Greetings my peeps and welcome to the all things basketball podcast with your boy GD.
In this episode I'll be doing my All-Star Week in recap, tell you all that went on there,
my opinion about some of the events and so forth.
So other news as well guys, Kobe statue that goes up, Shaq jersey is retired and some more
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 I'm
going to do a week 16 recap but it's actually gonna spill into week 17 and of course All-Star
Weekend is coming going guys so we will talk all about it in this episode and there's a
lot of news on top of that so let us not delay any further let's get right into it.
As always we start with the players of the week, we'll start with the West, Luca Donkage
of the Dallas Mavericks, his team went 4-0 for the week, they beat the likes of Philly
and then from there they won at Brooklyn and then they won at Madison Square Garden against
my Knicks and then they got home and beat Oklahoma City Thunder.
So Luca for the week 31.3 points per game, 10.5 rebounds, 8 assists and 1.7 steals for
the week.
He shot it from the field 51.2%, over 44% from 3 and free throws not so great out of 35 he
missed 11 of them so you can always do better in that regard but Luca Donkage playing well
for his Mavericks and he gets a player of the week.
For the East the same guy who got player of the month, Donovan Mitchell of the Cleveland
Cavaliers they went 4-0 for the week, they beat the likes of the Sacramento Kings, they
won at Washington, they won at Brooklyn and they won at Toronto.
Donovan scoring almost 28 points per game with 5 assists and nearly 5 rebounds also.
He averaged 2 steals per game and a block per game as well.
Shooting it from the field 54% which you like from him and nearly 46% from 3 and guys he
was perfect from the free throw line sinking all 14 for the week.
So guys that is your players of the week.
Let us move on and talk about All-Star Weekend.
Let's get right into it.
So we'll start off with Friday.
Friday as you know you have 2 events.
The celebrity game which I actually ended up watching.
I usually don't bother but since the fact that Unk was on there Shannon Sharp he was
coaching one team, Steven ate another.
I said let me tune in.
Watched and you know Steven ate he's got to do this and do that.
Proved that he's this Maverick coach sort of speak and Shannon he just chilled and did
this thing him in 50 cent and they ended up winning.
So all that preparation Steven ate did.
Shannon team ended up winning.
All he did was send Michael Parsons out there to run over people but Shannon his team ended
up winning so got to see that.
And then afterwards of course is the Rising Stars that tournament there and you had the
four teams going at it because the way they do it is a team of four, seven guys for each
team and they're drafted amongst the corresponding coaches.
You had team Jalen which featured guys like Ben Maffarin, Chet Holmgren was on there, his
teammate Jalen Williams as well and they played the first game versus team Tamika, Tamika
Catchings being that she's a long time Indiana Fever player and she coached guys like Jayton
Ivy who oh by the way she played with Jayton Ivy's mom in the WNBA so you have that affiliation
there.
Also on that team guys like Paolo Boncaro was on there as well.
That team played and team Jaylin ends up coming out on top in that one.
The star of that series was Ben Maffarin who had a very good game versus team Tamika.
And then you had the following game team Powell which had the rookie sensation Victor Wimbayama
as well as Brandon Miller of the Hornets was on there, surprise rookie Jamie Jocquez Jr.
He was on that squad as well and they took on team Detliff a team that was all G-leaguers
guys including the dunking extraordinaire Matt McClung and also guy like Amani Bates
who's done time with the Cleveland Cavaliers but he's in the G-league right now.
And then team Detliff surprisingly so beats team Powell which advances them to the final
game versus team Jaylin and then when all is said and done team Jaylin gets to win guys.
And then the MVP of the tournament here was Ben Maffarin.
So you have the Indiana flavor there being that the game is in Indiana obviously.
So that is your Friday night guys.
Then we move on to Saturday.
Of course they had their HBCU classic where you had the two colleges there Virginia Union
versus Winston Salem State.
A team that was once coached by the great Clarence Big House Gaines and of course the
second most famous alum Stephen A. Smith first one being Earl Monroe.
So you had that game first and then of course in the evening you had the All-Star Saturday
night with all the skill events.
Starting with the skills challenge which had team Indiana consisting of Tyrese Hollyburton
Ben Maffarin and Miles Turner.
