1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,400 Greetings my peeps and welcome to the All Things Basketball Podcast with your boy GD. 2 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:13,200 In this episode I will be covering several topics. 3 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:18,380 I'll be talking about the mysterious case of Angel Reese, also talking about James 4 00:00:18,380 --> 00:00:24,480 Hart and the struggles of the LA Clippers and then we'll talk about your buddy and 5 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,120 mine, Draymond Green getting suspended. 6 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:38,480 So just sit back, relax and enjoy the show. 7 00:00:38,480 --> 00:00:41,160 Okay guys it's your boy GD. 8 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:42,840 I'm back. 9 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:46,520 Took a bit of a hiatus there. 10 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:53,600 Actually part hiatus part I did want to let like the season kind of play out at least 11 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:55,300 the first month. 12 00:00:55,300 --> 00:01:00,480 You know you can make a lot of snap judgments in a couple of games but I wanted at least 13 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:06,880 to let about four or five weeks go before I can make assessments and those sort of things 14 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:14,520 which I will do but I wanted to get to some pertinent news out of the world of basketball 15 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:21,800 so it's just three news items I want to cover in this episode and then I'll do around the 16 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:27,640 league I'll do the Eastern Conference and I'll do the Western Conference so I'll probably 17 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:31,680 do that within the next couple of episodes. 18 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:36,440 But now I want to hit these news items here. 19 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:43,160 First we will start with the mysterious case of Angel Reese. 20 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:53,840 Now back in November 14th, LSU, she plays for LSU, college basketball and LSU played Kent 21 00:01:53,840 --> 00:02:00,660 State and in that game Angel Reese was in the game in the beginning. 22 00:02:00,660 --> 00:02:03,880 She played only 14 minutes in that game. 23 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:10,720 Actually she was pulled to the bench early right after she launched the ill-advised three 24 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:12,960 point shot. 25 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:19,200 Which can Malky pulls her to the bench, puts her back in but in the second half she doesn't 26 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:26,400 play at all so she plays 14 minutes in that game and actually it was a close game. 27 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:31,600 It was like a two point lead by LSU but in the second half they blew the doors off of 28 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:42,680 Kent State in fact outscoring them 70 to 42 and the final score was 109 to 79 but that 29 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:48,960 was the game where eyebrows were kind of raised because of Angel Reese getting benched. 30 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:55,440 Then we move on to the next two games and we come to find out Angel Reese is not with 31 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:56,880 the team. 32 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:04,960 And then those two games LSU plays southeast Louisiana and they beat them 73 to 50 and 33 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:11,320 then they played Texas Southern and beat them 106 to 47. 34 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:16,280 And coming up on their schedule actually they got a bit of an easy one there. 35 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:22,760 They go to Niagara University and play them on the 24th November 25th. 36 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:30,320 They play at Virginia University and the big game will be on November 30th where they take 37 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:35,080 on the ninth ranked Virginia Tech Hokies. 38 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:42,680 And that team has on it Elizabeth Keatley who when we last saw her playing against LSU 39 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:48,200 she had a monster game 18 points 12 rebounds and seven blocks. 40 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:55,040 And also you have Georgia Amor as well so you got a solid team right there that can definitely 41 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,400 give LSU fits. 42 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:04,480 And LSU right now I mean they have solid players remember they brought in Haley Van Lyft who's 43 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,880 still getting acclimated with the team. 44 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:13,040 You also have transfer Anisha Morrow she's still playing her way in. 45 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:19,280 Also Flau J. Johnson who's looking very much improved in her sophomore year. 46 00:04:19,280 --> 00:04:25,640 And then you have the freshman Michaela Williams who's looking really good right now. 47 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:31,320 And also for the interim you have Samaya Smith holding down the middle until Angel 48 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:32,320 Reese gets back. 49 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:40,000 But I want to get back to Angel Reese and the two press conferences following the victories 50 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:45,000 over Southeast Louisiana and Texas Southern. 51 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:50,760 And those press conferences Malky she keeps it tight lipped. 52 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:56,960 She states that Angel Reese is away from the team and that she'll be back sooner than later. 53 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:00,560 I'm using air quotes guys for sooner than later. 54 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:05,680 So there's a lot of speculation going on as to what's going on. 55 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:11,120 Social media oh gosh I continue to say it's going to be the bane of our existence. 