Greetings my peeps and welcome to the all things basketball podcast with your boy GD.
In this episode week 14 recap guys.
I'll give you all the action that happened for week 14.
Some college women's basketball I'll talk about that.
Talk about Tara Van De Veer as well.
Talk about Adrian Griffin being fired from the Milwaukee Bucks.
Doc Rivers coming in has his replacement.
Then we'll talk about the scoring that happened last week guys.
Also Kevin Durant talking about the goat conversation.
Also trade last week and some other news as well.
So just sit back relax and enjoy the show.
Okay guys it's your boy GD back with the all things basketball with GD podcast.
And guys we're doing our week 14 recap.
We'll go through that week and all that transpired.
As far as the all star stuff I did a separate episode for that.
Talk about the starters.
The possible reserves and my predictions.
You can go check out that episode that I did.
But this week it's a lot of news actually so without further delay let's get right into
it guys.
As always we start with the players of the week and we'll do just that.
We'll start with the West.
Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns.
Last week you had Kevin Durant.
Now it's Devin's turn.
His team though went 2 and 2 for the week.
They beat Chicago.
They went to Dallas and beat them.
A game where Devin Booker had 46.
They lost at Indiana.
A game where Devin Booker had 62.
I'll talk about that later.
And then 47 in a loss to Orlando in Orlando.
But for the week Devin Booker averaged 42 points.
Wow.
With 5 rebounds.
3.7 assists.
1.3 steals in a block per game.
The average from the field guy is nearly 64%.
Now you gotta think that's pretty amazing given that he's mostly a long distance shooter
so definitely kudos for that.
Shot at 50% from 3.
That's amazing as well.
And then at the free throw line he went 35 times.
He missed only 6 so although the team went 2 and 2 but Devin had a fine week individually
at least.
And then you have Giannis Antitocumpo for the Milwaukee Bucks.
A team that has had an interesting week.
We'll talk all about that.
Giannis.
He went 3-1 for the week.
They beat the likes of Detroit at Detroit.
They beat Cleveland.
Actually played Cleveland twice this week.
Lost to them once.
And then the other win was against the New Orleans Pelicans.
Giannis for the week.
25.5 points.
14.5 rebounds.
8.3 assists.
A steal and a half.
Over a block per game.
60.5% from the field.
And then of course you know he struggles at the free throw line.
Only 60% for him.
So Giannis Antitocumpo getting player of the week for the Eastern Conference.
Alright so that's your players for the week.
Now let me turn my attention actually to women's college basketball for a quick second before
I get into the NBA news.
There was a showdown in the SEC guys.
It was the number one, the South Carolina Gamecocks led by Dawn Staley.
And they went to Baton Rouge to face the defending champions, LSU Lady Tigers.
Of course coached by Kim Mulkey.
It was a tough game guys.
I watched it from pillar to post.
But in the end, South Carolina gets the win.
76 to 70.
In a very physical game guys.
But like I said in the end, South Carolina they hung around, hung around.
And then in that four quarter they just took over.
To me guys the difference in this game was actually two fold.
The bench points.
South Carolina had 16.
LSU only four.
In fact they only went to two bench players in the game.
It's a game where Angel Reese she played well but she ended up fouling out with about four
minutes to go in the four quarter.
And they just couldn't put it together to match South Carolina.
So they end up losing.
And then the other key factor was the back court.
Mainly Michaela Williams, the freshman.
I thought this would be a game where she was at home, she was comfortable.
But that wasn't the case guys.
She shot at 5 for 18 from the field.
And 1 for 10 from 3.
Ouch.
Now if she had made at least half of the shots there.
That's a eight point swing there for the LSU team.
But the freshman under the hot lights she didn't bring it guys.
Haley Vanlif she had a decent game.
Shot at 5 for 13.
2 for 5 from 3 so that's fine.
But I think it was more the freshman there kind of getting cold feet there.
And those are shots she usually knocked down guys but not in this game.
So LSU takes the loss and South Carolina remains undefeated guys.
And this was a game ironically enough where they held Camilla Cardoso and Tahina Pow Pow
actually held those two ladies at bay.
Flau J Johnson I thought she did an amazing job on Pow Pow.
But you had others that would step up like Chloe Kitts.
You also had Raven Johnson, Bre Hall.
In the end South Carolina team still undefeated so props to them.
And then you gotta give major props to Tara Vandevere of Danford as she sets a all-time
wins record for college coaches with 1203.
Passing coach K. Maicheshetsky in a home win versus the Oregon State team.
Tara Vandevere one of those names you know about the Geno Rimas.
Of course you know about the late great Pat Summit.
But Tara Vandevere is a name you don't hear prominently put out there.
But she's been solid year in year out.
