Friday Deep Dive | The Golden Clamps, Plus Other Superlatives

Lauren Rosen and I'm Brian Selzer. It's time for the Friday Deep Dive, Final Friday of this a wacky, wild, crazy, unpredictable twenty twenty twenty twenty one regular season. It is only we two this week, Lauren, not we three. Unfortunately. I know there's a Divan sized hole on my screen and my heart on this deep Dive Friday. I was about sly mail back on Monday. All the days are running together selves. The days, the weeks, the months all been one long existence. This year, we really do feel

like Divon makes the deep dive on a Friday. I don't want to say that you and I do shallow dives on Mondays, but I'm not sure if we can truly take it deep in the truest sense without divine, but we're gonna have to try. We're gonna do our best for this week. We are, but we will integrate divon somehow, some way. I told him to leave us a voicemail to contribute to today's show, So we'll get to that in a bit. The theme for our final Friday deep dive of the regular season, of course, we'll

be continuing once the playoffs start. That'll be for next week is some of our top moments, reflections, impressions, takeaways, quirky and non from the season that has been. Sixers did play on Thursday night, wrapping up a road trip that we can just keep on moving along from two games to go in the regular season, Lauren later on Friday night, beginning a two game home series with the Orlando Magic. I was really excited for the Heat game

on Thursday. I was. I was like, finally, the first time in a weeks a game that feels like it has some consequence to it. A good opponent on the other side didn't go the Sixers way. They were out of it early. They lost one oh six ninety four, and we continue to wait for that one seed. Yeah, I mean, not every night can be your night Thursday, not the Sixers night. Not sure there's much more to add.

I was talking to Tom again us in the postgame show, and one thing that we discussed before the game was how Miami is a very physical, tough team. They've got some dudes on their team. They do. They're a little bit older on the timeline, not necessarily as far as Team Genesis, although I think you can say that as well, but talking about guys like Jimmy Bam plays really tough. You've got Igidalla, Trevor Ariza, They've got some tough guys

on their team. So I was curious to see how that was going to play out, and that was certainly a subplot in the game. We saw the whole incident surrounding Areza, and then Dwight Howard got involved in a few things, Dwayne Dedmond and of course Unanis Haslem mixing it up. So anyhow, Tom and I talked about it before that, talked about that before the game and after

the game. But Tom also pointed this out, given that he's been here for almost three decades, he was like, something came to mind tonight, given how this game was going out, and that the Sixers weren't really in it. Going back to the two thousand and two thousand and one season, when, of course the seventy Sixers made their run to the finals, Tom remembered at the end of the regular season it was like literally the final week of the regular season, because I checked him on it

after he said this. Sixers lost a game in Orlando, went to Miami, had a free night in Miami, played in Miami, got their doors blown off. I think it was like one hundred one to seventy seven, and then lo and behold. A couple of weeks later, seventy Sixers were doing fine in the playoffs, making it all the way to the finals. I think there was just an institutional knowledge cautionary tale from t Mac as in, let's

not freak out. So's he suggesting that it is in fact good to lose in Miami heading into the playoffs. I think he was just saying that here is a past case where towards the end of the season a six Ers team went down to Miami, had a bad night, and blink your eyes. A couple days later, playoffs underway, they were fine. There you have it. Shout out to Tea Mac for that the guy doesn't forget, and he was spot on. I went back on Basketball Reference, I

checked it out, and there it was. I was impressed. I love it all right, year end. Do we call them awards? I don't know if everything's going to be an award, it's going to be a superlatives. Yes, I like that we will call them superlatives. Well, we'll begin the show with a normal one overall top moments of the twenty twenty twenty twenty one season for you, Lauren Rosen.

