WEBVTT - Friday Deep Dive | Sneaky Second Half Surprises, Plus Blue Coats Prospects 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.640 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers Podcast network 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:08.680 search seventy Sixers podcast wherever you get your pods. The 0:00:08.800 --> 0:00:12.000 seventy sixers are back from the All Star Break at 0:00:12.039 --> 0:00:14.720 they seem ready to make a push down the home stretch. 0:00:15.120 --> 0:00:17.960 Can go off to a great start with an inspired 0:00:18.040 --> 0:00:20.680 winn in Chicago, and you look ahead at what's to 0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:23.439 come the rest of the way. Plus we talk about 0:00:23.480 --> 0:00:27.040 the Blue Coats and the significance of having a good 0:00:27.560 --> 0:00:31.960 G League team. I'm Lauren Rosen, I'm Devon Gibbons, and 0:00:32.040 --> 0:00:35.520 I'm Brian Seltzer. It's a Friday, so we're gonna dive deep. 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:42.159 That's what we do on the seventy Sixers Podcast Network. Guys, 0:00:42.560 --> 0:00:45.320 great to be talking with you. I feel like it's 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:49.200 been much longer than a week off. I'm ready ready 0:00:49.240 --> 0:00:51.960 to dive into the second half of the season. Roll call, 0:00:52.000 --> 0:00:54.720 How are we doing? Let's start with you, Devon, what's up? 0:00:54.760 --> 0:00:57.440 Give me something that went on good for you during 0:00:57.440 --> 0:01:00.360 the All Star break? Oh, great to be back with you, 0:01:00.400 --> 0:01:02.560 guys doing the All Star break. I'll tell you what 0:01:02.640 --> 0:01:06.679 was fantastic. The rest that that's what was fantastic for me, 0:01:06.760 --> 0:01:09.880 the rest being able to kind of kick back and 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:13.520 just enjoy everything, whether it be college basketball, get ready 0:01:13.520 --> 0:01:17.120 for the All Star weekend. But it was really the 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:21.119 rest that stood out for me. So yeah, that's exciting 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:23.600 for me in my world. I think Doc Rivers talked 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:25.840 about this, and it's true. You don't necessarily even need 0:01:25.920 --> 0:01:29.160 to be away physically. It's if your mind can kind 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:31.520 of take a break. And I'll say it, at least 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:35.880 from my standpoint, what I do comes nowhere near close 0:01:35.920 --> 0:01:38.080 to the stress level of probably what Doc Rivers does. 0:01:38.400 --> 0:01:40.200 But just knowing that there were like six straight days 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:41.679 in the schedule where I didn't have to think about 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:44.280 much or be up a little bit late, whatever it was, 0:01:44.600 --> 0:01:47.400 it was nice. I felt refreshed. I feel refreshed. I 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:49.160 may not look at or sound you should, but I 0:01:49.200 --> 0:01:53.440 feel it. You look great, you look great. I do appreciate. 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:57.560 I will take those warm fuzzies. Okay, whenever they come, Lauren, 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:01.000 what about you? Highlights from your break? The listener can't 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:05.360 see me. I don't look as refreshed live. I did 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:09.560 a lot. I actually worked pretty hard on a feature 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:11.839 over the break that ended up taking up a lot 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:14.720 of a lot of my time, and I was very 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:17.120 excited about it. So if you're listening and you're interested 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:20.440 in the vibes, I would encourage you to head to 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:23.679 sixers dot com, um poor to my Twitter and check 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:25.639 out the feature that we were released today, because it 0:02:25.680 --> 0:02:28.160 was really cool to learn some behind the scenes stuff 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:29.799 that's going on this year, especially when we don't have 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:33.840 a lot of opportunities as media to see what's going 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:35.480 on behind the scenes. And there's a lot of good 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:37.800 stuff going on behind the scenes. So while I didn't 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:39.160 get as much ressed as I wanted to, I was 0:02:39.160 --> 0:02:41.600 really happy to crank that out and I hope everybody 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:45.359 enjoys it. We've discussed this before. Lauren Rosen is unquestionably 0:02:45.800 --> 0:02:49.840 the undisputed expert of the seventy sixers vibe beat, and 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:53.920 there is no bigger story about Sixers Vibes than the 0:02:53.919 --> 0:02:57.280 new feature that Lauren just referenced, good vibes only it's awesome. 