Greetings my peeps and welcome to the all things basketball podcast with your boy GD.
In this episode I'll be talking about Jaylen Brown breaking the bank.
Also I'll be talking about Ronnie James health scare as well as a warning issue to Dame
Lillard and his people, wedding bells are ringing and a new broadcast team for NBA
basketball on ESPN and other little tidbits as well so just sit back relax and enjoy the show.
Okay guys so we're back with the all things basketball with GD podcast with your boy GD of
course and the previous episode we talked about podcasts and all these guys with the
different podcasts and so forth so I had mentioned other news that I wanted to talk about so this
episode will be about that news about Jaylen Brown breaking the bank as well as other
happenings in the NBA wedding bells everything I'll talk about it so let's get into it guys so
first news item Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics signing a record breaking contract five years
three hundred and four million dollars. This the Supermax extension and he was able to sign for
this amount because it got triggered by him making the all NBA team so that's why it's such an
exorbitant amount of money so this was something that was in his contract so he was able to get
this kind of Supermax making him the highest paid player in the NBA it breaks down as such the first
year 52 million then the second year 56 then 60 then 64 then up to about 70 million his last year
of his deal when he signed this deal he signed it amongst his juice foundation as well as his
bridge foundation as well with the campers there and in attendance was Dr. John Carlos we know him
Silver Rights activists and we know him from 1968 Olympics we won the bronze medal in the 200 meters
and then on the podium him and Tommy Smith gets the black power sign so he was in attendance there
and during the press conference Jaylen Brown very humble young man he says he wants to continue
his work in the community of Boston also he wants to bring Black Wall Street to Boston so it's not
just him taking in the money he wants to do things to better his city so kudos to him in that regard
definitely kudos to him and there were whispers on whether they would resign Jaylen there was a lot
of trade rumors swirling around particularly around Damian Lillert so you had that going on
but in the end Boston resigns their player and you know a lot of people are saying is he really
deserved to be the highest paid player and so forth I mean if the contract kicks it forth that
it's this type of money Boston has one of two choices either resign him or let him walk he's a player
that is you want to say at least top 15 player in the league so you don't let those kind of guys
just walk out the door without some kind of equal compensation which I don't know if you
were a guy anyway but Jaylen Brown is a guy who has helped us Boston franchise in past years
his showing in last year's playoff not so good but you can attribute that he had a injury littered
season last season you know he was wearing the mask and so on and so forth so I expect him to be
motivated with this contract he's not a guy who's going to rest on his laurels he's going to show up
and hopefully for Boston show out so Boston does the right thing by him the only thing with signing
such a deal and this is in two regards you sign Jaylen to this type of deal what do you sign
Jaylen Tatum to who's really your franchise player so there's that question right now he has three
more years two years in a player option at 32.6 million after that 34.8 million and then in his
player option year he has 37 million so you know that's a discussion for down the road but it's
worth noting guys so file that away for a later date but then there's pressure on them now to
deliver on the title you can't skirt that issue so the pressure's on Boston right now to stand
and deliver during those five years that you have Jaylen they got to deliver it I mean at least
the next three years now that you brought Kristoff Porzingis into the mix you still have a Derek White
you still have Malcolm Brogdon provided he's healthy you always got to add that to him Al
Horford who's not getting any younger he's 37 now Robert Williams III who has had his myriad of
injuries that he's dealing with so pressure's on Boston so again I congratulate Jaylen Brown for
getting such a lofty deal but now the real work begins that's the first bit of news
Ronnie James son of LeBron James goes into cardiac arrest at University of Southern California USC
practice on July 25th so he goes into cardiac arrest he goes to Cedar Sinai Medical Center and
you know the doctors work on him and so forth and thankfully he's discharged two days later so
it was that episode with his heart and so forth but thankfully he was able to get out the hospital
so definitely prayers were definitely sent up on behalf of the little Bron James family and
seemed like those prayers were answered so and then LeBron posted a video on Instagram of
Ronnie at home playing the piano so he thanked everyone for their prayers and their kind thoughts
towards his son and their family so he did the classy thing of course with LeBron when you hear
news like that of course the immediate thought people of a certain age they think of Hank
Avers who was with the University of Loyola Marymount when he collapsed on the court and would
