WEBVTT - Mailbag Monday | CC Stops By, Maxey's Momentum 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.640 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers Podcast network 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:08.440 search seventy Sixers podcast wherever you get your pods. The 0:00:08.520 --> 0:00:11.000 seventy sixers are back at home this week and looking 0:00:11.000 --> 0:00:13.159 to get back on track. There's one guy right now 0:00:13.160 --> 0:00:16.840 who's in the midst of a great stretch. Here's under 0:00:16.880 --> 0:00:21.400 Hand Scoop Ontario. Well done by Hi Reese Maxie. We 0:00:21.520 --> 0:00:24.119 react to your thoughts about the re emergence of Tyrese 0:00:24.200 --> 0:00:28.200 Maxie plus a special guest. I'm going strong, got it together, 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:31.080 I'm going overrong. Hey wait, I'm going strong as even 0:00:31.120 --> 0:00:35.600 better than to them all on a beat. What's up everyone, 0:00:35.640 --> 0:00:38.680 It's me Christian Crosby. I cannot wait for my first 0:00:38.720 --> 0:00:47.800 Mailbag Monday, so check it out. Mailbag Monday returns Lauren Rosen, 0:00:47.880 --> 0:00:51.640 coming off of a so much bumpy week relative to 0:00:51.720 --> 0:00:55.280 all things seventy Sixers this season. I need some energy 0:00:55.400 --> 0:00:58.760 right off the bats. I can't dabble and get caught 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:01.520 up in the past. I need to be positive, looking 0:01:01.560 --> 0:01:03.720 forward to moving to the present, and for that, I 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:05.400 think we need to bring on a special guest. When 0:01:05.440 --> 0:01:08.399 it comes to positivity, there's only one person who can 0:01:08.480 --> 0:01:11.440 really channel that and bring it to us. Yeah, so 0:01:11.760 --> 0:01:14.360 I'm not gonna lie to you. Tough week in Sixers Land, 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:18.160 but maybe never a better time to bring on this 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:22.039 specific guest. We couldn't have planned it better. You know 0:01:22.200 --> 0:01:26.040 him from going to seventy six Ers games season after season. 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:29.440 You hear him now doing everything from his own music 0:01:29.800 --> 0:01:32.360 to chatting you up in the arena. The one and 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:38.960 only channel or positivity himself, Christian Crosby, Christian, what's up? Man? Wow? 0:01:39.080 --> 0:01:43.880 I gotta say the introduction here is just amazing. I 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:46.319 don't I do not deserve such an introduction, but thank 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:48.560 you so much for having me. What's up? Y'all? This 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:52.480 is not the time to be mired down in negativity. 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:55.560 We have to keep looking forward. Guys are gonna be healthy, 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:58.400 the team's gonna be back at full strength. Everything will 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:00.640 be right with the world. I agree. I mean, it 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:03.000 was a tough week, but we got to remind ourselves 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:05.520 this has been an amazing year. Like it's been an 0:02:05.520 --> 0:02:08.280 amazing year. We've we've been fairly spoiled as six Ers 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:11.720 fans this year, which I see this as a positive 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:14.000 thing for for it to only be a couple of 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:17.239 games and we're feeling the way we're feeling. I don't. 0:02:17.320 --> 0:02:21.280 That's only because we've been doing so well. So I agree. 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:24.040 I'm here to bring the energy. Let's get some smiles going, 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:27.720 shake it off, Let's have a good time, and let's talk. 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:30.880 What's up, y'all. Let's go because you were here for 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:34.639 the true heart of the process era, the ten win seasons, 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:38.200 the eighteen wins, the seventeen wins. This is thirty nine 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:40.720 and twenty one. Let's keep the big picture in perspective, right, 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:44.640 I mean, I totally agree, and I remember those years. Honestly, 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:47.320 I'll never forget them. There was one game I'll never 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:49.320 forget that I worked. I think there was only about 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:54.160 six thousand people in the arena, and so to just 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:59.280 see everything heightened and to see the level of basketball 0:02:59.360 --> 0:03:04.400 that this team is playing. Honestly, look, I couldn't be 0:03:04.400 --> 0:03:06.280 happier as a Sixers fan. If you're not happy, I 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:08.000 don't want to talk to you. There's no reason to 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:13.520 be mad right now. Seriously, I love it. I do 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:15.160 want to talk to you a little bit about what 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:17.480 we've seen this season, and especially the vibes in the 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:19.359 building as of late, which has been so nice to 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:21.600 see fans return. But before we get too far away 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:24.160 from our intro. Lauren would probably pick up on this 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:26.519 because I make her listen to every episode of mail 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:31.119 Bag Monday that our theme song for this episode was Difference. 