0:02:57.680 --> 0:02:59.359 Tell the audience a little bit more, Larne. I know 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:01.920 you gave a little multies before we dive in on 0:03:01.919 --> 0:03:03.600 this Friday deep dive. Give us a little bit more 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:06.440 of what we can expect from this feature. Sure, So, 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:08.560 I guess all you really need to know is is 0:03:08.600 --> 0:03:11.680 that obviously, due to health and safety protocols, this team 0:03:11.720 --> 0:03:14.520 doesn't have a lot of opportunities to bond off court 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:17.960 and NBA teams traditionally have the opportunity to have team dinners, 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:21.079 to spend time at each other's homes, to celebrate wins, 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:25.040 to discuss losses, and all of that has pretty much 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:27.480 been eliminated this year because of health and safety protocols 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:29.600 and how little time these guys can spend together. But 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:31.680 these are This is a group of guys genuinely really 0:03:31.760 --> 0:03:33.960 enjoys each other and and something that proves how much 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:36.920 they're enjoying each other is the concept of the postgame party, 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:40.920 which is what they do after wins. It is It 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:43.880 sounds like a party, It might kind of smell like 0:03:43.920 --> 0:03:46.880 a party, but really it's it's a session in the 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:50.320 weight room where the guys just go let off steam 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:55.280 after games and enjoy one another's company, listen to music, 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:59.120 and get better. They're lifting weights, but they're they're turning 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:01.120 it into a party. They call it the postgame party. 0:04:01.160 --> 0:04:03.240 I did not name it that. This is something known 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:05.920 as the postgame party. And at the party, they compete 0:04:05.960 --> 0:04:08.640 for the big energy chain. There are some photos now 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:11.880 circulating of Isaiah Joe and Danny Green, the first two 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:14.800 winners of the Big Energy chain. So if you're interested 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:18.719 in good vibes postgame parties, the VIP section that Danny 0:04:18.760 --> 0:04:21.520 Green has, the VIP section that Joel Embiid has at 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:25.479 the postgame party, definitely check it out. It's tremendous. I 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:29.120 like that analogy that the smells are probably similar between 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:31.720 the seventy six ers weight room party and just a 0:04:31.839 --> 0:04:34.760 general party that you might go to. I can I 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:36.200 want to say, I can see that, but I can 0:04:36.240 --> 0:04:39.960 smell that. I get your old factory implications. I mean, 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:41.839 if I'm being honest, if you walk in there and 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:47.160 close your eyes right, it could be a party, and 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:49.120 it's It was really cool. I talked to guys sort 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:52.960 of across the roster, the three guys featured predominantly in 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:55.400 this one or Danny Green, Isaiah Joe, and Matisse's Bible, 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:57.320 all of whom have very different roles in the team. 0:04:57.680 --> 0:05:03.000 They represent different spec places rather on the age range 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:06.760 of this team, and they all have really different personalities 0:05:06.800 --> 0:05:08.440 as well, and so it was cool to hear from 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:11.280 all three of them that are all enjoying this thing 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:15.160 that they're doing together despite having different personalities, different likes 0:05:15.160 --> 0:05:19.000 and dislikes, and different vibes, but they all feed into 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:21.400 the good vibes that this team is really relying on 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:24.640 this year. We're definitely going to dive into what the 0:05:24.760 --> 0:05:26.680 second half of the season has in store, at least 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:28.400 what we presume the second half of the season has 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:30.920 in store for the seventy six ers, and talk about 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:34.200 what it means to have a successful G League program 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:37.279 based on the great season that the Delaware Bluecoats had. 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:39.760 I don't want to spend too much time on this. 