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PHLY Sixers Podcast | 2024 NBA Draft preview: Who’s the best backup big for Joel Embiid?

PHLY Philadelphia Sixers Podcast

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4.7631 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Zach Edey, Kel’el Ware, and DaRon Holmes are just a few of the frontcourt options that should be available for the Sixers at pick No. 16. Can any of the 2024 NBA Draft prospects become a viable backup option behind Joel Embiid? Devon Givens, Derek Bodner, and Kyle Neubeck discuss who Daryl Morey might lean toward among the big men, the team’s recent workout of Yves Missi, and what the Sixers should prioritize at backup center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm I'm Welcome to the P. Welcome to the P. H.L.Y-Sixers podcast here on a Wednesday.

0:40.1

As we've already talked about the guards in the wings on Monday and Tuesday, we're here on Wednesday.

0:45.9

So you guessed it.

0:47.2

Time to talk about the big fellas here as we get ready to discuss the backup center position,

0:52.1

how important it is for the Philadelphiailadelphia 76ers it's been discussed

0:56.3

at length over the last couple of seasons at behind joel and bead so we might as well do it again

1:01.8

with that number 16 overall pick is there anybody that you may like well we're on our few names

1:07.6

and we meaning derrick bodner to my left Kyle Newbeck to my right I'm

1:11.6

Devon Givens Brianna's producing you people in the chat I'm already seeing it yes for eating

1:16.4

you people eatie would get torched into playoffs all of this stuff there's some things already I'm

1:21.9

sick and tired of you people got a lot of things to say fast Festivus. That's Seinfeld.

1:29.7

Got to bring out the Christmas poll is what they call it.

1:33.1

But yes, Rahmidd, we are live.

1:35.5

Let's talk about it.

1:36.5

And as we do talk about the big fellas here, again, it has been discussed a lot over the last

1:42.0

couple of seasons with YOLMB being, of course, the face of the franchise and wanting to know if they have the right people behind him, because why? He missed a lot of games. So whenever he's off the floor, like we talked about in the postseason, we would get into debates. I know I did. Oh, Paul Reed, the time that he was on the floor, this is why they lost. Well, was it really? But in this case, can they find somebody that can give you some minutes there, some better minutes that's going to be there for you in the future, maybe a better offensive skill set there, or is Paul Reed going to still be there? They'd be the third option. How is this all going to play out? So as we look at the big guys here,

2:18.1

we will talk about so many of these different names, talk about some association things later on.

2:22.8

And as always, when we do our draft talk, the show is presented by our good friends from Rothman

2:27.2

orthopedics. We'll talk about them a little bit later. Yes, thank you, Rothman. But we go to you,

2:32.9

Kyle, to start things off here as we talk about the backup position for you, looking at the season overall.

2:39.4

If people have been paying attention to us or maybe even some of the new folks who didn't get the No Bomba experience all season with you and how you felt about it,

2:48.2

some of the good things you had to say about Paul reading and some of the tough things

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