WEBVTT - Twitter Spaces Reaction to Sixers Win in Denver 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:03.400 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers podcast network 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:18.720 search seventy Sixers Insiders wherever you get your podcasts. Alrighty, 0:00:18.800 --> 0:00:22.840 what's going on? Everybody? Welcome to another post win Sixers 0:00:22.920 --> 0:00:26.360 Twitter spaces. I'm Lauren Rosen. I'm here with Matt Murphy 0:00:26.760 --> 0:00:32.400 following the Sixers big undermanned victory against the Denver Nuggets 0:00:32.520 --> 0:00:35.760 last night in Denver. Matt, we talk a lot about 0:00:35.760 --> 0:00:39.080 impressive wins for this team, but once again, I think 0:00:39.080 --> 0:00:43.440 we might have this team's most impressive victory yet, especially 0:00:43.440 --> 0:00:46.240 when you consider the fact that the group was still 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:50.400 without Joel Embiid, without Matistable, without Danny Green. We had 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:53.599 some unlikely heroes in last night's game. Matt, what did 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:57.440 you think? I imagine, Lauren, You're running off pure adrenaline 0:00:57.560 --> 0:00:59.200 right now. Not a whole lot of time for you 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:02.440 to sleep going from Denver to Portland. But coming off 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:04.920 a win is always a good thing. It was a 0:01:05.000 --> 0:01:08.160 very impressive win for the Sixers, who are now nine 0:01:08.200 --> 0:01:11.640 and seven on the season. Denver a very good team 0:01:11.680 --> 0:01:16.280 at home, a very good shooting team on most nights, 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:19.120 but not last night. I'm getting right out of the 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:21.880 gates here with just a quick stat. Obviously we'll answer 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:25.320 some questions throughout as well, but Denver shot thirty six 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:28.640 percent as a team. That's the lowest for them since 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:35.160 December of twenty fifteen. So the Sixers transition defense looked better. Obviously, 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:38.640 not all of those shots were defended as best as 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:41.920 they could be, but they played good defense, held Denver 0:01:41.959 --> 0:01:44.160 to eighty nine points in the one oh three eighty 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:46.880 nine win, and it was a fun game. The energy 0:01:46.959 --> 0:01:49.600 seemed very high you were in the building, it seemed 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:52.240 like the players on the bench obviously, when Charles Bassey 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:55.440 comes out and starts putting up some numbers, the bench 0:01:55.560 --> 0:01:57.640 was supporting him. But they were all supporting each other. 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:00.880 Even Doc Rivers gave a fist pump when Bassi had 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:03.880 the end one. Tyrese Maxie as much energy as he 0:02:03.880 --> 0:02:06.880 plays with on the court, I thought his bench reactions 0:02:07.440 --> 0:02:10.120 were might have been even better. It was a super 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:13.280 fun game to watch and they needed it. They really 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:16.160 needed it coming off a five game losing streak. Not 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:18.480 easy to go into Denver against a very good Nuggets 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:21.200 team and win, and they did just that. Yeah, let's 0:02:21.240 --> 0:02:24.680 chat a little bit about mister rees Maxie last night 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:29.520 twenty two points, five rebounds, four assists a block, playing 0:02:29.800 --> 0:02:33.880 like dare I say, an all Star caliber player, someone 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:37.720 who has certainly talked himself into the most improved player 0:02:37.760 --> 0:02:40.720 conversation this year. Something I wanted to add about tyres 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:42.480 And by the way, before I go on this little tangent, 0:02:42.560 --> 0:02:46.160 everybody has always please send us your questions. My dms 0:02:46.200 --> 0:02:48.160 are open. We want to answer any questions that you 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:51.639 have about the team's recent activity, the road ahead, all 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:53.840 of the good things that are coming down the pike 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:56.080 for the seventy six ers, any questions or comments you 0:02:56.080 --> 0:02:58.320 guys have about last night's game. I'm not seeing people 0:02:58.440 --> 0:03:00.320 dming me and I would like to see that, so 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:04.200 please submit your questions when you get a chance. Anyway, 0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:07.760 Tyrese Maxie, something interesting about Tyrese Matt that he shared 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:10.640 with me is that he loves basketball. He loves to play. 