WEBVTT - Thybulle Primed for International Play 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:03.680 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers podcast Network 0:00:04.040 --> 0:00:11.920 search seventy sixers podcast wherever you get your pods. Welcome 0:00:11.960 --> 0:00:16.040 back to the seventy sixers podcast Network. We are back 0:00:16.120 --> 0:00:19.439 to check in and recap Matisse Thible's strong start in 0:00:19.560 --> 0:00:23.639 international play with Team Australia as well as set the 0:00:23.640 --> 0:00:29.040 table for the upcoming Olympics, alongside Lauren Rosen. I'm Matt Murphy. Lauren, 0:00:29.160 --> 0:00:32.280 you have been all over not just the Sixers beat, 0:00:32.840 --> 0:00:37.280 but also the Boomers beat. Now that Matisse Thible is 0:00:37.280 --> 0:00:40.520 playing with Team Australia, what's that been like so far? 0:00:40.840 --> 0:00:43.040 I know it's just exhibition games and we're gonna start 0:00:43.120 --> 0:00:45.400 with that, but what has it been like covering a 0:00:45.400 --> 0:00:49.240 new team, the Green and Yellow, Golden Gold. Come on, Matt, 0:00:50.080 --> 0:00:52.960 get it together. No, I'm just kidding. It was actually 0:00:53.040 --> 0:00:55.720 really fun. I'll be honest. I think, well, so the 0:00:55.760 --> 0:00:59.200 Sixers have more of an international presence than just Matisse, 0:00:59.280 --> 0:01:01.840 but it just so happens that where we're at right 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:04.520 now July twenty twenty one, he's the only one that's 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:07.760 playing in the Olympics. So I have become a temporary 0:01:08.840 --> 0:01:14.240 Australian Boomers account on my Twitter. You wouldn't know what 0:01:14.360 --> 0:01:16.559 team I cover if you went and checked these days. 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:18.200 But it's been a lot of fun and it's it's 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:20.480 cool to watch a different team get exposed to some 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:23.240 different players. You know, we're so in the weeds with 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:25.840 this group of seventy sixers that we don't have the 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:28.880 opportunity to watch guys like Patty Mills and Joe Ingalls 0:01:28.959 --> 0:01:31.520 and some of their young guys that are coming up 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:33.679 in the draft, which I know is something you're excited about. 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:36.720 So it's just been cool to watch other players excel 0:01:36.760 --> 0:01:38.919 and then to watch one of our seventy sixers excel 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:42.440 with a new group. I'll also, in case anyone happens 0:01:42.480 --> 0:01:46.360 to be listening, shout out the Australian basketball Twitter community 0:01:46.360 --> 0:01:48.680 because they've been very welcoming, very good to me, and 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:52.680 I've really enjoyed getting to know some folks from not 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:56.520 across the pond down under right right. And I will 0:01:57.200 --> 0:02:01.600 take some fault for the green and gold mishap, but 0:02:02.520 --> 0:02:05.080 the color itself, even if they say green and gold 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:07.920 on the uniforms, it's more it's a yellow so they 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:10.680 look sharp. It's just it's a new colorway, new color 0:02:10.760 --> 0:02:14.320 set for Matisse to don his uniform, and the Boomers 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:17.399 have looked great so far, and we are, as I said, 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:20.840 going to start with exhibition play, which a bunch of 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:22.959 the teams went out to Vegas and played each other 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:27.080 for a few weeks. Three and oh Australia. The fourth 0:02:27.160 --> 0:02:30.000 game against Team USA, which was a rematch, was canceled. 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:32.880 They did beat Team USA in that three and oh 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:38.720 timeline of exhibition games. So what were your takeaways from 0:02:38.760 --> 0:02:44.120 not just Team Australia but Matisse Thyble International edition. Well, 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:46.600 first of all, credit to all the players that are 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:50.560 out there hustling, grinding, playing right after a really long season. 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:53.760 It's been cool to watch guys come together on new 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:56.359 teams so quickly, and I think that this Australian group 0:02:56.440 --> 0:02:58.440 is a perfect example. Of course, some of the guys 0:02:58.440 --> 0:02:59.919 on this team have been playing together for a year, 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:01.640 and so that's been a really cool thing to watch, 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:04.760 is they have this existing chemistry even though they're not 0:03:04.800 --> 0:03:08.520 playing together regularly during the regular season. The chemistry. It 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:10.280 was cool to watch a team that clearly has an 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:12.880 identity already and then to see matissee get folded into 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:16.200 that existing identity so quickly. It