Ben Simmons opts out of the Olympics

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4.7 • 631 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Derek and Rich talk about the departures of play-by-play commentator Marc Zumoff and CEO Scott O'Neil, about Ben Simmons opting out of playing in the Olympics, and about former Sixers Dario Saric, Monty Williams and Kevin Young earning a trip to the NBA Finals with the Suns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In today's episode of The Sixers Beat, Rich and I bounce around, talking about the departures of Mark Zumoff and Scott O'Neill, whether or not Ben Simmons would be better served playing in the Olympics, the potential trade availability of Damien Lillard, and the Phoenix Suns making the NBA finals.
0:21.7	If you're not already an athletic subscriber, head on over to Theathletic.com slash Sixersbeat.
0:26.8	We can get a discounted offer on a yearly subscription.
0:30.5	Enjoy the podcast. All right, welcome, everybody.
0:44.8	This is Derek Bodner, joined by Rich Hoffman on the Sixers Beat, a part of the Athletics Podcast Network.
0:52.1	How you doing, Rich?
0:54.2	Derek, I am great.
0:56.1	Good.
0:56.8	Very happy to hear that.
0:58.1	I'm very happy to hear.
1:00.1	I've been watching the NBA playoffs, as I'm sure not a lot of Sixers fans can stomach.
1:05.9	And I got to say, it's still the year that they should have won.
1:09.4	Yeah.
1:10.1	Yeah.
1:10.5	It was definitely, it was wide open.
1:13.1	Not that there aren't good teams playing.
1:16.0	Not that it would have been easy,
1:17.8	but there will always be good teams playing in the conference finals.
1:20.7	It will never be easy.
1:22.1	This was as open of a path as you will ever get.
1:25.4	And Kevin Herder ended their season.
1:28.6	It is still tough to stomach here a week and a half we can a half a little while later however long it's been
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