Greetings my peeps and welcome to the all things basketball podcast with your boy GD.
In this episode I will be doing my week 12 recap covering all the injuries of course
my player of the week.
Also we'll talk Draymond.
He's spoken after his suspension on his podcast.
We'll talk about that.
Draco Rachadovich.
He goes nuts the Toronto coach.
We'll talk about that.
Contract extensions for Kawaii and Erics Polstra.
Also talk about the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Also Chicago Bulls had a rings of honor ceremony.
We'll talk about that as well.
So just sit back, relax and enjoy the show.
Okay guys it's your boy GD back with all things basketball with GD Podcasts and I'll be covering
week 12 recap.
Locked it on last week actually so there's a lot of news to cover so let us not delay
and let us get right into it then.
Of course we start every recap with the player of the week.
In the west, Laurie Markedon.
That's a name we haven't spoke too much of.
Of the Utah Jazz but he had a sensational week guys.
His team went 4-0.
They had three home games, one road game.
The only road game was against the Milwaukee Bucks.
They beat them.
Then they had three straight at home, beat Toronto, the Lakers and the Warriors.
So a pretty good week there.
Laurie Markedon this is what he did for the week.
24.5 points per game.
11 rebounds and nearly 3 assists.
Also he shot it from the field 47.2% which you'll take that.
He also shot it over 48% from 3 point range.
We love that and of his 36 free throws for the week he only missed three guys.
So Laurie Markedon playing all-star caliber basketball as he's been prone to do now that
he's in Utah.
So Laurie Markedon getting things done for his Utah Jazz.
And then for the East, Bam out of Bayou.
I've been talking about him guys.
For the Miami Heat they went 3-1 for the week.
All their games were at home by the way guys.
They beat Houston, Orlando, Charlotte but they did lose to OKC.
Seemed like everybody's losing to OKC these days.
So that was their loss for the week.
But Bam this is what he did for the week guys.
23 points, 11 rebounds and almost 6 assists per game guys with a block to boot per game
as well.
Shot it from the field 56.4% and of his 28 free throws he missed 6 of those.
So you'll definitely take that as well.
But Bam out of Bayou playing well, playing all-star caliber basketball guys.
So that is your player of the week guys.
Let us now turn our attention to some injury news guys.
Jarmaran out for the season guys, he had that shoulder tear that he's been dealing with.
But now the Memphis Grizzly said, you know what?
Let's shut him down for the season.
Let him get that shoulder situated and then we'll just run it back next season.
So Jarmaran, now remember guys he had the 25 game suspension.
He returned to the lineup, played in 9 games.
He averaged over 25 points per game, over 8 assists, 5.6 rebounds.
He shot it over 47% from the field.
Not great from 3 point range guys.
In fact he was sub par 27.5%, 81.3% from the free throw line.
And in his brief time guys, he did manage to win a player of the week and he did that
in week 9.
It was in the January 5th game at the Lakers where he suffered that shoulder injury guys.
In that 127 to 113 win over the Lakers.
So Jarmaran out for the season and he had the surgery, it was successful.
So we look forward to seeing Jar at the beginning of next season guys.
But you know something?
This probably takes him out of the running for playing on the Olympic team.
I would think it would if I had to guess.
But you know something?
He needs to just recoup, recharge and get his mind right for the following season.
So this can be valuable time for Jar to kind of put things in perspective.
Especially with this season kind of going off the rails.
So we wish you a speedy recovery and that all goes well with your shoulder.
And that we get to see you next season balling and doing what you do best.
So all the best to you Jar as you recover.
Moving on to more Memphis Grizzly news.
It seemed like it's been a nightmare season for the Grizzlies guys.
Desmond Bain who has been playing so well.
In fact he was playing All-Star caliber basketball.
He's going to be out six weeks.
He has a great three ankle sprain guys.
That he suffered on January 12th and I lost to the Los Angeles Clippers 128-119.
And that happened in the third quarter guys when he was going to the basket.
