Rights To Ricky Sanchez: The Sixers Podcast

What a week! The Sixers continue to make February the new January (shoutout Casey), and have now won seven in a row. We talk about the hot streak, what it would take for the Sixers to obtain Kawhi Leonard, whether the rumblings about LeBron mean anything, go Around The League with Ish Smith for playoff reform and tanking fines, and discuss who we're going to boo at Bus The Process III.  The Lottery Party is May 15th and tickets will be available in March. Keep listening for details!

The Sixers go into the All-Star break red-hot, at 30-25, with Embiid and Simmons participating in All-Star weekend. We talk about Dario Saric's amazing season and the other reasons for the Sixers success at the break, the comeback against Miami, and TJ McConnell's triple double.  Also, Derek Bodner of The Athletic (subscribe at the athletic.com/rtrs for a 25% discount), joins us to talk about his report about Markelle Fultz, that suggests Fultz began to change his shot before his pre-draft workouts, and what it's like to report on the Fultz saga.

Remember the good old days, when the NBA trade deadline was the second most fun day of the year for us (second to the NBA Lottery obviously)? Well, it's not anymore. We've traded some wins for drama at the deadline. We discuss the Sixers quiet deadline, and the already-legendary Bryan Colangelo press availability that happened on Friday.  Come see Spike and TJ McConnell at Time After Time Watches at the Bellevue Hotel on Tuesday 2/13 from 5pm till 6pm. Meet TJ! Come see Spike and Eric Slick of Dr. Dog appear on the Kevin McDonald podcast at the Philly Improv Theater on Friday, 2/16 at 8pm and 10pm. Get tickets at foreverdogpodcasts.com.

JJ Redick had TJ McConnell on his podcast this week and said the shit out of the name as we continue our takeover of the Ringer from the inside. We get you ready for the trade deadline for the Tyreke Evans Trade Deadline Primer, discuss Malcolm Brogdon's fear of the process and discuss Joel Embiid's first ever NBA back to back. 

There is simply no better team in sports than the Sixers in January. We discuss the week in games, including a season sweep of the Spurs, the recent great play of TLC, a long-overdue edition of Around The League with Ish Smith, some trades from the Lorenzo Brown mailbag, and finally the long promised discussion of the Black Mirror episode Hang The DJ as a metaphor for The Process. 

Joel Embiid is an All-Star starter in 2018, soak it in. He's starting an All-Star game before Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker, and most surprisingly Doug McDermott. We discuss the greatness of Embiid, whether Simmons will make the team, and if the Sixers should be in on trying to trade for Kemba Walker or Rodney Hood. We also touch on the Markelle Fultz situation, the Process Echo Chamber, and the current struggles of Robert Covington. 

Only one game since the last podcast, and it sucked, so we get into a mailbag that addresses the concerns over Markelle Fultz's jumper, panic deadline trades, whether we have to change the name of Operation Shithole, and more!

We thought January 2017 might be as good as it gets, but what if January 2018 might be as good as it gets? We recap the wins over the Spurs and Stan Van Gundy, dip into the Lorenzo Brown mailbag for a question about Sam Hinkie and Ben Simmons, and discuss the new videos of Markelle Fultz shooting.  Saturday (January 6th) at midnight is the DEADLINE to reserve your seat on Bus The Process III. We're going to Chicago, then Milwaukee, to see the Sixers play on ESPN.

Let's relive some of the best and worst moments of 2017 for the Sixers and the Ricky. There is a lot of stuff in here you won't believe is just this year.  Thank you to everyone for your support in 2017. It's been great. See you at the Lottery Party! Bus The Process III: Operation Shithole reservations close for good on 1/6/18, don't get left out!

We discuss Joel Embiid's injury, the people who were wrong, do some Adam Silver slam poetry, ask Chris Ryan about Bill Simmons a lot, talk to Jake Pavorsky about why he left us, say Markelle Fultz will be better than James Harden, and do a really out of control Q&A with the guys from BGN Radio and Larry Poff. Thanks for coming!