WEBVTT - Mailbag Monday | Embiid Impressions, Reed Reviews 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.640 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers podcast network 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:09.000 search seventy Sixers podcast wherever you get your pods. If 0:00:09.039 --> 0:00:11.400 you've blinked, you might have missed it, but no, your 0:00:11.400 --> 0:00:15.120 eyes weren't deceiving you. Yes, that was the seventy Sixers 0:00:15.120 --> 0:00:17.599 you saw back at home, Even if it was only 0:00:17.640 --> 0:00:19.800 for a few games. One on one with towns, it 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:22.720 beat crosses them over. How head it beat makes it 0:00:22.960 --> 0:00:26.440 an incredible shot. The biggest headline, of course, was Joel 0:00:26.480 --> 0:00:29.600 Embiad's return. We talk about his first game backs, plus 0:00:29.640 --> 0:00:32.920 another cloths out performance from Tobias Harris and the read 0:00:32.960 --> 0:00:36.240 if Paul Read dunked it for the Sixers, and we 0:00:36.360 --> 0:00:39.400 give some love to be Baul Paul right here on 0:00:39.479 --> 0:00:46.560 Mailbag Monday. Mailbag Monday returns as we begin on the bag, 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:52.600 the post cf era Lauren Rosen, I'm scared. Should I 0:00:52.640 --> 0:00:55.040 know what the post cf era is? You know it 0:00:55.080 --> 0:01:01.280 without knowing it? It's gonna take y Yeah, the postcat 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:06.360 filter era. Ah, yes, no that's not where it. I 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:09.000 wouldn't have got there, but yeah, at some point we 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:11.959 might have to integrate filters just to keep things fresh. Cells. 0:01:12.400 --> 0:01:15.320 What a mailbag that was that was a fantastic mailbag 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:18.319 last week with the president. It was really fun. So 0:01:18.360 --> 0:01:20.520 apologies to all those who was hope. We're hoping that 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:23.039 he might become a third co host. Sadly you're stuck 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:26.920 with us for the foreseeable future. Maybe we could peg 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:29.360 him down to do an occasional guest spot, a recurring 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:32.880 role on mail Bag Monday. He did say at the 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:35.520 end that he will come back. Yes, yeah, he said 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:37.959 he would come back if he wasn't in too much 0:01:38.000 --> 0:01:42.640 trouble after the filters and the edits and all that. 0:01:42.880 --> 0:01:45.280 So he's down now that I'm think about it. I'm 0:01:45.280 --> 0:01:48.200 not sure if that made the final cut his comment 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:49.760 about that, but he did say it. He said, if 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:51.400 I'm allowed back, I'll be back. We got to have 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:54.480 him back. Did my new title make the final cut? 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:56.600 I don't remember either, because those were together. I think 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:58.840 that was scrapped. I think, oh, he wants to give 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:00.840 me a new title. I'll put that on Twitter. Yeah 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:03.680 for anyone. That's for anyone that's dying to know a poll, 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:08.919 get some ideas. How does mail Bag Monday work? Well, 0:02:09.000 --> 0:02:11.040 last week it worked with Lauren and Darryl Morey. It 0:02:11.080 --> 0:02:13.080 was awesome. Going to our back catalog if you've not 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:16.600 yet listened, it was the episode for last week. But 0:02:16.680 --> 0:02:20.320 it's really simple. Anytime of the day, week, month, or year. 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:23.000 Hit either Lauren or myself up if you have a question, 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:24.440 if you want to DM us, if you want to 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:27.440 get in our mentions, but the preferred method is call 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:30.520 the pod line two on five four zero three seven 0:02:30.639 --> 0:02:33.840 six three seven two on five four zero three pods. 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:37.000 Leave us a voicemail about anything at all, and you 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:41.040 will be entered into the swag Bag weekly giveaway, which 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:43.560 we love to do. We got some new merch as 0:02:43.600 --> 0:02:46.760 part of our weekly giveaways, some new hats, different color 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:51.520 ways with the caps. Festive love that. Indeed, I think 0:02:51.560 --> 0:02:53.680 we have a blue and red cap now, not just 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:57.400 the ball and ben gray and blue. So that's part 0:02:57.440 --> 0:03:00.720 of our swag stash right now. I'm all about it. 0:03:00.880 --> 0:03:03.280 That's awesome. Before we open up the bag for this week, 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:05.960 tough one for the seventy sixers on Sunday at the 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:09.800 Center one sixteen one hundred loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. Lauren, 0:03:09.880 --> 0:03:11.760 Just because I choose to view my world this way, 0:03:11.919 --> 0:03:14.320 I'm not going to focus in too much on that 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:17.160 more of the bigger picture was that Joel Embiid returned 0:03:17.160 --> 0:03:19.320 on Saturday. It was great to see him out there, 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:21.400 rusty in some areas, but all and all, he had 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:23.240 a big impact on the game and a Sixers win 0:03:23.280 --> 0:03:26.160 over the Timberwolves. And then Sunday, right of course, the 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:28.200 guy just came back the first time in over three weeks. 