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:39.640 It's gonna stay different. Why not make it strong? Right? Yes? Scrong, Yes, No, Honestly, 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:41.640 it's an honor for you guys to put my song 0:03:41.720 --> 0:03:45.320 strong as an intro. That's probably like the cool one 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:48.360 of the coolest things that have happened with me and 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:50.640 the Sixers, Like, come on, I made a song and 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:53.240 you guys are using it. That's It's an honor, guys. 0:03:53.560 --> 0:03:56.400 I really appreciate it. I want your honest take, though. 0:03:56.400 --> 0:03:59.000 What do you guys think, because we haven't talked about this, 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:02.520 give me your honest take on the music. Lauren and Brian, 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:05.360 what do you think? I'll give you my take first. Christian, 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:07.960 I am a fan especially of this song because you 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:10.880 and I talk and I do give you some evaluations. 0:04:11.240 --> 0:04:13.839 This one I really I ride with the first time 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:15.920 I listened to it, I remember I called you and 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:18.360 I was like, Christian, this one's a good one. I 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:21.440 like this one. And then seeing the guys warm up 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:24.760 to this song specifically, I know that's been special for you. 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:27.359 I'd love to hear, Christian, what was it like the 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:31.160 first time you saw the Sixers in layup lines warming 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:35.599 up to your music? I mean, it's it's a really 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:39.520 strange feeling, like I was a fan in the moment, 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:44.520 just watching my favorite athletes in the world warming up 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:46.680 to a song that I made, and knowing that the 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:49.840 Sixers made it all happen. To feel the support not 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:53.919 only from the organization but also the team, you know, 0:04:53.960 --> 0:04:55.880 I got a little terry eyed. I'm not gonna lie. 0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:58.880 It felt really good. It's just one of those things 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:01.839 where it's confirmation, like just do what makes you happy, 0:05:01.920 --> 0:05:04.000 have fun with it, and you never know what can 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:05.720 happen with it. You know, you never know where it's 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:07.080 going to take you. And with this, I was just 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:11.400 doing music fun and to see it be received so 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:15.119 well and supported is like, come on, I couldn't ask 0:05:15.160 --> 0:05:19.520 for a better scenario. So the genesis of all this 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:23.440 for making Strong Now our theme song here on Mailbag 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:25.840 Monday was a Louren I've been talking about how do 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:29.279 we figure out ways to bring a more direct connection 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:31.080 to some of the people out there into the pod. 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:33.600 One of the thoughts you've kicked around, is for our 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:36.520 open music, do we try and find a local artist 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:40.160 whose songs that we can use? And then it was like, well, 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:43.200 hold on, wait a second, there's a local artist then 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:45.960 at thirty six zero one who we see and hear 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:49.919 from and love every single game. And my first season 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:51.719 with the Sixers was the ten win season, so that 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:54.760 was twenty fifteen sixteen. Like you, Christian, there's just some 0:05:54.800 --> 0:05:56.680 things when you live through it, you can't forget. You 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:58.840 don't forget a ten win season, for better or for worse. 