WEBVTT - Mailbag Monday | Memorable Moments, Playoff Forecast 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.640 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers Podcast network 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:09.400 search seventy Sixers Podcast wherever you get your pods. The 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:12.800 irregular season has come and gone. There is a lot 0:00:12.960 --> 0:00:16.360 to look back on and appreciate. My favorite moment from 0:00:16.400 --> 0:00:19.080 the season was when John b went down for that tresh. 0:00:19.160 --> 0:00:21.960 That just showed that this team is ready to compete 0:00:22.079 --> 0:00:24.279 and that they can step up when someone goes down. 0:00:24.680 --> 0:00:27.240 But we also look ahead and take the pulse from 0:00:27.240 --> 0:00:29.320 you to fans on what to expect in the opening 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:32.559 round of the playoffs. I would love to see us 0:00:32.720 --> 0:00:36.239 play the Celtics in the first round. I think we 0:00:36.360 --> 0:00:40.760 have some unfinished business. Your DMS, mentions and voicemails. We 0:00:40.800 --> 0:00:43.000 do it each and every week right here on mail 0:00:43.280 --> 0:00:52.520 Bag Monday. It is a moving on to the playoffs 0:00:52.640 --> 0:00:58.920 edition of mail Bag Monday. Yes, I'm fired up, Lauren Rosen. 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:01.760 I'm ready. I've been looking forward to this for a 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:05.000 long time. I'm gonna be honest. I hate to sound 0:01:05.000 --> 0:01:07.840 like this because what we do, it's not digging ditches. 0:01:08.720 --> 0:01:11.119 I've been ready for the playoffs for a long time, 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:15.240 A long time, like maybe three weeks time. I know 0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:17.440 you have. I'm excited now you have, and I have 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:21.720 kind of been savoring these last regular season moments. I 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:24.839 think last night's game was a perfect example. I love 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:28.360 this Sixer's bench and reserve unit and the vibes that 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:30.240 they bring, and it was just nice to see them 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:33.000 I'll get a chance to shine, and to have all 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:35.920 of the starters who weren't playing on the bench just 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:39.039 cheering for them, just like everybody was happy. It was 0:01:39.160 --> 0:01:41.839 really nice, and I too, am very much looking forward 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:45.479 to seeing that situation sort of reversed again in the playoffs. 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:48.160 But for me, last night just felt like a nice 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:49.840 like I don't know how to explain it, Like there's 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:53.560 something nostalgic about about these last couple of games, and 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:56.200 I really enjoyed it. So I'm with you, but I'm 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:58.920 also in a different I don't know, I'm mostly with you. 0:01:59.080 --> 0:02:01.080 It was a situation or five months ago, if you 0:02:01.120 --> 0:02:03.240 had looked at a game with those players starting, you 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:05.360 might be like, you, well, what are we gonna get here? 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:09.640 But with the benefit of five months time passing, you've 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:13.320 gotten to see the maturation of my how Tyrese Maxie 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:15.960 has grown up, my look at Paul Reid and how 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:19.080 much he's developed Isaiah Joe the potential he has, so 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:21.160 it was great. It was an awesome way for some 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:23.560 of the younger guys on this team, some of who 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:27.000 might have roles of substance in the postseason, some of 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:30.240 who might not get a chance Rayjon Tucker two way player, 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:33.120 have a chance to get out there, show what they've 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:35.960 got and head into a time of year where playing 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:38.640 time is going to be tighter on a really good note. So, 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:41.200 for instance, if that's the last we see in extended 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:43.760 minutes of Isaiah Joe for this season, he can go 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:47.560 into the offseason on a great note because seventy six 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:51.359 ers bench whooped up on the magic Anthony Tolliver three 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:54.280 to four from three and ye sort of this not 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:56.240 I don't want to say symbolic leader, but maybe just 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:58.080 because we don't see them play together as much, it 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:00.200 feels a little bit symbolic that he's the one it's 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:02.720 leading that low minute group in practice. Because they are 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:05.600 so young and he's such a veteran on eleven different 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:08.280 NBA teams, he's really taken those guys under his wing 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:09.640 in a way that we don't get to see as 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:12.480 fans and a viewers. And so it was cool to 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:15.760 see him succeed, cool to see that whole group succeed together. 