That's when he suffered this ankle sprain.
So Desmond Bain that's a huge blow to that team guys.
As well as he was playing that's a huge, huge blow.
It looks like we probably won't see him until after the All-Star break at the very least.
I would think probably after the All-Star break you'll see Desmond Bain again.
But then again what would this team look like coming out of that All-Star break.
We'll see what's what with the Grizzlies.
And more bad news for the Grizzlies.
Marcus Smart out four to six weeks.
He dislocated his finger January 9th in a win versus the Dallas Mavericks and that was
at Dallas by the way.
120-103 and that happened in the third quarter with about 738 left in that quarter.
So Marcus Smart add him to the list guys of guys among the walking wounded for the Memphis
Grizzlies guys.
And this is a season not for the ages for the Memphis Grizzlies.
So that's the entry news for that team.
Tyrese Hollyburton who just had the Player of the Week honors a couple of weeks ago.
He's out two weeks guys.
He has a great one hamstring.
That he suffered in a January 8th win versus the Boston Celtics in a tight one 133 to 131.
And he suffered that in the second quarter guys.
So the guys had to pick it up and continue on for the win for the Indiana Pacers.
But a huge blow to the Pacers guys.
They were playing so well and to have your main cog the engine that makes that machine
go sideline for two weeks.
So we'll see what happens.
They do have a guy like TJ McConnell who can run the point guard position.
We'll see what happens with the Pacers as they manage life without Tyrese at least for
a couple of weeks.
Moving on to other entry news.
Jacob Polter for the Toronto Raptors.
He's out indefinitely guys.
Ankle Spring.
There hasn't been a definitive timeline.
That's a big blow to that team because now you're still trying to work in new pieces like
R.J. Barrett and Emanuel quickly.
And now you're missing your starting center.
That's going to hurt you a bit.
But you know Toronto they got guys in reserve who can play the five.
So they should be okay.
But this is a guy who can pull you a double double at any moment.
So definitely a big loss for them.
And then the last bit of entry news I'll talk about.
That's of significance.
Chris Paul, remember I told you that he injured his hand.
Well they declared that he'll be out for the six weeks.
So Chris Paul on the shelf probably until maybe before the All-Star game or a little
bit after it all depends on the healing process for him.
And that happened again in the 113 to 107 win over the Detroit Pistons.
And it happened in the third quarter about 608 to go in that quarter.
Major blow he was starting to get the feel of his teammates and so forth for this to
happen.
Not good guys.
So that is your entry news in that regard guys.
Now speaking of the Goat State Warriors.
Let's talk about Dreymon Green.
Your buddy in mind.
Dreymon Green I said in the last episode he has been reinstated.
It turns out to be a 12 game suspension.
Also he has to get ramped up in terms of games and so forth.
But that didn't stop Dreymon from going on his self-named podcast and talking about his
suspension.
So he talked about that.
He talked about his time away.
He talked about Stephen A Smith's comments about Steph's leadership and how he called
it in the question.
And he had his say in that regard so much so that Stephen A had to reply and again try
and clean it up that he wasn't questioning his leadership.
He was just saying if LeBron was held to that kind of standard.
So should Steph be and so on and so forth.
You know Stephen A had to go into a CMA mode so you know how that goes.
But Dreymon did issue an apology to Steph Curry for even putting him in that situation
which I thought was pretty admirable of him to do so.
To have the self-awareness that my antics now has put Steph in the minds of some in
terms of his role in the leadership over there.
So he did have the mind to apologize to him.
He also said this is the one that got me guys.
That he contemplated retiring.
That he was going to walk away from the game quote supposedly but Adam Silver had to talk
him out of doing so.
Which social media something else guys.
When of course that clip went viral and a lot of people had to say I heard Elle Duncan
talk about it.
She said for you to just walk away because you can't control yourself.
Basically I'm paraphrasing.
And a lot of people had come to that realization that the reason you walk away because you
can't control your behavior and so forth.
You gotta lay hands on people and whatnot.
