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Speaker 1: what's going on? Everybody? Welcome to another post win Sixers
Speaker 1: Twitter spaces. I'm Lauren Rosen. I'm here with Matt Murphy
Speaker 1: following the Sixers big undermanned victory against the Denver Nuggets
Speaker 1: last night in Denver. Matt, we talk a lot about
Speaker 1: impressive wins for this team, but once again, I think
Speaker 1: we might have this team's most impressive victory yet, especially
Speaker 1: when you consider the fact that the group was still
Speaker 1: without Joel Embiid, without Matistable, without Danny Green. We had
Speaker 1: some unlikely heroes in last night's game. Matt, what did
Speaker 1: you think? I imagine, Lauren, You're running off pure adrenaline
Speaker 1: right now. Not a whole lot of time for you
Speaker 1: to sleep going from Denver to Portland. But coming off
Speaker 1: a win is always a good thing. It was a
Speaker 1: very impressive win for the Sixers, who are now nine
Speaker 1: and seven on the season. Denver a very good team
Speaker 1: at home, a very good shooting team on most nights,
Speaker 1: but not last night. I'm getting right out of the
Speaker 1: gates here with just a quick stat. Obviously we'll answer
Speaker 1: some questions throughout as well, but Denver shot thirty six
Speaker 1: percent as a team. That's the lowest for them since
Speaker 1: December of twenty fifteen. So the Sixers transition defense looked better. Obviously,
Speaker 1: not all of those shots were defended as best as
Speaker 1: they could be, but they played good defense, held Denver
Speaker 1: to eighty nine points in the one oh three eighty
Speaker 1: nine win, and it was a fun game. The energy
Speaker 1: seemed very high you were in the building, it seemed
Speaker 1: like the players on the bench obviously, when Charles Bassey
Speaker 1: comes out and starts putting up some numbers, the bench
Speaker 1: was supporting him. But they were all supporting each other.
Speaker 1: Even Doc Rivers gave a fist pump when Bassi had
Speaker 1: the end one. Tyrese Maxie as much energy as he
Speaker 1: plays with on the court, I thought his bench reactions
Speaker 1: were might have been even better. It was a super
Speaker 1: fun game to watch and they needed it. They really
Speaker 1: needed it coming off a five game losing streak. Not
Speaker 1: easy to go into Denver against a very good Nuggets
Speaker 1: team and win, and they did just that. Yeah, let's
Speaker 1: chat a little bit about mister rees Maxie last night
Speaker 1: twenty two points, five rebounds, four assists a block, playing
Speaker 1: like dare I say, an all Star caliber player, someone
Speaker 1: who has certainly talked himself into the most improved player
Speaker 1: conversation this year. Something I wanted to add about tyres
Speaker 1: And by the way, before I go on this little tangent,
Speaker 1: everybody has always please send us your questions. My dms
Speaker 1: are open. We want to answer any questions that you
Speaker 1: have about the team's recent activity, the road ahead, all
Speaker 1: of the good things that are coming down the pike
Speaker 1: for the seventy six ers, any questions or comments you
Speaker 1: guys have about last night's game. I'm not seeing people
Speaker 1: dming me and I would like to see that, so
Speaker 1: please submit your questions when you get a chance. Anyway,
Speaker 1: Tyrese Maxie, something interesting about Tyrese Matt that he shared
Speaker 1: with me is that he loves basketball. He loves to play.
Speaker 1: He's so happy anytime he's out there. So watching Tyrese
Speaker 1: watch his teammates propel them to a victory when he
Speaker 1: wasn't necessarily super needed towards the end, it just made
Speaker 1: me really happy to watch him watch a win. Because
Speaker 1: if he loves the game enough to still love it,
Speaker 1: when you're going through hard times as the team has
Speaker 1: over the last couple of games. It was really beautiful
Speaker 1: to see how much he loves this game when the
Speaker 1: team is winning and getting it done. Loved the way
Speaker 1: he was celebrating. Charles. Bassie shared an interesting anecdote after
Speaker 1: the game about the fact that Charles and Tyrese played
Speaker 1: against each other in high school. There was a time
Speaker 1: when Charles was ranked higher than Tyrese was, and Tyrese
Speaker 1: took that personally cool to see the fact that now
Speaker 1: they're playing together, going toe to toe, and Tyrese has
Speaker 1: been able to sort of be a veteran in Charles's
Speaker 1: ear community, hitting really well with Charles at just the
Speaker 1: age tyres rather at the age of twenty one. His growth,
Speaker 1: his maturity, his poise, and composure might be my biggest
Speaker 1: storyline this season. Thus format final stat line for Tyrese
Speaker 1: Maxie twenty two points, five rebounds, four assists, zero turnovers,
Speaker 1: and Laren. We did get some questions in our replies
Speaker 1: to the tweet from at sixers last night promoting this
Speaker 1: Twitter spaces, so there's a few there. We'll have plenty
Speaker 1: to get to. You can hit our dms. You mentioned
Speaker 1: Tyrese Maxie. I mentioned his reactions from the bench in
Speaker 1: the first half when he was getting some rest and
Speaker 1: celebrating teammates like Bassie, but also in the fourth quarter
Speaker 1: when he was out there when I say he had
Speaker 1: some extra energy. The right handed lay lay in celebration
Speaker 1: where you hold the right arm up coming down court
Speaker 1: after a bucket late in the game. What did you
Speaker 1: see in person from him just celebrating his teammates. I
Speaker 1: just saw someone who loves his job, and it's someone
Speaker 1: who loves my job. Sorry to be corny, it's really
Speaker 1: cool to watch other people have the same experience, and
Speaker 1: with Tyrese, he's just been so so impressive. I cannot
Speaker 1: say enough good things about Tyrese. Through tough times. He
Speaker 1: keeps his head up, he keeps his composure, he keeps now.