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:14.679 He's so happy anytime he's out there. So watching Tyrese 0:03:15.080 --> 0:03:18.960 watch his teammates propel them to a victory when he 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:22.720 wasn't necessarily super needed towards the end, it just made 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:24.960 me really happy to watch him watch a win. Because 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:26.639 if he loves the game enough to still love it, 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:28.960 when you're going through hard times as the team has 0:03:28.960 --> 0:03:31.840 over the last couple of games. It was really beautiful 0:03:31.880 --> 0:03:34.080 to see how much he loves this game when the 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:36.960 team is winning and getting it done. Loved the way 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:41.360 he was celebrating. Charles. Bassie shared an interesting anecdote after 0:03:41.400 --> 0:03:44.560 the game about the fact that Charles and Tyrese played 0:03:44.560 --> 0:03:47.120 against each other in high school. There was a time 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:50.640 when Charles was ranked higher than Tyrese was, and Tyrese 0:03:50.720 --> 0:03:53.760 took that personally cool to see the fact that now 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:57.000 they're playing together, going toe to toe, and Tyrese has 0:03:57.000 --> 0:03:59.240 been able to sort of be a veteran in Charles's 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:02.160 ear community, hitting really well with Charles at just the 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:05.600 age tyres rather at the age of twenty one. His growth, 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:10.400 his maturity, his poise, and composure might be my biggest 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:16.120 storyline this season. Thus format final stat line for Tyrese 0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:21.080 Maxie twenty two points, five rebounds, four assists, zero turnovers, 0:04:21.080 --> 0:04:24.600 and Laren. We did get some questions in our replies 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:28.320 to the tweet from at sixers last night promoting this 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:31.279 Twitter spaces, so there's a few there. We'll have plenty 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:33.960 to get to. You can hit our dms. You mentioned 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:38.000 Tyrese Maxie. I mentioned his reactions from the bench in 0:04:38.040 --> 0:04:40.240 the first half when he was getting some rest and 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:44.560 celebrating teammates like Bassie, but also in the fourth quarter 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:47.000 when he was out there when I say he had 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:50.479 some extra energy. The right handed lay lay in celebration 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:52.760 where you hold the right arm up coming down court 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:56.520 after a bucket late in the game. What did you 0:04:56.560 --> 0:05:00.880 see in person from him just celebrating his teammates. I 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:03.479 just saw someone who loves his job, and it's someone 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:06.200 who loves my job. Sorry to be corny, it's really 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:09.279 cool to watch other people have the same experience, and 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:14.640 with Tyrese, he's just been so so impressive. I cannot 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:17.880 say enough good things about Tyrese. Through tough times. He 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:21.280 keeps his head up, he keeps his composure, he keeps now. 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:23.280 I think the thing that was added to his game 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:26.440 last night, which not not necessarily traditionally something you add 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:29.400 to your game, but he added leadership, he added he 0:05:29.440 --> 0:05:33.080 added voice, he added advice, and it was cool to see. 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:36.040 Of course he's grown tremendously on the floor, but at 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:38.680 just twenty one in his second year in the NBA, 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:42.040 to see him become a more vocal leader for his teammates, 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:44.560 not just for Charles, but for Tobias and for the 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:47.360 guys that he's directing on the floor. I saw a 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:49.920 little bit more of a floor general in Tyrese Maxie 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:51.800 last night, and I think that that was a really 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:54.200 exciting thing to see him add to his game as 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:59.760 his confidence rightfully continues to grow. We didn't answer rise question, 0:06:00.200 --> 0:06:04.240 did we. They replied to the tweet last night and said, 0:06:04.240 --> 0:06:07.000 what part of Tyrese Maxie's game has impressed you the most. 