seems like he fills 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:19.079 a role that this team needs in such a versatile, 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:22.720 agile wing defender, and it just looks like from Afar 0:03:22.919 --> 0:03:25.240 that the guys have really embraced him, which I think 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:27.359 is a great thing for any young player to get 0:03:27.400 --> 0:03:30.400 some experience in the offseason with a new team, with 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:33.080 a different group that plays a different style. But as 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:34.360 we'll talk about in a little bit, I think there 0:03:34.360 --> 0:03:36.880 are a lot of takeaways that Matisse can bring to 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:39.640 his game in his third year as a sixer. Right, 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:43.800 we're going to tie this into his young sixer's career, 0:03:44.440 --> 0:03:47.000 what that has looked like, what it might look like 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:50.320 in the future, and how this international experience can play 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:54.080 a role. Statistically, he scored the ball really well in 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:56.840 the games where he saw normal minutes outside of the 0:03:57.160 --> 0:03:59.560 third game, where the starters were arrested for the most 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:03.360 part and the regular rotation players for Australia were rested. 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:07.920 But he scored double figures in the first two, nine steals, 0:04:07.960 --> 0:04:11.520 five blocks overall between the three games, and he also 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:14.560 shot it well from deep, five for seven from three, 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:18.200 so not just the defense, also the scoring touch. I 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:21.560 liked what I've seen from him in terms of aggressiveness 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:24.839 on the offensive end and shooting the ball with some confidence. 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:26.960 I think the debut was a lot of fun. He 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:29.560 finished with fifteen points, four steals, three blocks in his 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:33.599 first time playing at least competitive minutes with a new team, 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:37.680 three for three from three in that game over Argentina, 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:41.960 and I liked the key offensive role that it seems 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:44.440 Matisse might play for this team. Whether he's in the 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:46.120 starting lineup as he was in that third game when 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:47.800 people were resting, or he's coming off the bench, which 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:49.440 he's accustomed to doing with the Sixers, he is going 0:04:49.480 --> 0:04:52.840 to be relied upon more for offensive contributions, and I 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:56.640 think Matisse doesn't have to participate as much in the 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:59.640 offense on his Sixers team, where he's not a primary 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:02.280 offense option. He's not a secondary offensive option, and it's 0:05:02.279 --> 0:05:04.080 great when he contributes with the Sixers, but it's not 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:06.240 really what he does with this team. So now to 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:08.680 have an opportunity where not only is he getting the 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:12.080 chance to contribute offensively, but he's also going to be 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:15.839 relied upon to contribute offensively regularly, I think is a 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:19.400 really cool growth opportunity. Great to see that confidence shooting 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:21.640 from three, which we started to see in the playoffs 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:25.159 prior to the season's end, of course, but but really 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:27.719 cool opportunities for him all around it and cool to 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:30.280 see him embrace it so quickly, going into a new 0:05:30.400 --> 0:05:33.320 environment and really not skipping a beat putting a bow 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:36.320 for the most part. On exhibition play, something we are 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:39.440 used to seeing Batist do is everything on the defensive end, 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:43.000 and there highlights galore on that end. One that stood 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:45.200 out to me and virtually everyone else was the block 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:48.880 of Kevin Durant, because if we're used to seeing him 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:53.560 excel defensively, not many players ken block Kevin Durant on 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:56.640 that type of shot in the lane with Durant's length. 