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:19.120 One nugget, And I'm sure that people that listen want 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:20.840 to hear us talk about other things, but I want 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:23.400 to do one nugget that I really appreciated from postgame 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:25.760 last night, Doc Rivers explained that he went into the 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:27.600 locker room and he explained to the guys that the 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:31.079 starters were not going to be active absent Matis' thible 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:33.239 as well, so there was a lot of opportunity for 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:35.000 the guys in that low minute group. And he said, 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:37.920 immediately they jumped to okay, like how can we win? 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:40.720 Like they wanted to win the game. And I'll remind 0:03:40.760 --> 0:03:42.680 everybody that they did not need to win that game. 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:44.720 The Sixers had locked up the one seed. That's why 0:03:44.880 --> 0:03:48.560 a lot of players were likely inactive, But they wanted 0:03:48.600 --> 0:03:51.200 to win that game, and they paid attention and they 0:03:51.200 --> 0:03:53.120 were really engaged in the huddles, and it was just 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:56.160 really cool to watch them get as excited as they 0:03:56.200 --> 0:03:58.880 were about what was ultimately a meaningless game. It was 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:01.520 so much fun. It was a very wholesome way to 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:04.000 wrap up what has been a special season for the 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:06.960 seventy six ers, forty nine, and twenty three, the eleventh 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:11.520 best winning percentage for a season in franchise history. Number 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:14.320 one seed obviously, a first since two thousand and one, 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:18.159 first Atlantic Division title since two thousand and one. And 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:20.520 I felt like once the game ended Lauren on Sunday night, 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:23.599 in an unexpected way, I was kind of like, you 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:26.000 know what, this was really cool. We got to see 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:32.000 something special, memorable. I wasn't expecting to, in my hardened, 0:04:32.279 --> 0:04:34.640 jaded ways, as someone who's been doing this for a 0:04:34.640 --> 0:04:38.280 while now, I wasn't expecting to feel an uplifting sense 0:04:38.320 --> 0:04:40.080 of closure at the end of the regular season, like 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:44.080 we got to witness something neat and now I'm just 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:48.360 looking full speed ahead to what waits in the playoffs. 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:52.120 Was interesting. Intensity obviously ratchets up in the playoffs, and 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:54.039 I don't know if we're going to be wistful for 0:04:54.120 --> 0:04:55.960 the days where the games didn't quite mean as much 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:58.360 and everybody was relaxed and enjoying themselves. But there was 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:00.240 a group of us that spoke at the arena last 0:05:00.320 --> 0:05:03.880 night about not necessarily missing the time. I definitely wouldn't 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:06.359 say that anyone misses the early days of the season 0:05:06.360 --> 0:05:08.440 where there were no fans, but there was a different 0:05:08.520 --> 0:05:12.039 vibe to that phase of just staff and players and 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:15.040 just making it work and trying to create a home 0:05:15.080 --> 0:05:18.400 court environment that didn't quite exist to the way that 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:21.000 anyone was used to. And of course I don't want 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:23.400 to go back to that. I way prefer having fans 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:24.880 and in the playoffs, I'm not going to want to 0:05:24.920 --> 0:05:26.840 go back to the regular season. But there have been 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:29.599 some distinct phases of the season that have been uniquely delightful, 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:33.760 and hopefully we're getting ready for another phase that could 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:36.440 be uniquely delightful as well. We are going to jump 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:38.640 into the mail bag in just a few moments some 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:42.520 great voicemails for this week that I cannot wait to play, 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:44.880 but thought long would be helpful to just set the 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:47.640 scene for what couldn't lie ahead. For the seventy six ers. 