WEBVTT - Coat Check | Meet the Team 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.640 This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers podcast Network 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:27.560 search seventy Sixers podcast wherever you get your pods. Welcome 0:00:27.600 --> 0:00:31.200 in to Coach Check, the official podcast of the Delaware 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:35.199 Blue Coats, the NBA G League affiliate of the Philadelphia 0:00:35.320 --> 0:00:40.240 seventy Sixers. Coach Check is presented by land Rover Wilmington. 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:45.479 I'm Matt Murphy back with another episode, and the timing 0:00:45.520 --> 0:00:49.640 of this one is coming off a pretty big announcement. 0:00:50.200 --> 0:00:53.959 June fourth, the NBA G League canceled the remainder of 0:00:54.000 --> 0:00:58.880 the two thousand, nineteen twenty season, so just about a 0:00:58.920 --> 0:01:03.200 week ago from when we're recording this one right now. 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:06.720 But just a quick shout out to the Bluecoats fans 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:11.880 out there for another great season. An awesome passionate group 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:17.360 and supportive group of fans. We continue on with coat Check. 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:21.960 A reminder that Coat Check is a bi weekly podcast. 0:01:22.120 --> 0:01:26.720 You can catch up on previous episodes, such as an 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:31.920 interview with Xavier Silas as well as our most recent 0:01:31.959 --> 0:01:38.200 episode with Bluecoats Ambassador of Basketball Joe Richmond under Delaware 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:44.280 Bluecoats and also on the seventy Sixers podcast Network this week, 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:47.639 changing it up a little bit it's not one guest, 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:51.760 it's multiple guests with some quick hitting interviews. And that's 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:57.600 because it's a best of the Bluecoats twenty twenty Meet 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:02.120 the Team event at Wilmington brew Works, which took place 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:06.840 back in late February in Joe Richmond, the aforementioned Joe 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:10.160 Richmond and I sat down with a bunch of players 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:12.920 and staff members, and for that reason, this could be 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:16.560 maybe part one of two of our best of Meet 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:19.160 the Team event, but stay tuned on that. Maybe we'll 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:23.880 have another episode like this sometime down the road. On 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:27.880 this episode, in particular, we will hear from Bluecoats team 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:33.120 president Larry Meli, a couple of players after that, Justin Robinson, 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:38.519 Dennis Clifford, and seventy six ers two way contract player 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:44.440 Mariel shayok Up. First will be Larry Meli, the president 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:49.120 of the Delaware Blue Coats. A fun conversation with Larry. 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:53.440 As always, we talk a lot about the community and 0:02:53.520 --> 0:02:59.000 the Bluecoats, their place in the Delaware community. You might 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:02.400 hear some of the background noise, and that's what you 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:05.799 get when you have a team event, a fan event, 0:03:05.919 --> 0:03:08.399 you get some music in the background. I think in 0:03:08.440 --> 0:03:12.160 this interview. You might even hear some balloons popping and 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:14.919 some NBA two K going on in the background, but 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:18.480 some really good stuff with Larry Mela, the president of 0:03:18.520 --> 0:03:22.400 the Delaware Blue Coats. We've got Larry Mela coming over, 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:27.920 the president of the Delaware Blue Coats. He eloquently addressed 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:31.040 this crowd earlier. They were fired up for the Coats, 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:34.239 big words Sunday. Eloquently, Larry, It's been a great day 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:37.000 here with meet the team twenty twenty. What an atmosphere 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:41.160 at Wilmington brew Works and what I've been astonished at 0:03:41.160 --> 0:03:43.360 the passion. So how have you seen the passion of 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:46.600 this fan base grow over the years? Now second year 0:03:46.640 --> 0:03:49.480 at the field House and all that here in Wilmington. Well, look, 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:52.640 first off, what a great space. Yes, awesome. If I 0:03:52.680 --> 0:03:55.760 wish I've lived down the streets. I would come here 0:03:55.760 --> 0:04:01.120 every night since our inception, Like we had three goals, right, 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:04.560 It was the product on the floor, the