In today's episode of The Sixers Beat, Rich and I talk to your own Weitzman, a columnist for Fox Sports,

who recently wrote an article titled James Hardin reckons with his legacy.

We talked to your own about Hardin's playoff struggles in the past, about his relationship with Joel and Bede,

and what he's looking to do to cement his NBA legacy.

Enjoy the podcast.

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

But we are also joined by one of our favorite writers who covers a team from time to time, your own whitesman, author of Tanking to the Top.

And most recently, and the reason why he's on this podcast, an article over at Fox Sports about James Hardin. Hey, doing your own. I am good. Thank you for having me back on Sixers podcast. Yeah. No, it is always good to catch up. It's not like we don't see you. We see you pretty often, especially with, I drop in, right? Especially

with how controversial and interesting. We'll call it interesting. That's a good way phrasing it.

This team can be your own is down there at the Wells Fargo Center or at the practice facility

quite a bit. But recently, he had an exclusive with James Hardin, which did not take place

in Philadelphia or in Camden. Where were you up in Toronto during the interview? Yeah. Yeah, actually, should I tell, I know I'm cutting off. I think it's kind of funny. Should I say how I got the interview? Because I think that's kind of funny in a way. I just went up and asked to basically it started, it started the Sixers were in New York for a preseason game in October. I don't know, whenever that was, in Brooklyn. So I went and then him and Joel do like, they stay there. I wait for after the shoot around or shoot around. It was the game. Nobody played. It was like a shoot around a preseason game when no one played. So him and Joel shot for about an hour and a half after.

So I waited, waited, waited, waited.

Watched him tell Sam Cassell why Sam Cousel was wrong about what he was telling James to do on pick and roll stuff, which was funny. Those two can argue. Yeah, it was interesting hearing James tell. No, Sam, I should be going this way, not that way. And then I started up to James and told him, yeah, I want to do a story.

And he's like, yeah, let's do it.

And I think Rob King is the PR guy. be going this way, not that way. And then I said, I went up to James and told him, yeah, I want to do a story.

And he's like, yeah, let's do it.

And I think Rob King, the PR guy was, he was kind of stunned.

Because it was weird.

Yeah, it was weird.

So James, like, just talked to my guy over here.

And we did it.

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