Here's what I'll say.
I don't believe for one second.
I believe maybe the thought came in his mind but there were 75 million reasons why he wouldn't
do it.
And that's the money left on his contract.
So Draymon I hear you but I can't buy that.
You're not going to leave 75 million on the table.
And the fact that Adam Silver had to talk you out of doing so.
I'm sure that sounds nice and everything but you had 75 million reasons not to retire.
So I'll take that with a grain of salt.
Let me just put it that way.
And then you talked about your need for change behavior.
You know he's talking different that much is for sure.
He is talking much different than he did prior to the suspension.
So it seems like it seems as if he wants to be more accountable for his actions.
I'll just say that.
And he did talk to Steve Kerr and so forth.
And Steve Kerr had his say and pretty much said he knows this is it for him.
You know he's walking a fine line so he knows he has to walk a straight an hour from here
on in.
That is what we heard from Draymon coming out of his suspension.
So listen if he's able to do the things employ the things that he learned in counseling from
the joint meetings he had with the organization itself with the league and with the players
union then perhaps we'll get a different Draymon coming out of this.
I mean I think he could still have the fire in the desire.
He just got to learn how to not get provoked into doing these things.
Like I always say I prefer to talk about his basketball prowess than these antics.
So Draymon we'll see if all of this has helped you in one way or another.
I would like to gather that it has.
I will give you a benefit of the doubt in that regard.
Of course the best apology is changed behavior so the balls in your court sort of speak Draymon
when it comes to that.
Kevin Durant.
Oh this guy.
Now he retracted what he said previously about Draymon.
Remember they talked to him right after the Joseph Nurkic incident.
He basically said you know I've never seen him like this.
He needs help and so on and so forth.
He has retracted that and I actually have here exactly what he said in that regard.
He didn't mean any ill will towards Draymon in terms of his comments.
Here's what he said.
I'm glad he's back.
I'm glad he can move past that.
Draymon is an incredible teammate.
He got his times where he loses temper but everybody has those times.
I'm sure they're all happy to have him back.
Now this is the kicker right here.
I know some people look at me as this malicious snake.
Passive aggressive.
I know how people feel about me.
When I say bleep I don't mean no harm about nobody.
I don't mean to disrespect him or his family if he felt that way.
I'm just glad he's back on the court.
The reason he did this is because Draymon kind of mentioned him in his podcast.
It was more of people's perception of him and then he mentioned Kevin Durant.
So Kevin Durant he goes into CMA mode and kind of covers himself in that regard.
Did he need to do that?
I don't think he needed to.
He was out there defending his teammate against someone who happened to be his old teammate.
I don't think he should have had to go there but Kevin Durant you know how he is.
He's got rabbit ears.
He's sensitive.
He picks up everything and so on and so forth so am I surprised that he would do a Mia Culpa?
I'm not because that's how he moves.
He moves how the social media needle moves.
That's Kevin Durant.
He's just sensitive to what everyone says and so forth.
You know he's got a bunch of burner accounts but that's a story for another day.
Anyhow so that is the Kevin Durant angle.
And then one more thing about the Dremont stuff and then we'll leave it alone.
Shaquille O'Neal he went on a podcast and he called Joseph Nerkitsoth for him possibly
wanting to press charges against Dremont which turned out to be false by the way.
So Shaq you kind of jumped a gun there thinking that this guy is going to press charges.
You kind of got to do your homework with that Shaq so I got to charge you with that one.
The man wasn't thinking about doing that.
He clarified so he's not having jailed for what he did.
So with that said that's it on the Dremont stuff again.
Let us focus on the basketball part of his game and his team which is kind of teetering
right now so they need all the help they can get so we'll see what happens.
Toronto coach Darko Rujagovic.
He goes ballistic guys after a loss to the Lakers on the road 132-131 and in that game
what really got him is the free throw disparity.
The Lakers went to the line 36 times.
Toronto for the game 13 times guys and in the crucial fourth quarter the ratio was even
more ridiculous 23-2 and this caused him to go on a Tyree.
