In today's episode of The Sixers Beat, Rich and I talk about our takeaways from the Doc Rivers press conference, what it could look like when he builds out the rest of his coaching staff and the imprint he can have on the Sixers' two young stars.

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

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I guess we had to start this off with Joel and Anna with, you know, we record our last

podcast right before they announced that they had a child, Arthur.

So we had to sort of add that in at the beginning.

And then now right before we go to record news breaks, that their dog, Klaus,

tragically passed away after an accident in an elevator, which it is, you know,

I lost a cat like two years ago.

And it's still, every now and then, it still, it just stings. Like, that is family. My heart certainly goes out to Anna and Joelle. It is, it's just, it's dead. And so young. Like, I think he got that dog like a little over a year ago. The way it happened, it's just a tragic circumstance. So I really feel for them right now. It's tough. It's tough. Yeah, that's brutal. And some of the pictures that, that, the funny thing behind the scenes, Joel seems like he's a real softy. And some of the pictures they just, they posted on Instagram. It is real tough time for them. I'm sure it's devastating.

So starting the pot off on a sour note.

Yeah, and one other sour note, too.

Shout out the Serena Winters.

Yeah.

It's not easy to come in from out of town.

We're a very parochial, local place.

And also not easy to replace Molly, who was pretty well liked here among Sixers fans.

Very popular as well. For good reason, too.

Yeah.

And to do what she did, which is, you know, I think she got hired right before two seasons

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