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2023-2024 Philadelphia 76'ers Season Preview! (PST Episode 536) · The Philadelphia Sports Table | Philly Sports News & Views

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Hey there, folks, it's Jeff. Just wanted to let you know that
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this podcast episode was recorded on Wednesday night, October eighteen, twenty twenty three.
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Our interview this week was recorded on Tuesday, October seventeenth, twenty twenty
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three. By the time you hear this, some things may have changed here
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and there, but we hope you enjoy the show. All right, everybody,
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you're listening to the Philadelphia Sports Table podcast show, the longest running weekly
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this particular point in time. Philadelphia Phillies obviously doing some good things. To
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Philadelphia Eagle, Yes, they had their first loss of the season against the
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New York Jets have at MetLife Stadium, but they still are five and one
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on the season, one of the best teams in the NFL, at least
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from a record perspective. And uh, Philadelphia seventy six ers, we're gonna
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starting their season very very soon. We got our sixer season preview coming to
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you this week. And I'm Jeff Warren and I'm here with my buddy Eric
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Leonard Man. Eric, you and I are exhausted right now doing this podcast.
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We are We are tired, boysoly lord. Yeah, I walked through
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the door at nine thirty, first time since I left at seven this morning.
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Set that. Yeah, it's one of those you know, you got
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two kids and just ones in a parade for the Halloween parade, and another
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ones has basketball tryouts, and yeah, just my daughter replays clarinet. Was
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a marching band thing at a middle school football game tonight, and I mean
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it was nice being there. It's just it was just a long day,
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a long night. And I do want to say for the folks that provided
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us some listener feedback this past week, thank you, thank you, thank
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you. We honestly we are so tired right now. We had to cut
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some stuff from the agenda, just letting you know, had to cut some
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stuff from the agenda, but we certainly wanted to talk about the Eagles,
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the Phillies of course, and gonna be getting into our sixer season preview.
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So that's what we got on the show this week. Here, Eric,
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let's just get into this Philadelphia Eagles team right off the bat, Game six
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against the Jets, the first loss of the season. My gosh. I
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mean, it was pretty shocking to see this team perform the way that it
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did. The fact that the defense just got oh my god, they just
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got killed in the short game with some poor linebacker play, and you know,
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just down to little things here and there. I say little things,
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but they added up Devonte Smith two just easy drops. Kenny Gainwell had a
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brutal third down drop with the Eagles deep in their own territory late in the
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third quarter. It was little small things, but then the big thing of
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Lane Johnson, you know, going out in the first quarter on the Eagles
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opening drive, like it was just Jack Driscoll was absolutely terrible at right tackle
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and against a very prolific Jets defensive line. So I felt like this loss
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was kind of coming. I felt like this loss was kind of right around
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the corner, and it it kind of sucked that it was in New York.
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Jets, a team that really just as one of the worst quarterbacks in
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the league ended up ended up not necessarily beating this team. Eagles ended up
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beating themselves, but it was it was just a rough watch, and I
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do think this team is going to be able to get back into some sort
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of form. But it goes to show that nothing is guaranteed, folks.
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Nothing's guaranteed. Eric Super Bowl is not guaranteed. NFC championship, that's not
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guaranteed at this point. How lost like this. They do have to go
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back to the drawing board on some things. Yeah, I didn't get to
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watch a ton of the game. I was busy doing you know, life
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stuff like we just talked about. Yeah, and I saw the highlights right
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enough articles where you can't let Jalen off the hook either. I saw that
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throw just an abysmal What third and nine was the in the fourth quarter interception.
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You also can't turn the you can't. You can't be minus four in
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the turnover column right the team I read I read a stat the other day
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teams minus four more and turnovers in the past. I forget the time frame,
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but one in twenty nine record like, it's it's death knell. You
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know, if you turn the ball over four times or more and it's beyond
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beyond lane Johnson. The defensive is a little shaky, yeah, and the
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secondary was shaky against a really awful quarterback. What scares the ship at me
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is I know we're back in Philly. But man, we're playing an offense
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that is very prolific, very fast, yes, this upcoming week, and
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they're gonna need Jaalen Carter. They're gonna need the They're gonna need the big
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guys up front to like make things uncomfortable for two because if not, I
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mean, we're gonna be it's gonna be Tiree Ill and Jaylen waddle up our
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asses. Absolutely most are just running us over. It's gonna be bad.
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So those guys got it. The whole defensive line's gotta be ready to go.
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They have to. Look. I don't necessarily think that the signing of
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Julio Jones from the offensive perspective is going to do much to move the needle.
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I mean, maybe it does a little bit. I don't necessarily think
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that the signing of cornerback Josiah Scott, who was on the team in twenty
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twenty one in twenty twenty two, is really going to move the needle either.
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I mean, he is a quote veteran, not the biggest name in
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the world, but he's very familiar with his teammates here. He's very familiar
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with the Philadelphia Eagles in general. I think that familiarity is important, but
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I don't think Josiah Scott necessarily is going to move the needle. Maybe provide
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some stability, which is what the team needs right now, especially in the
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secondary that has just been absolutely brutal. Sidney Brown's coming back this week,
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Thank god, He's coming back again to provide some stability. But that's that's
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what they need right now. They need stability. And it doesn't guarantee a
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win, it doesn't guarantee you some good defense. It just provides some stability
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here. And it's it's hard to believe that we're kind of talking about this
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way with the Philadelphia Eagles. At this point. I got nothing to add
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on those editions. The only thing I had to add is, if this
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is twenty seventeen, we signed Hulio Jones, that's exciting, absolutely, So
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I was like having six seven years ago. So now, yeah, exactly.
