Greetings my peeps and welcome to the all things basketball podcast with your boy GD.
In this episode NBA schedule the full schedule is out guys so I'll talk all about it.
The opening week I'll talk about the end season tourney.
I'll talk about the Christmas games, MLK day games, your all star weekend, your rivalry
week, everything guys.
I break it all down.
I talk about each team's national schedule as well so just sit back, relax and enjoy
the show.
Okay guys so it's your boy GD back once again with all things basketball with GD podcast
and right about this time going to go through and I talked about it the last episode I was
waiting for it and lo and behold the next day it comes out and that's the full NBA schedule
so we have that so I'll just go through it.
Let's get into it shall we.
The season will begin October 24th on a Tuesday and now be the start of the opening week and
this is how it starts.
The very first game of the NBA season the LA Lakers going to Denver to face the world
champion Denver Nuggets and that's a 730 game on TNT so the Lakers you know a lot of promise
a lot of people are looking to the Lakers to take that next step this coming season
so they'll be there in the building to see the banner raised up for the Denver Nuggets
then be in the world champions them getting their rings and all that good stuff so Lakers
will be in the building for that hoping to spoil their night so it'll be the Lakers taking
on the Denver Nuggets followed by the Phoenix Suns going to the Golden State Warriors to
play Steph in the Warriors so that should be and now be at 10 o'clock all of this is
on TNT guys so TNT will have your first night so you'll hear from of course the great Ernie
Johnson, Charles Barkley, Shaq and also Kenny Smith in studio of course so that is your
opening night and then Wednesday night October 25th you have 12 games on the schedule included
in those 12 games the Boston Celtics will be at the New York Knicks they'll play them
at 7 o'clock and that's followed by Dallas playing at San Antonio so you will see the
Victor Wimbayama his pro debut as an NBA player so you'll see that game and that game starts
in 930 so and both games will be on ESPN so there you'll have of course there in studio
team which will be Mike Greenberg, Stephen A. Smith, let's hope the Knicks get a win
otherwise he'll be win in the first night of the season then there'll be no Jalen Rose
because of course he was let go amongst that bevy of talent that was let go by ESPN but
they are replacing him with Bob Myers I hear so he'll be in the studio as well as Michael
Willbaum and then of course you'll be hearing the debut of the new number one team and that's
Mike Green and your analysts are Doris Burke and Doc Rivers so you'll get to hear the number
one team that night not sure which game they'll be calling I imagine they'll be calling the
Boston New York game so that is Wednesday night guys Thursday you have two games on
the slate Philadelphia 76ers going to Milwaukee to face the Bucks that's at 730 and then the
nightcap is Phoenix still on the roll but they go to the Lakers this time so and I didn't
really mention the new look Phoenix Suns now that you have Kevin Durant for the full season
you brought in Bradley Beale you still have a Devin Booker so that's your new look oh
and also Deandre Aitman is still on board so that's your new look Phoenix Suns with
new coach Frank Vogel by the way and again they'll be at the Los Angeles Lakers to face
LeBron AD and those Lakers and that is on TNT so you get another night of TNT Friday
evening 11 games on the schedule including the Miami Heat going to Boston to face the
Celtics remember this was a matchup in the playoffs and then Golden State they will go
to Sacramento to face the resurgent Sacramento Kings who had a fabulous year last season
and the Boston Miami game is at 730 the Golden State Sacramento game at 10 and that be on
ESPN and then Saturday you have seven games on the schedule included in those the Knicks
going to the New Orleans Pelicans that's at 7 o'clock followed by the Utah Jazz Laurie
Markovim and those guys going to the Phoenix Suns and that's at 10 o'clock but for those
games by the way will be on NBA TV so you have that so that's your opening week right
there guys.
N-season tournament you have the N-season tournament that will take place it starts
on November 3rd on a Friday and it carries through to Tuesday November 28th.
