Josh Hart on the Sixers adding LeBron James and Jaylen Brown
John Clark talked with Knicks star Josh Hart on the Takeoff podcast about the Sixers adding LeBron James and Jaylen Brown and if Philly is a sports town.
Josh Hart on the Sixers adding LeBron James and Jaylen Brown originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
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First I wanna ask you about the Sixers moves.
Here in Philly everybody's fired up with LeBron James and Jaylen Brown.
As an NBA champion- Mm-hmm what did you think of the Sixers moves?
They're, they're coming after you.
Yeah, I, I, I mean, the people in Philly definitely should be excited.
Obviously you had, good pieces before with Tyrese a- and Vijay and Joel, and now you add, you know, JB to that, and LeBron.
So you, you got a good little, good, good, good squad going, so they, they definitely have something to be excited about.
You got to play with LeBron in LA when you came into the league.
Mm-hmm.
Give us an idea for a guy like Vijay Edgecombe or some of the young Sixers what you were able to learn from him and how he helped you, et cetera.
Yeah, I, I mean, I think, you know, for, for guys like Vijay just, you know, kinda be a sponge.
You know, watch, watch what he's doing and watch how he's taking care of his body, watch how he's working.
Understand that and talk to him, talk to him, you know, when, when you're on the bench what he sees.
You know, that don't be afraid to ask questions, and just kinda see, you know, how he dissects the game.
And, I think if you do that, if you're just a sponge and just try to learn all that you can, you're in a good position.
Knicks fans did take over Philly, Xfinity Mobile Arena.
Mm-hmm.
You said you didn't think Philly was a sports town anymore.
Do you still believe that?
Yeah, I, I say I'ma double down.
I'll say they're a Eagle town.
They love their Eagles, I'll say that.
So, they're What I'll say, I, I'm, I'm not, I'm not gonna backtrack.
I, I, I hold true to my words but, I will put a little asterisk and say they're, they're probably one of the best, fan bases NFL-wise, that we have, so they're a NFL town.
When you see Knicks fans taking over Xfinity Mobile Arena at, at the Sixers-Knicks playoff games and then you see Eagles fans come into Washington, are you hoping that reverses, kinda like Sixers fans are hoping to keep Knicks fans out?
Hell nah.
I want my, I want, I want, I want our fans right there.
You know, it's, you know, it, it's, it's interesting and it's fun, 'cause I mean, for us, or for me personally, I, I love both, playing in both, you know, atmospheres.
I love playing, you know, in front of K- Knicks fans that cheer a- and go crazy, and I love playing in front of, the other fans and that are hostile fans and, you know, wanna boo you a- and have that, that adversity.
So, I love it either way.
But like, people think, like, "Oh, he hates Philly."
I love Philly.
Philly's one of my favorite cities.
I love going and playing there 'cause, you know, it's just br- it, it, it feels like home.
So, I don't know.
We'll see.
I'll probably I'm sure I'll get some boos, I'll probably get some cheers.
You know, that's how sports is.