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:02.839 And I feel like that was right before the Christian 0:06:02.839 --> 0:06:06.440 Crosby explosion happened. You know, we had lived life nice. 0:06:06.960 --> 0:06:10.000 We now have this music career. How did all that 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:12.240 come together? Where did that start from? How did you 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:15.640 go from in arena host only to now a guy 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:18.080 who's just like you know, you have your your fingers 0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:19.839 on the pulse of everything. You're involved in a little 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:22.640 bit of everything. You know. What's what's crazy is I 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:27.359 really do have to credit the Sixers organization UM for 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:32.200 much of my success. Honestly, Like from working with the 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:35.800 Sixers number one, I fell in love with entrepreneurship and 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:38.480 it was through working with the Sixers and working with 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:41.080 different entrepreneurs and different businesses through being in the game 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:44.479 presentation department that I started to realize, I really like this. 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:47.800 I like I like people that are are doing their 0:06:47.800 --> 0:06:50.880 own businesses. And I would book, um, you know, different 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:53.680 halftime acts and this and that, and I just started 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:56.240 to get curious um. And so it opened my eyes 0:06:56.279 --> 0:07:00.159 to a whole other world. M starting out as a 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:05.279 dunker off the trampoline, I never envisioned myself being a 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:07.480 guy who sat at a desk and did any type 0:07:07.480 --> 0:07:10.240 of job. I always wanted to be an entertainer. So 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:15.200 the Sixers giving me that opportunity to sharpen my tools 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:17.920 and enhance my skills in a way that I never 0:07:18.240 --> 0:07:20.800 envisioned was the best thing that ever happened to me. 0:07:21.760 --> 0:07:24.200 And then being on the court in front of all 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:27.720 these people for years and years. You meet season ticket holders, 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:31.160 you meet different celebrities, you meet different athletes, And what 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:34.640 this does is it gives you an opportunity to build 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:38.160 different brands and do different opportunities and be able to 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:40.880 do it at a level where you can find success. 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:44.160 And so all of that has come from working with 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:48.320 the Sixers, and so My biggest thing is just being curious. 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:51.560 I was always curious. I always wanted to learn more. 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:54.640 I always wanted to experience more. And this is where 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:56.960 I've landed. It's been a it's been a journey. It's 0:07:56.960 --> 0:08:00.880 been really fun. And I think what I about everything 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:04.960 that I'm doing currently is that I am still with 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:07.640 the Sixers, and I am still tied to the Sixers, 0:08:07.800 --> 0:08:10.480 And on top of that, the Sixers are supporting me. 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:12.920 The Sixers support me would live lick nice. The Sixers 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:15.920 are now supporting my music, Like, what are we talking about? 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:19.440 That's insane, that doesn't even make sense. So, as a 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:23.240 real genuine Sixers fan growing up in this area, I 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:26.680 am literally living out what you would call a dream, 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:29.480 and hopefully I'm just getting started. But I do have 0:08:29.520 --> 0:08:31.720 to credit the Sixers. We have to give the Sixers 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:37.240 their credit for the support. I could not be more 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:41.200 more grateful for it, to be honest. Well that's beautiful, Christian. 