live sports.
Speaker 3: And we saw we saw a fantastic Embiid performance against
Speaker 3: Jokic in this building just a season ago. So we
Speaker 3: will see what tonight has in store. Our rundown for
Speaker 3: this episode includes a conversation with seventy six ers assistant
Speaker 3: coach Bobby Jackson, who spent a lot of his playing
Speaker 3: career with the Sacramento Kings, although his rookie season was
Speaker 3: with the Denver Nuggets. And Bobby Jackson, a first year
Speaker 3: assistant on Nick Nurse's staff. He spent the last two
Speaker 3: years coaching in the G League. A really fun conversation
Speaker 3: with former sixth Man of the Year at this level
Speaker 3: the NBA, Bobby Jackson coming up, and we've had some
Speaker 3: great conversations, including Brian Gates who joined us on the show,
Speaker 3: another Sixers assistant. Those are all available at the seventy
Speaker 3: six Ers Insiders podcast. This Sixers team, we'll have Bob
Speaker 3: Cooney joining us momentarily is coming off two wins and
Speaker 3: Embiid returned to the lineup and didn't skip a beat
Speaker 3: against the Houston Rockets, which was impressive after Tobias Harris
Speaker 3: had two straight thirty plus point games for the first
Speaker 3: time in his career.
Speaker 4: We love to see the versatility of this team. Obviously,
Speaker 4: when Joelle is out, other guys step up, and that's
Speaker 4: exactly what Tobias Harris was able to do against Atlanta
Speaker 4: and against Sacramento, two of his better games he's played
Speaker 4: the season, two of his better games he's played throughout
Speaker 4: his career with the Sixers, So those are things that
Speaker 4: he's put in a tough position sometimes with his role
Speaker 4: changing so much when Joelle comes back. But like you said,
Speaker 4: Joel comes back against Houston, doesn't miss a beat, makes
Speaker 4: it look very easy out there. Another forty and ten
Speaker 4: game for him. I mean, it's just unbelievable watching this
Speaker 4: guy work out there.
Speaker 3: That's something that you had referenced in a recent show,
Speaker 3: is like how guys in the NBA are capable of
Speaker 3: so much on a basketball court, but you're not always
Speaker 3: asked to do everything. And Tobias Harris was asked to
Speaker 3: quarterback the offense more when Embiid was out, which meant
Speaker 3: like center of the floor, more decision making and less
Speaker 3: being in the corner sometimes or elsewhere on the court
Speaker 3: catching and shooting. As the quarterback, he was asked to
Speaker 3: do that and he proved that he can well.
Speaker 4: And again it's just a mindset in the aggressiveness that
Speaker 4: he plays with in those games and the shot attempts.
Speaker 4: All the thirty seven point game he had twenty five
Speaker 4: shot attempts, and the previous game against Atlanta twenty four
Speaker 4: shot attempts. And you know the tricky part is is
Speaker 4: you fast forward to that Houston game and he only
Speaker 4: took seven shots. And it's not that he played a
Speaker 4: bad game, but with Joelle coming back and you know,
Speaker 4: managing those shot attempts with Tyres as well, who also
Speaker 4: you know, he might have it going on on a
Speaker 4: night to night basis. It's you know, it's tough, but
Speaker 4: he has to be the one that takes a step
Speaker 4: back and sacrifices a little bit. But hey, if he's
Speaker 4: willing to do that and commit to that, commit to
Speaker 4: that role, this team could be very special with him
Speaker 4: as a third option.
Speaker 3: We will have plenty of Sixers Nuggets talk with Bob
Speaker 3: Cooney with Lauren Rosen later on, But just going back
Speaker 3: to these games a little bit, how these teams come
Speaker 3: into this one because both are pretty in are in
Speaker 3: pretty good for him, I think is important, including Harris,
Speaker 3: including Embiid's return. The Nuggets have also won their last
Speaker 3: two games and Jokic is hardly missing shots at all.
Speaker 3: But for the Sixers, they come off the overtime loss
Speaker 3: to it they beat the Sacramento Kings and then the
Speaker 3: Houston Rockets, so unfortunately for them, it is a back
Speaker 3: to back situation, and it feels like that's the case
Speaker 3: a lot of times in star matchups in the NBA.
Speaker 3: Sometimes one is coming off of back to back and
Speaker 3: it's Embiid in this case. We are joined right now
Speaker 3: on the Comcast Business Hotline by our fanatic basketball insider,
Speaker 3: Bob Cooney. Bob Cooney of The John Cage Show weekdays
Speaker 3: six to ten am on ninety seven to five The
Speaker 3: Fanatic and Bob, it's great to have you back with us,
Speaker 3: and we'll get to Denver, I promise. But the recent
Speaker 3: games for the Sixers, what are some high level thoughts
Speaker 3: on where they're at in your mind right now?
