The BroadCast | Mailbag Monday - Strong Start, Bench Standouts

always a pleasure. I'm going to date myself going back five or six years now, but before your time, Lauren with the seventy Sixers, one of the early mottos of the process years from a marketing standpoint was together we build, and I think that's a nice holistic spirit with which to go about our mail Bag Mondays. We had a couple submissions last week. We have a few more this week. We're appreciative of everyone who has been hitting us in

the mansions through DM some voice mails. That's great. I've had fun, yes, indeed, so thanks to everybody that reached out to us directly. I seeing what questions you guys are asking, because even not for Mailbag Monday, like when we cover the team every day. I want to be able to tell you, guys, what you want to hear. I want to be able to focus on players you want me to focus on. So always thank you for sharing your thoughts, and that goes well beyond Mailbag Monday.

Whenever you do have thoughts or things you want to see more of, just let us know the true function of a reporter or journalist to serve the masses. So yes, getting feedback about what you want to hear from the players, from the coaches, what stories you want to see covered. We're all about it. So it's been great. Now if this is for you out there listening your first Mailbag Monday a understandable we've only done one previously. Be let us give you a very brief rundown of what it

is we're doing every Monday. Lauren and I come to you right here on the pod and we run through a list of social media inquiries we get or we play back some voicemails. So to reach out to us, it's at Lauren m Rosen on Twitter for Lauren at Brian Seltzer, from me on Twitter at Seltzer six, or snaps on Instagram at Lauren m Rosen on Instagram for Lauren at least I have the matching handles. I can't get at Lauren Rosen like I want to, but at

least I can match on both platforms. That's my consolation prize. I know I've been kicking this around. A very non important internal debate is should I transition my dark in the Closet kid picture account, which is at Brian Selzer, a private account. Should I switch that over to my public professional account. I haven't done it yet, but I might. I mean, it's not that trivial. It is interesting to think about how you present on the internet. Apparently that's important,

and apparently, especially right now, it's important. So keep me posted. Happy to work that through with you, unpack things if you'd like. I appreciate you being here for the consultation. We also have ways that you can reach us via voicemail. Go to Anchor dot fm slash seventy six ers, follow the voicemail link there, or you can hit us up at two on five four h three pods and leave us a message on our pod hotline. We love to

hear all the comments. That takes the opinions and with that, oh we should also mention of course that if we select your name or not us, but if we input your name, which we will, if we read your submission, whether it's a voicemail or a social media message to our random name picker, and your name is the one that pops up at the end, you win a weekly Sixer swag bag. Love that. You know what else we should also mention what you said. We should mention one

more thing. I have a second one more thing. Yeah, the Sixers have the best record in the NBA. They do the only one lost team left. It's great, it's true. Can confirm it's I mean, I woke up this morning, looked at the standings, just smiled. It's really nice to see. I know it's still early, we don't want to overreact, but very cool to see, especially from such a new group that thinks they can still get better, no question about it. The seventy Sixers leaders in the pack in

the NBA. And that'll be a nice transition segue into perhaps our overarching theme for this week's Monday mail Bag, which is after six games, which is at the time that we're recording this podcast. What pumps you up, what excites you the most about the seventy Sixers with a record of five and one, Lauren, Before I go to the mail bag itself, I'm gonna ask you what enthuses you the most about the five and one Philadelphia seventy Sixers. Well, I think I just gave it away when we did

our little intro to talking about the Sixers. But the idea that these guys think there's still another level to unlock because if right now, obviously, again it's a little early to say they have the best record in the NBA, they're leading the NBA, but they are and they feel that they can still improve. So expect other teams, of course that have had rocky starts to start to improve.

Things will start to even out. But the idea that the Sixers are not at their best right now and they are technically the best right now is awesome to me.

What about you. This is not to disparage or slander any of the teams the seventy Sixers have played already or that loom on the immediate horizon for the next two games, but I felt like going into this season, even after training camp, it was so important for the seventy six Ers to capitalize on a stretch of their schedule that on paper seemed like it would be a little bit more manageable than what's to come, let's say at the end of this week, and they've done that

so far. They're only lost, obviously without Joel Embiid at Cleveland on the second night of back to back, after playing at New York on the road the night before that, and now later this week after they faced the Hornets to wrap up the two game series on Monday, and the Washington Wizards on Wednesday. They've got teams like Brooklyn and Denver and Atlanta and two against Miami and then