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:41.760 I feel like we have to address it because who's 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:44.560 not addressing it. It's now three hundred and sixty six 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:48.080 days since the NBA season was suspended and virtually the 0:05:48.200 --> 0:05:51.880 entire country went into a lockdown, shut down, our new 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:56.440 pandemic life operating on Zoom, socializing and interacting virtually all 0:05:56.440 --> 0:05:59.120 that stuff. Do you guys, have any thought, a thought 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:03.520 about anything related to what your last year has been 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:06.680 like since all this happened. I mean, you know what, 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:10.440 I'll be honest. I'll start this off. I was on 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:13.240 the air when the announcement was made, and I don't 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:15.640 remember anything about I remember what I was feeling when 0:06:15.880 --> 0:06:18.520 that news broke the NBA season was being suspended. I 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:21.359 don't necessarily remember what I said or anything like that. 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:22.800 I was like, should I go back and listen to that? 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:25.039 I was like, Yeah, what's the point? I mean, we 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:27.440 all know this was kind of a I could use 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:30.159 a lot more like honest and authentic chords here, but 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:34.159 I'm gonna use air quotes. Not great year for a 0:06:34.160 --> 0:06:37.039 lot of reasons, And I think my takeaway is like, 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:40.840 I've just tried to look forward, ma'am. You know, just 0:06:40.960 --> 0:06:44.599 keep it, keep it moving forward. You know, I'm fortunate 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:48.720 that I've not been affected as severely as perhaps some 0:06:48.760 --> 0:06:52.040 people out there by all of this. But I think 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:55.200 it's just all about looking forward for me, focusing on 0:06:55.240 --> 0:06:57.960 the basics. Like one thing I've tried to say throughout 0:06:57.960 --> 0:06:59.520 the last year is like, if people say, hey, how 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:02.039 are you doing, I'm like, I'm living, breathing, I'm employed, 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:04.840 and my wife and kids tolerate me. So that's it. 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:08.640 I'm not asking for much more, so I'm just looking forward. 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:10.600 That's it. I want to look keep it moving forward. 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:14.280 You know. I actually went back on Wednesday before I 0:07:14.320 --> 0:07:17.640 did my show, on the year and kind of reflected 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:20.400 on the year, and so it's part of the thing 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:23.520 that I did was to re air the first minute 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:26.440 of your postgame show by Pistons to night here at 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:28.840 the Center in South Philadelphia, one twenty four to one 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:32.040 oh six. I'm Brian Seltzer. But literally within the last minute, 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:35.000 we have breaking news. This is official from the NBA 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:39.240 from their public relations official Twitter account. The NBA is 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:44.120 suspending the season following what happened tonight in Oklahoma City. 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:46.920 Here's the background. This is from an official release from 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:49.280 the end. When the news came down. You read the 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:53.480 press release from the league stating what was going on 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:56.960 in Oklahoma City and what needed to happen for the 0:07:56.960 --> 0:07:59.800 remainder of the night. You and I were doing this 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:03.760 from inside the arena pregame. We talked about it in 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:06.360 the final segment just a little bit. And if you 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:10.000 also remember Ben Simmons was just dealing with the back injury, right, 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:13.600 so he was out and we were wondering, well, I 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:19.160 openly wonder if you know, a week or two shut 0:08:19.160 --> 0:08:21.320 down the NBA season to get this thing under control 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:24.480 wouldn't be too bad to make sure that we're ready 0:08:24.480 --> 0:08:28.119 for the postseason run. A little did we know that 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:30.800 we would have to reconvene inside of a bubble in 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:34.520 Orlando and fans would no longer be in the building. 