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:11.080 We've talked a lot about Tyrese so far, but I 0:06:11.120 --> 0:06:14.799 think we can give specific answers here. There's really two 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:19.000 directions to go in For me. I'm gonna go with 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:22.440 the turnovers or the lack thereof that I already referenced 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:26.000 zero last night. He's just a second year guard and 0:06:26.080 --> 0:06:33.159 his stats through sixteen games seventy assists, twenty one turnovers. 0:06:33.200 --> 0:06:37.080 So I think the way he protects the basketball in 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:39.720 these games and playing so many minutes and the fact 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:43.760 that he turns the ball over so infrequently is what 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:47.720 has impressed me the most so far. From Maxie. Yeah, Matt, 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:50.520 you give a quantitative stat, So I'll go qualitative and 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:52.800 I'll keep it short because I've already said this, but 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:57.440 the composure, the poise, the headiness on such a young 0:06:57.560 --> 0:07:01.120 player to step into such a challenging situation and to 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:04.239 do it with such grace and such command of the role. 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:07.600 No moment is too big for Tyrese Maxie. We saw 0:07:07.600 --> 0:07:10.040 it in the playoffs last year, and we've seen it 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:13.200 all season long. I can't wait to see him reunited 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:15.840 with Joel embat because the two of them were starting 0:07:15.880 --> 0:07:19.400 to build some really cool chemistry. And of course, with 0:07:19.480 --> 0:07:21.840 Joel out in health and safety protocols, the rest of 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:25.200 the team has had to step up in his absence. 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:28.280 But the chemistry that they were growing together, the respect 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:32.120 that you see Joel growing for Tyrese has been so impressive. 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:34.880 And something that we've heard Doc Rivers and Tyrese's teammates 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:36.960 talk a lot about is the amount of voices he's 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:40.160 had all season long. Everybody has an opinion on what 0:07:40.200 --> 0:07:43.280 Tyrese should be doing, and they're all just trying to 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:45.760 help him. They're trying to help him grow in a 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:48.320 very challenging role. But it's got to make it more 0:07:48.400 --> 0:07:51.280 challenging to have so many voices all the time in 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:53.160 your head, and Tyrese has done such a good job 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:56.240 of in taking all the information and out putting some 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:59.040 really impressive play on the court. So to me, it's 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:00.600 all about the things that don't show up in the 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:04.240 box store box score, the poise, the composure, the way 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:06.600 he's able to keep a cool head under pressure. I 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:10.680 have been so impressed with the headiness on Tyrese Maxie. 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:14.560 The other thing that I was debating going back and 0:08:14.600 --> 0:08:20.160 forth between outside of the turnovers or not turning it 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:23.480 over very much at all so far, was the confidence 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:26.520 in the three point shooting, something I've talked a lot about, 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:30.560 something a lot of others have mentioned from Tyrese Maxie. 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:33.440 He had a first quarter three off the bounce that 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:36.079 prompted me just to look a little deeper into those numbers, 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:38.680 and I'll quickly give these that on catching shoot threes 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:42.600 going into last night, he was ten of twenty six, 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:45.680 just under forty percent, but on pull up threes eleven 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:48.160 of twenty four forty six percent. And he when he 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:51.040 steps in with confidence, he didn't take a ton or 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:53.920 as many as he's taken in recent games last night 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:56.439 against Denver in that one o three eighty nine win 0:08:56.559 --> 0:08:59.200 to snap the losing streak. He was two for three 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:01.719 and he's been shooting it with confidence from beyond the arc. 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:05.000 But obviously we were going to start with Tyrese Maxie, 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:07.480 but it was a team effort. So if there's other 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:09.880 questions about other players, we will certainly get to them. 