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Speaker 1: the Monday after the trade deadline, there was only one
Speaker 1: way to do the mailbag with Darryl Morey. Yo, Darryl, Hey, Darryl,
Speaker 1: this question is for Daryl the man himself joins us
Speaker 1: for about twenty minutes of your questions and his answers.
Speaker 1: Questions for Darryl, what's the value of being the one pie?
Speaker 1: Most of honestly, homecourt in the playoffs comes down to,
Speaker 1: if you happen to get to a Game seven, it
Speaker 1: gives you a pretty solid edge. We also cover a
Speaker 1: lot of stuff in between. Satwith Joel. He's so fired
Speaker 1: up to get back out there and when he gets back,
Speaker 1: as Wall Street Bets would say to the moon, I'm
Speaker 1: Lauren Rosen a very special mailbag Monday with seventy six
Speaker 1: Ers President of basketball Operations Daryl Morey. All right, let's
Speaker 1: start with some context. When I caught up with Daryl,
Speaker 1: it was the day after the trade deadline, and when
Speaker 1: he turned on Zoom, he insisted on having a virtual
Speaker 1: cat on his head. We're so happy to have you
Speaker 1: joined us. For Mailbag Monday. We're gonna make it fun.
Speaker 1: Figure out. I can't figure how to turn this this off.
Speaker 1: Let me, let me have to try, but let's do
Speaker 1: one question this way perfect. Well, So Mailbag Monday is
Speaker 1: very simple. We make Mondays all about our fans. We
Speaker 1: respond to their voicemails, their dms, their mentions, and they
Speaker 1: always want to hear from you. So thank you for
Speaker 1: doing this with us. Ready, okay, ready, you have one
Speaker 1: new message. So our first question comes from Hayden Banks
Speaker 1: thirteen on Instagram, and you're gonna laugh, but I actually
Speaker 1: am standing by this question. He says, what makes Darryl
Speaker 1: such a genius? What makes you so good at what
Speaker 1: you do? This? That question deserves a cat on my head?
Speaker 1: That's what That's what. That's all I say to that question.
Speaker 1: I'm not. I mean, I think like the main thing
Speaker 1: I try to do is make sure I'm listening to
Speaker 1: like the people around me and doing it in a
Speaker 1: way because you can get caught in group thing, but
Speaker 1: doing it a way where you're taking the best of
Speaker 1: what people are suggesting and hopefully filtering out the you know,
Speaker 1: the ones that maybe the ideas that aren't the right
Speaker 1: time or aren't the right suggestion, So I reject as
Speaker 1: as the famous David Stern would say, his question assumes
Speaker 1: facts not in evidence. So when you say you listen
Speaker 1: to the people around you, when your digital reporter tells
Speaker 1: you to take the cat off your head, that doesn't
Speaker 1: count as a time to listen. Um. Well, I was
Speaker 1: having trouble turning it off. It may try and flip
Speaker 1: it to something else here. Well, well you're working on that.
Speaker 1: Let's get to our first voicemail. You have one new message. Hey, Daryl,
Speaker 1: Joe from Delffill calling here. How do you respond to
Speaker 1: the notion that other teams may ask more of you,
Speaker 1: know of you or of the Sixers in a treat
Speaker 1: because they know that you're known as kind of a
Speaker 1: wheeler and a dealer and the eight things seemed with
Speaker 1: the trade deadline here, Um, it seems like teams were
Speaker 1: asking a little bit too much. Um. It sounds like
Speaker 1: they were asking for more from the Sixers than they
Speaker 1: were from other teams. Thanks Joe from Delco. What do
Speaker 1: you think? I think teams are very professional, they're very
Speaker 1: you know, they're just trying to optimize for their team.
Speaker 1: I don't see them. I don't. I don't see them
Speaker 1: changing their their price or how they're behaving. I just
Speaker 1: I do see those rumors all the time, but I
Speaker 1: don't I don't think that's the case. Fair enough, you
Speaker 1: have one new message. Next one is from zach or Debt.
Speaker 1: How do you see George Hill fitting in on this team?