Here's how it works guys there's 30 teams divided into six divisions three divisions
per conference of course two conferences and within those conferences you have five teams
now it's not like your regular alignment of teams they sort of shuffled the teams around
a bit in this N-season tournament so you have some teams grouped up that normally is not
but it's still within the same conference.
There will be four games played two at home and two on the road for each team and from
that four game slate at the end you'll have the top eight teams advancing to the next
round which is the quarterfinals so it'll be eight teams four from each conference it'll
be the three division winners and then one wild card team how they determine that we'll
see my whole question is what happens if everybody's like two and two then what happens but what
do I know.
Anyway so that's going to be how it shakes out guys and then once coming out of that
you'll have the quarterfinals that'll take place over two days December 4th and then
December 5th your semi-finals two days later on the 7th and then your championship game
will be on December 9th.
Now I know a lot of the folks out there are like oh do we really need this N-season tournament
uh well you know people complained about the playing games and actually it's now well
received so always on the surface somebody's going to say something about something new
I mean we'll see what happens but let's hope that scenario I just pointed of every team
being two and two when all is said and done doesn't take place.
That is your N-season tournament guys.
Then you have like they did last year there'll be no games played on election day this is
the second year of them doing that and an effort to make sure everyone you know has
the opportunity to exercise their right to vote.
Global games there'll be two global games guys Atlanta taking on the Orlando Magic and
I'll be in Mexico City that's going to be a 930 tip off and that is on November 9th
and then in January January 11th to be exact the Brooklyn Nets will take on the Cleveland
Cavaliers and that game will take place in Paris and it'll be at 2 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time so you have two global games on the schedules guys.
Let us move on to Christmas Day you have your normal five games slated for that day starting
off the day will be the Milwaukee Bucks going to Madison Square Garden to face the Nicks
that's at 12 noon that'll be on ESPN.
Then you have the next game Golden State going to the Denver Nuggets and that's a
230 game and that'll be on both ABC and ESPN so you can go to Iva Network and the game
will be there.
That game will be followed by Boston at the Los Angeles Lakers long time rivalry guys
as long as I can remember at least going back to the 60s for crying out loud so this is long
time rivalry will be front stage on Christmas Day.
Five o'clock also on both networks ABC and ESPN and then at eight o'clock in the evening
the Philadelphia 76ers going to South Beach to face the Miami Heat that's at eight o'clock
on ESPN and rounding out the day the Dallas Mavericks will go to the Phoenix Suns so
you'll have Kyrie versus his buddy Kevin Durant so that'll be at 1030 at night on Christmas
Day guys so that is your five games for Christmas.
Martin Luther King Day which is January 15th 11 games slated for that day guys and four
of them on national TV you have the San Antonio Spurs of course Victor Wimbayama he'll be
at the Atlanta Hawks Atlanta Hawks usually have the home game that day being that Silver
Rights icon Martin Luther King was based in Atlanta so Atlanta usually has the home court
for that day and that's at 330 guys followed by Golden State at Memphis.
In the Grizzlies by that time you'll have Jabham Ram back in the fold and both games
are on TNT guys so that's your games there and then also on NBA TV you'll have two games
one in the day one in the night the Houston Rockets will be at the Philadelphia 76ers
that's a one o'clock game and then the Oklahoma City Thunder later in the evening at 1030
will be at the Los Angeles Lakers so Oklahoma City Thunder which I'm predicting they should
be an upstart team for next year they got into the play-in last year so I'm expecting
them to take a step forward and they'll be at the Lakers like I said 1030 on NBA TV.
Then you have rivalry week rivalry week takes place Tuesday January 23rd and it goes through
Saturday January 27th the games on schedule that first night Tuesday evening you'll have
the Knicks at Brooklyn to face the Nets that's usually kind of a Knicks home game if the
Nick Fafel are able to infiltrate the Barclay Center and that game will be at 730 followed
by the Los Angeles Lakers actually visiting I'm using air quotes the Los Angeles Clippers
who occupy the same building as of this moment and that game is at 10 o'clock and that'll
be on TNT so both games both has local flavor and they'll be on TNT guys.