I haven't heard a Tyree this good in a while but he was basically saying if you guys want
the Lakers to win just let me know my team won't show up and you know that sort of things.
He was speaking out of frustration and rightfully so but you know with that sort of talk that
catches the attention of the league and the league office so what do they do?
They find him $25,000 for those comments he made.
Listen guys any time you try and disparage the league especially against the refs the
league is going to come down on you and especially if you give the sign that games are sort of
fixed or you know there's a outcome that's wanted that the refs can control through making
foul calls and so forth if you give any kind of impression like that the league is going
to come down heavy on you.
Now I feel bad for the coach because he goes on the road he has this team now like I said
he's still trying to work in RJ Barrett and Emanuel quickly he lost his starting center
to an injury so he's trying to shuffle and get right lineups in there and so forth so
to have an element of the game that he kind of can't control out of his control with the
foul calls that had to send him over the edge so you know I feel bad for him in that regard
but I circle back to what I've been talking about all season long the refereeing guys
it has been subpar to say the least and this is just another example guys each week I could
give you an example of where the refereeing is bad and they have to go to the two minute
rule and they tell you this they tell you that oh this call was warranted this and that
oh we shouldn't have called it but the refereeing has been bad guys it's been bad I think the
league has to do something about it because all in all it's been bad but I'll just leave
it there.
Darko gets fined for his post game tie rate after the Laker loss for the Toronto Raptors.
Alright so that is done let us move on to some people with a contract extension making
big money now. Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers he has been extended three years
at 153 million dollars so Kawhi you know he could have opted out come the end of the
season he won't be doing so thanks to this contract now were the Clippers bidding against
themselves probably so I was just talking to my boy D about this probably so they were
bidding against themselves so but here's the thing they have that new arena now the Intuit
Dome that's coming next season so you gotta have a decent product out there to present
to the people in that new arena so you have that also that arena will be hosting the 2006
All-Star game so you gotta have the star power there Kawhi Leonard is that this season he
has been pretty much available for the most part you may have missed games here and there
but for the most part he's has been available so you have to give him credit there was his
availability this year a byproduct of him wanting the contract extension I'll leave
that to debate I'm sure there's a lot of people who say oh yes he's available now because
that contract is coming up you could go one way or the other about it but in any event
they signed him on the dotted line now the next two pieces of the puzzle Paul George
and James Hartman what becomes of those guys and their contract extensions we'll see what
happens with those guys my guess is that at least two of the three if not all three will
get extensions when all the setting done how much those dollars will be that remains to
be seen but the clippers I talked about them before they're playing well so for Steve Ballmer
this is probably money well spent in his mind so let's see if he's right and then we have
coaching contract extension Eric Spostra he gets a contract extension eight years at a
hundred and twenty million dollars guys that's the most guaranteed money for a head coach
and kudos to Eric Spostra because he's a guy who deserves every bit of that money he's
a guy who takes lemons and he makes lemonade he takes guys who are undrafted and he makes
them into bona fide role players if not solid contributors to his team he has his team pretty
much in contention just about every year I have no qualms with this contract here it's
money well deserved and the slick part of this guys is management waited until Eric
Spostra's divorce because he divorced his ex-wife Nikki sap so management waited until that
divorce settlement got final and then they gave him the contract extension which you
got given them credit for at least hanging in there and allowing him to get this big
contract here that she probably can't touch because it's after the fact so Eric Spostra
getting well deserved money now the question remains now we turn to golden state yet again
Steve Kerr he's has one year left on his deal from what I understand and it'll be very
very interested to see what the ownership over at golden state what they do in terms
of Steve Kerr that's a story we could talk about another day guys so that is your money
