Showdown with Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama; Sixers’ 5-game winning streak; Kelly Oubre taking next step

Showdown with Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama; Sixers’ 5-game winning streak; Kelly Oubre taking next step

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Well okay weekend okay did you do anything special man I watched a whole lot of football this weekend that was special oh yeah I saw you on Facebook killing the dude for not call a timeout man you know I go a little bit little bit crazy on social media with

These guys like like I know more than they do but but the the coach um my man from the the Chiefs he was trying to explain why he didn’t he basically said the game was over I’m like oh okay yeah I was like oh okay all right okay it’s

The first but now it is what it is but look tonight’s game with the Sixers they have WI wiy coming to town 7even foot4 rookie putting having a phenomenal season uh for the Spurs they play the Sixers now I expect the Sixers to win this game

Yeah right but at the same time I expect it to be exciting to see what wiim Bama can do against the Sixers now I don’t think it will be one of those things where people think we’re going to see this head-to-head battle between him and mbid because let’s face it wiama is a

Power fold right right Joel embiid has them by probably 150 pounds right so so I I don’t I don’t see that head-to-head matchup that people expect but at the same time I do feel like it’s G to be thrilling and uh I want your thoughts on the night’s

Matchup yeah well it’s it’s definitely a look at the present and a look at the future I mean people have been excited about wemy ever since they started hearing about him you know about everybody saw the video of him going against Rudy Gober a few years back and

I guess he just turned 20 and he does bring a skill set in a body you know I mean he’s like um Shawn Bradley only he can play you know and actually he’s actually got you know uh he’s actually got more um more skill you know more skilled than Shawn Bradley did

I’m looking forward to it but again like you said you’re not going to get that match up because he’s got him I don’t know if he got him by a buck 50 but I think he got him by a close to a buck you know so um but it just you know I

Was disappointed in the uh the Denver match up where we didn’t really get a chance to see embiid and the Joker go head to head and and really I I don’t think that San Antonio I mean you’ll see it you you know because with with him

Blocking you know a leg High three and a half 3.2 block shots for whatever he’s going to get you know he’s going to get it some MBI shots and you’ll get them matched up every now and then it’ll be interesting because this guy blocks three point attempts and um the one

Thing he might be able to do that a lot of guys can’t do is is take away or make it more difficult for embid to get that seemingly automatic mid-range jumper so I mean I mean I I’ll be looking for little stuff like that don’t expect a

Matchup I don’t expect the 76ers to roll over you know and and and not show up even though they’re getting ready to go out on a five game Road Trip so um it could it’s gonna be interesting but I I just want to see Wy because um you don’t

Get a chance to see him often but you you know you turn Sports CER on and there he is doing these fantastic things doing these guard small forward things in in a big man’s body and blocking shots like a big man so I’m interested because I do think down the road and

Around the corner you know he’s you know with the skill set that he has he’s I expect him to block average him four blocks you know some year you know during his career four maybe even high than that as he gains weight becomes more physical as he drinks those muscle

Milks or whatever they giving him now to put some pounds on him so yeah I’m I’m you have to be excited as a basketball fan you have to be excited to see yeah yeah yeah I mean yeah I agree with you now we look at his numbers

Right now he’s played in 36 games he’s started in all 36 he’s playing 28.5 minutes so they’re not like burning them out right they’re like they’re not like saying hey you gotta go 40 you got to do this you gotta do that being kind of careful with him so he’s averaging 19.9

Points 10.1 rebounds right uh 2.9 assists 1.1 Stills in the league best 3.2 blocks right he’s shooting 46.2% from the field struggling a little bit from three shooting 29.6 from three um and from the foul line he’s shooting 79.9% so basically 80% shooter so when you look at these numbers these are

Rookie of the Year type numbers um the only thing that I think that where people are going and some people may vote for Chad hram it’s just because Chad’s team is is one of the best team Oklahoma City whereas the Spurs have the worst record in the Western Conference

And they had the third worst record overall right so his team has been struggling um they are eight in 34 but at the same time it’s one of those things where Michael Carter Williams won it when the Sixers were tanky be and them were like finalists

