Not Another Philly Sports Talk Show

Zach Berman and Bob Cooney join the show to break down the Sixers' options with the No. 3 pick in the upcoming NBA Draft. Lots of discussion about Kentucky's fine pair of guards, Malik Monk and De'Aaron Fox, plus a rundown of a host of other issues percolating in the sports world, including Eagles OTAs and a potential demotion for Maikel Franco

In addition to Josh Jackson, Jayson Tatum, D'Aaron Fox and Malik Monk, Sixers general manager Bryan Colangelo could look to the trade market to get the most bang for his buck out of the No. 3 pick in June's NBA Draft. The Inquirer's Mike Jensen joins the show to provide his inside perspective on some of the college stars the Sixers will be contemplating at No. 3, as well as to offer some suggestions for Mike's looming commencement speech at La Salle.

Dave and Mike commit some media-on-media crime while trying to figure out what is actually going on with the Brandon Graham situation. Inquirer columnist Bob Ford joins the show to talk about Pete Mackananin, Brett Brown, Ben Simmons and the NBA Draft lottery.

Sixers beat writer Keith Pompey and Phillies beat writer Matt Breen join David Murphy and Mike Sielski for an hour-long discussion about their respective teams.

First up, it's Matt Breen, who catches us up to date on the surprisingly adequate Phillies, taking us inside the organizational thinking on a suddenly crowded outfield situation. Has Aaron Altherr played himself into a regular job? What does his emergence mean for guys like Nick Williams and Roman Quinn? Will Jorge Alfaro be up in the majors at some point, or should the Phillies be focusing first on getting Andrew Knapp more playing time behind the plate? Will Pete Mackanin continue to have a short hook with his closer?

The Sixers segment starts around the 44:00 mark, as Keith Pompey gives us the close-up view of covering Ben Simmons and what the immediate future holds for him. Is he really going to play point guard? Would the Sixers really avoid drafting a point guard if that's the guy who was on top of their board?

Inquirer columnist Bob Brookover joins the show to talk about his recent profile on the most intriguing pitching prospect in the Phillies system, 18-year-old Sixto Sanchez, he of the 99 MPH fastball. Plenty of NFL Draft talk as well.

Inquirer Phillies beat writer Matt Breen checks in to talk about why Vince Velasquez should stay in the rotation even if he has the stuff to be a closer. Also, going over some pleasant early season surprises. Then, NHL inside/former Daily Newser Frank Seravalli joins the show to talk some big picture Flyers stuff

Dave and Mike break down Jeffery Lurie's press conference and tease out some of his most revealing answers about the Eagles direction under his newly activist ownership.

Life is full of big questions:

How was Wisconsin an eight seed?

How can the Phillies leave Brock Stassi off their roster?

What would have happened if the Saints had agreed to take Malcolm Jenkins and two draft picks for Brandin Cooks?

What does Mike Kern think about Moscow Mules?

Fortunately, we have unlimited amounts of digital audio space on our server, because all of this and more will be addressed on this week's episode of our Not Another Philly Sports Talk Show, the weekly podcast where Mike Sielski makes salient points and David Murphy does his best to interrupt them.

Phillies expert Matt Gelb joins the show from sunny Clearwater to follow up on his Philly.com piece detailing some observations he's noted over the last six weeks while following the team.

Now that free agency is upon us, do Howie Roseman and Jeffery Lurie seem to have a handle on how to build the Eagles' roster? And what's up with some of the suspect media coverage we've seen thus far? Mike and Dave discuss on the latest episode

Did Bryan Colangelo mess up the Sixers at the trade deadline as much as conventional wisdom suggests? David Murphy says Colangelo had to trade Nerlens Noel. Mike Sielski doesn't think so. Plus, an Eagles free agency preview and some talk about the Phillies, Roman Quinn and Brock Stassi.