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All right again, folks, it's going to be a bit of an
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abbreviated show for Eric and I, like I said, we are completely exhausted
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here for a lot of different reasons, but we just want to hear from
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you about this Eagles team. And like I said, we'll get into some
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u we're getting some listener feedback on the next show as well, feedback at
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Oh my gosh, I don't even know the freaking email address anymore, Gosh,
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Philadelphia Sports Table at gmail dot com. We will read your email here
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on the show and respond to it. It's the name of the show,
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right it is. But we used to have an email address that was feedback
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at Philadelphia Sports Table dot com. Yeah, and then I went to a
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Gmail thing anyway, So let's get into some Phillies talk, folks, because
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I mean, now, this is the one team where I'm like, holy
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shit, Eric, They're just hitting home runs and home runs and homer.
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They are a home run hitting machine at this point. If the home run
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hitting machine stops, this team is absolutely screwed. But my god, at
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this time of us recording this here on October eighteenth, they are up to
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zero in the NLCS against the Arizona Diamondbacks. And just like we said,
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Eric the last time you were on the pod, this is a team that
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is likely going to be going to the World Series. We had that feeling.
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They've had the momentum. It has been fun to watch this team,
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and I really do think they're gonna get it done. I cannot see the
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Arizona Diamondbacks, given what the Phillies have done to them so far, saying
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to themselves, Okay, we're gonna do it. We're gonna dig ourselves out
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of this hole, and we're gonna come back in this series. I just
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can't see it happening. No, they don't feel like that kind of team.
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I will say this for them, though. They they had no and
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I'm not the only person to think is, but they had no idea what
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was coming. Yeah, in terms of the fans and just the way that
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the team just is just so pumped up and is running over other teams right
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now. Like I know Arizona did really, I mean they swipped the Dodgers.
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Dodgers were great, Yeah, awesome season, but they just had There's
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no they just didn't. There's no way they knew. Like I was watching
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Kelly Merril Kelly before Game two in a press conference, He's like, Ah,
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the fans aren't that loud. It's like, dude, just shut your
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mouth. You don't know what's coming. Like they're gonna say things to you
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that you've never heard about your your mother, your father, your kids.
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Possibly, Like it's just it's just you're just not ready for it. And
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beyond that is just the talent of the team. The Phillies are. Just
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like if one guy, if bomb is having a horrible run like he is
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right now, Bryson stopp will step up, you know. Kyle Schwarber doing
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absolutely nothing, Castianos steps up, and I you know, I'm probably not
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the only person that did this. And because of how they play off one
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another, and the one will step up when the other one's just not there,
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Like I think I text a bunch of people right before first pitch game
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game one or yeah, game one, like Schwarber needs to do something here,
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you know, Yeah, and my god, just just like just destroying
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the ball like only he does. You know, he's such a strong dude.
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Some of his home runs last in the series so far, he's not
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even like in full swing, right, but they go four hundred and thirty
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feet, yes, like just that massive upper body. I don't know how
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he does it, and he batted one ninety this year, but it doesn't
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matter because there are where they are, and just you just need him now
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for what one to six more wins, that's all you need him for,
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and you need him for eight more. In the first two of those those
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eight he was tremendous and he helped win. He was the biggest reason we
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won Game one. So, I mean, I can't imagine Arizona coming.
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I've seen crazier things, right, but they did. They looked like deer
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in the headlights, not gonna lie. Especially last night when we went up
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what was eight to eight, when it got to like really bad, bad
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numbers, I was like, they look like they're just lost. Holy shit,
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we just got run over. Let's get back to Arizona and see if
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maybe we can get one or two there, Like maybe, But I can't
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believe. I mean, the Phillies can be intimidating. They definitely talk shit.
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They were massive ship talkers of the Braves. I'm sure they're doing the
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same thing to Diamondbacks. And I just don't think teams. I'm not sure
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teams are built like that that they can can like. There's not a lot
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of shit talking in baseball, which is why I love this Phillies team exactly.
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And part of it's that we've talked about it here on the podcast,
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but part of it is the fan base in the stadium, Citizens Bank Park
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of it is the entire ambiance of what the Philadelphia Phillies actually what they are,
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you know, including the fans, including what that ballpark you know down
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at the Sports Complex, what that is and what it means like everything in
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a package together, and teams just don't know how to handle it. They
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don't know how to handle it here. And I gotta tell you too,
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after last night's game, Aaron Nola recording seven strikeouts eric and six innings is
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awesome. It was amazing. His postseason has been awesome. His his pitching
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basically the past month has been awesome, and I think it is actually it's
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generating that buzz already. Oh my gosh. They need to resign him.
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They absolutely need to resign him now. Whether or not that's the case,
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we're gonna be talking about it on this show, of course, you know,
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once the season is over at some point. But I think Aaron Nola
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is making a great case that he should be coming back to Philly during this
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free agency period. Right now. He is. He is showing the organization,
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he's showing us fans that he actually still has it. Whatever happened to
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him earlier this year that is now in the past. It is now you
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know, you know in the rear view mirror here and Aaron Nola has been
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pitching lights out in the postseason, as we all hoped and expected him to
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do. He's getting it done. And what happens when guys end up getting
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it done, they end up getting a pretty damn good contract. Eric.
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Yeah, I mean, if he finishes this runout, I mean, how
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many times is he going to pitch? Now? Yeah, he might only
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have two more starts, maybe, depending how the series goes, maybe three.
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I don't know if he think at three probably yeah, probably three.
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And if he pitches like you did tonight in three of those in the Phillies
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wind up winning the World Series. I can't envision a world where he doesn't
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get resigned. Yeah, he's not going to He's not going to get the
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ridiculous seven year two hundred like whatever. You know what the the shirt server
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or Inlanders kind of got. He's not. I don't think he's quite in
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that range. But if he's, if he's a key cog and he's only
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what I mean, he's only twenty nine. I was in his thirties.
