Greetings from my peeps and welcome to the all things basketball podcast with your boy
GD.
In this episode I'll be doing my week 5 news and recap episode where I give you all the
news including the Chris Paul and Scott Foster beef, also Greg Popovich scolding the Spurs
faithful, also the league office investigating Josh Giddy, also Draymond Speaks after his
suspension and of course Player of the Week and also N-Season Tournament news as well.
So just sit back relax guys and enjoy the show.
Okay guys it's your boy GD back with the all things basketball with GD podcast and we're
going to do our weekly recaps.
So now I covered the month so far in the east and the west so now we're going to our regularly
scheduled program which will be the weekly recaps so we'll do it that way.
Alright so with that intro said let's get into it shall we?
So we'll start like we always start with our Player of the Week for the east and the west.
In the eastern conference it was Paulo Boncaro of the Orlando Magic, his team went 4 and
0 guys the Orlando Magic right now are sitting tied for second with the Milwaukee Bucks at
12 and 5 at this recording.
Guys are doing really well so didn't see this coming.
Well I saw them improving but I didn't see this but they're playing well guys so Paulo
Boncaro again this team went 4 and 0 for the week he averaged about 23 and a half points
per game with 5 and a half rebounds 5 assists and a block as well.
The teams they beat Toronto, they beat Denver as well, they beat Boston and they beat Charlotte.
Nonetheless Paulo Boncaro is the Player of the Week for the eastern conference.
In the western conference it was Devin Booker who now looks like he's healthy guys his team
went 4 and 0 for the week and they're tied for third in the west with the Denver Nuggets
at 11 and 6.
The teams that Phoenix beat for the week they beat Portland, Golden State, Memphis and in
a tough game they beat my Knicks, beat them by two I was watching that game and Booker
of course hit the game winning shot that's how that goes.
And before I go further a quick sidebar shout out to Jennifer and Jasmine of the Knicks
Omni Fan group.
This is a group that I've been going to their events and they had one for the season opener
then a few weeks later they had one for Victor Wimbayama's appearance at the garden so I
was at that game and some other events as well so shout out to those ladies they do
a magnificent job with that group in fact we have an outing in a couple of weeks and
that's to see the Westchester Knicks so shout out to Jennifer and Jasmine the head of the
Knicks Omni Fan group just want to give them a shout out.
But back to Devin Booker so he averaged 30.3 points per game nearly 8 assists over 5 rebounds
and a steal in a half so that is your players of the week guys.
Then I want to get to some injury news right quick Jalen Johnson promising young player
for the Atlanta Hawks the small forward there he's going to be out 3-4 weeks with a wrist
injury he suffered that in his last game so he's going to be out this will give more of
an opportunity for Deondre Hunter who actually relinquished his starting spot to Jalen Johnson
because he's been playing so well guys he started in 12 of the first 15 games he's averaging
over 14 points per game 7.3 rebounds about 2.5 assists over a steal and a block per game
he's shooting from the field guys over 59% 42.5% from 3 and from the free throw line nearly
76% they're going to miss that production that's for sure but Atlanta they have some
players who can fill the bill in his absence.
Chris Dapporzingis for the Boston Celtics he's going to be out and actually reevaluated
for a cash strain that he suffered and they're going to reevaluate him in the weeks time
but he's played well for the Celtics nearly 19 points per game 6.7 rebounds 1.7 blocks
from the field he's been sensational guys of 54.7% and from the free throw line he's
shooting 80% Chris Dapporzingis of course this is the word you
have with him as far as his injuries go so we'll see what happens in that weeks time.
Walker Kessler of the Utah Jazz he's back after missing 7 games with a elbow injury
he's back in the fold now and then Lamello Ball of the Charlotte Hornets he was carted
off the court with an ankle sprain and this happened in the second quarter of a 130 to
117 loss that they suffered to Dorland Joe Magic.
Lamello Ball hopefully it's not serious although it is the same ankle he had surgery on earlier
in the year so we'll wait for the reports and see what happens there.