experience we 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:07.240 gave our fans and our partners, and what we're doing 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:12.920 in the community. And when we started back in twenty thirteen, 0:04:12.960 --> 0:04:15.000 there was only fourteen teams in the league. Nobody even 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:17.440 knew what the Chew League want double that now twenty 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:20.000 eight hour of growing, the eight and growing and twenty 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:22.719 nine next year in Mexico City. That's right and for 0:04:22.839 --> 0:04:26.240 us getting into the fabric of the community, knowing that 0:04:26.279 --> 0:04:30.760 the power of basketball can influence and impact so many people, 0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:35.840 opened so many doors, and each year we just tried 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:38.080 to build on the last. It was always about progress, 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:41.479 progress matter, and whether it was giving a kid a 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:45.560 book who didn't have one, or helping a family who 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:49.120 was homeless, or family that I was just looking for 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:51.800 a meal, the field, the kids like that was all 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:55.279 the stuff we were helping, trying to help facilitate and luckily, 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:59.279 because of sports, people will gravitate for that and want 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:02.200 to help. I think, UM to see us us now 0:05:02.240 --> 0:05:05.279 where literacy is our main program and we've given out 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:08.080 over fifty thousand books thanks to Joe and his work. 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:11.479 It's been amazing. And for me, Larry, you know, I 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:14.040 live and breathe the blue Potes, I really do. If 0:05:14.040 --> 0:05:16.400 you if you cut me open out in blue coming out, 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:19.720 I love it. Um. You've been here. UM, I can 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.279 thank you publicly for allowing me to be here. UM. 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:24.800 But like you talk about the community and a lot 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:26.679 of people when they come to the great State of Delawa. 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:29.520 I've been over twenty years, they say what they're gonna do. 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:32.520 But you know, it's a lot more talking than walking. 0:05:33.040 --> 0:05:36.160 What is it about you, guys, I mean you and Alex? 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:38.680 What it really is it about you that say we're 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:40.680 gonna walk it like we talk it? What was it 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:45.840 that made the foundation of where we are? Well, it's 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:47.920 a great question. I think part of it. Look, you're 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:51.280 one of the first people I met, and um, and 0:05:51.320 --> 0:05:55.360 just meeting people like you in this community who are 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:58.839 so passionate about making a difference in kids lives like 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:03.560 that isires me, That inspires Alex, inspires our whole organization. 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:07.400 So to see you on the ground making things happen 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:10.160 like that, it was like, we can actually make a difference, 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:15.080 Like we have a sport and a product and players 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:18.680 and a stage that people can attention. And then when 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:22.200 you're starting to see like people we're making actually making progress, 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:25.359 doing some unbelievable things, you just want to keep it 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:28.640 up for the momentum. And I mentioned that you addressed 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:32.080 the crowd. Um you mentioned not every There's not a 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:34.840 lot of cities that have a professional basketball team. So 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:37.120 how special is it for Wilmington to have a pro 0:06:37.200 --> 0:06:40.640 basketball team in the NBA G League. And that's what 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:43.760 I had said earlier there the NBA product as a whole, 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:47.880 and count the G League the NBA, the w maybe 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:50.800 in sixty communities, and Delaware is one of them. And 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:52.960 I think to have a community where you could put 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:55.800 their name on the chest of these guys, I think 0:06:55.800 --> 0:06:59.000 that's really something to take pride in it. I want 0:06:59.040 --> 0:07:00.599 to I want to give a shout out a d ETV. 