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Isn't he in his thirties but super young? Thirty and he's been pretty healthy,
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still throws with a lot of velocity. You know, his curveball last
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night was just sick. It was just dropping. Oh my god. I
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I a couple of times I text you guys like, whoa did you see
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that? Right? But think about it. If he if he's if he's
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responsible for two more really good wins, maybe three, how did you've you've
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built this, you know, dynamite veteran team with awesome chemistry. You you
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have to resign him like he's part of it. It'd be I mean,
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DOMBRASKI would be like just be like Malfeasan's malpractice, like not recent absolutely all
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right, let us know what you're thinking about the Phillies folks here. It
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is a fun time to be a Phillies fan, fun time to watch this
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All right, folks, We are back and now we are going to be
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getting into our Philadelphia seventy six Ers preview. We've got an interview first that
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we're gonna be diving into with our guests this week. Tom West from Libertyballers
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dot Com. It's what we're throwing down on the table and now on the
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table, and it is great to have back on the podcast for our Philadelphia
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seventy six Ers season preview. Coming to us from England. One of our
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favorites from Libertyballers dot com. He is an associate editor over there Libertyballers dot
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com again and he's our good friend, mister Tom West. How you doing,
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Tom, I'm doing really good. Thanks for having me back on.
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It's been a while. It's really great to see you here and to get
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into this team. I said right before the record, before we hit the
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record button. I'm like, I'm looking forward to the season, but it's
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like I kind of wish I was a little more excited for it as well.
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It's gonna be bizarre because I think Sixers Nation in general is kind of
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thinking that way, where we're excited to see this team play, but we
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just know with all the drama and everything that's been going on behind the scenes
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that you know, there's some trepidation there for sure. Yeah, it's a
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tricky one. I think by this point everyone was hoping that Tolden trade would
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have happened a while ago, would be you know, heading into the season,
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maybe with a worst roster, but at least a kind of clean slate,
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a fresh start. You know where you're at and what the team is
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going to look like long term. But now it's just kind of this weird
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in between period where the team's not final. You know there's going to be
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a change at some point. It sounds like James Harden's going to play,
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but how you know, committed and how much of his a game is he
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going to bring night tonight? Right, There's a lot of uncertainty, which
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is never great. Although it feels like that's something we've got pretty used to
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of the Sixers. Absolutely, so yeah, absolutely, yep, yeah.
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Well, to get into our season preview here, I really wanted to start
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with one particular gentleman who we actually really haven't talked about too too much on
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this podcast. And well, certainly, you know you folks at you know,
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Libertyballers dot com, you've talked about him, You've written about him as
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well. I really want to talk about Nick Nurse and as the head coach
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of this team, brand new head coach, what is going to be bringing
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to the table, because he certainly has strength and he has weaknesses, and
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I was hoping we can get into that right off the bad here as we're
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staring down this regular season. So when it comes to Nick Nurse, Tom
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like, what, what do you think his biggest strength is going to end
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up being this season with the Sixers and his you know that that his first
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year with the team. What do you think I think just being a more
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experimental coach will be the main thing. And I think that will be a
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freshing change from Doc Rivers, you know, in the past with the Raptors.
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He's said these really like long, versatile rosters with tons of wings and
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he can get he can get really creative there. Obviously, the Sixers roster
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isn't shaped the same way like wing depth and options is kind of their main
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weakness at the moment. I still think Nurse can kind of bring a different
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sense of creativity. It sounds like he really likes the look of Paul Reed,
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which is which is good to hear. I think Paul Reid should keep
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improving this year. I really like his upside and I think he can he
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could do well under Nurse. It's the kind of long, versatile athletics,
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switchy defender that Nurse likes. And I think you know one thing Nurse might
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do, you know, use Read more at the fall, something we've not
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really seen yet. I think read needs to be the primary backup five.
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But I also think mixing him in at the four, maybe next to Embiid
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a bit more or something we haven't really seen. And I think Nurse could
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be the kind of guy who could unlock that. I think he'll probably mix
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up his defensive schemes a bit more, just be a bit more sort of
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funky and aggressive there. We've really seen some really nice positions from the Sixers
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in their preseason games. Just you know, everyone really shifting around the floor,
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irritating well, bringing a lot of energy. So I think just being
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a bit more creative, mixing things up defensively, not being afraid to go
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away from a typical scheme, whether that's just you know, not always sticking
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with embiiding a kind of deeper drop coverage, just mixing it up a bit.
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I think that I think that would be refreshing compared to what Rivers was.
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It's definitely going to be refreshing. I can't wait to see some of
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this new coaching style that we're going to be seeing from Nick Nurse. But
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on the flip side of things, Tom, what do you think is going
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to be the biggest weakness as a coach which we may actually get frustrated with
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as fans, you know, during Nick Nurse's first year here. So I
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think just looking at what I know is bother some Raptors fans, especially probably
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later on in Nurse's time in Toronto, was just minute management and some of
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his rotations. I think he did get into a habit of sometimes overplaying certain
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players, of upping players a little bit too high in the regular season,
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not necessarily. Tom Tivodeaux level, but kind of overplaying some guys more than
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you would like, maybe having a shorter rotation than you'd want to see.
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I know, Doc wasn't a guy who played young guys a lot necessarily.
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He was often resistant to that, So it's not like that's a huge change
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per se. But I do think monitoring Nick Nurse's rotation, how many players
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he uses, how quick he is to maybe try some of the younger,
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more unproven guys like Jayden's Springer for instance. He's had some nice fashies,
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but is he going to get many chances on the Nurse to kind of show
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what he can do to break into the mix. I don't know. So
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yeah, it'd be interesting to see if Nurse does favor anyone and if he
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maybe overplays certain guys. All right, very good, Well, you wrote
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as we're moving along here, you wrote recent article on Liberty Ballers about PJ.
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Tucker's and James Harden's friendship, and you know, I mean, look,
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we all know the drama that's surrounding James Harden. You know, I
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personally thought he was going to be out out of the building at this point.