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:30.400 You gotta arrest him for sure, And it seemed like 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:32.880 post game. As everybody that listens now must know, I'm 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:35.920 always in on the postgame no longer scrums, will call 0:03:35.960 --> 0:03:39.440 them postgame zooms. And the general feeling last night on 0:03:39.480 --> 0:03:41.760 Sunday night after the loss was sort of look like 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:44.000 the schedule is crazy. Every once in a while, you're 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:46.280 going to just have a tough night. They all admitted 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:48.280 that they didn't bring the juice. They admitted that it 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:51.680 felt really difficult early, and Memphis was, credit to Memphis, 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:54.560 very strong, very ready for the Sixers to falter for 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:57.240 an evening. But to take a page out of the 0:03:57.280 --> 0:04:01.080 great Ted Lasso's book, the general vibe was to be 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:03.840 a goldfish, just to forget about it and move on, 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:06.200 keep it moving. For those of you that haven't watched 0:04:06.240 --> 0:04:08.600 Ted Lasso, yet sels what a delight that show is. 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:10.640 It makes me. It's changed the way I watched sports, 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:12.880 and I just want to make sure that i'm pop 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:17.120 culture current. The SAG Award winning Jason Sadakis ted Lasso. 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:20.640 I think he took home a SAG on Sunday from 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:22.920 not on a golden globe for it too, didn't he? Yes, 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:26.200 I believe you're right. Yeah, it's such a good show 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:31.040 and for what it's worth circulating around the entire Sixers organization. 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:32.919 I feel like everybody I talked to has been watching 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:35.440 ted Lasso lately. Maybe that's the key to all the 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:41.080 success it could be. Yeah, My my consumption after the 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:44.240 game on this is content consumption, not any other type 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:49.840 of consumption. On Sunday was SAG slash versus an epic 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:54.839 versus on Sunday night. I am not up to date 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:57.600 on versus. I'm not up to date on award shows. 0:04:58.560 --> 0:05:02.440 I finished the game, I did the zooms, and I 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:06.279 was rushing to bed last night, Selts, I was so tired. 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:09.400 I have no idea what happened beyond Sixers versus Chrislies 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:13.000 on Sunday, Well, the verses, the real verses was Eisley 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:17.680 Brothers Verse, Earthwind and Fire featuring Steve Harvey in a 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:23.440 pastel purple suits. That's a lot. I'm happy that you 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:26.400 got to experience that. It was great. All right, no 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:28.080 one cares about this. Let's get to the mail bank. 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:34.120 You have one new message. Joel Embiid was the main 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:36.280 headline of the week. One thing we discussed on the 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:38.680 Friday Deep Dive with the von Gibvens last week was 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:42.039 Joel Embiid MVP. Can he get back into the running 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:45.159 if he hits his statistical minimums? And Fred Abner on 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:47.560 Twitter says, depends on how Denver fares the rest of 0:05:47.560 --> 0:05:49.920 the year. They of course have Nikola Yokich. If Inbiad 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:51.760 dominates to the rest of the season and the Sixers 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:56.120 maintain the one seed, it is all Joel's regardless, I 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:59.039 would tend to agree. I think that that our caller 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:01.600 is spot on with one. I think if the Sixers 