56 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:17,160 Again as I put my episodes on platforms and advertise on social media but that's another 57 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:18,560 story. 58 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:26,400 But the speculations have run rampant from bad grades saying that she has a below 2.0 59 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:31,720 GPA all the way to oh she's pregnant. 60 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:38,640 And then to add kind of fuel to the fire you have Angel Reese's mom going at it on social 61 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:41,920 media with Flajaye Johnson's mom. 62 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:46,600 And then going back and forth back and forth Flajaye's mom even alluded to the angels low 63 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:53,920 grades which I'm pretty sure puts a strain on the relationship of Angel and Flajaye. 64 00:05:53,920 --> 00:06:01,640 So you have that and then also remember the fact that you know with all these NIL deals 65 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:06,080 and that's another thing people saying oh the NIL money's getting to her. 66 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:14,120 Right now she is ranked 7th among all college athletes in terms of NIL earnings. 67 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:19,880 Also the fact that during the summer you didn't really see her like working on her game so 68 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:26,000 forth you know she posted everything else, posted the video she did with well she made 69 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:31,400 an appearance on Cardi B's video so you have that. 70 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:36,520 You saw her at the SB's, you saw her this place, that place, you saw her hugged up with 71 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:43,440 the boyfriend so everybody wants to say she's doing everything else but working on her game. 72 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:51,920 And I did watch the first game and a half or so of her playing and I gotta admit guys 73 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:56,480 you didn't really see anything added to her game per se. 74 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:00,040 You like to see a player come back with a little something extra. 75 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:03,680 I know it's early you know first couple of games but still. 76 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:09,520 And then of course them losing to Colorado that very first game that didn't help matters 77 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:13,560 either and of course social media went crazy. 78 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:16,240 She's overrated this and that. 79 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,680 So you have all this speculation about her. 80 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:24,720 I'll be honest we have no idea all we could do is speculate. 81 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:26,400 Could it be the bad grades? 82 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:27,400 Could be. 83 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:34,240 I heard Steven A. Smith opine about this and just the young lady grows up which you know 84 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:39,720 you talk about 21 year old who's getting all this money coming in so it can get to your 85 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:41,720 head or so forth. 86 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:47,680 Here's what I will say though if I had an opportunity to speak to Angel Reese. 87 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:54,840 I tell her there are forces out there that are envious, jealous and pretty much hates 88 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,920 the fact that you're getting a bag at the tender age of 21. 89 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,600 A lot of jealous folks out there. 90 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:09,480 And not only just people sitting behind computers or behind phones typing not just them. 91 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:10,480 Athletes as well. 92 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:15,280 So you have a lot a lot of detractors a lot of haters. 93 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:22,040 Your best response to haters and detractors is you have to have the attitude of well 94 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:26,560 I could show you better than I could tell you why I deserve this bag. 95 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:33,560 In other words, go in there work on your game, work on being a excellent teammate to your 96 00:08:33,560 --> 00:08:34,560 team. 97 00:08:34,560 --> 00:08:39,480 Go and do the things that's necessary for the team success. 98 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:41,080 Those sort of things. 99 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:45,080 If you want to give them something less to talk about. 100 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:49,080 That would be my advice to her and definitely get yourself a trainer this way. 101 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:52,080 You can be in peak condition. 102 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,160 You can be at your maximum as a player. 103 00:08:55,160 --> 00:09:01,320 So that would be my unsolicited advice to Angel Reese if she was to listen. 104 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:05,080 And then I gotta say with your mom. 105 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:07,200 I know she's got a hands full. 106 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:13,800 She has the son that's playing for the University of Maryland and you have her and they'll list 107 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:14,800 you. 108 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:20,120 But mom, you got to talk to your daughter there and you know, express to her the life 109 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:27,240 lessons that you've come to learn along the way and really encourage her because right 110 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:34,160 now I mean it's early, but his Yogi Barrow would say it's getting early late. 111 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:39,840 But yeah, you have to give her talking to pretty stern talking to say you got to get 112 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:46,320 this train back on the track here because we talk about the NIL deals, but that comes 113 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:48,160 with performance. 