week after that two against Boston. So I think everyone knows that the schedule is going to get a little bit more challenging, at least it would seem on paper. So I like the fact the seventy sixers, with that in the back of our minds, have gotten off to an encouraging start. Yeah. Cool to see them get the kinks out against in winnable games, let's say. But even when they had that one loss on the road, to come back and beat a really good team right after

the loss, I think also says a lot. They were not willing to let that Cleveland vibe if you will continue. And they had a much harder matchup in their next

game and they made it happen. So I do think the fact that they are taking the negative moments and turning them around this early in the season is going to pay dividends as they start playing harder teams, because in all likelihood they will lose more games this season and they will have to respond, and so far, they're setting a good precedent for how they respond finding ways to win together. I feel like it should be a

ditty that you hear Daniel Tiger sing. You probably don't, and I hope you probably can't speak to that reference, but find a way to play together something like that. You know you would hear it on Daniel Tiger. I have no idea what you're talking about, but I'll look it up. Okay, let's talk about this. Let us dip into the mail bag. You have one new message. We're gonna start off with an Instagram submission from Snacks two

Triple zero. The question that we threw out there was at five and one after this start, what has you feeling good about the Sixers? Snacks two Triple zero says, feeling great. We're seeing a far foreign caps better job at holding leads and responding to deficits and runs. Lawn Rose and I concur I agree with you. We did just touch on it a little bit how this team responds to negatives and positives. When things are going poorly, they've been fighting back and when things are going well.

We heard Doc Rivers say it at the very beginning of the season, when things are going well, they want to keep their foot on the gas if they're going to if they're up by twenty, they want to win by thirty. If they're up by thirty, they want to be win by forty. And they're showing that they have that ability to keep their foot on the gas, especially in Orlando. So I think the way that they respond to any situation that they're in negative or positive is

something to continue to watch. But so far, if you have been watching that, they've been performing well on that scale. Yeah, for a couple of games now, the seventy sixers have had the best second half defense in the NBA, just a little bit more than ninety two and a half.

It's allowed per one hundred possessions. And that's all well and good, but let's also look at this The seventy six ers have the best overall defense right now in terms of efficiency in the entire NBA, which is exactly in the range that Doc Rivers and his staff wanted to be and they wanted to be top three. Well here they are top one. It's awesome. It's great to see them set a goal and accomplish it early. So let's see if they can sustain that type of success

on the defensive end. And we've heard from a lot of players. Seth Curry is one that speaks on it often. They think that the offense is still evolving. They set the tone on defense and the defense looks good, but the offense is still evolving. So, as you know, the numbers on offense not too shabby either. But if they can keep that defensive foundation as sturdy as it is in the start of the season and continue to build on offense, it's going to be a pretty lethal combination.

Snacks two triple zero. Thank you very much. Next, you have one new message, and my name is Dan. A question is there's a lot of change and transition from last year to this year. New personnel, beicuely, new coaching staff, curious about the dial play from last year to this year, what the strategy is, and just changes in terms of the x's nose and what the coaching staff is trying to implement for this season. Yes, I think Dan makes a good point, Laren. Lots of change compared to last

season and this season. New faces in the front office entirely, new coaching staff just about and some key new members of the starting lineup and the bench. So yeah, Dan was asking X and O wives, what are some of the things that we've seen as far as what stoc River has been implementing. I feel like offensively, we see what the Sixers have done trying to run things through Joel Embiid his positioning deep in the post, getting him

to run the floor end to end. And then defensively, we've talked about this a little bit already, Larn the Sixers trying to get back to what this team did. I want to say two or three seasons go as far as what they're prioritizing defensively, which is shut off the lane. And then this isn't to make it sound like a secondary or an important thing, but take care of the paint first, takeaway driving opportunities, and then focus

on tracking down shooters on the outside. Absolutely, there have been some changes, and I think at the beginning of the season it looked a little similar to what we were seeing last year from this similar group at least

of stars on this team. But now we're starting to see what this group looks like with more shooting with different key defenders, something that I've enjoyed watching, and I'm a nerd, so I rewatched our most recent game against Charlotte yesterday, and in that watch, I've been really intrigued with like how Joel has been working, especially on the

offensive end. He's talked so much about how he handles double teams, and that's something I'm super interested in this year because before it was something that was a frustration for Joel, and understandably, so you don't want multiple large men trying to tell you you can't do your job. But Joel is really embracing it now and it almost looks like he's welcoming it. He's inviting players to come and double him so he can start the offense and

find somebody else. And so the idea that he wants this thing that he used to sort of be afraid of, or at the least sort of irritated by is really cool. He's embracing that challenge and it's making the whole offense run, I think in a really cool way. I think, also Laren, one of the first things that Doc Rivers spoke about when he was introduced as head coach in October was

the emphasis on pace. And we heard that with Brett Brown in the past, but one thing that Doc really stressed was he wants to see more pace and everything the Sixers do and that pace isn't necessarily a race. That was Doc Rivers phrasing. I wish I could claim credit for something as clever as that, but I can't. And I think that what we've seen the last couple games, in particular Orlando and then the first game against Charlotte

