00:00And the only time that I really enjoyed introducing another player was Kobe Bryant's last game in Philadelphia, December 1st,
00:092015.
00:10Remember, he announced the night before he's retiring from the NBA.
00:14He did it because he knew he was coming to Philly for the last time.
00:16And every game before that, it was always a 6'6 guard for Laura Marriott, number 24 quarterback.
00:22And that night, we went, a 17-time NBA All-Star, third leading scorer in the NBA history,
00:29a five-time NBA champion, two-time finals MVP, a 6'6 guard from Lower Marion High School,
00:36where they won the title in 1996, number 24, Kobe Bryant.
00:43I'm getting chills, man.
00:44I did, too.
00:45I'm getting chills in the year.
00:46And Snoop Dogg put it in, like, some song, that intro.
00:49Oh, really?
00:49Yeah.
00:49And then they retired his number in Italy, and they used my audio for that time.
00:54Oh, that's awesome, man.
00:55That was pretty cool.
00:55You know, little kids, like, I was very, like, I would listen to a lot of these, like,
01:02when I was a little kid, like Harry Callis and all this.
01:04Yeah.
01:04You're like an icon.
01:06You're a figure to little kids.
01:08I get a lot of people that, because I'm in NBA 2K, I get people that, like, oh, yeah,
01:13we hear your voice in NBA 2K.
01:15Mimic.
01:15Yeah.
01:16I'm like, I don't even know how to play NBA 2K.
01:18I tried it once, and I couldn't score.
01:20So you couldn't hear your own voice.
01:21No, exactly.
01:23I was down, like, 36-0 to, like, the Wizards.
01:25I'm like, this game sucks.
01:27Oh, man.
01:27I'm not playing it anymore.
01:28So Sunday.
01:29Sunday.
01:30Potentially the last game.
01:31I know NBC Sports Philadelphia is doing some stuff, too.
01:34They're going to interview you this week.
01:35Really?
01:36I don't know.
01:36That's what I heard.
01:37I saw a clip of Amy Fadul on social media saying she was going to interview you this week.
01:41Okay.
01:42Am I breaking news to you?
01:43I don't know anything of what's going on.
01:45All right.
01:46I think that's the case.
01:47Maybe our producer can confirm it from NBC.
01:50I just invited a lot of people to the game, a lot of family and friends and high school
01:55buddies, I think, or college buddies.
01:57That's awesome.
01:57Paul Blake's coming.
01:58Paul Blake, the big dog here.
02:00Jim Antez is coming.
02:02Well, hopefully it's not your last game, right?
02:03Hopefully you get some playoff games, but we just don't know.
02:06Playoffs are so much fun, too, Bill, because in playoffs, it matters, you know?
02:10Yeah.
02:10Like, everyone's into it.
02:12You know how, like, when we introduce the other team and each player gets a sucks?
02:15Yeah.
02:16Playoffs, the sucks is so much louder.
02:18So much louder.
02:18Yeah, it's like, sucks, sucks.
02:20Well, I know I speak for every fan that's ever attended a Sixers game in the last 28 years.
02:26Thank you, man.
02:27You're welcome.
02:27Because you have made the experience tremendous.
02:30Best I've ever heard.
02:31You're the best in the business.
02:32No joke.
02:32I'm going to cry now.
02:32Absolutely.
02:33No, you're the best, Matt.
02:34Really.
02:34Are you still a quitter?
02:35No.
02:35No.
02:37Number one in my heart, biggest quitter ever.
02:39No, I'm just kidding.
02:40I'm just kidding.
02:41See, I take you away from that and give you some fun.
02:43Yeah.
02:44Yeah.
02:44Yeah.
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