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I think directly Murphy, you have to
Speaker 1: go to Tobias Harris, right not counting last night last night,
Speaker 1: he takes a back seat because Joel is back and
Speaker 1: all that entails. But man, the play of him when
Speaker 1: Joel Embiid was out was just terrific. And I love
Speaker 1: the way he's making decisions quickly, going to the basket,
Speaker 1: shooting the ball, making pay. He's decisive in his play offensively,
Speaker 1: and I think that's when he's at his best. And
Speaker 1: he's been really, really good. And then last night there
Speaker 1: was a couple of times where it was just okay.
Speaker 1: He only got seven shots last night, but you could
Speaker 1: tell it was like, okay, give Tobias the ball, because
Speaker 1: I don't think they call him any plays for him.
Speaker 1: When I was coming to team, they rarely called plays
Speaker 1: for him because he's just, you know, the other guy.
Speaker 1: Not just the other guy, but he's another guy. And
Speaker 1: then last night they did they did a couple of
Speaker 1: ice shows and he was fine, back down, turn around, boom.
Speaker 1: That's a real key part of this team. And if
Speaker 1: you can rely on him, not only when Joel is
Speaker 1: out or another stars out, if he can rely on
Speaker 1: him when they have a full lineup, that's a big
Speaker 1: addition for this team.
Speaker 3: Joined by Bob Cooney, R fanatic basketball insider talking Tobias
Speaker 3: Harris and the Sixers, and you've got to talk Joel
Speaker 3: Embiid and how he impacts this lineup. Of course it
Speaker 3: has an impact on Harris. But throwing this over to
Speaker 3: Nick Stauskas, who we've got here with us, is you
Speaker 3: said it, Joel's impact on the team immeasurable. When he's
Speaker 3: in there. He's so dominant.
Speaker 4: He's a generational talent. And you know, I hate to
Speaker 4: be the one to say it, but you take Joel
Speaker 4: away from this team and they are they're very much
Speaker 4: middle of the pack. And so that tends to be
Speaker 4: the separator with most of these good teams is you
Speaker 4: got that one guy. You got a lot of good players,
Speaker 4: but you got that one guy that at any given moment,
Speaker 4: can change a game, can change a season. And that's
Speaker 4: what this team has in Joel Embid. It is a
Speaker 4: generational talent, and whether he's healthy or not, every time
Speaker 4: he steps foot on this floor, he makes the game
Speaker 4: of basketball look easy against the other best players in
Speaker 4: the world. It's it's honestly, it's it's breathtaking to watch.
Speaker 1: The greatest thing about that Nick also is talking to
Speaker 1: people in the locker room and players talking about how
Speaker 1: easy it is to play with him on the floor
Speaker 1: because defensers are so keyed in on Joel Embiid. And
Speaker 1: you see the life of a Marcus Morris, obviously, a
Speaker 1: Tobias Harris and so many other guys how easier the
Speaker 1: game is for them when they're on the floor with
Speaker 1: Joel Embiid because defenses are so keyed on him. It
Speaker 1: leaves for wide open shots, wide open drives to the basket,
Speaker 1: a lot of one on one situations. I agree with these.
Speaker 1: He's generational changing and he makes it that much easier
Speaker 1: for his teammates.
Speaker 3: Well, Bob Cooney, we had to have you check in here,
Speaker 3: even though you're not with us tonight at the game
Speaker 3: right now, but we had to have you check in
Speaker 3: ahead of what is a heavyweight matchup. But Nick Nurse
Speaker 3: just said pregame that there's more on the card to
Speaker 3: use the boxing term when you talk about Jamal Murray
Speaker 3: and Tyrese Maxi and the rest of this defending champion
Speaker 3: Nuggets team and the way the Sixers built their team
Speaker 3: in the offseason and the new coaching staff. So there's
Speaker 3: more on the card. It's a very good card here
Speaker 3: in Philadelphia. When we're talking whether it's your show, the
Speaker 3: John Kincaid Show, our Next Sixers and sixty, if we're
Speaker 3: talking about or we are going to be talking about
Speaker 3: a Sixers win against the Nuggets. If what happens.
Speaker 1: The dominant performance by Joel Embiid, I mean, that's that's
Speaker 1: the given he has success against jo Kisch. I love
Speaker 1: the way there goes two battle against each other and
Speaker 1: indeed usually does come out, you know, with the better numbers.