Ben Simmons the straw that stirs the drink man. He is getting things going, putting immense pressure, especially off of missus from the opposition, getting the Sixers down the court, and really putting pressure on the opposing team that has them defensively on their heels. So I think like, as we step back and look at this from thirty thousand feet, in a lot of ways, if you went into the season saying, well, who the seventy six ers two All Stars.

We know that it's Duelmbid and Ben Simmons, and those two guys on both ends of the court have had a large say in the six or success. Absolutely, Ben looks great, and I like that Doc Rivers, it seems continues to be surprised by how many levels Ben has in his game. And this is something that Doc says.

He says he didn't realize how great Ben's instincts are, and I think that's something obviously you can't teach instincts, and so to have someone that's that talented on both ends of the floor, who's maybe seeing things a little earlier than other people are, or able to make reads or decisions a little bit faster than anybody else can, is going to be something that's really cool for this team.

I think Ben has been so good. I really appreciated what he said following I believe the Orlando game that he doesn't care if he has no points, if the team is up by fifty. He's doing something right because it means he's creating for others, he's playing great defense, he's really prioritizing what the team needs over his individual stats and then sure enough the next game he goes

and gets a triple double. So great stuff from Ben, especially in the last week or so, and it's cool to see the way that both of them honestly are growing this year. Totally agree. I think there has been no one who has sacrificed more, at least on the offensive end in terms of scoring so far this season than Ben Simmons. Dan, thank you for the voicemail. Back to our Instagram at mailbox we Go, you have one new message, Jay Silverman sixty three. How are you feeling

about the seventy six ers? He says, great exclamation point. This group gets more comfortable together each passing game. I would agree. And when I first read that when you sent me the DM, I saw a passing game and I thought we were going to talk about how well they've been moving the ball, which they have, so yes, maybe that's where I'll start on this one. It does seem like they're getting more comfortable together, and that really shows in the way that they are moving the ball constantly.

There was a play in the Charlotte game that I think ended in a turnover, but the ball movement itself was exciting enough to sort of learn something about what this team is really trying to do. Look for that great shot instead of the good shot, and obviously you want it to end in a maid shot, but the fact that that's the way that they are wired this season, especially early, they're already being able to trust each other, find each other's spots. The passing game is going to

continue to maybe get better with every passing game. No team. Lauren Rosen has made more passes on average this season per game than your team, your town, your Philadelphia seventy six ers. And I think it's it's almost kind of an endearing quality when some of the younger bench guys get in that they tend to overpass. You know, it's like this is probably gonna sound a little bit folksy when I say it. Some people may not like the verbage.

I think it's cute. It's like these young guys coming off the bench, some of them like you have Tyrese Maxie and at times Batist Thible, and they're just they're just trying to keep it, keep it going, keep the ball moving. Where it seems like the veterans, some of the starters, they might have a better handle on the right dosage of passing and how to effectively move it.

But I love it. I think that's that's the whole notion that these pass heavy offenses go back to, how can it not bring everyone in and make them feel like they're a part of it. I've noticed that as well, Celts. I think the young guys are sort of taking a cue from the older guys, looking for that great shot, even if they have a pretty good one themselves. Something that's been the most gratifying for me to watch is in those exact instances when there's been times where Matisse

or Tyrese shake. I don't know if we consider a young guy anymore, he's been so aggressive, but they've been out there with the veterans. There have been some combination lineups at times, and if Matisse or Tyrese gives up the ball, sometimes Tobias makes sure that it finds them again, for example, and sort of says, okay, no, like you

do have the shot, let's go. And so I like the way that the younger guys on this team are taking cues from the older guys, and then sometimes the older guys will turn it right around and force their hand instead. Jay Silverman sixty three, Thanks very much to the voicemail. Next you have one new message. I'm curious to hear what your thoughts are on the chemistry with