I will allow, perhaps not to tip my hand too much, that this can include preseason slash offseason developments, acquisitions, things of that nature. I think I want hear yours first then, because I well, I mean, I'll go first. I have no problem going first because it sounds like if it includes preseason, yours is going to predate mine. So then, just like chronologically, this makes sense, I think, just because

it's set the table for everything else. And this is not to diminish anything that anyone else related to the seventy sixers organization accomplished this year. To me, I really do feel like the biggest key to this season that set everything in motion, that has allowed Joel to thrive and Ben to be better and has given the Sixers so much success. Was the acquisitions in tandem, trading for Seth Curry and getting Danny Green that has brought balance

to the force. Ball goes to Danny Green in the corner. Another three by Green is good. The Rockets having trouble locating Danny Green and Green makes them pay. Here's set for three and it's good. Curry pours it in and the Sixers lead by thirteen. All that fly on the right sideline. Seth Curry four for four with a pair of threes. I think so much of the issues the Sixers had last year was the fit didn't work. Wasn't the right fit? Great players, great guys as individuals didn't fit.

It is a great fit this year, and I agree with what Joe said about two weeks ago. We don't talk about that enough. So I'm not going to say it was all Daryl Morey, because I honestly I don't know if it was all Daryl Morey. Maybe some scenes had been planted. I don't know that. I'm just saying the fact that Seth Curry and Danny Green were brought in huge to setting this starting five in motions. So

to me, that's my top moment of the year. I can't argue that mine is necessarily a bigger moment, But my top moment of the year, just considering the season that he has had, had to be joe El Embiid scoring fifty points and there it is a career high fifty points for Joel Hans MB February nineteen against a Chicago team that was, of course weaker. But for anybody to score fifty in this league, let alone a big

man to score fifty in this league, a reminder. Fifty points, seventeen rebounds, five assists, two steals, four blocks, seventeen for twenty six from the field, only one three and fifteen for seventeen from the line. That was a crazy night. You could tell it meant something to Joel. You could tell it meant something to Joel that the fans were

not in the building for that. I do think it'll be interesting to look back on one of his best performances of all time, one of his best seasons of all time, when we look down the road at Joel's career, when he's getting ready to go into the Hall of Fame, and you play those highlights, and they were from a game where there was nobody in the building. It was

an interesting night. It was an interesting experience. It was only staff there, and I remember we all were sort of watching him get closer and closer to fifty, and then he got fifty, but like people didn't really cheer, because that's not what you do when you when you're part of a staff. And you couldn't help but think about how fans would react if they had been there.

It was a cool night. It was a very bitter suite, I guess way for him to get fifty points, but certainly the most memorable, at least for me this year. So that was my top moment in some bummer kind of ways. It was very emblematic and symbolic of at least the first half of this season that here. It is one of the crowning individual performances for Joel Embiids certainly,

and also for the seventy six ers. I mean, you think back and you know, geez one, was there a game like that where you think about fifty points first time since Alan Iverson And to me, it's so silly because Joel can drop forty nine and I mean that's a ridiculous output. Fifty sounds different. And he got to fifty by going one for two from the line. We remember that in that game. So it wasn't like a dramatic way that he actually reached fifty points, but fifty

just sounded nice. You can have a They don't sell forty nine piece McNugget, They sell a fifty piece McNugget. You know. Yeah, And to hear the way that Tobias Harris celebrated Joel and the way that he spoke about Joel in the days that followed, talking about the fact that Joel, regardless of what Tobias does in the remainder of his career, he's still a young guy. He's still got some good years ahead of him. He knows that Joel is the best player he ever played with, and

he looks forward to telling his kids that. I mean, the whole thing was just like extremely poetic. There was like a bittersweet nature to the way that it happened, and certainly memorable for those involved. Okay, I'm gonna see if I can do this. I think we have a voicemail contribution from none other than our guy Divon gives

for his top moments of the season. So, Lauren, sorry, I couldn't be there, since we couldn't be there together to give our season ending, our regular season ending Friday deep dive pot, I just wanted to jump in and my A moment has to go with the MVP of the team, arguably the league and his Joel Indeed, and it wasn't really stays out. Chicago Footballs game where he scored a career high over fifty was tremendous. He was fantastic. He has really gotten himself into a place where he

