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This is Derek Bonner, joined by Rich Hoffman on this week's Sixers Beat, part of the

Athletics Podcast Network. I guess real quick before we begin, we never ask you to do this. But if you can, leave us a rating or review, especially on Apple Podcasts. We really do appreciate that. We try to keep the begging to a minimum. But every now and then we have to get that. Get that in there. How you doing, Rich? Got to pay the bills, man.

We do have to pay the bills.

So, your 9 and 576ers, you know, I think if we start this podcast off anywhere else other than Ben Simmons, people might revolt. And the great thing about

this Ben Simmons debate is that no matter what side you take, somebody is going to revolt.

You know, he had the Sixers, I would say the down point of the Sixers season was that three-game

road trip. You know, they had the pretty bad loss against Orlando Magic.

The overtime loss against the Thunder

where they blew a late lead.

And I think that was probably where, like,

panic was at its highest.

And they came out and they blew the doors off the Cavs.

Nobody cares because they're the calves.

And the Simmons debate in particular really seemed like that was where that was the tipping point for a lot of people.

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