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:49.880 We don't really know. We know that the number one seed, 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:51.800 we know they're going to be playing in the playoffs. 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:56.159 As for who they face when we know where, we 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:59.159 just don't know the who or the when. First round 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:01.479 game opener for that series is either going to be 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:04.440 Saturday or Sunday, and of course the first round opponent 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:08.080 could be some combination of either the seven seed Boston Celtics, 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:11.960 eight seed Washington Wizards, nine seed Indiana Pacers, or the 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:15.320 ten seed Charlotte Hornets. The good news is the Sixers 0:06:15.320 --> 0:06:18.400 have gone to combined eleven and one against those four 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:21.120 teams this year. And of course that one against the 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:23.920 Pacers a couple weeks or how a couple days ago, 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:26.200 I don't know. They all run together, could be years 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:28.600 at this point. Yes, was it was a somewhat strange 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:32.000 situation with I don't know that one was just a 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:34.560 weird a weirdo game, I would say, And so I do. 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:36.880 I do think that the way that the team has 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:39.000 performed against these teams all season long should be heartening. 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:41.360 I know that I didn't submit to the mail bag, 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:44.839 and apparently I should have. Dare I ask, do you 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:47.880 have a preference among those four teams of who you 0:06:47.920 --> 0:06:51.680 see in the playoffs, whether for matchup value or entertainment value. 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:53.840 So that is a question we asked for the mail bag. 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:59.720 Some people did chime in on that. I would say 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:09.200 probably the Charlotte Hornets. If we're looking at most favorable matchup, 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:11.800 I think, and I'm gonna be honest, I haven't done 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:14.640 a full deep dive into all four teams yet. We 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:17.880 recently saw the Pacers. I think that they can be 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:20.920 challenging at times. I think a player like carrousel verdis 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:24.840 shown that he can be a tricky matchup. Obviously, Demanta 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:29.080 Sabonis is awesome. Celtics won't have Jaylen Brown, but they 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:32.600 will have Jason Tatum and Kemba Walker. Got to respect 0:07:32.600 --> 0:07:36.200 those guys. Not really concerned about Tristan Thompson and the 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:38.800 way that he would go up against Joel Embiid. I 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:40.720 just look at the Hornets. You know, there's oh and 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:46.520 then the Wizards. Obviously you have two veteran studs in 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:49.640 the backcourt in Beale and Westbrook, and they're a team 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:52.560 that I think could make things interesting and challenging and 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:57.040 perhaps draw out a series. But Charlotte, I just think 0:07:57.080 --> 0:07:59.680 that's a team that Joe can dominate. And if Joe's dominating, 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:03.440 look out. I'm with you, I think matchup wise, I agree. 