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:12.719 But Maxie has been so steady for this team. They 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:16.280 really needed the win last night. He led the Sixers 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:20.240 in who reached double figures in scoring with his twenty 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:23.360 two points on nine of fifteen shooting. Big shouts too, 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:25.760 to George Niang, who stepped into the starting lineup for 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:28.520 the first time this season. George and Tyrese the only 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:31.400 two Sixers to appear in every game this season thus far, 0:09:31.440 --> 0:09:34.240 and of course that's no fault to the other guys 0:09:34.240 --> 0:09:37.320 that have missed out quite a bit, often due to 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:40.840 health and safety protocols, often due to injuries. But those 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:44.800 two have been really the steadfast parts of this rotation. 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:48.840 Not something that I think anybody anticipated on the outset 0:09:48.880 --> 0:09:51.000 of this season. But George Niang and his first start 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:54.160 eleven points, four for eight from the field, three for 0:09:54.360 --> 0:09:58.640 six from deep, five rebounds, three assists and a block 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:02.800 He's been playing really strong defense. Something I've noticed about 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:06.040 George Matt is he doesn't take a single possession off. 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:10.559 He plays so hard and the intensity on his face 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:13.120 last night, it was all over his face and it 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:16.800 translated to his teammates. It translated across the floor. Tobias 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:20.480 Harris had a similar killer look when they started last 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:24.400 night to Biyas finished with seventeen points, seven rebounds, two assists, 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:27.000 a steel and a block to Buyas shot eight for 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:29.760 eighteen from the field and has looked really good since 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:32.400 returning from health and safety protocols. So God to give 0:10:32.440 --> 0:10:35.840 shouts out to the two of them again for their 0:10:35.840 --> 0:10:38.240 on court work, but for the spirit that they add 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:41.240 to this team. I was really really impressed with the 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:44.560 businessman mentality that these guys brought to a situation where 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:47.959 they were a clear underdog and made it happen. I 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:51.679 really appreciated the mindset that the group brought last night 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:56.480 and the block Lauren, the block from George Niang on 0:10:56.679 --> 0:11:00.600 Monte Morris in the fourth quarter that was seemingly out 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:04.400 of nowhere. Good hustle from George Niang. He sent it 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:07.840 off the court. He plays his tail off, and I 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:11.199 think It's pretty clear why Sixers fans have developed such 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:15.600 an affinity for George Niang so early on. He's so 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:18.679 right for this team, he's so right for this city. Again, 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:20.960 he doesn't take a possession off. He takes this stuff 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:23.760 so seriously. He loves what he does, and he loves 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:26.800 his teammates. He's an excellent communicator, and I think he 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:30.079 is probably one of the most underrated offseason acquisitions in 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:35.040 this league this year. Another question that we got. I 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:40.000 totally agree with you. There another question Seth asked last night, 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:42.000 who is the greatest second round pick ever? And why 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:45.480 is it? Charles Bassie I said, I said we needed 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:48.360 to talk about Tyrese off the top, but many are 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:50.840 referring to this win over the Nuggets as the Charles 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:56.199 Bassi game as well, finishing in double figures career high. 0:11:56.240 --> 0:12:02.319 But that question, while obvious, it's not all serious. But 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:05.880 Charles Bassi a second round pick, is another case of 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:08.880 the Sixers hitting on a late draft pick. And some 0:12:08.920 --> 0:12:12.400 of those other guys contributed last night, like a Shake Milton, 0:12:12.720 --> 0:12:15.800 who was a late second round pick, and it's something 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:18.520 that the Sixers have done well over the years. Paul 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:23.680 Reid and Isaiah Joe also second round picks. So more 0:12:23.760 --> 0:12:26.000 questions the better will get to some more here, but 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:29.560 thanks to Seth for that one. Charles Bassie with an 0:12:29.559 --> 0:12:32.959 impressive performance in the win over the Nuggets. Different guys 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:36.320 stepping up because this team has been shorthanded at times. 