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:43.440 It has been a pleasure to watch you grow, to 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:45.520 watch you do all sorts of different things. I'm so 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:47.120 proud of you as a friend, and I'm so glad 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:50.400 that you got to come share this with us today. Christian, 0:08:50.440 --> 0:08:53.200 I have a question for you. Okay, are you in 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:55.800 a hurry? I am not in a hurry at all. 0:08:55.840 --> 0:08:59.800 Am I talking really fast? No, not at all. So 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:02.360 this would be the part where Selton I usually do 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:05.000 our mailbag Monday. People submit questions. Obviously this was a 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:07.840 little bit of a more difficult week to get positivity 0:09:07.880 --> 0:09:11.199 in the mailbag. But if you have a few minutes, 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:13.719 do you want to stay on and answer our mail 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:16.560 back questions with us? I would love to. Let's go. 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:20.160 I have a few minutes. I have a lot of 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:22.040 minutes for you, guys, whatever you want to do, let's go. 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:28.920 You have one new message without further ado. Now that 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:31.280 he is in, let us give an official mailbag Monday. 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:37.040 Welcome to the masses, love him Christian Crosby. He is 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:40.640 in for the duration of this episode. Mailbag Monday. Hawes 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:42.640 it work. Perhaps many of you know, perhaps some of 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:46.559 you don't. For the uninitiated, we take your mentions and 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:50.400 dms on social and respond to what is our favorite 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:53.960 mode of communication, your voicemails on the podline two five 0:09:54.240 --> 0:09:57.880 four zero three seven six three seven, each and every Monday. 0:09:58.080 --> 0:10:01.160 It's this simple. You send it in, we respond, and 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:04.360 if you call the new stipulation is automatically, you call, 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:07.000 you get some free swag and some march. We try 0:10:07.040 --> 0:10:09.160 to do that here, Chris. We try to reward the 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:13.160 people for engaging with us. I love it, Brian, Lauren, 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:15.400 thank you for having me. I'm excited about this a 0:10:15.440 --> 0:10:17.720 little nervous, but let's do it all right. Let's start 0:10:17.720 --> 0:10:20.959 it off, Lena say, let's start off easy. But perhaps 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:22.920 the timing of this makes it not so easy. The 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:25.520 week that was, Lauren, I usually do a quick debrief 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:27.280 on the week that was before we get into the 0:10:27.679 --> 0:10:30.600 listener questions and comments. Different type of week for the 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:33.280 seventy sixers, they did not happen to win a game 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:36.720 that has been rare this year. But listen, I think 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:39.040 we can keep it simple. There are a lot of 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:41.600 important guys who weren't playing basketball in all those games 0:10:41.600 --> 0:10:44.480 for the Sixers. I agree. I mean, look, my phone 0:10:44.480 --> 0:10:47.000 got hit up a lot. You know, as Philly fans, 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:49.240 everyone just wants to talk. They want to talk about 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:52.439 every game. They want to analyze every moment, every play, 0:10:52.559 --> 0:10:55.280 every up, every down. I get it. I'm a Sixer. 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:58.920 Span sometimes I fall guilty of it too. My phone 0:10:58.920 --> 0:11:01.800 blew up, But at the end of the day, Brian Lauren. Look, 0:11:02.080 --> 0:11:05.280 we're fine. We all know why things went the way 0:11:05.280 --> 0:11:09.200 they went. It's nothing to freak out about. I'm feeling good, actually, 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:13.080 like it's Monday. I'm feeling really good. And I think 0:11:13.120 --> 0:11:15.920 any Philly fan who's been following this season should feel 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:19.120 good as well. Like we're good. Everyone relaxed. I need 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:22.040 the text messages to slow down a little bit. It's Monday, 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:26.520 Let's get over it, let's move on. We're gonna be fine. 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:30.680 And this is why we had you on this specific episode. 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:33.440 I don't have any unique takes really here. For me. 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:35.760 This is a keep it in perspective type of week 0:11:36.200 --> 0:11:39.360 worth noting. Yes, four losses in a row, all without 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:42.640 Ben Simmons. If you ever needed evidence of how important 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:44.960 he is to this team, just look at this week. 