Speaker 1: I think the thing that was added to his game
Speaker 1: last night, which not not necessarily traditionally something you add
Speaker 1: to your game, but he added leadership, he added he
Speaker 1: added voice, he added advice, and it was cool to see.
Speaker 1: Of course he's grown tremendously on the floor, but at
Speaker 1: just twenty one in his second year in the NBA,
Speaker 1: to see him become a more vocal leader for his teammates,
Speaker 1: not just for Charles, but for Tobias and for the
Speaker 1: guys that he's directing on the floor. I saw a
Speaker 1: little bit more of a floor general in Tyrese Maxie
Speaker 1: last night, and I think that that was a really
Speaker 1: exciting thing to see him add to his game as
Speaker 1: his confidence rightfully continues to grow. We didn't answer rise question,
Speaker 1: did we. They replied to the tweet last night and said,
Speaker 1: what part of Tyrese Maxie's game has impressed you the most.
Speaker 1: We've talked a lot about Tyrese so far, but I
Speaker 1: think we can give specific answers here. There's really two
Speaker 1: directions to go in For me. I'm gonna go with
Speaker 1: the turnovers or the lack thereof that I already referenced
Speaker 1: zero last night. He's just a second year guard and
Speaker 1: his stats through sixteen games seventy assists, twenty one turnovers.
Speaker 1: So I think the way he protects the basketball in
Speaker 1: these games and playing so many minutes and the fact
Speaker 1: that he turns the ball over so infrequently is what
Speaker 1: has impressed me the most so far. From Maxie. Yeah, Matt,
Speaker 1: you give a quantitative stat, So I'll go qualitative and
Speaker 1: I'll keep it short because I've already said this, but
Speaker 1: the composure, the poise, the headiness on such a young
Speaker 1: player to step into such a challenging situation and to
Speaker 1: do it with such grace and such command of the role.
Speaker 1: No moment is too big for Tyrese Maxie. We saw
Speaker 1: it in the playoffs last year, and we've seen it
Speaker 1: all season long. I can't wait to see him reunited
Speaker 1: with Joel embat because the two of them were starting
Speaker 1: to build some really cool chemistry. And of course, with
Speaker 1: Joel out in health and safety protocols, the rest of
Speaker 1: the team has had to step up in his absence.
Speaker 1: But the chemistry that they were growing together, the respect
Speaker 1: that you see Joel growing for Tyrese has been so impressive.
Speaker 1: And something that we've heard Doc Rivers and Tyrese's teammates
Speaker 1: talk a lot about is the amount of voices he's
Speaker 1: had all season long. Everybody has an opinion on what
Speaker 1: Tyrese should be doing, and they're all just trying to
Speaker 1: help him. They're trying to help him grow in a
Speaker 1: very challenging role. But it's got to make it more
Speaker 1: challenging to have so many voices all the time in
Speaker 1: your head, and Tyrese has done such a good job
Speaker 1: of in taking all the information and out putting some
Speaker 1: really impressive play on the court. So to me, it's
Speaker 1: all about the things that don't show up in the
Speaker 1: box store box score, the poise, the composure, the way
Speaker 1: he's able to keep a cool head under pressure. I
Speaker 1: have been so impressed with the headiness on Tyrese Maxie.
Speaker 1: The other thing that I was debating going back and
Speaker 1: forth between outside of the turnovers or not turning it
Speaker 1: over very much at all so far, was the confidence
Speaker 1: in the three point shooting, something I've talked a lot about,
Speaker 1: something a lot of others have mentioned from Tyrese Maxie.
Speaker 1: He had a first quarter three off the bounce that
Speaker 1: prompted me just to look a little deeper into those numbers,
Speaker 1: and I'll quickly give these that on catching shoot threes
Speaker 1: going into last night, he was ten of twenty six,
Speaker 1: just under forty percent, but on pull up threes eleven
Speaker 1: of twenty four forty six percent. And he when he
Speaker 1: steps in with confidence, he didn't take a ton or
Speaker 1: as many as he's taken in recent games last night
Speaker 1: against Denver in that one o three eighty nine win
Speaker 1: to snap the losing streak. He was two for three
Speaker 1: and he's been shooting it with confidence from beyond the arc.
Speaker 1: But obviously we were going to start with Tyrese Maxie,
Speaker 1: but it was a team effort. So if there's other
Speaker 1: questions about other players, we will certainly get to them.
Speaker 1: But Maxie has been so steady for this team. They
Speaker 1: really needed the win last night. He led the Sixers
Speaker 1: in who reached double figures in scoring with his twenty
Speaker 1: two points on nine of fifteen shooting. Big shouts too,
Speaker 1: to George Niang, who stepped into the starting lineup for
Speaker 1: the first time this season. George and Tyrese the only
Speaker 1: two Sixers to appear in every game this season thus far,
Speaker 1: and of course that's no fault to the other guys
Speaker 1: that have missed out quite a bit, often due to
Speaker 1: health and safety protocols, often due to injuries. But those
Speaker 1: two have been really the steadfast parts of this rotation.
Speaker 1: Not something that I think anybody anticipated on the outset
Speaker 1: of this season. But George Niang and his first start
Speaker 1: eleven points, four for eight from the field, three for
Speaker 1: six from deep, five rebounds, three assists and a block
Speaker 1: He's been playing really strong defense. Something I've noticed about
Speaker 1: George Matt is he doesn't take a single possession off.