She's won three NCAA titles back in 1990 she won her first one then two years later in
92 and then most recently 2021.
She's coached for 42 years guys.
37 NCAA tournament appearances.
28 conference regular season titles 16 conference tournament champion.
And then also she coached that iconic 1996 ladies team that won the gold in Atlanta.
And the players that she coached throughout the years players like Jennifer Azee who
was on that first championship team Molly Guttenbauer Val Whiting Kate Starbird and
then in the later years Nekka and Shanae Awumake.
So she had the twins there Keanu Williams Haley Jones and of recent note Cameron Brink
who's the senior there now.
So Tara Vandevere you got to take your hat off and give our props.
So kudos to Tara Vandevere for setting the record for all time wins for a college coach.
All right guys so that is the coverage of women's college basketball.
Let us move on to Milwaukee Bucks.
They decided that you know what Adrian Griffin.
Thanks for all you did for the team.
They did get us to a 30 and 13 record but your services are no longer required.
So they fire first year coach Adrian Griffin 43 games in guys.
One of the major reasons the team was 22nd in defensive efficiency which remember in
order to get Damian Lillard you had to deal one of your best defensive players in Drew
Holiday.
So you know the defense is going to suffer.
We know Damian is the greatest defender we understand that but at least bring somebody
in who can sub and kind of or somebody you could put next to him to kind of shield him
but they weren't able to do that.
So it was that it was also rumors of a disconnect in the locker room between Griffin and the
players and that seemed to be his undoing.
And then this is what I got to say in terms of Janice Santa-Tacumpo a player who was well
liked amongst the players amongst the fans.
But Janice has to be really careful guys.
Janice has played 10 years in the league.
He is now on his sixth coach in his 10 year career.
Think about that guys.
He's had six coaches in 10 years as a player.
Get out with Larry Drew and then Jason Kidd who was there for three and a half years before
he was Jettison and then you had interim coach come in after that.
Then you bring in Mike Bouton-Hoser who was there for five years.
We know how it ended with him that first round lost to Miami then being the number one seed
and then all that Bouton-Hoser experienced off the court with his brother passing away.
So you have that.
You bring in Adrian Griffin and then now you hire Doc Rivers who was a consultant actually
with the team.
So he was doing the ESPN working doing a little consultant on the side which Gilberterinas
blast him on the nightcap show with Shannon Sharp.
I heard him blasting them for that.
But getting back to Yonis he has to be really careful because from the outside looking in
he kind of having the look of a coach killer.
I'll just say that.
And then the fact that very next game because they fired him after the win against the Detroit
Pissons the worst team in the east you barely got by them.
So that was when they fired Griffin.
And then that following day you and your guys go out there and do that little silly dance
there.
That was not a good look.
Not a good look at all.
And then the press conference with you where you told the press you had no idea what was
going on so forth which we know is a flat out lie.
They're not going to make that kind of move without talking to their top tier player.
And that's you Yonis.
Well I'm going to say again Yonis be very careful.
Be very careful that you don't get a reputation as being a coach killer.
I'll just leave it at that.
And then you had the GM John Hearst who said the urgency to win a chip pretty much led
to Griffin's firing.
It wasn't anything the players said anything the players complained about.
None of that was the case supposedly according to John Hearst.
We can take that with a grain of salt.
So with Griffin out you have Doc Rivers in Doc Rivers resume 1097 wins.
Three more wins he'll have 1100 against 763 losses giving him a win percentage of 59%.
He spent five years with Orlando nine seasons with the Celtics where he won the championship
seven years he spent with the Clippers and then with the Philadelphia 76ers he was there
for three seasons.
So we know his regular season record.
Postseason 111 wins 104 losses so that gives him a win percentage of 51.6%.
With Doc Rivers your pluses you get a guy who's won a championship.
Maybe it has been quite a few years now since he's done that and you get a guy who knows
how to coach star players.
On the minuses you have a guy who has 10 game seven losses on his resume which is the most
of any coach in NBA history and also a guy who has missed the conference finals nine
times and five straight times.
So that combines the time he had with the Clippers as well with the 76ers.
He is amongst the top 15 greatest coaches of all time.
Again those minuses are pretty glaring guys we have to make mention of that.
He's won a coach of the year he's been coached a month 14 times.
You're getting a mixed bag here but I heard it said also this is probably his last hurrah
in terms of coaching.
If he doesn't get it done with this loaded squad that he has that's pretty much it for
him.
So we'll see what happens with Doc Rivers now the coach of the Milwaukee Bucks.
Alright so let us move on.
Before coaching news guys Washington coach Wes Unsell Jr is actually going upstairs
to the front office so he's no longer the head coach of the team.
He coached them two and a half seasons his record 77 wins 130 losses including this season
where his team was 7 and 36 which was second worst in the east.