114 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:55,040 So if you're not out there, these dollars can disappear quite easily. 115 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:59,120 Just go out there and be the best Angel Reese you can be on the court. 116 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:04,920 Again, being the ultimate teammate, sacrificing for the team so forth. 117 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:10,680 Cause like I said, that VAR Tech game coming up, I'm not sure they'll have a chance without 118 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:14,400 having Angel Reese in the fold that you're going to need her for that game. 119 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:15,400 That's for sure. 120 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:21,240 So I say all that to say it's time for you to come in and do what you have to do. 121 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:22,840 I'll just leave it at that. 122 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:27,840 So that's the one story there in terms of basketball. 123 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:30,840 Let's turn our attention to the NBA. 124 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:34,160 James Harden in the struggling LA Clippers. 125 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:38,040 James Harden as we know, got traded to the Clippers. 126 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:46,520 He made his debut November 6th and he did it at Madison Square Garden facing the Knicks. 127 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:53,520 It's been seven games now that he's played with the Clippers and in those seven games, 128 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,720 they have gone two and five. 129 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:02,440 When he first started with them, they lost five straight and then they've come to win 130 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:03,800 two in a row now. 131 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,120 So maybe the tide is turning now. 132 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:07,120 We'll see. 133 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:16,040 James Harden so far, he's played about 32 minutes per game, averaging just 16 points, 134 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:22,200 almost five rebounds and over five assists with a steal per game. 135 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:23,800 He's shooting the ball well. 136 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:28,280 Actually 48.6%, which is pretty good for him. 137 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:30,680 Nearly 36% from three. 138 00:11:30,680 --> 00:11:31,960 You'll take that. 139 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,320 And he's only missed one free throw. 140 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:37,600 He's taken 27, he's missed only one. 141 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,720 So you like that as well. 142 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:46,880 And if you guys caught the press conference he had when he arrived at LA where he says, 143 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,160 I'm not a system player, I am the system. 144 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:51,520 Everybody went crazy over that. 145 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:54,240 But that's James Harden being James Harden. 146 00:11:54,240 --> 00:12:02,800 And then recently Russell Westbrook, seeing the team being in the doldrums, if you will, 147 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:08,280 has volunteered to go to the bench in order to acquiesce to his friend, his buddy, James 148 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:13,240 Harden, which I don't know if it should have been him making the sacrifice. 149 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:17,480 I'm actually of the mindset it should have been the other way around. 150 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:24,040 It should have been Harden going to the bench because right now you put Harden on the bench. 151 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:28,720 He's going to be able to get his numbers against that second unit and I'll give him a bit of 152 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:29,720 confidence. 153 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:37,160 And of course you'll end up eventually meshing him in with Kawai, with Paul George and with 154 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:38,720 Russell Westbrook as well. 155 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:41,840 So that would be my take on that. 156 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:49,160 And then also you got to understand too now with the struggles that LA Clippers are facing, 157 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:55,840 you go to the opposite side here, his old team, the Philadelphia 76ers and they're balling 158 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:57,340 right now. 159 00:12:57,340 --> 00:13:02,640 Because of this recording here, the 10 and 3, Tyrese Maxi is playing like an all-star 160 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:03,960 guys. 161 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:09,040 And then you're also getting contributions from guys like the Anthony Melton, Tobias 162 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:11,560 Harris is stepping up now. 163 00:13:11,560 --> 00:13:17,600 You got these guys playing and of course, Joel and B being Joel and B. And also the 164 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:24,080 pieces that you brought over, guys like Robert Covington and now Nicholas Patoumi is reported 165 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:25,120 to the team now. 166 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:27,560 So you have some backup help. 167 00:13:27,560 --> 00:13:30,800 A Phil, he's looking good right now. 168 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:33,120 Can the Clippers turn it around? 169 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:41,240 Again, like I said when I talked about Angel Reese and the LSU Lady Tigers, it's early. 170 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:44,800 So you have time to turn this thing around. 171 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:50,160 You have time to write the ship for guys to get acclimated with one another. 