When their team is struggling so I mean you just can’t keep making up different roles like you you realize to me if you take him off that team how many games would they win now again I haven’t decided on who I’m G vote for yet for

Rookie of the year I typically let that play out but the things that this guy is doing is phenomenal especially against uh in the big games against El leite opponents no I agree I agree um you know he you know we like it through that cliche that he’s been as every bit as

Good as advertise uh you know I I think he’s at least lived up to the hype he’s you know he’s in a situation where you know he’s he’s at a in a in a bad situation with San Antonio Spurs just not being very good um but as far as you know you look

At his numbers you look at the things he does and of course you know those block shots stand out but you know with that frail body he’s still grabbing 10 rebounds per game um you know he’s not the explosive athlete that some people were expecting to see but he’s just so very highly

Skilled you know I mean you know sometimes he he initiates the offense for them every now and then you know it’s not like the Spurs have a lot of people who um who can you know who can who can do much of anything this year but we knew that coming in you know

Him Kellin Johnson and vassel but beyond that you know it’s like what do what do they have uh and and and he’s you know he’s he’s with pop you know I mean pop cultivates big men talent I don’t know how long Pop’s gonna be there I hope pop

Sticks around for a minute um you know so he can get some players to put you know to coach him alongside but nonetheless if you’re a fan of basketball you know you have to be interested uh and seeing a guy who is you know get having his name compared to

Will Chamberlain on on a nightly basis against a guy who people say is the future of the big man position so yeah it’s there’s definitely some interest there there’s definitely some interest there yeah yeah it definitely is it definitely is so your prediction for tonight what do you think’s going to

Happen tonight I think the six is um I think the six beat him by 10 points at least yeah I I think they I think they get a 10-point win at least um again I think they got one foot on the airplane getting ready to go know

For that road trip mentally but I do think that the Sixers will handle him I think that you know they might start off kind of sluggishly or you know MV could just show up was he averaging like 11 points per game in the first half in the

First quarter of game like 15 I believe yeah it’s crazy no actually around he had 15 last game it’s around 11 yeah it’s around 11 yeah so you know and he seems and he he’s gotten up for every challenge he seems to be doing a better job of mentally gearing himself up you

Know providing those challenges when they’re sometimes not there but you know and be you know he’s you know this this is this is the NBA’s new flashy Ferrari he’s gonna want to look good against him and I you I think he’ll go out and establish himself early and I I think

They’ll um I think they’ll they’ll win they’ll they’ll win comfortably yeah I think it will be too um I I think it I mean they didn’t look all that well the last game we’ll we’ll talk about that the next segment a little bit um but but I’m with you I I

Think that it’s going to be a should be a pretty good win for him yeah um yeah I I think I think it should be I think it’s going to be one of those games where MB could get the get not the entire fourth quarter off but he could

Come in maybe make a little Cameo to you know and then they give him the curtain call or something but but I’m not expected much out of this team but the thing is I will say the one thing that can I’m not going to say concerns me but

The one thing that you got to understand is that it seems as if that Wendy has been a big game player right he’s been a big game player yeah so that came against gianis was it last week against Giannis last week yeah yeah exactly yeah yeah that’s true that’s what I’m saying

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Channel now Mitch we look at the Sixers right and we talked about it right now in the Sixers um have a five game winning streak um I look at it right now and that’s the second best winning streak in the Eastern Conference behind behind the Cleveland Cavaliers it’s tied for the

Second best winning streak in the league right the Phoenix Suns have w52 now when we look at this streak um you say they defeated um the Sacramento Kings which is good quality win then they had they they beat the Houston Rockets the Denver Nuggets on back to back kns they had two

Days off and then they defeated the Orlando Magic and the uh Charlotte Hornets um the streak is impressive right I mean I think they got quality wins in Sacramento um Denver um the the Orlando Magic is coming down to earth a little bit but that was still a good win

What’s your overall thought process of the of this team the way they’re playing right now um there I mean I think we can get moved beyond the conversation was you know they’re playing above expectations um but now that we have seen uh Tyrese step in and become a the legitimate

Number two for the 76ers uh and and with with our guy Tobias Harris Let’s give him his props man he’s he’s continuing you know it’s been about three week stretch now three three and a half week stretch where where Tobias has been good I I think um