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:49.040 Beyond that, other players, other all stars in and out 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:51.040 of the lineup, no fur con for a lot of 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:52.959 the time that the team played this week, and a 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:56.360 really difficult doc. Rivers was willing to call it a 0:11:56.400 --> 0:11:59.360 type of schedule bloss and I'm willing to agree with him, 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:01.720 especially with first one in Milwaukee and then the second 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.880 one obviously deeply shorthanded against a team that didn't even 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:07.320 have to submit an injury report. Cells I forgot kind 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:09.360 of that that was an option. I thought that the 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:11.880 Bucks were late to submit their injury reports this week. 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:15.000 Really they just didn't have anyone on it. And that's 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:16.839 a jarring thing to see when you're missing both of 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:19.160 your all stars. So I'm willing to just sort of 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:21.600 pack it up, put it in a box, keep it moving. 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:24.560 The Sixers have a pretty weak strength of schedule for 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:27.040 the rest of the way and hopefully they can capitalize 0:12:27.040 --> 0:12:30.000 on it starting tonight. And look, they're back home for 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:32.880 three straight. That is a great thing always for this team. 0:12:32.920 --> 0:12:35.040 We know how good they've been at home, and I 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:38.240 do think that right Ben Simmons extremely talented player, We 0:12:38.320 --> 0:12:42.520 know that. And specific to the three opponents the Sixers play, 0:12:42.600 --> 0:12:45.079 they obviously played two games against Milwaukee. There was a 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:47.520 key player on each of those teams. Golden State I 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:51.200 would say Steph Phoenix, Devin Booker probably or Chris Paul 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:53.240 depending on how you wanted to do it. And then 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:57.920 Milwaukee Janis who Ben Simmons probably, all things considered, would 0:12:57.960 --> 0:13:00.400 have been the number one guy on defensively, So I 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:03.000 think there was a lot going on, and I am 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:06.760 hardened to hear. It always helps to keep things in perspective. 0:13:08.000 --> 0:13:10.120 It's been a long season, and I think at some 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:13.200 point too, it's inevitable with all the things that are 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:16.319 going on for this particular year, with health and safety protocols, 0:13:16.320 --> 0:13:17.960 guys and in in and out of the lineups, you're gonna 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:20.319 hit a bump in the road. I think the Sixers 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:24.000 hit theres and I personally feel like there's enough evidence 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:26.480 out there and body of work to suggest that once 0:13:26.520 --> 0:13:29.320 they get back healthy, things should be good. I was 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:31.839 just gonna say, look, this is basketball. No team wins 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:34.920 every game, and there's always there's always a part of 0:13:34.920 --> 0:13:37.439 the season when this happens to a team, every single 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:41.719 team in the league. So this is ours and like 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:44.280 we're back home. We do play much better at home, 0:13:44.800 --> 0:13:48.560 and uh yeah, that's all I have to say about it. 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:51.800 And I think, honestly, like I think sometimes us Philly 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:53.520 fans like, well, we don't have much to say. We 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:57.600 just we just start saying anything, and it's really that simple, 0:13:57.679 --> 0:14:01.320 Like we lost, we lost consecutive games. We're back home, 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:05.600 and that's the story. Like let's just that's it, and 0:14:05.640 --> 0:14:07.880 I'm willing to just point out a couple of silver linings. 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:10.520 I think when Steph Curry plays the way he did, 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:12.920 I don't think that any team can can really beat that. 0:14:12.920 --> 0:14:15.840 That sort of felt like a basketball god's momentum, And 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:18.160 regardless of who was available, I think that's how that 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:20.240 one was going to go. Selzie brought up an interesting 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:22.040 point when we look at what Matisse Bible did to 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:25.520 Devin Booker against the Suns. I mean, if Ben had played, 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:28.600 we might not have had that experience of understanding just 0:14:28.680 --> 0:14:31.440 how lethal Matisse can be against a smaller guard like 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:34.320 Devin Booker. And then when you go to Milwaukee and 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:38.040 you're as shorthanded as you were, at least you got 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:40.120 the reps in. I don't know good to see Tobias Harris. 