0:08:03.480 --> 0:08:05.000 I would love to see the Hornets come out of 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:11.440 this thing, purely from a poetic perspective, not my preference 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:13.640 as someone that would like for the Sixers to win. 0:08:14.720 --> 0:08:17.440 How cool would it be to get Boston and just 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:19.680 knock them out in the first round. That's what I 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:22.520 want from a from a plot perspective, not what I 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:26.800 want from like a realism person whose checks are cut 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:29.600 by the sixers perspective. I like we your heads at 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:33.160 and it happens to be in a similar space as 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:36.720 one of our callers. So without further ado, let us 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:43.640 get two the mailbag. You have one new message. How 0:08:43.679 --> 0:08:46.079 do you participate in mailbag Monday? A couple of ways. 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:49.080 Our preferred method is you give us a call on 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:51.880 the good old podline two five four zero three seven 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:55.040 six three seven two on five four zero three pods. 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:59.440 Leave us a message anytime day, night, weekday, weekend, in season, 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:01.960 out a season with your seventy sixers thought, question or take. 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:05.400 We respond and we send you swag. We're going to 0:09:05.440 --> 0:09:09.480 begin and tip off with this call. Hi, my name's Kara, 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:13.960 and I would love to see us play the Celtics 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:17.800 in the first round. I think we have some unfinished 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:20.720 business and my favorite wins are the ones where we 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:24.680 just dominate them. Kara and Lauren m Rosen on the 0:09:24.720 --> 0:09:28.800 same postseason wavelength, just as a person that's covered this 0:09:28.880 --> 0:09:32.079 league for a few years now, and without the sixers, 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:36.800 it would be from a storytelling perspective, very strong. I 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:39.600 will just clarify once again though, that it's not necessarily 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:41.600 my preference if I was going to pick the matchup, 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:44.360 which is a whole separate conversation Celts and again now 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:46.000 I feel like I should have just been in the mailbag. 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:48.640 But there's some chatter about potential changes to the postseason, 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:50.960 as we continued beforeward, in the league continues to experiment, 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:53.120 which they're doing with the play and tournament. What do 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:56.920 you think about the one seed choosing their opponent between 0:09:57.000 --> 0:09:59.080 the seven and the eighth that comes out, because that's 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:02.120 in the chattermill. I'm gonna stay out of that mill. 0:10:02.880 --> 0:10:06.760 I think it chalks up the way it chalks up. Yeah, 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:09.520 I don't know if I wouldn't, I don't know if 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:11.319 I don't think so that's not for me. I think 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:15.320 it's you travel the road that gets paved in front 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:18.240 of you. I love the play in tournament. I love that. 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:21.079 I think that's a tremendous wrinkle. Tom again is set 0:10:21.120 --> 0:10:23.400 on the broadcast on Sunday. It adds a little spice, 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:28.000 and I agree choosing your own opponent. I don't know. 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:30.320 I like choose your own adventure books, not choose your 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:33.760 own playoff opponents. So I'm gonna go I'm gonna come 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:35.400 up against you here, and I'll do it quickly because 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:36.880 I know this isn't one of the topics that we 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:41.000 planned to cover. But I think the fact that the 0:10:41.080 --> 0:10:43.360 Sixers have earned this one seed, but they have to 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:46.480 wait out this week now of practice unaware of exactly 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:49.800 who they're going to face, that almost feels like a 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:52.800 like a like a weird disadvantage to having gotten the 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:55.640 one seed. And I think that being able to choose 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:57.920 your opponent once you get through the play and tournament 0:10:57.920 --> 0:11:00.320 and there are going to be two options be an 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:04.199 interesting cherry on top of getting the one seed. Thanks 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:06.760 for waiting for us to figure this out, mister one seed. 0:11:07.280 --> 0:11:09.840 Now you get to choose your own destiny. I think 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:11.520 that it's an interesting wrinkle. I don't