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:04.200 can maintain a one seed, if Joel can get back 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:06.400 to the stats that he was posting prior to the break, 0:06:06.680 --> 0:06:09.200 I don't think anybody else can win the award. To 0:06:09.279 --> 0:06:12.040 be honest, like you said, you can't miss too many 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:14.880 more games because he hasn't played quite as many games 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:17.640 as a Yokich has, for example, but he's also played 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:20.920 dare I say a lot more defense than Yokich has, 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:23.920 for example. So that's where I'll leave that. I would 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:27.200 agree his defensive impact is at a different level. Seventy 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:30.039 Sixers could end up finishing with a better record. Even 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:32.760 in that game, Lauren, on Saturday against the Minnesota Timberwolves. 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:35.600 The Sixers ended up winning by nine points, and Bid, 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:38.200 you could tell he was rusting in certain areas, shot 0:06:38.279 --> 0:06:41.240 not falling quite as consistently as we're used to. He was, 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:44.120 you know, only making six baskets in the game. He's 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:48.320 a fifty two percent field goal shooter, and listen, I 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:50.040 think that that was to be expected. He made some 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:52.520 turnovers late in the game, right, the guy hadn't played 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:55.640 in nearly a month, almost. But there were other things 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:58.360 he did. The and one on Towns on the baseline 0:06:58.720 --> 0:07:01.840 the block of Ant Edwards where he somehow contured his 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:04.400 body to tip the ball away with the Sixers up 0:07:04.480 --> 0:07:07.000 eight in the final minutes. I mean, that is incredible 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:09.520 stuff for anyone to do, let alone being on the 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:11.800 shelf for three and a half weeks. Tidbit we talked 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:14.000 about in our pregame show last night selves. He told 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:16.560 his teammates that he didn't plan to dunk on Saturday. 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:18.200 He said he was going to take it slow, ease 0:07:18.280 --> 0:07:20.000 his way in, and then sure enough, we got a 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:22.320 one hander, we got a two hander. He went all 0:07:22.440 --> 0:07:24.840 the way a couple of times. And it's funny to 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:27.480 hear from his teammates that that wasn't expected, but they 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:30.560 kind of knew he would, And it was cool to 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:32.880 see him show flashes of what he's been doing all 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:35.400 season long, and then afterwards to be candid about the 0:07:35.440 --> 0:07:37.000 fact that he feels like there's a lot more there 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:38.920 and that he was, in fact a little rusty, which 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:42.280 I believe is understandable. More Joe content in the bag. 0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:46.560 You have one new message RoboCop Jerry twenty five A. 0:07:46.680 --> 0:07:48.320 I never know, Lauren, whether to go with the true 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:52.880 handle of someone or their nickname on Twitter. Well, how 0:07:52.880 --> 0:07:56.440 would you rule on that? Oh, that's a good question. 0:07:56.520 --> 0:08:00.160 I mean, handle is helpful for potential added followers, but 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:03.960 name might be more related to what their actual name is. 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:06.000 I don't know. I think you can bounce back and forth. 0:08:06.160 --> 0:08:08.480 All right, we're gonna go handle on the splay handle 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:11.920 Jerry twenty five a within being returning the Sixers and 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:14.480 Kad to the Nets coming back. At some point, I 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:17.600 can see Joel taking the lead for MVP because of 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:20.680 something we just talked about his defense, while James Harden 0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:23.280 takes a back seat. Sixers may have a better team 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:26.280 than the last two champions. So Jerry's talking about the 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:29.040 Lakers and the Raptors, but the Nets may have the 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:32.880 best team ever assembled once kd is back. That might 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:34.640 be a bit of a stretch in my opinion, but 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:36.599 I hear what he's saying. I think that one of 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:39.120 