In the interim assistant coach Brian Keith will now coach the team for the rest of the
season.
So you now have Wes Unsell Jr. moved upstairs and you know this season I thought they should
have a better record than what they have but you know when you got this team here bunch
of young guys pretty much Kyle Kuzma probably being the older player there and what's crazy
is they have two players there that has one NBA championships not as the main guys of
course but as key contributors and with that you still couldn't get anything together although
one guy you can make the case he's pretty much a he's getting a bad reputation around
the league as being a guy who shoots off his mouth and so forth.
So you have those two guys there you got Attias Jones you got a young big and Daniel Galford
Diney Avajay and you just acquired Mark van backley the third so you got some young talent
here you just got to be able to mold it and get the most out of what you have there.
Washington in a rebuild mode that's for sure guys so we see how they'll play down the stretch
for the season.
Alright so that is your coaching news let's move on a lot of big scoring this week guys
the two nights I want to highlight Monday January 22nd and then Friday January 26 on
that Monday Joel and B guys this is what he did he played 37 minutes and scored 70 points
guys also grabbed 18 rebounds five assists and a 133 to 123 win over San Antonio Spurs
and again where he scored the 70 he did it on 24 of 41 shooting and he went to the line
23 times making 21 so Joel and B they total destruction of Victor Wimbayama who actually
had a pretty good game but it was overshadowed by the 70 points here Wimbay had 33 points
seven rebounds and two blocks but he was out done by MB guys so MB becomes the ninth player
to score 70 points in a game and he actually beats Wilts record of 68 points that he scored
and I know a lot of people saying wait a second wait a second Wilts Chamberlain scored 100
points he did that with the Philadelphia Warriors and not the Philadelphia 76ers big difference
there actually I will actually explain that next month when I do my player spotlight on
already given way to farm but Wilts Chamberlain I'm going to do a player spotlight on him
anyhow Joel and B sets a franchise record on Monday and then across the country in Minnesota
Karl Anthony towns he goes out and in 38 minutes he scores 62 points for the Minnesota
Timberwolves which is a franchise record and he did that in a loss though 128 to 125
loss to the Charlotte Hornets in a game where he shot 21 for 35 from the field he made 10
threes in this game guys and then he went to the free throw line 14 times and made 10
so Karl Anthony towns with a monster game franchise record 62 points but in a loss guys
so that's Monday that's what happened Monday on the 22nd let's move to Friday Luca Donkage
he becomes the 10th player now to score 70 or more points when he scores 73 points in
45 minutes of play guys and his 73 points is the fourth highest point total in a game
by a player which he's tied with both David Thompson and with Wilts Chamberlain of course
and in this game he shot at 25 for 33 guys eight threes he made on 13 attempts he went
15 or 16 from the free throw line so it's the most efficient 73 point game in NBA history
and also add to that 10 rebounds and seven assists which was actually a rivalry game
guys 148 to 143 on the road versus the Atlanta Hawks now remember the Atlanta Hawks and the
Dallas Mavericks made that swap of Luca Donkage for Trey Young so they count this as a rivalry
game and actually Trey Young for the game 30 points 11 assists and three steals but obviously
overshadowed by Luca and I'm sure the Atlanta faithful there were like man we could have
had this guy but Luca goes absolutely ballistic guys and becomes the 10th player who scores
70 more points in the game and then you have Devin Booker I had mentioned earlier the 62
points he scored did in 38 minutes he did it on 22 of 37 shooting made six threes out
of 12 attempts and he was 12 or 13 from the free throw line add to that five rebounds
four assists two blocks but it's in a road loss to Indiana 133 to 131 in a game that
saw newly acquired Indiana Pacer Pascal Siakam scored 31 points with seven rebounds six assists
and two steals in that game so Devin Booker goes off but in a loss which ironically two
62 point games in the week two losses go figure guys so that is the scoring that I wanted to
cover guys and then speaking of Phoenix Kevin Durant he's always good for a good laugh or
a good mention Kevin Durant was axed by Arizona Republic reporter he was asked why isn't he
mentioned in the gold conversation and this is what Kevin Durant's response to that reporter
was because I went to the Warriors why shouldn't I be in that that's the question you should
ask why not what haven't I done so he cites his tenure with the Golden State Warriors
as a major reason why he's not in the gold conversation let me preface this first by
saying I've said it before I'll just echo it again I think the gold conversation in
the NBA is the most ridiculous argument going in sports today again I think the reason different
errors different styles of play just different so to have a go I don't indulge in that conversation
I don't even bother with that conversation but for the sake of argument I'll talk about
it here just to kind of clear the air so Kevin Durant wants to know why he's not in that
conversation let's look at his resume 15 years in the league 13 all-star appearances 10 all
NBA's six time first team four times on the second team so that's pretty good four time
scoring champ he's 10th in point scored all time and you know what's funny about that
him being the fourth time scoring champ him being 10th on the all time scoring lists his
