Rights To Ricky Sanchez: The Sixers Podcast

We’re less than a week from training camp! We talk about Markelle Fultz reality, the five Sixers in the Sports Illustrated Top 100, whether we’d want to trade for Jimmy Butler, JJ Redick on Zach Lowe’s podcast, and Sam Hinkie’s side projects.

We add another non-banned Ringer staffer to the Ricky guest list with Jason Concepcion, who hosts Binge Mode and NBA Desktop. We talk with Jason about the banned Kevin O’Connor and Bill Simmons, what the Sixers/Process fanbase is like from afar, watching Burnergate from inside of the Ringer, his favorite era of Knicks basketball, Hinkie as the Knicks general manager, mixing sports and culture at t...

We discuss the Eagles opener and Mike's Nick Foles takes just before getting into the ridiculous general manager search rumors (2:00), how we feel about Ben Simmons hanging out with LeBron (and Bieber) (21:00), we go Around The League with Ish Smith to talk about the LeBron/Durant rap song and whether we'd rather be a great athlete or musician (28:00), Andrew Unterberger's great piece on Embiid, a...

We left the topics of today's show up to you, and we got some good ones. What moves should the new GM make, what are the futures of TJ and Dario, which Sixers trades would we undo, what were the saddest nights of the Process, who would win a Pavorsky vs. Kornblau fight and more. 

We discuss the Sixers recently announced general manager candidates (2:00), Joel Embiid's recent piece in the Player's Tribune (11:30), who is Lethal Shooter and which Sixers player is working with him (22:30), the Robert Covington Jae Crowder Controversy (26:30), Around The League With Ish Smith discussing the Manu Ginobili retirement and how he compares to Andre Iguodala (29:30), and the Process...

Amos Lee was the first person ever named Spike or Mike to co-host this podcast. He was also the first and only person to ever construct a song explicitly for the opening of this podcast. Also, Amos Lee is a recording artist loved around the world with a new album out today called My New Moon. Amos joined us to talk about Markelle Fultz, anxiety disorders, Sixers ownership, us ditching his theme so...

New videos of Ben Simmons and photos of Markelle Fultz are discussed along with their relative chances of real jump shots. The Sixers general manager situation, what is going on and who is leading it? The issue of mental health, depression and anxiety in the NBA. We talk about JJ Redick's "person in a cage story," and reveal our ballots for the Process Hall of Fame with Andrew Unterberger. 

Since the last time Ben Detrick came on the podcast, we think you know what happened. Ben joined us to talk about Burnergate, a story that somehow topped every weird story to happen with the Sixers, his favorite moments, some unreported moments, Jerry Colangelo's role, the team's current GMless situation, and what it's like to have hundreds of people change their Twitter profile picture to your fa...

It's a MEGA-MAILBAG! We talk about the Live Ricky with Dario (2:00), non-Sixers Process related people playing basketball (9:00), the best Sixers as buddy cops (11:30), the video games we played growing up (14:00), the Process Hall Of Fame (21:00), swapping Sixers bodies (27:00), Ben Simmons as a core Process player (29:00), an NBA player with a third arm (32:00), Fultz vs. Simmons shooting (38:00...

He's finally coming over. Dario Saric will appear at Rights To Ricky Sanchez Live III on September 22nd at the Electric Factory. Pre-sale tickets go on sale Wednesday, and are only available for newsletter subscribers. Subscribe at the website. General public on sale is on Friday. This will sell out! All ticket information is available at rightstorickysanchez.com. 

We're back! We discuss our major announcement (3:00), Zhaire Smith's broken foot (9:00), the official Process Hall Of Fame nominations (24:00), the Sixers schedule and over/under (41:00), the Markelle Fultz question (49:00), listening to podcasts at 1.5x and 2.0x speed (59:00), the Sixers still not having a general manager (63:00), and Demetrius Jackson's two-way contract (67:00).

We're back live on Saturday! There will be a huge announcement. Just an enormous announcement. No sarcasm. Until then, the final Ricky Rebroadcast comes from October 14, 2015, when we interviewed Nik Stauskas. 

It's a double today! September 18, 2013 - Mike tells the story about when he hung out at a bar with Spencer Hawes.  February 19, 2015 - The day after the Sixers trade Michael-Carter Williams and KJ McDaniels.  The Rights To Ricky Sanchez will return live next week.