Speaker 1: So George Hill two a player we've been looking for
Speaker 1: for for some time, one that um, you know, brings
Speaker 1: strong defense, uh and also elite shooting at the same
Speaker 1: time gives coach another option. Um. You know, we like
Speaker 1: giving um players that can can play in different environments
Speaker 1: against different opponents, different matchups. Uh, so you know we
Speaker 1: can get them. You know, Doc Rivers, I would say
Speaker 1: Doc Rivers is a genius and I like to give
Speaker 1: him the tools so he can show that to everybody.
Speaker 1: You guys have a really good buddy comedy bit going
Speaker 1: on together, because every time I ask either of you
Speaker 1: about the other, it's all excellent. I'm really happy for
Speaker 1: you guys. Yeah, no, that's that's fine. I hadn't thought
Speaker 1: about that, but uh, um yeah, I mean it is like,
Speaker 1: actually buddy comedy. That's a good way to do it,
Speaker 1: because you know, so it came together fast, right, you know,
Speaker 1: and I would say, um, I have you know he look,
Speaker 1: I'm like, well, who's the I'm the I'm the Chris
Speaker 1: Rock of the Buddy, you know. I'm like, I'm not
Speaker 1: the I'm like this, I'm like this, I'm the I'm
Speaker 1: the Robin of this Buddy comedy for sure. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: Doc's want a title and obviously so it was a
Speaker 1: you know, a great player and in the Hall of
Speaker 1: Fame coach in this league. So I'm just hoping that
Speaker 1: Elton and myself can can give him the give him
Speaker 1: the tools he needs. Well, both of you plus Elton
Speaker 1: honestly humble as always, and you guys are obviously doing
Speaker 1: a great job. This one's interesting. It's from zero Daddy underscore.
Speaker 1: What's the most difficult decision you've had to make in
Speaker 1: your professional life so far? So these are good questions
Speaker 1: you've chosen. You've chosen wisely, Lauren with these questions, UM
Speaker 1: uh wow, I'm like so many, so many things going.
Speaker 1: The most difficult I will say the trade Dad last
Speaker 1: year was not difficult like George Show was like sometimes
Speaker 1: the trade deadline choices are hard, and it was. He
Speaker 1: was just a very obvious choice given our array of
Speaker 1: options and things we could do. UM, So I'm gonna
Speaker 1: go with the easiest deadline. I'm gonna do that thing
Speaker 1: where you just dodged a question. Totally fine. I've got
Speaker 1: another one right on deck for you. Right, okay, all right,
Speaker 1: all right, the double hout, sir. I'm ready. You have
Speaker 1: one new message. This one comes from the voicemail line
Speaker 1: question for Darryl. He talks a lot about championship odds,
Speaker 1: raising them and increasing your opportunities to win. One of
Speaker 1: the questions I've had is, UM, what's the value of
Speaker 1: being the one seed, especially this season with Milwaukee in
Speaker 1: Brooklyn looking like such, you know, serious competition, because is
Speaker 1: being the one seed? Is that UM significantly raised the
Speaker 1: team's championship odds where it is pretty negligible, thank you.
Speaker 1: What definitely raises that. Obviously home court and especially a
Speaker 1: Game seven NBA history, Game seven's UM, the home team
Speaker 1: wins at extremely high rate, especially in front of these
Speaker 1: crazy Philly fans. UM. That's that. I wish it was
Speaker 1: a higher I wish it was a bigger boost. Um.
Speaker 1: If you get to a Game seven, it's a big boost.
Speaker 1: But often you know, series don't go to seven, and
Speaker 1: then then it becomes a little bit more negligible. Most
Speaker 1: most of honestly, home court in the playoffs comes down
Speaker 1: to if you happen to get to a game seven,
Speaker 1: it gives you a pretty solid edge. Well, I think
Speaker 1: Sixers fans know what you mean when you talk about
Speaker 1: game seven's of late. Would have been nice to have
Speaker 1: that latest one on six Ers floor. Yeah, yeah, was
Speaker 1: that the bouncing ball? Like, yeah, that one was a
Speaker 1: great shot took him out of the playoffs. Yeah, he missed.