Team All-Stars featuring Trey Young, Tyrese Maxey and Scotty Barnes and then team Top
Picks with Anthony Edwards, Paolo Boncaro and Victor Wimbayama.
So they have them compete in three separate competitions and then they have the final
one where you know you shoot it out whoever makes the long distance three they end up
winning.
When all is said and done, team Indiana gets the victory in the skills challenge.
So you have Indiana once again prevailing this time team Indiana gets the win here.
So that is one event in the books.
Then we have the three point shootout.
Three point shootout consisted of the winner from last year Damian Lillert, his teammate
in Milwaukee, Malik Beasley, also Jalen Brunson of My New York Knicks, Tyrese Hollyburton
who just competed in the skills challenge for Indiana, Laurie Marketing of Utah Jazz,
Donovan Mitchell of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Carl Anthony Towns, Minnesota Timberwolves
and Trey Young of the Atlanta Hawks who also competed in the skills challenge.
And after that first round you had four guys tied with 26 points which led to a 30 second
shootout.
One person would have to be dropped from there.
The guys who had the 26, Dame, Holly Burton, Kat and Trey Young.
When all was said and done Tyrese Hollyburton he ends up with the lowest score in the 30
second shootout.
So the finals consisted of Dame, Carl Anthony Towns and Trey Young.
It came down to Dame putting away the two challengers and becoming the first back to
back three point shootout champ since Jason Capono who did it in 2007, 2008.
So you're talking about some years ago guys.
So Dame ends up winning.
Then we move on to one of the premier events which was Sabrina Nescu versus Steph Curry.
The one on one three point contest between them which happened basically after last year
when Sabrina Nescu set the WNBA record by sinking 25 or 27 shots.
You know the whole world was buzzing when she did that.
So much so that Steph says, man I got to challenge her one of these days.
She took him up on the challenge and then he got caught on the mic talking to one of
his rookies on the team about it.
And lo and behold the NBA said, you know what let's add this to the mix for Saturday night
and they did so.
Now in this contest Sabrina she could have shot from her line.
She chose to shoot from the NBA three point line.
So you got to give her tremendous credit for wanting to shoot from there.
And I'm sure in her mind she thought that you know what if I shoot it from my line I
know I'll hear it from the critics from the social media knuckle draggers from the guys
locked away in their grandma basement.
So let me shoot from this NBA three point line which she did using a WNBA ball which
oh by the way it's just an inch smaller than the NBA ball.
So people make it sound like she's shooting with a volleyball for Pete Sakes.
It's still a good size ball just an inch shorter than the regulation ball.
So she goes first and she ends up with a score of 26 which oh by the way Damian Lilith won
with that same score to win the three point shootout between the contestants there.
So Sabrina gets a 26 outstanding performance I must say.
So that left Steph Curry.
Steph Curry goes up there.
He has she kind of nervous because he has that money rack at the end and he proceeds
to knock down four of the five money balls and ends up winning 29 to Sabrina's 26.
So Steph ends up winning and Steph is I don't think we can make any mistake about it guys
he is the best long range shooter the game has ever seen and he ends up winning but
Sabrina took the man to the limits that's for sure.
She definitely did that so kudos to her and then of course there's the controversy that
went on after a lot of people are buzzed about Kenny Smith going off the rails mind you when
it started he was like team Sabrina rooting for then when she lost then it's like oh she
should have shot from the W NBA line instead of the NBA line and Reggie had to school him
and say she chose to do that it was her choice and he said it doesn't matter muscle memory
this that and then the third and then Reggie started teasing them talk about he want to
put boundaries on her and then he said I bet you want to go back to playing with dolls
because prior to that Sabrina story is that she wanted to play basketball with the guys
but the coach said you know she used to be somewhere playing with dolls.