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:42.040 At least he came back right. He needs to be 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:44.320 back in the lineup. So I'm willing to look at 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:50.160 little silver linings from each of the losses and keep 0:14:50.200 --> 0:14:53.160 it moving. The only linings we do here on mail 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:56.200 Bag Monday, Gosh Darnett our silver so let us start 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:59.720 to dip into the mail bag. You have one new 0:14:59.760 --> 0:15:04.120 meth our weekly Sunday Sticker question on the at sixers 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:07.920 Instagram story feed was big week for Tyrese Maxie. What 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:10.960 did you think, really, guys? I felt like Tyres was 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:14.520 terrific stepping up in extra minutes this past week. Let 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:16.400 us run you some of his numbers in the last 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:18.640 four games. He's averaged twelve and a half point shot 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:21.800 around forty three percent from the field, knockdown a couple 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:25.720 threes to assist per game. Just all around energy from 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:30.280 this young rookie out of the University of Kentucky. On Instagram, 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:34.480 Donning dot Jack says, how did Tyres play like an 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:38.720 absolute goat? Okay, coming right out of the gate with 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:44.200 some fire, that's a that's a statement. Yeah. During the games, 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:48.720 I'm up on the stage with Squad seven six Every 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:52.960 time Maxie scores, we always say to the Maxie, like 0:15:54.080 --> 0:15:55.960 we say to them, like you know, to the max 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:58.440 We say to the Maxi and we all go crazy. Well, 0:15:58.480 --> 0:16:01.440 you love Maxio. I never forget the first game I 0:16:01.480 --> 0:16:04.440 watched him playing. This dude was super finessy and super aggressive, 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:06.440 like down low. I was like, who the heck is 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:09.480 this guy? I love this kid? Yeah, this kid is 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:12.600 on fire. We're I think we're all throwing the goat 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:15.440 term out there a little loosely, but you know what, 0:16:16.120 --> 0:16:19.520 it's Maxie. Let him have it. I'm cool. I'm cool 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:22.880 with that. That's that's that's my take on Maxi right there. 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:26.240 Let's give him all the confidence he needs to keep 0:16:26.280 --> 0:16:30.080 this juice going. I'm loving the energy, I'm loving the confidence. 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:32.920 Even when he makes mistakes, you don't see his demeanor change. 0:16:33.320 --> 0:16:36.680 Love that guy. Double digits in all four of course, 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:39.840 again four losses, but four straight games and double figures 0:16:39.840 --> 0:16:42.360 for Tyrese. He's someone who has prided himself and staying 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:44.480 ready all season, and then this week he was able 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:46.760 to prove that he really did stay ready, and he's 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:48.680 improved in a lot of ways. Selta and I have 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:50.080 talked about. We think he's put on a little bit 0:16:50.120 --> 0:16:52.160 of weight too, so he's clearly been putting in the 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:55.160 work behind the scenes as well. Cool to see him 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:57.520 succeed and capitalize on on what was a difficult week. 0:16:57.880 --> 0:17:00.760 George Keane underscores zero seven said, I think he's playing 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:03.880 with confidence and a straight up balling. Yes, would agree 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:07.560 with that. Lucas dot Reich's thirty nine says, how is 0:17:07.600 --> 0:17:11.080 Tyrese Maxie playing good? Because Ben Simmons is out and 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:14.040 it's good we can see what our point guard can do. Listen. 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:16.640 I think that's a valid point this stage of the year. 