subsequently pass away and you think about Reggie Lewis as well another person who had
sort of that sort of episode and also bears in mind also person who just helped his team win a
championship Jeff Green he had his share of heart issues so you're thankful Ronnie came out of this
but definitely a bears watching of course to see what happens there in regard to his help but of
course we send love, light and prayers towards Ronnie James and James family there so so that's
so that's that bit of news speaking of LeBron James Lakers owner Jeannie Busch announced that LeBron's
jersey will be hoisted into the Raptors in another note LeBron is actually switching back to the
number 23 jersey in honor of the late Bill Russell because it was announced by the league that they
were retiring that number from the league the number six so LeBron doing the honorable thing
is switching back to 23 so this is just another reason for people to run to the shelves and buy
them a LeBron jersey now that he switched back to 23 so but I want to double back to G-Busch saying
that she's gonna retire LeBron's jersey actually that's not really news that's something I figured
that would happen anyway to be honest with you in fact I believe he'll probably have his jersey
retired by three franchises the Los Angeles Lakers of course the Cleveland Cavaliers I think with
the Miami Heat so he'll have his jersey retired in all three of those spots I believe it makes
sense for Jeannie Busch to do that you know there's some people that'll say oh but he's not a Laker
quote unquote but you just retired Paul Gasol's jersey and he wasn't a lifelong Laker but he was
instrumental in bringing those couple of championships there along with Kobe Bryant of course so I mean
what are we doing here this is LeBron James who oh by the way in a Laker jersey he went and
became the all-time leading scorer in history so why not retire his jersey there so you know
some of these Laker fans you know these purists Laker fans you're kind of talking out both sides
of your mouth with that it wasn't of no big surprise I figured they would do this so kudos to Jeannie
Busch for letting it be known but to me it was a fate of complete to be honest but like I said the
Laker purists are getting their panties in a bunch over it but they need to get over it hey how so
that's that bit of news there the NBA issues a warning to Dame Lillert and his agent Aaron Goodwin
that they will honor dames contract no matter where he gets traded to this is big news guys
the NBA obviously grew tired of the talk I mean they weren't tired of Dame axing out I guess privately
they probably are but the fact that he says I only want to go here here being the Miami Heat I only
want to play for this franchise when and you know I've been saying it for the longest time Dame you
don't have a no trade clause in your contract so they can send you to the Detroit Pistons they can
send you to the Utah Jazz and if they have the assets they'll deal you there and you just have to
go and play it may not be ideal but you have to honor your contract simple as that I guess the NBA
grew tired of I guess it was more so the agent than Dame himself saying these things so in this
statement they pretty much said Dame but they were zeroing in on the agent so NBA issued their
warning and we'll see what happens with that I tell you who's relieved by this warning and that's
the GM for Portland Joe Cronin Joe Cronin now can operate in the best interests of the team
he wants a package that again in these kind of deals it's hard to get equal value but at least
get some assets for the future so this kind of puts him in a better place as far as bargaining
and so forth to bring back a reasonable haul back for Damian Lillard we'll see what happens with that
but the NBA hasn't made it known to Damian as people wherever you go honor that contract so I mean
kudos to the league for doing that I know some people say you know it's kind of heavy handed so
forth but the problem is not him requesting the trade although I'm sure that's a problem too but
it's the fact that I have to go to this place that's where the trouble lies so kudos to the league
for making that warning that's that bit of news let me move on wedding bells are ringing few
NBA players got married in the offseason here Joel and B treyong jaylen brunson isaac heartin
stein so these are a few of the guys that got married over the summer here and kudos to these
guys and of course with Joel and B everybody was looking for James hearton being at the wedding
or it has a he was over there with little baby one of those babies I can't even keep up with all
the babies that's in the hip hop field these days needless to say he was not present at Joel and
B's wedding take with that what you will and then at jail and brunson's whether they were like oh
where's Julius Randall then you see a picture of Julius Randall and he's in sneakers cuz remember
his ankle is still on the man and people got something to say about that the man just had
surgery on his ankle and he probably can't wear any tight shoes or anything like that he got
aware something comfortable so there it is you know some of these nick fans just got a
complaint about everything but the man was there at the wedding and that's all that matters so