0:05:56.920 --> 0:06:00.120 He also blocked Damian Lillard in the Team USA in 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:02.840 For me, that's like the most notable highlights so far, 0:06:02.880 --> 0:06:04.200 but there were a lot. I mean, you were a 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:08.680 part of the social media presence sharing these highlights. The 0:06:08.760 --> 0:06:12.280 Durant one made a lot of waves. Yeah, he was 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:14.200 all over the place, even the charge he drew in 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:17.120 the third game. Like, there's been so many opportunities to 0:06:17.160 --> 0:06:20.440 see Matisse do what he does well at a high level. 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:23.080 I do think that the rule changes and the slight 0:06:23.120 --> 0:06:27.080 differences with officiating in international play, fever rules honestly play 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:29.880 well into Matissa's style on defense. There have been a 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:32.360 lot of no calls that might have been calls during 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:34.159 an NBA season. So cool to see him get to 0:06:34.200 --> 0:06:36.960 experiment with things that he does well and sometimes gets 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:40.159 maybe unfairly penalized. Again, maybe I'm not one to comment 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:42.400 on officiating, but cool to see these guys just get 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:46.200 to play sort of seamless and obviously exhibition play. Maybe 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:48.880 they're letting those games happen a little bit quicker, But 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:51.440 I agree with you that block on KD was really special. 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:54.080 I know Sixers fans got really excited about that one, 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:58.000 and I think folks watching as t USA fans that 0:06:58.080 --> 0:06:59.880 might be the first time that Matiss has really been 0:06:59.880 --> 0:07:02.240 on their radar in a major way, unless you're a 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:04.560 fan of a team that played a longer series with 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:07.440 the Sixers this year or last year. Really cool to 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:09.560 see him get credit for the stuff that he does 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:12.000 so well, and I think that's only going to continue 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:15.600 as this international run develops. They are a lot of 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:18.480 fun to watch as a team team Australia. And before 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:21.560 we get to how Matisse can build off of this, 0:07:21.640 --> 0:07:25.640 experience and what the Olympics might look like. When we 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:28.240 talk about his role, there's obviously a whole new set 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:31.040 of coaches that are coaching him, so he's getting some 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:33.400 different perspectives. And I'm going to use this space to 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:38.600 interject my own Boomer's story in the sense that please 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:41.560 I was in the G League Bubble with the Delaware Bluecoats, 0:07:41.600 --> 0:07:45.000 the Sixers G League affiliate, and one of the assistant 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:48.400 coaches for Australia is Matt Nielsen, who is the head 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:52.840 coach of the Austin Spurs. And one thing that stands 0:07:52.840 --> 0:07:55.640 out from my time in the bubble, the Austin Spurs 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:59.920 were the first playoff opponent for the Delaware Blue Coats, 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:04.760 so they played against Matt Nielsen's Spurs team, and this 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:07.720 just speaks to the type of culture that Matisse is 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:12.160 now a part of. The Bluecoats beat the Spurs pretty 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:14.880 good in the first playoff game. Every team in the 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:16.880 Bubble had their own team room, so it was a 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:18.840 few hours after the game and there's a knock on 0:08:18.880 --> 0:08:22.280 the door and it's Matt Nielsen, and he comes around 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:28.480 and individually congratulates every Bluecoats staff member for the playoff 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:31.400 win and wishes everyone the best going forward in the playoffs. 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:35.120 So that is someone who now Matisse Thyble is learning 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:38.320 from with the whole staff and a chance to just 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:42.920 learn more and grow in different ways. But that was 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:47.160 something I was like, that is so very like international basketball. 