the things with Brooklyn is that they have so much talent, 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:40.719 the wealth's got to be spread around. That's not to 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:42.839 say the Sixers don't have talent, but we're talking about 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:46.520 like all leagues superstar talent with Brooklyn. That, yeah, they're 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:48.560 gonna have to figure out how to spread the ball, 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:51.000 share it around. James won't have to do as much 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:53.760 scoring you'd figure once Duran is back, and then Joel 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:58.040 when he's with the Sixers, he is the primary main option. Well, look, 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:00.280 I think a lot of fans are looking for to 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:02.839 hopefully seeing both of those teams face each other at 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:04.680 full health, whether it's in the regular season or in 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:07.480 the postseason. Because I think we know that the Sixers 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:08.800 are going to have to find a way to contend 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:11.440 on offense against a team with that many offensive weapons, 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:13.520 but the Nets are going to have to find a 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:16.120 way to contend on defense with a team that has 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:18.640 so many defensive weapons like the Sixers do. It's a 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:21.200 really interesting matchup because I believe that the strengths don't 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:24.400 necessarily align with the strengths between both teams, but they 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:28.360 both have some very impressive strengths that make sense, made 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:30.120 sense in my head. I think that is the point 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:32.640 when it comes to looking at the Sixers in the Nets, 0:09:32.679 --> 0:09:34.880 not even so much how they end up the regular season, 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:37.080 but in the playoffs. As we know, to fall back 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:40.480 on the cliche, it's all about matchups, right. So the Sixers, 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:43.080 you think, maybe in the front court, might have a 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:45.959 certain advantage at least at the five spot, but then 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:49.120 around the rest of the roster, the strength for Brooklyn 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:52.120 comes out of its backcourt. They added LaMarcus Aldridge, They've 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:55.640 added everyone. They added Blake Griffin. I cannot wait Laren 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:59.520 until Wednesday, April fourteenth at the center. Yeah, that'll be 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:01.560 a big one. God will be a lot of fun. 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:05.160 Hopefully Again, both teams bring their best, bring their healthy players, 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:07.040 because it could be a preview for what's to come 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:08.680 down the stretch. So it's another thing they say about 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:12.280 the playoffs. It's not that they say offense wins championships. 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:14.400 They do say that defense wins championships. And if we 0:10:14.400 --> 0:10:17.480 want to go based on Cliche's only matchups and defense 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:21.160 winning championships, I don't know. I feel good, not good 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:23.920 about this matchup or about the Sixers abilities in the matchup, 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.760 but I feel excited to see what the matchup rings. 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:30.280 Going to the pot line for the first time, let 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:33.880 it roll. You have one new message? Hi, does is sane? 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:38.760 I am officially turning in my bias paris apology letter. 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:42.679 It's kind of like twelve pages long, so I may 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:45.040 have to nail it to you, but here it is. 