Speaker 1: He plays so hard and the intensity on his face
Speaker 1: last night, it was all over his face and it
Speaker 1: translated to his teammates. It translated across the floor. Tobias
Speaker 1: Harris had a similar killer look when they started last
Speaker 1: night to Biyas finished with seventeen points, seven rebounds, two assists,
Speaker 1: a steel and a block to Buyas shot eight for
Speaker 1: eighteen from the field and has looked really good since
Speaker 1: returning from health and safety protocols. So God to give
Speaker 1: shouts out to the two of them again for their
Speaker 1: on court work, but for the spirit that they add
Speaker 1: to this team. I was really really impressed with the
Speaker 1: businessman mentality that these guys brought to a situation where
Speaker 1: they were a clear underdog and made it happen. I
Speaker 1: really appreciated the mindset that the group brought last night
Speaker 1: and the block Lauren, the block from George Niang on
Speaker 1: Monte Morris in the fourth quarter that was seemingly out
Speaker 1: of nowhere. Good hustle from George Niang. He sent it
Speaker 1: off the court. He plays his tail off, and I
Speaker 1: think It's pretty clear why Sixers fans have developed such
Speaker 1: an affinity for George Niang so early on. He's so
Speaker 1: right for this team, he's so right for this city. Again,
Speaker 1: he doesn't take a possession off. He takes this stuff
Speaker 1: so seriously. He loves what he does, and he loves
Speaker 1: his teammates. He's an excellent communicator, and I think he
Speaker 1: is probably one of the most underrated offseason acquisitions in
Speaker 1: this league this year. Another question that we got. I
Speaker 1: totally agree with you. There another question Seth asked last night,
Speaker 1: who is the greatest second round pick ever? And why
Speaker 1: is it? Charles Bassie I said, I said we needed
Speaker 1: to talk about Tyrese off the top, but many are
Speaker 1: referring to this win over the Nuggets as the Charles
Speaker 1: Bassi game as well, finishing in double figures career high.
Speaker 1: But that question, while obvious, it's not all serious. But
Speaker 1: Charles Bassi a second round pick, is another case of
Speaker 1: the Sixers hitting on a late draft pick. And some
Speaker 1: of those other guys contributed last night, like a Shake Milton,
Speaker 1: who was a late second round pick, and it's something
Speaker 1: that the Sixers have done well over the years. Paul
Speaker 1: Reid and Isaiah Joe also second round picks. So more
Speaker 1: questions the better will get to some more here, but
Speaker 1: thanks to Seth for that one. Charles Bassie with an
Speaker 1: impressive performance in the win over the Nuggets. Different guys
Speaker 1: stepping up because this team has been shorthanded at times.
Speaker 1: Bassi twelve points on five for seven shooting two of
Speaker 1: three at the line, seven rebounds, three blocks that kind
Speaker 1: of kept going up and down. Some they were calling blocks,
Speaker 1: some they would take off the box score. But a
Speaker 1: multitude of blocked and altered shots for Charles Bassi against
Speaker 1: the Nuggets, and some of them were against yokih which
Speaker 1: is a tough matchup for Charles Vassy. But he has
Speaker 1: not looked in over his head at all in the
Speaker 1: minutes that he's had. He looks confident out there. He
Speaker 1: looks comfortable. Doc Rivers talks about his basketball IQ and
Speaker 1: how he knows all the coverage is already even telling
Speaker 1: some of the older players in the team where to
Speaker 1: be in certain situations against Utah on Tuesday. Impressive game.
Speaker 1: He looks like he belongs, no doubt about it. I'd
Speaker 1: add that in his nineteen minutes he finished the game
Speaker 1: at a game high plus twenty did Charles Bassie, and
Speaker 1: we talked about this with tyrese poise composure on a
Speaker 1: young player. How about the poise and composure on Charles
Speaker 1: Bassie playing not his first meaningful minutes in the NBA,
Speaker 1: but his heaviest meaningful minutes thus far in his young
Speaker 1: NBA career against Yokich, against the reigning MVP, and showing
Speaker 1: no signs of fear. I was really impressed with the poise,
Speaker 1: the cool headedness that we saw from tyreas Maxie, we
Speaker 1: also saw from the rookie Charles Bassi last night. A
Speaker 1: pleasure to see a guy get his welcome to the
Speaker 1: NBA game in such a good way, because we see
Speaker 1: it go the other way sometimes when guys are getting
Speaker 1: up to speed. But the learning curve has seemed dramatically
Speaker 1: short for Charles Bassie. I have a bunch of DM requests.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry that I did not see them until now.
