00:00I find it very interesting, Tyrone.
00:02You're in a very interesting spot with me today.
00:04Oh, yeah?
00:05You and I are in a very interesting spot collectively.
00:07Okay.
00:08It might be me versus you.
00:09It might be you versus me.
00:10I don't think it's me and you together on this one.
00:13All right.
00:13Yeah.
00:14Interesting last night that a guy started for the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder.
00:22Yeah.
00:22Had 20 points, by the way.
00:2420 points.
00:24And it's had a really good series thus far against the San Antonio Spurs.
00:28But it wasn't good enough to play for the Sixers.
00:31And I'm wondering for you as a Sixers fan how it feels to see Jared McCain out there starting in
00:39a Western Conference Final
00:40and dropping 20 points against the San Antonio Spurs in a pivotal Game 5.
00:46Biggest game of the year.
00:48So my first thought was you.
00:50How does Tyrone Johnson, a Philadelphia native, a diehard Sixers fan, wrap his head as a basketball fan around the
01:01fact that
01:01Jared McCain could start for the Thunder but not good enough to play for your loser organization?
01:07Just thought I'd point that out.
01:08They're not a loser organization.
01:11Loser organization.
01:12But.
01:13Never passed the semifinals in the Eastern Conference since Joel Embiid became a Sixer.
01:17Yeah, all right.
01:19So what?
01:19The Knicks hadn't been a long time.
01:20I'm in the NBA Finals.
01:22Yeah, this year.
01:23Something you've never done with Joel Embiid.
01:26No, not with Joel Embiid.
01:28But they've done it.
01:29They had done it more recently than the Knicks until this recent success story.
01:33Yeah.
01:34I'm sorry.
01:34How do you wrap your head around the fact that the kid with the painted fingernails can start for the
01:39Thunder?
01:39Yeah.
01:40Two things.
01:40One, it goes back to the top two, to the main ownership of Josh Harris, and also the now-fired
01:47Daryl Morey.
01:48Right.
01:48Those two guys combined to torture Philadelphia fans.
01:53Oh, that's torture now?
01:55In fact, off the air, I came in the day after the trade, and even producer Ethan can vouch for
02:01this because you'll conveniently forget.
02:03But I was furious about that, and I was so mad that I was so mad that I thought that
02:09maybe Josh Harris should consider selling the team.
02:12You can't make an owner sell the team.
02:14Correct.
02:14That's how mad I was about it.
02:16Now, he did not play well for the Sixers, and also because-
02:20He didn't play much at all because injuries.
02:21Injuries, and because of his size, it was a bit of a weird fit to have Maxie and VJS come
02:28to go with him.
02:28But-
02:29SGA's not that big of dudes.
02:30SGA's like 6'4", 6'5", versus 6'1", 6'2", and that does make a difference when you're playing
02:36defensively.
02:37But it was malpracticed by the Sixers.
02:40We knew it at the time, and this is not a surprise.
02:44So, it's only heartbreaking because the fans should not know better.
02:49The people paid millions of dollars to do this should know better than the fans.
02:53And on this one, Philadelphia fans knew better than Daryl Morey.
02:57And I'd never want to see a guy lose his job.
03:00Daryl Morey's still getting his money.
03:01And I like Daryl Morey personally, but that was a horrendous move by him.
03:06And even if the Sixers had somehow advanced, making mistakes like that-
03:11Cost a franchise.
03:12Right.
03:13I mean, I've experienced, obviously, the teams I root for, Knicks included, outside of this particular run.
03:18I just thought it was interesting.
03:19I'm watching the game on the outside going, man, he would have helped the Sixers.
03:23Yeah.
03:23The Sixers might have won a game or two with 20 points out of that game.
03:27You mean when they went three games against the Knicks?
03:29They went three games with the bench scoring zero points.
03:32Right.
03:32Perhaps if McCain was coming off the bench, they might have got some damn points against the Knicks.
03:37Yeah, that game two, you guys lost by six.
03:39Lost by six points.
03:40McCain's on the roster.
03:42Maybe they win.
03:43Maybe you steal a dub.
03:44And then that game-
03:45Instead of getting swept and embarrassed the way you did.
03:47Exactly.
03:47So, and I hate that you keep throwing in how bad that suit was.
03:52And it was.
03:53And the Knicks are a machine right now.
03:54But right there, what you brought up there, though, is an example of why certain general
03:59managers should never get a pass.
04:02Another one is like your guy Joe Dumars right now.
04:04Then we'll get back to everything.
04:06But to have Patrick Queen, and he looks like he's a good player, but now have no first-round
04:10pick in this draft, that's Mount Price.
04:12In a good draft, too.
04:13That's the kind of mistakes that really hurt teams.
04:15Well, I just wanted to have some fun with you out of the gate with the Sixers, because
04:19I'm sure that's got to burn all Sixers fans.
04:21Killing us.
04:21Watching a kid that you drafted, who unfortunately got hurt a couple times, excelling in a Western
04:27Conference final when you were desperate for another scorer against the Knicks a couple
04:32weeks ago.
04:33I'm sure it must be very tough for you guys throwing up today, and admit that you're basketball
04:37fans or Sixers fans.
04:38So, I'm here for you if you need a shoulder to cry on after the show.
04:41I want you to know I'm here for you.
04:42I appreciate it.
04:43But there's something else that happened last night.
04:45Yeah.
04:45So, legacy.
04:47Legacy.
04:47Legacy.
04:48Legacy.
04:49Yeah.
04:49In the biggest game of his short career, your guy, Victor Wambayama Mama, didn't show up
04:58for a pivotal Game 5 now, all being on the road, and Oklahoma City's a tough place to
05:04win, obviously.
05:05But your guy, Mr. Future Face of the NBA.
05:10That's right.
05:11Made one basket in the first quarter.
05:13Yep.
05:13Made one basket in the second quarter.
05:16Made one basket in the third quarter.
05:19Made one basket in the fourth quarter.
05:22Four buckets made in a pivotal Game 5.
05:260 for 5 from 3.
05:286 rebounds.
05:30Guy's 9 feet tall.
05:32Only had 6 rebounds.
05:33Josh Hart averages more than 6 rebounds in the playoffs for the Knicks.
05:37He's 6'3", 6'4".
05:39And he was perfect from the free throw line.
05:42But if that's the game that people watched and did not watch a lot of Wemby this year,
05:49you're going to leave that game going, I don't get what the hype's all about.
05:52Now, that guy no-showed, in the biggest game of his life to date, your guy, Wemby.
05:59Yeah, absolutely.
06:00Embarrassingly bad.
06:01Absolutely.
06:02And it was a...
06:03Can I say what?
06:03Sorry.
06:03One thing came to mind also.
06:05Yeah.
06:05He also, despite being in his young 20s, was gassed.
06:11There were a lot of possessions, especially in that second half where I'm watching the
06:15game, where the Spurs have the ball and he's not on the screen, meaning he stayed back.
06:22So the Spurs, and it's at least five or six possessions, where the Spurs on offense were
06:28playing four-on-five basketball and Wemby never makes it across half court.
06:34And it was not fast break basketball, it was, y'all, a little speed, and then let's get
06:39it to our half court set, and Wemby's nowhere to be seen, meaning he might be out of shape
06:45also.
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