Speaker 1: Uh So I'm anxious to see that. But it's it's
Speaker 1: the side. I think it's putting side pieces. But it's
Speaker 1: the secondary players, like you mentioned Murphy, it's the Murrays,
Speaker 1: it's the it's the Tyres Maxis, It'sbias Harrison that if
Speaker 1: you can say that to two of them, that yo
Speaker 1: Kitchen Embiid are going to be kind of a wash. Okay, Well,
Speaker 1: then you're looking at those secondary players and and that's
Speaker 1: where Murray comes into play, and then the other guys
Speaker 1: on the Sixers. I think whoever gets the better of that,
Speaker 1: from your second to fifth guys, and then maybe a
Speaker 1: guy off the bench, whoever gets the better of that tonight,
Speaker 1: I think is going to be able to win this matchup.
Speaker 3: Well right now, Joel Embiid warming up on one end,
Speaker 3: Jamal Murray warming up on the other end. Bob, we
Speaker 3: appreciate you or insight as always, Thanks for checking in.
Speaker 1: With us, Hey Aikes, have a great night. Thanks for
Speaker 1: having me Our.
Speaker 3: Fanatic basketball insider Bob Cooney, Matt Murphy, and Nick stauskis here.
Speaker 3: We will be joined by seventy six Ers team reporter
Speaker 3: Lauren Rosen on the other side. We'll have stats with Stauskas.
Speaker 3: We've got a lot to get to talk about. Jamal Murray,
Speaker 3: a little bit your fellow Canadian player, and we'll preview
Speaker 3: the Sixers Nuggets, and we'll also hear from Sixers assistant
Speaker 3: coach Bobby Jackson. All that coming up right here on
Speaker 3: Sixers in sixty. Welcome back to Sixers in sixty live
Speaker 3: from the Center in Philadelphia, prior to a showdown between
Speaker 3: the Philadelphia seventy six Ers and the Denver Nuggets. I'm
Speaker 3: Matt Murphy, I'm alongside Nick Stauskis and Lauren Rosen now
Speaker 3: joins us. Marty Dickerson, our engineer here on site. Silvana
Speaker 3: Kelleher producing tonight's show ahead of the big game. Thanks
Speaker 3: again to Bob Cooney for checking in with us in
Speaker 3: the last segment. Reminder, we've got Sixers assistant Bobby Jackson,
Speaker 3: the former sixth Man of the Year in the NBA,
Speaker 3: coming up later in the show. But Lauren and Nick,
Speaker 3: I want to start by talking about Tyrese Maxi because
Speaker 3: when you look at the stats, and I know we've
Speaker 3: got stats with Stawskis as we always do, there's one
Speaker 3: noticeable comparison that stands out to me ahead of Philadelphia
Speaker 3: and Denver, and it's Tyrese Maxi averaging more points than
Speaker 3: Nicola Jokic right now, Maxi twenty six point one. But
Speaker 3: let's get right into stats with Stauskis.
Speaker 4: Stats with Stawskis, you start talking about points and assists.
Speaker 4: You look at the top fifteen Maxi is on both
Speaker 4: those lists, and that's an elite category because the only
Speaker 4: other players on that list top fifteen points, top fifteen assists,
Speaker 4: We've got Luka Dancic, Trey Young, Devin Book and then
Speaker 4: just making the cut is Nicola Jokicic. So Maxie has
Speaker 4: put himself an elite company right there. You know, anytime
Speaker 4: you can do both of those at a high level,
Speaker 4: it speaks volumes not only about your skill level, but
Speaker 4: about your leadership, your ability to be a floor general,
Speaker 4: your ability to get other guys involved, make other teammates better.
Speaker 4: And I think that's what really stands out about Maxi,
Speaker 4: and that's what Scott in this coaching staff so excited
Speaker 4: about him, is his growth in the leadership department, in
Speaker 4: you know, directing guys where to go, getting them open shots.
Speaker 4: Those are things that maybe are even more difficult than
Speaker 4: sometimes just scoring the ball. And so to balance both
Speaker 4: of those, I think he's done a fantastic job. And
Speaker 4: again we've said, I hope he gets that chance in
Speaker 4: an All Star Game this year. I think he really
Speaker 4: deserves it.
Speaker 3: It's always eye opening to me to see him out
Speaker 3: scoring anyone who's the number one scoring option on their
Speaker 3: own team. I know when we're comparing Jokic, Jokic gets
Speaker 3: a lot of assists. They have other talented players. Michael
Speaker 3: Porter Junior in the last like since December first has
Speaker 3: been scoring the ball at a higher rate as well.
Speaker 3: But Lauren Rosen Sixers team reporter, what's the latest on
Speaker 3: all things Tyrese Maxi these days?