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I thought, you know, possibly, you know, second first,
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second week, of October, he would have been traded. But it's interesting
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to look at the dynamics with James Harden, the relationships that he does have
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on this team still and PJ. Tucker and he very good friends. You
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highlighted it very well in your recent article, and PJ. Tucker said that
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his personal emotions do not factor into how he feels about playing for the Sixers
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moving forward. And I know that he has to say this to the press,
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of course, but I do question how he can't let it affect him
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in some way, shape or form, because, like he said, you
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know, he came here to play with James, you know. So I'm
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wondering, is this just another piece of the puzzle that's kind of getting ready
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to fall. Do you think in terms of possibly PJ. Tucker's productivity based
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on that personal relationships, because personal relationships are so important in the game of
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basketball. What are your thoughts? Yeah, no, they are super important.
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And I think Tucker, you know, with his sort of social media
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posting in the off season and his recent comments, he's made it clear he's
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faithful to James Harden, and you know, they have a lot of history
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and they have a good friendship. I don't think there's anything to be too
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concerned with at the moment. By the sounds of it, and you know,
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we're reporting and comments coming out of training camp and pre season, it
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sounds like the vibes are actually pretty good relatively speaking, considering what's going on
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with James, and it sounds like his approach has been pretty good so far.
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And I know it's really early days, but it sounds like his approach
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and how he's kind of engaged in training and kind of you know, mix
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in with the rest of the team has actually been fairly good. I feel
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like if there was a bit more discomfort there, you know, with Tucker
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or you know, anyone else who might have heard more about it. So
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I think, at least for now, it seems, you know, very
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positive. And I think Tucker's going to keep being a professional. He's got
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a good role here. You know, he's got a good contract. Yeah,
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there aren't going to be loads of teams lining up if he wanted to
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throw in his own trade requests considering how much he's getting paid at you know,
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his very late thirties. So I think I think it should be okay
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now, you know, something to keep an eye on but I think if
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there was going to be more you know, disruption, you know, with
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those sort of relationships, I think we might have heard a bit more at
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this point. Yeah, I would agree with that too. It's just I
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just know how personal relationships affect a lot of different stuff, whether it's in
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the locker room or whether it's on the court play as well. Those personal
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relationships really do matter. And as we're moving along here, the next topic
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I wanted to dive into with you, Tom, the NBA themselves, they
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have made it clear how they want teams to implement, you know, quote
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load management due to TV contracts, especially nationally televised games, and I thought
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I thought it was interesting how Joe Ellenbiid recently said he's never he never load
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managers at all. I found that to be entertaining actually and saying that it's
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like okay, all right, Joel. But you know, I do wonder
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if that changes this coming season based on their opponent any any given day,
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you know, like what is going to happen with Joel Embiid, because I
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do think as he is getting a little bit older, I think as he
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is looking at his own career, there will be some sort of perhaps enhanced
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load management. And again reflecting on what we were talking about with regard to
23:30
Nick Nurse, how Nick Nurse is going to coach him as well. So
23:34
what type of load management do you think we're gonna end up seeing from Joel
23:37
Embiid this season? I think there could be a bit more low management.
23:41
I think it's a fair point. You know that we said with Nurse,
23:44
is he going to play beat a couple more minutes? And maybe he should.
23:47
You know, that's going to be up to the whole coaching staff,
23:48
so we'll see. They know how crucial he is to the team and how
23:52
important his health is, so be interesting to how they learn him personally.
23:56
But then also, yeah, you know, the league has made it tough
23:57
enow for teams to rest stars. You know, it's you know, you
24:00
can't really kind of rest everyone at once. Now. You can't keep resting
24:04
players back to back or giving them all their rest games on the road.
24:07
So things have got more tricky in that from that viewpoint, and I think
24:11
the Sixers are going to have to consider that obviously if they trade for you
24:17
know, if they do trade hard and get players back, who aren't you
24:19
know, the sort of definition of the star player as the league is defining
24:22
it by these new sort of load management rules, then that could help them.
24:26
Only having one you know, star per Se on the roster and Embeed
24:30
would would be helpful. It would be easier to kind of get him the
24:33
rest when he needs it. But you know, for as long as Harden
24:37
is around and depending on who they get back for him, they're going to
24:38
have to be more wary of that and choosing when they rest guys. So
24:42
I don't know how much it's going to affect his total games played in his
24:45
minutes. You know, that's up to nurse and the staff and how they
24:48
manage that in the coming months. But the six are definitely going to have
24:51
to be a bit more careful with how they sort of plan ahead and think
24:53
about when he gets his time off. They absolutely will, and I think
24:56
it's going to be interesting too the dynamic that we see with Joel Embiid as
25:02
it relates to the next gentleman that I wanted to talk about, and that
25:04
is Tyrese Maxey. And the last time that you were on the podcast,
25:10
we talked about Maxie. We talked about his development and for the past couple
25:14
of years, Tom, I mean, Maxi has really flashed as kind of
25:17
a pesky defender who wiggles over screens, chase around off ball shooters, and
25:22
dart you know, into space for some takeaways here and there. And I
25:26
think now it is the time to see that defensive development manifest more from him
25:33
and where he could potentially shine. And given the James Harden likely won't be
25:37
on this team for too much longer, I mean, I'm I'm kind of
25:38
crossing my fingers here at this point. How do you see Tyrese Maxey's development
25:44
and role progressing, especially from a defensive standpoint, you know, if James
25:48
Harden isn't here anymore. I mean, I really think tyres is just going
25:52
to keep getting better, you know it has improved so consistently and kept adding
25:56
to his game throughout his his you know short so far, and it really
26:02
feels like he's just energy and vibe and everything about his game is kind of
26:06
the most fun thing of the Sixers right now. To be honest, I'm
26:10
looking forward to watching him, you know, I think offensively, playmaking is
26:15
the big thing. You know, he can up his scoring if he needs
26:18
it. He can already play well off embiads. So how he you know,
26:23
he's going to have to be handling the ball more now that Harden's not
26:26
around, So how he kind of handles making more diverse pick and roll reads,
26:29
how he kind of handles his usage there in terms of being more of
26:32
a playmaker. That's the main thing to watch. And I think he's not
26:34
a super advanced playmaker yet, but I think if you give him time,
26:37
he's going to keep getting used to doing more different reads. Nurse is going
26:41
to use him a little bit differently and increases usage. So I think in
26:45
time he can you know, not be an elite passer, but I think
26:48
he can grow there. And then defensively to your question, and I think
26:52
you know there will be more pressure on him to step up. It helps
26:53
you know, Harden isn't a plus defender, so it can help there.
