GET UP | “I’m not worried about the 76ers.” – Tim Legler reacts to Joel Embiid returning

GET UP | “I’m not worried about the 76ers.” – Tim Legler reacts to Joel Embiid returning

We were finishing our show is the imminent return of Joel embiid who’s been out since January 30th with the meniscus the Sixers are 40 and 35 in the Eastern Conference there are seven games remaining and if you look at the standings and you look where everything

Sits it is almost a certainty Nothing is for sure but it is almost a certainty that they will be in the playin and they will play Miami in the 78 game I just want to set up a scenario we talked about this on the radio yesterday embiid

And the Sixers in that game they’re the seven seed and they go up in the first round against Doc Rivers their former coach and a Milwaukee team that has basically been 500 since he got there that is as epic a first round series as you could ask for I love the scenario

That you’re painting and I do think there’s some realism to that but first of all it looks like you’re right Philadelphia is going to be in that 7 eight game one way or another they’re going to have to take care of Miami most likely if they win that game and look

You’re injecting a guy right now into this whole equation that’s an Unstoppable Force there’s no answer for Joel embiid there’s no preparation for him he probably will be on some sort of a minute’s restriction but this guy can pack it in whatever minutes he gets he’s

Going to be able to dominate the game to that extent and then if they do that and take on the Bucks look the Bucks have not found their footing in my opinion to look at them and say you know this team is on a different level than what Philly

Will look like when they get Joel and beid back here’s some numbers to keep in mind when Joel embiid has played this year in effect Philadelphia is the second best team in the league yes right his net rating when he plays is second only to Boston as a team that’s the

Impact that he has here’s the other thing green you remember this you know Steph Curry a couple years ago when they won the title missed some time with an injury in the spring came back had juice in his legs that he would not have had if he didn’t get that time off it’s

Going to be the same for Joel embiid now and I don’t think necessarily you’re going worry about rust or anything like that I mean that with the shots he gets in the area to floor that he dominates his his shooting percentages are going to be there there’s no doubt in my mind

Defensively he will be a presence so this this extra adrenaline that he might have and the fresh legs could be a huge boost for Philadelphia if they have to play the Bucks in same with LeBron last year LeBron got hurt in February missed a bunch of time was fresher in the

Playoffs and the Lakers go all the way to the Western Conference Final with a healthy Joel embiid can the Sixers beat Milwaukee could they actually knock out the two- seed and make a run maybe all the way to Boston in the conference final they absolutely could and normally

If a player’s been out this long greeny and comes back at this time of the year and from where they’re going to be situated coming out of the playin I wouldn’t say that there’s that’s a likelihood but when I look at the Eastern Conference outside of Boston if

They can avoid Boston I think the Philadelphia 76ers absolutely could make a run to the Conference Finals look at who would be in their way at that point I just think Philadelphia putting him into the equation and what else they have and what Maxi’s done they added

Buddy heeld who really didn’t get a chance to play with embiid they have buddy heeld on that roster now Kelly Uber has been great I think Philadelphia absolutely their ceiling would be Conference Finals I’ll repeat what he said when embiid has played they’ve had the second best record in the NBA this

Year second only to Boston I think they be of college basketball on ESPN all the hype in the world and they lived up to it it felt like a heavyweight title bout between Caitlyn Clark and Iowa Angel Reese and LSU in the end it was Clark the all-time leading scorer in NCAA

History hitting nine three-pointers finishing with 41 points 12 assists and Iowa advances with with a 9487 win to move on to the final four Caitlyn Clark scoring or assisting on 67 of Iowa’s 94 points that 71% is the third most by a player at an NCAA Tournament game in the last 25

Years and we’ve had coverage all morning long we’ve got Andrea Carter with us who continues with us today we had Rebecca Lobo earlier Tim legler chiming in and I want to bring Marcus Speers on this as well Marcus one of the great high school basketball players in Louisiana history

And obviously in LSU Alum so I know that you’re sad this morning but still proud but Dr let me just start with you for those who are not with us at the beginning of the hour I mean Caitlyn Clark has become a star unlike practically anyone I can think of in her

Sport and in what might have been the biggest stage she’s ever had she had one of the best games of all time how do you describe the show she put on last night honestly greeny at this point the best way to describe it because we’ve described it as great we’ve described

Her as a legend or score like it was inspiring like it truly was as I was sitting there reflecting on the game to watch Caitlyn Clark not only meet this moment probably the biggest moment in her career at this point meet the moment with such Poise and such control and

Almost make it look effortless like she was in complete control the entire time there was no point where I felt like oh LSU is dictating Caitlyn Clark LSU is making Caitlyn Clark do this Caitlyn Clark was in control the entire game she dictated everything from her teammate

Success to LSU’s lack of success I mean it was just remarkable and to me it’s inspiring like not many people are able to meet a moment that big the way that she did and Marcus again not only were you a terrific player but your wife was the basketball player let’s start with

Caitlyn before we get to your Alma moer what did you see from Caitlyn Clark last night Poise man Poise Drea and and CH talked about it last night I watched you all with L y’all did a phenomenal job but when you think about all throughout the whole game whether it was runs and

We anybody that’s played basketball know that the game is a game of runs but she stayed poised through it all when LSU made a run it was poised it was controlling Tempo it was making sure that I’mma get 41 points but I’m going keep everybody else involved to me