Speaker 2: Well, listen, you guys just said we are hoping to
Speaker 2: see Tyrese Maxie make his first All Star appearance in
Speaker 2: just now a few short weeks in Indianapolis, and matt
Speaker 2: if I may Tyrese fifth currently in Eastern Conference guard standings.
Speaker 2: To me, that's pretty low. He should be quite a
Speaker 2: bit higher in my estimation, right behind the other Tyrese Halliburton,
Speaker 2: Trey Young, Damian Lillard, and Donovan Mitchell. Splitting the two
Speaker 2: Tyreses in terms of Eastern Conference guards, Jowell and Beid
Speaker 2: of course second in the front court behind yannisante To kumpo,
Speaker 2: But listen, that is a pretty good place to be
Speaker 2: if you're hoping to make the team. Is fifth for
Speaker 2: Tyrese Maxey, and he's just been you know, we've talked
Speaker 2: about it on the show more than a few times,
Speaker 2: but every time a challenge is thrown at him, he
Speaker 2: embraces it and he exceeds the expectations that anyone externally
Speaker 2: puts on him. Obviously when you talk to him, you
Speaker 2: know his expectations are through the roof, right, but exceeding
Speaker 2: the expectations of those that watch and those that perhaps
Speaker 2: were unfamiliar with his game, as they say, and a
Speaker 2: national broadcast on TNT tonight another opportunity to familiarize some
Speaker 2: folks with his game. Of course, you're listening on the
Speaker 2: seventy six ers Insiders podcast feed, you already know what
Speaker 2: the outcome of this one is. But if I had
Speaker 2: to be a betting person, just like assistant coach Brian
Speaker 2: Gates said last week on this show, that was awesome.
Speaker 2: I'm putting all my stock And for those that didn't
Speaker 2: listen having six podcast, Matt Murphy interviewed Brian Gates, assistant
Speaker 2: coach who has a long standing history with Nick Nurse
Speaker 2: a short history though with Tyrese Maxey, and the quote
Speaker 2: that stuck with me from that interview was that if
Speaker 2: he could buy Tyrese Maxie stock, he would put the house,
Speaker 2: he would put everything on what did he call it,
Speaker 2: tm zeros as the abbreviation and listen. I think that
Speaker 2: that's how a lot of people will feel in and
Speaker 2: around this organization. Just a pleasure to watch him grow
Speaker 2: and hopefully a pleasure to watch him play in his
Speaker 2: first All Star Game next month.
Speaker 3: We know that Maxi has taken the reins of the
Speaker 3: starting point guard position and I definitely wanted to chat
Speaker 3: with Brian Gates about that and something that I wanted
Speaker 3: to ask Bobby Jackson, who we're gonna hear from in
Speaker 3: a few minutes. Another six Yers assistant is about the
Speaker 3: bench because it has fluctuated a bit, but one thing
Speaker 3: that's been constant is Patrick Beverly and Marcus Morris Senior
Speaker 3: kind of coming in first and making an impact on
Speaker 3: the game. That was another topic pregame with all of
Speaker 3: us and Coach Nurse, but having time with a former
Speaker 3: sixth Man of the Year winner in Coach Jackson, that's
Speaker 3: coming up his thoughts on Beverly and Morris Senior making
Speaker 3: that impact. But Nick, when the phrase two man game
Speaker 3: gets thrown out, the pairings that we've been talking about
Speaker 3: on this show, Yo Kitchen, Jamal Murray, Tyrese, Maxi, and
Speaker 3: Joel m Beads, So, like, can you take us as
Speaker 3: a former player in the NBA a little bit further
Speaker 3: into like what you're looking for when two players are
Speaker 3: quote unquote in the two man game, and like more
Speaker 3: for the casual observer, like what they should be watching
Speaker 3: for and what's a successful night with how Embiid and
Speaker 3: Maxie are playing off one another.
Speaker 4: Well, I think it starts with the pick and roll
Speaker 4: and for both players to have the versatility to do
Speaker 4: numerous things. It helps when the big man is able
Speaker 4: to roll and finish at the rim but also pop
Speaker 4: and shoot the three. And to me, when I watch
Speaker 4: Maxi and Embiid, that sweet spot of the two man
Speaker 4: game seems to be Joelle rolling to that free throw
Speaker 4: line area of mid range and when he catches there,
Speaker 4: I mean oftentimes we see that little mid range pull
Speaker 4: up that he's so good at. But he's also done
Speaker 4: a really good job of taking his time using shot
Speaker 4: fakes when he needs them, and it's just the patience
Speaker 4: and comfortability that he plays with out there that makes
Speaker 4: it so hard to stop. And then also, you know,
Speaker 4: when you have Maxi as the ball handler, you know
Speaker 4: he presents a ton of problems for the defense as well.