June 25, 2015 - The night the Sixers drafted Jahlil Okafor. This was one of the saddest Ricky podcasts ever. Fun to relive. The takes! The Rights To Ricky Sanchez is on a two week vacation.

February 19, 2014 - As the first Sam Hinkie trade deadline approached, Spike and Mike discussed what the team might get for its established players. This led to one of the most famous Spike vs. Mike fights, the "Evan Turner vs. Dion Waiters" fight. The Rights To Ricky Sanchez is on vacation for two weeks. 

February 15, 2015 - This episode has come to be known as the "Paul Millsap Story" episode. The original description was as follows: Spike did go to All-Star practice (thanks to his lovely wife), so we talk about that, the Sprite Slam Dunk, the Hawks All-Star failures, Patrick Beverly, Kenny Smith, Zach LaVine vs. Dario, Bob and Nerlens in the Rising Stars game, the failed NBA After-Dark takeover,...

June 29, 2013 - This is a rebroadcast of the very first podcast Spike and Mike ever did together. It was recorded just after Sam Hinkie's first draft as Sixers GM, when he traded Jrue Holiday for Nerlens Noel and a second first round pick. Two weeks later, Spike and Mike would record the first ever "Rights To Ricky Sanchez." The podcast is on a two-week vacation. We'll be back stronger than ever?

Spike and Mike discuss the Sixers GM search and the pursuit of Morey (8:00), not getting Kawhi (34:00), being spurned by Nemanja Bjelica (50:00), Kyle Korver (55:00), trading Anderson and TLC and giving away Richaun Holmes (15:00), acquiring Mike Muscala and signing Jonah Bolden (1:19). And Andrew Unterberger joins the pod to help us announce the first nominees for the Process Hall Of Fame (1:02)....

On an early Sunday morning podcast, Spike and Mike discuss the Sixers Cinderella run in the Summer League and the Korkmaz game-winner (0:00), Markelle Fultz reportedly dropping Keith Williams because of Joel Embiid (19:00), and a Lorenzo Brown mailbag (32:00) featuring questions about Furkan's ceiling, a Summer Sixers TV show, Dario Saric as a shark, and keeping your own superstars. 

Mike went to Summer League and recorded almost the entire thing. Here's his first opportunity to be a real journalist.  Before that, they talk about rules at the blackjack tables (2:00), the Markelle Fultz/Drew Hanlen video (7:00), Josh Harris' comments about the GM search (11:00), and the play of Jonah Bolden, Cam Oliver, and Zhaire Smith (19:30). Once Mike takes over in Vegas, he talks to The Ri...

We're coming to you live from Las Vegas Summer League! Well not live, it's a podcast, and we're not both at Summer League, but Mike is. We talk about the Furkan (00:00) the other Sixers performances so far (16:00), and Andrew Unterberger joins the podcast to talk about the final free agents and the overall state of the Sixers (39:00), the  Process Hall Of Fame in celebration of the Five Year Anniv...

The guys discuss the Wilson Chandler trade (00:00), the Sixers offseason as a whole so far (12:00), whether the NBA is really better when the Lakers are good (19:00), the Sixers GM search (26:00), leftover Kawhi trade discussion (41:00), go Around The League with Ish Smith to discuss the Lakers, Warriors and Wizards (44:00), Jimmy Butler and other trade targets (54:00), preview the Las Vegas Summe...

Emergency pod! After a 48 hour frenzy that made it seem like the Sixers might get LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard, that particular dream ended tonight as James signed a four-year deal with the Lakers. Spike and Mike talk about the ramifications and Spike sort of lays into James.  As well, there's a before and after podcast (before LeBron signed and after) with Mike and his Lakers fan girlfriend Aly...

At midnight on Friday, the NBA Free Agency period will officially begin (sort of, you still can't sign anyone but they can talk and everyone will announce deals). We go through the available free agents and talk about the likelihood of them becoming Sixers, as well as the possible destinations for LeBron James. We discuss the strong reaction to Mike's CJ McCollum trade, and talk to Andrew Unterber...

The Kawhi Leonard sweepstakes is on, and it seems like the Sixers are in the middle of it. We talk about prospective Kawhi trades and the likelihood he winds up in Philadelphia. Free agency starts on Saturday night, so we preview that, and discuss the most recent Markelle Fultz empty-gym videos. We also hit the Lorenzo Brown Mailbag. Sorry about this weekend. Spike's fault.