think it's going 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:13.920 to happen, but if I had to vote, I would 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:15.360 be down. I think it would be interesting and it 0:11:15.360 --> 0:11:18.280 would help obviously, Like the Sixers will prepare for all 0:11:18.280 --> 0:11:21.040 four opponents all week long, and there will be really 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:23.840 really smart people in charge of scouting all four opponents 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:27.000 who aren't me. But I like the idea of knowing 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:28.600 that if we have to choose between A and B 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:30.840 or B and C or C and D or DNA, 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:33.480 this is who we would choose. And this is why 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:35.760 like I just I don't know. I that's a wrinkle 0:11:35.800 --> 0:11:37.400 that I would be excited about. That's a little extra 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:40.760 spice that I would put on my dish. I might 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:42.600 have missed this. So are we still saying that the 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:47.560 plane stipulation exists? You just get to choose the two 0:11:47.600 --> 0:11:51.760 teams that emerge, so they can between the two that emerge, 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:54.720 the one seed gets to pick which one they want. Right, 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:56.800 That's what I thought you So still there's still a 0:11:56.840 --> 0:11:59.640 certain degree of having to wait, right, Like, you won't 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:02.800 really have to You won't really start to get a 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:04.800 defined sense of who could be until after the first 0:12:04.880 --> 0:12:09.360 round of playing games on Tuesday, Right, So there's still 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:11.160 a little bit of great day you could know that 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:13.120 there's that there's one that you won't pick, you know 0:12:13.120 --> 0:12:14.400 what I mean, Because if you get down with who 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:18.800 you there's one you don't have to prep for. No, 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:21.560 it's a thought worthy it's a thought worthy point that 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:25.200 you raise. I don't disagree with the with the line 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:28.880 of thought on that, with a thinking behind it, I think, listen, 0:12:29.360 --> 0:12:34.360 you just I'm a I may plug the directions into Google, 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:37.080 and I just I follow it. I follow what it 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:40.160 spits out, and I trust her that she's going to 0:12:40.200 --> 0:12:42.679 give me the shortest and most efficient route. That the 0:12:42.760 --> 0:12:44.680 route that I take is the route that's meant to be. 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:48.200 So I think that's where I fall on this. You 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:50.959 might not be surprised to learn, but sometimes I ignore 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:53.520 Google and I want to do it my way, and 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:57.080 I take pride in not using her and just figuring 0:12:57.120 --> 0:13:02.040 it out. So yeah, anyway, I like that for those wondering, 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:04.080 I can drive in Philadelphia without a GPS. Now. It 0:13:04.080 --> 0:13:05.600 only took me three years, but I can do it. 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:07.959 I like this thought. I'm glad that you brought this up. 0:13:08.000 --> 0:13:12.200 This is a good postseason playing tournament format. Aside, I 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:14.559 need to start calling into the mail bag apparently, Yeah, 0:13:14.600 --> 0:13:16.880 I want to. Can't. I can't just abuse my power 0:13:16.960 --> 0:13:19.280 like this just because I have the microphone. We can 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:22.240 put a filter on your voice and then it'll sound 0:13:22.280 --> 0:13:28.320 like not host Lauren Rosen, but caller Lauren Roser. Okay, sorry, 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:33.080 back to the more important callers. Continuing on with the podline, 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:37.760 you have one new message. Hello, it's Alexia. I am 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:41.160 a huge seventy six six fan. Twelve year old me 0:13:41.440 --> 0:13:45.160 is just so excited that the Sixers are the number 0:13:45.240 --> 0:13:47.480 one seed in the East. I can't wait to see 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:50.040 what they do in the playoffs. I don't have one 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:53.600 special favorite moment from the season. I'll just give five 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:57.160 quick things. So One, I was excited about Tobias and 0:13:57.320 --> 0:14:01.679 his almost complete turnaround from previous previous season. He was 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:06.240 amazing this year. Two, mattis being an absolute test in 0:14:06.280 --> 0:14:10.240 a hound on defense. I