news there your contract extensions let us talk okc guys I've been singing their praises
so far and last week against Portland on a Thursday night January 11th they go and smoke
the Portland Trailblazers 139 to 77 beating them by 62 points and oh by the way they went
into the fourth quarter leading by 62 points that's the largest margin going into a fourth
quarter and NBA history Oklahoma City Thunder I mean they are they're having a great season
guys at this moment in time you gotta say that and that margin was the fifth largest
ever and it was tied with two other teams that did so the Syracuse Nationals they did
it against my nicks 162 100 and that happened on Christmas Day actually in 1960 and then
the second time it happened it was the Golden State Warriors being the Sacramento Kings
153 to 91 and that happened November 2nd 1991 I'll give you the top four in terms of
biggest blowouts the Memphis Grizzlies beating the Oklahoma City Thunder so go figure they're
on the wrong side of history here when they lost to Memphis 152 to 79 and that was a 73
point loss and that happened December 12th 2021 so about two or three years ago they
were on the receiving end now they're on the giving end so that's the worst one ever coming
in second the Cleveland Cavaliers beating the Miami Heat this is round the time they
were expansion team and so forth so the Cleveland Cavaliers beat them 148 to 80 and that was
a 68 point loss that happened December 17th 1991 and then you have the Indiana Pacers
their third beating the Portland Trailblazers 124 to 59 and that was in February 27 1998
so this actually this lost that Portland had is the second largest with this Indiana one
being before it and then in fourth place the LA Lakers beating the Golden State Warriors
162 to 99 beating them by 63 points and that happened March 19 1972 so that is that bit
of news let us move on the Rine source both Jerry and his son Michael held a Ring of Honor
ceremony for the Chicago Bulls and they did it during a January 12th game a loss actually
to the Golden State Warriors 140 to 131 and they did that with Steve Kerr in attendance
so that he can take part in the festivities there so they had this ring of honor ceremony
right they honored players like artist Gilmore Johnny Red Kerr who was a player and then
became an announcer for them their first owner the one responsible for bringing the Chicago
franchise to that city and that's decline also Bob Love known as Butterbean Jerry Sloan
the defensive minded guard for the early 70s Chicago Bulls him along with Norman Van Leer
Chet Walker another Chicago Bulls star work from back in those days Tex Winter the assistant
to Phil who was the mastermind behind the Triangle offense Phil Jackson himself of course
Tony Kou coach the international player who came over and was a part of that second dynasty
there for the Bulls Dennis Rodman also part of that second dynasty there oh by the way
he was a no show for the event Scotty Pippen also a no show for the event and Michael Jordan
who was there via video he had a video he made thanking everyone and so on and so forth
so he was there in spirit pretty much but I want to talk about Jerry Krauss guys the
GM of those championship teams all the six championships Jerry Krauss the man behind
making the moves he was honored posthumously but he was booed by the Chicago fans during
the ceremony and mind you his wife Thelma was there in his place to receive the honor
but the Chicago Bulls fans rain down booze and you can see she was visibly shook by
what she was receiving you can hear the smattering of cheers it was like wait a second we're
kind of booing and this lady who has nothing to do with all this is there in his place
so you can hear it kind of turn back to cheering but the booze was just so loud and for syphirists
that it really got to her so much so that several people had comments to make about it
and I will tell you about them let us start with Steve Kerr who was there for the event
taking part of it because they also gave honor to the 1995 96 Chicago Bulls team the great
team that went 72 and 10 his see Kerr is shameful it's absolutely shameful I'm devastated for
Thelma and for the Krauss family what could we possibly be thinking that's his statement
there the Martin Rosen who plays for the Chicago Bulls it just sucks their family had to endure
something like that you can never take away what he created without Jerry there wouldn't
be the historic Chicago Bulls history you got to give him credit for as long as basketball
is around Jokeem Noah for my Chicago Bull Bulls fans let's do better than this these
lessons all deserve our respect for how many happy moments they created for all of us respect
to the Krauss family Dick Vitale who was obviously watching as well shame on those fans who showed
no class in boing the announcement of Jerry Krauss as a member of the Ring of Honor showed
no heart with his wife Thelma sitting there visibly upset totally embarrassing Eddie