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:37.200 The final thing I remember in Laren I'm sure you 0:08:37.280 --> 0:08:42.200 remember this too, is we talked about, all right, they're 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:44.760 on the road on Friday, after this Wednesday game against 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:49.880 Detroit Saturday, we had already started to hear there's a 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:51.840 chance that there would be no fans in the building. 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:54.720 But the game where we played on Saturday, sous I 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:58.520 remember saying to you, man, I think I might want 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:03.559 to come just to see what it's like in an 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:07.400 NBA game. And we did not have a chance at 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:09.880 that time, but we had a chance this season as 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:11.920 we started off with no fans in the building. So 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:16.280 that's what I remember. I don't like it, and I 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:19.320 can't stand that we're here, but hopefully we get things 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:23.080 back to normal. Was close to normal was possible very soon. 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:28.240 So those are my memories starting from March eleventh, which 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:33.000 was a Wednesday against the Detroit Pistons. I remember the 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:35.960 first few weeks of content that we had to do 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:39.520 during the shutdown, so probably between March eleventh and March 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:43.320 twenty fifth. I remember saying that I was struggling to 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:45.360 wrap my head around everything that was going on. Like 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:47.440 that felt like the best way to articulate how I 0:09:47.480 --> 0:09:49.640 was feeling that I couldn't wrap my head around what 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:52.120 was going on. And now we're a year into it, 0:09:52.679 --> 0:09:55.840 and I still really can't wrap my head around everything 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:59.440 that's gone on, honestly, and I admire both of you 0:09:59.480 --> 0:10:02.160 for all positivity that you're bringing to the table. Selt, 0:10:02.280 --> 0:10:04.439 especially you, and I spoke a little bit earlier about 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:07.160 about maintaining a positive attitude and how important that is 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:10.320 during a time like this. I don't think I've handled 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:12.480 it quite as well as you guys have. I really 0:10:12.520 --> 0:10:17.400 miss what life looked like before this. I miss my 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:22.559 family is in Houston. My closest friends are far west 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:24.560 from from where we are right now, So I just 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:29.400 miss seeing my people. Professionally, I miss seeing my people. 0:10:29.520 --> 0:10:32.800 I love getting to interact with our players and our 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:36.360 coaching staff and my colleagues. I mean, I haven't even 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:39.319 met this coaching staff in person, which is crazy when 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:42.320 you look back at what my job looked like a 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:45.200 year ago, to have never met I mean, I met 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:50.720 Dave Yeager over zoom with thirty other reporters last night 0:10:50.800 --> 0:10:53.680 in Chicago because he was filling in for a non 0:10:53.760 --> 0:10:58.920 COVID related illness sale doc rivers and that was really interesting. 0:10:58.920 --> 0:11:01.040 I mean, this staff has been in place for almost 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:04.240 six months now and we haven't met them, so I 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:08.040 really miss seeing people in person. I wish that the 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:10.880 three of us could do this in person. I feel 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:12.439 that the light at the end of the tunnel has 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:14.720 been turned on, which is such a relief. I don't 0:11:14.720 --> 0:11:17.000 know how quickly we're approaching it, but for a while 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:20.719 it wasn't even turned on. And I'm glad that it 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:22.840 looks like things are starting to trend in a positive 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:25.600 direction after what's just been a really awful year for 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:28.680 a lot of people. But I am glad that that 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:30.280 we get to share this time and that we get 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:32.839 to work in jobs that are so much fun as 0:11:32.840 --> 0:11:36.240 opposed to I