really understands his game who he is. That performance was my favorite, and just seeing Ti Reason against the Denver Nuggets dropping thirty nine also won my favorites again. Miss you guys. We'll catch up at the playoffs get underway as We'll talk to you next week. Love it, Thank you, Divon. We are three adults. We do have schedules that are not always the easiest to align. Hence the reason why

we get a voicemail from Devon this week. He'll be back next week, right, Tyrese Maxie thirty nine points, no question, that was so much fun. That was a fun game despite it being in defeat. Yeah, a lot of fun and another one of those ones without fans, and it was weird to decide how to celebrate stuff like that, especially understanding that the team was going to have a

top time in the second half. There will be a lot of memories from from that first half of the season, and I do think that Joel's fifty piece Tyrese is nearly forty piece will certainly stand out and endure the years in terms of stories and moments that people remember as part of this fan base. Good segue by Divine. He doesn't have to be with us, and he can give us a great segue to set up the next superlative, biggest breakout. I can go first because I will be brief,

I said Tyrese Maxie. It wasn't really hard to choose. Maxi finishes a left hand jamp. Tie rees Maxi, a crowd favored to be sure his first year, The Benchie RUPs, the crowd jumps up a standing note for Maxi. Lots of players have up to their game this season. I don't know if anyone outside of Tyrese, maybe a couple other rookies we could talk about, has really had a breakout the way that Tyrese has and as frequently as

he has. He did it, of course against Den without thirty nine points, but he did it last week with the twenty two points. He stayed ready all season long. He's stayed available, he's stayed positive, He's always smiling and just happy to be there and taking as much control of the opportunities that he has given as he can. It's been a pleasure to watch Tyrese, and I do think that we can call him our breakout guy for

the year. And I think that if he had been and his teammates have said this, if he had played on a perhaps a lesser team, had heavier minutes, maybe he'd be averaging seventeen eighteen nineteen points a game, and in discussion for all rookie and all these accolades that he certainly would be worthy of. But really cool to see the way that he's found opportunities to thrive in a team that's competing for a championship with a lot

of competition for minutes. I'm gonna have to go with the mud Man, the fifty ninth pick in the two twenty draft. Penultimate Paul actually with the dribble. Tyrese loves it and Paul champs it. What a play y, all right, outstanding season for beball Paul, of course, the G League MVP and Rookie of the Year, twenty two and a half points, twelve boards, two and a half assists, two blocks, almost two steals per game. I, for one Laren was not expecting to be feeling the way that I feel

about beball Paul this soon. I think there was a lot of reason to see intrigue in him. I think it was a great value pickup for the seventy six ers At that point in the draft. I did not see awards like that in the G League coming. I thought, you could be nice piece for the Blue Coats this year. He'd put up some nice numbers, have some good games, not be someone who dominates. But he went down to the gubble and dominate he did. Yeah, it's been a pleasure to watch Paul. More on him for me later.

I have a beball Paul moment Paul moment that I'd like to discuss. But yeah, it's been awesome to see him play. Really cool to see him when Workie of the Year, an MVP and the goubble. Like you said, he's certainly exceeded expectations, perps, everybody's but his own, because he came in here with some lofty goals and he's chased after every one of them. Moving on the Let's get down to Business Award, the Let's get down to

business award. Who's carrying the briefcase in in the double breasted suit, who's got the hard hat, the lunch pail, who's getting down to business? Am I going first? Or are you going first? You can go first. I'll take the next one. Well, to me, it was an easy one. The Let's get down to Business Award had to go to Tobias Harris. For me, Tobias hasn't way out on the right side. Curry screens, switch Reggie Bullock on, Tobias Harris on the back out to the right of the lane,