Speaker 1: It was like just bounced like eighty times, Like I
Speaker 1: was like a like ten percent chance to go. And
Speaker 1: I'm sure that doesn't make anyone feel better, but the
Speaker 1: shot missed exactly, but the Sixers had momentum. If you
Speaker 1: ask any Sixer fan, they remember it didn't feel great. Anyway,
Speaker 1: back to the Instagram questions, you have one new message
Speaker 1: leaves dot Sam three two three says what did you
Speaker 1: have for breakfast on deadline day? So I don't eat
Speaker 1: breakfast ever? Um, sad day. I qualified for vac scene
Speaker 1: because my height, you know, size ratio you know, put
Speaker 1: me on the list. Sadly, so I had to take
Speaker 1: breakfast out a while ago or I would I would
Speaker 1: have qualified even sooner. Um, but I would say, Dad,
Speaker 1: l Dad, don't even I don't even eat till three. Actually,
Speaker 1: you know we had we had Chick fil A. We
Speaker 1: ate about three thirty and we ate Chick fil A.
Speaker 1: We actually, if we want to stick to the we
Speaker 1: want to stick to the truth, we can we can
Speaker 1: fete of the chick Fila. All right, let's go back
Speaker 1: to the pod line. You have one new message. This
Speaker 1: question is for darryl. Um. I just in the bathroom
Speaker 1: about Bend the viability as a small ball five. I
Speaker 1: know it tond of fans bringing up all the times
Speaker 1: because of its size and his length and now his strength.
Speaker 1: So I guess my question is, do you think you
Speaker 1: know Benn had a small ball thought kind of takes
Speaker 1: away from his perimeter proundness and an awesome this Or
Speaker 1: do you think you know someday he can develop into
Speaker 1: more of a rim protector at a small ball five
Speaker 1: and that would be a more viable lineup. I'd love
Speaker 1: to get your thoughts. Yeah, why limit Ben? Ben? Ben
Speaker 1: has an you know, unlimited future, um doing lots of things. Um,
Speaker 1: I would say, you know, in the past, I don't
Speaker 1: think either Doc or the other coaches have gone to
Speaker 1: that lineup much. I think the history of it is
Speaker 1: up and down. But you know, he's a very unique
Speaker 1: player that it's even something you can go like, hey,
Speaker 1: let's try this, you know, because he's so unique and amazing.
Speaker 1: So I do think it can be viable against certain teams.
Speaker 1: Doc has gone to it when he felt like it
Speaker 1: was the right move, and then we've we've had I
Speaker 1: think a little more success with it this year than
Speaker 1: past years. Sticking with Ben now from Eric W Noro seventeen,
Speaker 1: how much longer until the whole league notices that Ben's
Speaker 1: defense is truly next level? I think they've noticed. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that one's done. Yeah. I think as any
Speaker 1: like number one and all the ladders and stuff from
Speaker 1: another team, you're gonna get fine. You know how to
Speaker 1: say his name? Well you don't get fine? I am yeah,
Speaker 1: you can't. Well technically no. Well, let me ask you
Speaker 1: about someone that you can talk about from our Shawn
Speaker 1: underscore mussoom sorry if I butchered that. Um, what do
Speaker 1: you think of Matisse Thyble as a secret defensive weapon?
Speaker 1: He's not very secret. He's like the he might be
Speaker 1: the best defender in the league. No offense to ban.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's easy to be great undo
Speaker 1: when you specialize it, which which he does. I'd still
Speaker 1: have Banned as number one. I mean we have three
Speaker 1: of the top ten for sure, like like unarguable, which
Speaker 1: is a pretty pretty awesome to happen again, another testament
Speaker 1: to coach Rivers and uh and the crew. So yeah,
Speaker 1: not not not very secret. I don't think I will
Speaker 1: actually add a question from me based on what you
Speaker 1: just said. What's it like? Now? Harrassing? Like tag you
Speaker 1: had to read? Ever? Like a Twitter handle or an
Speaker 1: Instagram handle, you know, like you know, I don't know
Speaker 1: some of them. Some of them are a little weird.
Speaker 1: And then sometimes they don't make the mailbag because I
Speaker 1: don't want to read the handle. Does anyone snuck one
Speaker 1: by you or later you're like, oh, we got to
Speaker 1: cut that out. It's like a secret, you know, if
Speaker 1: you've gone yet. Not yet. But I'm vulnerable. I'm definitely vulnerable.