So Reggie says that to Kenny Smith and he says yes she should play with dolls bad move all
the heat has come down on him on Twitter on IG everywhere and then he goes and tries to
explain it away on Stephen A Smith show then he's talking about darts and all kind of stuff
and I'm like bro just even you gonna stand 10 toes or what you said or just issue a full
apology don't do this teetering thing and doubts the whole thing she would be damned
if she shot it from the W NBA line but she went to the NBA line and she's still getting
chained about it she can hold her head up so high coming out of this and for that commentary
to kind of soil it was a bad look not a good look and kudos to Reggie Miller for kind of
trying to set him straight there because you know Reggie Miller he comes from a family
where oh by the way his sister was one of the greatest to ever lace him up Cheryl Miller
so Reggie knows what's good so kudos to Reggie but Kenny yes sometimes you run your mouth
too much in these sort of things happen to you but I'll leave that alone there so Steph
ends up winning that then we move on to the dunk contest you know guys oh let me just
tell you who was in it Matt McClung who won it last year the G. Lee kid Jamie Jocquez
Jr. from the Miami Heat Jalen Brown all star by the way from the Boston Celtics and Jacob
Toppin the brother of Obi Toppin who now plays with the Knicks your judges were Dominique
Wilkins seemed like every year he's a judge go figure the glove Gary Payton Mitch Richmond
as well Fred Jones I had to like who's Fred Jones but he actually won it back in 2004
I want to say with the Indiana Pacers I did not realize this and then Darnell Hillman
a Indiana Pacer from the ABA days he was one of those guys with the big afros but the
man could ball that's for sure so that was your five judges now in terms of the contest
let me just say and I actually went back to listen to what I said about it last year and
I'm probably on the same vein this year I think we come to a point where the slam dunk
contest you might have to put it to rest we're at a point now where the creativity I mean
it's there but it's like we've seen just about everything by now and first of all you're
not getting star players to do it you're not getting no names to do it if you look here
it's basically two G. Lee guys if you want to say Jacob Toppin he's a G. Lee guy who
happens to come up and be with the Knicks because they're short handed you got a rookie
and Jock has and you have a all star I was surprised Jalen jumped in this but he did
and you know looking at the dunks and then Jalen oh my gosh he calls himself reliving
the D. Brown the one where he pumps up his Reebok and then he does it with his eyes
covered the only problem is he covered his eyes after the dunk and he got booed by everyone
in the building and they still gave him a good score on top of that unbelievable in
my opinion I think in the judges mind I don't know if they were mandated or not I don't
know but I guess in their mind it was we got to have this G. Lee kid go against a named
guy Jacob Toppin who I thought had a fine performance to me he got robbed he got robbed
for the bigger name in Jalen Brown that's my story I'm sticking to it so you have to
find a round between McClung and Jalen Brown and McClung of course in mind you he had four
dunks three of the four he jumped over people but in the end he gets to win so Matt McClung
he becomes a back-to-back winner but I'm of the mindset you know what I think we need
to put the kibosh on the slam dunk contest what do you replace it with I don't know maybe
they've been talking about as well as Sabrina's doing with the three point contest they said
maybe bring her and Caitlyn clock mind you if Caitlyn clock the Klairs of course to
come to the WNBA have them two against Damon Steph or something like that who knows we'll
see what happens so with that said let's talk about the main game guys let me start with
the final score first before I say anything else the final score ends up being the East
211 that's right I said 211 to the West is 186 so guys you talk about a combined 397
points that was scored I get it I understand you know we're in a different day and age
now but in all honesty guys this is not good I've heard all the talking heads talk about
it of course it's even they call it a atrocity my guys the odd couple they call it a disaster
my other guys on giving gold they talked about it as well then you have the players who you
know they were asked what can they do to change up things where guys actually compete guys
like LeBron pretty much threw up their hands they didn't know what to do and then Anthony
Edwards first of all he kind of fumbled the ball this whole weekend by saying he's gonna
shoot with his left hand and so forth here's why I want to say that Anthony Edwards you
got next basically LeBron's on you know it won't be long for he's on his way out Steph
not long before he's on his way out Kevin Durant not long before he's on his way out
so you guys are next so you gotta take things serious to come in and say you're only shooting
with your left hand what are we doing here and it showed because you had not such a great
game and you see guys like Shay Gilkis Alexander they came looking to kick butt and take names
but you kind of you know not being serious about it and even when they asked you about
it like oh no one takes it serious so where do we place the blame for this oh before I
go any further let me just say so I gave you the score at halftime it was the East 104
to the West is 89 which is another record and your MVP though it much debate Damian
Lilith who scores 39 points he knocked down 11 threes in this game guys including two
from half court it was like he's just pulling up normal along with six assists three rebounds
terese holly Burton fine game and a lot of people thought he should have wanted 32 points
for him he knocked down 10 threes himself seven rebounds six assists for him and then
you have other guys Jaylen Brown who I guess he said I gotta redeem myself from the Saturday
night debacle 36 points for him he hits six threes in this game eight rebounds three assists
you know I just had 23 Tatum had 20 for the East for the West all Anthony towns he's
like the king of these crazy high point games where he loses 50 points he scores my he scored
31 in the fourth quarter and then I saw the one donkey tried he couldn't really he was
trying to do it between his legs and you couldn't do it the man took 35 shots wow eight rebounds
three assists for him so he led the way for the West.