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:51.040 To congratulate the winning team afterwards. Well, it's such a 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:53.160 cool community. You know, if you listen to our programming, 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:55.000 you know, I'm a sucker for wholesome content. To me, 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:57.840 that is like the pinnacle of wholesome content. Those of 0:08:57.840 --> 0:08:59.559 you listening if you're in the mood for some more 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:02.480 whole content. Credit to the folks that run the Australian 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:05.480 Boomers Instagram feed. Make sure you're following them if you 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:07.920 want to continue to see some wholesome content. But this 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:09.720 is the type of team where clearly these guys have 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:12.560 great relationships, meaningful relationships, guys that are playing in their 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:16.840 fourth Olympics together, but are also welcoming in a new 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:19.720 cast of characters into that family. And it's been really 0:09:19.720 --> 0:09:23.960 cool to watch from afar. International basketball is awesome. I've 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:26.319 missed it. It's been well, I guess at least since 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:29.040 the elast Olympics five years since we've gotten a chance 0:09:29.040 --> 0:09:30.760 to watch teams do this, but yeah, I'd love to 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:33.719 love to hear those anecdotes from the gubble, So thank 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:35.600 you for that one and cool to see the wholesome 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:39.440 content continue to roll through. And when it comes to 0:09:40.000 --> 0:09:45.000 Matisse's sophomore NBA season with the six years, of course, 0:09:45.720 --> 0:09:49.839 All defensive second team at the NBA level one point 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:52.440 six steals per game, over a block per game this 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:56.960 year in his second season, which was way up. How 0:09:56.960 --> 0:10:00.360 do you think he can continue to build off of 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:02.880 the success he just had at the NBA level that 0:10:02.960 --> 0:10:06.880 included more playoff experience in his second season, a couple 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:09.800 of rounds worth of playoff experience. How does he build 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:13.600 off that here? Well, to me, it's all about that 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:16.600 three point shooting that he got so comfortable within that 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:19.160 second round series with the Hawks. He was really really 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:23.640 strong from three during that stretch of seven games. And 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:25.760 then to see him continue to be as strong, if 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:28.520 not stronger from three, obviously he's barely missed any not 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:31.960 just started catch and shoot either. There was one going 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:35.320 back to the highlights, one pull up off the dribble 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:37.959 transition three. Well, that's the thing, right like on this 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:41.440 Sixers team. Matisse isn't relied upon to create for himself, 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:44.400 understandably so, but maybe on this Boomers squad he is 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:46.120 going to be relied upon to create for himself. And 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:47.640 that's never going to be a bad thing to know 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:48.880 how to do, even if you're not going to do 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:50.760 it as frequently when you come back into the NBA 0:10:50.760 --> 0:10:53.080 and join your teammates with the Sixers, it's a great 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:55.120 skill to have in your back pocket. You never know 0:10:55.160 --> 0:10:57.560 when you're going to be needed or called upon to create. 0:10:57.600 --> 0:11:01.160 More offensively, we've seen throughout Matisse's career, I think little 0:11:01.160 --> 0:11:03.319 flashes of him being a really good creator. He can 0:11:03.320 --> 0:11:06.199 make some nifty passes, obviously, his reflexes are pretty tremendous. 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:07.559 So cool to see him get to hone in on 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:10.360 an area where he can grow because the defense is 0:11:10.360 --> 0:11:13.000 already so elite. But then again, to be relied upon 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:16.360 it not just given infrequent opportunities, to really be asked 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:18.680 to contribute there and to rise to the occasion and 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:20.559 answer the call. So we saw more of it in 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:22.760 the playoffs in his sophomore season, We're seeing more of 0:11:22.760 --> 0:11:25.400 it in international play, and of course as he continues 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:26.960 to grow with this team. We're going to see more 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:28.760 of it with the seventy sixers. So love that he's 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:32.400 getting this opportunity and then something else when it comes 0:11:32.440 --> 0:11:37.840 to returning to MBA games next season and with the Sixers, 0:11:39.160 --> 0:11:41.800 it seems like he came in and played himself into 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:44.199 even more of a role than some people knew. He 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:45.720 had to prove himself a little bit. It is an 0:11:45.800 --> 0:11:49.600 established group that he's playing with, but from what I've gathered, 0:11:49.760 --> 0:11:52.760 it seems like even if he starts or not, he's 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:55.120 a part of the group that might close the game. 