Wednesday night you'll have the Oklahoma City Thunder at the San Antonio Spurs which
should be a good one because you'll have Chet Holmgren who remember he was out with the
Torn ACL last year he's he'll be back for this season so you have a battle of the skinny
guys with Holmgren versus Wimbayama that should be an interesting game that's at 730 followed
by the Phoenix Suns at Dallas so you'll have Kevin Durant taking on his buddy Kyrie but
this time it'll be in Dallas and that's at 10 o'clock both games on ESPN by the way guys
then Thursday evening you'll have the Boston Celtics at the Miami Heat you know that's
a long-standing rivalry there going back to the days of LeBron and the Big Three going
against Boston's Big Three of KG Paul Pierce in Reale.
So that game is at 730 followed by Sacramento Kings going to Golden State to face the Warriors
at 10 o'clock and of course that was a first round matchup in the playoffs this past season
and both of those games are on TNT.
Friday evening you'll have the Dallas Mavericks at the Atlanta Hawks remember draft day they
made the Trey Luca Donkage going to Dallas and Trey Young going to Atlanta so this is
a bit of a rivalry so to speak in that regard.
That game is at 7 followed by the Portland Trailblazers at the San Antonio Spurs that
used to be a rivalry at one time not so sure now but nonetheless they're calling it that
and that's at 930 both games on NBA TV and then Saturday you'll have your three game
slate that's on ABC starting with Miami Heat taking on the New York Knicks at Madison Square
Garden at 3 o'clock of course this was a matchup in the playoffs this past season.
Follow that by the Philadelphia 76ers at the Denver Nuggets remember last season actually
the Denver Nuggets came to Philadelphia and that's when Joel M. B. put on a show this
time it's the reverse it'll be Joel M. B. going to the My High City to take on Nikolai
Jokic and the defending champs the Denver Nuggets that's at 530 and then later at 830 you'll
have the LA Lakers and they'll be at Golden State to face the Warriors and that was a
matchup from last season in the playoffs so all those again on ABC and that actually starts
the Saturday night games on ABC that they have in the evenings so you'll have a game
per night after this weekend there.
So that's that bit of business as far as the rivalries go and then you have All-Star Weekend.
All-Star Weekend will be February 16th through the 18th and of course the All-Star game on
Sunday the 18th.
Friday of course is usually the Young Stars you'll have that game there which they actually
turn into kind of a round robin sort of deal now so and then Saturday night of course you
have all the events the skills challenge the three-point contest and the slam dunk contest
as well so so that is your All-Star Weekend and then the last day of the season that'll
be on Sunday April 14th you'll have seven games for the Eastern Conference that start
at one o'clock and then you follow that up with seven games of the Western Conference
at 330 and one Inter-Conference game where a team from the East plays a team from the
West but that game will be at 330 as well.