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:04.240 It's first year we are out there being a broadcast. 0:07:04.520 --> 0:07:06.480 But if you look at this event, it's not just 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:10.760 the basketball staff and the sales staff is here. Everybody's 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:12.720 a part of this today. And I think that was 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:15.120 with me. There's a special data absolutely, and the whole 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:18.520 G League is surrounded by this concept of the pursuit 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:21.880 of a dream, and whether it's basketball players or front 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:23.880 office staff, they have a chance to kind of develop 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:28.880 themselves in their career and it's it's just unbelievable to 0:07:28.880 --> 0:07:30.920 be a part of them. Just so proud of all 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:33.600 you both who's been a part of that process and 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:36.880 building and developing your own careers. And we couldn't have 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:38.440 done it without you. We could not have done it 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:43.400 this year without d etv Um to get us out there. 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:47.680 So it's uh, it's really been a special year across 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:51.760 of course, as doctors, nurses and caregivers, and as neighbors 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:55.360 and friends. Christiana Care is a partner in everyone's journey 0:07:55.400 --> 0:07:58.080 to greater health and well being. Why do they do 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:02.360 it for the love of health? Is it Christianacare dot org. 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:07.680 Once again, that was Bluecoats team president Larry Melie. And 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:12.240 next up we have Justin Robinson followed by Dennis Clifford, 0:08:12.720 --> 0:08:18.080 both guys who at the time were in season acquisitions 0:08:18.120 --> 0:08:20.840 and at the time of the Meet the Team event 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:24.680 in February at the end of the month, they were very, 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:28.000 very new to Delaware at that time. We talk about 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:34.200 video games, shoes, sneakers, and much more. We're gonna have 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:37.080 Justin Robbinson take a seat or here at Meet the 0:08:37.120 --> 0:08:40.839 Team two twenties just then a four year player at 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:44.720 Virginia Tech, so high level college basketball. So you're obviously 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:47.319 familiar with different fan bases and things like that and 0:08:47.400 --> 0:08:49.800 events like this I Meet the Team style events. So 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:51.560 what are your favorite parts of a day like this? 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:54.600 Getting to see the fans who support you. I think 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:58.439 just being myself. I'm majored in communications, and I think 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:00.720 I'm a relationship type of person and I can adapt 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:04.320 to others really well. I think overall, just being at 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:08.840 with a smile and meet new people on network and uh, 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:10.880 let them know that they impact their life just like 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:13.880 we impact theirs. It's just who I am and who 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:15.800 I continue to be. Well, you know, we get a 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:17.520 lot of the players on we get to talk about him, 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:19.520 were in my head and talk about the kadomy. But man, 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:21.120 a lot of people I wanted to want to know 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:25.640 when you come up with them passes, don't don't bring 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:29.240 up South Dakota. Don't bring up South Dakota. Joe, you didn't. 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:32.080 You didn't hear. But he fired one into the stands 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:34.400 that caught caught somebody in the face of South Dakota 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:40.040 that wasn't. But they do. They always thinks to go 0:09:40.160 --> 0:09:43.520 that guy. It comes from everywhere, how they coming from 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:45.360 from being out there in DC. And I know if 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:46.800 you got a lot of guys up there and they 0:09:46.840 --> 0:09:49.520 got them handle games, yea, So maybe come up with 0:09:49.520 --> 0:09:52.760 the passes, man um. I think just overall all of 0:09:52.800 --> 0:09:54.880 my life, I'm always been able to see a play 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:58.959 before it happens. Um, just having a little bit of 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:01.800 an NBA experience in team know when some of the 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:05.559 reads already helps. And I think the way that the 0:10:05.679 --> 0:10:09.440 organization knows and runs their their style of play in 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:12.160 certain sponsors right for who I am, and I know 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:14.000 where people are gonna be, so I'm having to fire 0:10:14.040 --> 0:10:15.839 it there and just having that read it's good for them. 