And if I’m not mistaken they won that first game of this win streak minus Joel mbid if I’m not mistaken was it the Sacramento game um um yeah it it was a minus Joel be yep you are correct yeah and and what I like about it is you know during this

Stretch they’ve had two sets of backto backs and you know I knew that um I mean that that was kind of a low energy win on Charlotte against a low energy Squad you know it’s um but but I like what I’m saying it’s going to get

Real uh you know you you you kind of think they they’ll extend that winning streak to six games but then they start that road trip like you know we’ll talk about that later but it’s got you know it’s got some early early pitfalls in it you know you’re at Denver you’re at an

Indiana team which is going to want to really test itself uh you know with you know with the new Pascal piece the Pascal piece so um no I I like it man again you know they’re at the midpoint of the season they are uh they’re in you

Know most of people still see Boston as being a better team um uh but Boston doesn’t have a guy who looks like he’s going to be the MVP I I I I like where they are at the midpoint of the season I like what they’ve done during the winning you know

During this winning streak um I I could see them losing two in a row early on when they get out on the road but that’s you know again we’ll get to that a little bit later um you know I think it’s fans of this team have

To be happy you know you um you’re in position you’re there there’s possibility you might make a trade before the deadline that could improve your team you know that from what we’re understanding what you’re reporting that they’re they’re moving uh judicious they’re not jumping on anything and and

Let’s be quite honest you know when they when they had their full compliment and it would be nice to see them get that full compliment together they a very they’re a good team you know they’re a good team capable of beating anybody you know they was a nice win against Denver

It’s nice win against Denver nice wins against Minnesota earli in the season yeah now my thing is I do think they’re a good team um I didn’t like what I saw the last game they won they were able to win but I didn’t like what I saw I think that sometimes there

Becomes a trend when they play a bad team I think that certain guys want to start instead of going with the the I I think certain guys start CH start stat chasing against the poor teams and in that last game now again I like the way they played against Sacramento I like

The way they played against Denver you know those those are the games that really stood out to me I liked how they you know they they handled business against Indiana I mean excuse me Orlando and then they started getting other guys involved right I felt like that first half against that

Um um against Charlotte was was bad I mean you look at it Joel shooting six for 14 mat five for 14 and no other player on the team had more in Two Shots that’s so to me it looked like we got this squad that we know we’re about

The boat race right and those two were Joelle and Maxi was trying to get their but they weren’t getting everybody else involved right yeah and and you look at it it was kind of like you know they started PJ Washington at Center because first and second string Center was

Banged up the best lamelo ball wasn’t playing so again I just feel like the Sixers got to remain locked in you know you can’t get off the strip right now of course the coach is going to say hey a win is a win a win win but you don’t

Want to see that because you know that could have been a bad loss right yeah now I’mma say this uh you you are correct you know in regards to they do have a good team and and you got to be careful who you bring in in the trade

Because these guys have shown that they can help you like I do think that Marcus Morris is a great addition uh Nick Paton is a great addition yeah one concern I have now about this team is Robert Covington hasn’t played yeah since December the 30th yeah what’s yeah

What’s I what’s going on there they saying his knee knee knee knee keeps swelling up but the thing is knee swelling up isn’t isn’t an injury what’s the cause of the knee swelling up right you know so now he’s not gonna play tonight De Anthony Melton isn’t gonna

Play tonight so he’s a back right is his back yeah is his back and you know that’s you know the thing about a back is you just don’t you don’t yeah you don’t you don’t mess around with a back injury so those are if I have some

Concerns and it’s about these two guys right now I love both of them but it’s one of those things where you know how is this going to impact the Sixers yeah forward you know what I mean how how are their injuries going to impact the Sixers moving forward you know that’s

That’s my concern um but John on the when we on the third segment I gotta ask you a question you can think about it now um who’s the one player you would like to see who you think will have to take the next step in order if if the

Sixers roster Remains the way it is now who needs to take the next step for them to get out of the second round gotta all right like that question all right look this show episode is sponsored by better heal right so when we talk about better

