We are now just two weeks away from the NBA's trade deadline.

There are rumors that James Hardin has interest in joining the Sixers over the summer,

and Joelle and Bede continues to play at an MVP caliber level.

It's been a little while here since we have podcasted, but we have plenty to talk about.

Enjoy the show.

All right.

Welcome, everybody.

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

Rich, it has been a minute since I have asked this question to you, at least over a podcast.

How you doing, buddy?

It's great to be back, my friend.

I guess we need to recap what... How you doing, buddy? It's great to be back, my friend.

I guess we need to recap what has been going on since we last.

Yeah, I mean, you know, December 2nd was our last podcast.

That was legitimately a month and a half ago at this point.

You know, so I guess real quick, first, because I think some people are probably a little bit confused, but also just to quite frankly apologize, the plan was not

to take a month and a half break in the middle of the season. You know, obviously I left the athletic

as a writer back in early December to launch the Daily Six newsletter, Daily6.com. That's still very much the case.

Nothing in that regard is changing.

But the plan was always to keep Sixers beat at the Athletic and specifically to continue

podcasting with Rich.

You know, we had that all lined up before I even left the company.

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