mean this year especially, you see the 0:11:36.280 --> 0:11:39.040 people that have real careers, right, the folks that are 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:41.480 that were on the front lines while while I was 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:44.959 covering the bubble. I mean, like it really puts things 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:48.200 in perspective. So shouts to those people. Gratitude to those people, 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:50.560 Gratitude to you guys, and hopefully we can start moving 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:54.160 towards that light. The one thing that's amazing is how 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:57.360 quickly and devon you touch upon this. It went from 0:11:57.360 --> 0:12:00.280 maybe this is only going to be a shutdown for 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:04.480 a week, couple weeks, maybe a month, to yeah, when 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:06.120 is it ever going to end? What is the end 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:09.920 of this tunnel? But somehow there are parts of life 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:15.000 that did resume and have been carried out differently but 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:17.720 still giving us something. And I think, depending on how 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:20.640 you look at things, the NBA and professional sports is 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:23.480 one of those things where for people who do have 0:12:23.559 --> 0:12:26.079 to deal with and I'm only speaking for myself, a 0:12:26.160 --> 0:12:28.080 lot more serious stuff on a day to day than 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:33.559 I do, this game sport can be a diversion, a distraction, 0:12:34.080 --> 0:12:37.480 and I definitely feel like the longer all of this 0:12:37.640 --> 0:12:41.040 lingered and hung over us, the more necessary it was 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:44.719 to have these sorts of things in our lives we 0:12:44.720 --> 0:12:47.559 can look forward to and feel good about and listen, 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:50.800 I think I do think that we're just only speaking 0:12:50.880 --> 0:12:53.640 as far as like NBA stuff here on this podcast, 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:56.640 But like all right, players in the league, sixer is 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:58.520 like shout out, like I'm saying, I know they get 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:01.199 paid a lot, but like this is human issue stuff. 0:13:01.240 --> 0:13:04.400 Good for the players, the coaches, everyone, like they've put 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:07.680 themselves at risk, especially in this restarted the start to 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:10.000 the twenty twenty twenty one season differ than the bubble 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:13.679 traveling around all that stuff. Like everyone's for the most part, 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:16.680 had to make sacrifices regardless of what it is that 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:18.040 you do. And I think that you can point to 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:22.920 examples in every professional walk of life and certainly local 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:25.760 to the NBA and the seventy six ers itself. Yep. 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:28.120 I never thought we would be in this position for 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:32.480 this long and just having to live through it. And 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:35.080 trust me, Lauren, You're not alone with how you were feeling. 0:13:35.880 --> 0:13:38.840 It's just kind of accepted for what it is and 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:41.959 just try to keep pushing forward because of the other part, 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:45.160 which is the personal part of it, and obviously so 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:48.920 many people that have been affected by the professional side 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:52.800 of things as well. So I'm glad that we have 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:55.200 still been able to do this despite the fact that 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:57.320 we are not able to be face to face, but 0:13:57.720 --> 0:13:59.600 I look forward to the time that we are able 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:01.760 to gel back in there and through these face to 0:14:01.840 --> 0:14:04.720 face Yeah, it's interesting. I feel like my perspective on 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:07.120 everything has changed over the last year or so. But 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:11.880 it's really hard to balance optimism and gratitude for all 0:14:11.920 --> 0:14:14.760 that we can still have as as people with jobs 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:18.960 and with homes, And I mean like that I can't 0:14:19.080 --> 0:14:22.720 express my gratitude enough while also understanding how hard this 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:25.160 has been for people, for people's physical health, for people's 0:14:25.200 --> 0:14:28.600 mental health. You want to be optimistic, you want to 0:14:28.600 --> 0:14:30.640 be positive, but you also need to be understanding of 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:33.320 what people have gone through. I mean, again, I said 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:35.280 it already, but like, it's just so hard to wrap 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:38.760 your head around everything that's happened and how it's impacted 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:43.680 every individual person on this planet literally. So yeah, now 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:46.680 we're getting a little far from the Sixers for my liking. 