26:57
You know, if Melton's more starting opportunities, you know that that kind of
27:03
shows up the back court defensively, Like Maxie and Melton is a pretty good
27:07
duo. Maxi is always going to be limited. There's some things that he
27:10
can't work on. You know, his size, he can't change that.
27:12
You know, there's going to be guards that are just bigger than him,
27:15
and you know, when it comes to kind of defending drives against those bigger
27:18
guards or if he get switched onto a forward, there's not much MAXI can
27:22
do there. But you're right, I think he has kind of improved through
27:26
his career in terms of just how he can test, how he stays on
27:29
the ball, how he navigates screens. So again, I think I think
27:33
he can keep working on that, and I think, you know, maybe
27:36
spending more time next to someone liked Anthony Melton is going to help him.
27:38
Having a more you know, reliable backcourt defensive partner is going to be good.
27:44
And how Nurse mixes up the defense, you know, if they do
27:47
do any more switching, if they switch up their coverages, how they defend
27:49
around ball screens and that sort of thing, that will all be things for
27:52
MAXI to learn as well. So you know, there could be a bit
27:53
of a learning curve in there, depending how much sort of schematic things change.
27:59
But I think Maxi's up for the task in terms of his IQ and
28:02
how he approaches things. So I think within his limitations and what he can
28:06
do for I think he'll keep the improving. I really think I honestly,
28:08
aside from Joel Embiid, you know, over the past ten years, Tyrese
28:14
Maxi's probably the next best draft pick. Is that like, seriously, is
28:18
that what it like when we analyze it over the past ten years? Is
28:22
it really like Joel Embiid and then Tyrese Maxley at this point. Yeah,
28:26
I mean, I think how everything ended with Ben Simmons, I mean yeah,
28:30
I mean, Maxy was such a home run pick, and I think
28:33
it's just the value of getting him twenty first overall, it makes it even
28:37
better. It's not like, you know, you had the first or second
28:40
pick and you've got a really good player, that's kind of a given.
28:41
But getting someone who's kind of potentially pushing for kind of All Star consideration and
28:45
someone who's become such a good score and improved so quickly. I'm also key
28:51
to the team already, and he's made their future so much better than it
28:52
would be if they didn't get him. Getting that guy twenty first overall is
28:56
such a massive win, and it's really kind of changed their you know,
29:02
recent outlook and their outlook for the near future, because without Maxi, things
29:06
would look very different right now. Absolutely again, folks, we're talking to
29:08
Tom West. He covers the Sixers as the associate editor for Libertyballers dot Com
29:15
at Liberty Underscore Ballers on Twitter and you can follow Tom on Twitter at Tom
29:19
West NBA. He is a great, great follow And moving along here,
29:25
I wanted to talk about a gentleman who's coming back to the Sixers for a
29:27
second time, and that's Danny Green. And I'm genuinely looking forward to seeing
29:33
him on the court in the Sixers jersey again. I mean, we know
29:36
that he's been a connecting piece on winning rosters in the past, and he'll
29:41
be able to give this team a boost every now and again here and there.
29:44
He's probably not a twenty minute per night type of guy anymore, as
29:47
we know, But I'm wondering, you know, do you think we'll see
29:48
maybe at least, you know, fourteen to fifteen minutes per night from him?
29:52
And what does this season mean for the Sixers? What does he mean
29:57
for this Sixer season coming off the bank. I think it may not even
30:00
be quite that much. I think it could be a little less. I
30:07
yeah, I think, and I think it's going to be a bit on
30:08
and off and and not necessarily the same throughout. I feel like Nurse is
30:12
going to mix things up a bit, and I think the Kellyubray addition kind
30:15
of changes in rotation quite a bit. I feel like he's going to have
30:18
a fairly solid role. I also think just in terms of like this team
30:22
needs to be, it's quite an old, slow, not the most athletic
30:26
team, isn't it. But I feel like you kind of need whatever players
30:29
can give you that. So I think, you know, someone like Daniel
30:32
House as well, I think it would be good for him to get a
30:33
little bit more run than he had a lot of last season. I don't
30:37
have huge expectations for him, but you know, he did fairly well when
30:41
he got some chances kind of late in the year. He had a couple
30:42
of good moments in the playoffs. So I think Nurse could use House a
30:45
bit more too, just to get a bit more speed and athleticism. But
30:48
you know, Green has looked good, like you know, the start of
30:51
the preseason has been looking good. Is moving fairly well. The shootings are
30:56
always reliable, Like he knows how to relocate so well off the ball.
30:59
His classics Danny Green Baseline Cup, he can run that for you know,
31:03
another ten twenty years and still get open, I'm sure. And you know,
31:06
he obviously his history playing off in Bead, he knows how to kind
31:08
of work around him find his spots off the ball, and he's always a
31:12
trigger shooter and he's efficient from the arc still, so that's really helpful.