Speaker 1: You're gullible. Yeah, more of your questions and Darryl Moorey's
Speaker 1: answers on this week's Mailbag Monday coming up, what's up?
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Speaker 1: week's mail bag with Daryl Morey. You just said that
Speaker 1: you guys have three of the top ten defenders in
Speaker 1: the NBA right now. What's it been like to now
Speaker 1: be part of such a defensive minded team that's having
Speaker 1: so much defensive success. I love it and takes me
Speaker 1: back to my early years in the NBA when we
Speaker 1: had the top defense. So when I was in Houston
Speaker 1: three years running obviously with yaman Man in the middle,
Speaker 1: and so I love it and Doc Rivers and Dan
Speaker 1: Burke or just you know, just crushing a popeye John
Speaker 1: shout out to him who has also been he had
Speaker 1: done defense, so pretty exciting, awesome. This one's back to
Speaker 1: the voicemail line. You have one new message, yo, Daryl.
Speaker 1: We need to teach some more beball. Paul minute, come on,
Speaker 1: man about to answer back in the same cadence. You know, Hey,
Speaker 1: row um, we all we all are excited about the ball,
Speaker 1: and unfortunately team team is tripping and playing hot or
Speaker 1: lit and uh and so hard to make the rotation.
Speaker 1: You should be happy though, got some fire minutes against
Speaker 1: the Lakers last night. In all seriousness, what's it been
Speaker 1: like to watch him developed? Did you know he had
Speaker 1: all this in him? I mean, look, are scouting staff
Speaker 1: does an amazing job at identifying folks and obviously I
Speaker 1: think you know time, time will tell. But all three
Speaker 1: key guys we brought in are doing well. And that's
Speaker 1: a testament to Elton and Prosper who's been leading this
Speaker 1: kind of group, and Vince, who was in charge of
Speaker 1: it last year. Um, when you pick someone fifty whatever hate,
Speaker 1: you don't expect him the MVP of the dealing. You
Speaker 1: expect Hey, this is a solid pick we think can
Speaker 1: fit in over time to have him, you know, just
Speaker 1: crush it, get out the mud and and and play unbelievable. Yeah,
Speaker 1: in the d League was was was really cool? And
Speaker 1: uh news, when's this going news? Slash for signing him today?
Speaker 1: I think this will go up after we signed him.
Speaker 1: So breaking news on the Lauren hard copy Bump Bump
Speaker 1: bum first announced here though to no one and then
Speaker 1: released Monday. So love that you have one new message.
Speaker 1: Let's wrap it up with rapid fire. I want to
Speaker 1: let you go from him. Oh is it like a game. No,
Speaker 1: it's just like they're just potentially quick answers. Adam Arabio
Speaker 1: four says, what was your favorite team growing up? Cavaliers?
Speaker 1: And that's why I didn't watch the Michael Jordan uck.
Speaker 1: I hate Michael Jordan as a player. Everything else is fine,
Speaker 1: but he kept eliminating me. But Cavaliers by far basketball,
Speaker 1: I'm assumingly asking me this one shout out to Mark Price,
Speaker 1: my guy. This one from Billy Maroon, and this is
Speaker 1: one that I would love to hear your answer for. Hi, Darryl,
Speaker 1: what's your favorite musical? Oh? Wow, that's tough. That's like
Speaker 1: choosing your children. I'd probably stay at the top of
Speaker 1: my head. I'd go I'm gonna go Lamez, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: go into the woods. I'll go Pirates a Penzance as
Speaker 1: maybe with a little wicked Chaser thrown in there. Those
Speaker 1: are some elite choices I can I can co sign
Speaker 1: all of those. Crack Underscore Jack so that's a good
Speaker 1: one where it's like, oh, I don't know about that
Speaker 1: hen Oh shit, yeah it might yeah, if you google,
Speaker 1: it might not be what you want to see. So
Speaker 1: Crack Underscore Jack says, what do you think is the
Speaker 1: most dangerous thing about the Sixers come playoff time. Well,
Speaker 1: I just think, you know, it's the obvious in transition.