left and dribble Hanks in the paint. It's good Tobias Harris back to back bield goals time out, New York ninety six, ninety two The Sixerslade. I think throughout his career he's been a machine. He's been so durable, so reliable, so constant for the teams he's played for. But this year he's done it in a way that he's leveled up his game and played like an All Star while being durable and reliable and a constant force on the court and off the court. I mean, Tobias Harris brings

it no matter what. He brings it early in games, he brings it late in games. He sets goals, he accomplishes them. He's maybe one of the most reliable players in this league and was prior to this season. So now seeing him play the way that he has close games, the way that he has be as efficient as he's been, to me, this was an easy choice selves. I think that that is certainly I have a different answer, but that does not mean that your answer is by any

way incorrect. I think one percent. I think Tobias his demeanor embodies the let's get down to business vibe. We talked about this. I forget if it was on Monday on the Mailbag or last week with the van, but how well that this season in particular, Tobias has struck the balance between being a leader and an elite player. Aaron everyone knows he should have been an All Star. Reggie Miller talked about it during the game on TNT on Thursday, and I couldn't agree with you more. It's

the Bounty Tour twenty twenty twenty one for Tobias. He's got his list, taking names, all that good stuff, so no question about it. I think for me, the Get down to Business Award winner is Joel Embiid. Here's jacked in on a dry block by a bad too great defensive place. Mike Joe cap it off for a minute to go here and the Sixers will win this game. I think that. Listen. We were able to follow him a little bit before the season started when he was

just like doing all types of work. He was playing basketball, he was getting into the gym in Camden, but he was also going to do conditioning by playing soccer and playing some tennis, and he was just all over the place doing a little bit of everything. He recommitted to his diet and nutrition. He took minimal time off after the bubble ended at the end of August, only a little time. When you have a kid, things change. But

that's the other point. He's managing all this and having the season he's having while having a kid in the fold as well, making it look much easier than I'm sure it is, and having the type of season that he's having where he's tenth in the league and rebounds per game, he's fourth in scoring. As the time that we did this, he's an MVP candidate, should be the MVP.

We'll see if he gets it. Certainly first team All League opportunity for Joel Embiid So to me, he got down to business and this Everyone's always said, well Joel, he's always said things, but is he going to back it up? I think this year, undisputedly the guys backed it up. I'm with it. I think there were a lot of good answers to I get down to business

award question. I think maybe this twenty one seventy six ers could win it together, especially when you think about all the intangibles this season, the fact that they've been testing in the morning and at night and they haven't been able to socialize on the road or see their extended familieser. I mean, these guys are used to hosting their families at games and having friends come into town and watch them play and do all these things that

their hard work rewards them for. At this point in their career, they haven't been able to do any of that. This year. They go on vacation, spend time with your family. Some of them like to crack open a bottle of wine. They've only been able to do it in their house.

And I think that that all those intangibles, all of the sort of surrounding factors in this season, I think every player in the NBA honestly deserves consideration for the Get Down to Business Award because it's been all business this season, and it's been cool to see the Sixers thrive, thrive, even though the business of it all has has had a bit of a different equilibrium, no doubt, totally on board with that best shot, favorite shot? Did I say I was gonna go first for this one? Is my turn?

I don't know. I wonderfully were the same one. I think I did say I was going to go first. All right, I'll go first. I will go with I think for me, it's the first thing that stands out is the Utah game at home. Who's got the three? Here's mb posting up. He's got Bogdanovitch thinking about a three. There it is, yes, Joel embiid tyne it up at

a buck eighteen over boy on Bogdanovich right there. With time winding down, with about five seconds to go to send the game to overtime, and then the Sixers ultimately went a great game to wrap up the first half of the season. I like it that was not mine. I also went with the first thing that came to mind, which for me had to be January twenty seventh against the Los Angeles Lakers. To Buias, Harris hitting that game winner.

