00:00But there's a lot of juice going on in Philly right now with LBJ going to Philadelphia.
00:05You know, obviously, Big Sills, you want him to be healthy, right?
00:09And I think that's the key thing.
00:10No matter what you talk about, the success of his Philadelphia 76ers,
00:14it's going to rely on Joel Embiid's health, a guy that has not stayed healthy.
00:17He looks slimmer, Big Sills.
00:20I haven't seen Joel Embiid look that slim since his MVP years.
00:23So I don't know what it is.
00:25I don't know if he's on Ozempic.
00:26I don't know if he's on that Charles Barkley diet.
00:28But Big Sills, he may be on that Dick Gregory.
00:33All you people know around my age about the Dick Gregory diet.
00:37He may be on that Dick Gregory.
00:38But whatever he's on, he ain't on no cheesecake.
00:42He ain't on no cheesesteaks.
00:44Joel looks good.
00:46They have to do a job here, Sills, in regards to how they manage the minutes
00:51and the games for Joel.
00:53Well, I implore Nick Nurse to kind of do what Mike Brown did with Mitchell Robinson.
01:00Listen, you're going to be in the top six.
01:03Get yourself in the top six.
01:06Give them off the second leg of back-to-backs.
01:09Sometimes three and four, give them two games off.
01:12And just play the long game.
01:15The long game means playoff time.
01:19You know, I know they want to talk about the NBA Cup and all that.
01:22I don't care about that.
01:24If you're a Philadelphia fan, you want to see Joel Embiid game one,
01:29Eastern Conference quarterfinals 100%.
01:32That is the goal more than anything else.
01:36Because if he's healthy, they got a shot.
01:39If he isn't, I'm sorry.
01:41Even with LeBron, they're not going to win a championship.
01:44You know, I got to say also that one thing that has been really exposed here
01:48is the job that Gansey and Myers have done on building this basketball team.
01:54I mean, you know, Bob Myers takes over operations of the entire group there
01:58for, you know, for everyone there running the 76ers.
02:02Does it not expose Daryl Morey on what Daryl Morey couldn't do there?
02:08A bad contract, you know, and really maybe, again, Edgecombe,
02:13there's some really good moves that he made there.
02:14But, I mean, is it really that much of a difference?
02:18Bob Myers just comes in there and sprinkles the success dust,
02:22and here they are all of a sudden.
02:23At least we're now talking about Philadelphia, right, JY?
02:28As maybe the best team in the Eastern Conference,
02:30or at least the best roster going into the regular season.
02:33Am I fair to say that?
02:35Yeah, I'm going to say they're the most talented team in the Eastern Conference.
02:38Let's just be honest with you.
02:40And sometimes it takes getting someone like Bob Myers in there
02:44to kind of steady the ship and bring championship pedigree.
02:48So I think that's what you're looking at with Philadelphia.
02:51But, you know, it's going to be interesting to watch.
02:54I said it last week.
02:56Foe, foe, foe.
02:56This is the team.
02:58This is the team that can get it done.
03:00And I was at a Phillies game this week.
03:04I am a New York guy.
03:04Everybody knows this.
03:06There may not be a more passionate fan base than the Philly fans.
03:12They may be a little crazy.
03:13They may have had jails on the Veterans Stadium back in the day
03:16when you played in the NFL, Big Sills.
03:18But they're passionate.
03:20And they're loyal.
03:21So show up, play hard for the city, represent them the right way,
03:25and try to bring them their first championship since 83.
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