Speaker 1: Let's try to run through these quickly. If you have more,
Speaker 1: feel free to send them along. Let's see. Lillian says,
Speaker 1: this isn't a question, but Denver's really getting crushed by
Speaker 1: Philly teams. The Eagles in the seventy six ers made
Speaker 1: my week for sure. Just wish I knew someone in
Speaker 1: Colorado too. Boast too well. You can yell into the
Speaker 1: Sixers Twitter spaces void about how proud you are of
Speaker 1: your Philly sports teams. I am proud as well. Really
Speaker 1: cool to actually talk to some fans last night that
Speaker 1: had come into town to watch the Eagles and then
Speaker 1: to watch the Sixers, and they certainly had a good
Speaker 1: couple of days. Any thoughts this is from Addison, Any
Speaker 1: thoughts on how this lineup shakes out once everyone is
Speaker 1: back and the lineup is as follows Maxie, Curry, Green,
Speaker 1: Harris and Bead And that of course was the star
Speaker 1: lineup to start this season, and you would imagine that
Speaker 1: you'll see that lineup quite a bit more. Keep in
Speaker 1: mind that before the Sixers started dealing with health and
Speaker 1: safety protocols and with these injuries that they're dealing with currently,
Speaker 1: that lineup was doing great. That lineup got this team
Speaker 1: to first in the East for the most part eight
Speaker 1: and two, and of course in those eight and two games,
Speaker 1: the first ten games of the season, some of those
Speaker 1: guys were out, but that was the core group and
Speaker 1: I've really enjoyed watching them. Matt any fond memories of
Speaker 1: that starting lineup, and what are you excited about seeing
Speaker 1: when they can all get back together. It's impressive. It
Speaker 1: was an impressive win for a lot of reasons, but
Speaker 1: one of them was because you're without some of your regulars,
Speaker 1: without some of your starters. But that's just become the
Speaker 1: norm due to health and safety protocols and some other
Speaker 1: injuries here and there. A couple of those guys who
Speaker 1: did play were referenced by Michael Malone, the Denver coach
Speaker 1: who was ejected from the game last night. That was
Speaker 1: very strange. Chael Malone ran onto the court to talk
Speaker 1: about a play that wasn't called a foul. Drive and
Speaker 1: kick from Curry to Harris and Yokich kind of flailed
Speaker 1: back and there was no foul called, So like a
Speaker 1: baseball manager. A lot of people were saying Malone was
Speaker 1: trying to fire up the Nuggets against this Sixers team.
Speaker 1: It did not work. The Sixers pretty much rode the
Speaker 1: rest of the way to victory. But he referenced a
Speaker 1: few of those names, the guys that are in right now.
Speaker 1: So I'm interested to see how the group meshes when
Speaker 1: they come back. But Michael Malone said after the game,
Speaker 1: whether it was Maxi or Seth Curry, whether it's Tobias Harris,
Speaker 1: they came in and beat our blank. So not mincing
Speaker 1: any words was Nuggets coach Michael Malone about Maxi, Curry,
Speaker 1: Harris and the way that those guys impacted the game,
Speaker 1: plus role players like Bassie last night. But the Sixers
Speaker 1: doing it shorthanded for a while now and beating the
Speaker 1: Nuggets on the road was a big one. Yeah, no doubt.
Speaker 1: We knew this from the outset of this season, but
Speaker 1: it's become clear really quickly that depth is not one
Speaker 1: of the Sixers' biggest issues this year. They have a
Speaker 1: lot of guys that can produce productively. Everybody who was
Speaker 1: on the court last night made their presence known, earned
Speaker 1: the minutes that they had. And that's without certainly three
Speaker 1: at least players that are going to play a large
Speaker 1: role for this team down the stretch. Let's continue with
Speaker 1: some more questions. This one comes from Matise with the clamps.
Speaker 1: With the energy and the productivity the three young guys Bassie,
Speaker 1: Reid and Joe, how do they get more consistent playing time. Well,
Speaker 1: we've kind of talked about this already, but the playing
Speaker 1: time comes when opportunities open. And something that Charles, Paul Reid,
Speaker 1: and Isaiah Joe have actually all expressed already this season
Speaker 1: is that their mindset centers around staying ready for any
Speaker 1: opportunity because you never know when those opportunities are going
Speaker 1: to come. That's something that Tyrese Maxie can preach to
Speaker 1: the three them from experience. Crazy to think, Matt that
Speaker 1: Tyree's just a year ago, was drafted into the NBA
Speaker 1: just a few months ago, was fighting into the rotation
Speaker 1: during the playoffs, and now he's become this starting point
Speaker 1: man who's successfully running a very good team. So the
Speaker 1: guys that are mentioned in this question, Charles, Paul, and Isaiah,
Speaker 1: if they follow that Tyree's Maxi model, they could be
Speaker 1: in pretty good shape. The anniversary of the draft that
Speaker 1: obviously took place at a non traditional time in a
Speaker 1: non traditional window, with Maxi, Isaiah Joe, and Paul Reid
Speaker 1: being selected the anniversary yesterday, that was pretty cool. And
Speaker 1: there's actually there's a really good article about that anniversary
Speaker 1: a year later. It's from Genamzelle with the Philadelphia Inquirer
Speaker 1: highly suggest reading it at some point it's about it's
Speaker 1: actually a sit down with the three of them, and
Speaker 1: it's a roundtable. Their answers are transcribed and it's a
Speaker 1: super fun read. And stay ready so you don't have
Speaker 1: to get ready, as kind of an MBA cliche amongst
Speaker 1: when you hear it from players sometimes, but I truly
Speaker 1: think they believed that all last year and what was
Speaker 1: an unusual rookie season without Summer League and without a
Speaker 1: lot of the pillars of a normal season, not even
Speaker 1: eighty two games. So I would check that out. I
Speaker 1: would hear what they said about their experience and how
Speaker 1: you can see it kind of developing with guys like
Speaker 1: Charles Bassi. When you see Maxie and Isaiah Joe getting
Speaker 1: off their feet on the bench celebrating his and one
Speaker 1: celebrating his first half effort and energy and performance, it
Speaker 1: made me think of their rookie season and how you
Speaker 1: don't know when the minutes are going to come necessarily
Speaker 1: based on who's in and out of the lineup, but
Speaker 1: they are all in the gym so so much honing
Speaker 1: their craft so that if it's a minute or two here,
Speaker 1: a minute or two there, an extended run of ten
Speaker 1: twelve minutes in this half, here or there, they are
Speaker 1: ready to go. And that's what I was That's what
Speaker 1: I was seeing out of Charles Bassi last night, that
Speaker 1: same attitude that Maxie, Joe and Reid had as rookies
Speaker 1: and still have now as sophomores. It's a deep Sixers team.