Speaker 4: You can't go under ball screens because he's such a
Speaker 4: good shooter. If you go over, he might beat you
Speaker 4: with his speed to the basket. And he's done such
Speaker 4: a good job with his driving angles, eating up the space,
Speaker 4: embracing the contact, finishing strong at the rim. We've seen
Speaker 4: a couple of highlight finishes from him over the past
Speaker 4: couple of games, you know, just being able to finish
Speaker 4: through contact in an extraordinary way. So again, those two
Speaker 4: guys are playing at the top of their game, and
Speaker 4: anytime you put him in a two man scenario, similar
Speaker 4: to Jokic and Murray, it's going to be difficult to stop.
Speaker 3: And then in your career, coming off the bench versus starting,
Speaker 3: if Pat Bev has settled into kind of this sixth
Speaker 3: man role. Other players have been in and out of
Speaker 3: the starting lineup, sometimes due to injury, like Kelly Oubray
Speaker 3: Junior is now starting again. We just got word today
Speaker 3: here on Tuesday, January sixteenth that the Anthony Melton, because
Speaker 3: of the back injury, is expected to be listed as
Speaker 3: out for each of the next three games, including the
Speaker 3: Denver Nuggets game, which we are speaking prior too, so, like,
Speaker 3: what are the keys to succeeding when you're not in
Speaker 3: the starting lineup or getting off to a good start
Speaker 3: when you're back into the starting lineup? The mindset, Well,
Speaker 3: I think for a.
Speaker 4: Guy like Pat Bev, it also helps to just know
Speaker 4: what your role is. No, you know, for me coming
Speaker 4: off the bench, it always helped me knowing, Hey, I'm
Speaker 4: going to go in at the three minute mark in
Speaker 4: the first quarter, and you know, I'm gonna play these
Speaker 4: eight minutes and I'm playing with these other guys, this
Speaker 4: is what's going to be asked of me. And you
Speaker 4: start to get comfortable and you know what to expect
Speaker 4: on a game to gain basis, it becomes a little
Speaker 4: tougher again when there's these lineup changes and you're kind
Speaker 4: of coming in and out of the rotation or playing
Speaker 4: with different groups of players. But I do think Pat
Speaker 4: Bev has done a phenomenal job of kind of finding
Speaker 4: his role with this team. And again it doesn't have
Speaker 4: to be scoring with him. He's shown he can score,
Speaker 4: He's shown he can do things on offense, but we
Speaker 4: all know what he brings on the defensive end too,
Speaker 4: So he's able to impact the game in numerous ways
Speaker 4: out there, and again he's going to be a key
Speaker 4: guy moving forward if the Sixers are going to make
Speaker 4: noise in the playoffs, like that, defense is going to
Speaker 4: be a major major role against some of the some
Speaker 4: of the guards in the East, Like we said, Tyrese Halliburton, Donovan, Mitchell,
Speaker 4: Trey Young, these are all guys that you know, require
Speaker 4: a big time defensive stopper, and Pat Bev is.
Speaker 3: That guy that's next. Nick Stauskis, I'm Matt Murphy with
Speaker 3: Lauren Rosen and we might have some live like lineup
Speaker 3: news to report here any minute, because we are, you know,
Speaker 3: chatting pregame ahead of Sixers and Nuggets. But that Beverly
Speaker 3: Maxi duo is one, Lauren, that coach and you pointed
Speaker 3: out pre game.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was able to ask coach Nurse what it's
Speaker 2: been like to watch Pat Bev and Tyrese Maxi sharing
Speaker 2: the floor a little bit more than perhaps anyone ever
Speaker 2: intended for the two of them to share the floor
Speaker 2: during the preseason. In those first weeks and months of
Speaker 2: the season, we saw Pat checking in for tyres not
Speaker 2: necessarily with Tyre's nearly as much as we've seen during
Speaker 2: this time when d Anthony Melton has been in and
Speaker 2: out of the starting lineup, and of course, when you
Speaker 2: can separate the two of them as the two, let's say,
Speaker 2: most primary ball handlers on the team, you try to
Speaker 2: But what coach said was that he's liked the way
Speaker 2: they work together. Tyresee has talked about Pat as a
Speaker 2: bit of a mentor this season. Pat has talked about
Speaker 2: immediately on the court following the team's most recent win
Speaker 2: over Houston at the time of this recording, talked about
Speaker 2: what a pleasure it's been to just be a small
Speaker 2: part of Tyrese's development. So the two of them developing
Speaker 2: certainly an on court relationship, also a mentor mentee off
Speaker 2: court relationship, and now seeing them share minutes together, it
Speaker 2: has been interesting to watch it. And look, you hope
Speaker 2: that in the playoffs they're not going to share the
Speaker 2: floor nearly as much as we're seeing this week or
Speaker 2: next week without d Anthony Melton, but to learn to
Speaker 2: play together, to continue to set the tone together. That
Speaker 2: was a phrase that both of them have used lately
Speaker 2: and they use in practice. Tyrese likes to call out
Speaker 2: to pat Bev. He says, Pat Bev, set the tone,
Speaker 2: and then Pat Bev says, you know, I'm already set
Speaker 2: in the tone before every practice pretty much. So the
Speaker 2: two of them have a cool little relationship as one
Speaker 2: of the oldest and one of the youngest guys on
Speaker 2: the team, but to whom much is asked similarly when
Speaker 2: they're out on the floor. So cool to see them
Speaker 2: sort of developing together.