172 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:55,000 So we might be singing a different tune come the Trey deadline. 173 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,120 Pretty much a little more than mid-season. 174 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:01,520 So we could see a whole different team and it could be playing well. 175 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:08,280 This is kind of why I picked them last when I did my pre-season preview for my season 176 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:10,160 preview, rather. 177 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:14,400 Because I knew getting heartened is going to take some time for everybody getting on 178 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:17,960 the same page and you're going to take your lumps along with that. 179 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:21,120 So that's kind of why I picked them last. 180 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:22,120 But it's early. 181 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:27,240 So things can turn around, quick fads in the hurry, especially in the NBA. 182 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:33,160 And then one final thing I'll say about the Clippers situation is I was listening to Lawrence 183 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:39,040 Frank because he talked to the media and he basically said, part of business that really 184 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:44,960 sucks are making trades because you're trading the person that's been in your system. 185 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,040 You know, they got families so far. 186 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,840 If you got to trade them, that means families got to uproot. 187 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,120 Go to another city so forth. 188 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:58,360 And we've heard these limits before just as recently as a couple of months ago. 189 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:04,680 In fact, we heard from Drew Holiday's wife about him being traded from Milwaukee. 190 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:07,600 They thought they were going to be in Milwaukee for the duration. 191 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:09,200 That didn't happen. 192 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:16,520 And then you saw Nicholas Patuone's wife actually retweet what Drew Holiday's wife posted in 193 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:18,800 terms of her husband being traded. 194 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:25,000 So she reposted the thing to basically standing solidarity with her, being that her husband 195 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,960 now got traded. 196 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,440 But that's what Lawrence Frank said about the deal. 197 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:34,360 And of course, he's saying, as everyone else is saying in the organization, things are 198 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,720 rough now, but they'll be able to turn things around. 199 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,800 So we'll see what happens in that instance. 200 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,800 So that's the Clippers situation. 201 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:50,200 And then finally, I want to talk about your friend in mind, Dreymon Green. 202 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:54,160 Dreymon, Dreymon. 203 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:57,080 He's been suspended for five games. 204 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:01,560 And I'll give you the whole timeline how everything has played out. 205 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:08,640 November 12th in a game versus the Minnesota Timberwolves, a game that was in Golden State, 206 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:10,040 by the way. 207 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:16,920 And it's got a little chirpy between the two teams when Dreymon delivered a hard foul to 208 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:18,440 Anthony Edwards. 209 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:24,120 And this was with five minutes and 25 seconds left in the fourth quarter in a game where 210 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:29,640 Minnesota was actually up by 1298 to 86. 211 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:31,480 They go back and forth. 212 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:35,240 Dreymon's he's got to portray himself being the tough guy. 213 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:38,960 Of course, Anthony Edwards ain't having none of that. 214 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:45,760 And then Anthony Edwards would go on to score 13 points in that quarter and thus putting 215 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:47,800 the game out of reach. 216 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:52,240 And the final score was 116 to 110. 217 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:57,920 It's funny, you know, Dreymon talks all this stuff, but it's not like he has to guard Anthony 218 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:04,720 Edwards that's left to a guy like Steph Curry or Clay Thompson or someone like that. 219 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:08,640 Then two days later, the two teams play again. 220 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:12,160 So this game was in Golden State. 221 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:19,640 Well, four point was even scored at the 10 minute and 17 mark of the first quarter. 222 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:25,200 Clay Thompson and Jaten Daniels, they mix it up. 223 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:27,440 They get tangled up. 224 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,520 The rebound coming off. 225 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:35,240 They both grabbing each other and Jaten grabs a little bit too long there. 