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Excuse me for me it’s Kelly UB Jr you know I I I think that um you know I think that he we need to see him get comfortable in a role uh he’s a guy who he’s averaging just below 13 points per game right now he’s a guy who could who

Can play the passing Lane with his athleticism he’s a guy who if they stay Pat he’s a guy who is is going to be called upon you know to to to to guard the wing you know to guard Wing players um you know and also you know I was

Looking at their Rock today they they got a small you know Pat biev Tyrese Maxi uh DeAnthony they they’re small in the back court I I think you you you’ll need to see Kelly U you know play some guard and you know be you know be able to be versatile

Defensively um and and I think that he can score more he’s you know when the opportunity presents itself that his scoring average can go up significantly so you know back up into that range of 16 points per game 15 points per game um I like the way Tobias is playing I like

To see him continue to play the way he’s playing that’s always the question with him but I do think Kelly UB Jr is a guy who brings the athleticism the ability to guard larger guards to guard the wings um that they haven’t they haven’t

Had you know so he’s he’s the guy for me yeah that’s a good one I I I like that suggestion too Kelly UB um but I also believe it or not I kind of sort of think that um the center de is going to have to get

Better too it’s going to be a little bit more consistent on the minutes that because ideally you know the starters play a lot of minutes in the playoffs but we all know Joel and be’s injury history right we all know we all know that um and I don’t think Joel is going

To be one of them things where he’s playing 45 minutes in the playoffs I just need to when they come in there if it’s um Paul Reed or Mo bomba that they have to be on 10 when they play yeah just a little bit they’re gonna have to

Be because what’s going to happen is they’re probably going to be attacked and they’re probably the other team is going to try to go on runs and do things and I think that they just need a little bit more consistency out of these guys yeah when when and

Be’s a little bit out of the floor um you know Tobias has stepped up like Kelly UB is a great one you know Nick baton has shown he’s able to do things I also would like to see Marcus Morris and Marcus Morris if he’s still here and um

Like I will also because they’re gonna reduce that bench and Marcus Morris and and Pat they gonna have to be a little bit more consistent too especially Marcus now I mean Pat has been doing what he’s doing I think that Pat is teams are going to give him a lot of

Open looks right a lot of open looks so he’s going to have to continue to stick them you know Marcus he’s been playing well but they has a certain games where he just like the last one he just doesn’t anything offensively on the defensive side guys

Are going to try to attack them as well so you know but for the most part I just think for those little bit of minutes that they’re going to to play those stretches that the backup bigs are going to have to always be on 10 unfortunately their play has been inconsistent yeah

You know you know what I we keep tossing names around trade deadline names you know I want to hear Andre Drummond’s name mentioned man yeah I know you know you know they they have shown a tendency to not rebound as well Andre Drummond clearly loveed like playing in Philly

That was the impression I got you know you were around him more but if you bring that guy in you’re never going to have I mean he’s averaging about eight and a half boards in like 15 minutes a game yeah the the problem is with that is you look at a

Chicago team and let’s face it Chicago is a team that has to make the playoffs because of the trades they made and you look at the new front office and all that and everything like they came in with a lot of hype and they’ve been struggling now right now they’re not

They’re they’re in ninth place so they’re a playing team right so my fact my thing is if they I don’t it I don’t know if if they feel like getting rid of him if they still want to win it’s gonna be detrimental and it probably will be detrimental like

You’re going to help a team like the Sixers that you may end up playing in the first round right right so that’s my thing I mean now again if they were like where it is with N9 and 31 yeah I think we see a fire cell yeah but

Right now I think they’re trying to see what they can do because they are two games below 500 but yeah he would be a great addition mean great addition great you know you know makeing happen darl Mo you know go ahead and be uh go ahead and

Be proactive and you know instead of being reactive in situations to where you have to make a deal like you did with Ben Simmons and with hard and go out and and and do some real big game hunting yeah yeah that would be nice yeah I mean just seems like right now

They just sitting pack you know sitting back waiting waiting waiting wait you know yeah now maybe we could talk about that tomorrow talk more about that tomorrow like the how the trades and everything that’s happened underneath the Daryl myy regime yeah that’ll be a great topic that’s y’all in addition to

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