You're listening to the Sixers Beat with your host Derek Bodner right here on libertyballers.com and libertybroadcast.com.

Welcome everybody. This is Derek. I'm joined by Rich on the latest Sixers beat, a part of the CLNS Media Network.

It's been a little while. The last one we did was right before I took off for LA.

So before the All-Star break, Sixers have played six games since then,

have gone four and two in that stretch, well, a really good win over the Cleveland Cavaliers

on the road, and, you know, some taking care of business wins over the Bulls, the Magic,

and the Hornets, who had been playing a little bit better of late.

But how you doing, Rich?

I'm good, man. You've been all over the country over these past couple weeks here. A little more travel than I used to have to do for PhillyMag or for Derek Botner.com. Yeah, that's correct. It's been good. It's been a little bit weird. You know, I think I left Philly and it was like 40 degrees, got to L.A.

By the time I left L.A., it was like 40 degrees, got to L.A.

By the time I left L.A., it was like 59. The last day there was really cold, and I flew back to Philly. It was 75. So the weather's been a little bit weird, but it's been great. Between the All-Star game, which, I mean, if we're being honest, the All-Star game isn't any more interesting when you're there.

But it's a great event, and it was good to get out of the fill-off area in the middle of February. I'm more than happy to go to L.A. in the middle of February. And Sloan, Boston, is just – I say this all the time. It is the best networking event for basketball across the year. And that's just not for people in analytics departments,

but you've got scouting directors there, you've got GMs there, you've got everyone in the media there, and nobody really has any work to do because of trade deadlines in the rearview mirror and there's no games being played. Or games have just started picking up, but it's a great event. It really is. Enjoyed it. Yeah, and I mean... But other than that, I enjoyed it.

Yeah, and you got. Yeah. I mean... But other than that, I enjoyed it.

Yeah, and you got to see, I mean, the way that our colleague at the athletic,

Schill Capadia described it, was the most famous, you know, the biggest rock star there was Barack Obama, of course.

But coming in in a close number

two was Sam Hinky.

Yeah, and the fact that Barack Obama got an innovation is probably about all that I'm legally

allowed to say about that speech.

There was a pretty direct gag order imposed on that one.

Oh, yeah.

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