Now guys that's your injury news.
Now let's talk some NBA N-Season tournament.
As of now the way things stand in the east for group A in that division the Indiana Pacers
are on top they went 4-0 followed by Cleveland with a 2-1 record and they have one game remaining
in the tourney in Ness vs Atlanta at home so they have life I'll tell you how the wild
cart shakes out and group B Milwaukee is 3-0 they have one more game to play and that's
at Miami also in that division the Knicks are 2-1 and they and Miami is 2-1 as well
and they host the Milwaukee Bucks so that's group B and then group C Dorland Joe Magic
are 3-1 in a pretty good shape to be honest followed by Boston who has one game left in
Ness vs Chicago and the Brooklyn Nets they're 2-1 as well and they have a game left against
Toronto and that's at the Barclays Center.
In terms of the wild cart because here's how it shakes out guys it's the three division
winners and then that wild cart team.
As it stands right now the Knicks with the best point differential of the five teams
in contention they're on top so basically for the Knicks they win their in against the
Charlotte Hornets so they're pretty much a shoe in depending on them winning and how
much they win by then they're followed by Miami I believe the win the point differential
for the Knicks is plus 18 and for Miami is plus 12 so basically Miami has to they have
to beat Milwaukee when they come to South Beach which is a tall task guys and then followed
by Miami is the Brooklyn Nets followed by the Cleveland Cavaliers then followed by the
Boston Celtics so as it stands right now the Knicks looks like they have the best shot
here provided they beat Charlotte who may be without their star player Lamello Ball let's
keep that in mind so all signs pointing towards the Knicks favor so far so that's the East
in the West group A in that group the Lakers they went 4-0 so they're in and that's followed
by Phoenix who went through and that's followed by Phoenix who went 3-1 then in group B you
have the New Orleans Pelicans with a 3-1 record and that's followed by Houston with a 2-1
record they have one game remaining and that's at Dallas and then in group C right now that's
up for grabs Sacramento at 3-0 they have one game remaining that's against the Golden State
Warriors and they're hosting them followed by Minnesota with a 2-1 record and they host
the Oklahoma City Thunder and then Golden State with a 2-1 record going to Sacramento
so as it stands right now it looks like it looks like the Lakers and the Pelicans are
pretty much a shoe in unless Houston goes crazy with with the point stay score but it seems
like Lakers and Pelicans are in group C is the one where things can shift around as it
stands for the wild card Phoenix is on top in terms of that followed by Houston and that's
followed by Golden State and Minnesota so the way things shake out it looks like Phoenix
is pretty much in as the wild card the only way Golden State gets in is if they beat Sacramento
so that's where things can get tricky that is your in season tournament look right now
in terms of the teams that's going to Vegas and in Vegas there's a quarter final then
a semi-final and then a final so we'll see what happens in those games so that is your
tournament news guys let's move on to other news Draemon Green we can't leave him alone
can we Draemon Green had a press conference I believe it was yesterday in regard to him
being away from the team and him coming back to the team now and then that press conference
of course they asked him about the suspension and did he have any regrets of which he says
he has no regrets when it comes to protecting the teammate he's always going to venture
on the side of protecting the teammate to which a lot of people say if you're all about
protecting the teammate will happen with Jordan pool but I digress so he said he had any regrets
and he was pretty much like there was no real accountability for his actions and what he
did and how he let down the team and how his absence away from the team happens to coincide
with the team struggling there was no accountability there in that regard and this is my problem
with Draemon and I said it in my last episode the fact that the team when I say the team
I talk about Steve Kerr in that front office there there's no like accountability for this
guy's actions and the stuff he does he says he know he's got to handle things better and
so on and so forth but it you just got a sense that if something else pops off I don't think
he'll be able to stop himself I just think that and as I said in the last episode he
has an anger problem that he needs to address I say all that to say it seems like yeah I
don't think he learned much from this suspension L in the key thing was they can't keep punishing
him for things he's done in the past.