Shai Gilchrist Alexander I said he came to take care of business 31 points for him he
dropped seven threes which normally isn't in his wheelhouse SGA showing up six assists
for rebounds then he got Katie with 18 Stephie at 16 LeBron in limited time only eight points
for him entering the home stretch for LeBron as far as all star games goes my guy Jaylen
Brunson 12 points five assists for rebounds but guys how do we fix this oh by the way
in terms of free throws the East only attempted four free throws for the whole game and May
three so of the 211 points only three points were from the free throw line think about
that guys and then for the West they only went once and made that so again I come back to
what do we do about this we know in the past the mantra was always the first half is for
the fans shorn it up a little bit try to be competitive and then the four quarter especially
if there's a close one you going all out so that's always been the mantra but it seems
it's changed over the years and then you have what you have this past Sunday how do you fix
the all star game I saw this online and I think I heard my guys Rick Kamla and Antonio
Daniels talk about it as well I think they should take a page out of the rising stars
because remember the rising stars initially was the rookies against the second year players
it was rookie sophomores and then they changed that up and made it USA versus the world then
they changed it up where it was a mix of rookies and sophomores and I think it was a draft
as well to now this iteration where you have the four teams seven guys to a team and you
have somebody coaching them so I think you know a lot of people tradition and everything
else but you know something the NFL scrapped their whole pro bowl idea and now it's flag
football so I think the NBA you have to just say you know we have a long history of all
star competition and so forth but we have to change it we have to change it to make
it competitive from what I hear Adam Silva has no desire to expand the rosters which
is insane to me I'll say it again you have 30 teams there should be 15 and 15 on each
side I don't understand how that's not even in the realm of possibility but I digress
but if you were to take the rising stars model then that would give you four teams seven
guys you're only expanded it to two extra players I don't see why Adam Silva won't sign
off on that and then amongst the pool of players I say don't even get NBA coaches to coach them
get these old timers guys who've already played in the league and so forth you get them to
coach these guys and if you do that you won't have the debacle of having Doc Rivers who
was on his couch about a few weeks ago to coach an all-star game oh by the way I was
talking to of course friend of the show my guy D and I told him that oh this all-star
game fitted Doc Rivers perfectly because his teams don't play defense anyway had a little
chuckle about that but you now eliminate the NBA coaches being involved and you just use
like let's say it was in Indiana you can use Larry Bird to coach one team Reggie Miller
to coach another team although he's commentating so I guess you can't do that Isaiah Thomas
to coach one team and then you get a couple of other people I think that's the fix since
you have it for the rising stars I think that's the fix that would work so Adam Silva get
off your high horse and allow this to take place otherwise I mean if it's still 12 and
12 you can still do it it's just be six players for each squad and then you play to a certain
amount like the first one to 50 points and then in the final game the first one to 30
points maybe so Adam Silva I'm giving these ideas here if you do do it make sure you give
me credit that's all I'm gonna say on that guys alright so that's all your all-star
stuff let's talk some news guys try and swing around this as quick as I can alright so we'll
start with the Lakers the Lakers unveiled the first of three statues Arnor and Kobe
Brian he had a whole ceremony and everything everything was beautiful and that took place
on February 8th of course the date marks the number for Gigi's jersey as well as the number
for Kobe Bryant's jerseys mind you he played under two different numbers 8 and 24 and then
Gigi with two the day has significance in that regard so that's the first of three that
they're gonna unveil guys of course kudos to the Lakers organization of course this
pretty much was a fader complete you knew they were gonna do this down the line so this
is the first of three guys and it'll be right outside of the crypto arena over there in
LA so that's one bit of news then you have Shaquille O'Neal he has his number 32 jersey
retired by the Orlando Magic and guys he's the first Orlando Magic to have their jersey
retired and raised to the Raptors so Shaquille O'Neal this is what he did as a Orlando Magic
player he played there just four years seemed like it was longer than that guys he average