31:18
He's even making up some good outlook passes in pre seasons so far, like
31:21
he's looked really good. I just think, you know, at this point
31:23
of his career, like we saw it when he was with the Sixers before
31:26
as well, like he has slowed down quite a bit defensively. Yes,
31:30
he's still smart with his positioning, he knows where to be, He's not
31:33
going to be making big mistakes, and his size helps him contest shots as
31:37
well. But I just think, you know, he's not going to be
31:40
as spry and quick on the ball, So I think that that does limit
31:42
him at this stage of his career quite a lot, which is where I
31:45
think mixing an new brayn House just for a bit more atholeticism is going to
31:48
help on the wing. But yeah, I definitely think he can contribute,
31:52
you know, as a kind of old vector have. He's a good locker
31:55
room presence, throw him in there for some shooting here and there and kind
31:59
of rely on him and know that he's going to be in the right spot.
32:01
So I think he's a pretty good signing, you know, at this
32:04
stage of the season. And yeah, for a cheap gun and old bets
32:07
to you know kind of add at this late stage is pretty good. Yeah.
32:10
Absolutely. And when we take a look at this bench, folks,
32:14
the Sixers bench is it's not a bad bench, It really isn't. They
32:17
do have some depth on the bench and it's something that's going to be interesting
32:21
to follow, especially early on in this season, to see what some of
32:23
these minutes are going to look like for some of these bench players. And
32:28
as we're closing out our conversation here, Tom, I have to ask just
32:31
in terms of, you know, where the team is looking to fall in
32:37
terms of the Eastern Conference. It's just it's something we've talked about on this
32:42
podcast, and you know, we don't have a crystal ball, of course
32:45
nobody does. But when we look at this Eastern Conference, man, it's
32:49
gonna be hard for the Sixers to compete at a high level against the Bucks
32:52
and the Celtics, two teams that arguably got a lot better. And it's
32:58
ridiculous, I know, to talk about the postseason considering there hasn't been one
33:02
ball dribbled in with regard to the regular season. But I mean, how
33:07
do you think things are going to take shape in the East and where do
33:12
where did the Sixers fit into the playoff picture if they even do here?
33:15
If you had a crystal ball, I think, yeah, like you said,
33:17
it's tough, and like some of their top competitors got better and the
33:21
Sixers just haven't. And like I said, we're in this kind of limbo,
33:24
unknown period of wondering what they're going to get for James Harden. So
33:28
it's tough. I mean, I think I think realistically kind of around the
33:31
sort of mid playoff picture, like fourth seed is kind of their ceiling at
33:36
the moment with where things stand. Like like, you know, like we
33:40
said, the teams have just got better, Like the Celtics have a lot
33:44
of changes to kind of work through. You know, trading Mark as Smart
33:46
is a huge deal for them, is so big for their their culture and
33:50
their defensive identity. But you know, adding pausingis brings them a new kind
33:54
of scoring look and a bit more space offensively, and you know the size
33:59
and room prot actually has, so that's going to be interesting. Obviously,
34:01
Drew Holiday is an awesome addition for them, like their defense is still insane,
34:07
and having more playmaking with him and you know, his shooting. He's
34:12
a fantastic fit there as you would be anywhere really. Obviously, the Bucks
34:15
have got Dame Lillard, Like I mean, they were already good enough as
34:21
is, and now they've got this Dame Yannis combo, like their pick and
34:24
roll play, having that really elite perimeter scoring and you know, shot creation
34:30
from deep. Having that range to go alongside Yannis is going to be huge
34:34
for their offense and make them you know, so much harder to stop in
34:37
the postseason as well, and just in general. So that's tough. And
34:40
then the Cavs have also got better. You know, they're already young and
34:44
improving, and I know their season didn't end as their hope, but they've
34:47
got young guys like you know, Darius Gardland and Evan Mobley who are really
34:51
just going to keep getting better. I think Mobley in particular has a lot
34:53
so much room to keep growing. They've already been improving, so you factor
34:59
in that sort of growth and the fact that they improve their depth and they're
35:01
shooting this off season, They've got Max Strus, they got former sixer George
35:06
Yang to give them some extra shooting, so they've kind of improved their wing
35:08
play, which was a big need for them. They've got a bit more
35:12
defense in shooting there, so they're looking stronger and deeper. So I think
35:15
those three teams could really look like the top three, and then if the
35:17
Sixers are fitting in after them, I think, you know, at least
35:22
in terms of regular season standings, I think that's kind of a pretty realistic
35:25
and fair expectation for them right now. You know, maybe the six is
35:29
knocked out of the park with a hardened trade, and some things go their
35:32
way that we're not expecting, or there's injuries that come into play, but
35:36
I think kind of mid tier below those three top teams is kind of where
35:39
they're looking right now. Darryl Moury is not settling at this point for anything.
35:45
In terms of James Harden, He's just not settling right now, and
35:49
I remains to be seen whether or not that's going to be a positive attribute
35:53
or something that's going to really hurt the franchise in the future, but remains
35:59
to be seen what happens again, folks, Tom West, Libertyballers dot Com.
36:01
Tom Buddy, it was great talking to you. Thank you so much
36:05
for taking the time to come on the PSD podcast show. And I hope
36:07
we can talk down down the road for sure. Oh yeah, no,
36:12
of course, it's always a pleasure. Thanks having me. All right,
36:15
great discussion with Tom as always across the Pond, Eric, Yes, Eric
36:20
is back with us, folks across the Pond. I didn't say that to
36:23
him, but I wanted to. I wanted to be like, how many
36:27
times do people say when they're talking to you over here in America that they're
36:30
talking to Tom across the pond? Did you ask him? I didn't say
36:36
across the pond? No, I didn't. I couldn't do it because I
36:37
know people have to do it to him all the time. I think that
36:40
next time the interview you should probably just ask, like, how many times
36:44
do people actually just say that to you? I know, I know he's
36:45
such a nice guy. I know he is, and he'll answer politely,
36:50
and but it's we love cliches on here in Podcasts are full of cliches.