Speaker 1: It's a very deep Sixers team. This one's from Wanona Price.
Speaker 1: She says, it's not a question, but it fits in
Speaker 1: really well with what we're talking about. She says, I
Speaker 1: think our team is learning what it means to step up.
Speaker 1: And I think that that's absolutely true. Keep in mind
Speaker 1: that during this losing streak, the Sixers were really in
Speaker 1: the vast majority of those games and had a chance
Speaker 1: to win those games despite being so severely shorthanded and
Speaker 1: undermanned throughout. This is a team that's learning how to
Speaker 1: fight really early in the year. And I hope and
Speaker 1: think that we'll look back come end of season, come
Speaker 1: playoff time, and remember this stretch of games as a
Speaker 1: time when the team learned, like Wanona said, how to
Speaker 1: step up. This one comes from Alex Are you more
Speaker 1: impressed by the Sixers offensive or defensive performances without the
Speaker 1: presence of without the presence of embiden Thible. So when
Speaker 1: you talk about Ebiden Thible as a unit together, I
Speaker 1: think you have to be more impressed by what the
Speaker 1: Sixers have been able to do defensively because those are
Speaker 1: the two best defenders that this team is going to have.
Speaker 1: So I think when you look at those two being gone,
Speaker 1: despite the fact that the defense has undoubtedly struggled without them,
Speaker 1: the fact that they've even managed to hold teams down
Speaker 1: somewhat is impressive. When you have all League defenders on
Speaker 1: your team and they're not available, that missing piece is
Speaker 1: really felt. So the fact that the other guys a.
Speaker 1: George Nianga, Tobias Harris, Attires, Maxie Seth Curry have learned
Speaker 1: to produce more defensively than they maybe have previously in
Speaker 1: embiden Thible's absence, I think, like we've already talked about,
Speaker 1: is going to pay off down the road. Matt, what
Speaker 1: do you think? I agree? These are important matchups that
Speaker 1: these guys are getting without some all League defenders, and
Speaker 1: there's no way around that. The fact that you don't
Speaker 1: have them, but you might be matched up with a
Speaker 1: player that you wouldn't normally be matched up with. So
Speaker 1: all of this is important come playoff time come later
Speaker 1: in the season if you have to take on a
Speaker 1: bigger assignment. Good team, defense, good energy. Denver was known
Speaker 1: as a better defensive team coming in than offensive team,
Speaker 1: but still going into their building holding them to eighty
Speaker 1: nine points. A veteran defensive coordinator, so to speak for
Speaker 1: the Sixers in dan Burke, I know Doc Rivers relies
Speaker 1: on his assistant coaches a lot. It's it's a team
Speaker 1: effort on the bench as well, and just playing their coverages,
Speaker 1: knowing knowing their coverages. Lost Matt there for a second
Speaker 1: playing good. Are you there, Matt, I'm back. I was
Speaker 1: getting a phone call. It's the first time I've gotten
Speaker 1: a spam call during a Twitter spaces. I didn't know
Speaker 1: that it takes a microphone off. All bets are off
Speaker 1: during the Twitter spaces we live in. We later spaces
Speaker 1: basically stays on no matter what you're doing on your phone,
Speaker 1: So stay with us. You can kind of do other things. Yeah,
Speaker 1: new here. Things do tend to get wild at about
Speaker 1: the thirty minute marks. So that was on Brandy. Sorry
Speaker 1: you were saying, yeah, no, I'm here. That was about
Speaker 1: all I had to say. I didn't think it would
Speaker 1: take my microphone off, given that you can do so
Speaker 1: many other things while on Twitter spaces. But yeah, that
Speaker 1: was a quick call that I quickly declined. It wasn't
Speaker 1: anyone important. It was ninety five percent sure that it
Speaker 1: was spam, although it didn't say spam likely. But we're back,
Speaker 1: and I just wanted to say, yeah, like the defense
Speaker 1: to go in and hold them to eighty nine. It's
Speaker 1: a team effort, but in a perfect world you'd have
Speaker 1: your multiple All league defenders helping the cause. Yeah, now,
Speaker 1: no doubt about it. And of course the question was
Speaker 1: are you more impressed with the defense or the offense?
Speaker 1: And I think my answer might did not answer the question.
Speaker 1: My answer might have to actually be the offense because
Speaker 1: that's what's been carrying the team, but they've had to
Speaker 1: failly in more defensively because of the absence of those two.
Speaker 1: I really like this question, Matt from ad Sam Hawk.
Speaker 1: Am I crazy to see a little bit of Jojo
Speaker 1: in Sea Bass's game? I don't think that's crazy at all. Matt.
Speaker 1: I know you remember this, but on media Day, Charles
Speaker 1: talked a lot about the influence that Joel has been
Speaker 1: even from Afar, even before they were. They were teammates,
Speaker 1: two guys coming from unconventional NBA backgrounds, fighting their way
Speaker 1: into the league and then producing on a really high
Speaker 1: level as big men now getting to unite, and Charles
Speaker 1: gets to watch Joel up close. It's something he was
Speaker 1: really excited about. It's something he's said he's done from
Speaker 1: a far four years. So I do not think you
Speaker 1: are crazy at all to see a little bit of
Speaker 1: Jojo in Charles Bass's game. Matt, what do you think
Speaker 1: Charles Bassie's game? I mixed Charles Bassie and Sea Bass there.