this team. Seems like every time they make a three ball, all the players on the bench are getting up, They're clapping their hands, they seem to be genuinely happy to be around each other. Do you guys think this is the closest team they've had in a long time? If not, ever, curious to hear your thoughts. Thanks again, Yes, and this is a nice layer to the topic we previously discussed. Darren,

bring up chemistry. We're definitely in kumbayas and unicorns and rainbows and all that stuff right now, because hey, the Sixers, it's still early in the season and they've been winning basketball games in a lot of different ways. I do think that if they're setting precedent for good kumbaya energy now while the team is doing so well, it will help them when they inevitably or rather when they eventually

face some obstacles the spirit that they have shown. I mean, I have the privilege of being at our home games and I sit across from the Sixers bench, and they really are on their feet for most of the game. Maybe it's because the seats are so spread out that they want to sort of get the energy by ending up and taking up more space themselves, But they really are on their feet. Guys that don't have that don't even get in the game, spend the whole game on

their feet watching their teammates. And there's guys like Dwight Howard who are spending their time between their minutes trying to hype up a non existent crowd. The energy is really strong between this group of relatively new friends, shall we say so? I see what Darren sees. I think the chemistry looks really good, especially for a team that

is again just getting to know each other. Now there was a shortened training camp, a shortened preseason, and now they're often running on this sort of one day on, one day off, sometimes a back to back schedule. It's a lot. So to see them clicking even during this sort of chaotic, hectic time of getting to know each other is a good sign. It can't it can't not

be a good sign. No, listen, I think sometimes we misunderstand this whole notion of chemistry just because a team doesn't win or achieve as much as it's supposed to. Doesn't mean the guys don't like each other. I mean, I thought last year's team there were guys who had great bonds in terms of players who are ye last season and aren't here anymore. Al Horford and his friendships,

Josh Richardson had his friendships. But to underscore the point that we've been talking about on the pod so far as what is this about the first week and a half of the season, the seventy sixers are having success. They're off to a five and one start, and when you combine that with great relationships that are being built off the court, then it just looks that much better.

So I don't know if I could say this is the closest team the Sixers have had in a long time, But I think that the good vibes of the personalities of the guys that would have come together and fomented naturally are now just being magnified that much more because the team is playing well. So I think that's a great point that Darren brings up well. And look, it's also easy to get along when things are going well. So let's not forget the fact that they've won five

of their six outings. But like we said at the beginning of this conversation, to have a good streak now and to allow them to build this chemistry while things are going well. While it's easy to build good chemistry, can't not be a blessing for this group. For the first time ever in Monday mail bag history, back to back voicemails, you have one new message. How has Howard's veteran presence affected the team? You know, I've seen you guys reporting that he puts in work postgame. So how

are his actions, you know, affecting this team. And if you're talking about spirit, Lauren, you cannot talk about it without mentioning the spirit whisper of the seventy six ers. I don't even know if he's whispering. He might be the spirit screamer. He is shouting it from the highest mountain, Superman.

He has been just a ball of energy. And whether that's been a ball of high energy that the team needs to get hype or focused sort of internalized energy, He's brought all sorts of types of energy to this team, and I think as a veteran, Dwight Howard has really really grown. Danny Green talked about it after the game. Somebody asked him sorry after the first Charlotte game. If Dwight did this in la the way that he sorry,

Let's run it back a little bit. Dwight has been shooting post game at home games with a lot of the young guys on this team. The first time it was Ben Simmons, the second time he was out there with Matisse thybel Isaiah, Joe, Terrence Ferguson, Dakota Matthias. And I think that's it. This, by the way, is the Lauren Rosen subbeat. There is no reporter who can take this from you. The postgame workout while also being involved in press conferences, that is the Lauren Rosen subbeat. I

like the postgame work beat. That is going to be my new beat when things go back to normal. Maybe I'm gonna have to start going peeking out there to see if anybody else is working out, even now that people have to be in different places. But anyway you slice it, the constant in those postgame workouts has been Dwight Howard, who is shooting threes postgame. He's doing all sorts of things that maybe he doesn't need to be doing in game, but he's doing it with the young guys.