226 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,440 Clay takes exception to it. 227 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:38,840 There you go. 228 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:40,720 So you have this skirmish here. 229 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:47,920 It kind of reminds me of and hockey sometimes you have these rivalries and once the puck 230 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:53,040 drops, these guys drop the gloves and go at it before you've been going up and down the 231 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:54,040 ice. 232 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:57,520 But that's kind of comparison I saw with that. 233 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:05,440 So in this scuffle, Rudy go bear comes in and he comes in to grab clay Thompson and 234 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:09,120 pull him away from Jaten McDaniels. 235 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:14,960 Then Draemon comes in from behind Rudy go bear and puts him in the chokehold in the 236 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:21,440 headlock and proceeds to drag him several feet while doing so and call Anthony's towns 237 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:26,000 there trying to get him off him, but to no avail. 238 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:34,760 Just for some context, Draemon and Rudy go bear has had beef since 2019 when Draemon 239 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:40,200 talked about it was right around the All-Star game and Rudy go bear thinking he was going 240 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:41,200 to make it. 241 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:42,200 He did not. 242 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:47,760 So he kind of cried actually literally cried and Draemon made fun of them. 243 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:51,680 Of course, poking fun at his manhood, obviously. 244 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:58,320 So he drags several feet and after all was said and done, of course, Clay Thompson and 245 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:03,520 Jaten McDaniels gets ejected from the game, but also Draemon green. 246 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:06,640 He gets ejected as well. 247 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:09,200 And again, social media. 248 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:11,400 It's such a cesspool sometimes. 249 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:17,480 I'm on there arguing with guys on social media because some people think, oh, he's not going 250 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:19,680 to get suspended for this. 251 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:21,600 This happens all the time. 252 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,800 I was like, yo, he's going to get suspended. 253 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,720 They're already talking in the league office about this. 254 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:29,280 They're doing interviews. 255 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:30,480 He's going to get suspended. 256 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,320 It's just a matter of how long. 257 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:37,000 And behold, he does get suspended. 258 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:43,320 I heard from all the pundits about it, the TNT guys, they were talking about it, Shaq 259 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:45,960 defending Draemon actually. 260 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:53,520 But I will say this in terms of go bear going to grab Clay Thompson. 261 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:58,120 It's like an unwritten rule basically in a scuffle like that. 262 00:19:58,120 --> 00:20:01,560 You grab your guy and not the opposing team's guy. 263 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:06,320 So in that instance, Rudy go bear was in the wrong. 264 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,280 But maybe it's a French thing. 265 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:09,560 Maybe that's what they do in France. 266 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:11,400 I don't know. 267 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:16,280 But that's kind of the unwritten rule amongst players. 268 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:25,320 So TNT guys, Barclay, of course, and Draemon was in the wrong and Shaq saying the contrary. 269 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:31,400 Then on first take, I saw Stephen A. Smith and Matt Dog Russo. 270 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:33,880 Also J Williams, they were talking about it. 271 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:39,600 And actually J Williams said he should be suspended 10 games, which Stephen A. took 272 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:40,600 exception to. 273 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,720 He thought it would be three games. 274 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:48,400 And then on NBA today, you heard Kendrick Perkins. 275 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,160 I've listened to him as well. 276 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:56,200 And he said, you know, the league has to make a statement and give him a suspension. 277 00:20:56,200 --> 00:21:00,120 And he actually guessed the amount of days correctly. 278 00:21:00,120 --> 00:21:07,640 And then I just saw a YouTube video with the game time crew, you know, on NBA TV. 279 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,280 Steve Smith was on there. 280 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:15,800 The ball player Steve Smith and Candice Parker, they were talking about it. 281 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:22,480 And Steve Smith echoes what I just told you in terms of Rudy Gobiar shouldn't be touching 282 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:26,960 Clay Thompson, shouldn't be grabbing at him. 283 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:32,400 And Candice, see, he was more limiting about Draemon and his history of doing these sort 284 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:36,400 of things, which I'll get into actually now. 285 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,160 Draemon, he gets the five game suspension. 286 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:42,920 As I said, here's his history, guys. 287 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:47,160 He's been ejected 18 times in this career. 288 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:54,760 He's been suspended for nine games, including a crucial game five against the Cleveland 289 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:56,560 Cavaliers. 290 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,640 He was suspended for a game five there. 