Speaker 1: Sea Bass, by the way, an excellent nickname. I have
Speaker 1: a few things to touch on, one of which is
Speaker 1: the nickname. Did he have that before Philadelphia? Do we know?
Speaker 1: I think that Sea Bass is a nickname that may
Speaker 1: have existed prior to Philadelphia, but now has become the
Speaker 1: only thing that any of his teammates are willing to
Speaker 1: call him. They don't know Charles, they only know Sea Bass. Well.
Speaker 1: He has leaned into it. I saw he reposted a
Speaker 1: couple Instagram story in which people said he was a
Speaker 1: big fish last night, and some of his teammates, I
Speaker 1: know George Niang was one that put on his story
Speaker 1: Sea Bass. He wrote Sea Bass, so it seems that's
Speaker 1: the case even if he was called that in college
Speaker 1: or before that. But I love it. I definitely love
Speaker 1: the nickname. I did not answer the more impressive offense
Speaker 1: or more impressed with the offense or defense was that
Speaker 1: in regard to last night or the season so far
Speaker 1: in the absence of Cybele and embid. So I'm going
Speaker 1: to go with the defense then, because the offense sort
Speaker 1: of some shooting ruts during the losing streak and to
Speaker 1: cap it off last night, I think it was a
Speaker 1: good effort on both sides of the floor. But to
Speaker 1: hold Denver to thirty six percent overall is going to
Speaker 1: skew my answer there. And then similarities the question about Bassie,
Speaker 1: Sea Bass and Joel embiid. One thing I wanted to
Speaker 1: add about Charles BASSI. He's talked a lot in the
Speaker 1: preseason about wanting to prove that he can shoot the
Speaker 1: three ball, But based on what we've seen so far,
Speaker 1: it's been a lot of screening rolls, and I think
Speaker 1: his hands have been what stood out to me so
Speaker 1: far the most, the ability in the lane to catch
Speaker 1: the basketball and kind of just his IQ has also
Speaker 1: stood out, but really good hands for Charles Bassi. He
Speaker 1: hasn't really taken that many jumpers yet, just a few
Speaker 1: so far. I have another question that I wanted to address.
Speaker 1: It was a beautiful Oh shoot, sorry switched from my
Speaker 1: message page. Sorry, please hold everybody, I'm the worst I know. Okay,
Speaker 1: sorry from Dylan Harrison. In your opinion, who was the
Speaker 1: most impressive player last night? Not to knock anyone, because
Speaker 1: that was a beautiful team win, but who was the
Speaker 1: most impressive last night? I think I've kind of already
Speaker 1: answered it, Matt, I want to know what your take is.
Speaker 1: Charles Bassie of course, had a breakout for months last night,
Speaker 1: So no disrespect to Charles Bassie, but I've got to
Speaker 1: give this one to Tyrese Maxie because of the growth
Speaker 1: that he's shown, because of the composure that he's shown,
Speaker 1: because of the fight that he showed wanting to get
Speaker 1: this team out of that losing streak, out of that
Speaker 1: little red and I really do feel that he has
Speaker 1: become a leader on this court, not just someone that's
Speaker 1: learning and getting up to speed anymore. Last night felt
Speaker 1: like a little bit of a turning point in terms
Speaker 1: of Tyree's really taking charge for this team. So he
Speaker 1: gets my MVP of last night. But again, like Dylan said,
Speaker 1: not to disparage anybody else, Matt, what do you think.
Speaker 1: It's a great question, and it's fun when they're coming
Speaker 1: off a win and double digit players not double digit,
Speaker 1: more than five players score double figures, and there's so
Speaker 1: many players to pick from. Niang had eleven, Tobias Harris
Speaker 1: had seventeen. Off the bench, Shake Milton on an efficient
Speaker 1: five of eight, had twelve points, Bassie's twelve. We've talked
Speaker 1: about Seth Curry had twenty and six rebounds and five assists.
Speaker 1: Because we've already talked about Bassie, I'll talk to talk
Speaker 1: about how I was impressed with Seth Curry's twenty points
Speaker 1: two for eight from three, uncharacteristic from what Sixers fans
Speaker 1: are used to, and with Seth Curry's percentages. But he's
Speaker 1: shooting himself out of a little bit of a slump,
Speaker 1: and the team was slumping and Seth wasn't shooting it
Speaker 1: as well as we've seen or saw early in the season.
Speaker 1: I'll go with Seth Curry on the road to kind
Speaker 1: of getting back to that insane start to the season.
Speaker 1: The combination of Seth, Tyrese and Shake getting downhill in
Speaker 1: this game and creating options for the sixers. The ball
Speaker 1: was really moving and the shots were falling, and I
Speaker 1: think they will continue to fall for Seth Curry going forward.
Speaker 1: That's not a bold take, but two for eight last night,
Speaker 1: that's going to keep climbing. The percentage is going to
Speaker 1: keep climbing back to the insane numbers that he started
Speaker 1: with to finish with twenty point six rebounds, five assists
Speaker 1: in thirty eight minutes, which was the most for any
Speaker 1: sixer and the most for any player in the game.