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:56.920 I'm not going to ask you to play coach, but 0:11:57.080 --> 0:12:00.360 experiences like that, if he's on the floor at the 0:12:00.360 --> 0:12:04.079 most critical times of high level games, when there's something 0:12:04.080 --> 0:12:06.480 on the line in the form of medals this time around, 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:09.760 that could bode well for coming back to Philly. Just 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:12.800 getting important minutes at the end of games, being a 0:12:12.840 --> 0:12:15.560 part of the closing lineup perhaps such a good point. 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:17.880 It's like almost getting a bonus playoff run. And as 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:20.120 a young player. We talked about this throughout Matisa's career. 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:22.160 We talked about it with Tyrese as well. When you're 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:24.280 a young player that comes into a good team the 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:26.800 room for error. There's there's no margin for error. He's 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:29.040 only played two NBA seasons, both have continued to have 0:12:29.320 --> 0:12:31.959 included playoff runs in which he's been relied upon to 0:12:32.000 --> 0:12:34.920 not make mistakes, and there aren't that many chances to 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:36.800 learn to do that at a high level. Of course, 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:38.480 if things continue the way they're going, he's going to 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:41.120 have a lot more playoff runs in his future. So 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:44.040 to have this Olympic experience where every game is going 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:46.680 to count things down the stretch are going to be meaningful. 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:49.480 It's just it's a bonus playoffs and it'll almost be like, 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:51.640 should the Sixers find themselves in the playoffs once again 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:53.680 next season, it would be kind of like his fourth playoffs, 0:12:53.720 --> 0:12:58.280 not his third. So absolutely love the competition that's ahead 0:12:58.360 --> 0:13:01.559 for our guy, and let's go there. Because what is 0:13:01.600 --> 0:13:06.600 ahead is the Olympic Games in Tokyo, and Australia is 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:10.560 expected to be in the mix metal contention. Perhaps I 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:14.280 know I'm not extremely well versed in Australian basketball history, 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:16.520 but they suffered a tough loss and missed out on 0:13:16.559 --> 0:13:20.040 a metal the last time around. Many of those players 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:23.240 a part of this team as well, so their group 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:25.840 is Germany, Italy and Nigeria. They're not in a group 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:30.120 with Team USA, but just overall, as the games will count, 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:33.800 what excites you the most for that Well, as you 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:35.880 know if you follow me on Twitter, I'm now officially 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:39.480 an Australian Boomers band. Look like I'm American. I'll always 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:42.480 root for Team USA, but in this Olympics, I'm going 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:45.240 all in on the Boomers. It's a perfect opportunity for 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:47.240 them to get that metal that they've so openly been 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:51.160 chasing and will cove it and will appreciate and the 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:53.480 way that the bracket has broke, the way that they've 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:56.080 played obviously in these exhibition games, it really does feel 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:58.120 like a good opportunity for a team that's been working 0:13:58.120 --> 0:14:00.679 so hard towards this goal to aulish it. And how 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:02.640 cool to get to watch one of our sixers potentially 0:14:02.679 --> 0:14:04.520 be a part of that run. So for me, like 0:14:04.559 --> 0:14:07.439 I'm all in on the Boomers. Their games are their 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:10.320 exhibition games are going to be at