we'll leave that where it is also Frank Kamitsky he got married he married Ashley Brewer formerly of
ESPN she was amongst those who got laid off as of recently I'll talk about that in a few seconds
then you got engagements Luca Donkage he's engaged now so he's scheduled to be married we'll see
what happens there and then in the WNBA during the All-Star weekend Alyssa Thomas she proposes to
teammate DeWon and Bonner while they're in Vegas for the All-Star weekend so they're engaged so
that makes an interesting dynamic in the locker room so now they're engaged so so with all this we
send congratulations to everybody so that's that bit of news then speaking of ESPN ESPN now has a
new number one broadcast team for the NBA that's Mike Breen Doris Burke and now Doc Rivers out is
Jeff Van Gundy and then we find out a few days ago Mark Jackson also he is out as well and in terms of
former players that were let go as of recently my guy Jaylen Rose and then also Lafonzo Ellis he
does college basketball for them and actually Mark Jackson he issued a statement and these are his
words this morning unexpectedly I was informed that my services were no longer needed at ESPN
although shocked and dismayed with the suddenness of all of it I would like to thank ESPN and the
staff of the NBA ESPN crew for allowing me to be a part of the organization for the past 15 plus years
I would also like to thank the NBA fans watching at home and in arenas throughout the league for
your support to the NBA a heartfelt thank you for allowing a kid to continue to accomplish his dream
Mark Jackson doing the classy thing and issuing such a statement there and like I said Jeff Van
Gundy he's out as well so two-thirds of your number one team is out and a lot of people are trying to
figure out what ESPN is doing you hear all this Pat McAfee talk you hear about Shannon Sharp
supposedly they're saying oh they're clearing the deck so they can sign these guys
that's rumor-anguendo we'll see but let's really zone in on this new broadcast team now
Darsburg who's paid her dues guys she's paid her dues she started broadcasting in 1990
she started with her alma mater University of Providence oh by the way she played four years
at Providence as a point guard for them so this is somebody who's not just walking into the booth
what behind the ears she actually played the game so and as a point guard as well and she began
working at ESPN in 1991 she became a regular analyst in 1997 and she was part of the B team
with Mark Jones for many years and now she gets to be in the number one chair as an analyst
let me say this to the Neanderthals to the knuckle draggers this woman has earned her spot
she's paid her dues she's very knowledgeable of the game you know I see these comments oh she
sucks this and that you know there's just such a misogynistic sort of feeling the air these days
and you gotta hate on women thriving in these sort of situations there she's earned a right to that
seat guys now if this was a man with the same credentials and they got the number one spot
you wouldn't hear a peep so y'all can miss me with that Darsburg congratulations to you for
getting this shot I know you'll do well you know what you're talking about you know the game well
so we'll see how it goes dock rivers this is not his first rodeo before he got back into coaching
he was doing this same sort of work as an analyst so he's not new to this my only caveat is what happens
when somebody comes along and offer him a job because you know somebody's going to offer him a
job again then what do you do at ESPN so you have that and then there's Mike Breen who you know he's
had a rapport with Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy for 15 years even beyond that because
as him being the voice of the New York Knicks he knows these guys very well put him kind of in a
precarious situation but Mike Breen is a pro he's a Hall of Famer so he'll be able to he doesn't have
a huge ego he'll allow these new voices to thrive so I don't expect too much of a rough patch with
a Mike Breen on the scene but again Mike's a pro he'll take it on the chin but he'll keep moving
forward so those are your changes there with the number one broadcast team for ESPN so that's
that bit of news then we come to Shaquille O'Neal the last episode I talked about Julia serving
in his list and how his list you know catered to the people that he watched as well as the people
he played against so Shaquille O'Neal issued his list I'll give you his list his second team so he
has a first team and a second team second team Steph Curry Allen Iverson Tim Duncan Carl Malone
and Isaiah Thomas that's his second team with an honorable mention of Kareem Al-Dujabbar
his first team not really a surprise here Magic Johnson Kobe Bryant Michael Jordan
LeBron James and Shaquille O'Neal so you have 11 players basically so it's not really his top 10
as a top 11 now what do all these players outside of Steph Curry have in common these are players
that Shaquille either played with or played against played against Magic all the way up to LeBron James
so here's my problem with his list I know I said in the last broadcast it's his opinion and
this is Shaq's opinion but you can't put yourself on the list Shaq I understand I get it that's just
Shaq being Shaq but you can't put yourself on the list you can't do it that's my only caveat with