Speaker 1: I was impressed with Seth's performance. Yeah, Worth noting that
Speaker 1: Seth was two for eight from deep last night, which
Speaker 1: is a departure from what he has been able to
Speaker 1: do for most of this season, but cool to see
Speaker 1: him end up shooting eight for seventeen overall getting to
Speaker 1: that twenty point mark. Really good scores find a way
Speaker 1: to make it work from anywhere that if your traditional
Speaker 1: shots aren't falling, you get creative. It's something that we
Speaker 1: see out of Seth's brother quite a bit, and there
Speaker 1: were a couple moments last night where Seth was looking
Speaker 1: a little Steph like and it was cool to see
Speaker 1: him find the way, find a way no matter what,
Speaker 1: to get his buckets, to score in a big way,
Speaker 1: in a meaningful way. To agreed, Seth deserves a lot
Speaker 1: of props for what he was able to do last night.
Speaker 1: What other questions do we have? I have a statement,
Speaker 1: Maxie is a fireball. It's not my own statement, although
Speaker 1: it could be I suppose, but someone said Wanona said,
Speaker 1: Maxie is a fireball to me, and I love that.
Speaker 1: That's awesome. That's a tape that I can get behind.
Speaker 1: Tyree said, great energy, fantastic energy in the game, still
Speaker 1: shooting the ball with confidence, looking like a veteran, not
Speaker 1: turning the ball over at all, literally zero times in
Speaker 1: Denver against one of the top teams in the league.
Speaker 1: So yeah, Tyrese, Maxie is a fireball. Thanks, No doubt,
Speaker 1: no doubt. Okay, guys, as we start to wrap up,
Speaker 1: if you guys have any final questions about the Sixers
Speaker 1: big win over Denver last night one oh three to
Speaker 1: eighty nine. There was I was going to say there
Speaker 1: was never any doubt. The credit to the Nuggets. They
Speaker 1: did fight back, particularly in that second half, put some
Speaker 1: pressure on the Sixers. But the Sixers really did hold
Speaker 1: it down from wire to wire in this one. A
Speaker 1: really strong win, a really strong team win. In the
Speaker 1: words of Doc Rivers, I was extremely impressed by what
Speaker 1: this team was able to do on the road at
Speaker 1: altitude without their best player. Really really impressive stuff. Any
Speaker 1: final question sentiment now, if not, we love doing these
Speaker 1: after every Sixers win, and we will hope to be
Speaker 1: back with you on Sunday. Matt Murphy, how you feeling
Speaker 1: about the rest of this road trip? Denver was playing
Speaker 1: really well at home, as is the Sixers next opponent,
Speaker 1: the Portland Trailblazers. They've won seven in a row at home,
Speaker 1: so it's going to be another difficult matchup as the
Speaker 1: Sixers make their way through the Northwest Division. They played
Speaker 1: Utah and Denver and now Portland, so it's basically like
Speaker 1: you're reading down the standings in that division. Obviously we
Speaker 1: look more at conferences, but the Blazers are eight and eight,
Speaker 1: but they've won their last seven games at home. They
Speaker 1: lost the season opener, which was a home game, and
Speaker 1: they haven't lost at home since, so the end of
Speaker 1: October it's going to be a tough matchup. They're starting
Speaker 1: to click, and the Sixers already beat them in Philadelphia,
Speaker 1: so the Blazers are gonna look to keep that streak going. Obviously,
Speaker 1: an explosive lineup with Lillard, McCollum, Norman Powell was big
Speaker 1: and a comeback win against the Bulls. So all those
Speaker 1: guys are They're all six two six, three players that
Speaker 1: have been in the league for seven, nine and ten
Speaker 1: years from Powell, McCollum, and Lillard, respectively, So there's the
Speaker 1: trio and then Covington and Nurkics round out their starting lineup.
Speaker 1: So if you're coming off that Nuggets game, you've got
Speaker 1: to have a little more confidence if you're the Sixers
Speaker 1: that you can go into Portland and win. But it's
Speaker 1: not going to be easy by any means. Yep, there
Speaker 1: are no gimmes on this trip. Even after that Portland matchup,
Speaker 1: the team will head south visit the Sacramento Kings, who
Speaker 1: are underratedly playing some pretty good basketball the last ten games. However,
Speaker 1: they are three and seven. They're six and nine over all,
Speaker 1: but with some star power and with a tough arena
Speaker 1: to play in. Then the team visits the first overall
Speaker 1: Golden State Warriors who are off to a tremendous thirteen
Speaker 1: and to start this season. My last few comments that
Speaker 1: I wanted to look at were about Tyrese Maxie. You
Speaker 1: mentioned the fireball comment. I have some comments about his spirit,
Speaker 1: about the smile on Tyrese Maxie. So we do homework
Speaker 1: sometimes on Twitter spaces. If you're new here, your homework
Speaker 1: when we wrap up in just a few minutes is
Speaker 1: to head to the Sixers Twitter page. Alex Suber's art photographer,
Speaker 1: who I think I saw in this space at one
Speaker 1: point he might still be here, took some tremendous photos
Speaker 1: of Tyres walking off the court, capturing that joy that
Speaker 1: you guys are talking about, bottling the energy. If you
Speaker 1: need a quick hit of what is it? Saratonin, dopamine?
Speaker 1: I get them confused, but a quick hit of something happy.
Speaker 1: Check out those photos on the Sixers page. They're awesome.
Speaker 1: Shout out to Alex Matt. We're not just saying that.
Speaker 1: We're not just saying that because Alex is listening right now.