four thirty am 0:14:10.559 --> 0:14:15.679 Eastern time. That question, I'm not committing to watching all 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:19.000 of them live. I maybe on this podcast I'll commit 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:22.520 to watching at least one of them live. Well, there's 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:24.520 a whole series of steps that you have to take 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:26.400 if you're not going to watch them live. You have 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:29.920 to mute all the keywords, you have to maybe mute 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:33.760 accounts for certain periods of time so that notifications from 0:14:33.760 --> 0:14:36.160 certain apps so that you don't spoil the result for 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:37.920 yourself if you were going to wait, wake up and 0:14:37.960 --> 0:14:41.360 watch the game in its entirety true, Look, I'm gonna 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:43.320 be honest, I'm gonna try. I'm gonna do my best. 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:45.680 I can commit to doing my best. I'm just saying 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:47.840 that the game, the results of the games might be 0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:53.040 spoiled for you if you don't watch them live. But 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:55.880 I'm also not committing to watching them live. So yeah, look, 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:57.440 I'm not gonna commit, but I'm gonna say I'm gonna 0:14:57.440 --> 0:15:00.400 do my best. Obviously, as the Olympics continue on those 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:02.880 that timing for Philly fans will get a little bit 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:06.400 more friendly as primetime shifts to try to accommodate for 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:10.240 folks watching over on this side of the world. But yeah, 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:12.760 just really looking forward to watching them, and of course 0:15:12.800 --> 0:15:15.400 international basketball in general, Like it's so cool to watch 0:15:15.480 --> 0:15:17.240 NBA players that you're so accustomed to seeing in their 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:20.280 NBA colors play for a different team, excel on an 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:23.040 international scale. Great to I mean, obviously we know a 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:25.080 lot of these guys are friends off the court, so 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:28.520 cool to see them developing bonds playing against their own teammates. 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:30.920 That's something I always like to watch for regular season 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:34.120 teammates clashing against one another in international play, and there's 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:36.120 gonna be a whole lot of that to come. I'm 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:38.440 a huge Olympics fan. I don't know if people don't 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:40.880 know my background. I was a gymnast all throughout my 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:42.720 growing up years, and so the Olympics is sort of 0:15:42.720 --> 0:15:44.520 like the calendar that I lived on for a really 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:47.800 long time. So every time the Olympics rolls around, like 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:49.880 my TV is going to be on twenty four seven, 0:15:50.320 --> 0:15:52.400 Like the last time my TV was on twenty four seven, 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:54.080 it was during the election, And so now I think 0:15:54.120 --> 0:15:55.840 we're going to do that same sort of model where 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:58.440 it's muted at night, but it's on to make sure 0:15:58.440 --> 0:16:01.920 that I don't miss out on any Olympic content. I'm pupped. 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:05.600 Matt Murphy, I am also pumped. And for those that 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:07.960 we'll be watching from Australia, the time slots for the 0:16:08.000 --> 0:16:11.720 games are much better obviously, but congratulations to you, because 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:14.600 in fairness, the Sixers have a lot of Australian fans 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:17.000 and those folks are staying up at weird hours to 0:16:17.040 --> 0:16:19.040 watch the Sixers. Now it's their time, you know what. 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:21.200 It's the least we can do is to deal with 0:16:21.240 --> 0:16:24.520 this obscure timing and I'm going to embrace it. Last thing, 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:27.960 their first game, Australia's first game Sunday, July twenty fifth 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:31.240 against Nigeria. In that group I mentioned with Germany and 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:33.560 Italy as well, Nigeria is the only opponent that was 0:16:34.320 --> 0:16:38.040 a common opponent from the exhibition games in Vegas, so 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:40.600 what did you learn there? And Nigeria has a lot 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:43.640 of NBA players, that's going to be an interesting first 0:16:43.640 --> 0:16:46.120 matchup to watch. It's going to be interesting. However, I'll 0:16:46.160 --> 0:16:48.360 be honest, Australia didn't have a lot of trouble and 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:51.480 they didn't play their best players, So looking forward to 0:16:51.480 --> 0:16:54.480 sort of seeing them clash a new with their best 0:16:54.520 --> 0:16:57.800 guys available to face Nigeria, knowing that they did a 0:16:57.800 --> 0:17:00.760 good job against Nigeria without their best guy is available. 