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Sixers Start LeBron James Era with Win at MSG; Celtics Blow Lead; NFLPA Investigate Jalen Hurts Blood-Clot Case · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to The Daily Play. I'm Joy Taylor. Thanks so
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  Speaker 1: new-look Sixers beat the defending champion Knicks 106-100 at Madison
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  Speaker 1: Square Garden to start the LeBron James-Jalen Brown era. In Philly,
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  Speaker 1: on a winning note, quote, I like the way we played,
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  Speaker 1: especially defensively. Good win for us to start the season.
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  Speaker 1: LeBron delivered 14 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, a steal,
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  Speaker 1: and a block in his 35th career game at MSG.
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  Speaker 1: It was also a fresh start for Jalen Brown, who
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  Speaker 1: was traded from the Celtics to the Sixers in a
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  Speaker 1: blockbuster offseason deal. We'll get to his former team in
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  Speaker 1: a second, but JB had 19 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists,
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  Speaker 1: a steal, and a block in his Sixers debut. Now,
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  Speaker 1: I remain skeptical of how the Sixers are going to
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  Speaker 1: do in the long term this year. I mean, deep
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  Speaker 1: into the postseason. Now, my NFL predictions have been terribly wrong,
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  Speaker 1: so do what you want with that. However, I do
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  Speaker 1: think it will take a little bit more than a
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  Speaker 1: year for this team roster to mesh together perfectly in
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  Speaker 1: order to win a championship, which is the level of
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  Speaker 1: expectation that you have for any team with this type
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  Speaker 1: of roster, but particularly with LeBron James on it. Now,
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  Speaker 1: do I think they're going to go deep into the postseason? Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: And I think what you saw from them today shows
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  Speaker 1: how deep that they can go. So that takes a
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  Speaker 1: great deal of pressure off of LeBron James as far
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  Speaker 1: as how many games he has to play, how long
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  Speaker 1: he has to be available, even though he's, you know,
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  Speaker 1: Superman and like one of the most available and well-maintained
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  Speaker 1: bodies in all of sports. But it is his 22nd
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  Speaker 1: season and add into that probably four more years of
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  Speaker 1: basketball with the Olympics and with postseason play. So I
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  Speaker 1: like how deep they can go, how deep on the
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  Speaker 1: bench they can go. And they looked impressive to start
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  Speaker 1: the season. and took down the Knicks on their home
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  Speaker 1: court on ring night. So a little extra bonus for Philadelphia,
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  Speaker 1: who needs some positive stories right now. Obviously, everything that's
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  Speaker 1: going on with Jalen Hurts is devastating, and we will
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  Speaker 1: get to that a little bit later. However, good start
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  Speaker 1: for Philadelphia, a team that we are going to be
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  Speaker 1: paying a great amount of attention to this year. Earlier
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  Speaker 1: in the night, Jalen Brown's former team got a Great
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  Speaker 1: game from newly acquired Paul George, but lost after giving
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  Speaker 1: up a double-digit halftime lead to the Pistons. Cade Cunningham,
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Dern, Duncan Robinson all scored 20-plus for Detroit. Won
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  Speaker 1: their opening game for the first time since 2022. Javante
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  Speaker 1: Green in his second season with the Pistons had 19
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  Speaker 1: points in the second half, ever not playing in the
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  Speaker 1: first half. The Celtics were cruising early. Paul George was balling.
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  Speaker 1: Dropped 38 points, the most for any player in their
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  Speaker 1: Celtics debut, but Jason Tatum struggled. He... Failed to hit
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  Speaker 1: three in seven attempts. Shot 26% from the field overall.
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  Speaker 1: And they shipped a 13-point halftime lead by giving up
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  Speaker 1: 37 and 39 points in the third and fourth quarter, respectively.
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  Speaker 1: Not great. That is not the defensive performance that you
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  Speaker 1: want to see from the Celtics. And I can't imagine
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  Speaker 1: how delicious this night was for Jalen Brown after the
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  Speaker 1: exit from Boston and getting a big-time win in New
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  Speaker 1: York on their home court on ring night to start
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  Speaker 1: his era with the Sixers. We will get to the
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  Speaker 1: Western Conference Finals rematch between the Thunder and Spurs tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: And a great start overall for the NBA. And we
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  Speaker 1: are in the sports equinox right now. So there's so, so, so,
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  Speaker 1: so much going on. So we talked about Jalen and
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  Speaker 1: Philly making his debut, but... The other Jalen in Philly
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  Speaker 1: has a lot of news circulating him, a lot of
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  Speaker 1: unfortunate news. As we discussed yesterday, Jalen Hurts is out
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  Speaker 1: for the season after a blood clot on his calf
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  Speaker 1: led to more testing and revealed that he has multiple
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  Speaker 1: blood clots in his lungs. The NFL chief medical officer,
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  Speaker 1: Alan Stills, took questions on Tuesday about the situation and
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  Speaker 1: the medical process surrounding his blood clots. He flew to
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  Speaker 1: London where he had follow-up testing that was done late
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  Speaker 1: in the night before the Eagles lost to the Jags.