Speaker 4: I also think that when those two play together, it
Speaker 4: allows pat Bev to take the primary ball handler on defense,
Speaker 4: which allows Maxi to catch a little bit more rest
Speaker 4: on the defensive end, because again, much as being asked
Speaker 4: of tyres on the offensive end, and throughout the course
Speaker 4: of this season, in the playoffs, the energy levels, the
Speaker 4: amount of energy he's gonna have to exert is going
Speaker 4: to take a toll on him. So having another guard
Speaker 4: that can now guard the other team's primary ball handler
Speaker 4: will allow Tyresse to take a step back and maybe
Speaker 4: conserve some energy on that end of the floor.
Speaker 2: And worth noting learning a thing or two about about
Speaker 2: defense is Tyrese Maxey from Patrick Beverly, and that's been
Speaker 2: really cool to watch as well. Over the last few weeks,
Speaker 2: Nick Nurse has really commended tyres for the way that
Speaker 2: he's up his defensive intensity, and it make no mistake,
Speaker 2: Patrick Beverly plays a huge role in the things that
Speaker 2: Tyrese has learned as an undersized guard to who much
Speaker 2: is asked on the defensive end, learning and growing into
Speaker 2: that type of role. They've had a cool influence on
Speaker 2: one another for sure.
Speaker 3: As we wind down with our last couple of minutes
Speaker 3: before the conversation with Sixers coach Bobby Jackson, the live
Speaker 3: lineup report is in for Denver. They had all five
Speaker 3: starters questionable added to the injury report kind of surprisingly,
Speaker 3: but they were all upgraded to probable this afternoon and
Speaker 3: they are all starting. Murray Kentavious Caldwell, Pope, Michael Porter Junior,
Speaker 3: Aaron Gordon, and Nikola Jokich. So it's that Sixers Nuggets
Speaker 3: showdown and if this game is tight, Nickstauskas special teams
Speaker 3: cannot be underrated. It's something I covered with Coach Jackson.
Speaker 3: It's important part of basketball at all levels, and the NBA.
Speaker 4: Execution on those plays can lead to a lot of
Speaker 4: easy points. You know, a lot of guys on the
Speaker 4: defensive end fall asleep, whether it be an ato, a
Speaker 4: sideline out of bounds, baseline up to bounds. You know,
Speaker 4: teams are becoming more and more creative with the sets
Speaker 4: they run in these situations, and being precise with your
Speaker 4: sets is going to get you a couple easy layups
Speaker 4: and threes every game, and those things add up over
Speaker 4: the course of the season. You know, will it make
Speaker 4: or break a championship, maybe not, but on a single
Speaker 4: game basis, it can be the it can be the
Speaker 4: determining factor. So I'm looking forward to hearing what Bobia
Speaker 4: has to say about special teams.
Speaker 3: Well, our next show of Sixers and sixty because of
Speaker 3: a Flyers game next week, will be before a matchup
Speaker 3: against Victor Wembinyama and the San Antonio Spurs here, So
Speaker 3: the Sixers are on the road Orlando and Charlotte, then
Speaker 3: home against Wembinyama in the Spurs. So that is what
Speaker 3: we have to look forward to next. But in the
Speaker 3: immediate it's Sixers Nuggets, and currently we do not know
Speaker 3: anything about how this game is going to play out
Speaker 3: and what the special team situation might call for down
Speaker 3: the stretch. But always a lot of fun with you guys.
Speaker 3: We've got MVPs in the building, Yokic having one two
Speaker 3: and then Joel winning the most recent NBA MVP. So
Speaker 3: Sixers and Nuggets zero up next. But Lauren Rosen, Nick Sauskas,
Speaker 3: thank you guys so much.