the list otherwise it's a good list you know he had Kareem to be an honorable mention although he
should just put him as the first team center but I digress and the only thing with this list as
opposed to Julius Liss there's no Bill Russell who he very much admires no Wilch Amelin no Oscar
Robinson no Jerry West no Julius Irving who he always said is a idol of his he didn't make the
list so you know with these lists again it's it's subjective let's let's just say that but Kudos to
Shaquille for putting out a list you just didn't need to put yourself on it but that that's the
subject for another day so that is Shaq's top 11 because you can't can't even call it a top 10
because he added an extra person so there's that one other thing I wanted to mention I was listening
to my guys Rick Kamla and Antonio Daniels they do the giving goal show and a pretty nice segment on
there today where they talked about the best nicknames the best NBA nicknames and then the worst
NBA nicknames and then they even had a list for today it's summertime you got to fill your show
with content I thought that this was pretty good so they had their lists I thought it'd be pretty
neat to have my own list so here it is guys my best nicknames first I'll give you my honorable
mentions AK-47 and that's Andrei Kirilenka of course of the Utah Jazz and then later he joins
the Brooklyn Nets pistol Pete Maravich of course from his days with LSU and then of course come
into the league with Atlanta then he goes to New Orleans and then eventually gets to the
Boston Celtics and he missed the championship by one year he retired in 80 they went in in 81
the diesel the diesel of course is Shaquille O'Neal although he has a plethora of nicknames but
the diesel is the one I prefer to go with the black bomba of course that's Kobe Bryant and
then my last one Clyde the glide Drexler so so with that said that's honorable mentions right there
my top five best nicknames number five the Admiral David Robinson of course of the San Antonio Spurs
Spurs always thought that was such a fitting nickname for him being that of course coming out of
Navy of course number four one of my favorites George Gervin the Iceman of course of San Antonio
Spurs fame number three Michael Jordan Air Jordan of course got a whole sneaker line behind that
and so forth number two magic Irvin Magic Johnson just fitting all the things he could do with the
basketball of course lake or legend and then number one Dr. J Julia Serving who else can it be
a name he got his earliest high school then to just stuck with him ever since so Julia Serving
he's my number one nickname worst nickname my top five number five the whopper the whopper was Billy
Pauls Billy Pauls he started out in the ABA then he later comes to the NBA in fact he was on a couple
of those ABA championship teams with the New York Nets number four Melvin Turpin otherwise known as
dinner bell Mel because they basically say ate his way out of the league so not too thrilled with
that nickname number three Dennis Robman also known as Worm coulda came up with a better nickname than
that I can think of a million other nicknames but worm associated with Dennis Robman not the greatest
of nicknames number two baby Jordan for Harold Minor and that puts such a strain on him as far as
his NBA career goes to have that label really hindered him I thought and then number one Mr. Bill
for Bill Cartwright they mentioned medical bill Rick Kamler did but those in New York know him as
Mr. Bill which around the same time Saturday Night Live had a character called Mr. Bill who
would always seem to get himself in he was like a clay character and he always gets squashed and so
forth so for Bill Cartwright to be associated with that kind of character that name just didn't go
so so that's my worst ones in terms of today's nicknames number five for me Steph Curry chef
Curry always thought that was a clever nickname for him number four Kawaii Leonard known as the claw
of course for his defensive prowess number three LeBron James known as King James of course pretty
clever of course number two the Joker for Nikolai Yolkik and then number one Giannis Antutokounpo
the Greek freak those are my nicknames for today's players so so I thought again I thought it was a
pretty nice content for today for that show so I figured I'd steal a little bit and use that for
this show today so so with that said that pretty much is it there was the announcement about the
end season tournament that will take place in December I'll talk about that further as we get
further down the line especially probably when the schedule comes out because I'm sure a lot of the
schedule will reflect that so maybe I'll talk about it then and then USA basketball we got
international play guys the FIBA World Cup will be taking place towards the end of the month so
we'll get to see USA basketball the USA team has a few of my nicks on it Jalen Brunson and Josh Harden
so I'm there for the US team the Canadian team has RJ Barrett there and then your US select team
that'll scrimmage against the USA team will have Quentin Grimes there so a few nicks will be playing
in some capacity in the tournament so I'll be definitely watching the tournament with a curious
eye of course so that's it guys that's all the news that's fit the print for this broadcast so
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