291 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:03,680 And it pretty much cost them the series because that was the series where they were up three 292 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:05,520 games to one. 293 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:11,800 And that crucial suspension, I believe, cost them the series. 294 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:18,360 So he's been suspended nine times, including this five game one that just came up. 295 00:22:18,360 --> 00:22:27,560 And he's paid the league and finds over $2.2 million because of all his shenanigans. 296 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:34,080 Now I did an episode during the playoffs where I talked about the tale of two villains. 297 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:37,080 I talked about him and Dylan Brooks. 298 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:43,840 Well, thankfully we haven't had to talk about Dylan Brooks in this regard, but we are here 299 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:45,960 talking about Draemon. 300 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:51,280 And when I talked about it, I re listened to the episode and the word I kept using was 301 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:53,200 repeat offender. 302 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,480 And I believe that's why he got the five games. 303 00:22:55,480 --> 00:23:01,280 I think if he had a somewhat clean record, it would have been a shorter suspension. 304 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:05,280 It would have been the three games, probably like Stephen A. Smith says. 305 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:10,720 But the fact that he's a recidivist, he's done it many times. 306 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:13,000 He got the five game suspension. 307 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,360 And I think that was a fair suspension. 308 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:19,360 Ten games that would have been a lot. 309 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:21,320 That would have been a lot. 310 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,920 Five games seemed about right for what he did. 311 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:26,300 Because think about it, guys. 312 00:23:26,300 --> 00:23:36,120 He dragged the man while in the chokehold on camera and the NBA is all right now. 313 00:23:36,120 --> 00:23:41,880 They're all about image and way things look while the cameras are rolling. 314 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:46,880 And you can't have a guy drag another guy in the chokehold for several feet. 315 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:48,640 You can't have that. 316 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:54,920 And then think about this with all the ejections and suspensions that Draemon has faced. 317 00:23:54,920 --> 00:24:01,740 When he punched his teammate, Jordan Poole, in practice last year, in fact, he was never 318 00:24:01,740 --> 00:24:03,280 suspended, guys. 319 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,680 He was never suspended by the league. 320 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:08,200 He was never suspended by his team. 321 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,920 He was just told to go away for a couple of days. 322 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:12,920 He came back. 323 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:14,360 He was there for the opener. 324 00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:19,960 I thought he would miss the opener, but he was there for the season opener. 325 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,640 And he pretty much didn't miss a game. 326 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:30,800 So when you do it like that, you kind of empower the player that this behavior is okay. 327 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,040 It's fine to act like this. 328 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:39,320 But I think somebody has to eventually have a moment with him where he says, Draemon, 329 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:41,120 you got an anger problem. 330 00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:43,600 You got an anger problem. 331 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:50,200 And the older heads will say, oh, this is just child's play compared to back in the 332 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:51,200 day. 333 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:58,160 And I get that I understand being as a watcher for as long as I've been, but you have a different 334 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:03,040 product now than you had 30 some odd years ago. 335 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:04,360 This is a different product. 336 00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:10,320 Well, even 40 so years ago, this is the whole different product. 337 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:15,680 So you can't have a guy do this. 338 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:20,600 So with that said, he'll be back soon. 339 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:27,560 What he does from here, we'll see what happens, but he's not helping his team with this because 340 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:33,360 you now have to kind of figure things out without him so forth. 341 00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:40,440 We'll see what happens, but Draemon just being Draemon, but he needs anger management. 342 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:42,160 That's all I'm gonna say on that. 343 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:44,120 He needs anger management. 344 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:49,280 He needs to sit down in somebody's therapy chair or what have you and somebody needs 345 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,080 to talk to him about this. 346 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:52,760 So that's my take on it. 347 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:54,240 So I'll just leave it there. 348 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:55,440 All right, guys. 349 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:57,360 So that is it for this episode. 350 00:25:57,360 --> 00:26:01,120 I just wanted to touch those three main topics there. 351 00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:07,120 Again, I'm going to have an episode where I go around the league and so forth, and we 352 00:26:07,120 --> 00:26:08,600 will take it 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