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:18.640 I think we've all seen, like we were just talking 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:20.600 about what the seventy sixers can do while they're at 0:17:20.640 --> 0:17:24.280 full strength right now. Probably can't hurt for Doc Rivers 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:26.359 and the coaching staff to be able to have the 0:17:26.480 --> 0:17:28.639 chance to do a little bit more fact finding about 0:17:28.680 --> 0:17:31.200 guys as they're trying to formulate what the rotation could 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:34.119 look like in the postseason once the regular season ends. 0:17:34.440 --> 0:17:36.960 Tyrese Maxie is making the most of these minutes. Larn't 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:40.280 no doubt about it. Again, Like I can't say enough 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:42.919 how impressive he's been all season in terms of just 0:17:43.080 --> 0:17:46.560 staying ready. Doc Rivers has had so many great options 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:48.439 to go to all season long that a lot of 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:50.880 the times it's meant that one of those options wasn't Tyrese. 0:17:51.160 --> 0:17:53.879 And now that he is an option, he's really stepped 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:56.199 up to the plate. He's put in the work and 0:17:56.240 --> 0:17:57.720 now it's showing, and you love to see that for 0:17:57.760 --> 0:17:59.639 a young player. Seltz and I Christian talk a lot 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:02.560 about how it's challenging for young players to come into 0:18:02.600 --> 0:18:05.520 good teams because the Sixers are such a good team 0:18:05.640 --> 0:18:07.879 that Tyrese isn't going to have the touches, the minutes, 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:11.240 the opportunities to make mistakes that he would have had 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:13.680 on a team that was maybe losing more games where 0:18:13.680 --> 0:18:15.399 he maybe could have started. We talked about this with 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:17.680 Matisse Thybel last year too. There's there's not a big 0:18:17.720 --> 0:18:20.600 margin for error when you're a young guy on a 0:18:20.600 --> 0:18:22.679 good team. So to see Tyrese find a way to 0:18:22.680 --> 0:18:25.360 make that work anyway, I think might be the most 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:28.600 impressive thing of all. I think this is you see 0:18:28.600 --> 0:18:31.439 this in a lot of the elite teams when the 0:18:31.520 --> 0:18:34.520 coach's job is just that much harder when literally you 0:18:34.680 --> 0:18:38.679 just have access to supreme talent that's on the bench, 0:18:39.000 --> 0:18:41.879 that's young um that may not even have experience, but 0:18:42.040 --> 0:18:44.600 is ready to just come onto the court and spark 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:49.120 off like MAXI does. Um. It's for me, like as 0:18:49.200 --> 0:18:51.639 as a fan to see to see us have a 0:18:51.680 --> 0:18:53.320 guy like that in our in our in our back 0:18:53.480 --> 0:18:55.240 I don't even want to say backpocket, but for us 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:57.679 to just have a guy like that on our squad, um, 0:18:59.480 --> 0:19:01.080 I think we had the jackpot. We couldn't be. We 0:19:01.080 --> 0:19:02.840 couldn't We couldn't be in a better position with a 0:19:02.840 --> 0:19:05.040 guy like that. I trust him. I would trust him 0:19:05.080 --> 0:19:06.560 with the ball in his hand at the end of 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:09.400 the game to score or to get to the line. 0:19:09.400 --> 0:19:12.239 I would trust Maxie with that. And how often can 0:19:12.280 --> 0:19:15.680 we say that about about our newer guys? So that 0:19:15.680 --> 0:19:17.560 that just says a lot about how he's been playing, 0:19:17.720 --> 0:19:21.080 and he's you know, he's just one of those guys 0:19:21.119 --> 0:19:23.439 who's fun to watch, even like when you see him 0:19:23.480 --> 0:19:26.400 making mistakes or when you see coach coaching him, it's 0:19:26.440 --> 0:19:28.960 just a pleasure to see it. He's just so much 0:19:29.000 --> 0:19:33.480 fun to watch. So big up some MAXIEO to the Maxie. 0:19:34.720 --> 0:19:36.359 I love that. I feel like that could even become 0:19:36.400 --> 0:19:38.800 a chance. Maybe maybe I'm wrong on this, but it 0:19:38.800 --> 0:19:41.439 could be like to the Maxie Yes, no, maybe not. 0:19:41.880 --> 0:19:49.200 Oh Ryan again, I don't know. We've got to get 0:19:49.240 --> 0:19:52.600 you back in the arena set. With talent like that, 0:19:52.960 --> 0:19:54.800 you could have a whole new role. Give me a 0:19:54.800 --> 0:20:00.320 megaphone and some sixers sticks, air sticks, thundersticks. We can 0:20:00.320 --> 0:20:06.120 get something popping. Hop on the Maxi taxi that might 0:20:06.119 --> 0:20:08.840 be on fire. We're on fire. Get the graphic up 0:20:08.840 --> 0:20:12.000 on the center screen scoreboard. Bloom when he has a 0:20:12.040 --> 0:20:16.359 big basket or something like that. Come on, Yeah, the 0:20:16.480 --> 0:20:19.680 cartoon of tyres waving out the window of the taxes. 0:20:19.720 --> 0:20:25.120 It's just like going across the video board. I don't know, guys. Yeah, 0:20:25.160 --> 0:20:27.600 we gotta have Derek Hayes on the podcast. We're gonna 0:20:27.640 --> 0:20:30.040 make that happen. That's a good idea and then we 0:20:30.040 --> 0:20:31.760 can take credit for it. And when it becomes like 0:20:31.800 --> 0:20:36.520 the next like Mike Scott high type thing. Hop it 0:20:36.560 --> 0:20:39.000 hop in the Maxi taxi. There's it's a it's a 0:20:39.080 --> 0:20:41.960 it's an Excel. There's plenty of space. Bring your friends. 0:20:44.560 --> 0:20:47.080