Hurry has a shot. Clock is off, down eight seconds now Harris Harris against Carusoe on the drive, pull up jumper. It's good buyers. Harris sinks it with two point four lading. He's talked for so long about wanting to be a closer and hit big shots when it mattered. He had he had. There were some some other options on the court at the time, and to Bias may or may not have been the first option in that situation, and he took control over it hit the game winner. His

teammates rejoiced. It was another game with no fans in the building and to see the team create their own energy and bring their own vibes. I think we should have known back in January that there was something special going on with this group because of the way that they all embraced Tobias afterwards. It was maybe the most we know Tobias not a big celebrator. It was maybe the most demure game winner over the Lebron James Lakers

that has ever happened over the Lebron James Lakers. I'd have to do some research there, but yeah, that for me was the one because it was symbolically significant in terms of Tobias's development, and then significant of course based on the factors at play in the room that night. The Sixers, we know one of the traits for them

this year. They've been a great fourth quarter team, They've found ways to win, still have the highest winning percentage in the league, and clutch games their second with twenty five clutch wins. So a lot of great rise to the occasion moments for the seventy six ers throughout the season. With the game on the line, we are working through our list the Golden Clamps honor. To whom shall we

bestow the Golden Clamps. I wonder if you'd be willing to go first, because I have two answers, but if you take one of them, maybe I'll just have one answer. And now that I'm thinking about it, maybe I should have three answers. Do you mind going first? Right, there's at least two answers. Is at least if we're giving it to a player, of course, there have to be at least two answers. I'm gonna go with a play.

I'm just gonna go with a play here, you can go with a play, or if you want, my play has to be from the bulls game, not too far back the block into the steel Matisse Stybel Laurie market and Marketing, blocked by an excellent defender in Matisse, stible and thoughtful, just got the steel. What a play? Yeah, yeah, If I was going to pick a single play, I think it would have to be that one as well.

And then to hear him describe it afterwards the way he said, Okay, so he got he got the block, and he was out of the play both times, honestly for the Steel and them, and he said that was just because Markenen was able to recover after the block from behind. Mattis said, that's the worst case scenario, like he was pissed about it. And then he went and

he made the steal happen. That that might have to be the single the single play, and then if we want to if we want to go for a second option, I would have to go with the debut I guess of the great barrier Thieves against Indiana earlier in the season when they played that two three zone that we actually haven't seen a ton of since, but I think could be a little bit of a secret weapon for this team if they need it. Down the stretch, that zone with Ben and Matisse at the top, that just

absolutely stifled Indiana. T J McConnell, what did he say? He said he was bamboozled or perplexed or something. He said that it really threw them off and it was a pleasure to watch the team come back down nineteen, I believe because of their defense, because their defense made way for their offense, and that's something they've said they've wanted to do all year long. So that was a

really cool moment as well. Not a surprise. I think that both both of our favorite Clapps moments involved Matisse. Bible are Pal's over at the Six or Cents put together an article a while back. It pretty much only accounts for the first half of the season. Some of Ben Simmons top defensive performances of the year which was helpful and in prepping for this and going back and trying to jog my brain a little bit. But for anyone out there, just go to the six or cents

dot com and search for Ben Simmons performances. But right the game against RJ. Barrett's second game of the season against the Knicks, that was one I agreed with Luca when the Mavericks were in Philly. Looking back, that might I might put that right up there as as one of his top ones. It was like, oh, Luca, Luca, Luca, yeah, and lucas great, but Ben shut him down. And I

do think that that's worth worth discussing. People talk a lot about Luca being sort of the next transcendent player in this league, and based on what I've seen, I have nothing to say that that won't be the case. But because of all the chatter surrounding Luca and sort of magic dust that he has sprinkled around him, for these Sixers to face those maps for the first time this season and see Ben absolutely just put him to

bed was was pretty awesome. Um. I don't know if that was the start, but the benetentiary knee Sixers Twitter, So just know that every time I see one, I do chuckle a little bit. Second last category superlative, insignificant yet still spectacular. I can go. I said, I had, I said, I had a Paul Reed moment coming up for you. On April thirtieth against Atlanta, the Sixers had

been up the whole time. It was a dominant victory, as is the case in indominant performances, As is often the case, bebal Paul comes in for his minutes there at the end, and he had this break that he went from coast to coast. I don't know if you can consider it necessarily a eurostep, but had euro step. You vibes for the dunk at the at the finish, and it was just beautiful. Nathan Night on the move,