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:49.480 All right, have a great one, good night. First of all, 0:10:49.559 --> 0:10:53.760 Lauren love hearing from zeneb one of the best, an 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:56.560 absolute legend. I wish we were recording video right now 0:10:56.559 --> 0:10:58.480 because as soon as I heard her name, I just 0:10:58.679 --> 0:11:01.320 lit up. I smiled. So Ba z One of the 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:05.440 best of six ers Twitter, a wonderful human and hey, 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:09.160 I am here to accept that apology letter with open 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:13.640 open arms. It takes a big person to admit when 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:15.679 I don't know when, I don't want to say when 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:18.160 you were wrong. But I think as a society we 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:21.080 should do a better job of normalizing changing your opinion 0:11:21.120 --> 0:11:24.600 when presented with new information, and she has clearly done that. 0:11:24.880 --> 0:11:27.720 So shout out to Z for that emotional intelligence, for 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:32.360 that willingness to evolve. That letter will be accepted here 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:35.400 with open arms. I concur do we think that Z 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:38.400 chose the length of twelve pages because of the number 0:11:38.440 --> 0:11:40.880 that Tobias Harris waars. Was that just a coincidence or 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:46.400 was that purposeful? I'm willing to I'm willing to accept 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:48.520 that whether or not it was on purpose. I think she. 0:11:48.880 --> 0:11:51.480 I think she nailed it, and I agree with you. Listen, 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:55.360 society should be all about embracing changing perceptions and that 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:58.040 sort of thing. But on the flip side, I would 0:11:58.040 --> 0:12:01.720 say Tobias himself has four the issue and has made 0:12:01.920 --> 0:12:06.000 people change their look and outlook and perception on what 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:08.319 he's capable of doing. Listen, Tobias was in a great 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:11.240 spot before this season. I think everyone would agree about that. 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:14.040 But he's taken his game to a new level this year, 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:16.880 not just statistically, but what he's done in fourth quarters. 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:20.120 The game against Minnesota was the latest example, eight straight 0:12:20.200 --> 0:12:23.240 points in the final three minutes of regulation to put 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:27.120 Minnesota away. He finished with thirty two points, twelve points 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:30.280 in the fourth quarter alone. He's a closer. He is 0:12:30.360 --> 0:12:34.760 a closer. He has been just so good late in games. 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:36.640 We cannot say it enough with Joel on the floor. 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:38.880 Without Joel on the floor, he's expressed since he got 0:12:38.920 --> 0:12:40.959 here in twenty nineteen that he wants to be a closer. 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:43.920 He truly is, and I think credit to no one 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:46.120 except to Bias Harris for changing the way that the 0:12:46.200 --> 0:12:49.439 narrative has gone. I think the conversation surrounding Tobias over 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:51.880 the last couple of years has been up and down. 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:54.280 It's probably been frustrating for him. You and I have 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:56.720 always known him as just a wonderful human and I 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:59.120 think that the world has seen that, and now they're 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:01.520 also seeing him as a wonderful player. And that is 0:13:01.600 --> 0:13:03.600 only because of the hard work that he's put in 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:05.920 and the determination that he's shown, and the improvement that 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:08.520 he's shown. He's been wonderful and he deserves all the 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:11.839 credit he's getting from around the league. And I praise 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:14.400 zaneb for calling in on the pod line. We know 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:17.840 her voice on Sixer's Twitter, it is unmistakable, but to 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:19.880 actually hear it like it is from any of you 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:21.360 out there who have called in and hopefully called in 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:23.760 the future, it's great to actually hear your voice and 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:27.520 put it with the tweets or the posts. She's a legend. 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:32.120 I love that. Moving right along, you have one new message, 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:36.280 another great member of Sixers Twitter who we always appreciate 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:39.960 engaging with both of us. Angie's Underscore Diary talking about 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:42.800 Tobias Harris after the game on Saturday. I think this 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:45.640 is a topic, Lauren, that rightfully so will not go 0:13:45.679 --> 0:13:48.960 away the rest of this year. The scorn factor with Tobias. 