game high is only 55 points guys you would think a guy of his talent when it comes to
scoring would have at least a 60 point game on his resume no he hasn't had that he has
the two championships that he won in golden state two finals MVP also with golden state
to all star MVP's he has he has one MVP league MVP that is rookie of the year he made the
75th anniversary team and rightfully so and he's a three time gold medalist so those are
pretty good accolades guys very good accolades why isn't he in that discussion I think it's
actually two fold you want to say probably him going to the Warriors is probably a reason
I think probably so but I think it's even bigger than that if you took away what he
did in golden state I know Draymond says you can't really take that away but just for argument
sake let's wipe that off his resume that would lead him to have probably three less all star
appearances three less all NBA's and you would have to look at his body of work with Oklahoma
City Thunder where he did get them to a finals but they ended up losing to Miami and then
look at his stops in Brooklyn which was an absolute failure and with the Phoenix Suns
which is still a work in progress so if you were to just look at that yeah probably he
would be mentioned but throwing the Warriors now because he has that like I said that's
on this resume but that still puts him on the outside looking in in that conversation why
because the guys mostly mentioned in that conversation are multiple time MVPs I think
the fact that he only has one actually hurts his case in that regard again the go conversation
to me is ridiculous we beat it as nauseam in the basketball community football is only
talked about in terms of quarterbacks baseball you don't even hear that discussion at all
hockey you don't even go there because we know who the guy is in hockey and that's Wayne
Gretzky we don't have any debate about that so it's just basketball where it's this back
and forth Jordan LeBron they even squeeze Kobe and Karim is mentioned so again to me
as a ridiculous argument but for the sake of this discussion I had to bring it up so
Kevin buddy yeah you're on the outside looking in in terms of that conversation and then
the thing with those guys to our leadership you cannot question any of those guys leadership
qualities Kevin Durant we can question his leadership qualities and various stops it
seemed like he's a guy who just wants to hoop he even said so but those other guys their
teams look to them for leadership so I'll just leave it at that alright so let us move
on from that there was a trade last week guys the Miami Heat Acquire guard Terry Rose there
they get them from the Charlotte Hornets and in return they send Kyle Lowry at his expiring
contract as well as a 2000 and 27 lottery protected first round pick which can convey
if of course that pick is a lottery pick and it's unprotected in the year of 2028 so the
Miami Heat looking to add a piece they do that and Terry Rose there Terry Rose is a
guy who can light it up make no mistake about that in 30 games this season he average over
23 points per game 6.6 assists nearly four rebounds and over a steal per game he also
shoots it nearly 46% from the field nearly 36% from three and 85.5% from the free throw
line so Terry Rose there a guy who would definitely help them that's for sure he's a guy who
I guess now will be the point guard over there I think it's going to take him some time to
get acclimated with the team over there but Terry Rose there definitely a good pickup for
them but I don't know I think Miami needs something else as well so we'll see what happens with
Miami and of course you need Jimmy Butler healthy for crying out loud and of course Tyler
hero as well so Miami makes a move in terms of the Charlotte side you know they get that
first round pick it could convey it could not depending on how Miami finishes in a few
years from now but Kyle Lowry they're saying that they're not going to buy him out they're
going to hold on to them maybe try and move him at the trade deadline maybe somebody wants
that expiring contract that money there so we can follow the books next year so we'll
see what happens so that is your trade for last week couple more items and then we're
done to Reese Holly Burton he's set to miss the next three games after he made his return
back to the lineup guys he did that against Portland but now he's going to be out three
more games with that hamstring so the seems like the hamstring always seemed to bother
Holly Burton we'll see how things go with that and then the last item Tristan Thompson
I even know he was still playing guys but he's there with the Cleveland Cavaliers he's
going to be suspended 25 games without pay for using a band substance so Tristan Thompson
he gets the 25 game ban definitely a hit to his pockets so we'll see what happens with
Tristan when the dust settles alright guys so that is it for me week 14 is in the books
now looking ahead all star reserves should be announced this week so I'll cover that
I'll see how many of my predictions guys I predicted how many of them make the squad or not we'll
see and we're coming up on February which is black history month guys so I got kind
of a lineup there I'm looking at will chamberlin right now as one person I'll cover Alex English
will be another person I want to cover one other person I haven't decided yet and then
I will have one lady baller I think right now I'm leaning towards Tamika catchings yeah
so they'll be those three and then a surprise player maybe I'll leave the surprise player
for the end of February alright guys so that is it I thank you for listening as always
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