He's size steps max. He goes up and read block this shot and now Paul read in transition on the move around okng wo Hettie Jambet beeball Paul in a big way, a block at one and a eurostep and a slam at the other, and the crowd loves it, as do the sexers. Paul Reid a sensational play, Oh my dwell Eban rolls around on the floor on the other end and just sheer joy and glee to celebrate beball Paul in that moment. And while it didn't necessarily do anything to impact the outcome of the game, it

impacted everything else. I would say, So, if you say insignificant yet spectacular, I gotta go with beball Paul's flush against Atlanta To give the people some insight, some behind the scenes insight about how we go about our jobs. We have a couple of tools that are hugely helpful in terms of tracking down content. We have this one service that allows us to go through game by game or player by player it in jest, footage while the

game is going on. It rates it automatically. How there's some algorithm I don't know, and it then like, let's say, I can look up player X, and then it gives you the top clips they have by rating. Um. There's another similar thing that the NBA provides. And would you not know that the highest rated play for Joel Embid this season was in fact a shot that did not go in missed it and be seriously, what's this? First

of all, I can't believe you missed it. But then Joe Joe clean rebound one motion, look at that that would have been a sports forever look at that. Look at so my insignificant yet still spectacular was the near buzzer read that Joel Embiid had just insane, absolutely insane,

that should have gone in. I mean, for that to not go in and for Kawai shot to go in two years ago, there's something weird going on with the magnetic field or I will just say it, there's something fishy going on there, and I think that it means that the Sixers are due for some sort of payout that goes the opposite way at some point, because lightning

really has struck twice in about two years. With those two shots finishing the way that they did just absolutely insane and listening to some of the different calls and you know how people reacted to it. I mean, I think he should have gotten credit for it because of how close it was and how bizarre it was. Like I think both teams should have been like you, oh, yep, I guess we gotta we gotta let that one count. It was wild, not miss crazy near finish that wasn't

against the Sun's insignificant yet still spectacular. We're gonna wrap it up with this. It is the Lauren Rosen subbeat. She staked her claim on it at the outset of this season. I think she has an eye for clubs with wholesome vibes or just wholesome vibes in general. It is the wholesome crown who takes or what takes the wholesome crown this year? Should I go first and then we can have a dramatic build up to you the finish. I think you have to go first. If it's really

my beat, I think I get the final words. Okay, I just don't want to take yours. I probably won't because I think you're so if you take mine, I'll come up with something. Okay, I'm gonna deal with a because we can never have enough opportunities for people to

dip into the back catalog. The energy Chain one of my favorite stories from the year that Lauren profiled that came out a couple months back, The energy chain postgame parties have that helped in a funky year, foster an atmosphere of camaraderie for the seventy sixers, and how Ben Canyon strength and conditioning coach helped facilitate this whole program. After game workout parties in the locker room, they handed out a like a wrestling chain belt thing around the

neck like flavor. Flav loves it. That's my wholesome story. I love that. For those of you that haven't checked it out, make sure you check out. Good Vibes Only was the name of the story on sixers dot com, a really special look at what this team was becoming all along it. Yeah, for those of you, again who don't know the whole story, they've they've created a club

like environment in the weight room after games. Dwight Howard blasts music and the guys lift together and they yell and they dap each other up and they have a great time. Um, there's a VIP list, you have to be invited. Joel Embiid has his own little VIP section. It's a whole thing. There's a lot of vibes coming together as one and it all goes backs. That's what