Johnson who's part of the serious XM NBA today broadcast he said this the people who
booed our lowlifes and sad people a total joke that man built the team and hired Phil you
stoopes you deserve to get beat and sent home so of course Eddie Johnson given his colorful
spin to it and I wanted to save Stacy King's comments because I think it's of note here's
Stacy King who by the way he does color commentary for the Chicago Bulls the people that boo Jerry
Krauss and his widow who was accepting this honor for him it's the worst thing I've ever
seen in my life she was still hurt by it afterwards when she went back to her suite and I was
told she was so upset she was still shaking I talked to her after the game and she was
still bothered by it I don't care what anyone says Jerry Krauss nor his family deserve that
BS tonight love him or hate him but put some respect on his name Jerry Krauss put two totally
different teams together and brought six NBA championships to the city of Chicago remember
there's 10 teams that haven't won a single one and we have six so that's his statement but
he actually said during the game and I was able to listen to it he said all these things
pretty much but he also said this is not New York or Philadelphia Chicago you're better
than this here's where I got a pushback on Stacy King I get it you know I understand
he's defending Jerry Krauss's widow who's there standing in his place you know I totally
understand that I'm on his side when it comes to that but why you have to drag New York
into it Philadelphia I understand they boo Santa Claus for crying out loud they cheer
when people get injuries on the field so on and so forth so Philadelphia I understand
I get that but New York what has New York done that warrant you include them in that mix
I understand I get it they were your blood rivals the New York Knicks were your blood
rivals when you play for the Chicago Bulls I get that I understand that but never in
that time you saw the Nick fans cheering a Chicago Bull if he got injured at Madison
Square Garden you never heard that of course you heard some disparaging things as far as
them rooting against you that's a whole other thing but we never stooped that low so I understand
what you're saying but to lump New York in there with Philadelphia Philadelphia is a
whole different animal right there I thought that was a bit out of line apart from that
I'm with you Stacy King the Chicago Bulls faithful should have did better that night
so you get no argument from me that's where I'll leave it at in that regard so that's
what happened in Chicago guys and then the last thing I'll talk about the Miami Heat
have set to place a statue of Dwayne Wade out there in front of their arena what's the
arena called these days now the Kaseya Center you know it's had a bunch of different names
last one with the crypto guy who went bankrupt that's what they're calling it these days
guys go figure anyhow but they're gonna put a statue out in front of the arena for Dwayne
Wade and that's scheduled to take place later this year actually it'll probably be before
the season begins for the Miami Heat so kudos to the Miami Heat for giving Dwayne Wade their
greatest player ever to wear that uniform I understand I get it LeBron played in that
uniform as well but when you think Miami Heat you think Dwayne Wade wonderful honor well
deserved well earned Hall of Famer it's an honor that definitely he's worthy of so put
that in your pipe and smoke it Paul Pierce I had to go there but anyhow so alright guys
so that is it for this episode had to get all this news out there coming up Martin Luther
King Day we'll break down all the games for that day we're coming close to the midpoint
of the season guys so I'll probably do like my midseason awards I'll also do a next midseason
report I'll do that as well and we're getting closer to February when we'll have my player
spotlights for that month for Black History Month I like to do that as well so a lot of
stuff on tap guys so looking forward to it all star results will be coming soon so we'll
be bearing for that so oh and speaking of all star results the second returns came back
not much change except for one thing Trey Young overtook Dame Lillard now he's in second
place as far as east guards go so now you have Trey young in there instead of Dame Lillard
so it'll be interesting to see how that flip flops and so forth definitely be paying attention
to that because right now you have Tyrese Holly Burton so it'll be a three horse race
Tyrese Holly Burton Damian Lillard and Trey Young so we'll see how it shakes out when
all the dust settles hopefully Holly Burton being sidelined doesn't penalize him too
much in that regard but I think it's probably a three horse race as far as the guards in
the east goes in terms of the voting that is so we'll see what happens alright guys
so that is it for me as always I thank you for listening much appreciate it all your
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