That’s her greatness her greatness is the 12 assist on the night along with scoring 41 points along with making her teammates feel look you you guys resp responsibility to us winning this game is as important to ours and we can get enamored with the three-point shooting

But we’ve seen it all season long the great ones are just consistent and what they do great longer than everybody else so that’s what she does as far as the basketball court but when you look at the totality of the game and how she affected and influenced every play that

Was made last night it was phenomenal to watch so more than us just getting so enamored with the three-point shooting she’s a basketball player Andrea knows this when you walking throughout courts in America or when you playing basketball any gym the best way to describe and the the the word that

Hoopers love to hear when they walk in the gym to know that they are solidified and stamped the bottom line is Caitlin Clark is a Hooper it don’t matter if it’s Sunday at the park it don’t matter if she in an arena with 20,000 people watching she is a Hooper and she’s not

Affected by what’s going on around her which is a that all the great ones have and so is Angel Reese and let’s have a moment on on that side of this so LSU the defending national champs I said it earlier I thought in the first half

Angel ree was the best player on the floor inclusive of everyone um including Caitlyn Clark and then the ankle and look she wouldn’t use it as an excuse afterwards and and I don’t know how much it impacted it whatever it was Caitlyn clearly took the game over in the second

Half but I want everyone to hear or you guys in particular to hear what Angel re said after the game because there was some interesting comment she’s become an extraordinary narly well-known uh person in in the sport and Beyond the sport and here were her thoughts after the game

Last night I’ve been through so much I’ve seen so much I’ve been attacked so many times death threats I’ve been sexualized I’ve been threatened I’ve been so many things and I’ve stood strong every single time and I just try to stand strong for my teammates because I don’t

Want them to see me down and like not be there for them so I just want to always just know like I’m still a human like all this has happened since I won the national championship and I said the other day I haven’t had peace since then and it

Sucks and but I still wouldn’t change I wouldn’t change anything and I would still sit here and say like I’m unapologetically me I’m going to always leave that Mark and be who I am and stand on that Drea what what’s your reaction to what she

Said you know it’s sad to me greeny to to have a player of that level of greatness have to deal with so much and I was talking to SVP after the game late last night and we have to reach a point where and it should start with the

College kids if it’s going to start anywhere where we are judging them off of their performance on the court I know Angel ree I’ve spent time with her she is happy to accept criticism of her game she is happy to talk basketball she is happy to be held to a higher standard on

The court but when the insults and and the the phrases that are being said to to her come at a personal level that weighs on you we have to get to a point where we are judging performances and not judging them as people I’ve seen so

Many things about who Angel Reese is as a person from people who have never met her and that’s the degree that becomes so heavy that’s what she’s talking about she’s not talking about her game she’s talking about off thec Court coming for who she is as a woman and that’s what has to

Change Mark Marcus again your LSU connection and everything else pardon me what was your reaction you know the unfortunate part and Andrea hit the nail on the head but we we like the the issue with sports in general right now especially with the communication and social media and

You’re able to follow athletes and Angel’s point we dehumanize them we’ve we’ve objectified and I’m not saying we’ve like we all speak of Angel Reese and a highlight and if you’ve been around it to Drea’s point we all know who she is and we know what she stands

For and we know that she’s a great person but but people objectifier because it’s easy to do because a lot of what people do and a lot of the hate and vitri all that comes away is because they can’t do it it’s because they’re not in that position because of the work

That they put in and I think the more and more she grows she’ll understand that and the other thing that reminded me when she was talking about that press conference last night because I made a couple statements on Twitter last night and you should see what people said

About her like it was unbelievable unbelievable to me all I said was it was a horrible call on the charge call that filed her out in the game and then it became about angel reesea person and I’m looking at it and I literally I literally put on there this is why I’ve

Been off this app for a month like sometimes it’s good to just unplug because you realize that people objectify these kids and they look at them as a as a thing and not as a human and I think when you hear her talk about that in the press conference now it’ll

Come with maturity she’ll understand how to handle it better she’ll understand how to unplug but continue to be you Angel it’s a lot of people that’s rooting for you it’s more people that love you than the people that’s objectifying you and hating on you so

Keep doing your thing M right I want to leave that there but we’ll talk more about it as we go that was the early game last night then we went to Connecticut and USC Dre let’s go through that one because you have the two superstars here as well you have Paige

Beckers you have Juju Watkins for a spot in the final four and Paige Beckers was terrific you know that play was electrifying to me greeny it looks like a steal in a layup but it was after a timeout and Paige made the right read to extend the lead here’s Juju Watkins in

Transition it was Connecticut’s lead most of the night that one brought USC within three less than a minute later USC coming all the way back to tie it at 59 yeah this was incredible you have to give USC Credit for their fight give Juju and Paige both credit for knowing

When to take over and knowing when to trust your teammates that shot right there was a takeover moment to give them a six-point lead three and 1 half minutes left come on and then another one from Paige Beckers of floater a 10 nothing run she had 28 points and 10

Rebounds and Yukon wins at 80 to 73 they advance to their 23rd final four what a night of basketball last night so here’s the final four four schools named after States unbeaten South Carolina trying to finish the job Caitlyn Clark pushing for legend status an NC State team that

Hasn’t been there in a long time and a Yukon team that it feels like is literally always there all that coming up next weekend meanwhile Tim the B oh all e he for foree speech spe fore foreign for come y hey foree e spee spee foree spe foreign speech foree

GET UP | “I’m not worried about the 76ers.” – Tim Legler reacts to Joel Embiid returning