always was excited to see 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:14.080 him on the floor. Three the addition of Maxie. I 0:14:14.120 --> 0:14:16.120 know he didn't get a lot of playing time just 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:18.319 because of the starters that we have on the team, 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:20.760 but I think he has been a great addition to 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:23.040 the team. I'm excited to see what he does in 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:27.680 the future. And then lastly, Ben just being Ben and 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:33.120 being indeed, those two guys are amazing and proved why 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:36.680 they can play together. Unlike when people say they can't 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:38.880 play together, there are main thames. I can't wait to 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:42.520 see what they do this this time in the playoffs. 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:45.760 I think they're going to be amazing, and I'm hoping 0:14:45.800 --> 0:14:49.080 that Unlike in two thousand and one when we didn't 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:51.560 win the championship, I'm hoping that we win this season. 0:14:51.680 --> 0:14:56.440 I have faith and I believe a sixer. No one 0:14:56.480 --> 0:15:02.120 can see me, but I am standing and applauding that voicemail. 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:06.320 We've had amazing voicemails this season that might get top honors. 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:11.720 What thoroughness, what comprehensive points made by Alexia? I had 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:14.520 to take notes. I loved it. Yeah, woman after my 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:17.760 own heart. With that analysis, she covered some key plot 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:21.920 points she has. She's watching this team and she's watching closely, 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:24.120 so I appreciate it. I don't even have anything to add. 0:15:24.200 --> 0:15:26.360 That was just a wonderful voicemail, and I believe that 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:29.600 she's correct in all five of her assertions. Let's quickly 0:15:29.680 --> 0:15:32.280 hit upon the five points that Alexia brought up, because 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:35.080 I think they're all topical, impertinent to the conversation surrounding 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:37.840 this team. Do you take notes? I literally took notes. 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:44.840 She led with Tobias his complete turnaround. Tobias had an 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:48.040 amazing season. There was no one in the league this season, 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:51.720 according to stat Head and Basketball Reference that put up 0:15:51.720 --> 0:15:53.920 the splits that he did in terms of points per game, 0:15:54.000 --> 0:15:56.720 rebounds per game, and assist per game while combined with 0:15:56.760 --> 0:16:00.000 his overall field goal shooting percentage, three point shooting percentage, 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:02.960 and free throw percentage. No one in the entire league 0:16:03.280 --> 0:16:05.840 hit his stat minimums and the only players in league 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:09.960 history to have done what he has done Kevin Durant, 0:16:10.280 --> 0:16:14.360 Dirk Navitsky, Larry Bird, Tobias Harris. Welcome to the club. 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:19.720 Incredible Dare I say all star caliber levels of productivity 0:16:19.760 --> 0:16:26.960 and efficiency? Thank you? And then we have Natis Styble, 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:29.960 absolute pest and hound. Yes, I think he's going to 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:33.000 come up big in the playoffs. As far as a 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:35.520 specialist role for the seventy six ers. Let's just hope 0:16:35.520 --> 0:16:37.960 that hand gets right and clearly need to get him 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:39.560 back out on the court because he can't be sitting 0:16:39.600 --> 0:16:41.840 there covered in towels for any more games. That was 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:45.920 what was? That was? It was okay. I will say 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:47.960 as someone that was in the arena last night, it 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:51.760 was so cold in there, so normally I'm not one 0:16:51.840 --> 0:16:56.000 to really promote all the meme making, but it was 0:16:56.120 --> 0:16:58.040 really really cold in there, Like I wish I could 0:16:58.040 --> 0:16:59.480 have run up and down the court a couple of times, 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:01.760 just to like warm myself up a little bit. Did 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:05.440 anyone on six or Twitter? Because I'll admit it in game, 0:17:05.480 --> 0:17:07.520 I kind of go back and forth as far as 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:10.320 how much I'm following the timeline. Did anyone do a 0:17:10.960 --> 0:17:15.760 who wore it better? Tweet? Dario or Matisse? I saw 0:17:15.920 --> 0:17:18.159 like same energy, same vibes, But I don't know if 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:20.120 anyone did like a poll. You could do it. It's 0:17:20.160 --> 0:17:22.360 not too late, Okay, I might do all We're done. 0:17:22.960 --> 0:17:25.440 Dario had an amazing one a few years back against 0:17:25.440 --> 0:17:28.480 the Indiana Pacers. What was the story there? He was 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:30.800 cold as well? Or why? Yeah, he was playing in 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:36.560 the game and he just he needed to stay warm. Okay, well, 0:17:36.600 --> 0:17:39.200 I think he has to win then because Matisse wasn't playing. 