over 27 points per game 12 and a half rebounds 2.4 assists and nearly three blocks per game
for him shot it from the field over 58% free throw line you know that was his Achilles
heel only 54.6% he won a rookie of the year he was a four time All-Star so every year
he was there he was an All-Star three times all NBA he made the playoffs three times and
of those three times he got to the first round and his first appearance then got swept out
by the Indiana Pacers that next year they make it all the way to the finals but then
get swept out by the Houston Rockets and then is following season he makes it all the way
to the conference finals but he loses to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls he gets swept
out again that's on Shaq's resume as far as him being Orlando Magic some people say oh
it's ridiculous that they retired this jersey I heard Mad Dog Russo talk about it and kind
of rail against it being that you know he only played there four years I mean the argument
can be made that he's the best player to Don a Orlando Magic jersey and he himself he said
he was the most impressed by the fact that he's getting his jersey retired in Orlando
he knew what happened in LA he had a feeling about Miami retire in it but he wasn't so
sure about Orlando so he was impressed by this so Shaq's jersey gets retired which leads
us to ask who's next in terms of Orlando Magic jerseys being retired I can think of three
people Penny Hardaway Dwight Howard and Tracy McGregor of the three Dwight Howard had the
longest tenure eight years and I would say Dwight Howard amongst these three is the most
accomplished he was a six-time wall star three times defensive player of the year five times
all defense six times all NBA so Dwight Howard I would imagine would be a person who get
their jersey retired Penny I think possibly could as well he spent six years there both
those times over lat with Shaquille O'Neal's time there four time all star three times all
NBA two of those times first teamer so Penny I think could possibly get his jersey retired
and then there's Tracy McGregor who spent four years there four time all star so he
made it every year two times scoring champ while wearing a Orlando Magic jersey he was
most improved player his first season there and the only blemish on his stay there is
the fact that the three years they made the playoffs they never made it past the first
round three times in the playoffs three times being bounced out in the first round so as
possible he gets his jersey retired as well so we'll see what happens in that regard alright
guys so let us move on LeBron James he vetoes a trade to Golden State I guess Golden State
called up offered a package for LeBron.
Bron has veto power of course and he vetoes the deal I don't know what was involved in
it as far as players being on the move to LA I have no idea if I had to venture the
guests I would think Kominga would probably have been one of them so LeBron nicks is a
deal to go there enjoying Steph Curry who he's has in the past kind of alluded to the
fact that it'd be pretty cool for him and Steph to be teammates but well you know too LeBron
has a lot going on in LA right now you got Bronny at USC and you got the kids there they're
in their prospective schools so to kind of uproot and go to Golden State even if it's
just him going would definitely be a change in his household in that regard so he stays
and supposedly within that the Lakers promise to consider drafting Bronny James let's say
Bronny James left after his first year which I think would be absolutely insane if he did
that right now he's a bench player for them it's not like he's getting burned like that
I would be stunned if he left after first year it's much more of his game to be developed
and I think that development happens in college not in the pro so that's my take on that and
oh by the way the Lakers are 8-1 since that cryptic hourglass emoji that he sent out a
little bit before the trade their line seems like the Lakers are trying to ride tournament
position right now but they're trying to rise themselves up in the standings which makes
for interesting run down the stretch for them moving on Victor Wimbayama he has a rare triple
double in a road win against the Toronto Raptors in a game that they won 122 to 99 that took
place February 12th and in that game guys Wimby goes 27 points shot a great from the
field 10 or 14 to a 4 from 3 5 or 6 from the free throw line 14 rebounds and then 10 block
shots guys and throwing with that 5 assists and 2 steals phenomenal game from Wimby and
that just gives you a glimpse of what he can be in this league alright so moving on my
New York Knicks robbed in the state of Texas in a game against the Houston Rockets the
Knicks lose a heartbreaker 105 to 103 but get this guys they lose on a foul call on Jalen
Brunson he fouls Aaron Holiday and this happens with less than a second ago on the shot clock
in the fourth quarter and the foul was called by referee Jocelyn Goble who has a checkered