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:39.080 Bassi twelve points on five for seven shooting two of 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:42.360 three at the line, seven rebounds, three blocks that kind 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:44.880 of kept going up and down. Some they were calling blocks, 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:47.920 some they would take off the box score. But a 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:53.000 multitude of blocked and altered shots for Charles Bassi against 0:12:53.040 --> 0:12:55.080 the Nuggets, and some of them were against yokih which 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:57.679 is a tough matchup for Charles Vassy. But he has 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:00.240 not looked in over his head at all in the 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:02.680 minutes that he's had. He looks confident out there. He 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:06.880 looks comfortable. Doc Rivers talks about his basketball IQ and 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:09.240 how he knows all the coverage is already even telling 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:10.760 some of the older players in the team where to 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:15.000 be in certain situations against Utah on Tuesday. Impressive game. 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:18.560 He looks like he belongs, no doubt about it. I'd 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:21.319 add that in his nineteen minutes he finished the game 0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:25.320 at a game high plus twenty did Charles Bassie, and 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:28.040 we talked about this with tyrese poise composure on a 0:13:28.080 --> 0:13:32.199 young player. How about the poise and composure on Charles 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:35.800 Bassie playing not his first meaningful minutes in the NBA, 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:39.560 but his heaviest meaningful minutes thus far in his young 0:13:39.720 --> 0:13:45.280 NBA career against Yokich, against the reigning MVP, and showing 0:13:45.320 --> 0:13:48.520 no signs of fear. I was really impressed with the poise, 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:51.120 the cool headedness that we saw from tyreas Maxie, we 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:53.920 also saw from the rookie Charles Bassi last night. A 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:56.360 pleasure to see a guy get his welcome to the 0:13:56.480 --> 0:13:59.040 NBA game in such a good way, because we see 0:13:59.040 --> 0:14:01.600 it go the other way sometimes when guys are getting 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:04.720 up to speed. But the learning curve has seemed dramatically 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:08.199 short for Charles Bassie. I have a bunch of DM requests. 0:14:08.200 --> 0:14:10.280 I'm sorry that I did not see them until now. 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:13.080 Let's try to run through these quickly. If you have more, 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:19.880 feel free to send them along. Let's see. Lillian says, 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:22.560 this isn't a question, but Denver's really getting crushed by 0:14:22.560 --> 0:14:24.800 Philly teams. The Eagles in the seventy six ers made 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:27.160 my week for sure. Just wish I knew someone in 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:29.720 Colorado too. Boast too well. You can yell into the 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:33.400 Sixers Twitter spaces void about how proud you are of 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:37.000 your Philly sports teams. I am proud as well. Really 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:39.000 cool to actually talk to some fans last night that 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:42.480 had come into town to watch the Eagles and then 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:45.320 to watch the Sixers, and they certainly had a good 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:49.640 couple of days. Any thoughts this is from Addison, Any 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:53.000 thoughts on how this lineup shakes out once everyone is 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:56.400 back and the lineup is as follows Maxie, Curry, Green, 0:14:56.640 --> 0:14:59.880 Harris and Bead And that of course was the star 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:02.760 lineup to start this season, and you would imagine that 0:15:02.800 --> 0:15:05.400 you'll see that lineup quite a bit more. Keep in 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:07.600 mind that before the Sixers started dealing with health and 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:11.600 safety protocols and with these injuries that