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:20.040 Hey Joe, are you left handed? By chance? We're both 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:21.920 left handed, so you gotta get out of here, all right? 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:26.040 Left is the way to go. All right, let's wrap 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:29.320 up with one or two. You've been noted already by 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:31.880 a couple of your teammates as maybe the biggest gamer 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:33.920 or the best Call of duty player. Would you consider 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:36.760 yourself the biggest gamer video game wise on the team? Easy? 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:40.120 I think, uh think the transition I need to go 0:10:40.200 --> 0:10:44.599 explore a little bit more around. Actually, my mom's from Philadelphia, 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:47.320 so I know a lot about Philly, but the Wilmington area, 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:51.640 I'm not really familiar with what gaming no in terms 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:55.760 of scrolling knowing what's around. But so I honestly, I 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:57.720 just practiced. I thought you were looking for the gaming 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:00.600 scene or something. I just practiced and go home and 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:03.400 play video games or watch film. So it's all too 0:11:03.400 --> 0:11:06.320 about all right, Well, let's uh, let's keep him here 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:08.240 for a second. You got something, I got a time 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:10.520 I want to know, man like, well, like every time 0:11:10.559 --> 0:11:12.640 before a game, you know, you gotta get you get ready. 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:14.319 You're in the locker room, but you get ready. We 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:17.240 should go to music. We should go to music before 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:22.600 a game. I go to music. Uh, probably Nipsey Hustle. Okay, 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:26.640 a little Ronnie Richard meeko. Oh your meek mill dude. 0:11:26.720 --> 0:11:31.120 That's that Philly shout. Yeah, yeah, the moms Philly side here, 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:34.160 Yes there, yes there, for sure. You can hear the 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:37.640 background noise again. We're at Wilmington Threw Works. That's the 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:40.320 fans living it up here on the Meet the Team 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:43.480 twenty and twenty event. We're talking with Justin Robinson, point 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:46.720 guard with the Delaware bluecoat speaking a free game and uh, 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:49.560 your music? How about your shore game? When you decide 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:52.120 what you're gonna wear for that game? What goes into 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:54.960 into the decision on what sneakers you're gonna wear for 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:58.080 a particular game. It's been difficult when I was in college, 0:11:58.080 --> 0:12:00.840 I never wore the same shoot twice and see, so 0:12:00.920 --> 0:12:04.840 I think the idea of, like I said, transition from 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:07.000 DC to Delaware. I didn't bring up everything. I have 0:12:07.040 --> 0:12:10.040 a lot in storage, so with the shoes I did bring, 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:14.000 I try to rotate through um. Actually just went in 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:16.760 about two more hares yesterday, so we'll see how it 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:18.120 keeps going for the rest of the year. I actually 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:21.720 had some shoes that went well with the jersey last night, 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:24.160 but it was in storage and kind of made me 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:26.160 a little upset. But yeah, Joe, when they were the 0:12:26.440 --> 0:12:29.560 bow Biden Foundation, that was a great night for Bo 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:33.000 Biden Foundation. Obviously we're hoping for it were the team 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:35.080 was hoping for a different result on the on the floor, 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:38.320 but the specialty uniform to support the protection of children 0:12:38.320 --> 0:12:41.280 with the Bobiden Foundation. The Navy blue thieve fit in 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:49.400 with his Washington background wizards heavily wizards was hot. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, sure. 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:52.000 I really enjoyed that though. I was very great cause 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:54.959 and just agreeing for a much purpose. Last one, last one, 0:12:55.080 --> 0:12:57.760 last one. What was the transition like from college to 0:12:57.920 --> 0:13:00.200 the pros in terms of I mentioned it to some 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:03.040 of your teammates. The arrival photos and what you're wearing 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:05.080 when you get to the game, because that becomes a 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:08.360 big part of the NBA lifestyle, making sure that you 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:10.400 look good when you come into the arena. How much 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:12.120 thought did you put into that when you were going 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:14.680 in for an NBA game? So I actually did that 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:17.240 a lot in college. We actually had a good personal 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:19.880 for talking for if you would call it um. We 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:23.480 had a fashionist team, festivaler and you wanted to U 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:25.760 shot game. We went to Sweet sixteen. We had a 0:13:25.800 --> 0:13:28.640 good tournament run, so everybody wanted to look fly walk 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:31.319 into the game. Try to have those tunnel picks before 0:13:31.320 --> 0:13:33.560 they got all right, so you're ready your closet stuff, 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:37.040 all right, justin thanks so much, Matt. We appreciate it, 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:38.800 Thank you, thank you. We're gonna get a guy that's 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:41.880 even newer than Justin Robinson to the Delaware blue Coats 0:13:42.120 --> 0:13:46.360 on here Matt Murphy and Joe Richmond, and we got 0:13:46.400 --> 0:13:49.319 a brand new member of the Delaware Bluecoats. So Justin 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:52.800 Robinson's been around the club for a few weeks now, 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:56.600 but we got a guy who officially was acquired yesterday 0:13:56.600 --> 0:13:59.640 as we record this on February twenty third. Please to 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:02.800 be join Dennis Clifford, Dennis, welcome to the show. And 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:06.920 see we gotta say, Joe, we gotta say welcome to Delaware. Yes, 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:09.640 brand new to the team. So you see all these 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:12.199 bands here. What are your first impressions of the Delaware 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:16.040 Bluecoats fan base? First impressions is, uh, it's a good community. 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:20.280 You know. I've met a lot of people today from 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:22.520 the team and just the fan base, and it's like 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:25.120 a lot of good meats. For sure. We gotta show 0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:27.160 him the way, Joe, You're we gotta teach him about 0:14:27.160 --> 0:14:29.400 Delaware and all of that because he's brand new. Well, 0:14:29.400 --> 0:14:32.400 you know one thing about Delaware, man, if you can see, Man, 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:34.600 if you work hard and just sewing some of the 0:14:35.120 --> 0:14:37.720 some of the practice already, your work ethic is gonna 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:40.120 win these fans over. And as you can see, man, 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:42.760 they're passionate about the team. They're passion about you guys, 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:45.560 and like anything else, like they weren't winning, everybody was 0:14:45.600 --> 0:14:47.560 asking about you. You're walking around and sad them the 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:49.680 other day like, Yo, who is this guy? And I 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:51.560 was so excited to see that. You know, you finally 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:54.600 officially got on so um, you know, coming out, what 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:56.280 do you look to bring to the team because you know, 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:58.320 other guys we got to talk about some basketball. But 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:00.200 what are you looking to bring to what you know 0:15:00.280 --> 0:15:01.800 saw in the last couple of games. What are you 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:04.000 looking to bring to this team in this community? Man? 