Speaker 1: They are fantastic and it captures Maxie perfectly. Yeah, really
Speaker 1: really good stuff. So that's your homework. Head over to
Speaker 1: the Sixers page. As always, between this win and the next,
Speaker 1: please continue sending us your questions. We had some really
Speaker 1: good ones today. Matt and I love doing these. We
Speaker 1: love hearing what you guys have to say. We love
Speaker 1: feeling the excitement that you have that we have following wins. Again,
Speaker 1: like I said, we'll hope to be back with you
Speaker 1: guys on Sunday. Matt Murphy, always a pleasure, Lauren. It's
Speaker 1: nine fifty six in Portland, so you're you're getting close
Speaker 1: to the tunamout window on the early side. Yep, it's
Speaker 1: okay if you're new here. It's never too early for
Speaker 1: a tunamout. But what this was was a little bit
Speaker 1: too early for me to talk about the sixers for
Speaker 1: an hour. So the fact that I made it through
Speaker 1: is exciting. On about two hours of sleep, only one
Speaker 1: cup of coffee, I'm off to get my second one.
Speaker 1: If anyone in here loves Portland as much as I
Speaker 1: do has any coffee recommendations, please send them. I'm really
Speaker 1: excited to try some new spots. Matt Murphy, always a pleasure.
Speaker 1: Saturday night. I'll have the radio call, So if any
Speaker 1: about on East Coast time on Saturday night late or wherever,
Speaker 1: you're listening from. It might be a better time window
Speaker 1: for you if you're out west or something. But if
Speaker 1: you can join ten Eastern on the seventy Sixers Radio
Speaker 1: Network ninety seven five the Fanatic, you will hear me
Speaker 1: filling in for the great Tom McGuinness. It's been a
Speaker 1: lot of fun doing that in recent weeks, looking forward
Speaker 1: to calling Sixers Blazers on the seventy Sixers Radio Network
Speaker 1: on Saturday. It's a ten o'clock game. The Blazers are
Speaker 1: eight and eight. The Sixers are now nine and seven,
Speaker 1: which even with the long losing streak. You look at
Speaker 1: the last night's game and they beat Denver, who people
Speaker 1: weren't acting like the sky is falling with Denver, and
Speaker 1: the records come out to nine and seven for the
Speaker 1: Sixers and nine and six for the Nuggets. So the
Speaker 1: bottom line there is it's a long season. It is
Speaker 1: a long basketball season, and we are not that far
Speaker 1: into it with the teams having played just about fifteen
Speaker 1: or six team games. Yep. If you guys are like
Speaker 1: me and you don't listen to the radio, I should
Speaker 1: probably listen to the radio, but I do not. In
Speaker 1: order to find Matt, download the Sixers app. They make
Speaker 1: it really really easy during games to go ahead and
Speaker 1: click on what would be a feed to Matt's call
Speaker 1: on Saturday night. He has done such an amazing job.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I already did some gloating about my teammates
Speaker 1: earlier in this space, but let's hit another one. Matt Murphy,
Speaker 1: you've done such a good job. For those who don't know,
Speaker 1: Matt is at the young age of twenty five calling
Speaker 1: NBA games at such a high level. Has stepped in
Speaker 1: for one of the greatest of all time in Tom McGinnis,
Speaker 1: and has done so flawlessly, seamlessly, and with a lot
Speaker 1: of confidence, not unlike mister Tyree's Maxie. So make sure
Speaker 1: you listen to Matt on the call on Saturday. I'll
Speaker 1: have him in my headphones in the arena and we
Speaker 1: can all talk about that after the Sixers win. Lauren,
Speaker 1: thank you so much as always, great call on the
Speaker 1: Sixers app. If you want to listen, get the Sixers
Speaker 1: app for a variety of reasons. But there's also a
Speaker 1: button that's pretty easy to find where you can click
Speaker 1: listen and get the seventy six Ers Radio network feed
Speaker 1: and it will be me against the Blazers filling in
Speaker 1: for Tom McGuinness and it should be a lot of fun.
Speaker 1: You got to bring the energy for the East Coast
Speaker 1: people on Saturday night, but Sixers Blazers both teams looking
Speaker 1: to keep some momentum going in that one. This is
Speaker 1: the part of the Twitter space as we wrap it up,
Speaker 1: where I give you guys an overshare. Last time it
Speaker 1: was about two and melts. This time it was about
Speaker 1: sleep patterns. The Sixers got into Portland last night at
Speaker 1: about three in the morning. I didn't get to sleep
Speaker 1: till about four in the morning, woke up at like seven,
Speaker 1: and I wasn't even tired because I love Twitter spaces
Speaker 1: so much. So thanks as always guys for hanging with
Speaker 1: us for this long. I really do love doing these
Speaker 1: spaces with you guys. I love hearing your thoughts, so
Speaker 1: I mean it when I say please send as many
Speaker 1: questions as you have. Will try to get to as
Speaker 1: many as we can. We appreciate the positivity that you
Speaker 1: guys bring to this space and we hope to see
Speaker 1: you on Sunday. Matt Murphy, have a great day, hold
Speaker 1: it down in Philadelphia. Best of luck tomorrow night. Border
Speaker 1: Listening to you. Thanks, Lauren, Get some rest, all right.
Speaker 1: I mean, coffee is great, but in Portland there's probably
Speaker 1: plenty of places to find more and more cups of coffee.
Speaker 1: But maybe squeeze a nap and if you can. Now
Speaker 1: what's it called when you drink too much coffee? I
Speaker 1: don't know. I'm gonna have a caffeine overload for sure.
Speaker 1: I got to stop talking before I lose the little
Speaker 1: bit of caffeine that's powered me through at this point.
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go out and find my second cup.
Speaker 1: Thanks guys, As always, we love Yeah, we will talk
Speaker 1: to you soon