Draemon welcome to planet earth why you think this justice system is the way it is if you
rob a bank you do your time and you get out and then you rob a bank again that's going
to count against that person if you kick a man in the groin if you stomp a person in
the chest of course when you put somebody in the headlock they're going to look at you
kicking somebody in the groin you stomping somebody in the chest before this incident
that's just the way justice is so this whole idea that they shouldn't look at your past
wake up and smell reality Draemon you gotta be nuts if you think things should be that
way that's the entitlement I'm talking about guys so when I hear that I'm like yeah I don't
think he learned a thing from this and if something pops off his anger is going to get
the best of him it's just a matter of time so with that said that's all I'm going to
say with that but Draemon you got to deal with your issues man.
Okay that's that for the Draemon stuff hopefully we can talk about his basketball prowess more
than his incidents off the court because make no mistake goat state does need him he's very
knowledgeable of the game so we can't take that away from him it's just his antics and
his inability to deal with his anger that's all I'm going to say on that.
Now speaking of the league office the league office did hand him the suspension the league
office now is investigating okcs Josh Getty according to NBA spokesperson Mike Bass and
this is based off a social media post of Getty with a girl who's believed to be a high school
junior it was posted on tiktok and on twitter or x whatever they're calling it these days
I said this in the last episode social media is going to be the downfall of society I mean
you just post stuff and you don't think this stuff comes back to you it comes back to you
but now both he and his coach Mark Daignal have declined to comment on the situation
I guess they want the investigation to go down and to see what the league office finds but
here's the question to this what happens if all of this is true and that he is with a
underage girl what happens next what's the legal ramifications and let's examine this
even further Josh Getty is 21 years old I think he was about 20 at the time of the posting
and I'm not sure what the girl's age was whether she was 14 or 15 here it is this 20 year old
is with this 14 15 year old girl I'ma tell you in high school when I was going to school
there were girls in our class who dated adults man these guys were like men who have nine
to fives I mean these were adults and they were dating these guys and you know we had
the name belts back in those days they would have the name belt of the guy whoever it is
what have you I know I'm showing my age with all that but that's another story but this
is how things went back then and no one bad at eye about it I know we're in a different
day and age with everything that goes on now but I just put that out there here is the
20 year old who's powering around with a 14 15 year old girl people say oh why can't he
find somebody his age I don't know how things are done in Australia maybe that's the going
age where a 20 year old has a relationship with a 15 14 year old maybe that's cultural
I don't know I just put it out there but we'll see what happens what the NBA on covers in
that regard but very interesting case that's for sure and I'm curious to see what becomes
of it because that's my question if everything is true what happens next do you suspend him
what do you do with him if that's the case is the girl from here she from Australia
so that is another story now let's get to Greg Popovich in the San Antonio spurs Greg
Popovich in a game where Kauai Leonard now playing with the LA Clippers they come to
San Antonio to play the Spurs and around the second quarter I want to say that this happened
Kauai is at the free throw line and boo start raining down on him and then Greg Popovich
walks from his bench goes to the PA announcer asks for the mic and he tells the San Antonio
Spurs faithful the fans there to stop booing Kauai oh yes it was with three minutes and
eight seconds left in the second quarter and Clippers were up by the way 47 to 38 at that
time so pop he gets on the mic and says can we stop the booing and let these guys play
that's low class and that's not who we are and he goes back to the bench and actually
the booze were getting louder after he made the announcement and afterwards pop gives
his reason for doing so and here's what he said you don't poke the bear in other words
you don't want to rile up your opposition in this case Kauai Leonard and the LA Clippers
and have them to go off although Kauai did have a pretty good game he scored 26 points
shot 10 of 17 from the field with four assists and two steals so he had a good game but here's
the thing that I don't think Greg Popovich understands first of all I know he's going
to defend his players even his former players he's going to defend them to the Hilt I get
that but the fans weren't booing the fact that Kauai plays for another team they're