ESPN will have a double header that day to be determined depends on of course the races
up until the last day of the season so it's all dependent on that so you'll have more
likely than not a Eastern Conference game first followed by a Western Conference game
unless that Inter-Conference game is something of interest so that in the nutshell guys is
your NBA schedule I did want to break down the national games you know what let's do
it I'm gonna break down the national games who got how many so on and so forth and when
I say national games guys I mean as far as TNT ESPN ABC and NBA TV I consider NBA TV
national because mostly everyone has NBA TV pretty much so with that said let's get into
it the team with the most games on national television is not the Lakers the Golden State
Warriors the Golden State Warriors have 40 games on the schedule to be shown nationally
including a game on December 22nd with this team coming into the building the Washington
Wizards at 10 o'clock on ESPN why is that game of significance that will be Jordan's
pools return to Golden State that'll be a very interesting game guys a lot has been
said of course Draymond who can't shut up about it he goes on that big podcast but that
should be a game of definite interest guys again Golden State has 40 games on the schedule
for national viewing then as followed by two teams tied for second place the LA Lakers
of course you can't have a season without the oversaturation of the Lakers but I digress
of course any team with LeBron you're gonna have eyeballs on him so 37 games for them
the Phoenix Suns are the second team with 37 games they have 37 games scheduled to be
on national TV two of which I'll talk about they'll be at Brooklyn on January 31st on
ESPN 730 that game is of interest because Kevin Durant makes his return back to Brooklyn
to the Barclays Center so it'll be interesting what kind of reception he gets there and
then the second game of national interest will be when the Phoenix Suns go to Washington
to face the Wizards of course Bradley Beale the long time Washington Wizard will be making
his return back to Washington so I expect a warm reception it wasn't like he requested
a trade and said get me out of here that should be of interest and that game is on
February 4th then after that you have the Boston Celtics the East team with the highest
amount of national games and they have 35 of them guys so they have 35 games that will
be shown nationally and then the next team actually they're both tied are the Denver
Nuggets the defending champions and then the Milwaukee Bucks both with 30 games now guys
this is the defending world champion 30 games I guess that's fine but of course you know
it's underneath the Gold State Warriors the Lakers and the Suns I get it I understand
those teams are of a bit more interest the Denver Nuggets pretty boring kind of like
the San Antonio Spurs of today not real flash but they get the job done so the Denver Nuggets
they'll have 30 games Milwaukee Bucks have 30 games then that's followed by the Philadelphia
76ers have 29 games one that's of major interest March 27th they will host the LA Clippers
I'd say it's of interest it is going to be on ESPN at 730 because it's possible James
Harton could get dealt there if that's the case it'll be the Clippers coming to Philly
and they'll be on national TV sold that could be of interest provided the Sixers deal him
to the Clippers so then you have the Dallas Mavericks a non-playoff team guys 28 games
to be shown nationally which I thought was pretty high given how they finished out but
I guess the networks are understanding that the pairing of Luca and Kyrie you will hope
they play a lot of games you hope both are healthy and can manage through and the team
can improve that way we'll see what happens didn't really do that much in terms of the
size that they're lacking but he still didn't resign Christian Wood so I'm not sure what
to make of that but nonetheless they have 28 games the game of interest February 6th
at Brooklyn and that will be Kyrie going back to Barclay to face the Nets and that's a 730
tip off on TNT so TNT has that one then we move on to two teams tied with 25 appearances
on national TV the New York Knicks and the Miami Heat I'll talk about the Knicks later
because I'm going to do a separate podcast episode on the Knicks schedule because I wanted
to break it down to a fine powder so but let me talk about Miami Miami has 25 games as
I said the game of interest and it's on February 27th it'll be at Portland 10 o'clock on TNT
why is it of importance because perhaps by this time you have dealt well Portland has
dealt Dame Lillard to Miami I guess they're giving them self wiggle room just in case
Dame still ends up staying with Portland until they can work out a deal with Miami and maybe
it takes until the deadline maybe that's why this matchup is this late but nonetheless
it's on TNT guys so also a game of interest you have the Miami Heat both of their games
against the Nuggets the team they played in the NBA Finals both were on TV guys you have
a February 29th game and that's at Denver 10 o'clock on TNT and then a few weeks later
March 13th Denver goes to South Beach to play Miami 730 on ESPN so then they're followed
by the Sacramento Kings and the LA Clippers tied at 22 appearances on national TV Sacramento
Kings getting some props here guys and you know to the victor goes to spoil so now you
get to see them nationally 22 times so kudos to Mike Brown and the Aaron Fox DeMonte Sabonis