36:53
And that would be the biggest one to describe someone who lives across the pond
36:58
exactly. There you go. All right, We'll sticking with our Philadelphia seventy
37:02
six Ers season preview here. It's bizarre to be doing this preview, Eric,
37:07
because we kind of just like even talking to Tom and toward the end
37:12
of our discussion there, I mean, we all kind of just know how
37:14
this season, you know, may go, and who knows what's gonna happen
37:16
with the Bucks and the Celtics with regard to injuries and different dynamics. With
37:22
this, I know, I'm trying to talk myself into the fact that the
37:25
Sixers might actually be able to do something this year more than getting out of
37:30
the second round of the playoffs. But who knows what will happen with these
37:35
other teams. You know, maybe Dame just goes crazy, Maybe he goes
37:37
nuts and the Bucks just falter. I don't I don't know. I'm trying
37:44
to pull something out of a hat here. Wait, yes, Dame goes
37:47
crazy, like like Kyrie Irving crazy, or like scoring crazy. No,
37:52
like Kyrie Irving crazy. Okay, like things just shit the bed for him?
37:58
Yeah, Okay, Kyrie Irving or James Harden crazy. Yeah that's true.
38:02
Yeah, that is true. So all right, we're gonna get into
38:05
some predictions here and close out the show. So, I mean, I
38:09
think this first one here, who's gonna be the MVP of this Philadelphia seventy
38:15
six ers team. I think it's probably pretty self explanatory that the reigning NBA
38:21
MVP will likely be the MVP of this team. But it was interesting in
38:25
talking about Joel Embiid talking about, you know, the possible load management with
38:30
him and how it might actually be a little bit different this year with Nick
38:35
Nurse, And it might be a little bit different because be ball Paul,
38:37
you know he is, He's gonna have some probably more larger type, I
38:44
don't want to say larger role, but more of a role on this team.
38:47
It was interesting how Tom was talking about the fact that, you know
38:50
what, he may he may. He may be on the court with Joel
38:52
Embiid every now and again, he may be playing the four. Who knows,
38:55
you know, Nick Nurse may implement that a little bit more this season.
39:00
But anyway, getting back to the MVP aspect of what the who that
39:04
was going to be that on this team, I think it's Joel Embiid,
39:07
right, Eric, Yeah, in what might be his final season with the
39:12
Sixers. Yeah, and he goes out and plays well and is possible finally
39:16
finally goes You know, I really don't want to hear about load management.
39:22
You you completely faltered in the second round of the playoffs once again, uh,
39:25
Joel and h I don't think load management is going to help that,
39:30
honestly, So if give me a reason why I should like be happy about
39:37
load management because it's going to get you further along and better performing in the
39:39
playoffs. But I have yet to see it. So if you can tell,
39:43
Jeff, I'm really down in this team right now, Yes, exactly
39:45
excited for their start of the season. I think it's gonna I think there's
39:50
a potential of an absolute meltdown from the top to the bottom. I absolutely
39:53
think that's possible. Tom and I didn't get into that aspect, but I'm
39:57
glad we did because it is absolute possible. Because I wonder how many wins
40:01
this team actually could have this year. So I'm gonna let you go first
40:06
with your prediction, buddy, Like, like, what are your thoughts on
40:08
what the actual win total could be this year if everything stays the way that
40:14
we hope that it will, you know, and again that's not saying that.
40:19
Well, I mean maybe these are our predictions. So if you think
40:22
this team is going to absolutely collapse and it's gonna fall into the ground,
40:25
then yeah, maybe they're only gonna win, you know, forty games.
40:30
Who knows? What do you think the wins are gonna look like this year?
40:36
I forget what the record was last year. I think they got to
40:37
fifty some right, fifty somewhere in the fifties, early fifties. Yeah.
40:43
Yeah, the over unders came out. Vegas had him at forty nine and
40:46
a half. Initially I thought that was completely preposterous and was going to jump
40:52
on the under to my my favorite basketball team in the NBA, but it
40:57
quickly dropped to forty seven and a half. Is kind of however, is
41:00
forty seven and a half forty seven and a half over under? Yeah?
41:04
Oh my god, I take the under. I think they're gonna win about
41:07
forty six to forty seven games. Forty seven and thirty five sounds like a
41:12
really good number for this team, especially if Joel I mean, the East
41:15
is just so much better. It is it's a it's a gauntlet up top.
41:22
The bottom teams didn't get much better, but the teams up top are
41:24
really damn good, and we're not really one of them anymore. We're kind
41:28
of that. We're we're back into that five six range of the playoffs.
41:32
Probably, Yeah, forty seven wins is probably where you're gonna land right probably
41:37
probably right in the four or five or six hole. Man, I was
41:38
actually gonna take fifty one wins. It's gonna do that because I think that's
41:44
what in terms of and again, you know, going back to my conversation
41:46
with Tom, we were saying that their ceiling is probably going to be number
41:51
the number four seed in the East, you know, and if they're a
41:54
number four seed, because I think I think the last time they were the
41:58
number four seed, it was what twenty twenty one, twenty twenty two,
42:01
and I think they won fifty one games that year. So like that,
42:05
I'm thinking that's where I'm at right now. I'm thinking that it's probably fifty
42:08
one games. I mean, it's not too far off from where you're at,
42:12
but it's still that still could be significant. Okay, hold on,
42:17
I'm looking at where they were last year. Yeah, so they won fifty
42:22
four games last year, forty seven and a half over under. They would
42:27
have to lose seven more games to be just to be the under is Nick
42:34
Nurse. I mean, there's no either better than were last year. I
42:37
just don't feel that way, just because I don't think James Harden. I'm
42:40
so sick of talking about him, but he's like the he's like the I
42:45
can't wait to hear Tom's points on Harden because basically, if he decides to
42:51
hold his team hostage and not play, well, what is your ceiling?
42:54
You know, as a team, it's pretty it's pretty damn low. But
42:58
I think I agree with Tom. The playoff ceiling is a four seed.
43:02
I think they're gonna be. I think they're gonna be a five seed.
43:05
I think the Cavaliers are going to improve and kind of take that four spot.