He's setting the tone. He's bringing a speaker out there with his phone and playing music to get the vibes up post game, and I think that that's something that is really special in Danny Green said that, actually know he isn't doing that in LA, but in LA they didn't have as many young guys last season. So Danny says, in terms of leadership, he can't ask for anyone better

than Dwight Howard. And it's really cool to see the way that Dwight's career and his role within the different teams he's played on in the last few years has really evolved. It seems like he's a totally different guy with a totally new set of priorities, and so far it's rubbing off on these sixers in a really positive way. Him Kim also added on the Graham happy to see everyone of the team looks happy. Dwight Howard's positive energy is contagious, no question about it. He fires up a

crowd that doesn't even exist before every home game. You'll love to see it. It's incredible. He runs out of the tunnel and gestures to the non existent crowd on all four sides of the court. You can see he's having this whole moment in his head and it just brings a smile to everybody's face. And I can't wait for him to get to do that with actual fans at some point down the line. It's going to be really gratifying. I've only done two of them, but I'm

digging this week's Monday mail bag. Let's stick it in the voicemail somewhere. We'll keep it right there. You have one new message, Hey, Brian, Zach, I was just wondering who you see as stepping up in the second half of the season, someone that's on the bench right now. Is there a player that we can look to that's going to make a difference than the season later on, So someone on the bench. SAC wants to know someone on the bench who could step up in the second

half of the season. You know, I appreciate the question, Zach. I want to I want to stick with the first half of the season and who's stepping up. It's got to be Shake. He's leading the whole pack. What a blessing to have a guy like Shake Milton on your bench. He has been just sort of this constant force that it's great to see when you have your bench unit out there that when the ball find somebody you feel

comfortable with him having it. You know that Shake is going to make something happen for somebody else, or he's going to take a pretty good shot himself. He's been so good. He and Dwight Howard, who we've talked about a lot, are developing really good chemistry, and Shake is sort of transitioning. Some of the guys have even said they don't consider Shake a young guy. Shake is a leader for that group, and Shake is helping Tyres along. He's working well with the younger guys, even though he

was probably considered a young guy just last season. It's awesome to see the way he's bonding with them. And yeah, I think Shake is someone someone to watch. In the first and second half of the season, Shake the fifth leading score on the six Ers. He's having twenty five minutes per game. And it's amazing, Lauren that he's shooting at least at the time that we're recording this under thirty percent from three because I feel like whenever he

puts it up, it's going in. I know he's taking more shots than he has in the past, but that's it's almost I'm not trying to highlight that as a negative. To me, it's surprising. I feel like he shot the ball great or well enough or effectively enough to keep defenses honest when he's been out there. I agree with you, and I think that goes back to something Doc Rivers has said. In a lot of the missed shots this

team has had, they have been good shots. So Doc is tracking more are they taking good shots or are they taking bad shots? And if the good shots don't go in, he knows eventually that they will. So I think maybe that's something that you can apply to Shake that it feels like he is getting good looks, and based on his numbers all go all the way back to his college numbers at SMU, this is a guy who shoots really well from beyond the arc. So I think, if I had to guess, that number is going to

continue to rise as the season moves along. I also have love seeing more of attack shake, put the head drown drive to the rack shake. He's been really confident in that area and also you can see the strength and he worked on that a lot during the hiatus that was caused by the pandemic and then the offseason after the bubble, you can tell how he's now able to use his strength a lot more successfully into his advantage,

No doubt about it. Another guy that's added strength who we haven't seen in the last couple of games for a Concorkmas. So if you're going to talk about the bench, you can't talk about it without talking about Furkon. Imagine that when he gets back, the shooting numbers, especially from the bench unit, will go up because Furkan has not lost his stroke from deep. It still looks the jump shot is damp from Furkon, and I'm looking forward to

getting him back. That said, it has been it has been good for some of the younger group, some of the other bench guys to get more minutes in Furkon's absence. Yeah, and since last we taped our previous podcast. On the most recent mailbag Monday, Matisse Stable had a great game in Orlando filling in for fur con Cork Maz So I think he's another name that, hopefully with more seasoning, we see the likes of which we saw from Atise in that game in Orlando when he had nine points

on a couple threes. Yeah, no doubt about it, and then in the second half of that game was phenomenal defensively, so he had he had some good offense, good offense and good defense in that first game without fur Con.