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:44.640 He's an interesting dude, that Matisse. I'm going to say, 0:17:44.680 --> 0:17:47.040 as is Dario. It takes an interesting guy to get 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:50.800 under the mountain of towels on the bench. I will say, 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:53.800 it is freezing in that arena. It's so cold. I 0:17:54.240 --> 0:17:58.320 remember celts to just while we're feeling nostalgic. Back when 0:17:58.400 --> 0:18:00.920 JJ Reddick was on the team, he had a bone 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:02.560 to pick with how cold it was in the arena, 0:18:02.600 --> 0:18:05.200 and after one of I believe it was a playoff 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:09.639 game right in twenty nineteen, he explained that there was 0:18:09.680 --> 0:18:12.679 some study that said that the six Ers Arena was 0:18:12.720 --> 0:18:15.440 the coldest by like five degrees, and I kind of 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:16.800 laughed at him, and I was like, yeah, it's not 0:18:16.800 --> 0:18:19.960 that bad. This season, it has been so cold in 0:18:20.000 --> 0:18:23.040 their selves. I don't know how to explain to you. 0:18:23.040 --> 0:18:25.560 You don't need to, because I thought it was cold before. 0:18:25.720 --> 0:18:29.840 I can't imagine another level of coldness well, and I think, honestly, 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:32.080 it's probably been heightened this season because there's just fewer 0:18:32.119 --> 0:18:34.240 bodies in there and like the fact that they I 0:18:34.280 --> 0:18:36.440 don't know if they changed the thermostat, but there's certainly 0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:40.520 less human heat. It was. It was cold. We can 0:18:40.560 --> 0:18:43.080 move on, all right. Couple more points that Alexia brought 0:18:43.119 --> 0:18:45.760 up in her call edition of Maxie thirty Point Game 0:18:45.800 --> 0:18:49.119 is second thirty point games a pro on Sunday. Great 0:18:49.160 --> 0:18:52.600 note for him to go into the postseason on no 0:18:52.640 --> 0:18:55.639 doubt about it. He has seized every opportunity he's been given. 0:18:55.640 --> 0:18:58.720 And to be honest, there were a few times this 0:18:58.760 --> 0:19:00.879 season where you were surprised by how much he was 0:19:00.920 --> 0:19:04.080 able to deliver, how much lowed he could bear for 0:19:04.240 --> 0:19:06.800 the offense and for the defense. I was not even 0:19:06.840 --> 0:19:09.240 a little bit surprised with his productivity last night, and 0:19:09.240 --> 0:19:11.120 I think that speaks to the growth that he's had 0:19:11.119 --> 0:19:14.280 this season and the level of trust that folks already 0:19:14.280 --> 0:19:16.439 have in him to be as productive as he was 0:19:16.480 --> 0:19:18.840 in that final game of the regular season. He is 0:19:18.880 --> 0:19:21.160 going to be an exciting player four years to come. 0:19:21.200 --> 0:19:23.159 His teammates love him, His teammates say he's going to 0:19:23.240 --> 0:19:25.359 be one of the better guards in this league for 0:19:25.359 --> 0:19:27.600 a long time, and I am glad that he's a sixer. 0:19:28.000 --> 0:19:31.160 Final points, Alexia made Ben being Ben, Joe being Joe, 0:19:31.200 --> 0:19:36.680 and them playing together, two all stars really having fantastic seasons. 0:19:36.760 --> 0:19:40.000 Joe's season speaks for himself as far as the MVP race, 0:19:40.119 --> 0:19:42.720 and Ben obviously putting up his hand for Defensive Player 0:19:42.720 --> 0:19:47.800 of the Year honors. Facts on facts from Alexia loved it. 0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:54.280 Outstanding outstanding call. Continuing on in the good old mail 0:19:54.320 --> 0:19:58.240 bag two and five four zero three seven, six three seven, 0:19:58.720 --> 0:20:01.920 you have one new message case Seltz and Lore and them. 0:20:02.000 --> 0:20:04.639 This is cold link from Bethman, Pennsylvania calling and I 0:20:04.680 --> 0:20:07.880 just wanted to leave a message for your playoff episode. 0:20:07.920 --> 0:20:11.360 So my favorite moment from the season was when Joe 0:20:11.440 --> 0:20:13.239 Embid went down to that stretch. I want to say 0:20:13.240 --> 0:20:16.040 it was like ten games or so, and the Sixers went. 0:20:16.640 --> 0:20:18.520 If it was ten games, they went seven and three. 0:20:18.600 --> 0:20:21.240 That's what's coming to my mind, and that just showed 0:20:21.240 --> 0:20:24.159 that this team is ready to compete and that they 0:20:24.160 --> 0:20:26.880 can step up when someone goes down. Kind of expecting 0:20:26.920 --> 0:20:30.120 them to falter a bit, but they, you know, went 0:20:30.200 --> 0:20:33.120 against what I thought was going to happen and had 0:20:33.119 --> 0:20:36.919 a great stretched while Embiid was out, and they because 0:20:36.920 --> 0:20:38.800 of that. I want to say, that's why they got 0:20:38.840 --> 0:20:40.679 the number one seed. If they don't get that stretched, 0:20:40.760 --> 0:20:43.800 they don't have the number one seed. And then I'm 0:20:43.800 --> 0:20:45.879