In today's episode of The Sixers Beat,

Rich and I go over the Sixers' last three games,

including wins over the Brooklyn Nets and the Orlando Magic.

We talk about who has stepped up here in the absences of James Harden,

Jewel and Bede, and Tyrese Maxie,

and then we give our thoughts on how they can continue that play when

these Sixers stars all return.

Enjoy the podcast.

All right. welcome, everybody. This is Derek Bodner, joined by our Choffman on The Sixers Beat.

A part of the Athletics Podcast Network.

How you doing, Rich? It has been a little while. We did a podcast real early there on Monday before the Brooklyn game.

There has been a lot that has happened. Not so much from your three main stars. We will get into that, but a lot that has happened. How you doing? I'm doing great, man. How was, uh, I was Thanksgiving? Do you like Thanksgiving? Who, who, how could I not like Thanksgiving? I, I, I, I, I mostly enjoy my family in moderation. It's a, it's a good holiday for me. It's a very good holiday. That's, that's a fair way to put it. I, yeah, I don't know. You see all these hipster takes online. I shouldn't say hipster takes, but people just trying to be contrarians being like, oh, I hate food. I hate turkey, all this stuff. And it's like, all right, well. I mean, I do think the turkey is tends to be overrated. It is not my favorite part of Thanksgiving. But it brings out the creative side of cooks in my family. And I enjoy that. Yeah. My general point is like, you can just douse it with gravy. Who cares? Okay. Sorry. Yeah. I don't want to argue about food because people, first off, they get crazy about it too. I don't think it's that interesting or whatever but anyway i like thanksgiving so i've had a good week yeah no and i've

avoided all shopping i don't partake in black friday at all i will buy an occasional thing online

but i do not go out in stores i have not i've not done that in a very long time so i have not

had any of

the downsides of this weekend either. I used to get a kick out of at my Thanksgiving. After the dinner was over, somebody would turn on the TV. And usually the Cowboys are playing at that time. They play in the four o'clock time slot. But sometimes, you know, you'd flip over and you'd see action news and there would be people

already shopping and in line for Black Friday

which I think is happening less now because of COVID and yeah, a lot of it is online. That said, if you ever did that in your life, you're a psychopath. I'm sorry. Well, I've got, I've got a psychopathic aunt then. She every year, she's up real early on black friday a couple years before

co good really i'm talking six oh no she would go after thanksgiving when especially right before

covid stores stores started opening up on thursday night a lot see yeah she would go out there for that

yeah see i don't do it at all but i i draw the line it better better be Friday when you're, when you're doing it. Okay, that's all. A couple years back, I went out just to watch Mayhem for a couple minutes, and I regret it. And I'm never going back out there. I will buy online and I will pay whatever percent increase to save my sanity. Anyway, PhiloF 76ers who have not been killing my sanity lately, which is a surprise.

It's a deviation from what we're used to.

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