record in terms of bad calls he's had another one just this season I believe that was in
the Laker game and this is a game where the Knicks trailed at halftime by 14 they clawed
their way back made a game of it and then to lose in such a horrendous fashion everybody
was up in arms about it myself included and then the head ref of that game at Malloy he
would later admit that a foul shouldn't have been called in that game and then you know
the two minute rule came out pretty much corroborated what Malloy said the Knicks filed a protest
with the league over that game which we know most if not all protests goes on deaf ears
in fact we haven't had one upheld since 2007 2008 in a game where Miami played Atlanta
and there was a foul call on Shaq they thought he filed out but it was actually five files
on so they actually replay that one but not since then has a protest been upheld so we'll
see what happens in terms of what Adam Silver in the league office says speaking of Adam
Silver Adam Silver you know he usually gets his state of the league address right around
all star break so he's been talking about possibly having the expansion team in Las Vegas well
you gotta think of it this way guys you have a WNBA franchise out there already very popular
out there doing very well by the way so it was seen that this is a match made in heaven
but when you talk expansion you can't just have one team because then you'll have 31
teams so you have to add another who would that other city be of course my mind only
goes to one place Seattle because you remove the franchise from there you've heard the
rumblings that you know it'd be nice to have a franchise go back there so Seattle is a
city I would consider or I think the league would consider with that said let's say you
add a team out of Vegas and then you add a Seattle team that gives you 32 teams which
means you're probably going to have to realign now realignment can go one of two ways have
a 16 16 split so you can either go two conferences eight teams or you do four conferences four
teams and then also to you're adding two West teams so you're going to have to take a team
out of the West that's currently there and move them over to the East my money would
be on probably the Memphis Grizzlies being the one moving to the East that would be
the natural move and then you leave everybody else in the West and it just be a matter again
of are you doing two divisions or are you doing four divisions it's an interesting dynamic
but I guess we can't have this conversation until we hear that it's official we'll have
two expansion teams so that's a conversation for down the road all right so let us
continue really quick PJ Tucker I saw this story I nearly fell out of my chair guys
PJ Tucker of the LA Clippers guys he only played in 12 games this year so far not getting
much minutes about 14 minutes per game he's being fined by the league $75,000 forget this
for requesting a trade prior to the trade deadline this happened on February 8th before
the trade deadline this is absolutely crazy here you have a guy buried on the bench over
there with the Clippers who are doing well who probably could use him but apparently
they're not the prudent thing would be to either try and move him at a trade deadline
or just cut him loose and let him go do a buyout and let him explore a place he can go and
be helpful to another team out there that's the right thing to do guys you're kind of
holding him prisoner there I don't get that so we'll see what happens with PJ Tucker
but he was fine guys 75,000 Wow with that said let us move on rather quickly here after
727 starts Clay Thompson has come off the bench for the Golden State Warriors he did
it in a road win over Utah 140 to 137 in a game where he saw 28 minutes so he saw a good
amount of minutes 35 points guys and he did it on 13 of 22 shooting hit 7 threes guys
wow six rebounds and two assists so I would say at this point this is probably the best
thing for Clay to do just come off the bench give the team punch off the bench this way
you let young guys like Brandon Podzinski you let him get in there be with the starters
give him some confidence you know you're probably not going to see a second contract from the
Golden State Warriors this way you can kind of showcase yourself for your next team I
say you know if Clay embraces this move this probably can be the best move for him this
can probably guarantee him contract elsewhere you're not going to get the big money that
you once did but this will at least guarantee you a second life probably somewhere else
so I say if you embrace this clay kudos to you man I'm rooting for clay I think he's
a future Hall of Famer he's one of the greatest shooters this league has ever seen and he's
a two way guy he could defend when he was healthy as well so alright so with that said two more
items then we're done the Crispus Attics Museum in Indiana they're going to unveil a statue
for Oscar Robinson and this will take place in 2025 guys this one has been long long overdue