43:08
You're gonna have like Bucks, Celtics, Heat Calves, maybe even the
43:15
Knicks when the Sixers would drop into like the six hole. Yeah, yes,
43:20
I unfortunately, and there's always one team's going to make a leap that
43:23
you're not. You're not, you weren't expecting like the Magic possibly and if
43:28
the Sixers really falter, and Harden just holds his team hostage and we just
43:32
can't make a move and you're just stuck with him and he's just not playing,
43:37
you know. And And how many wins is Nick Nurse worth on a
43:42
team that's already kind of feel like it's in turmoil? Are they really worth?
43:45
Like, I mean, it's fifty fifty three wins last year, that's
43:49
a that's a that's tough to maintain, whether a roster, it's not as
43:52
good, they're older, embied, We're already talking about load management with him.
43:57
Harden could be a complete disaster. Like Nick Nurse have to be the
44:00
greatest coach in the NBA history is kind of what I'm getting at for them
44:02
to approach what they did last year. So that's why I'm thinking, like
44:06
forty seven wins like a five or six seed in the playoffs. Okay,
44:08
all right, you got forty seven wins. I'm still going with fifty one
44:13
wins and I'm probably crazy for that. So all right, So where where
44:20
are they gonna Well, we kind of just basically said where we think they're
44:22
gonna finish in the East. I'm with Tom and I think they're gonna actually
44:25
finish the number four. I mean, I'm thinking it's probably gonna be Bucks
44:29
Celtic's Cavaliers. I don't know about the heat. I don't necessarily know about
44:34
the heat. We didn't Tom and I didn't get into the heat at all.
44:36
But I think that this team's ceiling if things do turn out to be
44:42
if things work out for the Sixers, and what I mean by workout is
44:45
man that ceiling is the number four seed. If things work out and Nick
44:51
Nurse can actually be a coach that really isn't as stubborn as Doc Rivers,
44:57
then I'm gonna go with number four. I'm gonna I'm gonna go with number
44:59
fo It sounds like you're going with like number six. I mean, either
45:05
way, I probably put the heat too high just because they're not They don't
45:09
really care about the regular season. They just want to get to the playoffs.
45:13
They do and then they kill and just start kicking people's asses exactly.
45:15
So maybe the Sixers I'll bump up a spot to four or five, but
45:20
that sticks you in the Nicks Cavaliers area, which you could you could probably
45:27
win the first round, but yeah, you're just destined for a complete ass
45:32
kicking in the second round from either the Bucks or the Celtics. Yep,
45:37
they're just so much better. You can, I can look at it fifty
45:40
times here, but they're they're they're absolute ceiling is getting losing in five games
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in the second round no matter who they play. Yeah, so well,
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folks, it's gonna be a fun season. Fun season. Preview folks,
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come on back, subscribe. Well here's here's the problem too, Like,
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okay, so this is why this team is like kind of sad. I
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can't believe it got to this point because the process was fun at times.
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Yeah, you know, throughout the process, Like, oh my god,
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we got these two rookies. This is gonna be so except Daro sarach right
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or uh and or Ben Ben's back. Ben is in, he's smiling on
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the court. We have no rookies. We have Tobias Harris on an expiring
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deal. Is that exciting to you, Jeff, No, yeah, points
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last year, Like, like, nothing about this team is exciting or fun
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anymore, except except I will say that Max. He's awesome. Maxi's the
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absolutely highlight of the team. He's the bright spot. He's the guy you
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watch night and night out it's like, damn, he just he can get
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to the hole, he can finish. He's six feet tall, but he's
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got some dog in him. He's just he's he can be kind of an
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asshole. Love him, But the rest of the team, man like Pat
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Pat Patrick Beverley, people are going to get sick of Fast, even even
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Sixers fans, because he's it's it's it's not real, like it's kind of
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a put on. It's kind of a show. Yeah, e J.
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Tucker's fun to watch, but PJ. Tucker thirty nine years old ain't gonna
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be fun to watch, especially in the playoffs. Man and again, and
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just to watch that slob bring the ball up and just not care his head
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is down. Slob his he's on defense, his guy goes right by him,
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stand like you. He's going to be getting bowed so hard and he's
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gonna fake an injury. So it's to deal with it. It's just it
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just sucks that Nick Nurse is a really damn good coach and he's going to
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come into this situation and probably so frustrated thirty or forty games in like what
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the hell did I sign up for? It sucks? Yeah, and and
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and and and just the the chance of him being like getting really unhappy quickly
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and saying I've had enough, I'm a superstar. I want to go play
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somewhere else. And we know how the NBA works. Now, second that
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happens, it's over. He's not coming back. Like as soon as Dame
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was like I kind of wanted to go play somewhere else, it was done.
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He was going to get traded. Yeah, and every superstar now gets
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their way, And I mean, it'll be fun trying to figure out as
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the Sixers fan, like what can they get for him, Like what's the
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what team do we not want him to go to because I don't want to
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face him like the next couple of years. But but that like then then
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we're just like then we're we're looking at like how many years of like we're
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twenty five and you know, fifty, just awful, We're back to those
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days. Like it's just we're right on the precipice of that. So I
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guess I'm excited that this might be the last run, but it could be
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one of the ugliest last runs and just the team just implodes. So we're
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leaving on high hopes for folks it's high hopes here, folks at PSD,
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Yes, high hopes. Yes, let's go Phils. We thank you for
49:05
sticking around on the High Hope Show this week. With regard to the Sixers,
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Jeff, next week I'll be going over this Palestine Israel situation. Oh
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yeah, we're gonna really bring up. We're gonna ratch up the energy for
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next too, right before the election. I can't wait. Yeah, that'd
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be great for me. I'll give my dismal takes on that for thirty minutes.
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Look, the flowers are doing okay. I know we usually don't talk
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flyers when fly The flyers are showing some good time here. All right,
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