On today's episode of The Sixers Beat, we talk about how many games Al Horford might start in the playoffs, on why the Sixers have struck out so far in the buyout market, on why Mike Scott continues to remain in the rotation, some thoughts on Ben Simmons and his mediocre defensive plus minus based statistics, and who we like for X's nose breakdowns outside of our colleagues at the athletic.

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Hey, doing, Rich.

I'm good, man.

Did you watch the All-Star game at all?

You know I didn't because we just talked about this.

I did not watch a second of All-Star weekend.

You know, I went, I was out there, this might be my most carmudgeony aspect of covering the sport. That's why I wanted you to talk about. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know.

You're setting me up. I got it. I was not going to talk about this. Not going to reveal this, but here we are. After going out there for the last two, I went out there to L.A. two years ago and to Shar it last year. I took this one off. I took this weekend off.

Theoretically, I like the changes. I like the Elam ending. I like all of that. I think that

probably produced a last year. I took this one off. I took this weekend off. Theoretically, I like the changes. I like the Elam ending. I like all of that.

I think that probably produced a better brand of basketball, or at least a better brand of

All-Star basketball. But I couldn't tell you because I didn't watch a single second.

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