Oscar Robinson and they announced this prior to of course the All-Star game being in Indiana
but Oscar Robinson is probably the biggest hoop star coming out of Indiana and remember
he played for Christmas Attics High School all black school that he ended up going to
that ended up winning the state championship for Indiana never got the parade that they
were due them because of racial hostilities so if this would be apropos to give him a
statue oh by the way the museum is attached to that high school where Oscar Robinson
played remember last year too I did a player profile on Oscar Robinson detailing what he
did in high school and so forth so I say way to go Indiana way to go again this was long
overdue this man is well deserved of that honor and I look forward to hearing about
that next year for Oscar Robinson the big O alright and then the last item congratulations
to Caitlin Clark of the University of Iowa she finally breaks the NCAA all-time women's
scoring record there was a thought she'd do it last week against Nebraska but she was
held scoreless in the fourth quarter but she does it at home front of the home crowd playing
Michigan she does it at the 748 mark in the first quarter versus Michigan and of course
she pulls up from three from deep and that shot breaks the records so kudos to her and
she break Kelsey Plums NCAA record at the time which was 3527 points but folks there's
two other records that's out there that the NCAA doesn't recognize one is Lynette Woodard
who played at the University of Kansas this is back in the late 70s early 80s so this
is around the AI AW time there a little bit prior to the NCAA's for women and her scoring
record is 3649 and then you have Pearl Moore who went to a small college so that's why
it's not recognized but in her time in college she scored 4061 points so I know Caitlin
Clark has the NCAA records but as far as all-time women's records you have to go to
these two ladies here first so there's that but congratulations to Caitlin Clark none
of the Lex this is a great accomplishment and then I gotta bring this up Cheryl Swoops
on someone's podcast maybe a couple of weeks back you know she was asked about the state
of women's basketball college and so forth she cited Caitlin Clark and Angel Recess
being phenomenal players which they are but she said once they enter the W into the W
NBA it's probably gonna be a process before they are able to flourish in the game which
is true a lot of people thought when Sabrina and Eskoo entered the W NBA that she would
dominate right off the top and that didn't happen it took her a few years but you know
right now she's right there amongst all stars in the league and so forth but it took her
time or two same with Aja Wilson she didn't come in and dominate the way she's doing
now right away it took her time it took her working on a game but it took her time so
the idea that it's gonna take Caitlin Clark some time before she's able to do what she
does in the W NBA I don't think that's a far-fetched conclusion to come to especially from somebody
like Cheryl Swoops but you have these trying to be kind here you have these delusional
Iowa fans that thinks that she's gonna step into the W and kill it like she's doing now
I I don't believe that's gonna happen right away and then I see one person of course social
media you see every and the lady had a shirt on that red don't be a Cheryl and I guess
trying to play off the don't be a Karen you know that's the latest phrase in these days
so she has a shirt that says don't be a Cheryl that is really disrespectful what Cheryl Swoops
has done for Game of Women's basketball get a clue lady she dominated in high school dominated
in college playing in Texas she went in one gold medals for this country she went into
the W the first year she that's when she had the child so she had to sit out once she came
back to the league and her body was right she dominated the league guys so this idea
that Cheryl Swoops has no clue of what she's talking about is absurd to me I say all that
to say I believe it will take Caitlyn Clark a minute or two to get acclimated with the
league and so forth before she's able to be herself and then mind you couple that too
with the fact that these ladies go overseas to hone their crafts as well so you have to
take that into regard too so but great things will happen for this young lady she keeps
working she keeps doing the work but it's not going to be overnight success it's going
to be a process so I don't think that's talking out of turn I don't think that's talking
down about her I think that's the reality of what it is she's transitioning from playing
young ladies to women so that's a whole different ball game I'll just leave it be but alright
guys so that is it for me that is this episode I'm still working on the player profile I'll
have that up and running as well I work on that this weekend and try and get that content
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