Speaker 1: You know, Ben's just a monster. Uh, teams have to
Speaker 1: scheme to stop him from going downhill. And then you know,
Speaker 1: when you're in the half court ball to Joel, no
Speaker 1: one can go him single handedly, and good luck dublin him.
Speaker 1: I mean, we're gonna be We're gonna be uh, you know,
Speaker 1: shooting the lights out or Ben's gonna go downhill and
Speaker 1: find shooters again. So pretty exciting. I don't think we're
Speaker 1: very stoppable in the half court come playoff time right now,
Speaker 1: and and uh and then defensively, good luck finding a weakness.
Speaker 1: So pretty excited. I'm excited as well. This is the last,
Speaker 1: but certainly not least question from me. I think maybe
Speaker 1: I love it from the most l L L L
Speaker 1: R E N Underscore Underscore thirty two totally. I think
Speaker 1: maybe the most underrated acquisition of the trade deadline is
Speaker 1: the understanding that Joel is progressing and maybe getting ready
Speaker 1: to come back. How much are you looking forward to
Speaker 1: seeing Joel come back into the lineup given the success
Speaker 1: that the group without him has had, over the last
Speaker 1: few weeks. Yeah. Great. I sat with Joel probably like
Speaker 1: three fifteen after the mile calls and and Joel was
Speaker 1: putting his you know, rehab work in and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: he's he's so fired up to get back out there.
Speaker 1: And obviously, you know, we're we're taking him through the
Speaker 1: paces and the milestones and everything the doctors are saying.
Speaker 1: But when he gets back, I think, you know, as
Speaker 1: Wall Street bets would say, to the to the moon,
Speaker 1: rocket to the moon once Joel's back. So have you
Speaker 1: enjoyed getting to know him? I know that you pride
Speaker 1: yourself in your relationships. What's it been like? Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean he's just super interesting. Yeah. On the court, obviously,
Speaker 1: you know he can people can watch him, but they
Speaker 1: can also see his personality on the court. But off
Speaker 1: the court, he's super smart and uh, you know we
Speaker 1: have a similar sentiment on you know, just we like
Speaker 1: to have fun at times, and you know, do things
Speaker 1: like torture are you know, are six ers pr people
Speaker 1: so and editors so so? Fair enough? I don't know
Speaker 1: your title. I was gonna go with your title, though,
Speaker 1: I don't know it. Is it like you know, queen Queen,
Speaker 1: Master of coin, you know, you know, just top. I
Speaker 1: think it must be now, Queen Master of Coin, top
Speaker 1: of the World, Lauren ros for sure, exactly yeah, first
Speaker 1: first of her name name. Yeah, yes, exactly yeah. I
Speaker 1: think we need to change that. On the on the
Speaker 1: team directory on online, the title is technically digital media reporter,
Speaker 1: but I also accept team reporter post girl that has
Speaker 1: questions digital media reporter. I don't like that because, like, like,
Speaker 1: why have the medium in the title, Like, why don't
Speaker 1: you just have like you know, gets great contents or fan.
Speaker 1: On the business card, Lauren Rosen gets good content. Yeah, fan, fan,
Speaker 1: fan engagement, you know, gene specialist, specialist. Well, let's take
Speaker 1: that's that should be our next mail bag will be
Speaker 1: let's get Lauren a new title, a really long one
Speaker 1: that that rolls up the tongue than I appreciate the endorsement.
Speaker 1: Darryl Morey, thank you so much for joining us for
Speaker 1: mail Bag Monday. We love getting to talk to you,
Speaker 1: and congrats on getting through the deadline. Thanks for having
Speaker 1: me on Go Sixers. Talk to us soon. The one
Speaker 1: and only Daryl Morey, Your questions his answers, we think
Speaker 1: hope you enjoyed it and once again. Thank you to
Speaker 1: everyone who submitted questions on Instagram or on the podline.
Speaker 1: We'll be in touch with winners of this week's swag bags.
Speaker 1: Coming up this week on the seventy six ers podcast network,
Speaker 1: a new episode of Tom's Talks on Thursday, and then
Speaker 1: Brian Devon and I are back for our next deep
Speaker 1: dive on Friday. I'm Lauren Rosen. Thanks for listening.