boing because of the manner in which he left that's a whole big difference in the manner
in which he left he had that quad injury in his last season as a spur that allowed him
only to play in nine games guys and there was many questioning his injury and him sitting
out and some of those were actually his teammates in the organization itself so when you look
at it that way I don't think the fans are in the wrong because of the way he left not
the fact that he's first of all he got traded it wasn't like he was a free agent and he
just went his own separate way he was actually traded so to chide the fans for booing it
seems kind of I guess the word would be out of touch Greg Popovich is out of touch with
how the fans are feeling about Kauai Leonard and his departure from San Antonio it just
seems a bit out of touch but I get it again Greg Popovich is a players coach he loves
his players whoever they be current players now a former players he loves his guys but
I think he just was out of sorts in this situation here but I get it too he's thinking about
his current team and they were only down nine at that point although Kauai knocked in the
two free throws so it's now a 11 point game so you know they're still within shouting
distance but they end up losing the game I just had to bring that to the forefront Greg
Popovich your heart's in the right place but I think the fans kind of have a right in this
instance to be boisterous about Kauai and Kauai is a big boy he can handle booing so
I'll leave that there so that leads us to the last news item guys the Chris Paul and
Scott Forster beef now this game took place November 22nd it was at Phoenix by the way
and this was a game in fact where the Golden State Warriors lost to Phoenix 123 to 115
and it was a night where CP3 made his return back to Phoenix where he played many seasons
there they even gave him a video montage in a game where Katie he drops 32 points Devin
Booker he has 25 and of course he goes on to be player of the week and actually Phoenix
nearly squandered a 23 point lead in this game but the big story is CP3 he gets called
for foul he's gotten Kevin Durant at the time and Chris Paul he goes to Scott Foster who
they have beef guys they have beef between them in fact according to history he's only
like 3 and 17 in games where Scott Foster was the ref and he was the player so you have
that dynamic so he gets called for a foul on Kevin Durant and Chris Paul's argument
is that Kevin Durant kind of flopped so where's the flop call and this took place with about
23.2 seconds left in the second quarter seem like everything's happening in the second
quarter guys but yeah so he's going back and forth with Scott Foster and then I guess
Scott Foster at one point had enough of him questioning his call and he teased him up
from which Chris Paul he uses the magic B word and then bingo he gets a second technical
foul called on him thus he's ejected from the game and then you have coach Steve Kerr
he's arguing the objection to Scott Foster and boom he gets a technical foul called
on him for arguing on Chris Paul's behalf so you have all of that going on and then
you have guys like Kendrick Perkins he asked the question when is Scott Foster going to
be held accountable in other words the NBA and the league office knows the history between
Chris Paul and Scott Foster when is there a time where Scott Foster has to be called
into question here and actually Brian Wendhorse he was on first take he says this about Scott
Foster he's highly respected amongst all referees he's highly respected and he will make any
call in the game regardless of the situation regardless whether it's home or away he'll
make that call and that's what the league likes about him to which Steve Naysmith replied
to him well he didn't reply to him he just made a statement that Scott Foster should
no longer call games that Chris Paul is playing in and that speaks to a larger question should
it be a case where Scott Foster no longer calls Chris Paul games very good question
and I could see the argument against it which will be oh but that'll be showing partiality
so we can't do that but you'd clearly know that these two have beef he always gets teed
up in a Scott Foster game you see the record that he has in a Scott Foster called game
if you have a history like that where a player in a referee has this animosity towards one
another why are we even allowing that referee to call his game that is a legitimate question
why it because it's come to a point where and again I've been on the referee since
the beginning of the season I think they haven't done that great of a job overall especially
with this flopping stuff and everything else it seems like actually seems like they're
calming down with that but all in all it has left a lot to be desired to refereeing and
then something like this happens then you're bringing it up again it's not a good look
for the league and they're gonna have to address that so whether they do or not we'll see what
happened that's the story there I guess that's it guys that's it for this episode again I
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