they're dealing with currently, 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:14.760 that lineup was doing great. That lineup got this team 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:18.080 to first in the East for the most part eight 0:15:18.160 --> 0:15:20.800 and two, and of course in those eight and two games, 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:23.000 the first ten games of the season, some of those 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:25.360 guys were out, but that was the core group and 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:29.040 I've really enjoyed watching them. Matt any fond memories of 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:31.440 that starting lineup, and what are you excited about seeing 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:35.440 when they can all get back together. It's impressive. It 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:37.720 was an impressive win for a lot of reasons, but 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:41.000 one of them was because you're without some of your regulars, 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:43.840 without some of your starters. But that's just become the 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:46.480 norm due to health and safety protocols and some other 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:49.920 injuries here and there. A couple of those guys who 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:53.360 did play were referenced by Michael Malone, the Denver coach 0:15:53.440 --> 0:15:56.920 who was ejected from the game last night. That was 0:15:57.480 --> 0:16:05.000 very strange. Chael Malone ran onto the court to talk 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:09.120 about a play that wasn't called a foul. Drive and 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:13.040 kick from Curry to Harris and Yokich kind of flailed 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:15.480 back and there was no foul called, So like a 0:16:15.520 --> 0:16:18.720 baseball manager. A lot of people were saying Malone was 0:16:18.760 --> 0:16:21.960 trying to fire up the Nuggets against this Sixers team. 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:25.240 It did not work. The Sixers pretty much rode the 0:16:25.240 --> 0:16:28.200 rest of the way to victory. But he referenced a 0:16:28.200 --> 0:16:30.200 few of those names, the guys that are in right now. 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:32.760 So I'm interested to see how the group meshes when 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:36.440 they come back. But Michael Malone said after the game, 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:40.760 whether it was Maxi or Seth Curry, whether it's Tobias Harris, 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:46.200 they came in and beat our blank. So not mincing 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:51.000 any words was Nuggets coach Michael Malone about Maxi, Curry, 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:53.400 Harris and the way that those guys impacted the game, 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:56.840 plus role players like Bassie last night. But the Sixers 0:16:56.920 --> 0:16:59.640 doing it shorthanded for a while now and beating the 0:16:59.720 --> 0:17:03.440 Nuggets on the road was a big one. Yeah, no doubt. 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:05.560 We knew this from the outset of this season, but 0:17:05.600 --> 0:17:08.920 it's become clear really quickly that depth is not one 0:17:08.960 --> 0:17:11.359 of the Sixers' biggest issues this year. They have a 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:14.840 lot of guys that can produce productively. Everybody who was 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:18.360 on the court last night made their presence known, earned 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:21.640 the minutes that they had. And that's without certainly three 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:24.359 at least players that are going to play a large 0:17:24.440 --> 0:17:28.080 role for this team down the stretch. Let's continue with 0:17:28.119 --> 0:17:31.440 some more questions. This one comes from Matise with the clamps. 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:34.720 With the energy and the productivity the three young guys Bassie, 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:38.639 Reid and Joe, how do they get more consistent playing time. Well, 0:17:39.080 --> 0:17:41.720 we've kind of talked about this already, but the playing 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:45.920 time comes when opportunities open. And something that Charles, Paul Reid, 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:49.240 and Isaiah Joe have actually all expressed already this season 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:53.400 is that their mindset centers around staying ready for any 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:56.520 opportunity because you never know when those opportunities are going 0:17:56.560 --> 0:17:59.520 to come. That's something that Tyrese Maxie can preach to 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:02.600 the three them from experience. Crazy to think, Matt that 0:18:02.640 --> 0:18:05.480 Tyree's just a year ago, was drafted into the NBA 0:18:05.640 --> 0:18:08.560 just a few months ago, was fighting into the rotation 0:18:08.880 --> 0:18:12.879 during the playoffs, and now he's become this starting point 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:16.919 man who's successfully running a very good team. So the 0:18:17.000 --> 0:18:20.600 guys that are mentioned in this