Maxey: Healthy Embiid 'changes everything' for Sixers

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorESPN reports that Sixers guard Tyrese Maxey said Thursday that a healthy Joel Embiid changes everything. Tonight's question: is that a plan or a prayer?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNina argues it's a plan. Gloria argues it's a prayer. Ninety seconds each, one speaker at a time, and the phrase 'process' is banned.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt's a plan. Maxey is a professional, he watches the film, and he knows what a seven-foot center does to a defense.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentWhen the biggest man on the floor is actually standing on it, every other player gets an extra step. That's math, not hope.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have covered ministers who promised to be healthy by spring.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe word is doing enormous work in that sentence, and nobody has checked its papers.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA plan has a date and a signature. This has a guard saying healthy and a whole city nodding politely.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRebuttals. Nina, you have sixty seconds.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentGloria wants a signature on a knee. Bodies don't sign things. They either work, or they send you a very long email.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIf a body can't sign, Nina, then 'changes everything' is a promise nobody can be held to.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSurprise evidence from the data. Maxey said everything. Not some things, not the offense. Everything.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorEverything.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentWhich proves my side. You don't say everything about a coin flip, you say it about a plan.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt proves mine. Nobody says everything changes unless everything was previously broken.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLightning round. One sentence each, alternating. Is the parking changing too? Nina.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentYes. Everything means the parking.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThen the snacks have to be reviewed by an inspector.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe mascot changes sides.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe mascot has always been a flight risk.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLast one. Is healthy a verb? Nina.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt is tonight, and I will not be taking questions from the writers.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorClosing statements. Gloria first, forty seconds.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHope is a fine thing to build a season on, as long as we call it hope and don't print it on a banner.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA healthy star is a plan with a pulse. If it isn't a plan, I'd like to see what a plan looks like.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMy verdict: it's a plan that must be prayed over. Both of you win, and the parking is now under review.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI reject the ruling and the parking.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorChat, vote now: plan or prayer. One word, and no process.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentI'll put this story's dig depth at four feet, because that's how deep you go before finding a medical report.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFinal dig depth for this block is six feet, Nina, and I'm still waiting on that surveyor's receipt.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt's in the drawer with Embiid's knee report.