we were saying, the weird nature of this season. They have to create their own fund, They have to create their own vibes, their own chances to bond, and they've been doing that since since the jump this season. So I love that pick. It was not my pick. I went with more of like a micro pick that I believe to be symbolic about we need that. That's why you're on the beat. We expect, we don't expect the

mainstream take us inside the vibes. The nature of this I think it speaks volumes about the nature of this team and what could be to come in the years

ahead for this team. Because a reminder, the centerpieces of this team all remain very young, but there are some younger than those young and to me, I might have a little bit of recency bias here, but my heart was glowing when Tyrese Maxie I asked him about his defensive improvement, because Doc Rivers has been very proud of him on the defensive end in the last couple of weeks, and Tyrese's answer was very short, very simple. He says, Oh,

it's been easy to improve on defense. I've just been watching Matissa's film and I think that that was beautiful and I think it shows a lot about how much these guys trust each other, They admire one another, they

can learn things from one another. And we talk a lot about Danny Green and Dwight Howard and Tobias Harris, the way that they are leaders, and they've created these wholesome vibes and their hoping these postgame parties, and Danny is like the master of ceremonies for these wholesome vibes.

But it's trickling all the way down. So to see a rookie player and a sophomore player figuring it out together and growing together, and potentially those are the guys that are going to take the torch one days as these sixers continue to grow. I just thought that that was beautiful and personally it was one of the ones that got my followers on Twitter the most riled up, so I just had to take a cue from them. If they loved it, I'm willing to give that the

Wholesome Award. I like that we have a macro and a micro moment, Yes for Wholesome Award, because I think that that helps tell the whole story. Runner up for me was after Joe did I think it's his most recent hip thrust after getting the N one and the bassline move on Cat against the Timberwolves. Ben Simmons reaction coming over kind of like slinking over, doing the long strides to help Joel up and then just laughing. I

thought That was nice too. I like Tobias sort of like he can't he can't approve, but but he approves in those moments. Some of my honorable mentions also include furkon Courtma's jumping water one piece. Was the player of the game, And was he really the player of the game. I don't know who decides that, because he had a great game. He had five steals, but it might not have even been his best game this season. He just happened to go do an interview and Furcan chased him

to pour water on him. Shout out to Alex Supers. That might be my photo of the season. Um. Just the sheer joy on Furcon's face dousing his teammate in water. Um was really beautiful to watch. I'm trying to think of any other opportunities. I mean the way that that Tobias and Tyrese warmed Danny up every game they get his shot in order. Tobias actually says he injects the balls with good vibes, that's part of the routine, and Danny calls Tobias the shot doctor. The options just like

there are so many options. Don't even get me started. Ray John Tucker having a great dunkin warmups and then doing the Superman thing with Dwight. That's another huge one. Seth Curry dunking and warm ups and everybody's freaking out. That's another good one. There's there's just so much. There's just so much. It's endless. One of the endearing, many endearing, but arguably yes, the most endearing qualities of this year's team. They really seem to like each other. But it's been great,

and that is so important. It is it's very agree with each other for another month and a half, two months hopefully, so might as well get along and enjoy the ride and potentially a few years. Not a lot of expirings on this group, so they could be stuck together. Might as well like each other. There you have it, your superlatives, regular, irregular, and in between for the twenty twenty twenty twenty one season up to this point. But then the true season really begins in just a few days.

That was fun. It was fun. Thank you. Can we do superlatives again after the playoffs? We're gonna have to because we only got one superlative from Devon and we need his keen perspective on many of these matters. Cool we can update, we can update our list. Excellent. Alrighty, thank you very much, al thank you. We're gonna be back with a mail bag on Monday, and then I don't want to jinx it. I think we're gonna have an announcement about what we're doing for the playoffs soon,

so be on the lookout for that. We're ramping it up, as they say. I think I hope I could just put the egg on my face this time next week. But hopefully someone's gonna ramp it up. Maybe maybe it'll just be you and meet right, Okay, I'll be nice. Here we go. Okay, all right, everybody, we can ever see you,