Sixers Hire Mike Gansey, Maxey and Embiid Grades, NBA Lottery Reform with Kevin O'Connor
5/30/20261 hr 26 min
The Sixers hired their newest President of Basketball Operations, Mike Gansey (on the 8th anniversary of Burnergate). We talked about the hire and what it means for the team going forward. Then we give grades to Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey for the 25-26 season. Then Yahoo's Kevin O'Connor joins us to talk about Gansey, and explain and discuss the NBA's Lottery reform measures.
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First 90 secondsSpike Eskin· Host0:00
On the show today, on the eighth anniversary of the Bernegate scandal, the Sixers hire a new president of basketball operations.
Mike Levin· Host0:07
Happy anniversary. I didn't even realize.
Spike Eskin· Host0:09
Yes. Well, it was yesterday, the day that they hired him. So, uh, c- welcome Mike Gandy. Hope your tenure doesn't end the same way [laughs] Bernegate did. Also, Kevin O'Connor from Yahoo Sports joins us to break down the new lottery rules and get, uh, get some thoughts from him on Mike Gandy as well. The Rights to Ricky Sanchez podcast is presented by DraftKings Sportsbook. Sign up for DraftKings Sportsbook by using promo code RTRS. Brought to you by Verb Energy, green tea caffeine, real ingredients wherever and whenever you need it. Get 20% off at verbenergy.com with code RTRS. Cornblaw Law, the official law firm of the process, and Surfside Iced Tea and Vodka, the official canned cocktail of The Ricky. So let's get... Normally right here, I tell you about how great Surfside is, but what I'm gonna do is tell you about how great something new Surfside has is. So from our folks at Stateside and Surfside that brought you all those wonderful things, something new, Super Light, which is vodka plus Ade, a canned cocktail. It is absolutely, positively fantastic if you haven't tried it. Now you may have seen it in a bar near you or, you know, in a beer distributor near you or something like that, liquor store near you, and you haven't tried it. I would recommend you try it. I was, when they sent us, and thanks to Clem, who sent us, like,