question, Charles, Paul, and Isaiah, 0:18:20.640 --> 0:18:23.639 if they follow that Tyree's Maxi model, they could be 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:28.479 in pretty good shape. The anniversary of the draft that 0:18:28.680 --> 0:18:32.000 obviously took place at a non traditional time in a 0:18:32.040 --> 0:18:36.560 non traditional window, with Maxi, Isaiah Joe, and Paul Reid 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:39.760 being selected the anniversary yesterday, that was pretty cool. And 0:18:40.280 --> 0:18:43.120 there's actually there's a really good article about that anniversary 0:18:43.160 --> 0:18:46.160 a year later. It's from Genamzelle with the Philadelphia Inquirer 0:18:46.480 --> 0:18:51.080 highly suggest reading it at some point it's about it's 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:53.159 actually a sit down with the three of them, and 0:18:53.200 --> 0:18:56.359 it's a roundtable. Their answers are transcribed and it's a 0:18:56.440 --> 0:18:59.680 super fun read. And stay ready so you don't have 0:18:59.760 --> 0:19:02.320 to get ready, as kind of an MBA cliche amongst 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:05.800 when you hear it from players sometimes, but I truly 0:19:05.840 --> 0:19:08.040 think they believed that all last year and what was 0:19:08.040 --> 0:19:11.320 an unusual rookie season without Summer League and without a 0:19:11.320 --> 0:19:13.280 lot of the pillars of a normal season, not even 0:19:13.359 --> 0:19:16.200 eighty two games. So I would check that out. I 0:19:16.200 --> 0:19:18.879 would hear what they said about their experience and how 0:19:19.320 --> 0:19:22.439 you can see it kind of developing with guys like 0:19:22.520 --> 0:19:25.440 Charles Bassi. When you see Maxie and Isaiah Joe getting 0:19:25.440 --> 0:19:28.160 off their feet on the bench celebrating his and one 0:19:28.280 --> 0:19:32.560 celebrating his first half effort and energy and performance, it 0:19:32.640 --> 0:19:35.840 made me think of their rookie season and how you 0:19:35.840 --> 0:19:37.960 don't know when the minutes are going to come necessarily 0:19:38.000 --> 0:19:39.719 based on who's in and out of the lineup, but 0:19:40.240 --> 0:19:44.320 they are all in the gym so so much honing 0:19:44.320 --> 0:19:47.080 their craft so that if it's a minute or two here, 0:19:47.119 --> 0:19:49.480 a minute or two there, an extended run of ten 0:19:49.600 --> 0:19:52.879 twelve minutes in this half, here or there, they are 0:19:52.920 --> 0:19:55.800 ready to go. And that's what I was That's what 0:19:55.880 --> 0:19:58.760 I was seeing out of Charles Bassi last night, that 0:19:58.840 --> 0:20:02.560 same attitude that Maxie, Joe and Reid had as rookies 0:20:02.560 --> 0:20:06.200 and still have now as sophomores. It's a deep Sixers team. 0:20:06.440 --> 0:20:10.679 It's a very deep Sixers team. This one's from Wanona Price. 0:20:10.800 --> 0:20:13.400 She says, it's not a question, but it fits in 0:20:13.480 --> 0:20:16.000 really well with what we're talking about. She says, I 0:20:16.040 --> 0:20:19.040 think our team is learning what it means to step up. 0:20:19.080 --> 0:20:21.560 And I think that that's absolutely true. Keep in mind 0:20:21.760 --> 0:20:24.320 that during this losing streak, the Sixers were really in 0:20:24.680 --> 0:20:26.960 the vast majority of those games and had a chance 0:20:27.119 --> 0:20:30.879 to win those games despite being so severely shorthanded and 0:20:31.000 --> 0:20:33.919 undermanned throughout. This is a team that's learning how to 0:20:34.000 --> 0:20:36.720 fight really early in the year. And I hope and 0:20:36.920 --> 0:20:39.600 think that we'll look back come end of season, come 0:20:39.640 --> 0:20:42.800 playoff time, and remember this stretch of games as a 0:20:42.800 --> 0:20:45.919 time when the team learned, like Wanona said, how to 0:20:46.119 --> 0:20:49.200 step up. This one comes from Alex Are you more 0:20:49.240 --> 0:20:53.600 impressed by the Sixers offensive or defensive performances without the 0:20:53.640 --> 0:20:56.920 presence of without the presence of embiden Thible. So when 0:20:56.960 --> 0:20:59.320 you talk about Ebiden Thible as a unit together, I 0:20:59.320 --> 0:21:01.080 think you have to be more impressed by what the 0:21:01.119 --> 0:21:03.240 Sixers have been able to do defensively because those are 0:21:03.240 --> 0:21:06.160 the two best defenders that this team is going to have. 0:21:06.600 --> 0:21:09.439 So I think when you look at those two being gone, 0:21:09.640 --> 0:21:13.960 despite the fact that the defense has undoubtedly struggled without them, 0:21:14.200 --> 0:21:17.560 the fact that they've even managed to hold teams down 0:21:18.080 --> 0:21:21.760 somewhat is impressive. When you have all League defenders on 0:21:21.840 --> 0:21:25.119 your team and they're not available, that missing piece is 0:21:25.160 --> 0:21:27.440 really felt. So the fact that the other guys a. 0:21:27.520 --> 0:21:32.040 George Nianga, Tobias Harris, Attires, Maxie Seth Curry have learned 0:21:32.280 --> 0:21:36.399 to produce more defensively than they maybe have previously in 0:21:36.800 --> 0:21:40.359 embiden Thible's absence, I think, like we've already talked about, 0:21:40.560 --> 0:21:42.560 is going to pay off down the road. Matt, what 0:21:42.560 --> 0:21:47.119 do you think? I agree? These are important matchups that 0:21:47.240 --> 0:21:51.359 these guys are getting without some all League defenders, and 0:21:51.640 --> 0:21:54.680 there's no way around that. The fact that you don't 0:21:54.720 --> 0:21:56.680 have them, but you might be matched up with a 0:21:56.760 --> 0:22:00.440 player that you wouldn't normally be matched up with. So 0:22:00.560 --> 0:22:03.480 all of this is important come playoff time come later 0:22:03.560 --> 0:22:05.000