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:50.360 But but I appreciate you guys being willing to have 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:52.920 a talk like this, no doubt. Yeah, I was scrolling 0:14:52.960 --> 0:14:55.600 through my phone and I'd forgotten that I took a 0:14:55.680 --> 0:14:58.040 video of I think it was the final seconds of 0:14:58.080 --> 0:14:59.960 the game they played against the Pistons. Who can forget 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:04.120 at the great dunk that Mike Scott had in that game, 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:08.520 But yeah, I recorded, I guess for whatever reason, probably 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:10.320 anticipating that it might be the last time we'd be 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:12.880 in the building for a while with fans just the 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:14.960 final twenty seconds this time around off the clock from 0:15:14.960 --> 0:15:17.840 the win over the Pistons last March eleventh, And it's 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:20.320 amazing how I did remember feeling like there were so 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:23.560 few fans relative to the sellout after sellout after sellout 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:26.720 crowds the Sixers brought in and seeing the building half full, 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:28.640 and it was like, Wow, I haven't seen that since 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:33.160 like maybe the ten win season. But then looking at 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:36.240 it now and being like, geez, that would be consider 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:40.280 a sellout of all sellouts under our current worldview, you know, 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:42.360 to have that many people in there. But I am 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:46.240 happy for the fans that they've had this to look 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:48.080 forward to. And I know that for some fans it's 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:50.000 going to be a really big deal to get back 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:53.960 into the Center on Sunday when the Spurs come to town. 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:57.440 I know there's probably a school of thought that's like, well, 0:15:57.440 --> 0:16:01.480 how loud can three thousand, one hundred fans b But 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:04.240 I would put my money on the seventy six Ers 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:08.840 fans being the most energized and engaged thirty one hundred 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:11.600 or fifteen percent capacity of a building that you could 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:13.240 find in the NBA, So I think that'll be a 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:19.360 really neat dynamic on Sunday. Moving on, we dove deep. 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:22.160 That was deep, like that was it was the deep 0:16:22.200 --> 0:16:24.400 that might be some of the deepest of the deep. 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:28.120 I felt cleansing in part for me somewhat. Mostly it 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:31.480 was helpful, you know, else was helpful seeing the great run. 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:35.720 How about this the old pandemic segue into talking about 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:40.480 the G League bubble. It's a podcasting fundamental skill that 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:43.720 you have to have. Segueing from pandemic to G League talk. 0:16:44.480 --> 0:16:48.280 Delaware Bluecoats had a great run in Orlando. Awesome to 0:16:48.360 --> 0:16:51.160 follow that filled some nights from me during the All 0:16:51.200 --> 0:16:53.480 Star break. That might be too revealing of an insight 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:56.080 into what type of life I have, even when the 0:16:56.120 --> 0:16:58.440 sport is supposed to be on break. But it was 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:02.520 really enjoyable seeing the boost Isaiah Joe gave the squad 0:17:02.960 --> 0:17:05.120 and listen. I think that when you look at what 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:08.120 a development program is supposed to be, the most important 0:17:08.119 --> 0:17:11.440 thing is development. But if you can win while also 0:17:11.560 --> 0:17:14.840 doing that, then that's the holy Grail and the Blue 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:17.520 Coach were able to strike that balance in a great 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:19.480 way over the last couple of weeks down in that 