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:51.760 He deserved to be an All Star. Angie's Underscore a 0:13:51.880 --> 0:13:54.920 Diary said after the game on Saturday. Cannot dispute that 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:58.679 statement pretty much under any circumstances, but especially after your 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:03.000 guy closes out important dub selts. My girls are showing 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:06.600 up on the podcast today. I love hearing from Zanab 0:14:06.679 --> 0:14:09.160 hearing from Angie six or Twitter has a very impressive 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:13.840 contingent of female women that I just love engaging with 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:16.360 online and I love now that I get to engage 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:19.680 with them on the pod. Angie is one of a 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:21.880 kind and she's been awesome. She's been an awesome follow 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:23.600 If you're not following her on Twitter, you should check 0:14:23.600 --> 0:14:26.120 it out. She's part of the wholesome content for Gaide 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:29.200 that I'm so proud of and great to hear from her, 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:32.160 great to hear that she's hopped on the Tobias Harris bandwagon. 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:36.000 There's space for everybody, and wagon happy to have you. 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:38.000 I feel like, as long as you're not a coach 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:41.200 who voted against him, Tobias is more than willing to 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:43.600 let everyone on the bandwagon. That's what it seems like 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:47.200 to me. I do think Tobias would would request a 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:50.120 vote passport before if he was the one that was 0:14:50.160 --> 0:14:52.760 welcoming people onto the bandwagon, he might have to see 0:14:52.800 --> 0:14:58.360 the receipts. Personally, I'm willing to forgive former choices as 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:01.480 long as they are amended next season. Like I said before, 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:04.960 if you change your opinion when presented on new information, 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:07.400 I'm gonna I'm gonna have to accept you for who 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:09.720 you are, But I like that Tobias isn't It's clearly 0:15:09.720 --> 0:15:13.480 making him play excellent basketball. Gotta hit this step before 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:16.080 we close down the conversation about Tobias Harris here on 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:19.760 the mail bag, shooting splits going into Sunday's game against Memphis, 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:21.960 fifty two and a half from the field, just under 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:24.600 forty one percent from three, and a tick over ninety 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:27.600 percent from the free throw line. Only eight players in 0:15:27.760 --> 0:15:32.640 NBA history have put together fifty forty ninety seasons. Here 0:15:32.680 --> 0:15:36.720 they are Larry Bird, Steve Nash, Mark Price, Reggie Miller, 0:15:37.080 --> 0:15:42.920 Dirk Naviski, Kadi Steph and Malcolm Brogden. Tobias Harris would 0:15:43.000 --> 0:15:46.720 love to see him become number nine. I wish I 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:49.160 had remembered everybody that you said, but most of the 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:52.120 people on that list certainly all stars. And if Tobias 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:54.320 ends up joining that list by the end of the season, 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:56.360 you would hope that he could join that all star 0:15:56.400 --> 0:15:59.480 list next year as well. Beginning to head into the 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:01.520 home stretch of this week's mail bag, which has been 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:04.720 quite joyful so far, back to the pod line, you 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:09.880 have one new message, Lauren himself, love the pod, keep 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:13.400 doing great stuff. As far as dball Paul goes, I'd 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:14.960 love to see him get some good minutes in the 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:18.040 regular season here with Ben. I don't think he's going 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:20.560 to compete in the playoffs for us, but never know, 0:16:20.680 --> 0:16:22.960 he could be that Jonah Boldon that was promised one 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:25.120 day talk to you soon. I think there are a 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:27.880 couple good points Lauren in that voicemail about bball Paul. 