0:17:00.960 --> 0:17:04.080 Even Matisse didn't play very much in that one, so 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:05.800 really looking forward to it and if you're still listening, 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:07.800 I can continue to tell you guys about my personal life. 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:09.560 I will be on the West coast actually for that 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:11.879 first one, which means that it'll be at one thirty, 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:15.879 which means that maybe I'll stay up for it. I 0:17:15.880 --> 0:17:18.159 don't know, Matt Murphy that too much. I mean, that 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:20.240 is much better, I think, because I don't know. I'm 0:17:20.240 --> 0:17:22.760 an early riser here in Philadelphia. I like to I 0:17:22.800 --> 0:17:26.240 like to get up around six six thirty, So I 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:28.520 don't know, Man, you have a few days between all 0:17:28.560 --> 0:17:32.640 of these games to recover as well, unless it might 0:17:32.720 --> 0:17:34.479 be better. It might be more favorable if they were 0:17:34.480 --> 0:17:35.960 all together, so you could just stay on the same 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:39.560 sleep schedule and not have to alternate back and forth. 0:17:39.600 --> 0:17:42.200 But we have a little bit of time to plan 0:17:42.400 --> 0:17:45.359 for that. One other notable event coming up just about 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:47.760 ten days from this recording. Ten days to be exact 0:17:48.040 --> 0:17:51.640 as we talk right now. The NBA Draft Thursday, July 0:17:51.760 --> 0:17:56.000 twenty ninth, and the Sixers have picks twenty eight and fifty. 0:17:56.359 --> 0:17:58.800 The last few years the team has done well in 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:01.440 the twenties, so I'm also excited not just for the Olympics, 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:03.600 but for the NBA Draft coming up. We'll have plenty 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:06.840 of coverage surrounding the draft here on our seventy six 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:11.080 Ers podcast network feed as well. But Lettis Thibel, Tyrese Maxie. 0:18:11.680 --> 0:18:14.200 What do the twenties hold this time around? We will 0:18:14.200 --> 0:18:16.359 find out soon enough. It should be fun to watch 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:18.439 that as well, no doubt about it. The Sixers have, 0:18:18.840 --> 0:18:21.840 in my humble and biased opinion, struck gold in the 0:18:21.880 --> 0:18:25.200 twenties for two seasons straight, so let's see what happens 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:28.080 this year. I am looking forward to it. As always. 0:18:28.119 --> 0:18:30.640 My last note on these Olympics. I think I'm more 0:18:30.720 --> 0:18:33.320 likely to stay up for them if the same group 0:18:33.520 --> 0:18:36.640 of like devoted fans are watching that we're watching these 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:39.240 exhibition games with me, because there were some obscure times 0:18:39.280 --> 0:18:41.760 on those, and if that group is staying up, I 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:45.120 feel it is my job to serve. So if you're listening, 0:18:45.320 --> 0:18:46.840 if you want to let me know if you're planning 0:18:46.840 --> 0:18:50.120 to stay up, that will greatly influence my coverage plan. 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:55.479 Please hit the DM DM. Sorry, and that was a 0:18:55.480 --> 0:19:00.280 great plug there, but or an engagement tactic, But I 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:03.400 think there's something to be said for watching a game 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:06.080 after everyone's seen it, Like there's great real time engagement, 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:09.000 but they might be interested in hearing your takes when 0:19:09.000 --> 0:19:11.159 you're the only one on the feed talking are the 0:19:11.160 --> 0:19:14.080 timeline talking about it after the fact, when everyone's seen 0:19:14.160 --> 0:19:17.159 it already, you can offer It'll be You'll be unique. 0:19:17.160 --> 0:19:18.919 You'll be the only one out there talking about it 0:19:18.960 --> 0:19:20.480 at a certain time. So we're gonna have to deal 0:19:20.520 --> 0:19:23.600 with the choice between figuring out who's interested in what 0:19:23.640 --> 0:19:25.120 I have to say in the middle of the night, 0:19:25.359 --> 0:19:27.600 versus figuring out who's interested in what I have to 0:19:27.680 --> 0:19:31.159 say after the game has already ended. It's going to 0:19:31.240 --> 0:19:34.639 be interesting. Maybe I'll experiment with both. If you're along 0:19:34.680 --> 0:19:37.000 for the ride, make sure you're following us at Lauren 0:19:37.119 --> 0:19:39.800 m Rosen on Twitter and on Instagram. Matt Murphy is 0:19:40.800 --> 0:19:43.879 at Matt Underscore Murphy. Oh four very common names, So 0:19:43.920 --> 0:19:46.560 I had to throw an underscore in and a number 0:19:46.680 --> 0:19:49.359 because there's a lot of people with my name And 0:19:49.480 --> 0:19:53.800