Speaker 4: Thank you, Matt Murphy, thank you.
Speaker 3: The conversation coming up with Bobby Jackson begins with a
Speaker 3: day in the life of a Sixers coach in preparing
Speaker 3: for an NBA basketball game.
Speaker 5: Oh man, just getting in early, making sure well we
Speaker 5: have you know, the game plan in order, whether it's
Speaker 5: you know, offense, defense, special teams, a lot of video watching,
Speaker 5: going over matchups right, and then a walk through, making
Speaker 5: sure the guys are ready to go through the walkthrough,
Speaker 5: locked in, paying attention to detail, just going over plays
Speaker 5: just to make sure we execute what the game happens.
Speaker 5: And you know, I think the preparation that we put
Speaker 5: into it and giving them the guys the info for
Speaker 5: them to be successful has been you know, a huge
Speaker 5: part of why we've been successful this year.
Speaker 3: And I know all of the assistant coaches kind of
Speaker 3: touch each different part of the game. Right, you're not
Speaker 3: just the offensive person, you're not just the defensive person.
Speaker 3: But when it comes to special teams, for those who
Speaker 3: don't know what do basketball special teams entail.
Speaker 5: Man, it's actually it's really detail right and right. You know,
Speaker 5: special teams are kind of broken down in like five
Speaker 5: five different categories. Side out of bounds, based online out
Speaker 5: of bounds ATOS, end of quarters, end of game, right zone.
Speaker 3: It's a lot.
Speaker 5: It's a lot, So you have to pay attention to
Speaker 5: a lot of different areas of the game because at
Speaker 5: the end of game or in certain situations, it's gonna
Speaker 5: come down to ATO. It's gonna come down to the
Speaker 5: end of the game. It's gonna come down to solb
Speaker 5: bob and just going to make sure we have the
Speaker 5: right information and the guys have the right information when
Speaker 5: they step on the floor.
Speaker 3: The abbreviation ATO would be after time. Some of those things, yes,
Speaker 3: you kind of said full out before you abbreviated them,
Speaker 3: but you as a player, obviously that's tremendously impacted you
Speaker 3: as a coach. And Western Nebraska Community College, University of
Speaker 3: Minnesota can go down the list here ninety seven Final
Speaker 3: four All American All that's a Big Ten Player of
Speaker 3: the Year and then at the highest level, spent half
Speaker 3: your career with the Sacramento Kings two thousand and three
Speaker 3: sixth Man of the Year. So with that award in
Speaker 3: your background, what have you noticed about players coming off
Speaker 3: the Sixers bench, such as Pat Beverly, Marcus Morris and others.
Speaker 5: Being ready to play right? And I think that's probably
Speaker 5: the toughest part of the job, coming off the bench,
Speaker 5: being able to be ready to play, bringing energy and
Speaker 5: effort every single minute that you step on the floor
Speaker 5: and not taking a job lightly right and understanding this
Speaker 5: is a personnel league, right, knowing God's stremps and weaknesses,
Speaker 5: but also making sure your game is tight and you
Speaker 5: work on it so once the game your numbers called like,
Speaker 5: you can go out and be successful.
Speaker 3: Matt Murphy here with Sixers assistant coach Bobby Jackson on
Speaker 3: six ers and sixty. You return to the Kings organization
Speaker 3: in a variety of roles on the front of the
Speaker 3: coaching staff in recent years. You were head coach of
Speaker 3: the Stockton Kings for two G League seasons.
Speaker 5: What did you learn a lot my first year, I
Speaker 5: didn't know what I was doing, right, I just knew
Speaker 5: I wanted to coach, and it was a learning experience
Speaker 5: for me. Right, And the G League is way different
Speaker 5: than the NBA. It's a grind. You get your talent
Speaker 5: level is not like a real NBA team, but there
Speaker 5: are some quality basketball players. Your travel hotel, you gotta take,
Speaker 5: you gotta go, you gotta take commercial flights, wake up
Speaker 5: early at five at sixt o'clock in the morning to
Speaker 5: get to the next city. It's a grind, and it's
Speaker 5: grind is grinding as gritty. But the one thing I
Speaker 5: learned is you know how to build relationships and communicate
Speaker 5: with guys right and getting guys to buy into doing
Speaker 5: things the right way. And this is the one thing
Speaker 5: that I loved about it. But then also you know,
Speaker 5: I've learned how to manage the game. You know, down
Speaker 5: the stretch, who to have on the floor right drawing
Speaker 5: up an ato, there's certain getting one, getting certain guys
Speaker 5: involved in the game that hasn't touched the ball in
Speaker 5: a while. So it just develops you your overall instinct
Speaker 5: and impact of the game, so you can be successful
Speaker 5: once if you get that call up in the NBA.
