The Rights To Ricky Sanchez: The Sixers (76ers) Podcast

Philadelphia legend G. Love joined the pod to talk about his love for the Sixers and Allen Iverson, why Philadelphians care so much about being from Philly, the Love From Philly Festival and the current situation for musicians. We also discuss the alternate-timeline Sixers playoffs with AU, discuss this week’s Carl Landry Record Club selection and name one for next week as well. Finally we discuss why Mike and Howard Eskin attended the same bachelor party.

An oddly timed profile on Ben Simmons talked about his health, attitude, and of course, why he doesn’t shoot three point shots. We discuss what Simmons said, and what the people around him said. We go over the six Al Horford trades that SixersAdam proposed, added a new album to the Carl Landry Record Club, discussed handsome NBA players, why Philly doesn’t have a WNBA team, what the best cereal is, who is the better dancer, and what it would take for Mike to allow Howard Eskin on the pod. Donate to Spike’s fundraiser for the Brandywine SPCA Virtual Walk For Paws here.

The 72 hours have elapsed, and the JJ Redick story closes with some controversy, as Spike and Mike work through the details. We catch up with Andrew Unterberger, who has continued to follow the Sixers season in an alternate reality, and start their 4 vs. 5 seed series with the Heat today. We come back to the Ricky Record Club (now named Carl Landry Record Club) to review Margo Price, discuss the new Fiona Apple album, and dip into the mailbag to discuss the meeting of Jimmy Butler and Bryan Colangelo. Donate to Spike’s fundraiser for the Brandywine SPCA Virtual Walk For Paws here.

Somehow during the NBA’s awful H.O.R.S.E. competition, a brief Twitter flurry between Spike and JJ Redick resulted in a few jabs back and forth, and an unfulfilled promise from Redick. What will be the consequences? We discuss Michael Jordan’s upcoming docuseries, legacy and the need to see basketball players to appreciate them, whether history starts at 2002, the Jigsaw Finals and world champion, and the first subject of the Ricky Record Club, Margo Price’s “All American Made.” Welcome to our newest sponsor, Touchstone Electric Fireplaces! A great company in Exton that will get you a fire place with no mess, no smoke, and no dead birds in a chimney. Get 15% off your order with promo code TTP at zerodeadbirds.com.

Somehow in all of our podcasts we’ve never discussed the idea of Joel Embiid needing to discover what his identity of a basketball player is (thanks Uriah!). We discuss that, we do the semifinals of the Jigsaw Final Four, decide on doing the weekly Ricky Record Club, revisit the Ship Of Theseus, discuss a Ricky mention in a Phd dissertation at the University of Michigan, sitings of both Bryan and Jerry Colangelo, and the greatest comedy duos in movies and television.

What would have happened if the Sixers never traded up for Markelle Fultz? We discuss the possible and most likely outcomes of the scenario that Derek Bodner wrote about in The Athletic. We give our memories of Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, and Kobe Bryant as they’re inducted into the Basketball Hall Of Fame. The Jigsaw Final Four is set as Mike does the Elite Eight matchups, a new Vallone’s Deli commercial and a mailbag about this offseason, what to do when the quarantine ends, booze, Kevin Ollie, all-time role-players, the best pizza topping combination and a role players.

A report out of New York says that Leon Rose is interested in hiring Elton Brand as the Knicks general manager, we discuss that, why the Sixers owners are not good sports owners, who we’d opt to trade between Milton and Thybulle if we had to trade one with Horford, we get to the Elite Eight in the Field Of 64 Jigsaws, and the 50% basketball mailbag brings Dario home, figures out who to amnesty, wonders if mead is vegan, and wonders if Spike or Mike would win a one-mile race.

When the Sixers owners attempted to make every non-contracted Sixers employee making $50,000 or more take a pay cut, Joel Embiid stepped in with a superstar moved and publicly shamed them into changing their minds. We discuss the PR blunder of the century by the owners and team CEO, the Sixers victory in the Yahoo NBA simulated NBA2K playoffs, some huge, exciting additions to the Rights To Ricky Sanchez Charity Zoomathon on March 29th, how you should greet Brad Stevens in a dog park, and how big an asterisk a championship in an empty arena would be. Make sure you find out more about the Rights To Ricky Sanchez Charity Zoomathon on March 29th here.

The Covid-19 offseason continues with a talk about when the NBA will resume and if the players will get their next paycheck, replacing Flip The Switch with the five-hour Rights To Ricky Sanchez Charity Zoomathon (next weekend), and a monster mailbag, including which non-Embiid Sixers player is the most likely to get out of shape, the most controversial basketball fantasy trade of all time, and the meals we’re eating during self-quarantine. Make sure you find out more about the Rights To Ricky Sanchez Charity Zoomathon on March 29th here.

Kevin O’Connor of The Ringer was unbanned because of his beard and sweetness and talked about what he’s doing with his free time, the fact that the Patriots should have kept Jimmy G and traded Tom Brady and then he did a WEEI audition, the Sixers playoff rotation, who his favorite guitar player ever is, up and coming female pop artists, and he has to choose the winners of two matchups of the Field Of 64 Jigsaws. This is a tough time for everyone, and we beg you to support our local small business sponsors, Big Barker, Adam Ksebe (Realtor who can help you refinance!), Colony Meadery, LL Pavorsky, Adam Kornblau, Kinetic Skateboarding. They supported us and they need it from you now. As well, please support our great charities, Providence Animal Center, Coded By Kids and the Brandywine SPCA. Remember, by supporting them, you’re helping to keep the people who work there employed.