0:17:19.560 --> 0:17:22.920 Orlando bubble. Yeah, that is and to see, as you said, 0:17:22.920 --> 0:17:26.480 Isaiah Joe just to go fit in seamlessly with the team, 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:30.480 Paul Ree MVP level play as they talked about there, 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:33.400 the coach that coach Connor Johnson, the work that he's 0:17:33.440 --> 0:17:36.240 been able to do, and just implementing everything with all 0:17:36.240 --> 0:17:39.480 of those players and they have the team has different 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:43.440 types of players, so it all just blends very well. 0:17:43.760 --> 0:17:46.760 And once you start winning, as we know, the thing 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:49.399 just becomes contagious and you buy into your roles and 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:52.280 you understand what needs to happen. And even when Isaiah 0:17:52.359 --> 0:17:54.919 Joe comes to the team and he joins in the bubble, 0:17:55.320 --> 0:17:57.080 and I'm sure he wanted to, you know, but he 0:17:57.119 --> 0:17:58.480 got to work in. He wanted to be with the 0:17:58.480 --> 0:18:00.240 big club, but he got to work in. It really 0:18:00.280 --> 0:18:03.520 miss any time. So that's what was important. And for 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:06.080 them to make the run that they have in Orlando 0:18:06.240 --> 0:18:10.440 and build their chemistry and the camaraderie that they've had, 0:18:11.480 --> 0:18:14.080 it's really good to see and it only helps with 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:18.520 the overall program, the organization of the seventy sixers and 0:18:18.600 --> 0:18:23.199 what the lower tier players could eventually turn into with 0:18:23.760 --> 0:18:26.159 smaller things when they look back to a situation in 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:30.080 a place like this. So good on them for the 0:18:30.119 --> 0:18:32.560 work that they did. And they entertained this as well, 0:18:33.240 --> 0:18:35.440 no doubt about it. And it was really cool to 0:18:35.480 --> 0:18:37.880 see Isaiah Joe go down there, really cool to see 0:18:37.920 --> 0:18:41.639 Paul Reid just absolutely dominate the G League bubble or 0:18:41.680 --> 0:18:44.719 the gubble as they're calling it. It's been awesome. And 0:18:44.760 --> 0:18:48.040 then I'll add it was really cool to ask both 0:18:48.080 --> 0:18:50.480 Daveyager and Danny Green. I asked them about it on 0:18:50.760 --> 0:18:53.480 Wednesday night in Chicago, and they said that they're watching, 0:18:53.560 --> 0:18:58.520 They're excited for these guys. They've they've enjoyed watching them succeed. 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:02.320 I know that Isaiah and Paul and probably Rajon Tucker 0:19:02.320 --> 0:19:04.240 as well, but Isaiah and Paul specifically still in the 0:19:04.280 --> 0:19:07.800 group chat with the upper team, I guess you'd say. 0:19:08.000 --> 0:19:10.120 And it's been cool to see how these teams really 0:19:10.119 --> 0:19:12.960 do support each other and how successful this system that 0:19:13.480 --> 0:19:15.280 the team has really put a lot of emphasis on 0:19:15.320 --> 0:19:18.040 over the last few years, how successful this system has become. 0:19:18.880 --> 0:19:22.359 The impressive thing is is that, yes, to win at 0:19:22.400 --> 0:19:24.199 the level of the Blue Coats sit down there, it 0:19:24.240 --> 0:19:26.959 requires team basketball and you need to play team basketball. 0:19:27.320 --> 0:19:29.320 But I also feel like a lot of these G 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:31.840 League teams, the Blue Coats being one of them, they 0:19:31.880 --> 0:19:33.840 don't make a secret about who some of the top 0:19:33.880 --> 0:19:36.240 priority guys are. And of course you're talking about two 0:19:36.280 --> 0:19:38.840 way players like Read and Ray John Tucker. And when 0:19:38.840 --> 0:19:41.679 you send Isaiah Joe down there, he's taken someone's minutes. 0:19:42.160 --> 0:19:44.679 He's in there, and he is a featured part of 0:19:44.720 --> 0:19:47.120 what the Blue Coats are doing, So he's taking someone 0:19:47.200 --> 0:19:49.960 minutes away. Yet at the same time they were able 0:19:49.960 --> 0:19:53.440 to come together and go on this great push towards 0:19:53.560 --> 0:19:58.960 a championship. As far as Paul Reid is concerned, obviously, 0:19:58.960 --> 0:20:01.560 the question everyone asks, if he puts up numbers like that, 0:20:01.680 --> 0:20:03.879 what can you do at the NBA level? What do 0:20:03.920 --> 0:20:07.400 you think? I'm still a little unsure as of right now. 0:20:07.840 --> 0:20:10.520 He did struggle a bit when he had the opportunity 0:20:10.520 --> 0:20:13.280 to play early on in the season, when so many 0:20:13.280 --> 0:20:17.400 players miss time due to the coronavirus. You know, Hitt 0:20:17.440 --> 0:20:19.960 in the locker room, there are a few weeks back. 0:20:21.080 --> 0:20:25.840 It's encouraging to see him play. I just don't I'm 0:20:25.880 --> 0:20:28.680 just not sure until we actually see him do it 0:20:29.400 --> 0:20:32.040 on the NBA level, I still have, you know, just 0:20:32.080 --> 0:20:33.879 a little bit of questions. He's still a young player. 0:20:34.359 --> 0:20:36.800 There's a lot to it. We're talking about a second 0:20:36.800 --> 0:20:39.280 half run with the top team in the Eastern Conference 0:20:39.720 --> 0:20:42.400 where you want to see the number one seed lockdown. 0:20:42.520 --> 0:20:44.159 You don't want to fall too far down in the 0:20:44.240 --> 0:20:47.120 event that it does happen to go on a backwards 0:20:47.119 --> 0:20:50.280