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  Speaker 1: Hurts then flew home with the team. Allen still said
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  Speaker 1: the notion that there's external factors, that any of our
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  Speaker 1: positions as a player in harm's way is nonsense. There's
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  Speaker 1: no doctors taking orders from a football person and non-medical person, period.
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  Speaker 1: This isn't really a new situation, but it's something we examine.
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  Speaker 1: He's right about that. Blood clots are not new, particularly
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  Speaker 1: to the NFL. Further examination is exactly what the NFLPA
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  Speaker 1: called for in a statement said the NFLPA is not
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  Speaker 1: aware of any NFL investigation into the medical care provided
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  Speaker 1: to Jalen Hurts, in fact, the lead previously informed the
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  Speaker 1: unit did not plan to review the care he received.
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  Speaker 1: Before conclusions are drawn about how the situation was handled,
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  Speaker 1: there must be a full investigation into what occurred, determining
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  Speaker 1: the facts is essential to ensure players are receiving the
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  Speaker 1: highest level of care and protection going forward. So look,
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  Speaker 1: I am someone who trusts doctors. I am not somebody
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  Speaker 1: who doubts science. I am not somebody who thinks that
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  Speaker 1: a medical professional is incompetent because I saw a TikTok
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  Speaker 1: or because something feels fishy. However, I do not think
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  Speaker 1: that medical professionals are beyond reproach either. And when something
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  Speaker 1: looks funny, I think it warrants an investigation. And I
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  Speaker 1: think the player safety is of the utmost importance. And
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  Speaker 1: when it comes to all players, of course, but you're
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  Speaker 1: talking about a high-profile player on a much scrutinized team,
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  Speaker 1: a player that's already picked apart constantly, and he... is
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  Speaker 1: now in a situation where he's missing the rest of
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  Speaker 1: the season. It looks funny. Maybe there's nothing to it.
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  Speaker 1: And it's just a super unfortunate set of circumstances. And
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  Speaker 1: he was cleared. And the medical professionals all did what
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  Speaker 1: was supposed to happen. And it just went the wrong way,
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  Speaker 1: if that's the case. But do I think it warrants
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  Speaker 1: an investigation? Absolutely. And I would think it would warrant
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  Speaker 1: an investigation no matter what level of player it is.
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  Speaker 1: It doesn't look great. It doesn't sound great. And in
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  Speaker 1: a time where people trust doctors less and less, I
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  Speaker 1: do think that it's important that there's transparency on this.
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  Speaker 1: There's a chance he's fine and it all blows over.
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  Speaker 1: But being that we're unsure that that's the case for
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  Speaker 1: a 28-year-old quarterback who, you know, we've seen other players
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  Speaker 1: across other sports have to retire for things like this.
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  Speaker 1: The league is trying to promote games internationally. I think
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  Speaker 1: it's really important that they are transparent on this, that
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  Speaker 1: they do a thorough investigation, that Jalen feels like he
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  Speaker 1: was taken care of properly because he was the one
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  Speaker 1: who was the one dealing with it. And that everything
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  Speaker 1: is done above board. I think that in general, that
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  Speaker 1: is what is lacking. I think that, you know, the
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  Speaker 1: league has had plenty of questions about how they take
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  Speaker 1: care of players, how those things are worked out. and
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  Speaker 1: how players are protected and player safety is of the
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  Speaker 1: utmost importance. I don't think that we should be questioning
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  Speaker 1: everything that doctors say. Even if you are a doctor,
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  Speaker 1: you are not his doctor. You have not looked at
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  Speaker 1: his results. You have not seen his blood work. This
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  Speaker 1: is a very, very serious thing. This is a life
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  Speaker 1: or death situation. I think it's irresponsible for us to speculate.
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  Speaker 1: think it's irresponsible for us to come up with our
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  Speaker 1: own theories but I do think it's irresponsible for the
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  Speaker 1: league as well to not be transparent about what happens
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  Speaker 1: and go through the process of investigating and making sure
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  Speaker 1: that everyone was on the up and up I don't
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  Speaker 1: think the doctors had some sort of agenda to get
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts on the field when he didn't need to
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  Speaker 1: be but that doesn't mean the doctors didn't miss something
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  Speaker 1: as well they are human so I think both things
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  Speaker 1: can be true we can be humble enough and wise
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  Speaker 1: enough to know the things that we don't know, not
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  Speaker 1: being doctors or not being his Jalen Hurts' doctor. And
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  Speaker 1: the NFL needs to be aware enough that enough people
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  Speaker 1: are paying attention to the situation and are skeptical about it,
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  Speaker 1: including other players, that they need to handle it in
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  Speaker 1: a way that is very transparent, honest, and swift and thorough.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that's very important considering the situation. Thanks
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