Speaker 3: We've talked a lot on our show and pregame shows
Speaker 3: and all that about Nick Nurse having G League experience,
Speaker 3: but a lot of you have that G League experience.
Speaker 3: And something that I find interesting is when you're trying
Speaker 3: to replicate an NBA team's system. The upcoming matchup for
Speaker 3: the Sixers is kind of interesting. Sixers Nuggets, but their
Speaker 3: G League teams don't have a Jokic, don't have an EMBIID,
Speaker 3: so the personnel is different, but you are trying to
Speaker 3: do some of the similar things so that when come
Speaker 3: up to the NBA that they have an idea of
Speaker 3: what's going on. And Nick Nurse has been complimentary of
Speaker 3: the current six Ers two way players not being too
Speaker 3: far off when they come up and see what you
Speaker 3: guys are running. But how much of a challenge is that?
Speaker 3: Just personnel wise being different, It's very challenging.
Speaker 5: Like you said, you don't have a Joel, you don't
Speaker 5: have a Jokic, right, and I think the biggest thing
Speaker 5: you don't have a Tyrese MAXI. I think the biggest
Speaker 5: thing is just being in alignment the G League, being
Speaker 5: in alignment with the big team, you know, running the
Speaker 5: same play as having the same side out and baseline
Speaker 5: out of bound plays right, because guys don't fluctuate, they
Speaker 5: gonna come and go. So the terminology and being in
Speaker 5: alignment with the big league team, it just flows perfectly.
Speaker 5: And so when guys come up and go down, then
Speaker 5: not lost about what we're doing.
Speaker 1: Right in the.
Speaker 5: Biggest thing in the g is just being able to
Speaker 5: compete for forty eight minutes once you step on the floor.
Speaker 3: Rewinding back to your NBA draft experience, nineteen ninety seven,
Speaker 3: number twenty three overall pick by Seattle but end up
Speaker 3: with the Denver Nuggets. That was the Tim Duncan Draft.
Speaker 3: The Sixers actually picked Keith van Horne's second overall in
Speaker 3: that draft, and then Chauncey Billups was picked. But you're
Speaker 3: a Salisbury, North Carolina guy in the draft was in Charlotte,
Speaker 3: so you went, yes, what do you remember about being there?
Speaker 2: Number one?
Speaker 5: Not getting about it to the draft, right, especially with
Speaker 5: the accolades that I accomplished my senior year, A little
Speaker 5: dis hard. Now, I went, I brought my whole family
Speaker 5: a right, we in the stands. Name got called and
Speaker 5: rust was history, right, and so you know, I think
Speaker 5: that says a lot. And I like to tell young
Speaker 5: guys like you never know what your destiny is or
Speaker 5: how hard you work, and it may not go your way.
Speaker 5: You just gotta keep plugging. You gotta keep plugging, you
Speaker 5: gotta keep working hard. So that was just a defining moment,
Speaker 5: not just for me, but before my family as well. Right,
Speaker 5: just to be put on the map the draft, being
Speaker 5: Charlotte right and understanding, like being able to accomplish something
Speaker 5: that I worked my whole life to get to.
Speaker 3: And finally at the Draft, the actually saw on YouTube
Speaker 3: a clip they showed your family in the arena, they
Speaker 3: showed your mom. So tell us more about the Tell
Speaker 3: Sixers fans and people in the greater Philadelphia area about
Speaker 3: the Bobby Jackson Foundation and how they can learn more
Speaker 3: about it.
Speaker 1: Oh Man, this is year.
Speaker 5: What started in two thousand and four when my mom
Speaker 5: passed away from breast cancer. So the Bobby Jackson Foundation
Speaker 5: has it started centered around trying to find a cure
Speaker 5: for breast cancer. Now I'm raising money for every type
Speaker 5: of organization you can name, whether it's a boys and
Speaker 5: girls club, whether it's Christmas a Christmas drive, whether there's
Speaker 5: Turkey giveaways, whether it's you know, sex trafficking in Sacramento,
Speaker 5: whether it's working with the California Highway Patrol to feed
Speaker 5: families doing it and feed the homeless, you know, getting socked.
Speaker 5: So my foundation kind of focused on a lot of
Speaker 5: different areas because I think in the world, it's so
Speaker 5: many different people that need to be blessed and be touched.
Speaker 1: So that's what we do.
Speaker 5: We just make sure we try to put our hands
Speaker 5: and make sure we impact the community and the city
Speaker 5: of Sacramento.
Speaker 3: That's great work. Thank you so much Coach for the time.
Speaker 5: I appreciate you