And we remind on this podcast frequently, but Matisse missed a lot of preseason and it was a shortened preseason, so this new coaching staff didn't get to see a lot of what Matisse could do, and he's playing catch up because of his ankle injury, and so to see him sort of rounding into form now is good because it means that he's going to continue finding his rhythm. He will probably continue to impress this coaching staff as

time goes along. So it's good to see him getting back into his rhythm despite having had missed some time earlier in the season. All Right, one final submission for this week's mailbag. Monday, you have one new message and it comes from Nicole dot Friends on Instagram. She says, feeling very confident in this roster and interesting to see us up against tougher competition. Yes, that is the next level to the storyline surrounding this team. In my opinion,

I am really excited. I'm not nervous, I'm not anxious. So I'm not intimidated, nor should I be. I'm only a media commentator talking head. But I'm really excited, Laren to see things get going. Come Thursday night when the seventy six ers have the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center. I think that'll be fun, and that is going to start a really, you would figure, challenging stretch of the schedule, and on the second night of a back to back,

no less. So this group is not going to face a much more challenging situation this season, let's say, than having to travel on the second night of a back to back to meet a team led by Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, two of the league's shiniest stars who are also finding their own chemistry, finding their own rhythm. The Brooklyn record might not indicate how good they could be, but that is going to be a real test. So let's see how much fight they can show in a

difficult type situation. You can't really design a more difficult situation for this group. And then beyond that Brooklyn game, like you said, Denver, a couple against Miami Atlanta looks really good right now, so it will be cool to see how they can take what they've learned in these easier games, shall we say, and apply it to tip stiffer competition. Yeah, because you have, as we mentioned, Brooklyn, Denver, Atlanta two against Miami all in a row, day off

on Friday the fifteenth. Then you have a really tough back to back Memphis and Okay, see just because it's a road back to back and these are teams that you know they've got they've got some talent there. And then you have two days off for the first time and forever. And then there's a two game home series against Boston before you go on the road for two at Detroit. The Lakers then come into the end of

the month. That, yeah, it's pick it up. It is crazy, and honestly, we have to give some props to the players on the sixers and across the league, to the league itself and everybody who works on these things. This is a This schedule is similar to it was in the Bubble, but the Bubble was a much shorter period of time. This whole one day on, one day off with back to backs, Like you said, they're not going to have two days off in a row for the first few weeks of the season, which is something that

they're accustomed to having pretty frequently during regular seasons. So the fact that they're going at this pace at some point people are going to get tired. We know this, but it is impressive to see the every team in the league just grinding through these games. It's a lot selts. It's a lot, right, It's not like you're taking the ten minute bus drive from the Grand Floridian too, the

Wide World Sports Complex. I mean, that was the one thing, if there was one, I think through line that players and coaches spoke positively about in terms of the life experience in the bubble. I think everyone thought it was brilliant the league was able to pull it off so safely. But obviously your quarantine for potentially three months, isolated from

family and friends, that's tough. But I think the one thing that it sounded like everyone liked from a logistical standpoint was that all you had to do was you were on a campus, get on a bus, show up at the arena in about ten minutes from your hotel to the arena, and then you get on the court, who you go home, and that was it. Whereas like this, yeah, it's the same rhythm of the bubble, but you're traveling

through perhaps at most two different time zones. You got to give it up for the for the logistics people on every staff in the NBA. Someone that sticks out for us, of course, is our very own Alan Lumpkin is probably working around the clock because just think about it, they're in all these different cities with a congested schedule.

It's already hard to get the logistics of an NBA team down, but to do it at sort of warp speed this season with all these extra precautions that the teams are taking against COVID, like, it's it's got to be really tough to make it happen. And it's impressive to see the way they've done it so far. And

I hope everybody is getting enough sleep. That's my thesis, And not to veer too far off down this detour, because there's other places you can go for it, but going to different cities with different protocols, and like Doc said before the Orlando game, like he felt like he had to hide under his bed. You know, it's so, it's it's right. I think all this is to say m bubble was impressive that the players and league got through that in one way, but I think that this

is a totally different beast, a knock on wood. So far, so good for everyone involved. Yes, indeed, I hope they can keep it rolling. And of course thanks to everybody that's making it possible. And thanks to everyone who chimed in for this edition of the Monday mail Bag. Loved it, got some calls, got some social submissions. Thank you so again. If you're new to this, what we're gonna do is, at some point, probably within the next couple hours, I'll

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players upcoming season. And then on Friday, Lauren and I will be back at it with the Von Givens, our first Fanatic Friday with ninety seven five the Fanatics devon Given so I'm excited about that, looking forward to it. Indeed, welcome to twenty twenty one everybody. Oh yeah, happy to hear. Thanks for listening. And also one last self serving promotion. The scoop comes out the morning of and morning after every game, so keep scrolling and refreshing that feed. Thank you,

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