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:07.440 Just uh, to the team some reinforcements, you know. I mean, 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:10.880 I feel like Philly's got a lot of that nitty 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:15.120 gritty style, very similar to Boston. I think. Yeah, so 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:18.760 I'm kind of used to that atmosphere. I feel I 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:21.320 feel it from the fans already, like that's the type 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:23.760 of style they want, and that's the way I'd like 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:26.000 to play. So yeah, that's good. He coming from Boston 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:30.760 because you know, the weather fits right in cold cold 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:34.320 weather East school city and very similar. Dennis Clintford, the 0:15:34.360 --> 0:15:37.920 former Boston College college player, how about the style of 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:40.960 playing the sixers in Blue Coats organization with embracing the 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:43.840 big man. You're now the third seven footer currently on 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:46.640 the Blue Coach roster joining the round Lauren Chris Kumaji. 0:15:47.000 --> 0:15:49.480 What what what are your thoughts on how they embrace 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:51.880 that big guy and use him in the offense and 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:54.640 the defense. Well, that's definitely something that attracted me to 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:57.360 this team. Is just you know, a lot of people 0:15:57.400 --> 0:15:59.720 in the organization were reaching out to me and they 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:01.840 were like, hey, listen, you know, like we we like 0:16:02.000 --> 0:16:04.520 using our bigs, you know, and they've they've already proved that. 0:16:04.640 --> 0:16:07.840 So it's kind of cool watching the Sixers, seeing how 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:10.200 they use their bills. They got great bigs up there, 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:13.200 and just hoping that I could emulate some of that 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:15.600 for this team. So you don't know Joe too well yet, 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:19.320 but you will. His international his professional career took him overseas. 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:21.560 He toured with the Harlem Globe Trinners as well. And 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:24.320 you're a guy who, hey, who's played overseas. So how 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:27.120 do you think playing overseas helped you now returning to 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:30.280 the G League. But a couple of things. I mean, 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:34.520 the overseas game is definitely different, but you know, just 0:16:34.560 --> 0:16:37.040 like another style of basketball, you kind of pick up 0:16:37.080 --> 0:16:40.240 some little tricks here and there. For sure. I mean 0:16:40.960 --> 0:16:44.000 over there it's a lot more like team oriented. You 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:48.720 definitely need like more more things, like more pieces to 0:16:48.800 --> 0:16:52.000 the puzzle time. It's it's difficult, man, Like the spacing 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:55.080 over there is much different. So I think I picked 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:56.720 up a couple of things, you know, well, We're not 0:16:56.720 --> 0:16:58.480 going to stick the basketball. We want to loosen up. 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:00.280 Let the people get to know you are. But this 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:02.240 is gonna be airing all over the place. So we're 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:04.399 gonna start off. Maddy Ice like to go to and 0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:06.320 so I know that's this go to thing. I'm not 0:17:06.400 --> 0:17:08.560 a gamer dude, but I want to know what's your 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:11.080 shoe game? Like, like, what's that? What do you what 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:13.080 do you like when you go on the court? What's that? 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:16.399 What's that? What's that on the court? Yeah? Which you 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:19.280 was the first shoe I fell in love with the 0:17:19.440 --> 0:17:22.679 with the Thames, with Jordan Tames. I like, I like 0:17:22.760 --> 0:17:26.040 those lines, nothing new. I mean that was a couple 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:29.200 of years ago. Now, I like, I like rocking the Kobe's. 0:17:29.320 --> 0:17:31.760 You know they fit good. I mean they kind of 0:17:31.760 --> 0:17:33.360 fit like a soccer shoe, you know what I mean. 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:36.000 I like to be like free in my movement for sure, 0:17:36.080 --> 0:17:38.840 So I kind of I'm going towards the low tops 0:17:38.920 --> 0:17:41.960 now recently. Okay, no ankle brains is or anything. Just 0:17:42.080 --> 0:17:43.879 a straight up low town no, because I like I 0:17:43.960 --> 0:17:45.600 like feeling free, you know what I mean, so that 0:17:45.640 --> 0:17:48.520 I can move. How about your whole look on the court, 0:17:48.560 --> 0:17:51.320 because you got the hair and anybody's watching it see us. 