and all those guys over there and then the LA Clippers of course you have Kawai you have
Paul George over there Russell Westbrook so of course that's going to get some eyeballs
so they're both tied for 22 appearances then after that you have the San Antonio Spurs
with 19 games on national television basically the reason is they have Victor Wimbayama who's
everybody's predicting is going to be this Mercurial talent so they're going to want
to get eyeballs on him so you already see his debut is a national game so there's that
one another game that I think is of interest will be I think I mentioned it already they
face Chet Holmgren that's going to be a nationally televised game and then on January 12th versus
the Charlotte Hornets Charlotte of course they were the second pick in the drafting
pick Brandon Miller so you got the number one versus the number two on this night 10
o'clock ESPN has that game then they're followed by the Cleveland Cavaliers who have 16 games
on national TV follow that by the Atlanta Hawks with 15 games to be seen on national
TV and that is followed by the Memphis Grizzlies the Memphis Grizzlies I think they took the
biggest hit of anybody in terms of this national TV scheduling 14 games guys 14 games for
a team that was all by the way the second ranked team in the Western Conference right
behind the Denver Nuggets so they're at 14 games nationally behind the likes of a San Antonio
behind the likes of a Dallas Mavericks both teams that didn't make playoffs yeah so they
took a big hit but and of course it's because of the job Morant suspension and this is how
it breaks down guys of the 14 games there's only four games prior to job suspension 10
games after he comes back the game that'll be of interest of course is the February 4th
game and that's at Boston at 6 o'clock on ESPN why because Marcus Smart will make his
return to the Boston area to play his longtime team the Celtics so that should be I think
he gets a positive response that evening he's a longtime Celtic homegrown and it's not like
he acts out he was part of that trade to get poor thing is so I think they'll give him
a warm welcome on that evening so then you have the New Orleans Pelicans 12 games for
them of course the hopes is that Zion is healthy so you have that dynamic and then follow that
up with 11 games for OKC who was a play in team and the Brooklyn Nets was an actual playoff
team so they get kind of dissed but again this league is all about star power right
now your head guy is Mikhail Bridges a very nice player definitely a very nice player
but it doesn't ooze out star power so thus only 11 games for the Nets and OKC of course
like I said they have the game against the San Antonio Spurs 7 o'clock on TNT and that's
on November 14th and that's actually part of the end season tournament guys so that's
a game of really big interest and then also February 13th they'll be at the Orlando Magic
so this will be a battle of 1 and 2's for the 2022 draft where Paulo Boncaro he went
number one Chet Holmgren went number two so you'll have a battle of those guys 730 TNT
then we have the Minnesota Timberwolves only nine games for them guys their first national
game comes December 20th and that's at Philadelphia to face the Sixers 730 on NBA TV oh also tied
for nine appearances is the Utah Jazz Utah Jazz will have nine appearances on national
TV that is followed by the Chicago Bulls who will have seven appearances Indiana has six
as well as Portland they have six games that'll be shown nationally their first national game
is on December 20th so you wait a while before you see them on national TV and that's a game
at home versus the Washington Wizards so that should be a good one it's on NBA TV and then
you have the Orlando Magic with five games on national TV I mentioned one of them already
where they're facing OKC on February 13th and then you have four teams with just four
appearances the Houston Rockets their first nationally televised game December 21st no
I'm sorry their first one is actually after Christmas December 26 guys and they're facing
Indiana at eight o'clock and that's on NBA TV you also have Toronto with four games the
Toronto Raptors the Washington Wizards and of course we know the one game that's going
to be televised and that's the Jordan pool back to Golden State game and then you have
the two bottom teams the Charlotte Hornets and the Detroit Pistons both with four games
Charlotte's first game December 26 and that is at the Clippers 1030 NBA TV and Detroit
Pistons four games first one on national TV November 29th and that is versus the LA Lakers
and that game is on NBA TV alright guys so that's going to do it for this episode oh
one more game for the Detroit Pistons that'll be on TV that's of great interest January
12th versus the Houston Rockets 730 on ESPN it'll be a battle of the twins that was in
this past draft a SAR Thompson will be taking on his brother Armin Thompson of the Houston
Rockets so that's a nationally televised game as well guys so alright that's going to do
it for that that's your NBA schedule in a nutshell guys when I come back I'll be doing
the next schedule breaking it all down guys alright a lot going on here the schedules
out thankfully so we can kind of get a read on what's happening as far as record wise
kind of gauge and predict and do all those things so alright guys so once again I thank
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