On today's episode of The Sixers Beat, Rich and I talk about the various estimates on how long we could be without NBA basketball, what that might look like when they return, and how that could impact the Sixers, their season, and their future.

Once again, as always, please do stay safe and enjoy the podcast.

All right, welcome everybody. This is Derek Bodner, joined by Rich Hoffman on the Sixers Beat, a part of the Athletics Podcast Network.

How you doing, Rich?

I'm okay, man.

A little stir crazy, but I think that's true for all of us.

Yes, that is certainly true.

And I have tried to pretty much stay in quarantine for as much as I could.

You know, I will go out to the grocery store when I need to.

And that is just about all.

I've walked around the neighborhood because I can maintain a six foot distance and not touch anything.

And that is more or less all I've done for a week, and it is really unerving.

It is really unerving.

You would think our generation is better prepared to sit on the couch in front of the TV

for hours on hours than any generation.

But you do have your routines where I, you I go to my Starbucks I go to the practice

facility all these things that are just they're just gone now but look I I am equipped to I don't

need to see people all day but I need to see somebody at some point in the day or I am losing

my my cats are very excited they really enjoy that I'm home all day

every day you know I go outside and I see dogs being walked I assume dogs are having a

blast because our humans are all home they're getting walked more than they probably

ever have but yes I I could use a little more interaction I could use a little more

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