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:53.679 And in your Boston college days, I don't think you 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:55.640 had the hair. Didn't you have the hair? So why 0:17:55.640 --> 0:17:58.080 didn't you start growing it out? My first season out 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:01.800 of Boston, UM was G League in Santa Cruz. Former 0:18:02.000 --> 0:18:04.159 G League All Star with Santa Cruz. I mean, I 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:06.760 grew up in Boston. I spent my whole career in Boston. 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:09.240 And then it's like I go out to California and 0:18:09.640 --> 0:18:12.479 it's like totally different. But I loved it, right So 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:14.520 I was like all right, and that year was the 0:18:14.600 --> 0:18:17.359 year I grow my hair, you know. And like the people, 0:18:17.640 --> 0:18:19.920 like the people in Santa Cruz, they loved it like that. 0:18:20.240 --> 0:18:21.800 They were coming up to me on the street like, 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:24.320 hey man, I loved it hair like that stuff like, 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:28.040 so I was like, dang, Like I definitely like felt 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:30.959 a lot of that lifestyle out in Cally for sure, Okay. 0:18:31.040 --> 0:18:32.840 And I got at least know, you know, every ball 0:18:32.840 --> 0:18:35.040 and like myself, we gotta know, we get anthem for 0:18:35.080 --> 0:18:36.639 the game. We gotta get ready for the game. We 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:39.879 should go to music before a game. I like rapping, 0:18:40.000 --> 0:18:43.440 so I mean right now, like the groovy stuff is 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:47.040 like gunna to me. Yeah, that's what I like right now? Okay, 0:18:47.200 --> 0:18:52.439 for sure. Mariel Shayak coming up. But first, the Moore's 0:18:52.600 --> 0:18:56.600 Sports Medicine believes that highly personalized one on one physical 0:18:56.680 --> 0:19:00.080 therapy for young athletes is paramount to a speedy and 0:19:00.200 --> 0:19:05.200 complete recovery. Learn more at nemours dot org slash pt. 0:19:06.440 --> 0:19:11.160 Thanks again to Justin Robinson and Dennis Clifford. Now it's 0:19:11.200 --> 0:19:14.359 time to hear from seventy six Ers two way contract 0:19:14.440 --> 0:19:19.399 player Mariel Shayok. Some of the topics that we touched on, 0:19:20.119 --> 0:19:23.040 who has the best shoe game on the team, and 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:28.000 even the art of the autograph or the signature. Well, 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:31.720 we've got another great guest here, seventy six Ers two 0:19:31.720 --> 0:19:35.359 way contract player Mariel Shayak. An event like this you 0:19:35.400 --> 0:19:37.600 obviously another high level college guy. You've been to a 0:19:37.600 --> 0:19:39.920 lot of things like this, So what does an event 0:19:40.200 --> 0:19:42.360 like this in the community mean to you and your teammates? 0:19:42.960 --> 0:19:45.160 Us a way to show our appreciation to the fans 0:19:45.200 --> 0:19:47.760 that our lary tests and come support us day in 0:19:47.800 --> 0:19:49.919 and day out. So it's a good Dana just be 0:19:49.960 --> 0:19:53.720 here and really get to just spend time with dumb 0:19:53.960 --> 0:19:56.040 and just have some fun. Like I said from before, 0:19:56.240 --> 0:19:58.920 this boy just so smooth on a court, and that'd 0:19:58.960 --> 0:20:01.320 be a great transition for I mean, once again we 0:20:01.440 --> 0:20:05.080 hear Womenton brew Works and we're Last year we did 0:20:05.119 --> 0:20:06.520 it at the field House. Here was a little bit 0:20:06.520 --> 0:20:09.320 more intimate, and um, I'm looking because a lot of 0:20:09.359 --> 0:20:11.600 people and you might not know what's out and about 0:20:11.640 --> 0:20:15.280 and they were definitely asking about you. And the one 0:20:15.320 --> 0:20:18.760 thing for you guys to see this, you know what 0:20:18.800 --> 0:20:21.080 I'm trying to ask you is how does that really 0:20:21.119 --> 0:20:23.040 make you feel? That know that these people are really 0:20:23.080 --> 0:20:25.440 because they know your stats, they know what you did, 0:20:25.520 --> 0:20:27.919 they know you know all your things. How was that 0:20:27.960 --> 0:20:29.800 looking at that little kid that's walking up to you 0:20:29.880 --> 0:20:32.680 asking those questions not just for your autograph, but wanting 0:20:32.680 --> 0:20:34.600 to know those things and telling you about those things. 0:20:34.600 --> 0:20:36.320 How did that make you feel knowing that you had 0:20:36.320 --> 0:20:38.600 that type of impact on that young life. It's definitely 0:20:38.640 --> 0:20:41.840 great for being that physician to inspire these kids and 0:20:42.560 --> 0:20:45.520 the fans here. So it's really so hopefully be a 0:20:45.520 --> 0:20:48.160 good run model and Sharona is definitely possible as won't 0:20:48.359 --> 0:20:51.640 work hard and sick to your craft, yo. You see 0:20:51.720 --> 0:20:54.000 I got next was out to day or your gamer 0:20:54.119 --> 0:20:58.720 and if so, like, where would you reach yourself scale 0:20:58.720 --> 0:21:01.480 one of the tenants gaming the game? Yeah, I get 0:21:01.520 --> 0:21:04.520 that up. Back in the day, he says that. But 0:21:04.560 --> 0:21:06.600 when we were setting up two K, he was changing 0:21:06.600 --> 0:21:10.280 the camera angles. Oh yeah, really really customizing the camera angles. 0:21:10.280 --> 0:21:12.919 That's just old habits. But back in the day, I 0:21:12.960 --> 0:21:15.560 was second and none nowadays I get that up. What 0:21:15.640 --> 0:21:17.920 did you play growing up other than two K? Two K, 0:21:18.600 --> 0:21:21.840 Madden A sponge games? Most about? Uh well, Madden and 0:21:21.880 --> 0:21:23.879 two KS and a bunch of those being from Canada. 0:21:23.960 --> 0:21:26.080