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:29.800 First of all, props to him. He got his most 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:33.280 minutes in an NBA game against the Grizzlies on Sunday, 0:16:33.280 --> 0:16:36.600 played thirteen minutes, ten points, six rebounds. But he is 0:16:37.200 --> 0:16:39.800 becoming all the more intriguing. I mean, I remember, not 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:42.360 too long ago before the G League bubble, Doc Rivers 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:44.400 was asked in a media availability about his thoughts on 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:48.040 Paul Read and he said he I'm trying to remember 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:50.000 the exact words he's probably aren't them, so I'm not 0:16:50.080 --> 0:16:51.920 quoting Doc, but this is the general gist of what 0:16:52.000 --> 0:16:54.080 Doc said that he kind of felt like Paul was 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:59.000 still raw, a little bit funky, needed some polishing, but 0:16:59.160 --> 0:17:01.680 he continues to be more and more intriguing. Certainly, if 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:03.640 you win both the MVP and Rookie of the Year 0:17:03.960 --> 0:17:06.720 at any level. You turn some heads anyone out there, 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:08.399 and did some good things when the Sixers needed some 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:11.560 punch in the game against the Grizzlies. I like the 0:17:11.560 --> 0:17:14.960 words that you chose. I think Doc said something similar. Yes, 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:17.320 a little raw, a little funky, but you can see 0:17:17.359 --> 0:17:20.159 he's starting to fine tune some things. Doc mentioned that 0:17:20.240 --> 0:17:22.960 he doesn't quite know the offense yet, he's not exactly 0:17:23.000 --> 0:17:25.199 sure where his spots are, which makes sense. He just 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:28.080 got back from his time in the Gubble, and prior 0:17:28.119 --> 0:17:30.600 to the Gubble was not really in the rotation, so 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:34.280 he's learning. He's learning quickly. He's obviously eager his teammates 0:17:34.280 --> 0:17:37.159 have embraced him. I am all in on the Beeball 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:42.760 Paul experience. It's entertaining, it's fun. I think his disposition 0:17:43.040 --> 0:17:47.399 is terrific. I like his personality, just kind of business like, 0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:50.600 but also you can tell that he's enjoying this initial 0:17:50.640 --> 0:17:53.240 part of his ride. After the game on Sundays said 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:55.360 something the effect where you know he's working on a lot. 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:57.560 He's working on a couple of things, communicating, but also 0:17:57.600 --> 0:17:59.359 getting in the weight room because he's playing with the 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:02.320 big guys now and he doesn't want to. I forget 0:18:02.320 --> 0:18:04.520 what the exact quote was. I thought he said like 0:18:04.520 --> 0:18:06.520 he didn't want to be like too sweet down there 0:18:06.520 --> 0:18:08.560 on the block. I can't remember exactly what it was, 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:11.159 but he made a tongue in cheek remark about, you know, 0:18:11.280 --> 0:18:13.560 needing to bulk up a bit to bang with some 0:18:13.600 --> 0:18:16.840 of the bigger NBA, more veteran bodies down low. Well, 0:18:16.840 --> 0:18:18.520 he doesn't want to be messed with. And credit to 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:20.800 him because when he went into the G League bubble 0:18:20.800 --> 0:18:23.200 and started playing really well, he said, this is exactly 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:26.040 what I'm supposed to do. He has decided that he's 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:27.960 going to carve out a spot for himself in this league. 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:30.240 He told us Selts the day after the draft that 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:33.160 he was gonna be a good NBA player. He has decided, 0:18:33.240 --> 0:18:35.159 and now he's taking all the steps he needs to 0:18:35.160 --> 0:18:37.879 take to do that. Congrats of course, too, Paul for 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:42.800 signing his standard NBA deal last weeks. He's said he's 0:18:42.840 --> 0:18:44.960 going to do something. He's set out towards the goal, 0:18:45.000 --> 0:18:47.920 and he is, one by one picking off, picking off 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:51.240 all of the mile markers necessary to accomplish that goal. 0:18:51.359 --> 0:18:54.399 Credit to him. One more from the podline before he 0:18:54.440 --> 0:18:56.560 shut it down for the week. I chuckled larn when 0:18:56.560 --> 0:18:59.160 I first heard this one. You have one new message 0:18:59.400 --> 0:19:09.639 when Tony Bradley's jurity retirement Parlonia. Thank you, short, sweet, simple, 0:19:09.760 --> 0:19:11.399 But I love the sentiment. Hey, we we have to. 0:19:11.520 --> 0:19:14.400 I don't think we've had an opportunity to appropriately send 0:19:14.440 --> 0:19:19.400 off Tony Bradley with an appreciative remark or two, commanding 0:19:19.480 --> 0:19:22.000 him for his service with the seventy sixers. What a 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:23.760 way to go out with the double double against the 0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:25.760 Golden State Warriors. He was part of the George Hill 0:19:25.800 --> 0:19:28.920 tray that also brought in Iggy Brusdakis and always played 0:19:28.920 --> 0:19:30.800 a couple of games, though Casey had a double figure 0:19:30.840 --> 0:19:34.240 game at Portland the other night. Tony Bradley, great guy 0:19:35.040 --> 0:19:37.280 and listen, he made the most of the opportunity he 0:19:37.280 --> 0:19:40.840 had here, no doubt about it. Speaking of guys that 0:19:40.520 --> 0:19:44.280 have that have manifested really good seasons for themselves, we 0:19:44.359 --> 0:19:46.399 just talked about Beeball Paul and his growth. But but 0:19:46.520 --> 0:19:48.960 Tony Bradley during his time as a Sixer, like you said, 0:19:49.200 --> 0:19:51.440 just a great guy, nothing but a delight to work 0:19:51.480 --> 0:19:54.840 with and then to see his growth on the court 0:19:54.880 --> 0:19:57.640